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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
KING GEORGE HATES ~Fuss,

KING GEORGE HATES .sFUSs. From Answers. London.
 King George has just begun the third year of his reign. and during the two years that have passed he has made it very plain that as a sovereign ho writes the word duty unmistakably over his daily life.
 His personal charm and dignity have heen made most apparent, not only in the magic ring of society. but also in far more humble circles. as his many visits to hospitals and poor quarters amply tes- tify,
 Certainly King George abominates ''fuss,'' and his kindly feelings for others have on many occasions been sxempli- fled.
 Some years ago. when Prince of Wales. his majesty was due to embark on liner at Malta. The captain. officers and crew were in readiness to receive their distin. guished passenger. when an unassumine young man mounted the ladder
 When is that blessed prince coming pn asked one of the officers petulantiy.
 Well" came the reply, .'as a matter of fact, here he isl I knew you'd be coaling, and have your crew hard at work. so l came aboard quietly by my. self to save trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
Patrolling the Grand Banks

The scout cruiser Birmingham, one of the swiftest vessels in the navy, has been sent to the Banks of New foundland to establish patrol for icebergs. She is equipped with pow erful wireless apparatus. The hope is entertained that the Chester and the Salem will also be sent to take part in the work of watching the treacherous bergs.
 Captain Decarteret of the cable ship Miami, after a cruise for bodies of Titanic victims, reports that the bergs cannot be watched too closely. He says they mysteriously drift against the wind. He watched one 70 feet high until he became con- vinced that some force moved it re- gardless of the wind. He further says there is no fall of temperature when the bergs approach. These facts have been laid before the naval hydro graphic office at Washington, and they may have led up to the determi- nation to patrol the Grand Banks dur ing the iceberg season. Everything that will make ocean travel safe should be brought to bear, and pa trol for icebergs seems to promise more safety than any other plan that has been proposed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
Terms of Inferior Judges

Senator Crawford of South Dakota is pushing a constitutional proposition designed to limit the terms of judges of inferior federal courts to 10 years. He contends that the irritation and uneasiness of the people and their hostility to the courts are directed at the inferior federal courts. He pre- diets that the states would readily ratify such an amendment because of prevailing opinion that some of these judges are indifferent to the rights of the people.
 The proposed amendment would not, however, reach the case of Judge Hanford of the state of Washington, who refuses naturalization papers to the members of the party that claims to have one million voters and that recently nominated Eugene " Debs for President. This remarkable judge holds that a socialist who believes in a great deal of government cannot become citizen of the United States, and he recently cancelled on that ground the papers filed by an appli- cant in his court. The peculiar deeds of some federal judges are not, how ever, confined to naturalization pa- pers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
SHY ON SHAKESPEARE

MT. Robert Mantell. says Wendell Phil lips Dodge in the June Strand, Is abso- lutely devoted to his work of carrying Shakespeare where it has not been seen or appreciated before.
 Even in large cities 1t is surprising to ind almost entire audiences who have never seen these plays" he says. T once won wager in St. Paul or Minneapolis always get these twin cities mixed-to the effect that there were not 20 persons in large audience witnessing perform ance of Hamlet who had ever seen the drama before. This was nine or ten years ago A critic friend out there came to my dressing room after the first act and asked me why kept on playing Hamlet, saying, Everybody has seen it.
 q told him that. while he had seen the play many times. I was sure that not more than handful of those in the audi ence that night had ever seen Hamlet before. He thought I was crazy, although argued with him that there was a new theatrical generation every eight years told him that not more than 9 persons in that audience had ever seen the play before.
 It was Sunday night and after ar enthusiastic outburst of applause at the close of one of the acts I went before the curtain, and after making a little speech added:
 "I am anxious to settle little ques- ton in my own mind. How many of you have ever seen this play before? request
 
 to hold up the right hand.
 "Only 15 in that audience of about 1S0t raised their hands, The critic was baf fled, and thereafter remained silent or the playing of Hamlet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
SOME BASEBALL DEFINITIONS

