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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
THE PRESS AGENTS NERVE


 Henry B. 1Iarris in the November Strand
 Here is a sample of the pure nerve that used to characterize the press agent As the story went certain act ress was booked to appear in west ern city in opposition to another well known star In the space-grabbing rivalry between the advance agents human ingenuity was stretched to q point where it threatened to snap at any moment. The star I refer to was supposed to have adopted an Indian child In a certain town in the far northwest. Some small children were said, while playing on the outskirts of the place, to have entered de- serted cabin, and there to their hor- TOT and amazement, found body lying on the floor. Help was summoned the body picked up and discovered to be an Indian squaw who had been dead for several hours. On unwrapping the blanket, a little Indian papoose was found, still living. They-the press agent-rushed the unfortunate child to a physician, who brought 1t around bii Ii5iil Iutil lllS dtll tao--iii ti4C press agents fancy--learning of the affair, immediately took steps to adopt the child The ingenious press agent, after landing the story with the ed- itor, was asked if he had a picture of the child. He was nonplussed. but only for a moment. Then he dashed wildly into a stationery store, got picture postal of an Indian papoose, and with 1t filled the need of the city editor
 Of course there was a second day story The telegraph wires were kept hot between advance agent and com pany manager, who was instructed to send hourly bulletins as to the con- dition of the child and the methods to be used by the actress in educating it in the white mans way. Public in terest ran high. The date of the ar rival of the actress drew near. What HOW perplexed the press agent was how either to get an Indian papoose or how to get rid of one. And here is where Uncle Sam was implicated. A story was dashed over the wire that the department of the interior had de- nied the right of the city officials to give the actress the guardianship of an Indian child, and that steps were Icing taken to compel her to turn the papoose over to the government Then the defiant message flashed across the wires that the actress would rot obey the command of the United States district attorney-that she would Hay down her life before she ould surrender he child. The next day a story was published, Famous Actress Arrested" recounting how the arrest of the star and other influences brought to bear upon her had caused her to relinquish her claim to the child. And so the Indian papoose dis appeared from the press agents mind, and all was serene.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
A TALL ADVENTURE

from the Fopular MaSdZlne.
 Col. Archibald Oracle is the man who had the remarkable experience of being drawn deep into the water by ,he suction of the sinking Titanic and pthen being catapulted to the surface by the explosion of the ships boilers, When he finally landed in New YorS he gave out statement to the news papers describing his marvellous es- cape.
 One of the New York newspaper men in commenting on Graeie's story hits t off as fellows:
 Colonel Oracle is the most wonder ful aquatic performer of modern times. When it comes to toying with the ocean, he has old Neptune looking like fish with amputated fins. All he did was this:
 'He was drawn down a mile deep by the sinking of the biggest ship on the oceon. At that great depth he " alSed mp the members of his family in New York by an astounding piece of mental telepathy. He was then hit in the small of the back by the ex- plosion of 60.o00 horsepower engine boilers and projected back to the top of the ocean, On his return journey he kidded himself into the belief that he was traveling through hot, instead of icy, water Travelling upward with tn velocity of bullet out of a gun, he popped out into the starlit night, land- ed on a life raft lit cigar which had not had time to get wet, gave the people on the raft pleasant smile and then calmly proceeded with the work of rescuing his fellow passen- gers.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
poN,rs FOR rHoropLAys

Entertaining Sixteen Million Daily,
 Gllson willets. in National Magazine
 for October.
 For those authors who cannot resist trying their hands at photoplays a few terse "don'ts' are suggested: Don't write western plays. They are drug on the market. The public in America is sick to death of the cowboy y-sheriff-Indian play Don't write chase pictures. Chase pictures were made in the year l. No director, unless he takes the chance Of losing his place. will put on a chase picture. Don't write the trick picture. These trick pictures have operated to make the public believe oftentimes that a really great scene is trick of photog- raphy
 And don't dramatze standard works, novels poems, historical events unless the company is first asked about it. For these dramatzations. however, there is great demand. But 1t must first be known just what the companies want drama tized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
noo.evelrs Political Horoscope

