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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
Looking TO 1915

Those young republicans who have
cut loose from the go. p. and become
ardent supporters of the bull moose
party, have made no mistake, that Is,
If they are looking ahead said Samuel
p. Grafton of Philadelphia.
Il have been republican voter ever
since l was old enough to vote, which
has been 20 years, but this year I shall
not vote the straight ticket The re-
publican party has out-lived its useful
ness and il l am at home on election
day l shall vote for Roosevelt and
J johnson.
From the way things look now Will
son and Marshall will be elected, but
the democratic administration will last
only one term, whether the constitu-
tional amendment making the Presi-
dent ineligible for a second term car
ries or not. If Wilson, then, Is the
next President his successor will be
not a democrat, but a national pro-
gressive or bull moose nominee. There
fore the ambitious young politician,
who is now enrolled in Roosevelt's
party will, humanity speaking, be sure
to be on the winning side in 1915"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
SINGERS FAvORITE SONGS

The September Wonan's Home Com
panion contains a very interest," 'ng a;ti-
Gle entitled How | Sing The II, sary'.
together with pro ctic.l. talk t. young
singers about concert work by Ernrs-
tine Schumana-Heirk, Following is an
extract:
II love American songs as | love this
wonderful country; they are full of the
freshness and enthusiasm of youth
which permeates the whole American
atmosphere
MY favorite American songs are,
first of all, Ncvins beautiful Rosary
which 1 never tire of singing; Chad
wicks .Danza, with its exhilaratn
dance rhythm and his new-written
especially for me---'When | Am Dead
My Deary' Chadwick is wonderful
and this Is his masterpiece. | am very
fond of Margaret Ruthven Lang's
Mavourneen, Arthur Foote'S Irish
Folk Song Mary Turner Salter's
grandly dramatic Cry of Rachel and
many. many others of equal artistic
worth. There Is a long list of good
things from which to choose, for the
artist who would sing in English TO an
English speaking public, and so | do
not believe in singing translations of
foreign songs.
with The Rosary in my ears
cannot but wonder how far its COM
poser would have gone had not his life
been so prematurely cut off. He is
representative of the youthful genius
of this country, the future of which
stretches before the musical world with
infinite possibilities"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

Coosa river is equal to all demands
made upon it.
Senator Bankhead is behind the
Coosa dam bill, and he has pushed it
through the Senate. 1t is hoped to
pass the bill in the House before the
session is ended.
1t means a great deal to the farm
ers of the south, for no fertilizer is
complete that does not contain
nitrates. Heretofore they have been
imported from Chile, and only recent
ly has it become known that they can
be created right here at home. The
south will come much nearer independ-
ence when its nitrates are made at
the heart of the cotton belt.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
The Bible and shakespeare

Statistics show that the sale OF
Bibles printed In the English language
increases year by year and yet l do
not meet as many young people today
who can recite portions of scripture
old citizen.
THE same thing applies to Shakes
peare. There Is more organized study
of the Bible among the laity than was
the case in former years, but still in
some enlightened circles there is
woeful lack of knowledge of the sacred
book. The Bible is great literature to
say nothing of the question of it's re-
ligious character.
"a brilliant clergyman of excep-
tional scholarship remarked recently
that people knew more about the Bible
nowadays, but memorized less of 1t
than in a former period
DIR. w. C. Richardson of Tuscaloosa,
who was for long years distinguished
educator, said he believed 1t was true
that there was less familiarity with
the Bible and Shakespeare now than
when he was young man. lie &C
counted for the change by the rapid
multiplication of books. L can remem-
ber,' he said, when the library OF the
average person of literary taste con-
sisted of the Bible, Shakespeare, Pill
grim's Progress and a few of the stan
dard modern poets, but now our book
shelves are crowded with literature
'"rhe multiplication of books is well,
hut | would be glad to see a return
TO the old-time habit of making the
Bible and Shakespeare the basis OF 1T
erary culture"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
POLICE sHoo GIRL BArHERs

