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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19

about They have known that we have credited them with some virtue that they did not possess but the only way in which they could learn of their virtue was by an observation of ourselves.
 For modesty is a fnale not female, virtue and if men do not get the credit due to them it is only because they have lost the power to blush What Is called feminine modesty is no more than an ar- tifcial protective device. something that is assumed for purpose, like revolver. II has no basis in consciousness. But male modesty has a basis in conscious ress and is unassumed. No power on earth could persuade man to enter a drawing room stripped to the 60th degree of latitudee He would be quite shy about 1. if only men were present; but women will do this in the presence of both sexes, and many of them would go lower still but for the conventions.
 Now woman who had to walk down the street in decollete dress would prob ably blush She would say that her mod esty was offended, but actually it Is her sense of the appropriate that would be offended, for she has not the least ob1ec- tion to bathing in public-that is to say, playing about in the sands-in costume far more exposive than the decollete gown. In short, womans sense of mod esty is one-half protective pose and one half a sense of the appropriate. If you want a natural and unspoiled modesty you have to go to men for 1t.
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produce strange situations at times. And robody may say what is impossible today at Westminster.
 One thing is as certain as any human contingency can be. It is that home rule has reached the point of the inevitable. The bill now before parliament has got to become law, or. the whole parliamen- tary system of England shall go to pieces.
 Every sensible man in parliament knows this none better than the tories in both houses. The house of lords has two years to block the bill, but at the end of tha. period the opposition of the peers must end. It is not at all expected that the lords will use their veto to the full limit of two years. They can gain nothing by doing so, except senseless delay and enbitterment of popular feeling
 It would not astonish political circles either here or in London if after the skirmish, the lords retired as gracefully es possible from situation which, at best, can mean nothing for them but hu- initiating defeat in the end.
 Maurice Healy brother of the famous Tim, and, like his eminent brother. a very wealthy lawyer. made the strongest speech against home rule that was deiiv- cred this week. Indeed. were MT. Maurice Healy an out and out tory-unionist he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19
HOME RULE DEBATE IS RATHER DULL If Present Bill Fails Parlia- mentary Government
 Fails Also
By AUSTIN F. MAGUIRE

Dublin, May 1s-fSpecial )-Visitors to the galleries of the house of commons are not slow in expressing their feelings of disappointment at the rather dull char atter of the debate on the home rule bill.
 Since the first day, when MT. Asquitb and MT. Redmond made their great speeches. the debate has not brought out much oratorieal fervor. In fact. most of the speeches since have been uninter- esting enough to be commonplace. save for an exceptionally brilliant effort by T. F O'Connor and the finely reasoned, logical argument for home rule made by Sir Rufus Isaaes. who is fast working for himself a place In British public life which no other man of tile Hebrew race has ever attained. with the single excep tion of Benjamin DIsraeli, known later as Lord Beaconsfiield
 The tory opposition bench have been very stale. Much was expected from MT. Balfour But on the night of his contribu- ton to the debate he had not been speak ing five minutes before 1t was plaih to everybody his heart was not in his task
 The fact is, Arthur Balfour is not yet by any means through with his political ambitions He has been prime minister, and during his incumbency he made good headway on the Irish question, though he shivered and stopped short at home rule.
 It was Balfcur who gave Ireland the system of county councils, whose smooth and admirable conduct has done so much to strengthen the arg,hnent for complete home rule.
 There are those who will say that the day MT. Balfour. if he can defeat the present ministry, would not be averse to again taking the premiership even though his doing so would have to mean an un- derstanding with the Irish party. Politics, imperial as we'll as parochial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19

could not have made an abler cortribl to the debate from a tory standpoin
 The two Healys are highly gifted Both Timothy and Mauricc are in th' jovment of great law business. They tteir start through the influence and CT of MT. Parnell at the very b ming of the Land league movement, from the first day they were know leaders among the expert lawyers on legislation.
 As he proceeded with his speech O position to the home rule bill, Ma I1ealy was cheered and "hear hea with enthusiasm by the tory ben Those two bright attorneys are from and the great allies for the tories in struggle.
 It was an interesting study to watcl faces of the Irish nationalists as the. silently listening to his attack on tn which they as a body are supportin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19
As to Modestry
From fhe Argonant.

