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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09
Visits Old Home.

H. P Chenoweth returned recently ifohi Maysville, Ky, where he was born anc reared. and where he had been on visit to relatives and friends.
 "Maysville, as everyone should kho"' Is one of the oldest cities in this coun- try" said MT. Chenoweth. Tt is on the Ohio river, 60 miles above Cincinnatl' anu was founded in 17S5 some years before Ohio's Queen City was established. IL soon grew to be one of the most lmpor- tant towns on the Ohio Its growth has been slow but sure. Its population Is now about 1000.
 Mason county, in which MaysViiie IS situated, has always been famous Tor US tobacco. It used to be great wheat growing county. but less wheat IS raiseo there now than when l was boy. u still produces large corn crops as well as tobacco, and being blue grass county IL raises fine stock. The farmers there nave been very prosperous this summer Mays vile handles large volume Of tooaceo' much larger now than in former tlmes' and I have never known my old home town to be so thrifty as it is at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09
Cultivate State Fair Spirit

Every one in Alabama and particu- iarly every citizen of Birmingham should not only become interested in but should also take natural pride in the coming state fair. It is the states greatest annual event.
 The attendance at last years fair was the fifth largest of the state fairs of 1911. The management hopes to see the attendance go this year to 250,O0O, and that number is wholly possible and even probable. Many cities larger than Birmingham would be proud indeed of fair that secures an attendance of quarter of million of people. AS things are going the state fairs held in this city will soon take rank with the expositions.
 The trade brought to Birmingham by the fair ranges annually from $600,O0O to $7O0,000, and this is one reason why every citizen of this city should think of it and talk about it. Let the fair spirit become so great this month that it will outrank even politics in conversations on the street cars, and all who take trips in the state this month should spread the news of the attractions of the com ing fair. Every letter going out should mention it. The very air in this neigh borhood should become filled with the true and abundant fair spirit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09
LOVE A GIFT

From the Hygienic Gazette.
 Great love, like genius, can never be duty; both are lifes gracious gifts to it's elect. There can be no other stand ards of morality for him who loves more than once than for him who loves once only; that of the enchantment of life. He who in new love hears the singing of dried-up springs, feels that sap rising in dead bough, the renewal of life's creative forces; he who is prompted anew to mag nanimity and truth, to gentleness and generosity, he who finds strength as well as intoxication In his new love, nourish- ment as well as a feast-that man has a right to the experience Those, on the other hand-and they are the majority whom every new love makes poorer in the qualities common to humanity, and in personal sense of power, weaker in will, less efficient in work, have, from the point of view of the religion of life, no right to such self deterioration. By its fruits love
 is known. Nothing is truer than that
 there is no such thing as local demoral- ization" A person who in all his other
 doings is healthy and genuine, who con
 tinues strong and sound in his work, is most cases moral dlSO III SSAudl HdttSiS
 according to his conscience-even If this
 does not harmonize with the doctrine of
 monogamy. He, on the other hand. who
 shows himself a cheat or a wretch in
 his dealings, will probably be the same in the affairs of love, whether his morals are those of monogamy or polygamy; and it is therefore more unreasonable to judge of a mans morality in other mat
 ters from his sexual code than 1t Is to judge of his sexual morality from his eth- ical standpoint in other questions. Nor does the latter afford an infallible cri- terion, for there are people who reach the summit of their natures in a great love, but remain below 1t in the rest of their affairs. Others, again, never suc- ceed in raising their erotic dealings to the level of the rest of their personality.
 But in regard to the accuracy of the re-
 suit, the latter standard is nevertheless
 as superior to the former as a chem ists scales are to an old fashioned steel yard. It may often be the case that persons other manifestations are in a certain sense greater or less than him. I self; but his love, on the other hand, will in a thousand cases to one be his inmost self. Great or mean, rich or poor, pure or impure as he is in that so will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09
POLONIUs TO LAERTEs

From Hamlet" 1. 3. And these few precepts in thy memory Look thou character. Give thy thoughts
 no tongue, Nor any unproportion'd thought his act. Be thou familiar. but by no means vulgar; The friends thou hast and their adoption
 tried. Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of
 steel But do not dull thy palm with entertain
 ment Of each new-hatch'd. unfiedg'd comrade.
 Beware Of entrance to a quarrel. but, being in, Bear't that tn opposed may beware of
 thee. Give every man thine ear. but few thy
 voice; Take each mans censure. but reserve thy
 Judgment. Costly thy habit as they purse can buy. But no express'd in fancy; rich, not
 gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man. And they in France of the best rank and
 station Are most select and generous. chief in
 that. Neither a borrower nor lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of hus- bandry This above all to thine own self be true, And it must follow. as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09
STUDENTS DECREASING