Atlantic City Telegram to the New YORK
Times.
Pretty girls in startling bathing cos
tunes, over which they failed to wear a
skirt or raincoat. were turned back from
the beach Sunday by hard hearted police
men as they essayed to go under the
boardwalk and out on the beach. They
protested angrily. but the policemen were
aGamant.
The bathers were obliged to go back
home and get coat il they wanted TO
go upon the beach Commissioner OF
Public Safety Bartlett gave the orders,
which cast CONSERVATION among the
ranks of bathers who dress at their cot
tsges. Bathers hereafter will be arrested
II they appear upon the streets in bath
irg suits without proper covering.
C,ne of the bathers turned from the
beach was Arna Busser. an actress, who
started down from local theatre. She
wore long sweater to her knees, but the
po,ice said II was not enough. She was
Obliged to go back and don a cloak be-
fore she could go on the beach.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
THREE AMERICAN DuoHEssEs

In the September Woman's Home COM
pa,ion appears an interesting account of
the three American girls who have be-
come duchesses. One, the Duchess OF
Marlborough, was Consuelo Vanderbilt;
another, the Duchess of Roxburghe, was
May Goelet; the third. the Duchess Of
Manchester, was the daughter of Eugene
zimmerman, the we'll known Cincinnati
railroad president and capitalist. Fol-
loving is an extract about the Duchess
of Manchester
1.-THE Duchess of Manchester, formerly
Helena Zimmerman. Is like the Ouch
ess of Marlborough, the second American
woman to beat the title. She proves,
TOO, quite conclusively that the inspiring
ain of a titled foreign alliance is not
necessarily social prestige. Her life is
very fully absorbed in her children and
her home, and she has clearly shown how
little the outside world means in COM
ra.ison. The Duchess likes Ireland much
better than England; London and its
gaieties she rarely visits; the smart set
there sees little of her.
THE English seat of the Manchesters
is leased to a relative of the Duke, and
the family lives in Ireland at kylemore
castle, given to them by Mr. Eugene
Zimmerman the Duchess father. There,
in the heart Of Connemara's lovely see
cry, she is much out of doors, playi.g
golf. cycling. and driving her own motor.
These activities, with many claims of
growing brood of little ones and the d.
recting of their studies. help make the
days full enough. All in all, hers is
busy life lssee~,d crn. fsS IN the home % s,.
The FIST child. Lady Mary AiVS MN
tagu, 10 Years old; the secondN LORD
MARI ..vue for whom Queen Alexfnora
81 a. xodmother, was born in lsozN inc
fnird Lord Edward Eugene Monut
- IN 1905. and given his middle nafns
- honor of his maternal granoia.nV''
lad King Edward as sponsor at pap.sn
the fourth and youngest, Lazy
,,ontagu. was born in 1905
.of recent years the duke ana oucnes'
-, made brief trips to the con''ne'
-. ,he,r motor with them, ana occa-
S'anauv have travelled as far . america.
thouebtfuI, clever woman ol 'ui'uie
anaracter. the Duchess Of Manches-
topes life with a gentle SERIOUSNESS
l ,hat in her little world endear ne' "
sr warm hearted Irish about
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
llINGt.ics
from Judges Library.

From Judges Library.
Don't swear at the peanut man; he's
part OF the game.
Mai.- a baseball has been atted out
Of shape in a no-hit game.
In your widest rage, try to re - =
Der the umpire is somebody's de s.
II you were the best field he
world and couldn't hit. you'd gN ur
release.
Some great players started on barn
lots. while others came from the col
lege campus.
The game offers great rewards-great
players are presented at the White
House and own automobiles.
The sure batter makes as few home
runs as any player, but his work
swells the score.
A sharp crack, and the pale sphere
soaring over the fence--what shock
1t must be to the battery.
The President of the United States
is a fan, so try to be decently digniHsd
even when there are three on bases
and two out.
We know the greatest baseball play
er in the world; sometimes he nuns
EN- and sometimes he fans, but his
reputation doesn't rest on that.
The pitcher who curves his elbow
at the bar in fast company cannot curve
balls in fast company.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
Justice to the Negro

