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He may do it, for in his present semi
repudiated position he is independent
and even defiant He is at heart a
standpatter who serves at every turn
the interests. He dissolves no trust
to its injury, and he vetoes all down
ward revision of the tariff.
1t will surprise no one if he vetoes
the Panama bill, although the bill
does not permit American ships en-
gagged in the foreign trade to pass
through the canal free. This is a
concession to the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty which was one Of the innumera-
BILE blunders of the Roosevelt admin
istration-b lunders alike in policy
and in appointments.
The magnates and the trusts and
all the other big interests are urg-
ing the President to veto the Panama
bill, and it is to these people that the
President looks for big slush fund
for use in his well-nigh hopeless cam
paign. !
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ART of EATING

From the New York sun.
re there is anything. sadder than un.
recognized genius says Honore de Bal
FAC. ''it is the misunderstood stomach.
The heart whose love is rejected-this
much abused drama-rests upon a ficti-
tious want. But the stomach. Nothing
can be compared to its sufferings, for
we must have life before everything
And Charles Monselet goes further and
to the point in SAYING: THE man who
avs no attention to the food that he
consumes is comparable to the pig, in
whose trough the trotters of his own son.
a pair of old braces, a newspaper and a
set of dominoes are equally welcome
Has the art of eating gone into a de-
cline and is there no happy medium be-
tween the Lucullan feasts of ancient
Rome and the New England boiled din
ner?
Where are the epicures of yesteryear?
/ am invited to dine out and the man
who pays me this compliment has moth
ing more original to OFFER than a plankel
steak. The quintessence of epicureanism
in his mind il reached in a broiled live
lobster. and another, who frankly adj
mts his adherence of ordering food
steers me into a table d'hote restaurant
where a nondescript dinner of several
broinidic courses is set before us by a
sad eyed son OF France.
If l suggest ordering something new
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EXPERIENCES IN SHOOTING

From September Outing.
records, stuff cotton into your ears,
smile when spoken to, but never re-
ply and never hear what is said. II
the other end of the shooting house
falls down and kills man, never
know it as long as your end is stand
ing. Say nothing and saw wood; it is
man killing work, but it gets results
Work tells the whole story, for there
Is no fun about It, and IL Is not 10
be denied that concentration is the
bane of all American sports
The other way of match shooting
is to take things as they come. Shoot
only when you feel like 1t. Talk, listen,
laugh and watch the play. Rejoice
with the man who made three reds in
s1ccession, and sympathize with the
peppery old fellow that the dog-gone
blinlSity BANKED marker is forever
cheating by showing ten where he
held right for the dead center. Yes.
the farce comedy never was seen that
could touch a German Scheutzenfest.
But cheek by jowl with the fellow
ship and the humor comes the training
that gives man dom.nion over the
beasts of the field, makes his country
impregnsble. gives him u power OF j:fc
and death ONLY second To that Of L;s
Maker
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TWO MoNfEN WRITER'S

There is JOY in the bosom of tho
woman suffragists when they RECALL
two glorious members of their sex
who have won their laurels this many
a year with unfading glory.
One Of these is Miss NJ. &c. Braddon,
who at the age of "a is as busy as
a humble bee. having two new novels
under way.
She deserves gold headed cane, but
the first prize belongs to Amelia r..
Barr. who at the age of 81 is making
her typewriter fairly smoke in her
home at Cornwall on the Hudson, N.
Y. She is writing her autobiography,
and when that is done she'll turn out
a few more refreshing novels.
Mrs Carr didn't begin writing fic-
ton until she was IL years old, and
since that time she has writte9" ''0a
novels and Hasa never complained OF
nervous prostitution or nyshing Of that
kind.
She is an Tknglish woman, and came
to this country with her husband and
settled in Texas before she war. II
was when sfpe was left n widow tina,
she took up Tier muzzle loading pen and
got busy els an author. Her besl
stories treatll OF old times in New York
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Iron Market Improvement

