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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
The Park Concerts

T was glad to read the announcement in The Age-Herald that the Music Study club would provide us with open air band concerts again this summer,' said mem Der of the Can t-Get-Away club.
 'The concerts last summer were at tended by thousands of people. There was always a good crowd at night, and on Sunday afternoons the attendance numbered well up in the thousands. The city commission made no appropriation to the open air concert fund last year, and the commissioners may feel too poor to do anything this year. But it seems. to me that at least 300 of the men who attend the concerts quite regularly would be able and willing to chip in some thing, say s2 or s3>a piece. to help pay for the music. I hope the ladies of the Music Study club will raise enough money to give us concert every night, as well as every Sunday afternoon. Last season the band played five nights in the week. It would not cost much more to increase the number by one.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
PROGRESS OF THE RED KNIGHT

From the New York Evening Post.
 Alice had been eprinkling water on his face and flaming him with her straw hat for several minutes, and still the Red Knight lay there quite motionless. He looked so wan and pale it made Axe s heart ache. But just when she had de- cided that a doctor must be sent for the Red Knight opened his eyes and sighed.
 "where are we?" he said. We are still in North Dakota" said Alice.
 And our opponents?'
 'They have gone somewhere else" q knew it." said the Red Knight. They have left the field to me. I knew it would be like that. I always win. Did you see me charger"
 T did," said Alice. 'It made me so sad to see you go over your. horses head so many times"
 T did that to disconeeft them," said the Red Knight. "As long as I stayed in the saddle they would keep on fighting. But as soon as I fell off they would nat urally be at loss as to what to do next"
 "But you frightened me horribly" said Alice. Every time you went over you landed on your head"
 "Oh, that was all right" said the Red Knight. My head has always been the strongest part of me. Besides, I always think very well on my head. It stimulates me Some of the very best ideas l have had-like the recall of judges, for in- | thing to do now is to follow up our vic- tory"
 "You must not bother about that now said Alice. You must really rest up Talking isn't very good for you" Tt never hurts me to talk" said the Red Knight. Tt is no strain whatever. can do it without thinking" A tired look came into Alice's face.
 "You are not discouraged. are you?'' asked the Red Knight. little wilfully. You mustn't be, you know. If I gave up the fight who else would there be to carry it on?"
 I'm sure don't know" said Alice.
 "There is no one else," said the Red Knight 'Ill prove it to you. He reached into his back pocket and pulled out col lapsible foot measure of the kind carpen- ters use in their business. He handed it to Alice and asked her to open it out.
 This is a very funny rule" said Alice. T thought all these pocket measures ran up to six feet. but this one stops short at five feet Sh inches" Exactly" said the Red Knight. Now, would you mind taking my measure just as I lie here?''
 Alice wondered, but compiled. | Why" she said. ''it is just your leight' ' 1 ''rhat, you see. is the rule of the people I always carry it about with me. It is a very good rule, because 1t works only one way.'t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
Twelve Years Added To Life

Dr. William H. Welch of New York has gone over the records, and he finds that 50 years ago the average extent of human life in this country was 36 years. Today it is 4S years.
 This extension is due Tn part to sani- tation and in part to the prevention of infectious diseases. As rule such diseases are now, through superior methods of hygiene and medicine soon brought under control, thereby largely reducing mortality. If all could be vaccinated against typhoid fever a still greater reduction would take place.
 But, says Dr. Welch, the diseases of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
No Battleships Next Year

The republicans, divided as they are into many factions-into at least two camps-have lacked an issue, and now they are trying to find one in the halt called on the construction of bat tleships. The democratic House sees no necessity for expending $30,000,- 900 in the coming fiscal year for bat tleships, and the republicans say they will make this an issue in the coming campaign.
 It will come to nothing. If this country were not isolated by 5000 miles of sea on the one side and 5000 on the other, it might be necessary to keep step with Germany's crazy programmes programme, by the way, that promises soon to be changed in accordance with an under standing with England. Isolated as we are, no country is coming here to fight us. No country can land troops here. Japan can do nothing here and we can do nothing in Japan. The Philippines do not deserve to be considered in any event Their possession is political error, and the sooner we get out of that error the better.
 More battleships will be built in this country, but there is no need of haste, and the skipping of years pro- gramme is not matter that involves any national risks whatever
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
From rid Bits.

