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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
X Mus,cal Attraction

q am not much of trestcs soer, bu. went to the Orpheum Tuesday night especially to hear the Fadettes-the womans orchestra" said an old citi- zen. 1T was we'll repaid. l had heard this orchestra some years ago at the O'Brien opera house when it was on a concert tour. I had heard several brass and reed bands made up entirely of women-the NaVassar being the best-but the only female orchestra l have heard is the one here now styled the Fadettes. It Is an excellent or ganization. Tho ensemble work is na- turally perfect as these ladies play to- gether day after day and year in and year out. They do honest work and have no doubt but that they find their efforts remunerative.
 T was agreeably surprised to find the auditorium packed. Nothing is quite so depressing in attending a show of any kind as to find most ol the seats empty. The big audience Tuesday night shows that Birmingham appreciates a good vaudeville theatre such as the Orpheum unquestionably is But coming back to the Fadettes I recall by gone days when many the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
Iron and Steel Trade

The review of the iron and steel business, published this week by the trade papers, is for the most part indicative of solid prosperity. There is a large demand for sheets, iron and pipe. Railroad tonnage continues to increase. The railroads are doing a great deal of bridge work. Prices have an upward tendency.
 Pig iron stocks are being reduced at the rate of 100000 to 150,00O tons a month. The Birmingham pig iron market has been firm at $11 and bet ter on No. basis for several weeks It will probably reach SIP before. the end of the first half of the year. It is safe to say that business generally will boom after the national conven- tions have passed into history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
n.Itimore Attractive

T spent several days In Baltimore last week and found everybody talk ing about the democratic convention, which meets there on the 25th of June" said w. D. worthen of New York. An immense crowd will be attracted by the convention. The question Is Frequently asked, has Baltimore the hotel ac- commodations adequate to take care of the crowd? I am told that there will be no trouble on that score. Baltimore has many small hotels in addition. to the few big ones, ana hundreds of private residences will be converted
 into temporary boarding houses during convention week.
 T usually vote the republican ticket, but this year I have made up my mind to vote democratic provided the dem ocrats nominate 0 strong ticket. hear Underwood of Alabama highly spoken of in the east as a democratic candidate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
IN LILAC TIME
'on Cawein

By Madison CaWeln.
 Through orchards of old apple trees That spring makes musical with bees; l3v garden ways of vines and flowers, Where twittering sweet. the bird bt
 towers
 And swallows sun their plumes- The path leads winding to the gate, Hung with its rusty chain and weight, That opens on a lilac walk
 Where dreams of love and memories tai
 Born of the dim perfumes.
 . The old house stands with porches wit And locust trees on either side; It's windows, kindly as the eyes Of friendship. smiling at the skies. Again he meets her. brown of hair, Beside it's steps May lilies lift
 Bend sprays of snow in drift on drift. And in the door, a lily. too.
 Again she stands. the one he knew Tn days that are no more. Again he meets her. brown of hair. Among the clustered lilacs there. The sun is set: the blue dusk falls; A nestling bird another calls; A star leaps in the sky Again he breathes the lilac scent And rose: again her head is bent; And O. again. beside the gate, To see the round moon rise they wait. Before they kiss good-by. Long years have passed; the times, sin then. Have changed-and customs. too. a, me; But she has never changed to him. Nor has that house, so old and dim, Where once they said good-by, That place. which spring keeps ever fs Through memories of her face and hail Unchanged, like some immortal rime, Where evermore 'tis lilac time,
 and love can never die.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
sMuGGLE JEWELS UNDER SKIN