Deacon Hemphill advocates in the
New York Times a celebration of the
semi-centenary next year of the proc
NATION of Abraham Lincoln declar-
ing the freedom of the negro from
slavery. President Taft expressed
he opinion in his last annual message
hat the event should be properly cele-
brated, but Congress has not acted on
vthe suggestion. The proposition to
appropriate s25O,OoO toward the ex-
penses of a semi-centennial exposition
to celebrate the act of emancipation
\ stands Enacted on, and Congress is
about to adjourn.
The President suggested that "a
proper form of celebration would be
an exposition to show the progress
the negroes have made, not only dur
hing their period of freedom, but also
|from the time of their coming to this
country and he urged the appoint
Anent of commission to consider the
Subject, and to outline, if deemed adj
visable, plan for the enterprise.
The negroes own. $600,000,00o of
property, and they pay taxes on per-
hapsI o1e-half of that amount. In
GeorkI alone they pay taxes on prop
erty ued at s32, 234,437. 1t is the
~ per impression that the race as a
pleL1O 100000 in round numbers
living in better homes, wearing
pr clothes and have more to eat.
rely, in this age of appropriations
Fxpositions, the sum of S250,OOO
d be voted to enable the negroes
|ganize an exposition that will
what they have accomplished
years of freedom.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
ron Nitrates for Fertilizers

he improvements in the Tennessee,
Warrior, the Tallapoosa and the
pa rivers are not only adding to
facilities of navigation but also to
possibilities of manufacturing in
state. The bill to authorize a
IN company to erect dam at
seven and half miles above
pka, will not only improve the
without cost to the government
will enable the farmers Of the
belt to buy iron nitrstes for
Il fertilizers at lower figures.
ogen is needful in the growing of
pn, and nitrated material can be
|ufactured where water power is
undant and cheap. The great
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
Retention of the Commerce Court


1t is practically decided that the
commerce court is to remain in ex-
istence unpopular though it be. The
President insists that the court should
be retained because contested railroad
cases can by means of it be heard
and settled in half year. When such
cases had to be dragged through dis
trict court and appellate courts the
average time consumed was two years.
The abolition of the commerce court
would not change the law particle.
The question is, which is the more
expeditions, the circuit courts or the
commerce court? The interstate COM
mission does not desire the interven-
ton of any courts, but it is plain that
it must not transcend the constitution
in its decisions.
The interstate commission possesses
the confidence of the country, and now
that the supreme court has decided
that its finding of facts and concep
tions of policy are final, if constitu-
tional, it should rest content. 1t alone
can say what rates are reasonable
and what are not, provided it does not
adopt a policy of confiscation. No
railroad has been confiscated up to
this time, and probably none ever
will be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
A GREAT BORE

In a story by Mary Stewart Cutting In
the September woman's Home Compan-
ion appears the following characterize
ton of man who made himself null
sance by always trying to be funny;
"Mr. Brentwood was well born, well
educated, and successful in affairs He
had in. the eyes of his family, but one
fault; he had a masculine sense of hu-
NOR of a homelS almost rural type, at
which his family WINGED uncontrollably.
Mrs. brentwood even from the earliest
DAYS of their marriage, had been wont
to implore her Theodore. when they were
expecting company, not to be funny
'sCertain jokes or mannerisms Of his
at the table were of daily occurrence.
Hardly noticed any more when they were
alone, they sprung into startling proml-
hence when there were guests. He al
ways said. People come from miles
around to hear us drink soup He jovial-
| " inquired If he might borrow the but
ter or il Ellen, the waitress. could
spare him another slice of bread He
made puns on the vegetables, and he
had a habit of looking with sudden sus-
picion at any dish handed to him. no
matter how familiar and asking disgust
eddy, What is this anyway Straneers
always inspired him particularly to tn
entertainment. Certain ancient, inher
anecdotes could be endured by his
and children, even IL with aching
but there was bath-tub sto
brentwood had In his early boy
grated with his parents to
| then the edge Of the prairies
mendaciously, You know we
| baths when l was boy.
1t was amusing. nearly we
pale of refinement. and az
brush story which positive
pie laughed at his stories
became practically untra
Another common tabl
| Brentwood was that nd
use for potato salad be
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
A girl who doesn't want any beauN
has hers already
The devil Doesn't have to work much
because his converts do It for him.
Even q millionaire must get nervous
when the first of the month bills lie on
the table unopened before him.
It's better for man 10 deceive his
wife about where he was than to have
to buy her new hat to pacify her.
mans funny st,-y becomes the sd l.
dest OF all 70 him when somebody else
cells 1t just before ne mas u ciit-lco.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
[utlook for the Parcels Post