From lid Bits.
 ~ H. why did l not marry dear Char N ley? How happy we should have O beenw
 In this burst of confidence to friend a beautiful American heiress regretted her jilting years ago of Charles Stewart Par nell, but there are not wanting admirers of the great Irish leader who affirm that the jilting was the best thing that could have happened to him. A happy married life would probably have prevented him entering the political arena altogether.
 As a young man-his brother, John II. Parnell, tells us-the Irish politician fell in love with pretty Wicklow girl of good family. with whom he hunted great deal, but the affair came to nothing, and Parnell remained heart free until he wis., ited Paris in 1870. and there met young American heiress. to whom he become engaged
 They parted for time. she to go to Rome and he to return to Ireland, and ul- timately the girl wrote, saying she was returning to America, without mentioning anything about an engagement. Parnell
 
 ment seemed to be renewed, when Miss W suddenly told him she was not go- ing to marry him. making the excuse that he was only an Irish gentleman, with out sufficient means to marry, with no name in public, and that she could not marry anyone without great public name"
 This dumfounded Charley" who, after trying his best to persuade her to marry him, gave up the heart breaking Job To distract his thoughts Parnell plunged knows He never met the lady again, but, according to the authority mentioned, another American heiress in later years proposed to Charley" who left Paris to escape her.
 This romantic episode of political life calls to mind the jilting of the well known unlonist politician, Henry Chaplin, who years ago was engaged to Lady Florence Paget, a daughter of former Lord Ang- lesey, one of the lovelest women in Eng fish society; in fact, she was known as the Pocket Venus"
 The engagement had been publicly an- nounced and the day of the marriage fixed, when the startling news leaked out that Lady Paget had eloped with the late Marquis of Hastings, one of the most dar- ing turf plungers the racing world has ever known. Under the pretext of shop ping at a certain well known emporium in the West End, Lady Paget walked in one door and out of another, where she met the marquis, with whom she immedi- ately drove away. They were at once married.
 Only a year or two ago fate gave Mr. Chaplin his revenge His horse, Her init, won the Derby at enormous odds, something like 66 to l, and Lord Hastings was ruined. He died only four years after his romantic marriage, and his widow, who afterWard married Sir George Chet- wynd, also died a few years ago. It was something like 12 years before MT. Chaplin recovered from the blow, and then he married Lady Florence Leveson- Gower, sister of the present Duke of Sutherland.
 The story of how Charles Dickens was tilted is particularly interesting. When he was IS Dickens became acquainted with the three daughters of George Bead nell, Lombard street banker. With one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
Photographs of An Actress

"I notice the announcement that photo graphs of Miss Emma Bunting will be given away at the matinee Thursday as souvenirs at the Bjou." said a regular at tendant at that theatre. Ihe last sou vcnir l received there was picture of Mary Marble, and no woman who has been to that theatre since Miss Marble has been as popular as Miss Bunting. In fact, for cleverness and ability, for gen uine desire to please, think the two lntle women resemble each other.
 Miss Bunting is every bit as popular as was Miss Marble, and when she has been coming to the Bijou as long as Miss Marble. I am firmly convinced that she will be the most popular little actress that ever appeared in Birmingham.
 "I want one of the souvenir photo. graphs, which I understand are very pretty. as well as being excellent as a likeness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
A FASHIONABLE ESTABLISHMENT

