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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
MAUDE ADAMS. START

Matthew White, Jr., in his stage com ment in The Munsey for March tells number of interesting stories about the Salt Lake theatre that celebrates Its 5oth anniversary this month. This theatre was built by Brigham Young, president of the Mormon church, to accommodate a stock company of Mormon players.
 "In my day there,' writes MT. White two leading women were the reigning favorites. One of them, Sara Alexander, is now living in retirement in New York The other was Annie Adams.
 Later, wben Annie Adams had become Mrs. Kiskadden. her baby daughter Maude, was carried upon the stage of the Salt Lake theatre on a dinner tray-thus beginning the most notable career that has fallen to any actress now on the American boards Indeed, this old house has helped to train so many well known players that historically, at least. it is one of the most interesting theatres in the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
EARLY DAYS OF T. R.

William c. Hudson In Random Recollec-
 tions of an Old Reporter"
 There came up from the Twenty first as sembly district of New York county, in the year 1882, to a seat in the lower house of the legislature, a young man 2S years old. who immediately took a conspicuous position. The young man was Theodore Roosevelt.
 He came to the same hotel at which lived. and occupied a seat at the same table in the restaurant, at the head of which, by virtue of long years of posses sion, l had a seat. The others at the table were young men from New York city, serving in either house of the legislature, friends of Roosevelt, most of them, if not all, of the same walk of life. These bright fellows, bubbling over with youth, en- ergy and ambition made the meal hours gay.
 And to these gatherings MT Roosevelt brought all those qualities which have since been impressed upon the country,
 indeed on the civilized word-a strong personality, abundant vigor great ener- BY of mind. a cumulative positiveness, whether right or wrong, and intense in terest in all that concerned humanity.
 It was Roosevelts habit to come into the breakfast room with rush. copies Of all the morning papers he could lay hands on under his arm, and seating himself, to go through those papers with great rapidity. He threw each paper, as he finished it, on the f1oor unfolded, until at the end there was on either side of him a pile of loose papers as high as the table for the servants to clear away. And all this time he would be taking par. in the running conversation of the table. Had anyone supposed that this inspection of the papers was superficial, he would have been sadly msetaken. Roosevelt saw everything, grasped the sense of ev- eiything and formed an opinion on every thing, which he was eager to maintain at any risk.
 In the first year of his service in the assembly-he was frequently called the Scotch Terrier" and it is to be admit ted that in those years there was strong suggestion of that pugnacious and cour- ageous breed in his appearance and man. ner. In debate he stood at his seat, snapping and barking out his pregnant sentences, caring little whom he attacked so long as he believed himself to be right. His democracy and his aggressive de- fense of the public against the abuses of combined wealth were as marked when he was in the assembly, when 24 years old as in later years when he sat in the White House. I have a vivid recollection of speech delivered by him in the as- sembly when he denounced the guilty | rich" and the criminal rich.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
LAUNCHED UNDERwooD,s BOOM


 From the Jackson (Miss) Clarion Ledger.
 Congressman T. |. Sisson went to Bos- ton Friday to address the Fruit and Pro- duce exchange, and while there took oc- caslon to launch boom for oscar Un- derwood for President in the following words:
 "The time has come when the demo- cratic party can select a candidate from the south. Let the democratic party nom- mate oscar w. Underwood of Alabama, and you republicans of the north contrib ute a vote or two, just to let us know that you know the war is over, and he'll have ever had
 Press reports from Boston say that the mention of Underwoods name was greet ed with outbursts of applause from the great crowd that had turned out to hear MT. Sisson.
 It is quite evident that the brilliant Ala bamian is attracting attention not only in the south, but throughout the entire na- ton, and his nomination is not among the impossibilties. The impression is also gaining ground that the south is the vic- tim of her own want of confidence in be- lieving that the democrats of the north will not support southern nominee. They assert that they will, and the best and only way to prove 1t is to nominate one and see.
 If the time Is ripe to try this experi-' ment, no better man than Oscar Under wood could be selected. He is big enough, broad enough and brainy enough, and would make a President of whom the en- tire country might be proud.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
"HAMLET- NOT sHAKEsPEARE's

