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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06

at the base OF the square towers HI.
famous romance OF Notre Dame "a tho
pest commentary on the building that
has ever been written.
No less interesting 10 the tour,se
than the cathedral OF Notre Dame is
the Ethel tower. Exhibitions come
ana go. but the Eiffel tower itself re-
mains-a most notable and poetic EN-.
oodiment OF the new era OF steel con.
struction into which civilized man has
Just entered. The beginning OF the
use OF steel framework In building
construction was made but a few years
ago. and already the practice of every
i've city In the world has been revolu-
tionized. The spreading base OF the
tower covers two and one-half acres.
Inc point where the four uprighta
unite In one shaft is 500 feet above
the ground. There are 1882 steps
from base 10 summit: most visitors
60 up by the elevator.
The amount OF absolutely accurate
thinking that had 70 be- done as the
basis OF such a structure az this IL IT,
self something enormous II 10 said
that, after the first conception Was
complete in the mind OF the creator.
VI. Eihel. expert draughtsman. worked
Tor two years on the drawings neoss-
sary 10 guide the making 81 the rs 600
sections OF the tower. Each part OF
each section was 30 exactly related %
every other part that they al vent
together In one organic whole win
the discrepancy % a hundredfh % an
inch. The total height % the tower
u se5 feet
Paris would scarcely be Paris Win
out &c magnificent Grand operahousa.
When France undertook 20 build this
opera house she meant o. 20 b. the
most sumptuous and splendid temple
% music IN the whole world Almost
nine and one-half million dollars uers
spent on y between 1851 and iF7a.
and no building stone vas TOO costly
% BE- used In &C. service TIE atrpa
10 the staircase are % the most h~su-
tiful white marble 10 b. found Ths
pillars ~ the halustrade are iarper
set on pedistals % maiachfe. ~
handrail n % precious Algerian ourr.
superb enough for Araddir'a raiaea'
On gala nights On the heirhf ~ -
season when the singers have APPEAR
81 and the most charming dars~u.~s
have persouifed TIE poetry % mofina
IN the ballet. even ths STAGE fssif
could hardly b. more hrIiIIanf
spectacle than this stairway wifh 10
moving throuEs
Every iovey curve and color nat
ever blossomed On a beautiful wora-
ans face can b. admired here On
this stairway. set OF By gowns a. ex-
quisite az howcrs. and jewels Ika
Alladdin'e own treasures The most
DISTINGUISHED and elegant men In
Europe have descended this staircaas.
CcOuanusa on rvslrtA rNr.l
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06
DEFIANCE CRESCENT
NEWS SENDS THREE
One Of the Party Arrsns.s For Longer
Stay In Europe.

defiance. O. Crescent NewsD
Tho CrescentNews European Tour
Contest winners left today AZ 1:23 D.
m. over the Wabash Misses Jewel
Fouke and Name Brown boarded the
train a. Defiance: Miss Katherine
Feindel Joined the party at Jewell
They 90 10 Toledo and on 10 Detroit
Here they take the Grand Trunk
through Canada 20 Montreal and Que
bee. Late Friday evening they 20
aboard ship and a. dawn on Saturday
set sail for Glasgow. Scotland. The
tourists are anticipating tho tima OF
their lives
The CrescentNewg expects 70 pub
lish letters from tho party regularly.
The frst will be mailed from Montreal
on Friday evening.
The party on their tour will visit
Glasgow. Edingburgh, London. Paris
and other cities.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06

6o0nunu'a On rvsirtA P~g.l
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06
Location Of Ballot Boxes