And in this same connection it is time that we revised our idea of feminine mod esty What lot we have written about 1t and how much we have enthused over it. Some of us have even tried to find in il ar inspiration, and women have listened tc our praises and our ecstacies for all these years and never once have they di- vuIged the secret that they had not the slightest idea what we were talking
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19
The Blindest
IT HN
 IHll.Aa q

>Frern the New York Tribune.
 pr uar,sss5iii ,sss5iii rjsli,ss r,retttaaa sI s recent lecture in Duluth, spoke very strongly against the before breakfast drink.
 There are actually he said, men who think that 1t does them good to take on rising, a stiff glass of whisky. How blind such men are.
 The eminent physologist smiled.
 "Of course'' he added, none are so blind as those who take too many eye openers.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19

At last there has been discovered q lGretna Green for wealthy Americans seeking quiet and speedy wedding in Europe There Is popular impression that anybody can get married without any trouble in Italy. and particularly in Rome. The reverse is the cast, as | two young Americans found when they went from Rome to Nice; from Nice to Rowenna, from Rowenna to Genoa Hooking for a. nice quiet church and a Iwedding without waiting for the banns land rice Of publicity. In some cities they learned it requires three, weeks, in others two. before a marriage can be solemnized legally. Just when they had almost given up their quest friend at Rome told them about. san
 Marino--our new Gretna Green--so San
 Marine, the lovely, free from red tape and the feeling of deans, signing or declarations, announcing of banns, post poning of life's happiest day, tucked away in a very little corner of Italy, with a wall of mountains all around lit. delightful romantic castles, crum- bling away into nice, mouldy smelling ruins. is our San Marine, smallest or the worlds republics, awaiting the stream of American Lochinyars and their lassies who are sure to come here to be wed when they once learn the Inducements of the place. You can reach San Marine either by way of Layenna or from Rimini. A stage runs from the former place, circling the hills and giv- ing the traveller a delightful ride. The roads might be a tri1e better but the iolts give spice to the romantic situa- tion. A caleche takes you from Riminl Although it's "A squafe miles of area are all surrounded by the Italian King dom, San Marine has preserved It's Tn : dependence since the republic was nrs. founded centuries before Rienzi, the tribune. gave his life for his principles
 in the heart of Rome. The iatchstring
 is out all the time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19

Wiiitc la N H A0b1c 1A AAN Y @NoA A't tAfS Vatican.
 The good roads movement is mak- ing excellent headway in Rome and throughout the provinces most favored by motorists. The King is very largely responsible for this eagerness to restore the beautiful Roman and Florentine roads. which. both In ancient times and
 in the romantic period distinguished Italy above all the rest of the world. The national and local governments are applying funds to widening and level ing the principal thoroughfares which have run to bumps and holes during the years when military and political maj ters kept the Italian treasury at low ebb. Nonetheless, Italian roads are even now fairly good for motoring in and around the principal coast citles, particularly Naples There are hne, level, long routes where one may speed at will, keeping a fartherly eye out for theepolites and interesting Italian po- lice. In Genoa and parts of Rome the up hill and down dale alterations make motoring somewhat tiring un- der any circumstances. But in the VI cinity of fair Florence and at Palermo. which is growing more and more pop ular as a rendezvous for American tourists, there are fine, well laid poule- wards, where one can race along un- der the wonderful Italian skies and with enchanting scenery on either side adeai routes for the hig power cars
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19

The afetes at Venice. which usually draw most of the foreign visitors Tn Italy to- the city of St Mark and the
 gondolas. on tAe Grand canal, missed
 the presence of the King and Queen this year The. Duke of Genoa repre- |sented his majesty at the opening or the tenth biennial exhibition of arts Tn |spacious pavilion in the public gardens.
 The number of Americans In the ducal partyaor moving among the sightseers was small.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19
Creme de Ia Creme
 uh;skey