'I do not see any hope for Roosevelt to carry single state" said a man ia miliar with politics.
 Take California, a state conceded tc him in the preliminary skirmish; the Tafi republicans have about set the pegs te throw it to Wilson. The SpreclSles infiu ence is great and he, an original Taft man, is openly supporting Wilson witt club of republican dissenters. This po- litical move is much akin to the Palmer and Bucker coup de'etat which aided ir electing Mckinley and Roosevelt, but the relationship is regarded inversely thi, time, as to the bull moose.
 "spreckles republicans propose to take he had up to month ago. Then, too Governor Johnsons father is actively com batting Rooseveltsm in California.
 Tn Michigan, where it is true that po- litical wild goose and notable Michigan der Don M. Dickerson, member oi President Cleveland's cabinet. who was dubbed in that day an official witt whims and whiskers, is openly support ing the bull moose party; yet again the IdLt IOlOWlHS uOebH lHlSllu lo itl Roosevelt have it's vote Taft carried Michigan by just 100000 more votes than his plurality in Ohio, towit, 169,000. Penn sylvania gave Taft very near sO0000 ma iority in total of 1.266,OO0 ballots. The democrats will get that states vote.
 Illinois is almost sure for Wilson, al though Taft carried 1t by 10000 plurality Idaho was about the only strong possi- bility the bull moose had up to a week ago, but as the Norman church, which has a strong vote in the state, usually goes with the winner, the democrats have a chance to carry it through the same influences as in California. Then too. the courts decision knocks out the Roosevelt electors If the democrats arc wise in their management, they will see that Taft carries Vermont, New IIamp- shire, Rhode Island and Maine. Yer. mont is nearly to republican in vote of 5l,000 Rhode Island is to l repub- lican in a vote of 72000. Maine is about the same way. Connecticut has gone democlAc in four national elections 1876. 1884. 1888 and 1892
 "The democrats will carry at least 4 states, mark it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
CHILDREN OF THE BALKANS
Mrs. Herbert Vivian, in the London
Mirror.

Mrs. Herbert Vivian, in the London Mirror.
 ~ NE cannot help wondering dur ing wartime what the children O of the belligerent nations think about it all How do the panics, the carnage, the firing of guns appear to their young minds?
 It is fairly easy to answer this ques- ton so far as Montenegro is concerned, for from the earliest age children take the keenest interest in their father s collections of weapons and the dozen or so knives, pistols and other knick- knacks he wears in his wide belt. 1 Montenegrin would be just as like lly to go for a stroll down the village street without his entire arsenal' as an Englishman would be likely to walk down Piccadilly without his collar.
 In Spain I used to watch the children play, and here the game was invaria- ply bull-hghting, but in Montenegro the only game for babies is war to the death with the Turk.
 The Montenegrns are stern race, and the fathers, though devoted to their children, do not believe in pampering them Indeed discipline is strictly maintained in the home.
 But I shall not easily forget the face 1 of Prince Mirko the second son of King Nicholas, and the idol of the nation, when he hold me of the death of his two children. They caught typhoid lin Nice and died within few days of each other.
 Have you any children?" he asked me.
 None I replied.
 Well, you may thank heaven for that said he, "for you will never go through the agony I suffered. I verify thought my heart was broken and that I never could be happy again.
 AS 1t is, cannot bear to hear the Riviera mentioned. and wild horses will not drag me to Nice again."
 Servian children are like pretty little dolls, with great dark eyes, and wear ing long white shirts under charmin g brown suede leather zouave jackets edged with fur.
 These jackets are most quaint anu original, and are decorated with arab eSques and devices of gaily eoloured feathers and pieces of looking glass sewed in imitation of sprays of flow 1 CTS.
 The fur is left on the reverse side, so that the coats are very warm l have often wondered on a broiling sum mer day how they can stand the heat. 1 Their manners are very pleasing, and they remind one of nice little puppies or kittens. The Servians have cer- tain regard for their offspring without any wild devotion.
 I remember slightly shocking some of my friends out there by my partial ity for four-legged creatures. l was sitting outside a cafe at Uzhitse feed ing cat with the remains of my dish of Kaimak, the Servian equivalent to Devonshire cream. This extravaganza they put up with. but when they saw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