Grace Margaret Gould in Woman
 Home Companion.
 I am sure if you have never been in- side one of these very fashionable New York dressmaking establishments, you are going to enjoy our first call. Well, it is II o'clock when we step into the most exquisite of drawing rooms, in house just off Fifth avenue. It is hard to believe 1t is not a private home of one of New York's society leaders. What could be lovelier than this color scheme of exquisite French gray, rne velvet carpet and silken draperies matching in tone? Just see these chairs of gray and silver; and the chande- Hers of silver, too, with the lights gleaming through rose silken shades. Artistic, isn't it?
 The head of ths. establishment would impress you as a fashion plate .so 1.-the and straight is her figure. so elegant her costume, if she were not at the same time so much of an artist and so gracious a woman. She is tact it. self She will not mind in the least If we draw out chairs together and watch for while just how she conducts her most interesting bosines. It is a far cry from the old experience of go- inf, to the dressmakers to come into this most fashionable establishment.
 Now see this woman Madame l.. is just greeting. She is a new customer. Does she have to stand up for tedious length of time and have her measures taken? Not bit of it. Madame talks to her about the new fashions in gen eral, and about one froc;s in particular. She hardly gives her customer chance to say she will order it, when like magic, the pattern woman arrives. This woman, let me tell you, has nothing to do with paper patterns. DO you see that roll of cambric she has in her hand, ana the pincushlon that is fastened to her side? Well, you watch the way she uses her scissors and her fingers, and be- fore you know 1t you will see that she has fitted the camorio to the GUS toner, that she has q perfect model of her figure in cambric. I think it IS perfectly wonderful the way she does | ii. See, there she goes back to the work room. Now let's see what comes next Did you hear Madame l.. say she would ltry to make 1t for S250- My goodness ! wonder if she considers that cheap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

said man who took an active interest in It.
 Ut is not generally known that the tax collector elected in November does not take office until in the fall of lslJ; this by reason of legislation affecting the tax year. The county tax collector takes over the duties of collecting the city taxes also. and George B. Tarrant, the present collector, will do this in 1s12-13. The fees will about pay the cost of the additional help required in the office.
 Next March there passes out of ex- istence the softest snap of a job in the state-oll inspector for Jefferson county. The fees of this office pay from $iOOo to $60Oo per year. Professor Henry, who failed to secure one of the then $1500 po- sitions on the board of revenue in 1Ss. was elected by the board to the position. Capt John T.. Reid has been Professor Henrys assistant. The salary of mem bers of the board of revenue has been raised to 5000"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
BOOKS WRITTEN BY WOMEN

From the London Chronicle.
 Misandry occasionally has it's uses. A Russian woman, Mme. kaissavow. who died ten years ago in St. Petersburg, would not allow any book written by a man to enter her house. She was. how ever a voracious reader and wealthy enough to satisfy her cravings in this direction. on her death her library vas found to contain nearly eighteen thoas- and voumes-alt written by women. This was said at the time to be the most ex- tensive collection of this kind ever formed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
TuRNING THE WEAPON

From the London Chronicle.
 Eels are the luxury of the East End and fish shop stuck up proudly the notice.
 We sell eels to the King"
 From the opposite side of the road ina rival salesman watched his customers di- yerted to the shop that claimed to s,,nnl, the royal table with cells. And then .,r. ter a weeks reflection. he put un tna rival notice, God save the King
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
.om inc New York Press

| rom the New Ork Press.
 Vanity is more satisfying to the vain than brains to others.
 If we had to buy tickets of admission to work, it would become very popular.
 Men miss horse races so much be- cause they can't lose their money SD ia st other ways.
 What a man can never see is that maybe. it's no worse for the baby to cry than for him to swear
 man needs to make big gains on half his ventures to help out on the bigger losses he. makes on the other half.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
THE LITTLE LOAFER
From the Housekeeper.