The number of persons studying medi- cine in the medical colleges in the United States has decreased steadily since 1903. according to the annual report of the council on medical education, which ap- pears in a recent number of the Journal of the American Medical Association. In 1880 there were 11.s26 medical students in the United States, in 1890 there were 15,- 4o4, in 1900 there were 25,171, in 1904 there were 2s,l42. in 1912 there were 1s.412. This is the smallest number of medical stu- dents in the last 20 years. Of these, IT, 2T are in regular" schools, S27 in homeo- pathic and sos in eclectic schools. The total number of graduates in medicine in 1912 was 44s3, an increase of 210 over 1911, of 42 over 1910, but decrease of g when compared with 1909 and of 12s4 when com- pared with 1904. Of these graduates. 4aOs were from regular schools, 1S5 from hom- eopathic and S2 from electic schools,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09
Active Money Market.

A great deal of money will be re- quired in handling the crops, and the crop moving season means tight money. It is the opinion of bankers in the large money centers that money rates will be high during the next few weeks Henry |Clews, in his Saturday review says, in part:
 Money, crops and politics dominate the stock market. While the west, en- |couraged by plentiful harvests, is boldly preparing for active fall and winter trade, the east is timidly pondering over increased money requirements, the pos sibility of killing frost and continued unsettled political tendencies.
 "All indications point to an active money market this fall. High but not stringent rates may be anticipated, crop and trade requirements alike being re- cord breaking. Interior banks are all ready well loaned up, and eastern banks find their reserves much reduced at the beginning of the season. For some time past large sums of Canadian money have been on deposit in New York, but these are being withdrawn for similar reason to our own. Hence the recent exports of gold to Canada, which may be followed by other shipments. Local money conditions reduced a decline in
 foreign exchange and larger offerings of finance bills. Very shortly larger supply of cotton and grain bills will be in evidence, so that Europe will be in position to aid our seasonal financial
 requirements. Gold imports are already 1 in prospect Germany Is not likely to get much financial aid in New York this season. Higher interest rates are also having the effect of inducing banks
 to lesson their holdings of high grade bonds. All things considered. the mone- tary outlook is satisfactory. Current
 demands are merely for the purpose of
 satisfying legitimate requirements, not
 undesirable speculation, and lenders at least will secure more profitable rates.
 Financial leaders are still sensitive, per- haps unduly so, over the political out
 look. The Vermont election was, for
 tunately. not disturbing, but the results in Ohio were somewhat disliked. Need Hess to say the initiative and the refer
 endum are not relished by those opposed
 to see our government and legislatures
 at the mercy of passing whims or waves
 of passion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

TOT some unknown reason that he had him put into his own drum and flung from one of the castle towers Before this was done the drummer threatened to haunt the family for ever and he has kept his word. When a member of the Airlie family is going to die, the dead drummer walks around the castle beat ing tattoo, and on at least two oc- casions this sound has been heard by guests staying at the castle.
 Indeed, in 1884, just before Lady Airlies death, a woman who did not know the tra- dltlon heard the beat of the drum, and asked her host at dinner one night who ms drummer was. The question made Lord Airlie turn pale, for the drummer had drummed shortly before the death of his first wife. A few months later his second wife died.
 Glamis castle, an ancient fortress of the Lyons family, has several ghosts and many historic traditions. There is leg end that in one of the rooms the 'Thane of Cawdor' murdered Macbeth, and here also walks a bearded man in full armor, who once nearly killed child with fright who was staying at the castle with her mother. The child slept in a dressing room next door to her mother, with the door open in between. The mother had not put out her candle, and night light burned in the child's room, when sudden ly a blast of air extinguished the candle, but not the night light in the chamber be- yond, whence the mother suddenly heard shriek of terror. She rushed, in, to find the child in an agony of fear, for a tall man In armor, whom the mother had herself seen, had passed into the dressing room and leaned over the cot
 Glamis castle also holds a mystery, which is passed down from father to son, and from steward to steward. Many heirs have promised their friends to re- veal the secret when they were of age, but when 1t has been made known to them they have always maintained a sol- emn silence. All that is known is that somewhere a secret room is hidden, and that after each visit to 1t a stonemason is employed to close the entrance. Many stories are told, but they are not worthy of repetition. The most strange fact Is that the house stewards, who are of ne- cessity let into the secret as they succeed one another, have never divulged the mys- tery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09
The Late General MacArthur.