me tempting a dog with bits of sue
 they thought it was time to remo strate.
 "Gospozhar they exclaimed. WI
 strange thing to dol Why, you oue
 to have put that sugar in your pocl and given it to children on the road In Bulgaria one hears of horri' massacres of babes. Only day or t ago Bulgarians near RustchuI ;
 tackled harmless Turkish settlems and spared neither women nor ch
 dren. s1 1 But the Bulgarians set great store their schools and in these schools rae hatred is encouraged. and even ] youngest learns that he will some q have to struggle for mastery with Serb, the Greek and the Turk. Unlike the babies of other Slav r
 tions, the Bulgarians are not, as ru beautiful. They have wooden lookil
 flat faces, and are reather Mongoli
 in type; but they are as hard as nal Carmen Sylva of Rumania might W be called the Children's Queen. s adores children and the grief of life was when her little daughter di She has never really recovered fr, losing her only child, but 1t has h
 the effect of making her as good
 mother to all her young subjects. | No one will ever know the extent her benevolence and charity, and R manian mothers bless her name. S l interests herself especially in the blil and her home for blind children Is pt haps the most excellent charity of country
 l One of the things that strikes vi tor to Rumania is how everything discussed before the children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
Birmingham's JObbing Trade

With the growth of Birmingham there has been a marked expansion in it's jobbing trade. Ten years ago this city was known far and wide as coal and iron center but the volume of its jobbing business was compara- lively small.
 Birmingham has now come to be one of the great wholesale markets of the south. It's large industries have been developed on a scale of great magnitude and it's mercantile inter- ests have expanded steadily Its job ping trade has reached proportions that were not even dreamed of in the beginning of the last decade.
 Many business men can remember when there were not more than 40 or 50 travelling men who represented Bir- mingham concerns. Today 500 sales men Gravel out of Birmingham" !" Large capital is invested in the whole sale business and the volume of trade runs annually high up into the mill lions.
 Birmingham wholesale houses are noted for their up-to-date methods and fair dealing This city is going for ward at rapid clip and manufactur- CTS and jobbers can be counted upon to keep right up with the procession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
ELEGIAC
By Longfellow.

 mist vs otionles under it's curtain or cloud; of the distant horizon, a built on ands still forth into the ocean; thought over farther away unsatsneo onsihss' isles, unto No they have disappeared
 of
  anchor large in the mist eturrets ofco of myh heart by aims sofov
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
Ni.Itor Marvel. at Improvemen..

q spent day here three years ago and was most favorably impressed with the appearance of the citv,n said c. r. Atherton of Pittsburg. Its growth had been remarkable considering it's compar- atively youthful age. But today Birming- ham Is a revelation to me.
 T marveled at the improvements that had been made here within the past three years. I am not familiar with building statistics, but it is safe to say that Bir- mingham's building operations here have been on larger scale recently than those of any other southern city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
Business Activity In Alabama

"Buslness is good all over Ala bama.' said B. B. Burton of the Shelby Burton Cable company.
 q have not been in the southern part of the state recently, but good reports come from every nook and corner. was in Sheffield few days ago and am In close touch with all the north Alabama counties. The farmers arc highly prosperous and business could not well be better This is certainly a banner year for Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
n,,r,rCrroNs or A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The skllful liar never makes his too big for you to swallow It seems as if girls lips could see straightest In the darkest night. A girl wants man to be masterful with her till they are married; then Its her turn. woman's idea of betting with her husband is it was so unfair of him to win that she won't pay. When man finds>h has nothing smaller than s3 bill in his pocket on Sunday. morning he has too biz a headache to go to church and face the
 collection plate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
PoETIcAL FEATs.