Hugh S. Fullerton publishes an interest ing baseball primer in the June American Magazine in which he writes 100 CT more baseball definitions. We are quoting a few as follows:
 "Bean (ND-The head of player (v) to bean--to pitch or throw and hit the bat ter in the head. tsee Lima.)
 Bone head-A player noted for making stupid plays; one adapter spoke of a play CTS head as his armored turret'
 "Crab-A grabbed player, a 'grouch.' The verb to crab means to show quar- relsome or complaining spirit Many of the worst Crabs in baseball are the pieasantest and most genial when off the field, their crabbedness evidently being the result of the nervous strain of playing.
 ''Flat footed-Unprepared, caught nap ping. Any rlayer who is caught mapping off a base by throw from pitcher or catcher is caught flat footed.' The op- posite of on the toes Flat footed also is applied to runners who do not rise on the bals of the feet in sprinting, but all low their teels to touch. Also, such turner's are l,idney footed or slough foot el
 Meat Hand--The throwing hand of a player the term resulting from the fact that the throwing hand is bare while the other is protected by glove or nitt Pebble Hunter-A plcyer who makes excuses for making errors. The term arises from the fact that one old time player was caught carrying pebbles in his pocket to drop on the ground after he fuubled, and then find, claiming each time
 that the ball struck pebble and bound. l ed wrong.
 South Paw--A left handed pitcher. Int | term is derived from the fact that most baseball grounds are laid out so the pitch 1 CT faces west, and a left handed pitchers arm is to the south.
 Texas I.eaguer-A short weak fly thai drops safe just over the infield and toe close for the outfielders to reach it. Us uaily an accident, but sometimes accomp
 llshed purposely by good batters who
 merely tap the ball and float it safe. The term originated from the fact that Tet Sullivan, the veteran player-manager | mcgnate, had a team in the Texas leagu' that was noted for that kind of batting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25

driven off the sea so far as coastwise trade is concerned. The railroads will perhaps make their fight for a continuance of their monopoly in the Senate.
 By close vote of 147 to 126 the House also decided that no tolls should be charged American vessels engaged in eoastwise trade for pas sage through the Panama canal. This, too, is an assault on the monopolistic agreement of the transcontinental railroads.
 Altogether the House stood by the people-all of the people, for every person "holds stock" in the Panama canal. To have. let the Pacific Mail and the American Hawaiian Steam ship companies control trade passing through the canal would have been do- ing a gross wrong to the American people who built the canal.
 The bill has yet to go through the Senate where certain interests are still ercamped in large squads. It will be vigorously attacked there unless pub lie sentiment in favor of the House bill becomes distinct and unmistaka- ble,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
Truclx Farmers

Baldwin county has been attracting many home seekers from the north-a good class of truck farmers-and now small farmers from the north are begin ming to settle ,in Washington county, said H. K. Miller. who cultivates one of the largest estates in Washington near the Tombgbee.
 "The prosperity of the pioneer truck CTS will be the cause of others coming later on. The small farmer nearly al ways succeeds. especially if he has in his family boys large enough to work There seems to be quite movement of northern home seekers in the direction of Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
ON LIVING IN NEW YORK
Elias Tobenkn in the Chicago Tribune. f<k EW YORK for mine.''

