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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
Sunny Jim Sherman

The standpatters have struck a snag. If Mr. Taft is entitled to an other term, why also is not Sunny Jim Sherman, who claims to carry the New York electoral vote around in his pocket? Some desire to see Sherman renominated and some do not. He is not exactly an idol or the ideal of the people. The magnates and the trusts \ love him but the plain people do not. \Hence the snag.
 \ The organization leaders at Wash iNgton are sending out all sorts of stSries. Some say Sherman has prac- ticaSly been decided upon as a running mate, for MT. Taft, while others hurrietNy but emphatically file denials of the Abatement. Sunny Jim" has thus becohe a vexed problem, and at this writing no one seems to know whether he is to be put on the Taft ticket to carry New York, or whether the presence of his name on the ticket would have a reverse effect.
 The Sherman problem cannot be hastily solved It is S4 years since a vice president was actually re-elect- ed, but Sunny Jim is no common statesman, and he may be able to set aside all precedents. He is just about reactionary of S4 years ago, and he may be able to restore the ancient rule of the republic. This rule not only called for the reelection of vice presidents but also for their promo tion to the presidency. If this cus- tom is to be re-established, Sunny Jim has come to stay long time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Underwood.. Popularity

Underwood is one of the most popular statesmen the democrats have ever had and l would think that every southern man would be enthusiastically committed to him. said Charles s. Kramer of Mich- igan
 ''The Alabamlan has many admirers in my state, but better than that, he IS strong in the east On a recent trip to New York heard Underwood more talked about as democratic presidential quant tity than any of the other candidates. II the democrats are to win they must carry New York. I believe that the New York delegation will vote for Underwood on the second or third ballot, and that if he is nominated he will carry New York in Nor vember" "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
PEsSIMsM.

The cost of living soareth up
 And life affords niggard cup, The which we quaff and go our ways,
 With little thought to giving praise. Time was when learned savants taught Existence was with pleasure fraught, But nowadays We struggling keep
 For food and clothes and place to sleep. So many wights are 'gainst the wall, Which, sooth, alone prevents their fall, That when we gaze upon the rout Of human sorrows all about,
 We wonder if 'tis worth our while To say, Be brave and wear smille, And strive to join the worlds heroes Who still withstand misfoptune's blows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
CORRECTION" TO UNDERWOOD

From the Montgomery Advertiser. The editor of the Advertiser is in re-
 ceipt of a personal letter from a very
 distinguished Ohio democrat who is a member of Congress, from which the fol- lowing paragraph is taken:
 You ought to be mighty proud of your
 man. Underwood. He is the biggest man in Congress. and one of the finest fel- lows l ever knew. My ticket is Harmon
 or Underwood If he just lived north a little further he could get the nomina- ton for President, and I believe that the democrats are sure to win now. more so
 since Teddy has announced his candi-
 dacy This will split the republicans wide open and mean the election of demo- l crat. sure"
 The objection to Mir. Underwood be-
 cause he doesn't live far enough north comes from his own section, the south. as
 we have repeatedly said before. Our north
 ern friends aren't afraid of him. and would
 be glad to vote for him if given the op- portunity, but in spite of this fact one finds that many of our people are still troubled with 'cold feet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
The Music Festival

'erhe executive committee of the Bir- mingham Music Festival association will soon be ready to announce the pro gramme for the event to be given May 3 and A. said President J. H. Holcombe. "The guarantee fund has not been com pleted. but we have more than 50 per cent of the subscriptions in hand and hope to have the balance some time next week.
 "The Minneapolis orchestra has been engaged and this alone will prove a great attraction. It is one of the great orchestras and will be heard in the south this spring for the first time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
kTaft and Roosevelt as Tariff Dodgers


 When bne comes right down to the basis of political affairs he sees that he real issue before an oppressed eople is the constant rise in the nec- ssaries of life-the cost of living, in lher words.
 1.-The republicans are meeting this . SAspe evasively. Mr. Taft wants no revision of confessedly unjust tariff untN his tariff board can report on the various schedules, IA in number. At the very best this is 10-year job. He therefore asks that revision as a whole, be postponed 10 years. And when lit comes he wants revision that affords protection for profits. He admits as much in lss Outlook article just published.
 Where does Colonel Roosevelt stand? As a plain matter of fact he does not stand at all when the tariff question is raised. He is engaged in lodging it. No one can put a finger on any definite or comprehensive ex- planation of his tariff views, if he has any. He has persistently lodged the entire subject, and today no re-
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UNDERWOOD ON HIS WORK
rom the Mobile Register.