Poets may be baffled in their, scar, for rhymes, but 1t takes great de
 to baffle the doggerel ryhmeste
 Charles II. offered a reward for rhyr to 'porringer." The reward was claim,
 with the following marriage announc
 ment;
 The Duke of York a daughter had. He gave the Prince of orange he
 So now. Xour Majesty will see I've found rhyme for porringer, Browning's perpetrations in rhyn are probably unique in English poetr Here is a couplet from "Sordello" whi'
 no minor poet would dare to print f fear of blasting his reputation:
 chirrups the contumacious grassho
 Rustles the lizard and the cusha chirre.
 In the same poem he rhym "sulked' with 'mulct," flag wi "quag," "abhors" with "valvasors
 But he reached the climax. surely, ! the couplet:
 | You tramp1e our beds of ranunculus.
 And you Tommy make room -for-you uncle" us. The worthy and reverend author the "Ingoldsby Legends" was fond such rhymes as: A long yellow pinafore Hangs down each chin afore,
 or such rhyming gymnastics as:
 At Tappington, now, could look in U Gazetteer,
 But I'm out on a visit and nobo' has 1t here Yet in these enormities he was on parodying Byron, who wrote: Ye lords of ladies intellectual w-1 Confess if they have not henpecked VI all --Tit-Bitsl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
Changes in the Senate

The Senate has remained in the hands of the republicans Is years. Be tween republican losses and a handful of progressives, it has, however, of late wabbled some, but still six more democratic votes are needed in it in order to give the democrats full con trol.
 Governor Wilson appeals to the democrats in New Jersey, Colorado Illinois, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Della ware, West Virginia, Wyoming and Nebraska to give special attention tc the importance of obtaining a majori- ty in their state legislatures.
 All told IS republicans and 13 dem ocrats are to be replaced or reelected on March 4 next, and Governor Will son reminds all that ''the control of the government depends as much upor the majority in the Senate as upor the presidency itself"
 To elect Governor Wilson President and at the same time to elect an ob- structive Senate devoted to high tar if and the interests generally would not be an exercise of good politica sense. The tail should go with tho hide, and Senate that would work hand in hand with the President 1T weeding out monopoles and in bring ing the tariff down to a revenue basis is what the country needs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

statutes the term. of Frank H. Hitch cock. Postmaster General, is for and during the term Of the President by whom he Is appointed, and for one month thereafter unless sooner re- moved" That law was established by the act of June 8, 1872. There is no provision for any cabinet officer above the Postmaster General sewing beyond the Presidents term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

THE SPELL OF POESY Although the world
 Holds cheerless throngs, The poets sing
 Their harvest songs In such a sweet
 And happy way. That all who hear
 Are soon quite gay And long to lead
 The festive dance, Or bask a while
 In beauty's glancei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
A MODERN VERSION.

A MODERN VERSION. The prodigal son had returned to the
 scene
 Of his childhood. quite weary of life; He rode to the door in a grand By his side was his chorus girl
 wife. The pater came forth with a scowl on his face, A pathetic recital to hear Said his son, I've been going the
 deuce of pace And living on nothing year. My wife'-here he lifted her diamond
 deciSed hand And held it q while to his lips Has suffered as much as a woman can
 stand
 Who shudders when poverty grips. We owe a years board at the Hotel
 de Lys
 And we need twenty thousand for
 clothes" His father embraced him-'twas
 Touching to sec And wept at the thought of such
 woes. Forthwith the old gentleman wrote
 out a check For a sum in six figures. no less; The chorus girl wife swore she loved him peck And gave him a rousing caress. The prodigal son and his mate rolled away,
 Both warbling a happy refrain; They'll be quite contented and care
 less and gay
 Till it's time to touch father again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

