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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
SADDEST ROOM IN THE WORLD
Three Thousand Babies Taken to New
York's Founding Hospital Yearly

From the Columbus Evening Dispatch.
Do you know where the saddest room
in all the world p? Do you know where
sits the cradle of tears No?
1t is the Foundling's hospital in New
York city. There 5000 mothers go every
year. hugging In their arms a newborn
babe; baby without name except thai
which the mothers love and agony has
given it. and they come out weeping.
leaving the baby in the little white cradle
of teas, which stands In the saddest
room in the world.
The hospital is conducted by the Sisters
of Charity and each week about so name
less babies are adopted by women who
have been denied the right of mother
hood. When baby is taken into the
hospital for foundlings. 1t is given into
the care of an official mother in her own
home, and she is responsible 10 the Sis
tiers of Charity for Its welfare. She is
paid SIC a month for caring for It. and
every two weeks she takes II to the hos
pltal TO be inspected, and perhaps adopted
by some childless mother
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cow PONIES GOOD FOR POLO
Cutting Out Steers and Following ;
Ball Are Similar

From the New York Post.
Cutting out COWS and steers at round
up and following the willow ball on the
colo field have many features in common
and call for the exercise of "horse tall
ents" of much the same kind. The ami
NAL In each instance is pointed at a cer-
tain object--a moving. twisting. squirm-
Ing object-and IT is borne in on its
squine intelligence that the only business
In hand is to follow that object, against
al odds and under all circumstances.
The COW horse. once II sights the par
tieuiar steer wanted by its rider, weaves
IN and out of the herd on the steers trail
s4efsistently driving the horned brute to
rne side, clear of the bunch of cattle. The
ponys rider has seldom to do much in the
way of directing the chase. The pony
knows well as he just what is required
Of il, and goes about the job with almost
human intelligence and enthusiasm. OBJ
viously such mount IS a desirable one
for the polo field
Polo horses are picked up in Texas
mostly at all sorts of prices and under
varying conditions. In the carly days
before the cowboys and ranch owners
we're alive to the eastern demand, 1t was
possible TO get good pony for the
proverbial song, but more recently the
Texans thoroughly appreciate the value
bf their stock.
Often, too. the dealer runs counter TO
sentiment in trying TO wean "a COWBOY
HON his mount. A true Texan loves
sothing In the world SO much as his favor
t. horse. One must bid high to get
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with extreme care to avoid any possibil-
ty of infection. bandaged the arm up
neatly and sent the boy away.
1.-THE next day / received a call from a
family residing two blocks from the hos
pital and there performed an operation
which netted me a handsome fee 1t
turned out TO ne the family of the boy
who had been vaecinated the day before
and the parents who had lost son
through a careless vaccination, had been
so pleased with the work that they hal
sent for me to perform the operation
necessary the following day The family
was large one and we'll to do and I re-
ceived more than $4,000 year from 1t in
fees for the mex. three years. Through
these satisfied patients my practice be-
gan to grow until today my income is
quite large. date my success, however
from the day that little boy walked In
the hospital door,
A game of cards with friend and sew
eral strangers netted Chicago lawyer
the biggest fee of his career. according to
his story.
i had jut come from the east and start
ed to practice when | attended a little
friendly stag party. where I was intro
duced to several strange men," said one
of Chcago's legal lights. I'VE all ex-
changed cards and thought no more of
the incident. Five days later one of the
men to whom had been introduced at
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
The death PRAYER"

From the New York Evening Sun.
The South Sea Islanders believed that
they could cause the death of an enemy
simply by praying for it, When the
enemy also held this quaint conviction,
and was aware that his death was being
prayed for, 1t frequently worked upon
his imagination to such an extent that he
really did die. Ben Tiet. the English
labor leader. and the dock strikers who
followed him, evidently hold the ancient
and barbarian belief with an intensity and
sincerity Quite as strong as that of any
South Sea islander And, indeed. when
they all rose en- masse at Tower hin and
repeated in solemn and savage unison
rOh, God. strike Lori Davenport dead!''
II was enough to shake the nerves of
the iran prayed against" al least
temporarily. There is a kind of i'm
rjacaole Old Testament directness about
the thing calculated 20 jar even the most
litera. mind.
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SUMMER RESORTS