From the MODlle Register
 The March Worlds Work gives the fol- lowing as Mir. Underwoods definition of his own opinion of the work he is now performing, the statement being a part of an article about the Alabamian written by Thomas Logan:
 "I do not think there is any doubt that my best qualification as a public man will run along the lines of work that come be- fore the ways and means committed I have more information and more knowl- edge of the subjects embraced in the gen. eral question of taxation than of any other subject, and my work has always been along those lines.
 ''lf l could aid in writing on the statute books laws that would equalize the bur dens of taxation, make the wealth of the country carry it's fair share of the taxes to support our government. and lift from the backs of the masses of the people the inequitable load of taxes they are com pelled to carry, due to the fact that our taxes are levied on consumption and not on wealth, should accomplish vast deal of good for the American people"
 Discriminating readers will not fail to observe that here is no appeal for sup port and no hint of desire for reward. MT. Underwood seems we'll content if what he is doing shall accomplish good for the American people. He thinks 1t will and that his best reward will be in the con- sciousness of having done something.
 It is rare that a public servant, es. pecially one whose aspirations naturally are toward lofty position, speaks with such modesty; and this should the more of his fellow citizens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
INSTRUCTIVE TOYS

From Harper's Bazar.
 Mothers and fathers. doting aunts and uncles, all need the lessons in the selec- ton of toys taught by the exhibition at Teachers college. We have all been yielding to selfish pleasure in buying the fastest toy inventions. and must. while there is yet time. give serious thought to the results of our self indulgence.
 Cloaked under pretense of making the children happy, our sins have been many In the first place. we have been giving them too many toys and have made the recipients blase and unappreciative. One at a time is enough. In our secret souls most of us have been conscious of that mistake. In the second place, in our de- sire to produce omeshing new and won- derful at frequent intervals, something that would do us credit in the eyes of our young admirers. we have been getting the wrong kinds. The imported mechani- cal toys upon which we have fallen with gusto and played happily ourselves until obliged to hand them over are far bet ter for us, it seems, than for them, They do the work for the child instead or making him do it.
 Here we have in nutshell the main principle underlying the selection or toys The chld's toys should stimulate his nm asination and make him work. it.,he has too many he has nothing left to imagine: if they respond to the magic of a key. he can only stand by and watch.
 Uappilv most children like best the toys that are best for them in this respect The little girl loves far more the plain doll that she can dress and undress, put ,o he'd and chastise when needed than tho elaborate French doll which she must hold carefully erect in her lap, even If Il does say Mamma" and Papa at inter vals. She loves her little Housekeeping toys, her broom. wash tub and cook stove.
 The carved wooden dolls, indestructible washable, jointed in every possible place so that they can dance, skip, hop ano jump. were the most popular toys in the exhibition. ., Their faces, all different were those of natural American children and their clothes were simple and prac
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
International Policy Towards China

International Policy Towards China
 On February the United States expressed in an official note addressed to Count Von Bernstoff, the ambassa- dor from Germany, desire that the integrity of China be maintained, and a willingness to join any concerted ac- ton of the powers that may become necessary. Germany, Russia, Eng land and Japan have all responded af- firmatively to this note of the United States, and presumably France, Italy and Austria will do so. But whether the three last named do so or not, the United States, England, Japan, Germany and Russia will be able to enforce the policy of non-intervention and common action.
 The invitation and initiation of the United States is important, because it means that no provinces are to be Topped while China is pulling itself to- gether. Thibet, Turkestan, Mongolia and Manchuria must remain as Chinese as they were before the ef- fort to establish republic was begun. The effort may be prolonged to cover several months, if not years, and a pledge by the nations that they will act unitedly in maintaining the integ rity of China is valuable and impor- tant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
Drawing Crowds Everywhere

