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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24
MAKES HIS BOYS SPEAK LATIN

From the New York Sun.
We notice that Dr. William Henry Den
ham Rouse, headmaster of the Pers,
Grammar school at the English Cam
bridge, and one of the most accomplished
of scholars is going to lecture at the
Harvard Summer school. He is strons
in Sanscrit and Pail. In Latin and Greek
in folklore and Elizabethan literatu
and dear knows what else; and he Is
under so at that But 1t is not as the
editor of the Classical Review or this
translator of some volumes of that ia.
nous collection of birth stories Of
Buddha, the "Jataka," or "Greek Votive
Offerings and so on; 1t is not as a
learned writer, but as schoolmastei
with living ideas about the undying dead
languages that he interests us. He talks
Greek and Latin, and he holds that these
should be taught orally.
In regard to Latin, at least. this is
surely the method to be pursued. Look
at our boys struggling away at it for
years; getting SO. perhaps, If they are
uni sually Industrious that after ten
years or longer they have read probably
1859 liiht iibiipti VI Lsilih duliOi &c
lections and they usually forget that pit
iful little smattering in few years. DR..
Rouse's pupils hear Latin; then they
speak 1t; thea they write it. AS he re-
minds us-and we all remember VOL
seys uncourtly, and too correct, Ego
ct Rex meus"-Latin used to be the
tongue of diplomacy 1t is even now an
n tfonal IL much
used, yet far surprising French in geo.
graphical range; and in the Catholic
church at least 1t remains a living speech.
But what's Latin to us? may be asked.
Latin, like Greek. must "go'' and is "go-
ing even faster than Mr.. Charles
Francis Adams. then regarded as such
an image breaker, could have anticipated
when he stirred the dry pones in 1882 or
thereabout. Well, we are not concerned
about that going" There will always be
scholars; and it Is not impossible that
some time there will be a renaissance of
sanity, of moderation, a reaction from the
grotesque, the strained the decadent,
the general neuroticlsm. We dare say
that If for a generation nobody were all
lowed to write book pretending to be
literature until he had read the master
pieces of Greek literature, there might
be reawakening of the sense of form
and style as we'll as a grateful damming
of the flood of flubdub. Latin literature
is, of course, of secondary value. What
we are concerned with here is the method
Of learning languages.
If French, German. Spanish, Italian,
were learned by ear and taught by mouth
In the United States, Americans would
not be as linguists so backward and
justly ashamed OF themselves in COM
parison with Germans, swiss. Belgians
or Dutch. As rule the American boys
and girls after years of stupid grind"
have read a little Racine, Moliere and
so on; few fables few stories; but
either they can't speak French at all or
they speak 1t like a Spanish cow" SO
with other languages.
We hope that DIR. Rouse's visit may stir
scholars to recognize and change the
fact that for the most part the Ameri-
can system of learning languages is
waste of time and money.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24
The Temperance Cause

THE Anti-Saloon league is naturally
eated over the action of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad in voluntarily discon-
tinuing the sale of liquor. on its trains
east of Pittsburg,' said travelled man.
The railroad gives up the buffet fea-
ture at the instance of the Anti-Saloon
league. In the prohibition field, gem
orally, there seems to have been a lull
for some time. but opposition to the
liquor traffic will always be in evil
dence.
Il am inclined to think that the next
anti-liquor wave will be as effective
as any of the waves in the past, but
there will be less of the fanatical idea
in 1t. Any total abstinence or prohi-
bition movement that makes an excep-
ton in favor of beer and light wines
will gain many a supporter who hith-
erto has been an -prohibitionist.
Il think vast majority of the peo-
pie of this country seeing the economic
waste caused by the liquor trade, to-
say nothing of drunkenness, would be
willing to see whisky excluded from
saloons and confined to the wholesale
trade. Beer containing less than 4 per
cent of alcohol satisfies the beer drink
err. and it would be well nigh impossi-
BILE for him to become Intoxicated on
such mild beverage.
Georgia licenses the sale of beer
under the name of near beer, but pro-
hibits the sale of other liquor. Prohi-
bition in Georgia is very much of a
farce, but at the same time it seems
to minimize the consumption of whisky.
Atlanta is now one of the greatest beer
towns in the world. and nobody seems
to be made Incorporate by the traffic
in the malt product
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24
IN THE SLUMS OF LONDON

