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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06

IMPROVEMENT among Alabamians who e have aided in building into great 4 ness our commonwealth Is the Hon. Willis Brewer of Lowndes county. Along different channels he has wrought for many years. Planter, journalist, lawyer author and statesman, Colonel Brewer has been no inconspicuous contributor to the growth of the State. native of Sumter county Alabama, with his educa- tion restricted to academic training, he las turned to most valuable account his gifts and requirements. and by the self cultivation of the one and by means of close and studious application to the other he has been an active participant in the affairs of the State for many years.
 When a mere lad of Is he. in connection with the late Judge William R. DeLoach of Sumter county, began the publication of a paper at Milton, Florida, where they were when the war began in 1881. BotE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06

What would you expect?
 He became a pickpocket. burglar and gambler. Being adept and shrewd he kept out of the tolls. Later in life he became a dope fiend,' which brought him to vagabondage and prison.
 While in prison Burke took an invoice of himself.
 He determined to reform and learned a trade. Upon being released he earn sd the money with which to begin business.
 The reformed convict married q good girl, to whom he revealed his record He prospered. A baby was born. Burke was happy in believing the past was buried.
 One day former crook comrade rec. ognized the cigar dealer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06

seer about buildings or ask the woman about the buildings or machines or the men about dresses.
 Each sees what he wants to see.
 Seeing only what he wants to see, he passes over the others and does not really see them. As Stevenson says: Two men looked out from prison bars. One saw mud. another stars.
 One saw mud because he looked for mud, the other stars because he looked for stars.
 Besides, there is the element of sub jective vision. For instance, your pet dog may appear to me to be a very honey sort of animal. but to you he is a hand some dog There's a light in the dos s eyes I cannot see.
 Your wife is beautiful to you; to n.e she may lack many of the elements cf comeliness. I cannot see that your sweet heart Is particularly pretty; she is hand some in your eyes
 Your home may appear poor to the stranger: to you it is beautiful because it is home And no one appreciates the furnishings of your own room. enriched by the gifts and purchases of years.
 We cannot see alike. Each of us sees a different world.
 Which should teach us tolerance ana charity. Though your neighbor cannot see as you do, he is as honest as you are. He thinks you are wrong; you know he is wrong. Possibly both of you are wrong.
 Do not make up your mind until you have seen all sides. because
 The man who sees things from single standpoint is apt to be narrow. provln- lacks the sweep of the broader visici, the horizon of the wider view.
 Massenet, the French composer. died in Paris the other day.
 His autobiography was being published in one of the monthly periodicals and singuarly enough, the last chapter ap- peared q few days after his death. that chapter Massenet correctly foretold what would happen at his death:
 "One. or perhaps two, evening paper thought it worth while to inform thei readers of my decease. A few friend. came to ask my janitor if the news were true. At lunch few acauaintances hon ored me by recalling my memory. ant incidentally was even spoken of her, and there In the theatres. Now that II. is dead his works will be played less. suppose. or He hasn't yet finished bother. ing us.' ?
 Pathetic prophecy? Yes. but morbid prophecy, tco.
 How soon we are forgotten when we're gone,r sadly moans old Rip Van Winxis when the apostrophe might better be:
 Who am I that l should be remem bered?''
 In the death of Massenet, of course there was much left to be remembere. when he was dead. His was the passing of a genius singularly devoted to the cor mon good and anxious above all else tr win the love and gratitude of his fellow men He was worthy the kind reriem- brance of the world he had pleased and helped. And
 When the people of Paris read Mas senet's sorrowfu words they were shock ed because they had been so careless of one to whom they owed so much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06

