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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-18
SURVIVAL OF THE FI1TEsT

From the Descent of Man, by Charles
 Darwin.
 Natural selection follows from the strug- gle for existence; and this from rapid rate of increase. It Is impossible not to regret bitterly, but whether wisely Is an other question. the rate at which man tends to increase; for this leads in bar barous tribes to infanticde and many other evils, and in civilized nations to ab-
 feet poverty, celibacy and to the late mar riages of the prudent. But as man suf-
 fers from the same physical evils as the lower animals, he has no right to expect immunity from the evils consequent on the struggle for existence. Had he not
 been subjected during primeval times to natural selection, assuredly he would never have attained to his present rank. Since we see in many parts of the world enormous areas of the most fertile iand'
 capable of supporting numerous happy
 homes but peopled only by few wander
 ing savages, it might be argued that the struggle for existence had not been suf- ficiently severe to force man upward to his highest standard. Judging from all
 that we know of man and the lower anil malS, there naS alWayS Deeu SuliSlShl variability In their intellectual and moral faculties for a steady advance through
 natural selection.
 With highly civilized nations continued
 progress depends in a subordinate degree
 on natural selection; for such nations do not supplant or exterminate one another as do savage tribes. Nevertheless the
 more intelligent members in the same
 community will succeed better in the long run than the inferior, and leave a more numerous progeny, and this is a form of natural selection. The more efficient
 causes of progress to consist of good education during youth, while the
 brain is impossible and of a high stand
 ard of excellence, inculcated by the ablest
 and best men, embodied in the laws, GUS toms and traditions of the nation, and en- forced by public opinion. It should, how | ever, be borne in mind that the enforce | ment of public opinion depends on our appreciation of the appreciation and dis appreciation of others; and this apprecia- | tion Is founded on our sympathy, which | 1t can hardly be doubted was originally developed through natural selection as one
 of the most important elements of the so- cial instincts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-18

movements but also to second terms which are nearly as vicious.
 Washington first refused third term, and Roosevelt rejected the thought of one in these emphatic words: "on the 4th of March next l shall have served three and one-half years and this three and one-half years constitutes my first term. The wise caution which limits the Presi- dent to two terms regards the sub stance and not the form, and under no circumstances will I be candi- date for or accept another nomina- tion."
 These are the wisest and most pat riotic words that the ex-President ever uttered, and the people can be trusted to see that they are substan- tially upheld.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-18
DREAMT DWELT IN MARBLl
 HALLS

By Michael w. Balfe. I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls. With vassals and serfs by my side, And of all who assembled within thos
 walls,
 That I was the hope and the pride. had riches too great to count them all Could boast of ancestral name; But I also dreamt, which charmed m
 most,
 CHORUS. That you loved me still the same. That you loved me, you loved me still tn
 same; That you loved me, you loved me still tn
 same. I dreamt that suitors sought my hand; Brave knights upon pended knee. And with vows no maiden heart coul
 withstand. They pledged their faith to me. And I dreamt that one of that noble hos Came forth my hand to claim; But I also dreamt. which charmed m
 most, A
 CHORUS. That you loved me still the same, That you loved me, you loved me still tn
 same. That you loved me. you loved me still tn
 same
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-18
Helen KelIer's New Work

Mayor I.unn, the socialist mayor of Schenectady, N. r., has offered to make Miss Helen Keller member of the board of public welfare of that prosperous industrial city of 75,000 people. It is said he has received her acceptance, and that she will in the fall take up her new duties. The board of public welfare in Schenectady is an advisory council to very pro- gressive and intelligent executive.
 Miss Keller is denied the sense of sight and hearing, but her brilliant mind and her common sense keep her in touch with all humanity. She knows what is going on in this world better than most people do who have the five senses. She understands it's problems, and best of all her sym pathy goes out to all who need help.
 The story of Helen Keller is more marvellous than anything romance has to offer. Her active years have been full of usefulness and dignity, and he call to public service is simply a tribute to her broad views and sym pathetic understanding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Blrminghnm Well Advertised

