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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
From "The Penny Philanthropist,' Clara F I,aughlin

From "The Penny Philanthropist." by
 Clara E. Laughlin.
 II II ALSTEAD street, which claims to
 be the longest street in the world and is certainly one of the most cosmopoltan. is the main artery or eii' capo life for many hundreds of thousanus of c,tizens. For a single car rare you may traverse on it, without canse oi cars an American city of comfortapie cultivated. middle class folk German city second in population only to befiii' a Polish city second only to warsaw a' Italian city, a city of Russian JeWs' citv of Greeks. city of Irish, city or Rohemians, and-still nearing the stoeh vards-a city of Lithuanans, and so on.
 At Randolph street is the wide' open snace still called the Haymarket though now hv or 10 o'clock nights, laden market wagons begin to wend thlther from theStruek farms north and south ana west. and at midnight the available space is packed, while sleeping forms sprawl or huddle (according to season. on loads or carrots and cabbages. At o'clock In the morning the produce market is In fuii activity
 This is the heart of Chicagos Whlte- .cbapel district All around live men ana women to whom there are no unknown denths of degradation. The last stand or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
oscnr $. Straus

Few political nominations made in re- cent years nave called forth so many words of approval and appreciation as that of oscar S. Straus. chosen by the Roosevelt progressives of New York. as candidate for governor of the Empire state.
 Woodrow Wilson paid Mr. s;traus, n fine tribute. And democrats and regular re- publcans as well as Rooseveltans have been extremely complimentary in their remarks. The Catholic Columbian. pub lished at Columbus. O., one cf the most widely read Catholic papers in the United States, had this to say editorially:
 .eThe progressives have nominated for governor Nof New York MT. Oscar s. Straus.
 This is splendid nomination. MT. Straus is distinguished citizen. q trained lawyer. a merchant prince. a philan- thropist, and an experienced statesman. He was a member of President Roose- and labor He was also for a while United States ambassador to Turkey In every position he has shown exceptional ability. He is competent and trustworthy.
 This paper takes no part in partisan politics. It does not notice the nomina- ton of MT. Straus because he is on the progressive ticket. It would notice his nomination just the same no matter by what party It had been made. But 1t is dee-lighted, expressly as a Catholic paper, to speak the good word, and the kind word. and the true word for a Jew.
 Honor to oscar s. straus, whether elected or defeated! He is a credit to his race, to his religion, and to his country.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
MT. Harding and the Governorship

President W. P. G. Harding of the First National bank of Birmingham is being much discussed as possible candidate for governor of Alabama two years hence. MT. Harding, like the great majority of southern men, is a staunch democrat, but further than serving occasionally on a campaign committee or sitting as a delegate in a state convention, he has taken no active part in politics. The president of great bank has to devote most of his time to his business and those who know MT. Harding know that he is the last man who would "break into politics" as an office seeker. In his case the office would have to seek the man. But he says he feels flattered at the mention of his name in connec- ton with the gubernatorial office; and we'll he may, for to be governor of one of the greatest states in the union, either from material or an historic point of view, is worthy of any states mans ambition.
 A number of good men have been mentioned as receptive candidates for the next democratic nomination, and it is reasonable to say that several avowed candidates for the nomination will be in the field. MT. Harding's friends think that he would not con- sent to the use of his name in connec- tion with the office of the states chief executive unless there was a strong demand on the part of the people.
 Several important issues will come to the front in the forthcoming cam paign. One will be tax reform. Ala bama, owing to it's vast manufactur- ing and commercial interests, should have, more than any other southern state, perhaps, business governor. But the governor of any state should combine business mans equipment with turn for statesmanship. When one speaks of business man for pres ident or business man for governor, or business man for mayor, he does not mean that the business man shall be actually engaged in banking or commerce. Some of the best bankers and business men in Alabama are lawyers; some of the best business men are engaged in educational work, and some are bishops. But any man engaged in business who aspires to a high political office should be a stu dent of history, political economy and statecraft. MT. Harding may never be candidate for governor, but if, perchance, he should be brought into the race, he would be found fully equipped, for he is a business man through and through; he is student of finance as well as banking, and is student of everything else that might have bearing on political ad- ministration.
 Alabama has had several illustrious governors and long line of able and successful executives. She has been fortunate in having able governors in the recent years. Assuming that there will be strong material to select from in 1914, MT. Harding will be mentioned among the foremost of those who are eligible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
MIR DEBS AS A CANDIDATE
By BILL VINES