The teacher was earnestly trying to picture the outcome of laziness and idle ness. He drew a terrible picture of the habitual loafeT, the man who hates work, and his ultimate fate.
 Now. Charlie" he continued to little boy who had been looking out of the win dow and whose mind was far from the lesson of the hour. tell me who is the wretched, miserable individual who gets clothes. food and lodging and gives noth- ing in return?
 Please, sir he replied, '.the baby"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
ABOUT CANDIDATES, ROOMS

From the Louisville Courier Journal
 The Wilson boom and the Roosevelt boom have been running on parallel Ilines. Each was made up chiefly of printers ink and hot air. They re- sembled certain gilt edged securities, all tinsel and imitation. Each had and has 8 Wall street agency. Each has been on the down grade and is new on the edge of collapse. It is both pitiful and tragical, because both the late President of the United States and the late president of Princeton had much to lose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
WORE WHISPERS ON A SPOOL.
he Los An geles Times.

From the Los Angeles Times.
 James c. Waite, a local farmer who wagered In 1896 that he would not shave until William Jennings Bryan. was elected President, broke his long contract today. His wh,skers were sey- eral feet long and he -'ore them on d spool to avoid stepping on them. He made the wager in St. Louis while a, work in department store as ribbon clerk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
TOMORROW

By Christina G. Rossetti Heaven overarches earth and sea. Earth sadness and sea bitterness Heaven overarches you and me: A little while, and we shall be- Please God-where there is no mora sa. Nor barren wilderness. Heaven overarches you and me. And all earth's gardens and her
 graves. Look up with me. until we see The day break and the shadows flee, q What though tonight wrecks you and
 me
 If so.tomorrow saves?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

Kansas City Correspondence New York
 World
 While the season was still slack in the tailoring business, Herman Axene tailor in the Waldheim building, took coat he made. He found S2,937-23,000 machine stitches and 9137 hand stitches.
 The coat the count was made on was four button sack, 32 .-iches long and single stitched A frocl< or evening coat or a double stitched street gar ment, of course, would require many more stitches. Here is the classification of the stitches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

The House unseated Congressman Bow too much money The Senate seems 10 think Lorimer and Stephenson did not snanl cnonCh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

Mexico might let General Orozco serve as President for four months, and Gen eral Zapata for four months more, and so on until all who desire the office have had chance at it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
Regarding Certain County offices

"The primary has passed into history except the declaring of the result by the democratic county executive committee"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

Andrew Carnegie helped to finance the Roosevelt hunting trip to Africa, but he does not admit that he has hand in the office hunt in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

It is far easier to round up the Allen gang than 1t is drive out the corrupt United States senators from Wisconsin and Illinois.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

Bull Andrews of Pennsylvania was left in the discard in New Mexico. but it Is said worse men still were elected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

A new hotel in New York ss to be equpped with private operating room in which the guests can be choroformed before their bank rolls are removed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

The St. Louis dog show is to include a fine exhibit of the native houn' 'dawgs. A big prize has been offered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

If the canal is opened in August, 1913. the San Francisco celebration in 1915 will plainly be out of date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

The colonel told the truth after all when he said he would not accept an- other nomination. He certainly will not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

The English House of Commons is waiting at present for perfectly lady like request from the suffragettes. Such a request, it is claimed. would be granted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

Joe Cannon says Secretary Wilson is a faithful public official He is faithful to all but the consumers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

GENIUS NOT WANTED IN SURGERY London Correspondence of the New York
 Sun.
 Sir Federick Treves, whose fame as a surgeon has been world wide for years, has just retired from hfs various official posts He retired from active practice as surgeon some time ago when his fame was at its height and long before there was any reason to apprehend any decay of his faculties, for he has only just celebrated his fifty-ninth birthday. T gave up,' he explains, mot because l was by any means past work, but simply because l had got tired of my work after 26 years of practice" He was once asked what were the qualifi- cations of an ideal surgeon. His reply was rather Surprising. Genius, at all events, he replied, was not necessary. "Genius, he said, ITS some sort or neurosis-an uncalcula,ed nervous dis ease The few men of genius I have met were exceeding impossible persons. They were certainly entirely out of place in the medical profession, where even cleverness is not to be encour- aged. Indeed, of ar desperately dam gerous persons, the brilliant surgeon is the most Iamentable. 'Cleverness' finds its proper field not in the operating the atre, but at the Egyptian hall, the well known establishment in Piccadillv where, until a few years ago. Maskelyne and Cook, the famous wizards per- formed their illusions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
Machine e Hand