Birmingham has long been well ad- vertised city, said William s. Hein- rich of Philadelphia. Tt seems to have been known years ago as the 'Pittsburg of the South As far back as 1888, when I came here for the first time 1t was not much more than a large mining town. But 10 years later. in 1898, when came on visit here there had been very de- cided improvement, and it was plain that there was a large outlook for the city.
 T have not been here since 1901, when I saw the first steel frame building in course of construction, until I stopped to- day for a few hours on my way east.
 '.I have been in Texas recently and, while that state is full of thrift and prom ise of steady development. Birmingham seems to have a grander future than any city in the south. The census fig ures of 1910 gave Birmingham a big boost and I know of no city in the coun- try of approximately Birmingham's size that is so beautiful or attractive from d residential point of view as this. The landscape effect here are of surpass- ing beauty"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-18
An Animating Address

President w. W. Finley of the South ern railway delivered an animating ad- dress on the Conservation of Opportunity to the graduating class of Wofford college, Spartanburg. S. C., last week, said an educator T read it with great interest. have heard MT. Finley speak and have read many of his published dicussions of public utilities. He is not only master of English style, but he is one of the best after dinner speakers that I have ever heard.
 Tn his Spartanburg address every para graph contains food for thought. MT. Finley began by saying that We are living in an era of readjustment of the rela- tions of government to the individual citizen and to business enterprises Fur ther on he said:
 "'The students of this institution are in- terested in finding the widest possible range of opportunities in the fields of bus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-18

From tne Noftn American Review.
 Because of the terrific firing of the mud batteries during the present presi- dential primaries there are many timor- ous souls that believe that no candidate has ever been so bitterly assailed as his fayorite. True, the presidential primary has led to political methods that are condemnable, but, nevertheless. they are not entirely new. The North American Review has collected some of the utterances when Lincoln ran for the presidency.
 From the New York Herlad:
 May 19, 1860-The republican con- vention at Chicago has nominated Abraham Lincoln of Illinois for Presi- dent of the United States-a third d-rate western lawyer, poorer than even poor Pierce. They pass over Seward, Chase and Banks, who are statesmen and able men and they take a fourth -rate lec- turer, who cannot speak good gram mar, and who. to raise the wind, delivers his hackneyed, illiterate com positions at $200 apiece. Our readers recollect that this peripatetic politician visited New York two or three months ago on his financial tour; when, in re- turn for the most unmitigated trash. interlarded with coarse and clumsy jokes, he filled his empty pockets with dollars coined out of republican fanat- icism"
 May 22, 1S60--The candidate for President. Abraham Lincoln. Is an un- educated mana vulgar village poli- tician without any experience worth mentioning in the practical duties of statesmanship, and only noted for some very unpopular votes which he gave while a member of Congress. The comparison between Seward and this illiterate western boor is odious-it is as Hyperion to a satyr"
 From the Albany Atlas and Argus
 May 21, 1S60--Mr. Lincoln was first heard of in politics a year ago last fall, when, limping with wounds and bowling with anguish. he was driven through the state of Illinois by Douglas and defeated with the tacit approval of the majority of his own party, and with the publicity expressed gratuIations of Greeley, Weed and others. Last spring he made his debut in this state as an orator and com menced charging for his speeches at the rate of $100 apiece, and was forced to desist amid such public expressions of contempt that he may have said to have been fairly hissed out of the state. He has never held public office of any credit and Is not known except as a slang whanging stump speaker of a class with which every party teens and of which all parties are ashamed"
 From the Boston Post:
 May 21, 1S60--Lincoln has merely a talent for demagogue appeal that was thought to be worth in New England $50 or $100 a speech by those who hired him; but some who heard him were surprised that he should be considered anywhere a great man. He can only be the fanatical tool of the fanatical host he will lead on."
 Mud throwing Is as old as politics and politics began when there were two men, and one of them wanted of- flee.
 Cheer up, oh ye doubtful. for the worst Is yet to come-wait until we get into the campaign proper and not mere primary campaign, and then it will be time to run for the cyclone
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-18
Benefactorss We'll, what benefactori are theyf Are they not malefactorsf
 Measure for Measure.
Roosevelt's Auditorium Speech