From "Londons Underworld" by
Thomas Holmes.
TINE odds and ends of humanity, so
plentiful in Londons great city,
i have for many years largely con-
stituted my circle of friends and ac-
quaintances.
They are strange people, for each Of
them is. or was, possessed of some domi-
mating vice, passion, whim or weakness
which made him incapable of fulfilling the
ordinary duties of respectable citizen
ship.
They had all descended from the upper
world, to live out strange lives or die
early deaths in the mysterious, but all
pervading world below the line. Some
of them saw as 1t were for a moment
only; suddenly out of the darkness they
burst upon me; suddenly the darkness
again received them out of my sight.
But our acquaintance was of sufficient
duration to allow me to acquire some
knowledge and to gain some experience
of lives more than strange and of char
acters far removed from the ordinary
But over one and all of my friends hung
a great mystery, a mystery that always
puzzled and sometimes paralyzed me,
mystery that always set me to thinking.
Now, many of my friends were decent
and good hearted fellows; yet they were
o,,tcasts Others were intelligent, clever
and even Industrious, quite capable OF
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24
WHEN WILSON TELLS A STORY

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
What is 1t they call the unfortunate
man of a pair of vaudeville comedians
the one who gets a slapstlck now ana
then for asking the wrong thing at the
right time? Anyhow, that's what Pri-
vate Secretary Joe Tumulty Is to GOV
woodrow Wilson. 1t isn't any wonder
| that Tumulty is known as "Old Gloom
n his intimates. According to one OF
the reporters at present assigned to sea-
girt. this is a typical scene at the gov
ernor's summer home:
.Fine. breezy, pleasant afternoon. Hot
IN the sun. sweet in the shade. Old
Gloom appears among the reporters
grouped on the veranda. He passes cl-
garettes, ice water and information.
Every genial man, the governor says
old Gloom. Merry, happy, full OF
charming humor. Ha! Ha!
"At the second ha' the governor steps
through the French window, as though
he had heard his cue.
1.-The governor says Old Gloom, rap
| i6ly. before any reporter can ask a
question, Etold me an awfully funny story
the other day. Ha! Ha! You must tell
the boys that story, governor
"'Oh, yes, the reporters say, YEARLY,
do tell us the story.
.'.Ha, ha,' says the governor, laugh
| ing with an effect of determination. You
mustn't make me tell such stories. Joe.
The reporters prick up their ears. Sounds
as though this story might be worth
while. Governor goes on.
at happened in England says he
| Young man called on a young woman
one night AS they sat stiffly In the
parlor, waiting for her mother to appear
| and chaperon them, the young woman
nose began to bleed.
Find something cold and put II Oh
the back of my neck" she said.
" 1.-The young man looked about. Inc
only cold thing he could see was th'
door KEY. He pulled it out, In his asita'
tion locking the door as he did SO. JUS
as be nlaced it on the back of the young
,,,on,an,s neck her mother knocked at the
door and he dropped it down the girrs
hack The question is, what did the
young man do next?
i.wild laughter from Old Gloom De
corous appreciation by the reporters. Fine
dental display by the governor. Cur
I<oiy,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
All careful wife can save for man
he can give himself credit for.
The quicker girl can fall in love with
a man the quicker he can get over it.
If a man had all the money in the
world, he could worry most about what
his taxes were going to be.
The queerest thing is how, when it's an
even shot to guess right, as against
wrong, nobody can ever do it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