 T learned the tailoring trade as boy in Sweden" Mr. Aaene said, and have worked at it ever since. I was taught not 10 spair stitches. And I have often wondered. as I sat cross legged and made my needle fly, how many times I had to push 1t through the cloth before a coat would be fin ished l never had heard of count being made and l kept thinking about 1t until 1 decided to count them my self.
 ''I kept little tablet with me at my work and every time l counted 100 strokes of the needle I made a mark. On my machine l found four and a half stitches were taken at ever stroke of the pedal That was 45 stitches to 10 strokes, and so I put down mark at every tenth stroke.
 And those are the -otals I found when l added all those marks up-23.- . 500 on the machine and 9137 by hand. And for taking all those stitches coat maker gets an average of sl0 here in America"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

The canal zone has a good hotel and no mosquitoes, and these things mako 1t popular as a resort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

No sunsirokes have thus far been re- ported this spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

The Roosevelt boom Is slipping off the first page. It is now but a boomlet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
HOW MANY STITCHES IN A COAT.

General Viljoen of Boer war fame is one of Madero's trusted officers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

Spring may have arrived, but it is best to keep 'em on for a while.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

The Outlook has not a word to say about the primary in the various states
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

The courage of the Allen gang is ooz- ing out rapidly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

The incubator craze Is leading to nu- merous fires. This will not. however, check the craze.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

Sun Dance, Wy, which has just 2S1 people, also wants s75,ooO public bulld- ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

The sensational verdicts invite whirl- wind, and the season for such winds is near at hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala'' postoffice as second class matter uhue' act of Congress March 3, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

has always meant government by a thor oughly unrepresentative part of the peo- pie against the interest Of the whole peo- pie; it means and can only mean govern ment of the people for the special inter- ests by the bosses.'
 Shame. It is time for somebody to stop him if he will not stop himself. This de- liberate, malicious misrepresentation of the language of the President of the United States by the only living ex-Presi- dent of the United States amounts to national scandal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

The tnrtness of his face sours ripe
 grapes. -t!mpehhe'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

The colonel told the truth after all when he said he would not accept an- other nomination. He certainly will not.
  Bull Andrews of Pennsylvania was left in the discard in New Mexico, but it Is said worse men still were elected. The St. Louis dog show is to include q fine exhibit of the native houn'dawgs. A big prize has been offered.
  : If the canal is opened in August. 1913, the San Francisco celebration in 1915 will plainly be out of date
  Joe Cannon says Secretary Wilson is a faithful public official. He is faithful to all but the consumers. The canal zone has a good hotel and no mosquitoes. and these things mako 1t popular as a resort
  The incubator craze Is leading to nu- merous fires. This will not. however, check the craze.
  The sensational verdicts invite a whirl- wind, and the season for such winds is near at hand.
  Sun Dance. Wy, which has just 2Sl people, also wants a s75.ooO public build ing.
  The outlook has not a word to say about the primary in the various states.
  The Roosevelt boom Is slipping off the first page. It is now but a boomlet.
 --.s.---- Spring may have arrived, but it is best to keep 'em on for while.
  General Viljoen of Boer war fame is one of Madero's trusted officers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04
TELEPHONES

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 Peoples, Editorial rooms, 23lj busi- ness office, 230.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-04

z. E. Morgan. W. c. Wharton ana George McMasters are the only autl1 lc, lzed travelling representatives or Ane Age-Herald in its circulation oep"i' ment.