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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

A article in the September Amer
 A icah Magazine shows how rate 4 regulation and modern improve ments have brought prosperity to the raiif roads. Following is an interesting ex- tract
 "Jim Hill came along one day and taught the railroad world that 1t was more economical to haul full cars in sQlld tranloads. It was as simple as making an egg stand on end, but it opened new epoch in railroad earnings. George II. Daniels promulgated the truth that cour- tesy is an asset, and railway servants are today as uniformly oblging as they used to be not so E. H. Hartman devised new style of organization. The Pennsyl- vania inculcated system in it's magnihceht school. Countless men in the operating and construction departments learned new ways of doing things.
 ''rhe whole conglomeraton Is new. Nhy' can remember when the engine saio' "Whoof- -whoof- whoof.' and the baggage car picked up the passenger car in three ierlxs. one for each link in the coupling chain. Those were the days when one changed cars nNe elhhes pet"eN" IVY" York and Chcago-it was originally 10 times between New York and Buffalo-and MT. Pnllman's clumsy contrivances were considered palatial. Those were the days when cut rate ticket brokers-how long s,nce vo,, have seen a ticket brokers of ace-lined the curb In those days, Con ductor simmons, the funny one, used to come down the aisle saying, Pass, please, show me your pass and pretended to fall dead if anyone offered him real ticket. That was not so very far this side Of the strap rail system when men used ito DICK un the rail behind the train and run ahead to tack it down again.
 Tn the interim some of the brightest men in the United States have been study
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
rhe pollce of Two CItIes

| New York pays its mayor fairly
 good salary-sl5.ooo as salaries
 gosthese days s25,oOO would not seem too high for a rich city like the American
 metropolis, but the police commissioner is poorly paid, relatively speaking. his
 salary being only s75Oo" said citizen who formerly lived in New York, and
 who has always taken a keen interest in
 Iubllc affairs.
 But Commissioned Waldo is insisting
 on salary increases, beginning with his
 own and ending with the rank and file
 It seems that he has long contended that everyone in the police department was underpaid. The New York Sun says that
 the commissioner is not letting diselos-
 ures regarding the conditions in his de rartment interfere with his contention, for more pay. He has just sent to the board of estimates a document showing the monetary needs of the police force. In this estimate the total is increased from s15, S5s to sis,S4o,177. MT. Waldo
 recommends that his salary. be doubled; that inspectors pay be increased from
 $s5Oo to s5oOO year; that captains be in- creased from s275o to $500; that patrol
 men be paid on entering the depart ment, s1000 year instead of s900 as at present, and that the patrolman's pay be increased s100 8 year each year until 1t reaches $1500. He also, recommends that his private secretary's salary be in creased from s3500 to 5000 a year. He
 asks for 1000 additional patrolmen which
 would mean an extra outlay of s1,OOoOOo. When l was in London few years ago, I became interested in the police de- partment of that great town with a pop
 ulation of between 100000 and s,000,000. The city of London, whose population
 has dwindled to less than 50000, has d police force of about 100 men, but the
 great London known as the metropoll-
 tan district, has constabulary army numbering nearly 2,0O0 men. I do not recall the pay of London 'patrolmen or
 constables as they are styled but my re- collection Is that it Is very small com
 pared with our American police pay The high officials of the police, however, like the general officers of the army, receive large salaries. For instance, London's commissioner of police is furnished with
 a mansion, and is paid e20o0 or s1o000
 year. He Is appointed from the regu- lar army and must be a colonel of the
 line. He Is always knighted. The late
 General Redvers Butler was once com
 missioner of police. There is an assist
 ant commissioner who Is also taken from
 the regular army, whose rank is ieuten- ant-colonel. There are four or five con- stable-majors of police who are majors of the regular army. Below the majors are the superintendents who are pro- noted from the ranks. There are thirty one superintendents, and next below the
 superintendents come the inspectors of whom there are 6O4 There are no cap tains or lieutenants,, but next below the inspectors are sergeants-262O In number
 Scotland yard is the headquarters of the metropolitan police The London con- stabulary is we'll disciplined. and so far as I know has been free from serious graft scandals. If there was ever any graft, it has never come prominently to the front"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

srom the New York Press.
 woman is mighty willing to teach her husband to save money so he won't get any of it.
 What makes a girl so sly is that if she were not it would be just as easy for her to fool a man.
 Phe reason a girl can stay up all nigi [ at a dance is she couldn't till 10 o'clock helping her mother take care of one of the sick children
 one of the many mean things about srownup life is how nice, ripe peaches can. give you bigger pain than a boy gets from small, green apples.
 A man that would drop dead running a block trying to catch up with his grand mother could run mile after pretty girl without losing his breath.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
High Cost of Living