In front 81 Basic's. Twelfth
and Market
Tn front % John Coleman a
Co.'S DRUG Store. Sixteenth and
Market
In front o. the lntcllironcer
Office. Main street
These boxes are Tor the re-
ception 81 vote coupons clipped
from tho Intelligence. and viii
b. opened each day Except sun
dayl 90 4 p. m. Votes deposited
after = p. M. viii not b. counted
until the second day following
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06

and o'clock a. m: had 10 take a
train for Paris.
We leave Paris tomorrow morning:
the girls 20 TO Havre and leave frst.
a. m. for Cologne. arriving there 4:1O
y. IN. staying at hotel until next morn
ing $3.50. then 90 to Warburg: get
there at 2:30 p. m, then / will have
TO get carriage to 20 to Wettersugen
some time Sunday. Yesterday and to-
day we were in the stores: tonight
We heard grand opera. "LOhengrin."
in the finest opera house in the world
IL was grand Sunday we drove
through the fashionable drives from
4 10 6 p. m Monday. La Madeline
church. NOtTe Dame: p. m. boat to st.
Cloud (Seine). Tuesday the guide took
us around in a carriage in the even
ing We saw the Magic City OF Paris
by night Wednesday. $50 D. m. TO
Versailles. So you see we are on the
go all the time Our conductor has
been very nice. he fixed up my tickets
so ] would not have any trouble. and
Cooks man Will meet me al Cologne
on my way back 20 Paris. think I
will take the Rhine trip. as no party
Is going now: Il IL rather late. VIII
be back here by the 2lst and sail the
22nd. ! either had TO sail the sth OF
22nd OF September The former was
too early. Ny ticket was changed and
booked on the Corinthian. The girls
will tell you all about Il. am tired
and sleepy.
With love 10 all. MAMIE.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06
Letter from European Tourists.

Mr.. and Mrs " Brown have 70.
ceiyed the following letter from Miss
Mamie Brown one OF tho members OF
the CrescontNcws Tourists party.
PARIS aug Goth. 1911.
Dear Ones An.
cards and Abbirs letter received
here. 7 assure you 7 was pleased
when our guide gave them 10 me-.
~ course ] couldn't read fda'a French
Card. sorry Z cannot read and talk
French. as o. would como quite con.
vcufieuf lusf nov. but We cannot have
cfrrtfhIuE We want Well. We lnf
London Saturday. s.f5 D.. m for Paris.
took train FOR New Haven. there
boarded chip for DIcppe. between =
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06
MAMIE
Misses Fouke and Felndel Return.

Miss Jewel Fouke and Miss Kath-
aryne Feindel. two OF the Crescent
News European Tourists. returned
home Friday. very we'll pleased with
their TIP.
Miss Mamie Brown decided 10 visit
Germany while over the pond and will
return later.
Everything happened just a. was
scheduled AZ Montreal. going. they
we're met by one % Cooks men who
looked after their baggage and saw
them safely on board the Scotian. The
passage over was very calm with
nothing 20 mar the voyage except the
fog8. ~ Glasgow they were met BY
tho permanent guide who took upon
bis own shoulders all the burdens Of
the travel. The party was well pleased
With at hotels and they had the CD
portuniiy Of seeing many things that
we're not In the schedule. They sailed
for home September 2. from Havre
The passage proved 10 be n stormy
one. much 20 the delight - the Croa.
centNews party. who were not seaslck
n day. while most ~ the other passen-
gers we're obliged 70 take their bertha
and Tor days lOathed the thought OF
eating Tho boat reached Quebec Mon
day evening. a. which place the pas.
sengcra wcro permitted to land. with
the stipulation that ell would be on
board by 8 the next morning. on Wed.
ncaday morning % O'Clock the vov-
axe was resumed and By z 90 night
they we're safely discmharked ~ Mon.
freal whore the Crescent News party
babe goodbye 10 all friends made on
board aud took train for home sweet
home
10th going and coming on board
ship Misses Fouke and FciudcI took
part ln the concerts
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-06

The second period In the bia
European TourVotIng Contest ends
~ o'clock tonight The WORK done
70 dsy may decide me winners o. the
ten tours % Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
Dr. Oates Jail Ultimatum