"Baldy'' or "Whltefoot" from the mar
whose constant companion the pony has
been on many long march and weary
night vigil when riding the herd"
dependable horse which has, proba-
bly,, carried its owner to safety BON more
than one occasion. which has made dry
camp and rustled its own food when
food for man and beast was hard to find.
is something more than a mere animal to
be auctoned off at the first opportunity.
One pony hunter tells of travelling in
haste 300 miles to be first at the sale of
a COW horse which he had been told could
do everything but talk. lie used .up his
own pony in riding hard, night and day,
only to find on his arrival that the animal
had nothing to recommend 1t but years
OF association with a cowboy whose faith
In the brute was more a compliment to
his tenderness of feeling than TO any
qualities possessed by the quadruped.
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Webb, proves that the distinguished
commoner was trained in the old, hon.
ored school. Born in the farmhouse of a
Kentucky pioneer, 60 miles south of
Louisville and motherless when 4 years
| old, Champ entered upon his career
by filling the soil when he was IL. At 10
he was teaching school in Kentucky, and
during vacation he hired out as a farm
hand, or clerl1ed in a country store At
II he entered Kentucky university, used
up all his money and went back to teach
! ing, In Camden. When ready to resume
| his college work, to save railroad fare, he
walked from Camden. KY to Bethany
NV. Va. walSed-a tall. ungainly boy,
| tramping it doggedly across the country
| to college. here he cooked his own meals
| while wearing a gunny sack for an apron,
and ''as he cooked sang songs in Greek
| and In German" That's Champ Clark for
| you; resourceful, buoyant undaunted by
obstacles-straight pioneer stuff.
The years of his slow-growing success
the years of his work a lawyer in Pike
county. as a member of the Missouri leg
islatufe, his great career in the House OF
| Representatives, resulting In his triumph
ant leadership of the minority and cul-
minating In the speakershp-were the
years of the development of Clarks splen-
did powers of initiative and endurance.
At the end of the first year of his term
as speaker he stood forth prominently
among the great of the earth.
| Out of poverty up from the farm, lin
coln-like, he comes TO us, a broad
gagged statesman, steady-handed, far
/ visioned, generous as well as just, and
/ incapable of cowardice.
! His platform" ?-The one Thomas JEFF
feson builded. On those staunch, veteran
] planks Champ Clark stands with both
feet firmly planted, in the attitude of the
old line fighter: Come one, come ALL
his rock shall fly from its firm base as
soon as II His policies" ?--We talk of
| policies as II statesmans public acts
arabic group, governed by separate mo-
| tives and ideals. Champ Clarks poll
cies'' are simply the projection of his pri-
/ vate life into acts of national signifi-
cance-the extension of the mans char
acter into action that affects his fellow
men In that large measure we term
"statecraft."
The name Champ Clark is pregnant
with possibilities, so Mr.. Webb's admir-
able biography could not appear at a
more oportune juncture of public arouse
ment and of popular demand. In its can
dor. its thoroughness and its unstudied
revelation the book win not fall short of
the tremendous mission that 1t should full
fill.
No book of the sort would be complete
that did not include selections from Mr..
Clarks foreeful writings and his great
public addresses. The reader, therefore,
is given the opportunity to read the best
of fhasp
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
THE NIGHT RIDERS FnuD."

BY Walter c. Mcconnell The Cosmopol-
itan Press. New York.
Daily hairbreadth escapes, with the
feudists ever alert; nights made luminous
by burning houses the best of tobacco
used as torches to light the battlefields of
the farcest industrial struggle the world
has ever known; war. relentless war. dye
Ing KentuclSy's great pastoral regions red
with hlood--this is the Kentucky of Mr..
McConnell's fine novel. THE Night Rid
| ers Feud'
| This is a story of love, of brave men
and of men that are rot brave: and it Is
story of lovely girl. of a girl that Is
as fresh as Kentuclsy's budding roses.
and like those rosebuds, now glistening
with tears, now happy with laughter
The warfare took John Redmond OF
New York to Kentucky. Just graduated
With high honors this young man wished
to study Industrial conditions at close
quarters. Pretty soon, believe me, he
was studying harder than he had ever
done before in his life, and studying other
than affairs Industrial. With bullets
whizzng about him, with the certainty
that "Al' Thompson had sworn to kill
him, because of Redmonds attentions to
the girl of "Als'' schoice, he found life
real enough.
And from the first the little wildhower
Nora Judson, took root in John Red
'-'"hu hcti l. iNhoNiAiS thdt NV coutu nut
wear this little wildhower until he had
disposed of Redmond. and then by force
alone, "Al decided that he would get rid
of his rival, however foul the means
Then the play of wits well as OF guns
The kentuclsian feudist does not let his
rival sleep; the man in love, contending
with rival. has no wish TO sleep.
| And the girl between these two firing
/ lines' Mr.. Mcconnell tells us of the girl
| and a Iretty picture he makes of her In
Kentucky the days of medieval wooing
have not passed. That Is the only kind
Of wooing a maiden ever likes, be she OF
! today or OF the time long passed, when
she was wooed with the sword.
To him who does not know now desper-
ate is the industrial fight now waging in
Kentucky, who does not know that there
| are still Americans whose blood Is the
same today as 1t was when it flowed on
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