Judging from twentieth century stand ards of literary property, many of Shakespeare's works are not technically his, according to Brander Matthews He says that it is important ito know some thing of the period in which the great bard wrote. however, before terming him a plagiarist. "There are at least IA of his plays which we now know to have been invented and constructed by one or an- other of his predecessors and contempo- raries" says the writer in an article in The Munsey for March. entitled, Was Shakespeare Plagiarism" They were all ready familiar to the Elizabethan play goers when Shakespeare undertook to re- fashion them to his own liking, or to the needs of the company of actors for which he worked.
 ''Attention must be called to the fact that among the dramas which Shake speare took over ready made are two of the masterpieces that most securely but tress his fame-Hamet' and King Lear "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
Private Banks in Illinois

"Undcr our laws," says President Harris of the Illinois Bankers asso- citation, "any one can open an office, call it bank and begin taking depos- it's, absolutely without any require ments on the part of the state as to charter, experience or capital. There have been hideous examples of small fraudulent private banks preying on ignorant foreigners and others right here in Chicago" He says further: Bankers should take united stand in favor of state inspection of all banks, whether they are incorporated or not. These conditions must be cor rected, and it is better for the bankers to draft their own bill and present it to the legislature with their united support than to leave this most inn portant matter to the work of un- skilled hands,"
 It is plain that state supervision of all concerns purporting to do a banking business in Illinois is to come, and similar legislation should come in all other states that do not at present supervise private banking houses. Every concern that receives deposits should be supervised and regulated according to sound banking principles. This does not refer to incorporated state banks only, but to private banks as well that do banking business.
 It is surprising that in state as old and wide awake as Illinois is that this matter has not been considered before this, especially vixen it is known that Chicago has had bad ex- amples of rotten banks that called themselves private banks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
HIAWATHA'S FAREWELL

And with speed it darted forward. And the evening sun descending Set the clouds on fire with redness. Burned the broad sky. like a prairie, Left upon the level water One long track and trail of splendor, Down whose stream as down a river, Westward, westward Hiawatha Sailed into the fiery sunset
 Sailed into the purple vapors, sailed into the dusk of evening, And the people from the margin Watching him floating. rising, sinking, Till the birch canoe seemed lifted High into that sea of splendor, Till 1t sank into the vapors M Like the new moon slowly, slowly Sinking in the purple distance. And they said: Farewell forever." Said: Farewell, O Hiawatha." And the forests, dark and lonely. Moved through all their depths of dar
 ness, t Sighed: Farewell, O Hiawatha.' And the waves upon the margin Rising, rippling on the pebbles, Sobbed: Farewell, O Hiawatha" And the heron. the shuh- -shuh-gah, Screamed: Farewell. O Hiawathar, From her haunts among the fenlands Thus departed Hiawatha. f Hawatha. the beloved, In the glory of the sunset Tn the purple mists of evening, .-I 4 To the regions of the home wind. To the islands of the blessed. To the land of the hereafteri
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
Mexico and Illiteracy

President Francisco I. Madero has nearly reached the end of his term of power. He does not command the con- fidence of any class of people. He promised the masses more than he could give them, and the capitalist class now see that he cannot restore peace and order to the country. Gen eral Orozco has turned against him, and in a short time he will be com pelled to leave the country as Diaz did before him.
 Neither Zapata nor Gomez nor Orozco can secure to himself more support than Madero took over from De La Barra, and the outlook is gloomy indeed. It is not surprising that Americans are leaving Mexico rapidly. The situation is not inviting. There is promise of more trouble rath- CT than less. Diaz is too old to come back, and the country lacks free schools. The masses cannot read and write. This is the basic trouble, and the United States man who studies Mexico should just naturally become an advocate of compulsory education law in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
Free Sugar and the Excise Tax