etween the Moon bill and the
lrne bill it is difficult to say what
of the first parcels post in
lhtry will be. Nor does it
matter. All that is necessary
beginning and when once that
is wrenched from the powerful
ess companies it will be compare
nasy to build on and add to it.
you'd now suggest the closing
stall savings banks, and once
post is adopted, no matter
rfect it may be, it will grow
Gets the demands and wants
ople.
an that facilitates package
alton at low rates between
and the city will decrease
of living in the cities while
It WI Icrease the profits of the
farmers. There are objections to all
the plans. The Bourne plan limits the
weight of packages that may be car
eied in the mails to IL pounds, and it
Is claimed this limit would shut out
nearly all farm produce-would ex-
packages of butter and eggs and
like from mail transportation.
All Of the proposed plans are open
objections, but after all we can at
resent get not much more than a
art toward a satisfactory plan. Con-
|ress should not adjourn without
ranting that much. Its fears con-
Erning a parcels post are all imagi-
- Other countries have tested the
IN, and we need it here, for the
ISIS companies are too greedy to
he bill.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
WORTH WHILE.

Who cares any more to sit down in .
moving picture theatre and witness the
reproduction of bogus battle with sham
generals and sham soldiers hired for
days work by the picture men, when he
may see films that wildly portray scenes
IN real war that is going on right
how? The Turko-1talian war is being pre-
served by photography, just as it hap
pens.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
PRoTECTIoN PROMISED.

Many Waterloo friends will regret to
learn that Mrs. ID. G. Langlands left
WIN her husband last night for Boston,
Waterloo Gowa) Courier
Ii Mr.. Langlands doesn't treat her well
fere, all she will need to do will be to
complain to the police.-Boston Globe.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
WHAT THEY MISSED.

Their laughter and their cleaning curls
We dearly like to note;
Aus. there were no chorus girls
When Shakespeare lived and wrote
Birmingham Age Herald.
Their laughter and their dripping curls
We dearly love to note;
Alas, there were no bathing girls
When Noah sailed his boat
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
USE OF APPENDIX FOUND

small opening is left, in place of the wide
mouth which formerly opened into the in
festival tract.
THAT the appendix is a rudimentary Or
gan, due to the fact that there is use
for it after the child is born, and that
it, therefore, becomes atrophied. l admit.
but that the appendix of the unborn child
is rudimentary organ 1 deny. After the
birth of a child, when the appendix ceases
to function, another valve known as the
lebcoecal takes up its work, so that the
same results are achieved by nature
through another organ"
DR.. James J. Walsh of No. no West
Seventy-fourth street, an eminent au-
thority upon medical affairs, expressed in
terest in DR.. Feinbergs observations.
Or Feinberg's conclusions are not only
possible, but probable was the way DR..
Walsh expressed himself. LAS yet We
know very little about the true function
of the appendix, and any new light upon
Its place in the human scheme is inter-
esting. 1 shall be pleased to follow DR..
Fenbergs deductions further.
IF what Dr. Feinberg says is true about
the use of the appendix before birth and
pendix is an organ somewhat analogous
to the thymus gland, behind, the thyroid
gland in the throat. The thymus gland IL
very large just before and after birth,
but when the child is 2 years old the
gland gradually atrophies-shrivels up
and apparently is of no further use.
But I, for one, must take issue with
DIR. Fenberg, when he says that the APP
pendix in after life Is useless organ.
believe that it has very vital place. BY
| forming and loosing white blood cells into
the intestines 1t prevents many serious
ailment."
| toes always reminded him of cold feet.
1t was also his habit to admonsh people
to eat slowly and distinctly He got this
from the old saying. Read slowly and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
D'be Supaover