Ramsay Morris. special representative of F.. II. Sothern and Julia Marlowe. spent yesterday in Birmingham. Ham let will be the play in which these great histrionc stars appear at the JeffersoA Monday night, March II.
 "Our company opens in New Orleans next Monday night said MT. Morris, and will play there the entire week Our out of town sales in New Orleans already amount to s30oo and from appear ances Sothern and Marlowe will play to packed house every night. They are drawing crowds everywhere. Sothern is a great Hamlet. Mr. William Winter of New York says he is the greatest Ham, let since Edwin Booth.''
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tical. The idealized rag dolls, also nat ural and indestructible, were close rivals and would doubtless please younger mothers better They are cloth dolls painted with oil paint, but they have real features, unlike the rag dolls in our at ticks at home.
 There were several sets of doll furni- ture, but the one which attracted the most attention on account of it's unusually good lines was made of solid mahogany with a dull finish.
 A metal sand tray combining possibii- ties of numberless occupations in con densed space found particular favor in the eyes of apartment dwellers It was really sand table with tray for clay. an adjustable blackboard and drawer for paints, paper. scissors, etc. Closed, it made an excellent working table.
 A family of jointed wooden animals, with the farmer and his wife in attend ance, are ideal for the, smaller children.
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Lima Cavalieri, in the Strand Magazine
 for March.
 W/HEN I was only just years old
 \A/ my ambitions were divided be-
 W tween two desres-to be a great time, however, no solution of this "knot' ty" problem which so worried my littla mind would present itself, and, deter mined as I was to become famous in either one direction or the other, and confident as I felt of ultima tely succeed ing, I could never quite make up my mind.
 One day-a fiesta, I think 1t was-my mother had taken me to see comic opera at the theatre, and from the moment I left the building l made a firm resolve to follow the hand which seemed to be beckoning to me from behind the row of glittering footlights.
 So for ever afterward I used to dream about those scenes which seemed so gay and sparkling, and I was never happier than when pieturing myself looking out upon a sea of faces sitting silently watch- ing me and only waiting until I had fin- ished my song to break out in bursts of ringing exclamation. And under the clear Italian skies-I am native of Rome-my ambitions grew and ripened as my little circle of friends-the other Roman chill dren who wandered about with me in the doorways of the Piazza al Spagna-used to sympathize with me, for they were all well aware of my ambitions; and in the evenings would often gather round and ask me to sing or dance. So in the street. before a little huddled group of poor and. fear, often ragged Roman children, l made my first appearance in public.
 Several years slipped by in this way. and my dancing kept improving as the days went on. Passersby often used to stop and watch my dancing with interest, and felt very proud to think that grown up people deemed it worth their while to stand and admire my childish efforts. But as yet l was a very, very long way from reaching the goal which appeared to me so bright and attractive. My father for some time had been in failing health;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
HOW A HYMN WAS WRITTEN

From the Kansas City star.
 Charles Wesley, brother of John Wesley. who founded the Methodist church, wrote some eco hymns. Jesus, Lover of My Soul,' was the most popular of any he wrote. He got the idea for this one day as he was sitting at his desk, a bird, pur- sued by a hawk, flew in at the open window The hawk, afraid to follow, flew away. and Wesley, struck by the incident, was at once inspired to write a song, applying what he had witnessed to our spiritual life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 It never worries a great man not to have genius.
 Money is much more modest than those who have it.
 It's really remarkable how nearly all good tcmpers are single.
 Sometimes an old maid forgets herself and remembers things happening long be- fore she was born. When a girl will agree with the nice opinion her parents have of mar, he is of no interest to her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
THE PEssIMIsT AGAIN.

THE PESSIMIST AGAIN. With prices high How fine if Could live as moths and molesi They do not need Substantial feed; They live by eating holes.
 Judge. But bless our souls We're not like moles, Or moths, or such as these; But We try to Do as they do, We eat doughnuts and cheese.
 Houston Post. A simple fare, But We declare Iris not just what 1t seems. When thus we dine And then reeline We have most horrid dreams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
CHINA's AWFUL FAMINE

GtUTEt MUUStT TIT IFsIIt $.
 It is difficult to bring home to the American public an adequate realization of the awful conditions in the famine stricken district. Thousands of men, women and children were shivering in their rags. gaunt. hungry and hopeless. Women, so faint they could scarcely
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
DISCONCERTING.

'I notice that you nearly always sleer through my sermons, Deacon Hummer. ' why, pr. Droner, Ter"
 T m not hurt, Deacon, but I do wish you would sleep with your mouth clos sd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
AFTER DARK.

' Can crook go straight?' is a ques- ton being discussed in the newspapers"
 Well, a crook has been known to make bee-line for a bank
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my mother was powerless to give me any help, and my brothers and sisters were all too young to be able to earn anything at all So, for a. time, I was under cloud which showed no signs of lifting.
 However, a few months later I made my appearance at a cafe chantant, and earned sufficient money to keep my home going not in the lap of luxury, to be sure, but at least well enough to ward off hunger and starvation; and I was also more than pleased to find that my audiences were most enthusiastic about my voice and my rfg e some ll- tie Neapolitan song
 So. while worlSin ally iu tllE hume ble manner I say Np as much renrr as possible every weak V ,oh. it.sia cir. cumstances, you eHn 1asbti zss dn'
 derstand was a sifer aiooun l-sli8 when I could afr egan 6 ae.ioas,y take up the stut lMV't ard re,I1s during the day, a7faln iI4 ai tft l.a.e in the cafe chaLl1z4l ~ lL. -.o uvar was very hard. but after three years of steady grinding I was rewarded by be- ing given the part of Mimi in La Be- heme'' at the San Carlo theatre in Naples  the cast of which included, by the way, the celebrated Bonci. Since then l have sung in opera in many parts of the world.
 But Paris was to see the turning point in my career for which I had been so earnestly longing, and for which l had been striving so hard, for in that city. after once figuring in the programme at the Forbes Bergere Music hall, I was en- gagged for three trial performances as prima donna in Massenet's 'Thais'' at the opera. Happily l scored a considerable success and was forthwith included in the cast
 Do l ever think with reluctance of those far away days when I used to sing and dance before an audience of roaming chi- dren in the streets adjoining the Piazza di Spagna? Most certainly I do not; and why should I? Surely it is better to earn one's humble honors than to "come into ones own by mere accident of birth or by influence which is denied to ones fellow artistes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

l The Standard oil company is endeav- 1 bring 10 break down Germany's proposed
 oil monopoly If there is anything the l Standard detests 1t is a monopoly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
DEFINED