Elias Tobenbdn in the Chicago Tribune. e<k | EW YORK for mine"
 M Every day in the year, in ev-
 cry town or city in the west, and for that matter in every town in the United States. some young man is mak- ing this resolution. It is New York for his, and sooner or later he gets there.
 Every train that arrives in New York brings one or more of these ''boys of the west" to the Empire City. Among every three or four men who apply for posi- tion" there is a boy from the west. Among every gang of laborers that re- plies to a "help wanted" ad there is a son of the prairies on either side of the Mississippi river. Out of every half dozen men who panhandle you on the Bowery for the price of cup of coffee" there stares at you the sad but honest face of a western youth.
 The ablest, the most ambitious young men of the healthy, rugged west make New York the goal of their dreams.
 What, then, does New York offer?
 Does it make them successful? Does it make them happy?
 II you VIII dSh these questions or your acquaintance who is struggling to get on in New York in a letter. he will seldom give you a true answer. Tn that respect New York is a secret society. Every man who goes there. after having left good position at home. will never admit that in New York things are not what they seem."
 The truth of the matter is this:
 Tn New York opportunities are limited to a few occupations and professions. It Is the final word in finance, the theatre, literature and art. And that is about all. Business in New York is. in the man, closed to the westerner. As for trades and manual occupations, there are prac- tically none suitable for the man who was raised on farm or in western town or city.
 The greatest service that could be rem dered to the thousands of boys in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
HOW OHIO HELPS UNDERWOOD

From the Atlanta Constitution. If any enthusiast had heretofore doubt ed that woodrow wilson was effectually eliminated from the presidential contest, the verdict of the Buckeye State brings final quietus.
 Roosevelts conquest of Tafts home state means inevitably that he is the man whom the democrats must beat. In that event, it need not for one moment be im- agined that the democrats would be guilty of any such folly as to put up an ex- tren1ist like the doctor to cope with the enormous popularity and the more stable and sincere radicalism of the colonel ', hich disposes conclusively of the ad- mirable New Jersey governor
 MT. Bryan is likewise repudiated by the action of the ohio voters. In every state in which he has interfered in the pre- convention campaigns, his fayorites have been decsively beaten. In Ohio, his re- jection reaches the climax of emphasis, for he has long marked Harmon for per sonal criticism, and in Ohio he exhausted every personal appeal at his eommand to secure the indorsement of Wilson, not withstanding the fact that he was elect
 
 ed from Nebraska as an anti-Wilson del- egate. and instructed for Clark.
 Governor Harmon is immeasurably strengthened in his own state by the vote of confidence given him three times hand running. But oscar Underwood is the man who most profits by the victory of Roosevelt, the elimination of Wilson and the repudation of Bryan. He will appeal, by reason of his temperament, mode of thought and character. powerfully to those clements in all parties and among the independents who view Roosevelt with misgiving. Additionally, the tariff is to be the paramount issue. Under woods record on that is attack proof. Without prejudice to admiration for the colonel. it may with accuracy be stated that his record on the tariff is no less hypothetical than that of Woodrow Will son.
 So that on the democratic side. the in 1vidual who emerges from the Ohio con- test with chances most perceptibly en- hanced is the Alabamian. Georgia and the other southern states who have in- dorsed him have every reason to plume themselves upon their foresight no less than their assertion of manhood. The nation has given evidence that it stands ready to accept man for the presidency with absolute disregard of sectionalism. When. therefore, Ohio went whooping for the colonel. it voted the south its best chance since Appomattox to put a southern man in the White House.
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west is for some strong men, whose voice would carry from one end of the country to the other, to paraphrase the saying of Horace Greeley from "Go West, young man. to Stay west, young man. Such q warning would prevent a great many of the wrecked lives of western men which New York now harbors
 The chief industry in New York is ths clothing industry in all it's varied branches. In that industry no young man from the west can hope to compete with the constant influx of immigrant labor. The men and women who work in the
 clothing industry lead what might be called penny life. The cent is the all prevailing medium of exchange. Where the westerner is accustomed to spend a nickel or dime the New Yorker of the East Side, who works in the cloth ing trades, spends a penny. In the art of selling goods by the penny and stll make a profit the American youth of the west can never hope to rival the Amer icanized European in New York.
 Enter any one of the Mills hotels In New York and you meet with hundreds of young men. They are not yet down and out, but their finances are running low, so they make these hotels the,r home. The Mills hotels have d great many attractions for the man who is looking for job in New York. They are cheap and in a way fairly respectable. They have large reading rooms, where hundreds of men are lounging throughout the day.
 But if you want to see the real loneli- ness and misery of the ambitious young men who drift into New York from every part of the country visit the Mills hotels on Sunday eevning. It is Sunday even- 'ngs that letters are written home And these letters are hard to write, for 1t s seldom that one of these men will write as he feels. The letters home are always full of prospects for good jobs which the writer invents so as to keep his folks from guessing that he is fighting hard battle to keep from starvation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
SAW THROUGH THEIR SCHEME