Prof. Irving Fisher of the chair of political economy of Yale university is at present in Washington working as- siduously to secure the co-operatjon of President Taft and Congressman Cur ley of the committee on foreign affairs relative to the passage of the Craw- fordSulzer bill, providing for an inter- national committee to investigate the high cost of living" said a citizen.
 Professor Fisher ranks as the ablest economist of the present time, and if the Crawford -Sulzer bill gets through Congress he will undoubtedly be re- tained by the committee as it's chief investigator of the conditions through out the world said to be responsible for the high cost of living.
 This proposed world wide investiga- tion into the high cost of living should bring out many interesting facts and much valuable data will be gathered, but it is hardly possible that any rem edial legislation will come through such an inyestigation."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
The National Campaisn

If Woodrow Wilson Is not elected President there is nothing in signs said John. R. Cropton of Chicago.
 q am not active in the political field. but during the past three weeks 1 visited five states and in each one the men l met casually-nearly all of them-predicted Wilson's election. am a democrat. but was never very ar dent supporter of Mir Bryan. I voted for MT. Cleveland in 1892 and for MT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
ORATOR NEARLY LOST HIS PANTS

In the September American Magazine appears the following about delegate at the Baltimore convention who made a speech:
 Tho crowd listened approvingly to q frenzied speech from a southwestern statesman. who introduced an entirely new gesture. With his right hand out stretched he made wild clutches at his shoulder with his left hand thumb. It turned out that this was no mere af- fectation to emphasize his rhetoric, but that his 'galluses were slipping. He remarked to fellow delegate as he came down from the platform. I durn near lost my pants.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
GOOD OLD RAILROAD DAYS

ing the railroad business. They have been studying the cost of service till they almost know the answer to some of the simplest questionsl They nave been studying rails and cars and locomotives and boilers and brakes and bridges and couplers and cement and accounting and advertising and auditing.
 "Try to remember back 30 years, or 20, Or even 10. Every shipper had a rebate and every traveller a pass. The shipper who did not like his published rate went to the general agent and had a new one made Then he went round the corner and got the rival agent to cut it. The big gest shipper of all not only exacted a re- bate from the railroads for all that he-or it-shipped but also extorted from the railroads the same amount for everything shipped by competitors. Hauling for less than the cost of axle grease, was a com mon expression if not a common practice.
 "As for the passenger department, it was a comic supplement Every politi- clan had pocket full of passes. Every country editor had a sheaf of annuals. Every shipper could have all he wanted for himself, his family and his wife's re- lations simply for the asking And of the cash fares, it used to be ssid that what stuck to the ceiling belonged to the com pany when the conductor tossed for it, or that a conductor ought to be able to save more than his salary-again a com mon expression if not a common prac- tice It was assumed on one hand that the passenger business never would pay it's cost-the New Haven used to be point ed out as about the only road that had profitable passenger busness-and on the other, so long as 1t cost nothing to carry one more passenger since the train was running anyhow that branch of the service came in handy to cultivate good fellowship and make friends for the. road. A pass was cheaper than a cigar" 
 chancellor" said the Emperor, "that the day begins for you and for me at 6 o'clock. 1t is now going on ' o'clock and you are not even shaved An hour lost each day will make 15 days in a year, and in 15 days my grandfather won three victoriss-'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

bill. A parcels post and the Panama canal bill and the efforts, fruitless though they are at present, are the chief measures of busy political ses- sion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES,
A BALLAD.

A BALLAD. My love, my love she sang to me Twas on I silver night in June That wildly sweet, she sang to me. do not now recall the tune, But, oh, my heart was madly beating, Most exquisite the melody And memory is still repeating, My love, my love she sang to. mei'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
QUITE A CHANGE.

The dear old ladies of yesterday- Who knows where they have gone? They're found with crowd that's swift
 and gay
 And each has hobble on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
orator,o In Ouera Form

s Kronberg, one of the best known and most enterprising of all the men connected with the business end of high class musical attractions, is now one of the promoters of the American production of Mendelssohns Elijah on operatic stage. It will be produced in grand style by the Boston Opera com pany.
 MT. Kronberg is associated with The odore H. Bauer, the New York repre- sentative of the Boston Opera company, and is projecting an extensive trans- continental tour for the season of 1912 IS, including several southern cities. In the cast will be Gwilyn Miles, Bernard |Fergos, Madame Esther Adaberto and many other operatic celebrities. The entire company of over 100 people Will include full symphony orchestra. An American critic, who witnessed the operatic performance of Elijah in England, writes to the Boston Trans script about 1t, saying in part:
 "Operatic methods lend themselves perfectly to the interpretation of ora torio The breadth of style proper to opera is by no means out of place when applied to Elijah and much is gained when the music, such as Mendelssohn has here written, is given with the em- phasis and point that are so essential a feature of operatic style.
 For the first time in our experience of hearing this operatic oratorio we were able to hear and take true de- 
 'The scene outside the Temple of Baal on Mount Carmel forms the sec ond act. The altars are shown and the sacrffcial offerings are indicated. The scene of Obediahs conversion becomes exceedingly graphic with the aid of gesture and facial expression, and the famous Baal choruses are augmented in their appeal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
Industrial Prosperity