It is not necessary to read with care Colonel Roosevelt's auditorium speech delivered last night to see how he dashes aside all consistency in his own career.
 He unblushingly said last night, "We come together to protest against a crime which strikes straight at the heart of every principle of political decency and honesty, crime which represents treason to the people and the usurpation of the sovereignty of the people by irresponsible political bosses inspired by the sinister influ- ences of moneyed privilege"
 Abusive language cannot conceal the fact that the man who employs it used bosses in the south as we'll as in the north in 1904 to gain dele gates for himself, and in 1908 to pack the convention for Mr. Taft. Nor will abusive language conceal the fact that the ex-President is the identical man who induced Hartman three days be- fore election to raise vast slush fund to be expended in the slums of New York. Hartman later stated that the money in question changed 50,000 votes.
 The utter demagogism of the audi torium speech is disgusting, especially when it is known that the speaker himself has expended millions of money gathered from the Perkinses of the country in his campaign of bluff and buster, and that he avoids all reference even in his auditorium keynote speech to the Payne tariff, which is the sum of all political vil lanies in this country.
 No one who believes in American institutions will believe that such methods will elect a man to third term. The proposition is an insult to the patriotism and good sense of all honest people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-18
One Term of Six Years

Congressman Clayton, chairman of the judiciary committee, presents a brief but strong report in support of the proposed constitutional proposi- ton to extend the presidential term to six years and to render President ineligible to a second term, even though a Vice President succeed to the office and had served but small fraction of a full term.
 MT. Clayton urges the adoption of the proposition because it would lead to higher efficiency in administration, and it would put an end to machine building in the highest office in tho gift of the people.
 The common sense of the voters will put the proposition into the con- stitution if Congress can be induced to submit it. Once ratified it would put an end not only to third term
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-18
The Wagner Festival Next Year

"The Richard Wagner Centennial cele- bration in Dresden next year will be an event of wide world interest,"" said an old music lover.
 q can remember very well when Wag- ner's music was new in this country. The late Theodore Thomas. who was Ameri- ca's pioneer symphony conductor, began playing in New York the music of the future,' as Wagner's music was called then, in 1869. The critics were divided in their opinion regarding the artistic value of Wagners great music dramas. Or chestra players, as well as professional singers, found it extremely difficult. Some of the second rate players said 1t was impossible of execution.
 AS a youth, had heard Wagner's 'Tannhauser' march played at home on a piano, but the first time I heard any of the great masters overtures was In St. Louis at a saengerfest in 1871 or 1872. The orchestra numbered 16S performers, and 1t played the 'Rienzi overture, the 'Tannhauser' overture and selections from Lohengrin' and Siegfried.' I liked it all Nowadays we find Wagner on ev- cry band concert programme. All the band and orchestra musicians like to play it, and everybody likes to hear 1t.
 Hrhe New York Sun. in an editorial ar ticle on the Dresden festival, gives these interesting facts;
 One year from last month the singers of the Royal Opera house, in which Wag- ner was a conductor and on whose stage "Rienzi' and 'Tannhauser' were first heard, will present the Nibeungen ring in a new investiture. There will also be at the Royal Opera house a free per formance for the public as well as con cert with a programme of Wagner music. When the Dresden general song festival was held in 1S43 at the Frauenkirche and Wagner's Last Supper of the Apostles" was sung for the first time the Teachers Singing union, the Liedertafel and the Orpheus were the societies which united with the Saxon Male choir. These socie- ties survive after 70 years. They will take part in the performance of the same ora torio next May. A tablet will be set up on the house in which Wagner lived, but no statue of the composer has been pre- pared i"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-18
DYING WISH OF JO
From Dickens Bleak House" XVyELL. Jo, what is the matter?
 NAF Don't be frightened"