Is anything too good for your frendsl Sustain your reputation for open-handed hospitality by serving this finer smoother, costIer whiskey in your home. Sold only in dstillers original bottling never in o1'N' THE l. TRACER CO.,, Dsalers Cincinnati
 At all frstass cafes and maorder houes everywhere Four
 full uuaxts full quart,, 5o0express peepad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-19

member of the fsherman's ring and the white lawn robes Of the vicar in the Vatican.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-09
CONTEST DECISIONS UPHELD.
President Taft Approves Statement oil
National COMMITTEES.

Washington, D. CA statement
approved by President Taft, defend
ing his nomination by the Chicago
convention, has been made public at
the White House. It reviews every
contest before the Republican nation
al committee and the credentials COM
mittee Of the convention and asserts
that each contest was settled logical
", upon its merits. The statement
was submitted to the cabinet at re-
cent meeting and received the ap-
prevail of the presidents official fam
lily.
The statement, which is q document
Of LA printed pages, is a detailed de-
NAL Of the charge that the renomina-
tion of President Taft was accom-
plished by the seating of fraudulently
elected delegates to the convention.
It takes up individually the 238 con-
tests instituted by the Roosevelt
forces against Taft delegates who
were seated, and presents evidence in
each of these cases to show that the
Taft delegates were regularly elected.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-09

losses entailed on the poor people and
the interference with international
exchanges.
Emperor 70 Shihito was kept busy
throughout Thursday, during which
time be issued an edict proclaiming
his accession to the throne, which he
read before vast concourse OF high
officers. He also proclaimed his sue
cession to the command Of the army
and navy.
The Japanese foreign Office has noti-
fed the foreign powers that the i'm
perial birthday has been changed from
November 8 (Mutsuhito's natal day.
to August 81, 70 Shihito's birthday.
After the farewell taken Of the late
emperor's body by the members Of the
imperial family, the body was depos-
tied in casket with q quadruple COW
ering, the onter one measuring nine
feet BY four, and was then placed in .
special mourning chamber.
On his way to the Aoyama palace.
where it il understood he will reside
until after the funeral, great ova-
ton was given Emperor 70 Shihito,
immense crowds gathering along the
streets, where they stood with barred
heads.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-09
PICTURE KEEPS PLACE.
Taft Has Colonels Photograph in
Private Office.

Washington, D. Chine out-of ten
persons entering the presidents pri,
vate Office in the White House have
some comment to make on the framed
photograph Of Theodore Roosevelt that
hangs on the wall. The likeness was
placed there in the days when it as
"Dear Theodore" and "Dear Will, .
and it remains the first object to
strike the eye when visitors having
business with the chief executive pass
the portal.
well; it hasn't been turned to the
wall yet," and eff l were in his
place, / would pull it down." are
stock expressions to be heard from
those coming from audiences with
President Taft, but the president
keeps the photograph just whore it
was hung when he first took possession
of the present Office, and it probably
will stay there during his term Of
office at least the first half Of it,
should he be reelected in November.
1t has become SO noticeable to the
regular White House visitors that its
removal would occasion even more talk
than its presence.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-09
DYNAMlTERS FOlLED.
Robbers Get Safe From Mine Office
But Are Driven Off.

Baker, Or.-Masked men broke into
the office of the Underwood Placer
Mines company at Cornucopia, rolled
down an embankment the safe con-
tsning gold nuggets valued at thou
sands of dollars, at l Saturday morn
ing and dynamited it.
They were interrupted by Foreman
Charles Camel, of Walla Walla, who
is in charge of the plant. and fired
several shots at him, but he escaped
with slight wound and called help
and frightened them away without
their booty.
Mrs. R. S. Bisher, telephone oper-
atOr, who Friday saved Halfway from
sserlous fire by calling out the farm
ers and townspeople, was appealed to
and she rang people out of bed and
urged them to start in search of the
safecrackers.
The entire Pine valley was notified
By breakfast time and parties passed
day in search. A. C. Stephens,
deputy sheriff of Baker county, in
mat district. suspected two men and
,slephoned to Baker for aid, but as
Saefllf Rand could not cover the 80
miles to the mine in time to help, told
llm to arrest the men. They have not
'een apprehended yet.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-09
NATE SAYS ALL
MUST KEEP OFF
UlO :
.,,;;e,, Corporations Cannot
W. irauire Military Basis.
INT of Monroe Doctrine Dis
In Secret-State De-
W. nartment Not Consulted.