- UGENE V. DEBs, who. in case you have overlooked it, is running for - President of the United States on the socialist-labor ticket, was in our midst for few moments Saturday
 MT. Debs is a very pleasant looking man and unlike most pen pictures of real so- cialists his collection of hair'is most con spicuous by it's absence. He probably ror- got to take it out of his suitcase before he arrived in Birmingham.
 Mir. Debs has been running for Presi- dent on the socialist ticket for some time, although it Is not generally known. Mr. Debs has not been a consistent advertiser in the newspapers and this may account for the very small accumulation of elec- toral votes he has corraled. He has been member of the big league for several seasons, but so far has not been real contender for the pennant. He has always trailed along among the tail enders, his batting average sometimes little better, and sometimes a little worse than MT. Chafin's.
 Mr. Debs took the time and occasion to submit few well chosen remarks about the general conditions, and incidentally took a few shots at predatory wealth. In dramatic tones MT. Debs asked, Why the man who tolls should not own the rail- roads and the telegraph and all the public service corporations?' No one bit and we are still in darkness as to the answer. When you come to think of it, it certainly Is strange.
 Mr. Debs intimated that the laboring man was the goat, and that when he voted the democratic or republican ticket he was simply "voting to hire the rich to ob the poor.'' or words to that effect.
 He said that the tariff question was a lot of buneombe, and that it did not mat ter in the least to the plain people whether we had low tariff or a high tariff, that about Gil they would get out of it was a right to work right along for the sama old crowd who could be depended Upon in any event to see to it that the laboring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
Facts About Birmingham

On the first editorial page of the Baltimore Manufacturers Records last issue is striking and instructive article headed Birmingham the Dy- namo." The facts assembled in that article are familiar to many well in- formed persons and to all statisticians who keep run of industrial develop ment. But to the average reader it will seem little short of marvellous that town which had population of only 3086 in 1880, had, 30 years later, that is to say, in the census of 1910, . population of 132, 1885. The assessed value of porperty in this county this year is $121, ,398,097. In 1880, as the Manufacturers Record points out, the assessed value of property in Alabama was but $122, 2,s67, ,22S. And again, in 1912 the assessed value of property in this county is within less than $1, 60O,000 of the assessed value in the whole state 30 years ago. "The ex- planation of this remarkable increase in values," say the Manufacturers Record, 'is Birmingham" The paper goes on to say:
 Nature placed within the area of the ID. .~.t,., -t1. accessible and closely contiguous, min eral wealth, making it as a sltus for vast and diversified industrial activi- ties. These were known and appre- ciated more than half a century ago, as early as 1857. by Abram s. Hewitt. who, shortly before his death, based upon his knowledge of the situation, the statement that the abundant stores of basic ores. coal and limestone in such proximity made Alabama one of the two centers for dominating the iron and steel trade of the world. Twenty years. however, have passed before his earlier prediction began to be realized But after the start was made the pro- cess was rapid, until today Birmingham is the leading manufacturing city of Alabama, the center of the states iron and steel industry. With it's blast fur naces, wire and rod and rail mills, foundries and machine shops steon railroad repairs shops, coke ovens, cot ton mills, flour and grist mills, cotton seed oil mills. potteries, brick kilns, woody orking establishments, carriage and wagon works, marble and stone plants, brass and bronze works and a variety of other manufacturing estab- lishments.
 In the past three years there has been continuous growth on diversified lines, placing Birmingham among the leaders in the south in the demonstra- tion that manufacturing activities are among the surest means of increasing the population of communities and of adding to their material wealth
 Birmingham, as the Manufacturers Record says, has had continuous growth on diversified lines in the last three years. But there is every reason to expect that the increase will bs more marked in. the next three years From time to time it has been said that with ali Birmingham's advan-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
RESTRICTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 woman knows the baby has a bril- liant future by how he takes such good photograph
 A man can get a grievance against his wife for forgetting that he forgot to wind the clock.
 Farmers raise crops to feed the nation and boys to go to town and do the na- tions work for it.
 The reason girl believes in love at first sight is she could believe In 1t just as easily at forty-second sight.
 The most sucsessful teller of somebody else's jokes always has large laugh oi his own to start the chorus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

These values include the cotton seed and they tell the whole story of the relation of production to values.
 MT. Hester puts the worlds con sumption of American cotton in the year recently ended at 14,515,o0O bales, and perhaps no better measure of an ideal American crop is available. A full remuaerative price can be se- cured for a crop of 14,500,00O bales, and trouble comes in wholesale lots when any organization or any combi- nation of individuals endeavor to die tate the acreage and the weather and the fertilization of crop grown in 15 broad, big states. The task is too great to be accomplished, but it is well for all producers to know that an American crop of 14,500,000 bales is at present all that the world needs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
ENGLISH IN THE TYR0L
he New York Telegram