From the New York Press.
 Surgeon Watson tells Tip about some strange smuggling. a story of Burman ruhies and diamonds that passed through this port undetected If not unsuspected. see a gentleman with a painful arm. The patient was a yellow, slender, tawny blond. the left arm little swollen and very painful hard lump was found under the skin Just above the elbow, and this pressed on the funny" nerve that runs behind the elbow. The lump felt so queer and unusual that the surgeon took an X-ray shot at 1t and found it to be big ruby. about five carats.
 This is the novel story of the man with the ruby in his arm: He was a Burmese Eurasian (hls father half whte). In his childhood his father had been the chief of band of dacoits. cut-throat highway men, and had slxillfully and painlessly inserted a1number of stones Into the layer Of fat under the skin of his fat boy, so making him a walking cache of secret treasure As youth he went to a mis- sion school, later was graduated from a tech" school and was now highly suc- cessful business man. The man with the arm set with rubies would allow no more examinations or X-ray pictures. There was not trace of scar near the ruby, so made. When asked what he intended to do about his hidden treasures he said that was for his father to, say-if alive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
IS BIO A WEEK ENoUGHs

from Lesne $.
 The cost of living is matter which each person must settle for himself What some can do is illustrated by the case of Mrs. Hannah Krueger of Chicago. who came from Germany. where, no doubt she learned lessons in thrift. Her husband is laborer. On an income of s1o week she has reared three children and given them common school eduea- ton, while for nearly seven years she has deposited s2 week with building ana loan association. with SS7 to her credit. Raising a few chickens helped out her in come. Her children are now earning money, and the mother says, We are cortented." This is case of careful
 babit deliberately pursued. Other per sens in like circumstances spend all their incomes. It is a matter that. rests with those most concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
A HAPsBuRG AUTHOR

From the London Chronicle
 Next to Carmen Sylva, the most volu- minous of present day royal authors is the Austrian heir presumptive. the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who made his debut volume describing his trip around the world.
 The archbishop's next work was a monograph on Radetzky and this was followed by two other works on histori- cal subjects. He has also published two volumes of verse, and Is credited with the authorship of a number ot articles in technical publications on engineering and kindred publications cn engineering and kindred subjects. in which he is keenly interested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
1.-THE LESSON OF THE TITAN

| Lewis Nixon, in the June number or the | North American Review.
 It is to life saving appliances on existing vessels that attention is now directed It takes some knowledge of the sea and it's ways to understand the boat question. In placing boats on sea going vessels many things must be studied. The arrange
 ment of the boats for lowering. the lifting of covers the removal of the outer checks
 upon which the boats rest, the disposi- ton and lead of the falls, getting the pas sengers into the boats in safety, lowering
 and releasing, are all matters of first im- portance. When speaking of the small
 boats' of a vessel 1t must be kept In mind that they are not small. Such boats not
 only require practice in getting ready to lower, but when lowered down the high sheer side of liner the greatest skill is required. in breasting off, to keep the
 boats from smashing against the side. and
 tho greatest judgment demanded in re-
 lee sing them. Boats are not lowered into the water, but are dropped when some
 distance above it, and if dropped at the
 wrong instant are apt to be thrown against the side. No boats should here after be carried on curved davits when
 slowed inboard. A few boats for quick lov ering may be carried on such davits already swung out, but davits of the Welin type should be required for the regular ships boats. The Titanic went down in a quiet sea- but had there been even a mod
 crate sea on, the casualties would have
 been much greater There should be boat and raft accommodation enough for every one on board, and that we may have this
 in existing ships many more boats must
 be carried. The collapsble type with sub
 stential wooden bottom is good emer-
 gency substituted when lifeboats enough cannot be carried at davits. The liferafts
 have great value. but they should be made
 much larger than at present. . Large l boats, housed over. in which passengers
 could be slowed away till the boat had
 been hoisted clear and dropped into the water would be safer if power lifting could | be depended upon, and these could have ltheir own motive power, for it is a safe as sertion that many more men can run ar automobile engine than can pull an oar Eventually all the ships lifeboats will bt fitted as motorboats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30

oppressed who are not heeled, how ever useful they may be to the rich. This is why the independent peddlers have laid their case before the city's commissioners.
 If the commissioners refuse to come to their relief the independent ped dlers will simply have to abandon the ice trade, and then the victory of the inside delivery company will be com plete.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
HI. Summer Suit