The standpat papers do not desire to discuss the merits or demerits from an ethical or economic point of view of Mr. Underwood's proposed excise tax. They find it easier to constitute thcmselyes a court of last resort and they have each and all declared the tax unconstitutional. None of them possesses the full text of the excise bill that Chairman Underwood has been authorized by the ways and means committee to report to the House. A deficiency of that sort does not trouble them. They decided that the best way to meet the problem of free sugar and a just tax laid on the wealth of the country would be to de- clare it unconstitutional.
 The New York Sun alone has the fairness to say, ''the inequity of the discrimination between the incorpor- ated and unincorporated concerns of the same sort was so obvious as to af- ford the strongest argument against the law finally sustained by the su- preme courto The proposed law would do away with this inequity, put ting all alike on one basis. All doing good business will then have to pay an excise tax for the privilege of do- ing business. The fact that the pro- posed measure does do away with confessed inequity should commend it to all, except of course the protection ists and standpatters.
 Outside of standpat circles free sugar and the extension of the excise tax are well received, and it is not too much to say that they will win over two voters in the south and west while one is lost in the cffete east.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
GLIDING THE SOUTH

ing candidacy is puzzling. He has abs lutely declined numerous invitations go out on stumping tours. claiming th it was lis ambition. to make the be mayor New York ever had. It is genera conceded that Murphy, who controls t New York situation, will give Gaynor |. 90 votes of his state in the Baltimore cd vention. With this immense impetus Il hind him they claim that Gaynor will hal the best chance.
 "I found a surprise in a great ma quarters over the inertia which seems prevail in certain sections of the soul over the candidacy of Oscar .Underwod The fact is, there is 10 times more q thusiasm in New York city over Unde wood than there appears to be in t south. In a rather tentative way. I SUI gcsted to Boy Lyman, who swings q hammer stroke on one of the big dailie that it was impossible to elect Underwo, because of sectionalism.
 Forget it. he said.
 Then he went on to put 57 varieties questions to me. concerning Underwood connection and predecessors.
 The truth of the business is,' conti ued Lyman, this man Underwood is | sectional. You people down south sec to be towards for not taking hold your opportunities. You have delud, yourself with the idea that no southern car be a presidential nominee, but tai it from me, that Underwood has the SUI port of this part of the country. It too late in the day to talk of section or sectionalism. What we want is [, best man, and there are lot of us here who believe that Underwood is q real production.'
 Ut is rather mysterious to find out wh has killed off the Wilson sentiment, but is an absolute fact that there is no sent ment for Wilson around New York"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
From the Atlanta Constitution.

from the Atlanta Constitution.
 THAT the candidacy of William J.
 Gaynor for the democratic presi-
 X dential nomination will be launched within the next few days was the pre- diction made by Alfred c. Newell upon his return from New York.
 MT. Newell was the guest at the dinner of the Amen Corner, held at the Waldorf recently. He was a charter member of the Amen Corner. originally an organization of political writers. This Amen Corner dinner is an annual event, politically mo- table. It is without partisanship or fac- tionallsm. but in the havoc of fun making. which goes along with the dining, political careers are made, and frequently unmade.
 While I have not lived in New York for some years' said MT. Newell yes terday, land am no longer in politics or newspaper work, was particularly, pleased to accept the invitation to be with my old friends. The national situation is now most interesting. I had a good opportunity to get at the exact situation. At the dinner were over GOO men, politi- clans past and present, reporters, special writers and editors 1t was a general as- semblage of the clans. At the tables, arch political foes were juxtaposed. Across the board from Comptroller Prendergast, by whom was seated, and who, by the way. was the only man of prominence I met, openly for Roosevelt, sat Charles F. Mur- phy. the Tammany leader. Roosevet's effort for third term is infuriating to most New Workers.
 q talked over the general situation with men who controlled the editorial pol icy of the most prominent papers in New York, and with men who have their ears close to the ground
 1.-Two facts struck me as significant. One was the movement just taking shape to bring out Mayor Gaynor; the other was the cordality with which the candidacy of Oscar Underwood is regarded in the north I was in Boston several days after being in New York, and found this sentiment for Underwood as strong as it was in New York city.
 respondingly, noted that no one who assumed to know seemed to think that Woodrow Wilson would have the most remote chance of election They are against him because they don't believe it possible for the party to elect him even If he secures the nomination.
 .''rhe talk everywhere seemed to be Gay nor and Underwood.
 ."rhe Gaynor men are just commencing to open up an active candidacy. Even the staunchest republicans admit that if Gay nor decides to toss his hat in the ring he would make a formidable candidate. Many of those who know claim that he would sweep New York state if nominated. Certainly Gaynor's popularity at this time cannot be questioned. There is a move uent under way to bring Gaynor and Hearst together.
 .'Gaynors own attitude toward his pend
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
DICK cARLE's MEMORY