held their new hats on their laps. SO that
no harm could come to the delicate fab
rics-for each was the finest that Manan
bride had ever worn. One item of cargo
was a hogshead OF molasses. and this
was trigged on deck.
When the little packet neared harbor
the two young suitors of the girls gave
over their task in the fish house and
walked to the end of the wharf to
| meet their brides-to-be. Snap of the
sail, and she came about to make her
reach for the last leg of the journey! That
wicked tide rip which streams In tossing,
swirling, yeasty current from every con-
torted headland on the island caught the
craft and buffeted her with such jar
that the hogshead broke from its fasten-
ings, was tripped from its trig. and rushed
across the deck. The wave and the i'm
pact of the weight against the rail over
turned her instantly. The wind scaled
those new hats in over the waves to the
piles of the dock and the poor, bedraggled
objects were rescued with tears and
laments and borne by the women to the
home of anguish: the sisters were never
seen again. Some of the ancient men call
the place Millinery Rip"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

| holding their own with respectable men,
until they were helpless.
Others were fastidiously honest in some
things, yet they were persistent rogues
who could not see the wrong or folly of
dishonesty. Many of them were clear
headed in 90 directions, but in the hum
dredth they were muddled, il not men,
tally blind.
Others had known and appreciated the
comforts of refined life, yet they were
happy and content amid the horror and
dirt of a common lodging house! Why
was it that these fellows failed and we're
content to fail in life?
What is that little undiscovered some
thing. that determines their lives and
drives them from respectable society?
What compensations do they get for
all the suffering and privations they UNI
dergo? l don't know. I wish that l did
But these things l have never been able
to discover.
l am persuaded that weakness is moral
disastrous to the world than absolute|
wickedness, for nothing IN the whole of
my life's experience has taken more OUT
of me and given me so much heart-break-
ing disappointment as my continued eff
forts on behalf of really well intentionedl
individuals who could not stand alonel
owing to their lack of grit and moral
backbone For redemptive purposes n
would rather have to deal with a big
sinner than with a human jellyfsh, al
fiabby man who does no great wrong.
but on the other hand does not the slight
est good
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

Mr.. Barnes of New York is adviser in
chief of the Taft campaign. This means
that 1t Is to be reactionary to the fullest
possible extent
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

Senator Works of California says repub-
manly thing by voting for Woodrow Will
son. He says that he himself can con-
sstently do just that thing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24
LEGEND OF GRAND MANAN

tolman Day, In Harper's Magazine Tor
August.
There's the old, old story so infrequently
told that it is remembered and related
only by the oldest men Of the island OF
Grand Manan. Two sisters who were to
be brides on the same day, as they had
tteen chums together at school and In
separable from childhood. went across to
the main on their uncles packet to buy
their wedding inery. On the return they
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

The threatened closing of the Darda-
nelles cuts off a good part of the worlds
supply of wheat. and that increases the
cost of living.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

Bills are pending for the construction
of federal buildings that call for an ex-
penditure of s72,ooo,ooO This is worse than
the batteship mania.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

The Chicago women who are wearing
mems socks are said to be extremely cap
able of filling the requirements.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

The bull moose convention may yet
have to charge vaudeville prices for seats.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

Don't borrow trouble by thinking the
presidential election will be thrown into
Congress. 1t will not be by fully 100000
plurality.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

Senator Crane of Massachusetts, refuses
to run for reelection. He sees new
kind of politics coming around the cor
ner.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

After spending sio0.0Oo,0Co to build a
canal we are not ready to ask all Eu-
rope how to operate 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

Vice President Sherman is urged to
stay at home and rest. The reactionaries
simply want him to keep his mouth shut
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

1t seems to be settled that the steam
roller and the entire machine of the Taft
ties is to be stocked by Hilles and steered
by Barnes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

The United States has two summer cap
itals this year. seaglrt and Beverly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

The moving picture plan has long been
applied to prize fights. and in California
II was applied to bejewelled wedding.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

seven-eighths of the Panama canal
stands complete without mourning a scan
dial.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

A dog day 10 days ahead of time II
clearly out of order.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

Each new warship is making a speed
record to the scrap heap.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

Panama buys its watermelons in Texas.
1t can raise anything. but 1t don't.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

The summer climate of Arizona is al
most as delightful as the summer climate
of Manila or Panama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

No one admits that he belongs to the
rank and file of a party.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

No aeroplane can land In a cornfleld
without knocking down II rows of corn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

Caruso is TO sing in Buenos Ayres at
5000 a night. and New York is not in
the running.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