He began to borrow money Of Burke. He made the mans life miserable bleed- ing him almost to the point of bank ruptcy.
 After six months of this torture the poor fellow made up his mind that # anyone should tell his story it would bs himself He called in the nefspaper reporters and gave them his autobiog- raphy from the beginning. At the same time he resigned councilman.
 'All 1 ask Is fair play. l am going to fight in the open from now on and con tnue to live straight"
 Before this article is read, 1t certainly may be predicted the people of Phiia- delphia will have given Burke his chance.
 And that city will have no better cit- izen than this man who dragged himself up from the depths.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06

ould be torn apart and the good God
 would be an unjust and cruel monster The law of compensation holds. The Almighty did not mack you to be eith- CT lucky or luckless. The newspapers give descriptions of two recent balls-the Stuyvesant Fish and the Vanderbilt. both at Newport so gorgeous in their display as to have staggered the imag agination of gerera- = ton or two ago.
 There was the Stuyvesant Fish. It cost sfOo. 1000. The features includ- ed electric fountains with varicolored waters, tropical water plants, count less roses of pink and red, thousands of goldfish in flashing fountains, myr- iads of butterflies fluttering about Jur- pie lights, French mirrors, servitors dressed in the correct livery of Lotus XVI, dances of nymphs and hundreds of white doves billing and cooing about the dancers.
 And the Vanderbilt.
 It followed the Fish orgy and was intended to outdo it. It cost Sl2o'oVo' Priceless decorations adorned the walls, myriads of artistic lights. repro ductions Of minarets and domes blaz- ing with color transformed Beaulieu, the Vanderbilt estate. into veritable dreamland. Then with magic wand -s5000--a real play, The Merry Coun- tess,' was brought direct from New York to a specially erected theatre. In the ffnal dance diamond bedecked slippers glided over the ballroom floor.
 Riotous, lavish, foolish, are the first adjectives that spring to ones speech. To be sure, the shopkeepers and workmen who prepared the features were we'll paid, and the money went into the channels of circulation. but
 Were there no contrasting pictures showing better disposition of surplus money one might also despair of the time.
 Happily there are other pictures The same newspaper that told of the rich exhibition told of the wedding re- ception of Richard Harding Davis and Bessie Mccoy, who also have money, but better taste and disposition in the spending of it. They gave 800 tired New York mothers and their heat flag ged children an outing on Coney Island and a free ride on the ocean And
 It told of Henry c. Tricks lawn
 party In honor of his daughter. Prick is richer than Fish, but his way was to invite the whole population of Rev. erly to have a good time. 1 Also
 It told of New York luncheon
 where moneyed men and heads of be- nevolent societies conferred as to how
 they might help the poor of the east side.
 Which things renew ones faith in his fellows high and low.
 There are others besides the Fish and Vanderbilt coteries.
 The latter are mere incidents in our civilization. They are sated housefiies
 masquerading on the rim of the wheel
 of progress.
 1 Yes
 1 Philadelphia has been asked this ques- 1 ton. An alderman has confessed that l he served term in states prison. but 1! for eight years has lived a straight lsfe
 AS husband father and citizen. Will VOL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06

as at the present time.
 It is not enough, either, to develop
 good homes They must be maintained In good condition. This calls for an ae-
 tive local health authority. Every town
 must have a good law. the efficient ca forcemcnt of which will give tho town what 1t needs in the way of houses. and board of health that will sec that houses are always kept clean and sani- tary.
 The housing problem in It's proper as poets confronts all towns. The com- | munity will rise as the quality of is | homes rises. and 1t will go down as the l quality of It's homes goes down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06
\r all he flowers of earth what is
 aoicer than the American Beauty rose?