"The activity in the metals trade is Based on a solid foundation-the crops" said member of the Chamber of Commerce. who Is known as a money maker
 All lines of business in Birmin gham are thriving. I doubt if the large in- dustrial companies hereabouts ever en- joyed more prosperity than now Ia- Dor is in great demand and wages are high
 With iron at SIP to s12.5O on No. basis. many of the furnaces that have been idle for years are being re- lined ready to go in commission later in the year When Birmingham iron reaches $15, which 1t is sure to do, most of the old idle stacks in Alabama will be blown In.
 "The question is now asked, when will the wire mill at Corey start up? l do not think anyone can answer def- nltely that question, but my opinion Is, and 1t Is probably the opinion of many engaged in the steel trade, that trade conditions justify the completion and operation of the American Steel and Wire eompany's big mill, but that no announcements will be made as long as Congress Is in session; and 1t may be that nothing will be determined un- til the governments suit seeking to dissolve the Steel corporation is de- cided. II may be year or more be- fore the United States supreme court hands down a decision in this case. In the meantime it is safe to say that the wire mill will be completed At least three or four months will be re- quired to install machinery, and to put ting on the finishing touches. That the wire mill will be operated inside of 12 months is my guess, at any rate.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

Kaiser Wilhelm's sister was robbed while shopping in London, and Germany is now expected to double the number ol her new dreadnoughts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

Tho lady who gave the poor children first have given them something to eat, Teeth without food do not call for tooth brushes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

Tie two old parties propose to combine in Milwaukee in order to defeat Victor Berger, who is candidate for reelection to Congress- Berger is not alarmed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

oscar Hammerstein now proposes to build 40 opera houses in as many cities in this country. This should add still an- other to our theatre district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

Mir. Tricks recent dinner cost $50 a plate, sand the price is believed to have hcen sufficient to include real steaks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

Oscar Hammerstein has given up opera in London. He found the Englshman intractable, not to say stubborn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

Soap was used by the ancient Egyp- tians. The modern Egyptians have, how ever. discarded it altogether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

Mary Garden is reported to be planning a return tc this country with an exten- sive wardrobe Mary must have re formed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

More than 30 deaths this summer have occur red about New York city from eat ing ,oadstools A toadstool is not by the Way. a musfrcu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
HIS WEAKNESS.

HIS WEAKNESS. Does Whifle care for art?' Not at all''
 Then, why does he bring up the sub ject so often?''
 oh, Whiffle looked in the back part of dictionary and learned how to pro- nounce the names of several painters that are rather difficult and now he can't re- sist the temptation to show off"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

IL is claimed that there are honest police men and officials in New York, but up to this writing no such man has been fully identified.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

Secretary Wilson says he will retire on March next. He seems to have an accurate idea of the result of the cam paien.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
THE VERY SAME.

rhe Paris music hall managers avoid' trouble with the critics nowadays by writing their own notices They keep gentleman on the premises who is known as MT. Secretary of the Direction or MT. Secretary General MT. Seeretary's du- ties, besides looking nice and dressy in the front of the house. are to write little notes to tho papers two or three times Q week saying what magnificent show the show Is, how much better it is than any other show, how full the house is, and giving more or less imaginary figures Of tue nightly receipts.-New York Tele- gram.
 So far as we can judge. MT. Secretary of the Direction. NJ Chaudair, is none other than ve old time press agent. all dolled up and Gallioized.
 EVER EAT WATERMELON? Eating watermelon is an art to be learned by experience. As dessert it is not success. It falls too heavily on a dinner. Like Q pretty girl, 1t is best by ttseii. The melon should be cold. 1t should be ripe. Its flesh should blush like graduate. Its heart should glow like sunllisscd cloud at the close of day, and it's temperature should be as chilly a When you get such a treasure do not bother other food. Open it. gaze upon it, bury your face In it's sweetness and let your appreciation run riot. It's just like Q negro biting a brown gravy fried. piDcheye hole pancake; first bite, half moon, second bite, total eclipse-Brecken ridge, Mo, Bulletin.
 GOGGLES.
 like
 To see
 A bum
 Bic bee
 Proyi-
 Ded he
 Does not
 See me.
 Milwaukee Sentinel.
 Iris true
 That I
 Would swat
 A fly,
 NBut not
 If he
 Should prove
 A bee.
 PROBABLY WASTED, TOO. Miss FIuffer says young Titewad is one of the hest spenders she has ever met
 'It can't be possible that he is spend- ing any money on the girl?" "No, but she vows he has spent mil lion sighs on her"
 MOST ANNOYING. No wonder tis a man will fret When he has overlooked a bet. This life affords So little bliss, A single drop one hates to miss.
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