From the New York Telegram.
 Here are some specimens of English from a guide book to the Tyrol: ''Hotel-With the express reachable in 12 hours from Vienna. Excellent board irg houses, villas, teatre, lawn tennis, rawing and winter sport. Ask the richly illustrated prospect of the Curcomission. ?
 "Hotel-In next proximity of cliffs. Ho- tel I class with ca. 160 rooms During season a physician, cat and english church service"
 Pension first class. Pulmonary con sumption sicks not admitted"
 . Beautiful protected position suitable for longer stay. Famous thermalbath in the middeage."
 Daily postal communication carriage iil the house.
 Three times day postrelation with B. Warm and cold plates at every day time ?
 Bear fresh from bareL"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
ArRsHIps IN ACTUAL WAR

From the London Spectator
 The first stage in use of dirigible air craft in war has ben reached. A dirig- ible has been used to carry out recon naissance in actual fighting. It's crew mas reconnoitered the enemy's position, made sketch plans, taken photographs anu dropped bombs. and two facts nave De- come abundantly plain
 One is that we are at the beginning, and tbere Is evidently no limit which we can foresee at present to the use of air craft in war. The other is that the possession of an effective air fleet is an imperative necessity, not of tomorrow, but Of today If today war were declared between two nowers. the power possessing the most efficient air fleet would win This, 1T any military expert ever doubted It, mas been made clear certainty by the work of the Italian dirigible P-1 in recon naissance of the Turkish position near Bengazi.
 The P-1 left his hanger at o'clock in the morning, carrying on board the com- mandante, Peuco; the pilots, Captain Say mandi and Lieutenant Benigal, and sup ply of bombs It rose over the sea 10 height of s25o feet, turned eastward over the oasis of Koefa, and satisfied itself that at the moment the oasis contained none of the enemy.
 Next it turned south toward Mufta, near which. at the foot of the Djebel and on the plain, lay the Turkish lines AS soon as the P-1 came near the camp the Turks onened rifle fire This proved futile, and the P-1 dropped bomb among the tents' which took instant effect. The Turks caa sed their rifle fire and brought their artillery into action. They had previous lv planted their guns on the slopes of the sahdhills, buryng the tail of the car r;age so as to take the recoil without overturning the gun. They sent their shells up almost vertically, but their fire was wild and harmless. and the dirigible, dropping bombs. proceeded on its course. It completed an exact reconnaissance of the enemy's camp, estimated the num- \ bers of Turks and Arabs. took photo- graphs of the position, and in two hours returned unharmed to the Italian lines, with the whole plan of the Turkish posi- tion at the disposal of the Italian gen. eral. The dirgibe, in short, that morning obtained for nothing information for which general would have sacrificed troops as a plain duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

sesrcnlights similar to those in use on the German warships.
 The New York Edison company supplies current to 100000 meters. It nightly lights the equivalent to 100000 incandescent lamps.
 The average man dissipates about 70 kilowatt hours of energy a day in motion. muscular action, mental exertion and neat radiation. This is. equivalent to con tinuous expenditure at the rate of about 100 watts or the rating of one-elgnth horse power motor. In spite of his nigh body temperature-9S.6 degrees Fahren- heit-and large radating surface, man heat losses are surprisingly sman-about 50 watt hours an hour, or about one- half of the total energy expenditure. AS a heating device the average man Is thus about equal to a Is candle power carbon flament lamp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
STREET OF MANY NATIONS

the hope abandoned, en route to Potter field, is hereabouts. Pawnshops ana groggeries abound. The buildings are, Tor the most part, little and mean and low many of them are mere wooden rookeries. Cheap hotels are on every hand, and two blocks south Halsted street crosses Madi- son-a buster thoroughfare, more like the Bowery, with banks and theatres ana easy payment emporiums and lodging houses overfiowing with unemployed and unemployabe men.
 Three more blocks to the south one comes to Jackson boulevard, a wlde, as phalted street which is the main artery for carriage and motor car circulation east and west.
 Down Halstead street from the north from the purlieus of aristocracy on the lake shore--come the limousines Of manu- facturers whose enormous works are m the huge industria territory Halsted street traverses; and the limousines or their wives and daughters en roue to Hull House (now probably the most celebrated social settlement in the world) to study conditions'' as present fashion decrees.
 And across Halsted street.. on Jackson boulevard, come others of like sort from the business and shopping centers ana the residential sections and suburbs or the West Side. A vortex of humanity that particular section of Halsted street. ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

Teddy predicts victory runs a head line. Teddy is almost as optimistic as prosperous Birmingham. The difference S that Birmingham has a real reason. for being optimistic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

From therBoston Evening Transcript.
 Alice-"Why are you taking up botany?''
 Kitty-'Because my. fiance is interested in a plant of some kind. and l want to be able to converse intelligently with him about his business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