Noffat, Yard & Company, New York.
when Mother Lets Us Travel" Gn
italy,, by Charlotte NJ Martin, is the
latest edition to the When Mother Let's
Us Travel Series Of stories which have
taken such hold upon the reading pub
lie and which are at once interesting and
instructive.
Constance Johnson. Mrs. Ralston.
France Duncan, Angela NJ. Keyes and FL
sic Duncan Yale are among the well
known writer's who have contributed Ia
this delightful series. and Charlotte M.
Martin holds her own in the most charm
ing manner in her book, which should be
IN every library, either for old or young,
in the country.
In when Mother cts Us Travel the
| author has chosen Italy for her camping
ground as II were. and most cleverly does
she point out all the Interesting places In
| this most interesting country.
| An American family is taken to the va
| rious places of interest in Italy. This
customs and history of italy are treated
| in an interesting and novel manner. The
book sbounds in amusing incidents Of
travel and sensible and timely sugges
tons as to what Is worth seeing In the
various cities and towns which the family
visit
| CTHER BOOKS RECEIVED eREv1Ews
LATER,
THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF
| THE IHILIPPINES- 1S9S-19l2.' BY Jane:
II. Blount G. p. Putnam's Sons. The
| Knickerbocker Press. New York.
"A CRY IN THE WILDERNESS. By
Mary f. Waller. Little, Brown & Com
pany, Boston.
THE PRINCESS" BY Alfred Lord
| TENNYSON. Illustrated in full color b.
Howard Chandler Christy. The Bobbs
Merrill Company, Indianapolis.
THE RED LANE: A ROMANCE OF
THE BORDER" BY Holman Day Illus
| trated. Harper Brothers. New York
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
CARNEGIE FAvoRs INCOME TAX
The Millionaire Believes Great For
tunes Should Be Assessed Justly

From the New York Times.
London.-Andrew Carnegie, in unwilling
statue of Robert Burns at Montross
the other day said:
"In one department the motherand il
ahead of the dominions and the United
States. She has established the law,
first proclaimed by Adam Smith, that
every subject should contribute to the
support of the government in proportion
to the income he enjoys under the pro-
lection of the state.
This just taxation the millionaires OF
the dominions and the United States have
so far escaped, but their day is coming.
The boards of millionaires should be so
treated, not as punishment, but for
their good, because it is just, and Justice
alone insures general contentment.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
GAME SEEKERS :"
BY Alice Woods. With illustrations b
MAY Wilson Preston. The George I

BY Alice Woods With illustrations by
May Wilson Preston. The George II.
Doran Company. New York
In Fame Seekers" written by Alice
Woods, the reader finds typica1ly Ameri-
can story, recounting the experience of
a New England girl who fleeing from
the commercial atmosphere of her own
country. enters Trilby-land, the artist
colony in Paris, the Mecca of fame-seek-
ers.
The Bohemian side of Partisan student
life is vlvaciously depicted-its gayety,
Incidence, love-quests and passionate
sacrifice OF luxury to creative ideals.
Frenchmen many times have written
with glamor of this subject-now we
judge of its long distance worth In pre-
pairing Young men and women for the
battle of life. as seen through American
eyes. For the possessor of genius its
value is undisputed; but what of the
merely talented multitude who can never
attain success?
The clear implication of this love-ro-
nance is that great proportion of the
fame-seekers who follow the phantom OF
fortune into fascinating Trilby-land re-
turn home broadened by experience and
chastened by failure.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
THE TESTING FIRE"