From the Chicago Evening Post.
 "Cashing" on a valuable memory is part of politics practiced in everybody notice. The actor who is a good mike also adds tremendously to his -popularit. Few of them are good mixers. but of thos who know that it pays Dick Carle the most remarkable
 When Richard was playing in Springfiel his friend, Bill Shut, gave a little blow out for him at the Sangamo club aftd the show. The stories had passed an the party was about to break up when or Of the Springfield men said:
 We have had jolly time, MT. Carl and we hope to see you again. It's doubi full though, if you will remember an of us.''
 'on the contrary" replied Carle. "rl pretty handy at that sore of thing"
 And with that he ran over the names ( 1s present and missed only two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06

a warm campaign of that nature is being conducted, but in that state no windows are broken and no one is sent to prison. Wisconsin and Lon don are, however, two localities pos sessing wholly differing environments and circumstances. Nevertheless it would not be surprising if the Wis consin suffragettes win their battle long before the English suffragettes gain the ballot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
The Fan and the Candidate

''There are some strong fans" said a baseball enthusiast. and one among that number is Maj w. A. Moody. You will see him out at the game nearly every after noon in the summer and he is always a rooter, for I have never seen him yet when he was not cheering the boys to victory.
 There was candidate for office who once appealed to Major Moody for sup port The veteran fan had seen the can ddate at the ball park knocking the eff forts of the Barons. When he asked the major to vote for him in the next race. the reply was: No, sir. I will not vote for you, for I saw you at the baseball park knocking our ball team; and l, sir, will not support knocker.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
VIII Be Submerged

"I happened to be at the orpheum the atre Monday night and heard Brindamour accept the challenge of a well known local brewery agent that he could escape from a barrel of beer after being completely submerged in the liquod and with a pair of handcuffs on when the barrel was filed" said Tom Shields. and l am cer- tainly going to be there Wednesday night to see whether he drowns or drinks all the beer first.
 "The stunt appealed to me as being both novel and dangerous. suppose Brln- damour must work with his eyes shut un- der the beer for the alcohol in it would play havoc with them, and he must also be very fast, for the limit of time which a man can stay under beer is about 50 sec onds It is harder than water, so have been told.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
MERCUTIO

By Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
 Oh how shall I describe that exquisite ehullience and overflow of youthful life, waited on over the laughing waves of pleasure and prosperity. as a wanton beauty that distorts the face on which she knows her lover is gazing enrap- tured. and wrinkles her forehead in the triumph of it's smoothness, Wit ever wake fu, fancy busy and provocative as an in- sect, courageous an easy mind that, with out cares of it's own, is at once disposed to laugh away those of others, and yet to be interested in them-these and all con- genial qualities, melting into the common copula of them all the man of rank and the gentleman, with all it's excellences and all its whatnesses, constitute the character of Mercutiol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
rSpEnv0on,s INCOME TAX