."rhe other day I got in a conversation
 with a gentleman standing in front or our store and found that he was in the
 United States engineer service in Pana- ma, said Sol Caheen. II was glad to stfape up an acquaintance with him. for
 found him an interesting gentleman, telling me as he did great deal about
 the splendid achievements of Colonel
 Goethals and Colonel Gorgas. the latter of the United States army medical corps. who has transformed the canal zone into healthy section. The viistor told Ire that he was off on summer leave of ab- sence, and had just stopped over In B'r-
 mingham for a day or two on his way
 north.
 What attracted me especially to the
 gentleman before I had spoken to him was his dress. He had on particularly attractive summer suit-light and airy looking. It made me feel cool almost to glance at him. Says l to myself, I am going to find out where that man got Eis clothes, thinking. of cdurse. that he pur- chased them in Panama and that could get the address of the town that sold them. After had expressed my admit aton for his taste in selecting clothes. said to the visitor:
 Suppose you brought that suit from
 the tropics
 ". No, he replied, l just bought these clothes little while ago at Saks store Louis Saks,' I think they call it..
 "'Good for Birmingham l exclaimed It was a feather in Birmingham's cap. It is not every shopping center that has outfitters with the style anu taste to suit
 every man, be he from the tropics CT from l near by territory"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

lived Tuscaloosa magazine and is pre- served in William R. Smiths '.Reminis eences of a Long Life. e.''-Robert H. Man gum. Selma. Ala. The poem Is as follows: I've lived long enough to be rarely mis
 taken, I've borne my full share of life's changeI
 able sceness All my woes have been solaced by good
 greens and bacon; All my joys have been doubled by bacon
 and greens. What a thrill of remembrance cen nov
 they awaken, Of childhood's gay morning and youth'l
 merry scenes, For one day we had greens and plate
 full of bacon Ard the next we had bacon and a plato
 full of greens. An. well I remember when sad and for
 saken- Heart-wrung by the scorn of miss ii
 her teens How I rushed from her sight to my loved greens and bacon, And forgot my despair over bacon and
  When the banks refused specie and credi
 was shaken, shared in the wreck and was ruined fl
 means; My friends all declared had not save{
 my bacon, But they lied-for I still had my bacon
 and greens. Oh, there is a charm in this dish, right,
 taken, That, from custards and jellies an cpl
 cure weans; Stick your fork in the fat, wrap you,
 greens round the bacon, And you will VOW there is nothing li,es
 bacon and greens. | If some fairy frank of three wishe. would make one So worthless as 1, and so laden with sins I'd wish all the greens in the world
 then the bacon And then wish a little more bacon and
 greens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
Taft and Roosevelt at Chicago

New Jersey and Texas have selected republican delegates, and Ohio and Arizona will hold conventions on June 8. South Dakota will close the entire series on June 4.
 The convention at Chicago will con- sist of 1078 delegates, and the win ner must therefore have $40 delegates. Chairman Mckinley claims that Taft has 567, and Chairman Dixon says that 629 will be lined up at Chicago for Roosevelt. The New York Tribune's last table gives Taft 4351s delegates and Roosevelt 430h. De- spite the fractions these figures are not final. The New York Herald's last figures assign 488 to Taft and 424 to Roosevelt with 60 uncertain" ;" MT. Taft himself says, T repeat that I have 570 delegates and national committee that will do me justice" :" but MT. Roosevelt says "the fights won," and this was said before New Jersey had voted in his favor.
 Under such circumstances who shall decide short of June IS? The national committee may decide the contest, but decision by them will be apt to render the convention rather more than uproarious. It would be more of riot than a convention. To this complexion have conventions come at last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
A cRApAprLE CHRISTIAN