Remittances can be made at current
rate of exchange. The Age-Herald VIII
not be responsible for money sent
through the mails Address
THE AGE-HERALD,
Birmingham. Ala
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24

No communication will be published
without Its authors name. Rejected
manuscript will not be returned unless
stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala,
postoffice as second class matter under
act of Congress March 3. 1879.
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Eastern business office. Rooms AZ to
30. inclusive, Tribune building, New
York city; western business office,
Tribune building. Chicago. The s. c.
Beckwith Special Agency agents for
aign advertising.
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the only authorized travelling represen-
tatives of The Age-Herald in Its circu-
lation department.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-02

Phoenix, Ariz. The affair was given az
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Webb,
487 Reno street. The following were
present: Mr.. and Mrs. Bower, Mr. and
Mrs. Cox and daughter Edna, Mr.. and
Mrs E. r. Gross, Mr.. and Mrs. John
jones and children. Mr.. and Mrs. Dun
ming Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Webb, Mr.
and Mrs. E. LJones, Mr.and Mrs. Frank
Morris and Mr.. and Mrs. Webb. The
club presented Mr.. and Mrs. Bower
with a pretty silver syrup pitcher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kemplin who
have been visiting Mrs. Kemplin's
mother Mrs. NJ. Keifer of Green street
and her sister Mrs. Frank Norris of
Reno street, the past few weeks, will
return to their home in San Bernardino
Calf, Friday.
Harry Tollen of Oakland was the
guest at dinner Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Davis, 4O2 East Fifth street
The following friends pleasantly sur
prised Miss Edna Cox last evening at
her home on Reno street, Miss Cox left
today with her mother for Phoenix
Ariz., where they will spend the winter.
The following We're present: Mr.. and
Mrs. D. P. Morrison, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Bechtel, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Cox, Mr..
and Mrs. c. E. Cox, Miss Lula McCarty
Miss Bertha Kern Miss Edna Thomp-
son, Miss Theresa Kerns, Miss Marie
O'Hare, Miss Anna ROscnberger, Miss
Blanch Watts, Miss Edna McCarty,
Miss Alta AdamSon, Miss Francis Jones,
Mr.. W. c. woodward, Mr.. Bruce War
ner, Mr.. John Cozad, Mr.. Stanley Wag-
ner, Mr.. Charles Smith. Mr.. Charles
Thompson and Mrs. D. P. Thompson
Miss Sylvia Michael gave a miscel-
laneous shower last evening at her
home on Sardou avenue for Miss Maude
Thomas, whose marriage to Mr. Harry
Hargraves, of Seattle, Wash, is to be
solemized soon. The following friends
We're present: Miss Thomas, Miss
Michael, Miss Clara Koch, Miss Estelle
Clemmins, Miss Anna Arnold, Miss
Francis Jones, Miss Jessie Mitchell.
Miss Ogda Koch. Miss Mella Glenn
minis, Miss Bessie Michael, Mrs. Fred
Bechtel, Mrs. E. L. Jones, Mrs. Harry
Armstrong, Mrs. W. J. Arnold and Mrs.
Joseph Michael. Mr.. Hargraves form
erly liver here and was connected with
the advertising department of the Daily
Capital The young people will make
their home in Seattle
Mr.. and Mrs. Q. D. Balser and son.
Frank. of Silver Lake were guests Mon
day at the F. G. Davis home on East
Fifth street.
Miss Martha Irwin of East Eighth
street and her sister Mrs. James Nc
klnley of Scranton, Kan, who is visit
ing here left Tuesday Cor Victoria, b.
G.. to visit their relatives for a few
weeks. They will return by the way
OF Trinidad, Colo, to visit another
sister, Mrs. William Harrison for a
short time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-02
EAST SIDE NOTES.