The iron market is strong and the ten
dency is decidedly upward. Trade papers
have recently spoken of the buoyancy
of the market and men prominent in the
Industrial world have referred tc boom
that is now practically in progress. One
writer. at least in referring o>the indus
trial activity stressed the Importance -
iron makers preventing, If possible run
away market.
I do not expect to see a runaway mar
let" said Vice President ]. w. Mcqueen
of the sloss-Sheffield company. THE de-
mand for iron is increasing, and The mar
ket is very strong today, as everybody
Knows but 1 do not want to see inflated
prices. There is no reason for excitement.
What we all should desire Is Il healthy
demand and steady advance in prices.
"One of the best evidences of how con-
SUMPTION has increased is that the Sloss-
Sheffield stocks have diminished from
$4,000 tons to 5000 tens-this within
lew months. Another good indication of
activity is that recently sold iron for
export ito Genoa at a price equal to 81
Birmingham, on a No. basis.
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Excellent Business Conditions

The Improvement in business conditions
since the first of July has been marked,
and most marked since the first of Au-
gust" said Charles L. Cartwright of
Philadelphia.
The country has not seen such evil
dences of prosperity since the summer Of
1907, as now. In June the national con-
yenticns kept business in a nervous con-
ditlon, but manufacturers, merchants and
capitalists seem to have discounted the
presidential campaign, and business is
being pushed regardless of the November
election.
Some people think that Wilson Is sure
10 be the next President. Others think
that Roosevelt has good, chance of be-
ing elected and have no doubt but that
President Taft's active supporters will
work with all their might to elect the re-
publican nominee. No matter who is
elected business will go on just the same.
Conditions are certainly excellent at this
time e.
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A ROMANCE OF INDUSTRY

bought ship repair works at Rotterdam.
Its foundres and iron works and mines
are scattered all over South Germany, all
operated on capital of $4,000, OOO In
10000, the first year of operation as a
stock company, the net profits were nearly
100000, after paying taxes of $4,000 and
contributing $1,300,0OO to the insurance fund
of the more than 1000 employees, or to be-
nevolent and philanthropic undertakings
on behalf of the workmen.
Such was the achievement of Alfred
Arupp's genius. He died in 1887 and was
succeeded by his son, Frederick Alfred,
to whom the present Kaiser, his intimate
friend, has erected a monument. For
Frederick Alfred Krupp died in Essen in
1902 and left his vast fortune to his daugh-
ter, Bertha, whose husband, Won Bohlen-
Halbach. is the real director of the en-
terprise or rather the head of the cabinet
which now guides the works. But the in
fluence of the real owner is visible in the
steady extension of the philanthropic un-
dertalSings of the firm; their men are we'll
housed in 4342 model dwellings, and for
their families there are schools and kim
dergartens, and institutions of every kind
for the sick, the invalided, and the or
phaned. Yet even in Essen strikes have
been known, and the socialist vote is tre-
mendous, despite the Kaiser's having once
solemny proclaimed there in Essen to
the worlSmen that to vote for socialist
was to commit treason-to the state, where
upon the socialists promptly carried the
district. Yet it is many ways a model
community, while the business itself has
the same record of producing quality
above quantity, of seeking always new
means of using steel and iron. and of
never standing still. which explains this
wonderful romance of industry favored
as it has been by kings and emperors. Ger
tainly it is no exaggeration to say that
all Germany prldes itself on the Krupp
establishment.
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Hammerstein and Grand opera

was interested in the New York dis
patch in Sundays Age-Herald containing
an interview with Oscar Hammerstein, -
said an amusement goer.
MIR. Hammerstein says he is going to
work up two grand opera circuits-one
for the north and one for the south Ac-
cordlng to his interview it is his purpose
TO give each city on his circuit outside
Of New York two weeks of grand opera
Birmingham was named as one of the
cities in his proposed circuit. An opera
house will have TO be built in each of the
cities, and Mr.. Hammerstein intlmates
that he would expect local subscriptions
to an opera house project. The New
York papers feature Hammerstein's in
terview. 1 hope the scheme will material
ize
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HOW ANIMALS LAUGH