From Dickens Bleak House." VVTELL, Jo, what is the matter? M Don't be frightened"
 W T thought" says Jo, who has started, and is looking around, "I thought was in Tom-a all-Alones agin. Ant there nobody here but you, MT. Woodcut?"
 Nobody
 And I ant back to m-All-Alone's s. am I. sir?"
 "No."
 Jo closes his eyes. muttering, T am very thankful"
 After watching him closely a little while. Allan puts his mouth very near his ear, and says to him in a low. distinct voice: "Jo, did you ever know a prayer?"'
 Never knowed nothink, sir"
 Not so much as one short prayer?"
 NO, sir. Nothink at all. MT. Chad bands he wos prayin' wuHst at MT. Sangsby's and I heered him, but he was speaking to himself, and not me. He prayed a lot. but I couldn't make out nothink in it. Different times there wos other gen'fmen come down to Tom-all- Alone's prayin', but they all mostly said as the t'other wuns prayed wrong, and all mostly sounded to be tallxin' to theirselves, or passin' blame on the t'others, and not tallxin' to us. We never knowed nothink. I never knowed what it wos all about"
 It takes him a long time to say this; and few but an experienced and attentive listener could hear or hearing, understand him. After a short relapse into sleep or stupor, he makes, of a sudden. strong effort to get out of bed.
 Stay. Jo, stay! What now7''
 Its time for me to go to that there berryin' ground sir.' he returns with a wild look.
 ''Lie down. and tell me. What burying ground. Jo?"
 Where they laid him as wos very
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-18
Larae Development Plans

Many plans for industrial development in the Birmingham district have been made this year, and I know of but one thing that can retard Jefferson county s material progress; that is the excessive tax assessment increases" said a well known citizen who has been successful in business way.
 Capital is proverbially nervous, and 1t Birmingham district being an inviting field vast sums of money have been in- vested here within tho past few years.
 'When the legislature of 19O6-1o levied a small tax on foreign capital business de- precision was immediately felt in all the prosperous centers of this state. Public sentiment was aroused and the legisla- ture soon rescinded it's action. The tax was so small as to be hardly felt by thoso who would have to pay it, but the principle or the tendency was antagonis- tic to capital and was. therefore, hurtful to this state and especially to this min ing and manufacturing center. The work of the state tax commission in making increases that total an enormous sum. unquestionahly has tendency to retard development; end what everybody wants to see no matter whether he Is a rich man or a poor man. Is industrial progress and new capital flowing in"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-18
KAByLE WOMEN OF AFRICA

F. Alexander Powell, in the Metropolis | tan Magazine.
 Though the Mauresques of Algeria
 and the fairhaired beauties of Circas-
 sia combine a remarkable loveliness of | features and complexion with certain lvoluptuous elegance, they compare with the dignifed. graceful, insolent Kabyle
 woman very much as the showgirls of a light opera chorus compare with the star
 Even the humblest peasant girl, | grinding the family flour between the upper and the neither stones in the doorway of a mud hovel, possesses a distinction of form and feature which
 would attract attention in any assem-
 blaze. With all her dignity. however.
 the Kabyle woman does not rise su-
 perior to the Africans fondness for personal adornment, being so laden with bracelets, anglets and necklaces of gold silver, turquoise and coral that when she moves she sounds like an Approaching four-in-hand. Her ap- proach is likewise heralded by the reek of an exotic and almost overpow- ering perfume. which. like the cele- brated parfum du Bey of Tunis. is
 composed of nearly a score of blended scents, the odor changing from carna- ton to heliotrope. to rose, to violet. and so on every few minutes. Lest this glowing description of their
 charms should start you posthaste for Kabyle, let me warn you that these insolent eyed beauties are headstrong and hot of temper, and that if you hap pened to say the wrong thing to them | it is more than probable that you would find the double bladed yataghan. which every Kabyle maiden wears very much
 as an American girl wears a bunch | of violets, planted between your
 shoulders.
 They are fond of cold steel. are these
 Kabyles. for at the conclusion of a wedding ceremony the bridegroom,
 walking backwards. holds aloft a
 naked dagger. and the bride, following
 him, keeps the point of it between her
 teeth. Another marriage custom of
 Kabylie, even more barbaric. consists | in the part martyrdom of the bride.
 who. clad in her wedding finery. stands through an entire morning against a pillar in the village square, her eyes closed, her arms pressed close to her sides and with only the narrow base of the column for foothold, the while
 a ring of villagers criticize and com ment on her appearance. might add 'that. despite the stern stuff of which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-18
"N. l.. e. sEQuEL