But
 Do YOU know the man who created that beautiful thing is lonely dlsap- pointed, hopeless old man who has scarce 1y where to lay his head?
 specific details are lacking, but it IS known that because of lack of money to nromote the culture of the Beauty and to exploit 1t others stepped in and ,aanea tho fruits. Tens of thousands were made. of which the original grower got none.
 Today the bent and shabby father or The flower walks the streets of Wasn- ington seeking an occasional job rom nome prosperous florist who knows ms history or goes hungry.
 Meantime his rose riots in every con servatory over the earth.
 He is c gentle old man of refined tastes, quiet ways and sensitive nature. And 1t is characteristic of him that he should refuse to touch or care for an American Beauty.
 The gorgeous bloom Is not for him. Though he dreamed it into being, it serves only to remind him of a life's disappointment and the ingratitude of
  created had turned away from its crea- tor.
 And so--
 While his flower flourishes everywhere fin tho gardens. adorns the bosoms Of countless happy brides, cheers the bed- side or lifts It's blushing face in the midst of luxury and love and laughter, It's shabby old maker goes about desoiate and forgotten.
 It is the way of life
 True it is. but shameful!
 Shameful it has always been that genius should have to climb other mems stairs for it's meager dole; shameful that Paradise Lost" should go for a few pounds and that Edgar Allan Poe in his penury should get but slo for The Raven"
 True, and shameful, that the creator the discoverer, the inventor. the maker of worth or beauty should be cheated of the pay for labors.
 We live and enjoy because Of some- body's suffering and sacrifice
 We owe infinitely more than we can ever repay.
 We remain forgetfully in the use and relish of a thousand things which have cost us nothing.
 And who of us. when he is deal, snail have given to the world heritage Of perpetual beauty such this poor old gardener of Washington? Oculists tell us we can see but % Ter cent of the things at which we look.
 If so how much smaller percentage we really see Because
 No two people the same thing m the same sense-that is to say:
 Suppose two men and a woman wa k down the street together One man is in- terested in buildings and gives particrlai attention to architecture. The other one thinks of buying an automobile and his eyes follow every machine that passes The woman is interested in dress, aa1 she carefully notes costumes.
 Now
 Ask the man interested in buildings about the automobiles or the automobile
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06

1 Well. it is the way of the world. | When. on that some fateful day yot shall be dead, the world will little reel
 or care. It will plod on the same as heretofore.
 your inner circle will sincerely weep and mourn your sad departure and old friend. when they meet will pay tribute to youl memory. But soon--save by few lonely souls-you will be forgotten. 1 But
 | When you are dead those whomsoevea | you have touched or moved toward good ness or i'll will live, and in their lives will move others to accomplishment 0. good or evil. And so you shall live, | Is not that enough? l What matter if the world is needless and forgetful? Could Massenet ask more than that the best of him should live in | lives made better by his presence?
 Could you ask more-when you ar1 dead?
 Luck?
 There is no such thing. 1 Now, do not throw down the paper and lose interest in my article because of the statement on the threshold of it. i Did you expect me to tell you how pJradventure, you might have good l1ck" in business or marriage or love- You may get that sort of advice by 1 going around the corner to the clair voyant or palmlst or fortune teller or by crossing the dirty palm of some gypsy woman by the roadside. 1 How can you believe such persons have the power, hid from the eyes of | other mortals. to lift the veil that hides the future--for 50 cents per left 1 ing--is mystery. | Nevertheless there are others A lot Of people believe in luck. All gam blers do
 Do you want to find the credulous Advertise yourself in some strange city as "Zaza. the Unveiler," and sit down
 in certain expectancy that about So
 many persons will come to see you every day.
 | Wear your hair long or rough Il
 fearfuny in front. adorn your fantas-
 tic robe with symbolic figures, pose in a dim light warn your naiI scared caller that a dark haired man will
 cross his path or tell him he will short Ky undertake a long journey or will be twice married or come into great | fortune.
 Superstition. Twin of ignorance!
 How long 1t has survived. In dark
 est Africa the medicine man dances
 around the invalid, shouting incanta-
 tions. In the orient charms are uset
 to fight the plague, and people bath' in the foul Ganges to cure the cholera And
 Here, in brightest America, you be 1 lieve in the virtue of the four lea clover or refuse to sit with 13 a
 the table. or dread to begin an en 1 terprise on Friday, or solicitously SC,
 the new moon over your left shoulder
 An intelligent individual fears tc
 cross the trail of black eat, l Luck?
 Depend upon 1t for a 1iving---save a. d word by which to conture none, from the pockets of the ignorant--ant
 you will starve to death. l Suppose there were such things a. good and bad luck. Why. the universe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06
NEJXL71