From the Kansas City Star.
 In a recent election in little town of Northwest Arkansas. one of the candi- dates for city marshal received only five votes out of some 800 east He took his defeat very much to heart and had many bitter things to say of the political ring that he claimed had brought about hls defeat.
 To friend who was syippathizing with him he unburdened himself. They thins ain't onto their little game" said he But I know why they worked and voted against me. They didn't want me to be city marshal. That's why"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25

of these gentlemen had a blank already filled up The other three asked Tor blanks and signed them. I mention 'als incident to show how much enthusiasm has been aroused in the community at large.
 We have been talking great ueei about the development of the get-tose'her spirit, and marked progress along this line had been noticeable some time eaek' but the membership team work has de- veloped the new Birmingham spirit more fully than I ever imagined it would be. Well we have certainly taken on the real get-together spirit and 1t is here to stay. It will mean untold good things for Bir- mingham."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AtIantn nnd Birmingham

James E. Whiteman of Atlanta spent yes terday in Birmingham. It was his first visit
 T have beer, a resident of Atlanta about year. and, as a matter of course. think well of that city," said MT. White man.
 T am a native of Canada, but lived some time in New York city before coming south. Atlanta's reputation for public spirit and commercial enterprise has long been widespread. Atlanta is a wonder full city. The get-together spirit has done much for the upbuilding of that com munity.
 Birmingham is now well advertised, and when looked over the business dis trict of this city I was impressed by the width of its streets This is an ad- mirably laid out city, and in that respect is ahead of Atlanta.
 One of the encouraging things about the south is the prosperity that is in evidences in the states of this section Of the country As far as I can learn nearly every southern city is forging ahead rap idly. Atlanta and Birmingham are cer- tainly rapidly growing cities" 
 Underwood ns Presidential Candidate
 "As the national democratic convention Is only a month off the people generally, as we'll as the politicians, are discussing the presidential outlook" said P. F. Lin- ton of Chicago
 q am one of the rank and file who take no active part In politics further than to vote when the time comes. l usually vote the democratic ticket, and voted recently in the Illinois primary for Champ Clark; but if Underwood had been on the primary ticket would have voted for him in preference to anybody else.
 Two or three weeks ago was in New York and found more Underwood senti- ment there than had expected, although had heard the Alabaman was strong In the east According to my notion the democratic nomination is between Clark and Underwood. Underwood has one great advantage. He is the leader in the House of Representatives and is the greatest exponent of the democratic tar if doctrine in the United States. The tariff will probably be the principal issue. IL VIII certdihly po ihoS1 tiiPoi sa. issue, and Underwood is logically the man to head the ticket. Several of the democratic aspirants who entered the pre-convention race early got big lead on Mir Underwood, but Underwood is apparently gaining the con- fdence of the people all the while. | q think the republicans will nominate Roosevelt. He will be hard man for the democrats to beat in spite of all that may be said against him. According l to the general talk that I hear, the only chance that the democrats will have will be along conservative lines. A strong conservative man would be able to defeat Roosevelt No other type. it seems to me, would stand much show
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
RECALLING A TRoupE,s NAME