President Emeritus Eliot has spoken for Woodrow Wilson. but for some req : son Chance Day has not word to say in favor of T. R.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

Col. John S. Mosby, who Is in his seventy ninth year is critically i'll The noted Confederate leader is in hospital in Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
TELEPHONES Bell (privatc exchange connecting ai' deparfments), No. 4900.
Look how the floor of heaven

Look how the floor of heaven rs thick iulaid with patines of bright gold;
 There's not thc smallest orb which thou behoIds't, p,,, |, hi. motion like an angel sings, stilI auiring to the young ey'd cher"- him. -Nerehant of Venice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

Porfirio Diaz in his Paris retreat be- came an unapproachable hermit at once when sad news came from his nephew in Vera Cruz.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

Mexico for the Mexican" is a pop ular sentiment in that country at present. and bill has been introduced forbidding any foreigner or foreign company to acquire land or property tAerp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

Tn New York city alone tuberculosis claims 10000 people, and in nine cases out of ten insanitary tenements bring on the disease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

The Turks have held Constantinople plore than 400 years, and the time for a new administra ton seems to be ripening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

The long distance weather clerk is trying to spoil our enjoyment of h. dian summer by predicting storms and a frost this week. Hope springs eternal in Dixieland, however.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

If many more strategic points fall the Turkish rug market may go to pieces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

Cabinet picking should be postponed until after the shouting of next week. Ore should never be too previous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

Turkey in Asia begins to think that she has had enough of the rocky and discontented Turkey in Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

The democrats have $50 spellbnd- CTS on the stump this week in New York state, or about seven to each county
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

It is now claimed that the horse is more intelligent than the chauffeurs who run down pedestrians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

Ambitious chorus girls are astounded by the angels that seem to go with ev- cry party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

The names of towns in the Balkans do not trip lightly and pleasingly from the everyday tongue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

- Jnsurrections against Madero are proving serious affairs. None of them have thus far been successful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

Turkey always keeps open line of retreat to Asia where Moslemism still has a strong foothold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

Yes, Mabel, the landslide you have read so often about is billed to take place on November 5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
FOOD ON BATTLEsHIPs

Abdul Hamid is in position to see his enemies squirm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

Third-party movements in Mexico are speedily courtmartialed and shot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

The Hague peacemakers have not a word to say as wars succeed each oth- CT in this world and Andrew Carnegie must begin to wonder what he built that palace for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29

What the Italians began the Bal kan people arc in q fair way to conn plete Not even the powers can re- U rain the victorious allies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
PAINFIrLLY TRuE

PAINFULLY TRUE. When he was younger a fortune teller predicted that a great future was in store for him." Did the prediction come true?" Yes, but we didn't know at the time how the fortune teller spelled inc word great. He's been peering through a steel grating now for near ly five years"
 SHORT POEM
 What we dislike
 Bout little boys is
 They make so many
 Needless noises.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
THE UNEXPECTED.

An editorial appears in an caste newspaper entitled Football As It Quite relief from reading so mt about football as it ought to be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
co,TnION cENcE

COMMON SENSE. Thrice blest the man who's gifted, } Contrives to keep his mental boise But seldom says what he'll regret, Nor wastes the talent he enjoys
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
A TREAT IN STORE.

A TREAT IN STORE. Have you anything laid by for a rainy day, MT Bookly?'
 Indeed I havel It's one of the best novels written in a decade and I can hardly wait till it rains"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-29
THE ELECTRIC COUPE.

T TIT Isi5l1V- T reHV S-F7 . T 1-'
 There is something refined and ele- gant about an electric coupe
 ''Yes. I dare say it is the mostaris- tocratic vehicle we have and it will probably always be highly respect able.'
 Why do you think so?"
 "Because its limitations are such that it will never be a popular vehicle for an early morning joy ride
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