From the Charlotte Observer. What is a democrat?" asks the Bal timore American.
 Answer: Oscar Underwood of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
READY
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From the Florida Times Union.
 Now for Underwods invasion of his own south. Jacksonville is prepared to give him rousing reception.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

Two big events are set down for next fall-the election of Oscar Underwood for President and the winning of the pen- nant in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
WISHING HE WERE THERE.

MT. Plinker has voice like a fog horn"
 "Yes. I'm sorry the resemblance ceases there"
 What do you mean?'
 Fog horns as a rule stay out in the ocean,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
A SAD AWAKENING

A dreamer of dreams woke up one day
 And what do you think he found? A bundle of bills that he could not pay
 And collectors snooping around.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

The suspects in the s2S,ooo taxicab rob bery in New York have been arrested. put conviction is still long ways off. Only s3oOo has been recovered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

At last accounts the Standard oil mag mates were succeeding in keeping the wolf from the door. They cut melon when times are dull.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

The Cox machine in Cincinnati has de- cided to support Taft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

Every time I gaze into that yawning chasm 1 forget what I was about to say.e
 NOT~POPULAR. In this old world
 Few people thank Truth-telling wights
 Who're always frank
 LIKE THIS. Yes, he has shied his castor; It lies there in the ring And every poetaster Is giving 1t a fling.
 Chicago Tribune. Cause why? Old Rough and Ready" Is such an easy mark. To take a shot at Teddy Is certainly a lark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

If all campaign lies are to be nailed conventions meet in June.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
GREATEST COURT IN THE WORLD

Kansas has many windmills that are not in politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
THE HOUSEHOLD ANNUNCIATol

THE HOUSEHOLD ANNUNCIATOR.
 A genius in the suburbs has planned household annunciator and tried his scheme on a working model A metal plate is set in the wall near the head of the bed, with dials and incandescents and indicators and a clock, and when the clock alarm goes off the inventor wakes up and looks things over.
 One indicator tells him the condition of the furnace another gives the tempera- ture, a third shows the hired girl is up. a fourth gives the warmth of the water and fifth denotes the progress of break fast. By stretching out his hand and turning the proper lever he can rouse up the furnace and the hired girl-if she isn't already up, and he can accelerate break fast He can regulate the warmth of the water in the bathroom and turn it on, and by simple arrangement connects the apparatus with a phonograph that will command the children to get up in two languages.
 Cnhappily, the alarm attachment in the clock was too vigorous and the electric current too strong because the first time his working model did it's stunt the an- nunciator disintegrated with much noise and considerable force.
 The furnace indicator was blown through the front window, the hired girl dial smashed picture of the inventors Aunt Jane, the breakfast lever bored it's way through the ceiling. the warm water button shot a hole in the door and the temperature tube smote the inventor harshly and painfully on the nose.
 But the inventor isn't discouraged lIn is going to make another annunciator with extra indicators. rs.--Cleveland Plain Dealer
 SELDOM.
 The dame who deftly deals at whist,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

In the government printing office at Washington there are 25o persons over 6o years of age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

Yuan and Dr. Sun are still doing the Alphonse and Gaston act.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

Let us be glad that we have shaken off February for year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

February departed without eleeiting a single regret from anybody.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

The democratic national convention has put Baltimore back on the map.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
LIKE THIS.
UNKINDLY PUT.

"Scrlbble is most industrious writer" Yes. What a pity it is that he is never troubled by hookwormst'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

Mayor Gaynors hat is also in the ring. It fits a head that has a great deal in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

The neuroties are fast becoming organ ized 10 fight MT. Taft at all times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

Banker Morse declines to go off and die just because he was released from prison.
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'.I meant, of course, third consecutive Der, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

If Roosevelt is paying for press clip pings he will soon have an empty pocket
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

Mr. Bryan succeeds in making his Texas ca bbage farm yield 500 an acre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

New York's taXioab robbers came, it appears, from Boston. They were Boston amateurs
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The Missouri houn song is becoming more famous than even the Missouri mule.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

March came in like tame lion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

SELDOM. The dame who deftly deals at whist, Before admiring eyes, Is seldom known to lead the list In making pumpkin pies.
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02
CAVALIERI LOOKS BACK

Lima Cavalieri, in the Strand Magazine for March
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-02

vV/HEN I was only just years old A/ my ambitions were divided be-
 w tween two desires-to be a great