From the Paris, Mo-, Appeal.
 crabapple Christian, Jimmie, is one who mistakes gall for goodness ana wnose vs,ns are. filled with crabapple juice m stead of blood He is hog-wild about hair- .u,rar no,nts of denominational tfadi- lions and would rather see man come
 into the church without change or heart than without complying with some
 little point of sectarian etiquette when
 has about as much to do with real reli-
 zion as a cold potato has with the east
 x.,,nd He is never a man worth dang
 to his community. What he gives to re-
 Hove distress would not buy a humming
 bird a shirt. What he does for the af-
 nicted and discouraged would not make
 specb the size of a pinhead If the ei-
 forts of his entire life were boiled down
 and concentrated in one tangible mass
 ge breaches the gospel of peace on earth aod practices those things that produce strife, discord and dissension- 1T ne car not rule the organization to which ne pe- longs he sets about to accomplish US ruin' sometimes he is a layman. Other times he is a pinhead who has been elected into the pulpit through some unfortunate continuation of circumstances. That they have been able to get a patient hearing in times past has been due to the mls- ita,xen notion that true religion and unde- l filed consisted in doing things sensible men now know have absolutely nothing to do with mans usefulness in this world or his salvation in the world to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
OSCAR w. UNDERWOOD

slight in itself, is indicative of persona traits"
 When a certain maker of mischief de. cided to reverse the action of the demo! cratic caucus with respect to the wooer
 schedule he made personal demand upor Speaker Clark that he lead the revolt. Int speaker courteously declined to interfere But the disturber was persistent. Return ing on the following day, he said in words
 such as these:
 T can now give you the reason wh, Underwood's s programme must be broken, The speaker looked up inquiringly Th' visitor continued:
 Do you know whom Underwood is fo'
 for PresidentT'
 Why mo-" said MT. Clark, quietly; 'a have no idea. We have been so busy try ing to adjust differences among the mem
 bers and to get the House into effective working order that we have discussed nothing else. No, the question of the pres idency has never arisen between us."
 Well, I can tell you," was the shar1
 and significant rejoipder, The is for liar mon."
 The speaker looked at his interlocutoa meditatively and then spoke with homel, simplicity:
 Well, Harmon is a good man." Then turning and gazing through thu
 vii dow pane. he added thoughtfully;
 '.If he wasn't, Underwood wouldn't b., for him.
 The conversation ended. but three trib| utes paid in single sentence live-one tt the distinguished governor of Ohio, anl other to the capable leader of the Housel and a third, unconscious but unmistak able, to the perfect simplicity, absolutt honesty and true magnanimity of tht speaker himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
From the North American Review.

From the North American Review.
 N SCAR W. UNDERWOOD personi- |C fies the new. progressive, prosper O ous, business like south. Born in Kentucky in 1862 of well to do parents ana distinguished lineage. graduated rom Rugby school Kentucky, and the Univer- sity of Virginia, he began to practice la" in Birmingham in 1884 and was first elect ed to Congress in 1894. His advancement followed as a natural consequence Of con stant application of his exceptionai tai- ents until he achieved the position or den- nite leadership at the beginning or u'e present Congress. His record in this nish- ly responsible capacity, with respect to in- telligence, tactfulness and courage mani fested or to results accomplished under difficult conditions, has never been sur passed.
 Tn the course of his long experience Tn Congress, MT. Underwood has discussed all vital public questions. His position has been invariably that of his party. More need not be said. If Underwood has been in the wrong it follows irresistibly that the fundamental principles of democracy are unsound. It suffices, then, Tor me nresent purpose, to set forth the one great issue which is more distinctly his issue than that of any other democrat. This bas heen done in his own words spoken with the calmness, moderation and iuclo- itv which characterize his every utler- auce. His claim to political preferment rests upon exceptional ability. sound Judg- n,ent. perfect poise. faithful service ana noteworthy achievement.
 Colonel Harvey appends to his digest or tho sneeches of Speaker Clark and MT. Underwood the following record of an in- c.aent which he pronounces, tnoukh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
REFLEcTIoNs'oF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Education only seems to make a foo bigger one.
 A mans idea of vacation is withoui his family.
 Just to look at hammock will mal.l some girls blush.
 A girl will hardly ever be conceitrd about anything except her beauty; ms.r will be conceited about everything.
 When 2 man will go to church with hi. wife without grumbling 1t makes hel very nervous over what gave him sucl q bad conscience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
wei, rmure..ea Win Birmingham