vV1E HEAR much these days of the
 w revolution sa,sn (. of tn the future. . We We classes and masses, and 1t is whispered about that some fine day mass of mer- ciless undermen will sweep down on all the overmen with long knives and pom derous hammers, staying left and right, religiously. with a terrible joy. Wealthy and defenceless old gentlemen who own All the railroads and who ask nothing more than to be left alone. will be vici- ously destroyed in the act of sipping their whisky -seltzers. Dear old ladies and
 young fair maidens (the non-producing ones. mind you, whose chief care has been their jewel boxes). will be given the care of soiled linen, perhaps, or the making-up of beds, or the sweeping of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06

''The noise of history is made by the chatter of wooden sabots going up the stairs and the rustic of the siIken shoes coming down."-Honore de Balzac.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-06

Yes.
 Philadelphia has been asked this ques- ton: An alderman has confessed that he served term in states prison. but for eight years has lived a straight lsfe as husband. father and citizen. Will you
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-11-27
INSTRUCTORS HEAR
LECTURE ON ART

Frank Alvah Parsons, who is con-
nected with the School of Applied
Design, in New York, and who has
been active in raising decorative art
to a higher plane, lectured yesterday
afternoon to the teachers in the Or
anges and neighboring towns in the
Orange High School His subject was
"Art-Its Relation to School Work
and Life Activities.
"The difference between pretty and
beautiful things in art are as far
aparf as the North and South" he
declared. "The term pretty is applied,
he said, "to that which pleases the eye
merely. Beauty pleases both the eye
and the intelligence. One fundamen-
tai thought to keep in mind is, does
the addition of this or that thing to
any object interfere with its use?
For example, why is the face of a
man with a pipe, the latter embroid-
cred in heavy silk or yarn, placed in
the centre of sofa pillow. just where
the cheek is supposed to rest on the
pillow? Why serve fish on plate
which has a peach decorating the cen
tire of the plate?
Art is always the fitness of
things. A pincushion should not bear
as a decoration face to be stuck
through with pins. Neither should a
carpet or rug bear the design of
roses to be trampled under feet
This is not common sense and is the
wrong art sense to bring before chill
dren.
"Of what use Is a chair made in
the manual training department of
this school or any other school that
is not a chair for practical use, or
sewing bag if it has not draw
string that can be used to pull the
top of the bag together and hold the
contents securely, no matter how
pretty or beautiful the decoration on
that bag may be?
What is the sense of buttons on
garment that do not actually button
something, or fancy pins that do not
pin anything.
Michael Angelo did some wonder
full masterpieces in sculpture, but
everything he did was not good
Raphael painted some wonderful pic
lures, but everything he did was not
a masterpiece.
LAS conditions change teachers in
our schools must modify their meth
DDS and manner of teaching. If I
wished to be able to express myself
in only two ways l should study
nothing but reading and writing"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-11-27
"A BUSY LIAR" TO AID
ST. PETERS ORPHANS
Young Mems Society Will Give
Thanksgiving Play.

The Young Mems Orphan Aid Soci-
ETY., of st. Peters r. C. Chu- ch, will
give it's annual Thanksgiving enter
tainment at Kruegers Auditorium to-
morrow evening.
"A Busy Liar" three-act military
comedy, will be the offering. Mem
bers of the society have been rehears-
ing for several weeks, and are now
ready to give a creditable perform
ance.
The society has been in existence
for thirty-three years, and during all
that time has devoted itself exclusive
ly to working for the support of st.
Peters Orphan Asylum.
Dancing will follow tomorrow's per-
formance.
The committee of arrangements
consists of John B. Marbach, ,jr., chair
man; Edward j. Fink, treasurer;
Adam c. Freund, jr.. secretary; Adam
Poh, jr., Frank Kilian, Robert KahreI
and Joseph Bien. The floor will be in
charge of Joseph Kreutler, floor man
ager, and his assistants will be Adam
j. Jenny and Jacob Widmann,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-11-27
Odd Lots Veilings & Ribbons