Paris Letter In the London Mall.
paper, illustrated by photographs, on
the laughter of animals has been pre-
scented to the geological section of the
Psychological institute by DR.. Raphael
rubos. He shows the photograph of a
young greyhound to which lump OF
sugar is being offered. The dogs lower
LIP, writes the doctor. is dropped, while
the upper lip is raised in a kind of grin
The teeth and gums are bare, the jaws
lightly opened. the nostrils dilated. the
eyelids half closed, the ears laid back
The dog assumes this appearance when
its mistress caresses 1t or when 1t is SIM
ply told TO laugh. The dogs owner is
PERSUADED that 1t laughs and that is the
impression produced on the observer.
Another photograph shows a horse
which likewise opens its lips, bares its
teeth and gums, and assumes peculiar
expression when sugar is offered to it or
when the word sugar is pronounced. It's
owner is also convinced that his horse
laughs.
cases the Same muscles are brought into
play, and proposes to produce this ex-
preston by galvanisation in order to as
certain the muscles which are employed
and the nerves and nerve centers which
set them In motion. Thus he says the
psyche physiological mechanism of laugh
ter in animals may be eluciated.
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he is afraid it would not please his Pc
ouiiar palate. Or If I suggested GER
tain plat done particularly well by the
chef of some establishment where we may
go he is dubious because he secretly
thinks 1t may cost more.
And so we dine upon a Martini
planlzed steak. Delmonico potatoes, as
paragus and some fearful sweet. with
the inevitable champagne, when for the
same money we might have had an
aperitif less deadly than the cocktail. a
glass or two of rare old Burgundy and
come plats into which the chef would
put all his supreme artistry. By no
means do 1 decry the simple things. !
frequently dine off an English mutton
cnop with hot baked potato and some
simple salad-fare fit for kings. But
never can ! find the man who dares take
a chance with me at a jewel of an Ital-
ian restaurant where a la carte service
obtains and such ''mozzarella in carroz
"a" such 4crostini alici." .'gnocchi ALA
Romano" and other delectable dishes are
served with true native charm.
The cuisines of our French, Spanish.
Italian and Hungarian cousins mean to
such as he simply garlic, spaghetti, on
ions and goulash. A celebrated New
York artist who has just returned from
abroad said that he deplored the neces-
sity for his return because he could not
get anything fit to eat. nor dine with
anyone who appreciated good food.
irulti-mislionaire who is known the world
ever is fed by his wife and daughter
upon corned beef and cabbage when they
want to wheedle him into some fresh ex-
trava gance. Are the business men of
today too enwrapped in the art of good
living? Or where does the trouble LEI
oh. for real epicure to share in some
cricurean jaunts which even New York
can furnish, thanks to the European in
vasionr'
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now RoDIN WORKS

Carl Hovey in the September Metropolis
tan.
Robins boldness and passion are ire
sistible You cannot ignore him. His
works are about as easy to overlook as
the skyscrapers of lower Broadway and
their beauties and marvels are similarly
stunning-equally they knock you down.
This is fortunate for neglected art in
an age of manufactures, Of steel battle
ships and dynamite. of superapounding
material force; that a Rodin comes to
conquer Indifference, to wrench the mind
back toward the deep, eternal aspects of
life, with the savage strength he draws
from nature Robins personality is al
ways aggressive, always expressive. So
we'll does he know what he is about that
his own vigorous opinions throw the
brightest that can be obtained on the
subject Of his work. First in Importance,
perhaps, is Robins devotion to realism.
His passionate desire is to copy nature
and he goes to work In direct and sim
pie manner all his own; this is to have
his workshop filled with models, men and
women who take their ease, or walk
about. completely nude; TO watch them,
in their free movements of muscle and
limb, and TO seize the suggestions of
their wholly natural attitudes and posi-
tions. Rodin says he never poses
model Il will solely represent he has
often declared. what nature offers me
spontaneously" and when, as he told the
French critic, Gsel, the subject demands
definite, inevitable pose, Rodln Will
merely indicate what he wants, without
ever touching the model. spontaneity,
naturalness, the deep, sweet abandonment
and forgetfulness of the body, or else its
splendid concentration, its dynamic coll
lectedness, in the throb Of an emotion or
an act-these are the flowing and fiery
qualities, the unacceptable and piercing
qualities of Robins rich gallery of dozens
upon dozens of figures and groups.
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The Presidency and the South