BY Alexander Corkey. The H. K. Fly
Company, New York.
In the last decade dozens of novels have
appeared founded upon the race question
and II. every instance they have been in
cendary and in most cases absolutely I'M
Christian In doctrine Tho Testing
Fire" by Alexander Corkey, purports to
be unprejudiced.
DR.. Corkey has not theSflnesse of an
Arnold Bennett. but he sees life through
the eyes of the realist and writes accord
ingly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18
GEORGE wENDERN GAVE A
PARTY"

nv 1ohn Inplis Charles Scrfbner's Sons.
New York e
"Georye Wendern Gave Party, is a
story snnnosed IN he written hv we'll
known novelist who inst for curiosity and
70 sratifv a whim Of his. own has taken
the pseudonym of John mglis." merely
70 and ont n his hook viii "go" on rs
merits and not on account of the authors
own name
Certainly the story is very UNIQUE. as
we'll as the idea of the writer TO ascertain
-, :. that a. oil nc sto,ias ,ra &c no,a
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EnIIIIEznIII1zII1IIIIsIIIII1IIn

Bunker Hill-blood unalloyed with that OF
the Hun or the Mediterranean immigrant
to such a man this book will be a rev
citation. The author does not advance any
political theory; he has no political axe 10
grind; he merely records what he has
seep-seen by a man who knows what he
is writing about.
And first, last and all the time. as some
of the old folk still say, the book is a
love story, with love waxing as warm as
an August sun.
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the card game came to my office and
gave me a case involving two years liti-a
CATION and many big deals. My fees for
the two years We're $4,000 and / scarcely
had 43 cents before the night of that card
game"
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'iciAMP CLARK.
BY w. l.. Webb. The Neale Publishing
Company. New York.
The life Of Champ Clark as revealed In
Ats entirety by his biographer, Mr.. w. l.
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MISUNDERSTANDING CITY
The White House


Nest beach. Biloxi. Miss.
Beautiful location on Gulf and cleo
lrc line to other resorts. Ideal grounds
Modern, homelike rooms. with - with
out private baths. Shell drives. fish
Ing, hunting, boating. Guests have ac-
cess to the finest golf links in the
south. Cuisine the best. Rates $1,000
aud up per week.
MRS. CORA E. WHITE, Prop.
special Ten Day Rate via l.. Il N. Rail-
road. Round Trip, $1,000.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-03-21
PREPARED FOR THE WORST
Music Hall Manager Sells Smelling
Salts to Patrons Of His
awful Spectacle"

When It comes to advertising dra.
matte thrills, consider the manager OF
a music hall and moving picture show.
Horrors are that managers specially.
Posters and piratical barker do their
share toward creating goose flesh. but
they are not nearly 30 effective as the
youth who offers bottles OF smelling
salts for rent. Right out In the middle
OF the sidewalk he stands, thrusting
his volatile wares-stoppered, for.
tunately-beneath your nose.
Coin inside?" says he. Take this
you'll need It; faint without It, Only
five cents. Brace you up for the awful
spectacle"
You stop; you wonder. What can
the awful spectacle be like7 The
chances are that you had no notion
Of going to that show or any other
show Just then. but the prospect OF
seeing something so blood-curdling
that you can't live through 1t without
smelling salts appeals to your imagina-
ton. You drop all business and go In.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-03-21
|PF POULTRY
|&XXQ|
MANNER OF STICKING FOWLS
Common Pocket-knlfe, With Medium
Sized Blade, Makes Excellent In
strument for Operation.

When the market calls for bird
to be bled, the best plan is to stick
It In the mouth; and by 30 doing
avoid the unsightliness SO common
where they are hacked about the
throat. Using this method. one
should first OF all have q stout cord
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-03-21