Academy of Fine Arts. has been ap-
pointed director of the fine arts de-
partmcn, Of the Panama Pacific EX-
position. He will leave tomorrow for
Chicago, where he win meet others
interes.el in the art exhibition OF the
expositl on, Mr.. Trask resigned his
position with the Pennsylvania AcaG-
emy, with which he had been CON
nected since 1894. He Is widely known
in art circles of Europe and America.
Mr.. Trask expects to present the
most comprehensive display of Amer
lean art ever gathered together. He
expects to utilize the experiences and
profit by the lessons of the world $
fairs at Chicago and st. Louis. Mir.
Trask also expects to have more
space at the coming exposition than
was allotted at former exhibitions.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-11-27
MISS CONROY AND
JOHN MORRIS WE'D
Many clergymen at Brilliant
NuptiaIs in East Orange
Church.

With many priests participating in
the solemn nuptials Miss Margaret
elizabeth conroy, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John F. Conroy, of IS Mum
avenue south, East Orange, became
the bride of John Morris, jr., of At
lanta, Ca, in the Church of Our Lady
Help of Christians, East Orange, this
morning.
The handsome edifice was attrac-
tiVely decorated and presented a brill
liant setting for the ceremony.
PINK chrysanthemums and palms
Were tastefully arranged about the
altar and banked at the communion
rail- and the nuptial mass was sung
by the Rev. Edward NJ Farrell act
ing pastor of the church The mar
rage ceremony was performed by
the Rev. James J. Smith, pastor of
the Church of the Holy Rosary,
Elizabeth, cousin of the bride, and
who was her godfather at baptism.
Assisting at the mass were the Rev
James j. McKeever, rector of the
Church of st. Rose cf Lima, this
city, deacon, and the Rev. J. J.
O'Malley, of Elizabeth, sub-deacon.
Other priests who were seated with
in the altar rail were the Rev. Will
lam j. Smith, of Jersey City, cousin
of the bride; Father Cartwright and
Father Riley. of New York; the Rev
William j. Grady of Rutherford the
Rev. Michael P. Corcoran, of ST. Rose
of Lima Church. this city, and sew
eral Others The church was filled
with relatives and friends of the
young couple.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father. Miss Helen Conroy, sister
of the bride, was maid of honor, and
Mary Mason. of East Orange, little
cousin of the BRIDE was flower girl.
Frank Morris, brother of the BRIDE
groom. was best man, and the ushers
were Theodore S. Miller, jr, Frank
Maher, DR.. Hesser G. Bride, of New
ark; Edward Daily and John F. Con-
roy. jr.. of East Orange, and Hugh
Golden, of Los Angeles.
The full church choir of twenty-five
voices, with harp and violin accom-
paniment, supplementing the organ,
sang the mass, and solos were given
ny MISS L uOitty anu IlDWdI dSCdls
The brides gown was white bro
csded satin trimmed with duchess
lace and rhinestone. Her bridal veil
was princess lace held in place with
white rosebuds and she carried a
shower bouquet of white roses and
lilies of the valley. The maid of honor
was gowned in pink charmeuse. yelled
In pink embroidered chiffon, and she
wore a pink picture hat with pink
ostrich plumes and carried pink
roses. The little flower girl wore a
white lingerie frP, X with pink satin
ribbons and carried a straw hat filed
with pi.Ik roses. N,
MrF. Conroy. the brides mother.
wore blue embroidered ichiffon
trimmed with brocaded velvet of the
same shade with butterfly ornaments
of blue jet and Brussels lace. A
wedding breakfast was served fol-
lowing the ceremony for the bridal
party, relatives of both families and
the clergy It the home of the brides
parents. Pink chrysanthemums were
used in the decoration of the recep-
tion room. white roses in sthe dining
room and red roses in the library
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris left for honey
moon trip and will make their home
in Atlanta.