The southern states will give the
democratic ticket a solid electoral vote
in November. Not only will those
states that formed the Confederacy
continue in the democratic column this
year with rousing majorities, but those
states bordering on the Mason and
Dixon line, which were included in the
solid south up to 1896, are expected to
contribute to Wilson's victory. Even
West Virginia, which has been re-
garded as republican state for some
years, is almost sure to return to the
democratic column this fall.
1t is felt that the democrats have
an uncommonly strong ticket, and if
the solid south" is ever to be
''brol1en" this is not the year to do it.
Every southern state and several of
the eastern states will choose Wilson
and Marshall electors. The democrats
in the doubtful states will work with
all their might to be on the winning
side.
Still, we must not take the chances
of losing the contest by over-confi-
dence. Humanity speaking, President
Taft, the nominee of the republican
party, has no chance of being elected.
Yet, the republicans have not given
up the fight.
AS for Roosevelt-well, he is as
magnetic as ever, and between now
and November will give the democrats
few scares. The ex-President will
make. speeches in several southern
cities, and wherever he goes he will
draw large crowds, but the fact that
people go to hear him will not mean
a lessening of interest in the demo-
cratic party. Benjamin Harrison,
who made an able President and who
was one of the best stump speakers
in the United States, spoke in Biz
mingham and other southern cities
when he was candidate, but he
changed very few, if any, votes.
Democrats went to hear him and voted
the democratic ticket the same as
ever
If Roosevelt comes to Birmingham
state fair, all the show attractions
combined will not draw the crowd he
does; and speaking of Roosevelt, pop
ularly called the Bull Moose, he should
have his southern headquarters here.
1t would be big advertisement for
this city to have the bull moose litera-
ture disseminated throughout the
south bear Birmingham date line.
There are number of presidential
tickets in the field this year, and it
would be worth the effort to induce
any or all of them to open headquar-
tiers here. But in view of the strenu-
osity of the bull moose campaign,
southern headquarters would be an ex-
ceptionally big advertisement for this
city, and with anything like cordial
invitation on the part of representa-
tive Birmingham headquarters could
be secured.
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In the Canal Zone

II. C. Gribbon, who was for five years
general foreman of the tsiabama Great
Southern shops here, but who has been
for some time connected with Uncle
Sans mechs inical department on \ the
Panama canal, is visiting Birmingh m
/ AMI is being cordially greeted by Md
friends. He met with serious accideft
Willie in the discharge of his duties N
Panama, and the government gave him
years leave of absence.
Il have found the Panama climate
! quite endurabls" said Mr.. Gribbon. 1.-THE
fact is that l have known hotter spells
in Birmingham than I encountered in the
| canal zone"
/ Mr.. Gribbon said that the canal would
be ready for operation on schedule time
in 19i5--but that the government would
be at work Ia Panama for many years
putting on finishing touches"
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Popular Campaign Subscriptions

The appeal of Woodrow Wilson for
popular campaign subscriptions
should not 20 UNDECIDED. "Such sub
scriptions," says Mr.. Wilson, would
mean the permanent emancipation of
our government from those selfish in
fluences which have too long been re-
lied upon to furnish the campaign
funds in return for favors to be be-
slowed" The standard bearer de-
sires above all the popular subserip
tions, and the banks have been asked
to receive and transmit subscriptions
to each of the national parties. The
names of the banks that will do this
will be published from time to time
by the national campaign committee.
The supporters of Wilson and
Marshall should stand by them in
their desire to avoid subscriptions by
selfish interests" The popular sub
scription is the thing, and Alabama
should through her county clubs roll
up fully $4,000 without delay. The
money is needed. Much speaking in
the states that Colonel Roosevelt
visits will be needed, and it costs
, money to put good speakers in the
field. The democrats of Alabama
have a duty to perform in this mat
ter, and they should get right down
to brass tacks.
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TuscaIoosa,s Prosperity