M l.. G. the person for whom the anonymous novel, ITO M. L. G. was intended, has read the book and is to marry the mysterious author.
 Announcement of that sequel to the realistic theatrical novel is made by the Frederick A. Stokes company, American publishers of the book.
 The story, which has aroused consider able curiosity, told how woman reared in New York theatrical life met a British army officer and loved him. She would not marry him until he knew all about certain incidents of her life. These she described in a book so that if he read 1t and did not want her, he need never re- ply.
 Critics and reviewers made many 'guesses as to the identity of the author. Many widely known actresses were sug- gested. One New York paper declared hotly that Arnold Bennett was the au- thor, and cited his Story of Carlotta" as proof that he could write from the woman's standpoint
 Three months after the book was pub lished," said the publishers in the an nouncement. the author went travelling in Spain. M. L. G. meanwhile. was in another country. He happened to read a review of the book in the London Daily Mail. Realizing that the book was for him. he cabled for a copy, read it, and then hastened to England, where he had last seen the author, whom he had loved deeply but who had refused him without giving him reason. The book explained all that he had been unable to understand.
 For some time he could get no trace of her. But at last he learned where she was and rushed to Spain. As in old TO- nance. journeys end in lovers meeting, and they are to be married october $"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-18
LATE SUMMER MILLINERY

From The Millinery Trade Review.
 The lingerie hat has appeared in our midst as fresh and dainty as fine em- broidery and cobweb lace can make it. not the floppy, infantile lingerie hat. so difficult for an adult to wear, but simply following the lines of the sailor or shep- herdess, These are seldom transparent, the embroidery or lace being used over the straw or else on chiffon or net founda- tion One model is a straw hat having lace used for the brim edge. and this sup ported only by wires. To be carried with these hats, the natural accompaniment too, of lingerie gown, are being shown the dantiest lingerie parasols, not very useful to protect one from the fiercest sun, but charming nevertheless. and quite practical when lined with plain or Dres- den silk. which they frequently are.
 Closely akin to the lingerie hat is the hat yelled wholly or in part with daintily lowered chiffon or figured net. The writ CT saw a leghorn partially covered with pale pink chiffon. it's motif being small pink buds The trimming was extremely simple, being band of pink picot ribr bon tightly banding the base of the crown and bowed at the side, and ruffles of narrow Valenciennes, two lying on the brm at the edge of the chiffon and two applied around the head size, producing a cape effect whic his very fetching. An other hat having the frilled under caI effect was of twine colored straw, faced with pink chiffon gathered into an inch wide ruffle around the head size. A wreath of ribbon flowers and green velvet foliage, each flower being one of the beau- titul shades was applied flat against the under brim. The hat was large and round and had four inch crown. slightly sunken, around the base of which was a band of primrose velvet ribbon arranged in scant drapery and finished by bow at the left edge, one end of which was drawn over the edge.
 h. the present modes, despite the talk of scarcity of trimming, may be found much to encourage the milliner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-18
THE MORNING AFTER
e New York Telegraph.

From the New York Telegraph.
 The telephone girl in a Broadway hotf answered a queer call over the house ex change one morning about Il o'clock When she plugged in' mans voic said:
 "Hellol Is this the So-and-So hotel?"
 ''No.'' replied the girl who was slightl surprised This is the Such-and-Suc hotel"
 "Oh, all right said the man. Jus woke up and didn't know where I was Send me up some ice water and bfom seltzer, please"