From the Kansas City Star.
 The manager of a theatrical compan, playing 'one night stand in Iexas was talking to the hos.l proprietor re. garding the prospects for business, and had been assured they were good.
 Then he asked. What was the las, show you had here?"
 The landlord thought for moment and turning to the clerk said:
 Say. Fred, what's the name On tbos. trunks upstairs?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
pEFLEcTIoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Girls are mighty lucky till they get married.
 Quarrels breed only dozens, lies mil lions.
 Genius in man acts on his friends like he stomach ache.
 \ millionaire doesn't need to care whether he looks like one or not.
 The reason it takes woman so long to condole with another is it wouldn't if she meant it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25

Senator Crane will not pussyfoot it In Washington after March next. He says so himself. He is willing to turn on the soft pedal for the standpatters, but not for the progressiyes. The Massachusetts presidential preference law nearly broke his heart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25

Abusing players and umpires from the grandstand is not true sport. Islander is not and never was part of the sport of gentlemen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
TRANsGREsSIoN.

meant 10 do my work today
 But brown bird sang in the apple tree, And butterfly fitted across the field, And all the leaves were calling me. And the wind went signing over the land, Tossing the grasses to and fro, And rainbow held out it's shining hand So what could do but laugh and go? Richard Le Gallienne. in Harper's Mag
 azine.
 l meant to do my work today But neishbor spoke of fishing trip And declared he would loaf for a week
 at least,
 While stood by with a trembling lip, And 1t seemed to me that duty's call Really was painful then to hear; Which may explain why my stuff today Doth lack it's accustomed note of cheer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25

Citizen Roosevelt desired major gen. erals commission in order that he might lead the army into Mexico. He did not get it and intervention in Mexico has been declared of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
THE SILENT voIcEs

When the dumb Hour. clothed in blacl Brings the Dreams about my bed, Call me not so often back, Silent Voices of the dead. Toward the lowland ways behind ma. And the sunlight that is gone. Call me rather, silent Voices, Forward to the starry track Glimmering up the heights beyond me On. and always on.
 -Tennyssn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
FAvoRITE FICTION


 FAVORITE FICTION. "Ice Cream His Majesty" "I'll Be Tickled to Deathi" ''I Have No Personal Feeling Against Any of the Other Candidates" "If This Book Causes Even One Reader to See the Justice Of Our Cause I Shall Be Content T Shall Ask Your Attention Only Mo- ment" "The Pleasure of Your Presence Is Re- quested. Until Death Us Do Part.'' Ever Yours Sincerely" ."-Chicago Trib- une.
 A WORTHY OBJECT. We pity the poor Chinamen who haven't much to eat. We pity poor old Mexico who's in a parlous way; Likewise in spring our heart goes out ir sympathy to greet The luckless wight who catches cold upon the first warm day.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25

Colonel Roosevelt will lead no Rough Riders into Mexico this year, for Ma dero will soon be boss down there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25

Chicago proposes to eliminate the rear seat from the tandem bicycle in order to decrease elopements. But where there's a will there's a way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25

It appears from the Dillingham; report that Lorimer was put over, but he didn't have gumption enough to know who did it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25

Emma Goldman almost shrielss when she thinks how she and Ben Reitmsn were treated in San Diego. The anarchy was fitted to them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25

There is fear that the p:e-eating brigade in the south will stampede to the Roose- welt bandwagon in Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25

Gunshoe Bill Stone of Missouri will have no rival in the Senate when sena- tor Crane ceases to pussyfoot it there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25

The country is waiting for the sequel burg. It may not have one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
SIGNS OF THE T1MEs

SIGNS OF THE TIMES. Card in Roxbury window: "Cannery bird for sale"
 Notice on Tufts college grounds: May parties not aloud" ''In Los Angeles: Divorce Sale Must
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25

Cuba has a revolution on her hands and she feels altogether normal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25

Tn clergyman of the United States are l65.ooo strong. An army of men full of the spirit of self-sacriiice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25

Not only swat the fly. but swat also the men who maintain in cities hatching- out places for the pest.