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The House democrats propose the inter esting experiment of grating an income tax provision on the incorporation tax law Intended tariff reductions threaten to deplete the treasury and the money must be secured some where. A govern ment cannot exist long on credit; 1t must pay it's way.
 Il will be an effort worth watching. The supreme court declared the income tax law of 1891 unconstitutional Before his election 10 the presidency MT. Taft be- lieyed that Congress might frame new law to obviate the difficulties presented b,. that adverse decision. After his elec- ton, however the President changed hls position. recommended the present cor porat.on tax provision and suggested sub mission of the now pending constitutiohaf amendment to legalize an income tax law. With all this history, and much more, behind the agitation for an income tax, Leader Underwood now proposes to tackle the question in q new way. He and ms advisers believe they have found solu- tion, in spite of an adverse court-assun- ing that the tribunal would decide now as it did in 1S95-in spite of what the Presi- dent thinks, in spite of the fact that the amendment to the constitution has now almost the required number of legislative notifications.
 There is small doubt that an income tax law, if it be drawn fairly and enforced successfully. would constitute an admir- able form of raising revenue. It puts the
 
 able to bear it, proportioning the burden to the ability. The problem, however IS heset with difficulties.
 At any rate, the Underwood programme should cause no cessation of effort toward getting a final confirmation of the amend ment as early as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
Nutritiveness of Foods

"It may not be generally known that the almond contains more than twice as much nutritive matter as mutton, yet such IS the fact, according to table of animal and vegetable foods recently prepared by Dr. Wley's bureau" said a caterer. "The cucumber is the least nutritive of all the popular vegetables, while wheat is almost all nutrment. The average quantity of nutrtive matter in 1000 parts of varieties runs like this: Cubumber 25, turnip AZ, milk 72, cabbage 73 carrots 9S, white of egg TAO, apple 17o. peach 200. pork 24o. veal 25o, beef 26o Irish potato 2Jo, chicken 270, mutton 29o, tamarind 340 almond $50, rice SSo, barley 920 and wheat 950."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 First a girl has to learn not to blush and then to do 1t.
 Some men seem to think their wives ought to praise them for grumbling.
 What makes you doubtful whether lie is really one is for you to be telling it.
 There's hardly any way a woman can hstter a man more than to remember he doesn't take sugar with his coffee.
 Once there was a man so smart that he had a reasonable suspicion that there were many others smarter,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
A SERIOUS OVERSIGHT

A SERIOUS OVERSIGHT.
 Transforming experiences often provide fine material for after-dinner stories. AL most all of the best known members of Congress played the chautauqua circuits a. one time or another. Representative Victor Murdock, the bubbling Kansas in surgent, breezed into Hump Tulip, Wash. which isn't a very large place-at least it was not when Victor was there last summer. To, his engagement, the school teacher in charge of the arrangements told the kansan that by mistake he had billed the lecture for the next night. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
A Nice Question of Law

"I noticed slight error of law and facts in an afternoon paper in regard to the United States supreme courts decision in the matter of the life insurance policy of McCue. the former mayor of Char lottesville, Va, who killed his wife" said a man who takes much interest in the de- cisions of the higher courts.
 The case was tried upon a question of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06
SMALLEST ENGINE IN THE WORLD

MT. Frank Parker Stockbridge, in the Worlds Work for March, describes the wonderful little engine invented by pr. Nicolo Tesla of the New York Edison company. The turbine is very little larger than a Derby hat, and has developed, on test, no horsepower. For simplicity, lightness. inexpensiveness and power the advent of this remarkable engine marks a new era in mechanics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-06


 AN ORDEAL. He sat down at banquet With wildly beating heart, And hoped when he was called upon O play brilliant part. So nervous that the viands He put untasted by, And trembled like the aspen And felt that every eye Would shortly be upon him, To hear what he might say Ones quick for sympathizing Who's ever felt that way Who harbors such emotions At such a time and place, Quite plainly panic-striclSen, Fear stamped upon his face, And after hotly waiting Untll the banquets OCT, Without, in sooth, eer getting His chance upon the fioor By rights should be most thankful That he was overlooked, But he's more apt to grumble, Such sights can not be brookedv"