,.r+on D. C. - The United
y. senate issued warning Satur-
'' .be nations of the world against
a',,bment upon the continents Of
''.b snd South America.
WV ~, limited States will not see
.' ls grave concern" said the
=. any suitable naval or military
s'' 49,. into control of a foreign cor
cs s.l g when such possession might
p'' 's,sn the communication or the
h 'ssr Of the United States"
' u vital were the issues discussed in
~ 1n5ce resolution, which set forth
n' I n of the United States, as to
". g situated like Magdalena Bay, in
l e,ns, California, that the doors of
!. s's senate were closed for three hours
asus s the resolution was debated in
scret session.
+ finally passed with only tour votes
,..;nst It. Notwithstanding the COM
' sr, unanimity of the senate upon
T. a,, note of warning, it is understood
W. u M measure did not have the official
. ~ of the administration.
y Vas framed entirely outside the
Nate department and it is understood
Ss executive branch of the govern
nsnt was not consulted with regard to
#s senate's announcement.
The resolution arose from the re-
urted attempt of Japanese syndi-
nte to secure land about Magdalena
Raw In the form finally adopted by
the senate it declares against the ac-
mistion of any threatening location
bv foreign corporation, (which has
ccb 8 relation to another government
not American as to give that govern
nent practical power of control for
naval or military purposes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-09
FEDERALs DEFEATED.
Mex'can Rebels h Superior Force In
flict Great Damage.

hict Great Damage.
Casaa Grandes, Chihuahua. Merico
Federal forces attempting 70 hem i
the rebels here and at Juarex auffered
their first defeat Wednesday. cour-
iers coming overland from oiita.. 5o
miles west Of here, said the rebels
who left here last week met and de-
feated the federals under General Jose
de la Luz Blanco.
General Blanco is said TO have on,v
300 men, while the rebels numberad
1000. The messengers said that
blanco.s forces were driven back to-
ward the Sonora state line to ioin
General Sanjines, who is advancing
with the main body Of federals.
Particulars of the battle are lack.
ing, the couriers leaving before an or
ganized investigation Of the losses
was made. Fighting continued
through the day, the federals retreat
ing under cover of night.
1t was reported to rebel leaders
here that the .main force of federals
moving from the south had reached
Temosachic, 80 miles south of MADEIRA
The federals are reported to number
1000 seasoned regulars led by Gener-
ais Rabago and Telles. AS the rebel
garrison at MADEIRA numbers no more
than that, and as this town virtually
was evacuated by the movement
against General Blanco, it is probable
that the federals will enter this dis
trict without an engagement.
Eight hundred rebels are operating
along the national railway between
Juarez and Gallego, opposite this
point. The Juarez garrison has been
strengthened to 800 men.
When the army led by General
Sanjines crosses the Chihuahua line
the federal troops will outnumber
largely the rebels in Chihuahua.
Still another army of federals is
moving along the line Of the national
railway from the city Of chihuahua.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-09
Ship and Whale Collide,

=, San Francisco-A giant whale col
aued with the schooner ]. H. Bruce
oodufoay night off the coast between
,Ont Reyes and the Farallona Islands.
part OF the forward rigging of the
u" ,sssei was torn away by the impact
WIN the body of the leviathan and
s sasn tne schooner reached port por-
@Ons OF the flesh of the whale and
saantitles of blood were scattered
" %et the deckload and the forecastle
h, iue sea animal was sighted by the
S0AOut when the vessel was not more
s Jan 0eO yards away. The course was
N'e'eu' but the whale kept in its path.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-09
Nicaragua Asks for Helm