Of course "Gyp the Blood and Lefty gunman hates to leave his native haunts quite as much as the Broadway spender dislikes to leave the white lights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

A Birmingham citizen went to town the other day and bought a Christmas pres ent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

Wife is real ruler" says police magis- trate German of Philadelphia. Judge Cor man is evidently a married man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

Lad lured to altar by insane woman. . It is evident that he was little "off' himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
Observations on southern Cities

Until I came south on this trip said c. T. Barnes of New York. connected with one of the prominent banks of Gotham, "I had not travelled beyond Ten nessee. But last week I spent day CT two in Atlanta and I have been here in Birmingham two days.
 Atlanta was a revelation to me, and so has been Birmingham. What struck me most forcibly in Atlanta was public spirit and city pride. Everybody l came in contact with, from the street car motorman to the bank president, was an Atlanta booster. ] have found some boosting here in Birmingham, but 1t has not been quite so marked as it was in the Georgia metropolis
 Yes. Birmingham is a wonderful city when it is recalled that it is only 40 years old, and is now d city of 15o,o0 or 1bo,OoO population. It may be well Called phe- nomenal. It is splenddly built up and is a city of beautiful boulevards and ele- gant residences"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

Some people are so constituted that they become as much excited over a golf tour nament as most people do over base ball pennant race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

An octogenarian in Baltimore claims his failure in life is due to the fact that nc never married. Most men lay the blame on their wives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

A Michigan man stayed away from his $lO0,000. That's better than coming back stone broke, as cratic husbands usu- ally do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
American Cotton Crops

Although the crop of 1911-12 ex- ceeded that of the previous year by over 100000 bales, yet it's money value to the producer was 7,0OO,- 900 less! It was the largest crop ever grown in any country, but not the largest in svalue or net profits to the grower. Secretary Hester of the New Orleans cotton exchange tells the story succinctly in the following table:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

Gave his wife s1o in 19 years says an exchange. And then made kick about the high cost of living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

ft takes Robert W. Chambers to put over" "long-limbed' heroine. lie does it apparently without effort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

The annual scarcity of chorus girls is seriously depicting the ranks. that even the tired business man no longer throws fit when the sad news is broken to hin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

According toa French scientist electric ity will eventually be made a substitute for beef. In that far distant day the patron of restaurant will probably be asked how he wants the current served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

Whenever MT. Perkins is referred to as Q 'philanthropist" there is great tempta- ton among the knowing ones to snicker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

The country will have short rest from politics after November 5 and it needs it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
The prc.,dentIaI Campaien

Tt looks like Wilson to me-" said Hor- ace Partlow of Chicago. T was a voter 20 years ago, but have never been party man. voted once for Cleveland, once for Bryan and the other time 1 cast my ballot for the republican ticket.
 If the election were to take place this week Wilson would surely be elected. The situation may change in October, but 1 think it good bet that Wilson will have landslide victory"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

It was a case of "cherchez la femme when four notorious criminals were rounded up in one day by detectives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

We are having good rains in this good month of September and the backbone ot summer is broken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
To Have n Great Musical Performance

To Have n Great Musical Performance
 Mendelsohn's "Eijah," one of the great est of oratorios, will be presented in Br- mingham, in operatic form, on January '. Those who have been keeping up with the musical world have read something of this oratoro innovation. Few dreamed. perhaps, that we would ever have oratorio changed into opera, but the strong dra- matio elements in Elijah naturally lend themselves to stage action. Elijah" as an opera recently made great hit in London, and during the Coming season it is to be presented in New York and a few other cities of this country. It will make short southern tour under the management of DeLong Rice of Nashville. The company will come south direct from New York. In addition to great cast and a large chorus. it will bring, large orchestra, which, of course, will be an attractive feature
 An old music lover, in discussing De- Long Rices enterprise last night, said 'The oratorio had its first. performance at the Birmingham. England. festival, Au- gust 26 1s46 Mendelsohn himself con ducted The great composer conceived the idea of such an oratorio 10 years or more before he wrote it. While reading the scriptures the composer was struck with the words, Behold, the Lord passed by and at once remarked to his friend Hitler, that they suggested master work in the form of an oratorio. Elijah has been often presented in this country A we'll known critic says. it is from begin- ming to end succession of beauties.
 When Benjamin Guckenberger was liv- ing in this city he organized and conduct cd four music festivals. and at the third of these festivals-in the spring of 1901.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
SWEET INNOCENT

Jules vedrines has sailed for home, but rot in the air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

if my memory serves me right-it was finely sung to the accompaniment of me odore Thomas Chicago orchestra