parts crushed stone or gravel are used
in the 1895. The mixture selected
will depend upon the nature OF the
work In which it is used.
Table No. l. shows the materials
necessary for one cubic yard OF con-
crete.
In order to determine the amount
Of cement necessary for any amount
OF concrete, estimate the number OF
cubic yards and multiply that number
by the figure in the table opposite,
"Bbls cement per cubic yard OF con-
crete" and under mixture to be
used" The amount of sand and of
stone is determined in the same way.
Batch mixing. as indicated by the
name, is an intermittent process and
is the one most used in silo construc-
ton. Under certain conditions the
continuous mixing process may be en-
ployed. Continuous mixing is done by
machinery, the materials being fed
into the machine without interruption
during the mixing process, which may
continue for four or five hours. Batch
mixing may be done by machinery If
It seems more desirable. Simple me-
chanlcal mixers have been very sue
cessfully constructed from an ordi-
nary kerosene barrel.
Water should be added until a slop-
py mixture is obtained. This will per-
NIT the material to be readily poured.
The concrete should be prepared upon
water-tight mixing platform, usually
about 10xl2 feet. In placing the ma
terials upon this platform, some meth
cd should be used to get the proper
proportions; that is, If ia mixture
is used, some simple measure for the
materials should be employed where
by this may be easily determined.
Weighing is accurate, but somewhat
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-03-21
Woman and Her Check,

She was brisk and full OF business
as she hustled into the bank, stepped
to a desk. indorsed a check and then
handed 1t in at the paying teller's
window.
You see, I've indorsed 1t and come
to the right window the very first
time" she said with a beaming smile.
I'VE women are getting to know q
little about banking"
That's very true. indeed. madam"
said the teller. but this check ia not
signed by any one"
Well, Just got 1t from my hus-
band. He's in Chicago. Here's his
letter. telling that he is enclosing 1t"
That's all good enough. madam.
but the check itself must be signed"
Here's his name on the letter.
Can't you cut It of and paste 1t on
the check?"
1t took the teller some time to ex-
plain and he still wonders II she
doesn't think he Just didn't want her
to have the money.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-03-21
Greater Farm Efficiency
Concrete a Profit Maker
By PROF. c. A. OCOCK. College of

The watchword OF the present
seems to be conservation. This appar-
emily may be applied to all lines of
work. Not only is this true in the
commercial world, but 1t will hold
true in rural pursuits. The farmer is
exerting every effort In obtaining
more efficiency from his activities and
to do this he is gathering about him
every kind of modern machine or con-
venience that is obtainable.
Concrete on the farm is becoming
an important factor and with the ad-
vent of this new medium OF construc-
ton, feeding floors, troughs, racks,
fence posts, silos, farm buildings and
many useful necessities are being add
ed to the farm equipment. Many OF
these useful things may be construct
ed by the farmer himself or his regu-
lar help. All that is necessary is a
working knowledge of concrete and
its reinforcements. In the construc-
ton of large buildings knowledge OF
the reinforcement OF beams and grid
ers Is required and such construction
should be submitted to an architect
or bridge engineer who is acquaint-
ed with these problems.
Materials used in the construction
OF concrete work are usually proper
toned 1-2-4 or 1-2k-5, 1926, LAS, de-
pending upon their character. That is,
l part cement, 2h parts sand and 5
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-03-21

If a layer of mud or clay settles over
the sand, do not use it.
Gravel or stone should be free from
sticks. leaves or any foreign sub
stance which would in any way de-
stroy the action of the cement upon
the sand and gravel. If clay is pres
ent, always wash /. out by pouring wa
ter over the sand or gravel which is
to be spread over an inclined screen.
Spread the cement upon the sand
and gravel If they are in combination
on the water-tight platform and mix
until the whole mass is of uniform
color. Then add water unless
screened gravel or crushed stone is
being used, in which case place the
cement upon the sand, mixing until a
uniform color; add gravel or crushed
stone and mix thoroughly, and then
proper consistency. Hoes or shovels
can be used to mix the concrete, but
the latter are more often employed.
Concrete should be mixed in small
quantities, only such amounts being
prepared as will be used up immedi-
ately. Concrete hardens so rapidly
that Jumps often begin to form
throughout the whole mass before 1t
can be used. Under these conditions
the whole amount should be discard
than 25 or 30 minutes after the ce-
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-03-21
Just Letting on Steam.

An Englishman living in New
Guinea writes to London paper: "A
neighbor Of mine, just as everyone
was going to bed, began to make
night hideous with his shrieks and
groans. shouting like some
midnight roysterer in the chorus Of a
comic song, and then blood.curdling
wall. as of dog that bays at the
moon. There was nothing particular
the matter with the man. In New
Guinea we are denied the means of
excitement. or the consultations. or the
narcotics. or the dissipations, Of cul-
tured and civilized men and women.
30 we must Just let ourselves go. and
howl and sing and shout, and then
howl again. And nobody takes much
notice and nobody minds"