.Iieut. Gen, Arthur MacArthur, retired' who died suddenly on Thursday In NH
 waukee, the city of his residence, was one of the younger of the civil war vet erans to attain high rank in the regular army" said an old citizen, None or the lieutenant generals created since Geh- eral Schofield's appointment was west Pointer.
 "General Macarthur was born in 1S4o and was not quite 16 years of age when the war began He enlisted in the Twen- ty-fourth Wisconsin infantry, and was first lieutenant and adjutant in August, I 1862. He was major of volunteers in 1864, and was appointed lieutenant colonel in May. 1865 He was mustered out of service in June of that year, and was appointed second lieutenant of the Seventeenth in- fantry, United States of America, early in 1S66 Lieut.. Gen. John c. Bates, retired, another regular army man who was a youth in 1861, was three years older than MacArthur and began his military career as a lieutenant in the United States army and became a captain of the reg ulars' in 1863. Lieut.. Gen. Adna Romanza Chaffee retired Is of the same age as
 Bates. He fought through the war. He
 started as a private in 1884, and was soon
 afterward appointed second lieutenant of
 the Sixth cavalary. U. S. A. Lieut.. Gen.
 Samuel Baldwin Marks Young, retired,
 was 21 years old when he enlisted as a
 private in a Pennsylvania company in
 1861. He was a full colonel of volunteers
 toward the close of the war and was
 brevetted brigadier general early in 1865.
 He was appointed a second lieutenant in the regular army in 1866. Lieut.. Gen. Nell son A. Miles, the only other surviving man
 of his rank, was 22 years of age in lS6l.
 He started out as first lieutenant in a Massachusetts regiment in September of that year. When the army was reorgan-
 lzed in 1866 he was appointed colonel of a negro regiment in the regular army. He retired nine years ago.
 General Macarthur had a good fight
 mentioned. He was in the battles of
 Perryvile, Ky, Stone River, Missionary
 Ridge, Dandridge and Franklin, Tenn. He was awarded congressional medal of
 honor as late as June, 1890. for saving the colors of his regiment at critical moment and planting them on captured works on the crest of Missionary Ridge He was wounded at Kenesaw mountain and again at Franklin. He was in the Atlanta campaign. From 1898 to 1901, in elusive, he was in the Philippines. General MacArthur's funeral will take place on Monday"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09
nEFLECTIoNs OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 A girl wants to love fine man, so she loves any kind that comes along
 The trouble with Eve was there was mo- body's wash to count on the line next door.
 If you tell a woman you have good news for her, she can listen to it cheerfully even if it isn't.
 When woman tries to improve her husbands temper, she's got chance to make him break out worse than ever.
 What makes it so easy for girl to please a man before they are married Is 1t is going to be so hard for her to after they are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09
Brother Instead of Son.

Oscar s. Straus, nominted for gov ernor of New York by the bull moose convention, is not son but brother of Isidore Straus, who went down with the Titanic. Few families in New York are so distinguished as the Strauses. There were three brothers, Isidore. Ma than and Oscar. They were born in Rheinish Bavaria, but came with their parents at an early age to this coun- try oscar is the younger of the three, and was born December 23, 1850. Ma than is still living and is known as one of the foremost phiTanthropists of New York A full biographical sketch of each of the Strauses appears in Who 8 Who in America" and in the recently published encyclopedias.
 Oscar Straus was secretary of com merce and labor in Rooseyelt's cabi- net He is a lawyer by profession, and in the diplomatic service represented this country ably in Turkey. He was at first envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary and his rank was aft erwards raised to ambassador.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09
WORLDS MUSICAL CONTROVERSY.

From Musical America.
 The New York World of August 24, ia en editorial on San Francisco's municipal opera, says
 'The controversy in New York over the question of ragtime or classical music at the Central park concerts gives a hint of what may happen in San Francisco if ore element of the public insists on Wag- her and another on Verdi and the French opera"
 The World gives an entirely erroneous impression to it's readers. There is no such controversy over the music at Gen. tral park. The daily semi symphonic con certs which are given there have struck root so deeply into the heart of the New York populace, and have become an in stitution awakening so keenly the joy and pride of the people, that there is no longer any such thing as question or controversy concerning them. They are visited nightly through the week, and on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, by crowds numbering from 5000 to 15,o00 peo- pie, great many of whom go two or three hours in advance to secure desired seats Music of the high order there  given, on a large scale, can be said to have been accepted by the people of New York with gratitude and thanksgiving.
 The controversy to which the New York World refers consists of occasional protesting letters to the papers written, to judge from their spirit, by the same kind of persons who delight in injuring or dishguring statues in the public parks. or by disgruntled old regime musicians, or their henchmen who, for professional req sons, would like to see the old crude or der restored. When such letters appear as they do sporadically, they are so swift ly showed under by communications re- vealing the real spirit of the public that the headway they make is absolutely nil.
 The success of the Central park con- certs is so firmly established with the people that there is no room for any opinion concerning the matter which could be construed as controversy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09
MT. Underwood and the Tariff Issue