The friends of MT. Wilson are increas- ing daily. and the resruits come from both of the other camps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

If the Astor baby grows up and be- comes President, a log cabin will have to be invented to round out his career.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

s,r Thomas Lipton is no quitter He is coming back this fall to race again for the .America's cup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

T. R. seems to think Armageddon Is
 I located near seagirt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

When Professor Schmidt of Berlin says that women have fiirted from the be- ginning of time he does not do justice to Mother Eve
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

Some cities are afflicted with short measure milk cans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
INDIFFERENT.

Old fashioned people used to struggle to make both ends meet"
 Quite so'
 But ur 10 date people don't even stop to wonder where the other end is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

Uncle sam's sl5oooooo battleship ought to be the leviathan of the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

Eating corn bread Is good for the teeth and the est of the system also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

We count that day hot whose low de- acending sun does not bring at least one shower
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

New York double decked street cars e Try, however, no lifeboats on either deck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

A PAINFUL SUBJECT. Whene CT a man Talks to himself. Iris oft about
 His lack of pelf.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
HOW ABsURD,

The Twilleis put on great deal of style for people whose income is modest" Have you been living in this town all these years and still think that the size of a family's income has anything to do with the amount of style they put on?'
 SHE SPOKE TRULY.
 T must confess,
 Said Mrs Blickens
 My husbands fond
 Of fancy chickens"
 Iris even so,
 Dame Rumor says
 The kind one meets
 In swell cafes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
soMETu1Nc MAY HAppnN

SOMETHING MAY HAPPEN ''BlfflSins has promised to take me out in hls motor car.'' se That's Kind of Biffkins' Tt is, indeed. But Biffkins is so ayerse to making rash promises that he hasn't said he would bring me back in his motor car"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23
TELEPHONES

Hell (privnte exchange connecting all departmental. No. 40C0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

BRIEFLY TOLD. 'Ah, these are splendid mushrooms, A luckless fellow said; It seems that they were toadstools- He passed away in bed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

c D. Morgan and w. q. Wharton are the only authorized travelling represen- xatives of The Age-Herald in its cfrcu- lation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-23

If the Ast9r baby grows up and be- comes President. log cabin will have to be invented to round out his career.
  Mir. Tricks recent dinner cost $50 n plate, and the price is believed to have heen sufficient to include real steaks.
  Oscar Hammerstein has given up opera in London He found the Englshman intractable, not to say stubborn. Soap was used by the ancient Egyp- tians. The modern Egyptians have, how ever, discarded it altogether.
  The friends of MT. Wilson are increas- ing daily, and the resruits come from both of the other camps.
  We count that day hot whose low de- acending sun does not bring at least one shower.
  New York double decked street cars erry, however, no lifeboats on either deck.
 Eating corn bread Is good for the teeth and the lest of the system also.
  Uncle sams sl5,OoOoOo battleship ought to be the leviathan of the sea. a
  T. R. seems to think Armageddon Is located near seagirt. Some cities are afflicted with short m aa ei,ra milk cans
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-03

Browns home ID q short distance from
Lynchburg. across the Bedford County
line, WHARF he II engaged In farming.
STIR d Canse6
The publication Of the statement tina,
the recent conference Of tobacco grow
srs hers. when was called TO protest
against foreign monopoly Of tobacco
and to provide for. II possible q monop-
oily BY the United States. that the con-
ference had Endorsed the Thomas bill
for such q monopoly, has caused q stir
in the ranks Of the Farmers Educa-
tional anH Cooperative Union. which
the confer o,ce was supposed to repre-
sent. Now comes q denial to the effect
that the bill was not Endorsed. despite
the statement to the effect that It had
been In an executive session II Is
claimed by some VINO attended the con-
ference that a resolution to indorse q
condensation Of dry prizNg was adopt
ed. but that one to favor the Thomas
bill was not considered.
An attack Is being made on Presi.
dent y. IL GannAway. who . charged
with injecting partisan matters into
the meeting. and the question has been
raised II he should not be expelled
fror, the organization
The Thomas proposition % - en-
force . MONOPOLY on tobacco similar
to the government monopoly on coffee
in Brazil and II win he Interesting TO
see what becomes Of the stif t3at has
arisen In the union - . result of the
Lynchburg eonfereneet