" ianama-Manuel E. Velasquez, the
S'laguan minister here, said he
Is;sl J., the friendly offices of the
AND I'eu States might stop bloodshed
Nsn res.ore peace to the Nicaraguans.
N.. s mat President Adolph Diaz, Of
ln;;al's 4g had dismissed General
N s Mena from his office as minister
N., war and imprisoned him and that
efc s son. the military commander
N,na aallaoa, is in control of Granada,
Man.. 'alne and Masaya, where General
ssr n nao stored big quantities of
"unltlons, is confirmed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-09

Rebel General Refuses to Rec
ognize United States.
Receives American Consul Only %
American Citixen-Two Amor
leans Found Murdered.

Mexico City-Two Americans have
been hanged near Cananea. Sonora.
presumably by Mexican rebels. Their
bodies were found Thursday and the
incident was reported Immediately to
President Madero by the governor Of
Sonora. The governor has ordered an
Investigation. He believes the two
men were executed by rebels in order
to precipitate American intervention.
The victims have not been identified.
Juarez, Mexico ~ General Pascual
Orozco, COMMUNICATIVE Of the
Mexican rebels, coolly declared that
he did not recognize the United States
government. He made the remark to
Thomas Edwards, American consul
here, who called at the rebel leaders
headquarters to deliver q message
from Secretary of State Knox.
The message from Washington con-
cerned the treatment Of the American
settlers in Northern Mexico by, the
rebels, growing out Of the disarming
of colonists last week.
General Orozco told General Ed
wards that he did not regard the
American as representative Of the
United States, which, government,
Orozco said, he did not recognize.
However, he was glad to see Mr.. Ed
wards, he said, and to receive him as
an American citizen. Orozco accept
ed the message from the American
consul without further comment. Ed
wards then left the room.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-08-09

public may be summed up in the
words Of grizzled old prospector
who, on seeing line Of tree planters
at work on the Cascade plantation IN
the Pixies Peak region. exclaimed:
We'll, It looks doggone good to see
somebody travelling through these hills
building things up instead Of cutting
down and destroying!"
Bare and ForbIdding.
The work Of reforesting the Pixies
Peak region is in charge of Forest Su.
pervisor c. w. Fitzgerald and Forest
Expert H. G. Reinisch. Both are young
men. but have made notable names
for themselves In forestry work in this
country. Mr.. Fitzgerald spends much
Of this time in the saddle, looking aft.
er affairs in the Pike National Forest,
domain of 100000 acres. Mr.
Reinsch has had experience in forestry
In Germany as well as in this country,
and is an authority on sowing and
planting.
These trees are my children" said
the young German enthusiastically. ~
he watched the planters at work u
have $4,000 of them growing now.
and in ten years you will never rec
ognize these mountain slopes. Things
could not be more bare and forbidding
than they are today. They would get
worse, as the natural re-seeding proc
ess seems to be very slow here, but
once let our young trees get start,
and things will be vastly different. See
that slope across there?" he continued,
pointing across to hill. the upper
part Of which seemed solid granite,
I'VE have planted only on the lower
part Of that slope, where there Is more
SOIL But in time, when our trees have
grown, the winds will blow the seeds
to the upper slopes, and the hill will
be covered with trees to the very top.
That Is our main object-to assist ma
ture In her work.
I'VE are planting western yellow
pine and Douglas Ar here. The yellow
pine does well on the dry, sunny
slopes, and the Douglas fr is planted
on the more shaded slopes. as that
trees requires more moisture But
there are many questions to be deter
mined before planting questions of
the timber that will prove the most
salable and the most accessible. As a
general rule We follow the footsteps OF
nature as closely as possible in plant
ing. but sometimes the timber that
nature has planted on slope win not
prove merchantable 30 something else
Is substituted"