Items for this column may be phoned
to 1915 the State Journal office-1
MIR. and Mrs. Jacob Starkel cele-
brated their twentieth wedding ami
/ versary at their home, 235 German
avenue, last Saturday night. The
room in which Mr.. and Mrs. Starkel
received their guests was beautifully
decorated in silver, white and green.
The two dates 1SS7-1912 were made in
the silver number with tbs white and
green background. A Drief and inter
Steinkamp and a large number of
musical selections were thoroughly
enjoyed. One of the interesting en-
tertainments for the evening was
Taft, ex-Presidetn Roosevelt, Senator
Curtis, Governor Stubs, Woodrow
Wilson and other prominent men. Mr.
and Mrs. Starkel were assisted in re-
ceiving thier friends by their children.
The following called during the even
ing: Mr.. and Mrs. E. Skfbbe, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Lindemann, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
BaeoEar, Mr.. and Mrs. Genthe, Mr..
asd Mrs. J. Nussbeck, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Wulke, Mr.. and Mrs. H. GRADER. Mr..
and Mrs. c. Rupp, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Saunders, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McNeal,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Heinrich, Mr.. and
H. Michaels, Mr.. and Mrs. H. Senne,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Starl1el, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. H. Starkel Mr. w. F. Weber, w. H.
steinkamp. Ed Skibbe, .jr., R. Linde-
Theo. Baecker, Karl Baecker. A. Rich
ert, c Mueller, G. Pyerzki A. Meyer,
F. Kettler, F. Schmidt, w. Schmidt,
Wesheim c. Scheafor, F. Saunders,
Mrs. Quednow, Mrs. LIGHT, Mrs. F. w.
Fritze Mrs. J. Schmidt, Mrs. M.
Moser, Miss c. Senne, Miss A. Stein
kamp, Miss M. Steinkamp. Miss V.
Quednow. Miss G.. Nussbeck, Miss D.
Lobeck, Miss D. Mueller. Miss L. Ket-
tier, Miss R. Schmidt, Miss M. Mueller
and Miss A. Skibbe. Mr.. and Mrs.
Starkel received a large number of
silver remembrances among which was
q set of silver knives, forks and spoons
from the ladies' society of the Lu-
theran church and a creamer and
cracker bowl from the fellow car in
spectorS of the Santa Fe at Ottawa.
Miss Lucy Pollingcr is seriously i'll
at her home on Reno street.
Miss Lucy Sherman of 400 East
Fifth street has returned from Hoyt,
Kan, where she visited Mrs. Alice
Whitaker and Mrs P. ]. Matthews
the past week.
The Westminster guild of the Third
Presbyterian church will meet Thurs
day afternoon with Mrs. george Nc
Kee at her home, 500 Branner street.
Mrs. Mary Johnson of Denver, Colo,
is staying at the home of her s1ster-in-
law Mrs. J. w. Knowles, $40 East
Tenth street. awaiting the arrival of
the body of her son, Lee Mayhall, who
was scalded to death at Tacoma,
Wash, in a boiler explosion a short
time ago. Besides his mother he is
survived by one brother, Ira Mayhall,
a Santa Fe engineer at Kansas City,
Kan. and three sisters. Mrs. Eva De-
Moss of Weston, Oregon, Mrs. Cora
Johnson of Chicago and Mrs. Lula
of Garfield street here. |
The funeral will be held from Pen
wells chapel Thursday morning at l o
o'clock. -.
The Vesta embroidery club enter |
tanned last Monday evening for Mr.. and |
Mrs. Geo. Bower. who left today for |
Ariz., to remain and Mrs. c. |
E. Fox and daughter Edna, who also |
left today to spend the winter in |
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-02
The FAIR At WATSON
Big Time Promised for Friday and
Saturday.

The first annual fair of Shawnee
Grange which will be held Friday and
Saturday in watson should prove
big success to judge from the attrac-
tons and the premiums offered To-
peka business men have contributed
generously, end made possible the OF
fering of tempting premiums.
The amusement program will con-
sist of the following events: Free for
all one hundred yard foot race, race
for boys under L , years of age, race for
girls under II years of age, horse
shoe contest open to everybody, three
hundred yard pony race, boys sack
race, ball throwing contest for girls
ball throwing contest for boys, high
lump, broad jump. Prizes are offered
for the best looking baby under 2
years of age, and the best looking girl.
Premiums are offered for draft
horses. mules, roadsters, Shetland pony
teams, saddle horses, poultry, agricul-
dairy products. fancy work. and good
things to eat made by the women.