Tuscaloosa is growing at a fast rate
now than ever, and its future is very
bright, indeed" said a business man who
keeps in close touch with the Druid City,
Tuscaloosa has long been noted for
its substantial character. 1t Is great
educational center, and is steadily coming
TO the front as an industrial and mer-
camille community.
'The building of the Tuscaloosa Mineral,
connecting with the Louisville and Nash
vile at Brookwood, was an enterprise of
far-reaching benefit to industrial Ala
bama, and especially to Tuscaloosa.
Every Birmingham man who has WIS.,
tied Tuscaloosa recently brings back the
sama report-Tuscaloosa is going ahead
rapidly"
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THE UNRETURNING

BY Albert Bigelow Paine
long gray sea, and long brown sand,
And matted meadows and trailing rain
A whispered word and a waving hand,
And ship that sails from a lonely
strand,
Over the sea to SPAIN
a flow of Seasonal tide of years
a ransome Of waiting paid in vain;
A watching at last through blur OF tears
For the vanished vessel that never APP
pears
Over the sea from Spain.
Oh. drifting seasons of bloom and snow.
OH, ships that never return again.
The tide swings late and the tide swings
low,
As watch the white-winged vessels 60
Over the sea to Spain.
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Good Times In Etowah

'Etowah county is prospering," said
Former State Senator Ed Hammer of At
ITALIA, who spent yesterday in Birming-
ham.
"Gadsden, which includes Alfalfa, Is
forging ahead. While we have varied IN
dustries we count largely on the South
ern Iron and Steel and the Alabama
Consolidated. These two concerns will,
/ understand, be reorganized before a
great while, and will be In better shape
than ever. The Southern Iron sand Steel
rolling mill is a large plant plant of
much greater magnitude than The out
side world imagines, perhaps"
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VIII the President Do Il?

President Taft is nearly beyond
hope in the presidential race, and no
one can therefore set any limit on his
veto pen. The interests are expect
ing him to send in a ringing veto
directed against the canal bill be-
cause it passes vessels in the coast
wise trade free through the canal,
while it excludes all railroad-owned
and trust-owned vessels whatsoever
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DANCING AS A LIVING ART

Bliss carman in the September Metropolis
tan.
TO keep dancing alive and dignified
as fine art, we must keep 1t natural
and free. guarding its best traditions,
and preserving it's inherent dramatic
quality, while perfecting Its finest tech
unique. In it's alliance with music. dan
Wing has always been a vehicle for the
Impression OF feeling; and in its ami
a\ce with poetry, as in ballads. ballets,
fots dances. story dances and panto-
| mihes, 1t has always been a more or
less adequate vehicle for the expression
of thoughts or ideas. These thoughts,
of cdrse. have for the most part been
| simpdand obvious. but they have never
been aNsent where dancing remained a
living ait. Dancing only ceases TO have
e ratiorSl interest when it becomes
stereoItyal and insignificant In these
Instances Nancing may remain an en-
joyahle am\sement, giving vent 10 glad
ness end physical exuberance. but its
greatest povsrs as a liberal and educa-
tive art are y allegiance.
We must fster the development OF
dancing wiselyA and maintain its poetic
quality as carefully as its musical or
,, rhythmic qualtA The whole move
ment for the revival of the art is an eff
fort. more or less Unconscious. to restore
to dancing this CAPACITY for conveying
intelligent and delightful Impressions. to
preserve its traditlonS and inherent dra-
matte quality, to keen pace with its de-
velopment of technique\
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AN EXPENSIVE UNCLE.

He found his wife crying.
whats the matter, deary?' he asked.
He knew it was no fault of his and this
made him bold. TEL me your troubles,
lovey.'
She looked UP, her eyes dim with weep
ing
For the first time in our married life,
dear. feel inhospitable," she replied
60 on
Every summer I have invited uncle
and auntie to visit u.s."
"Yes?"
This summer I cannot ask them.''
And why?"
She sobbed again.
~ have just remembered she said,
that uncle expects to have meat at ev-
cry NEAL"
And it was a long time before he could
comfort her, Cleveland Plain Dealer.