In selecting national democratic advisory committee the Wilson-Mar- shall campaign committee made Will liam J. Bryan chairman, and it placed fha name of Oscar w. Underwood at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

The London telephone service is said to be the worst in Europe. The postoffice took it over January 1 and reform has not yet done it's perfecting work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

It is said there are scores of republican, districts in Pennsylvania waiting to be captured by the democrats. Poor old back number Penrose,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

New York banker made sl,Oo0 900 while imprisoned for year in the Tombs, and that building may yet have to be en- larged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

The janitors will soon be engaged in dusting and sweeping the school houses. and the boys are becoming more grouchy every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

Puhxyi, the deposed baby emperor of China, has had his queue cut off. He does not know why it was done. He just knows it was done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

nut brown maid is popular, but the time is fast coming when she will make haste to bleach out the skin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

Messrs. Lefty Louie and Gyp the Blood are travelling inoognito as princes and dukes do, and they may for aught one knows be spending the fall months at Newport.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

strokes Of paralysis, and it fears the next one will be fatal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

Ohio has pensioned a woman who is 11s years old. She is the mother of 9 chil- dren, and 16 of them served in the civil war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

So long as Vermont's maple sugar crof remains good, we need not care how sht votes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

William H. Taft is standing on the old fashioned platform of personal dignity and the country respects his new atti- tude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

Let us hope it is not unjust at this stage of the game to say that Birmingham, is still stand at the head of the first di- vision. This is better than standing at Arma geldon,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

St. Louis supports the free toll section of the Panama bill, but New York does not. What ails New York, anyway?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

Two-thirds of the money spent on elec- tions is wasted, but some of it goes to ed- ucate the voters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

Speaker Clark is still discussing the nomination which failed to materialze at Baltimore He should cut it out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

Speaker Clark wore out his desk by an enthusiastic use of the gavel at the last session of Congress, and he is doing no knocking now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

President Taft says he is out of poli tics. T. Roosevelt is not in it nearly so much as he thinks he is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

Chicago begins to see that its snow shovel season will be opened in 90 days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

The men have quit taking an active interest in politics. but the women have not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

Those who predicted that September would be hot month are making good right along daily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

The man who rocks the boat generally picks out Sunday in which to display his speciality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

Intervening may yet become a fad all the way from the Rio Grande to the Panama canal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

Just how long summer will finger in the lap of autumn remains to be seen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

Everybody is discussing eugenics and few know what the word means.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

Nothing needs a revision downward more than trust contributed campaign expenses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

The football gossip on the sporting page is a reminder that the fall season il coming
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

Italy has not succeeded in making the Turkey trot popular in Tripoli.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

one also find him in the other important relations of life. Of all summary char acter1stics of person, none Is more
 sure than this, that as man has loved so he is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

Those double-decked cars in New York have very low ceiling on top.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

Republicans and Progressives. .sThe majority of men meet seem to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
THE OLD-TIME HOSTESS.
Mistress Of Ceremonies and Carver
Announced Courses.

From the London Chronicle.
In the matter of old-time etiquette a
tho table one recalls the part played by
the lady of the household. In the eight
eenth century she was mistress of the
ooramon;es-she carved and she dealt the
while her lord merely pushed the bot
tie.
She was also the menu for If she gave
q dinner of several courses 1t was her
duty to announce to the guests. seated
expectantly. what was due to appear at
table. 4 dinner of one course and she
remarked that they saw their dinner.
Then her powers of gentle persuasion
came into play. A guest when he had
stuffed sufficiently placed the handles OF
his knife and fork into his plate. and the
sight of knife in position was the sig
nal for the hostess to inquire III he
would please to have something more
In the art of carving, of course. the
mistress of any country house was past
mistress. One recalls Lady Mary Mon
tacu's fight after perfection under the
wing of a professional carving master:
..She took three lessons a week. that she
might be perfect on her fathers public
DAYS: when. in order to perform her func-
tions without Interruptions. she was
forced to eat her own dinner alone an
hour or so beforehand.