"rhe old citizen who was talking about
the sunfiower was right in saying that
it used to be considered a poor folks
flower, while now it is a favorite in up
per-tendom," said William l.. Lindsay.
when | was a youth the sunfiower
was not mucn esteemed. Oscar Wilde
made 1t fashionable. In his esthetic lee
lures and writings he had a good deal
to say about the sunf1ower. He wore q
sulfiower on the lapel of his coat and he
socn made 1t a fad.
THE sunfower is comparatively coarse.
1t has little of the refinement of natures
beauties that we cultivate in the flower
bed, but in mass the sunfiower is ex-
oeedingly effective. 1t makes fine show
in the field or In large parks.
1.-THE seed OF the suniower has come
to be an important product in commerce.
1t makes excellent chicken and bird food.
Birds of plumase that feed on sunfiowsr
seed have more brilliant feathers than
those without this diet The seed is now
used great deal in poultry yards be-
cause IL gives fine gloss to the feathers.
"Suniower seed came into commercial
prominence about the same time various
uses were found for cotton seed. Who
of the older generation would have
thought that cotton seed would have SO
much money value? 1t makes salad oil
that completes with olive oil. 1t makes
nutritive meal and in combination is I'M
portant as a fertilizer. The cotton seed
now adds millions upon millions of dol
a
1T is only in recent times that the
sunflower seed has been in demand for
chicken food, but great attention is now
paid to the culture of the old time flower
fer the seed alone
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
IN r. ISRAEL FEINBERG. president
of the board of coroners. informed
- the Herald yesterday that he had
arrived at a new conclusion with regard
to the history of the vermiform appendix
In the human being and its utility. DR..
Feinberg has spent 10 years in the study
OF the appendix, seeking cure of appen-
dicitis and to discover the purpose OF the
organ in the human structure. The con-
illusions which he has reached are novel
in medical annals.
Briefly, Dr. Feinberg believes that the
appendix is of vital Importance in the I'M
born child. After the birth of the child,
Dr. Feinberg declares. the utility Of the
appendix is at an end, and the organ
gradually atrophies, until in mature life
It Stimulates a rudimentary mass of It's
sue.
'trhe appendix is found in an enlarged
state in the child before birth, DR.. Fem
berg said to a Herald reporter yesterday.
"As is commonly known, the child at that
period possesses several organs that diff
fer greatly from those which are found
Immediately after birth, when he begins to
breathe and take nourishment-for in
stance, the heart, the lungs and the in
festival tract. In my opinion, the APP
pendix has some particular action in rela-
ton to the intestinal canal until the time
of birth.
From various opportunities for observa-
ton and experiment l have discovered tnat
the appendix has valve like action upon
the intestines which prevents the entrance
of foreign substances into the body of the
unborn child After the birth of the child
the appendix gradually grows smaller I'M
til, at last, it contracts so that only
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

A Michigan barbecue has secured the
carcass of real bull moose, and 1t Will
be actually eaten. 1t should have been
pulled off In November.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

This is presidential campaign year
but thus far there has been no excite
ment That is because the republic
ans have practically accepted the stu
ation. Wilson will be the next Pres
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

We have had a pleasant summer but
September will probably be warm
enough to make up for the deficiency
in temperature Cotton will revel in
hot autumn, even If We mortals fret
a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

The double decked street car in New
York, carries IS persons. Any old car
can carry 100, although 1t will not seat
Int "a of them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

SOTO SPEAK.

What do you think of the feminine
wing of the Progressive party7'
by Jove! When a person comes to
think of it, that's a feather In the colo
nels hat
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

i'm j Cowper speaks OF 0 CLOCK as the
fashionable time After the battle OF
waterloo the dinner hour was altered TO
six. from which time it has advanced by
l,aif-hour stages to eight. So that in 4oo
wears the dinner hour had gradually
moved through at least ten hours OF the
to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

in the presence Of an embryo fnancier
of the highest possibilities, the inter-
viewers respectfully withdrew.-CIeveland
Plain Dealer.
TOILERS IN THE VALLEY.
Alas, to think
Through life we must
Fill up our lungs
With smoke and dust.
On mountain tops
How pure the air,
But who could earn
living there?