T am delighted with this city saic G. A. Howell, the prominent Richmond architect, who designed and wiii ioof after the construction of Jake Wells Lyric theatre.
 T have made several trips to Birnins- nam, and every time l come the clty looks better to me. It seems to be grow ing at rapid clip. The people here are evidently full of energy.
 There are many fine landscapes In the residence sections, and, taken altogether think Birmingham is the most attractive city in the south"
 MT. Howell spoke of Richmond rapiu expansion in the past four or i've years. It made a big showing in the last census and will continue to grow fast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30

of view of sophisticated civilization. fo the streamers were paper and hung s low that the first carriage pulled theH down, and the palms were on poles stuc. in the sand and fell easily. so that tn whole thing was pathetic failure In few minutes. But 1t was by far the mos pretentious welcome the capital had eve given viistor, and no one in the part. felt otherwise than touched and gratefu for the sentiment which it expressed With Spanish courtesy the president ha. vacated his roomy residence for the sec retary and his family. and it had bee: specially repainted and replenished wit pictures, luxurious furniture and elegan cjes from the houses of the wealthier in habitants
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
The Farmers Busy

While this will not be a bumper Icrop year in Alabama the outlook is much brighter than it was a few weeks ago when we had excessive rains" said a man who keeps in close touch with the agricultural districts.
 The hot weather we have had late ly has been Just what the farmer need ed. Showers will be welcomed now. but growing conditions, taken altogether, are good
 T predict that Alabama will make over million bales of cotton this year, probably million and a quar- ter which until the very recent years would have been considered an enor- nous crop. Last year was our best corn year. We may not do quite as well this summer as last. but there will be much more corn gathered next fall than was the case two or three years ago.
 The country merchants are fairly well off, and are much more cheerful than they were month ago"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
The Republican situatIon

T heard an Alabama banker. who usually votes the republican ticket in national elections, say this week that Roosevelts only purpose in his pre- convention campaign was to defeat Taft; that the ex President would win the nomination at Chicago, but would then refer the republican party to his statement in which he said that under no circumstances, etc. and decline, remarked a local business man. "A strange idea that! If Roosevelt has made anything plain 1t is his ambi- tion to be the ruler of this country. not simply an uncrowned king, but the chief magistrate duly elected. Roosevelt has made 1t plain that in case he falls to be nominated he will bolt and run away. It looks very much as if Roosevelt would be the nominee.
 There is only one thing in my opin- ion that can save President Taft. Eiihu Root Is on his side and has ac- cepted the temporary chairmanship or the Chicago convention. The party machinery Is for Roosevelt, and Root. with his extraordinary capacity for oo- ing things, may cause the steam roller to roll and accomplish It's perfect work.
 If Root were to drop out of the ad- ministration line, do not believe there is another man in the republican party who could prevent stampede for Roosevelt"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
A,n. rHE DECORATIONS FELL

William Bayard Hale in the Worlds
 Work Magazine.
 The reception of Secretary Knox al
 Nicaragua was especially noteworthy. be- cause of all the topsy-turvy governments
 on the Isthmus, Nicaragua is the most
 pathetic.
 We pulled into Managua to find great crowd assembled in the plaza by the sta |ticn the municipal authorities on a plat form with an address which the alcalde read by the light of an oil lamp. An arch had been erected at the city gate and another before the presidents house. and all the way between, mile or more, vas lined with soldiers and arched over with palms and streamers of the national colors. white and blue. It was tawdry enough. from the point
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
MUCH EAsIER.

He always wears pleased expression. He must be popular with everybody"
 Not at all. The man who is popular with everybody finds it hard to live up to his reputation. The chap you are talking about is merely popular with himself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30

Turkey is expelling Italians from Con stantinople. and the Italians are expelling Turks from the islands in the Mediter- ranean. It is a poor rule that will not work both ways.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-30
TOO MICH COMPETITION.

4 small boy was crying Justify the othc day, when the baby of the family als' struck up a prodigious wailing. The lit tie boy kept on for a while and then be coming discouraged. he said to ni mo ther. Mama, why don't you spanl the baby and make it quit crying?
 want to cry.'' PAUL COOK.