A county full of mines and indus tries can outgrow even a jail, and Dr. Oates, state prison inspector, says Jefferson county has fully outgrown it's ancient, if not original, jail, and that the county must provide new one. Dr. Oates has wisely been made an autocrat by the state in the mat ter of the care of prisoners, and when he says this county must have a new jail, it is highly pruden to lend willing ear.
 In the old rock" jail are 218 pris- oners. How many of them are there by virtue of the fee system and how many are there because of serious crimes they may have committed the juries and the courts alone can de- termine. The fee system has grip that cannot speedily be loosened, and Dr. Oates is imperative. He condemns the present jail as unfit and made quate. It is too small and the crowd ing of 218 prisoners in it is a menace to the health of the entire number.
 pr. Oates thinks this great coun- ty-really the greatest and most promising in the south-should erect a $500,000 jail, and he probably has in mind one of the modern skyscraper jails, which is not a jail at all except in its top stories.
 The Board of Revenue and the county in general has until April to think this matter out. A determ- ination must be arrived at by or soon after April 1, if the prisoners of Jeff ferson county are to remain within the county. Dr. Oates says he will remove them unless a new jail is to be built. No repairs of the old jail will meet the issue. No delays be- yond April l will be considered. Dr. Oates has the state lined up behind him to say nothing of his own cour- age and convictions. The time has come when the county must act in this matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
The Passion Play

During an interview after his arrival here yesterday, James F. Sullivan, busi- ness manager for MT. Henry Ellsworth about the great Religious drama that is enacted every ten years at Oberammergau He said: Moving pictures of the Passion Play are never permitted to be taken at Oberammersau and those that have been and are now being exhibited throughout the country are absolutely fraudulent.
 During the summer of 1910 the Passion Play committee, in the presence of Mir. Ellsworth, was offered s35,OOO for the priv iiege of taking motion pictures and the proposition was rejected on the spot
 "The inhabitants of Oberammergau are extremely pious and they absolutely re- fuse to commercialize that which is to them purely religious affair.
 Tt is not generally known. but never theless a fact. that those who participate te in the Passion Play do not use grease paints, wigs, boards or make up of any sort and their facial likeness to the vari- ous characters which they portray, as pictured to us in paintings. is astounding. For a week or two after the last perform ance the local barbers are kept working night and day. cutting the hair and shay ing the boards of the actors.
 MT. Ellsworth has spent the past 1- summers at Oberammergau and is looked upon by the villagers as their big. Amer ican brother
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
As to Candidates

'It may be that Colonel Roosevelt will receive the nomination for the presidency, but have a strong notion that MT. Taft will be the man. said Thomas F. Ethridge of Milwaukee. "The ex-President is a great man, but l think the rank and file of the party want 10 see President Taft nominated and re- elected.
 q am an independent in politics. l have been a voter for more than 20 years. At the last election I voted for Taft, and in 1904 I voted for Roosevelt. In 1892 I voted for Cleveland. l rather think will vote the republican ticket next November I shall certainly do so if Bryanite democrats have anything to do with naming the candidate.
 q hadn't known much of Underwood until last summer. I hear good deal of Underwood talk now, and many dem ocrats whom I meet are saying that he should head the ticket. My democratic friends seem to think that Taft cannot be reelected but I have travelled over the country a good deal in connection with my own business. I find that MT. Taft is very strong with the people in the middle west, and have information that he has a good deal of strength in the east notwithstanding the fact that some Wall street people are against him."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14

ance ordinance was amended about a
 year and half age so as to permit
 high class concerts to be given other
 than those for charity; but every
 thing of a theatrical or vaudeville
 character is expressly prohibited, and
 the ordinance as it stands now pro-
 vides that concerts for which tickets are sold are "to be given without profit or the purpose of profit to the managers or promoters thereof" In other words, no Sunday concert here can be turned into a commercial en- terprise. The artists employed must be paid for their services, but no manager or promoter is to make money out of the entertainment And that is as it should be-
 Atlanta and Memphis have sym phony orcheSCfaS made up ot local most of whom play in the theatres. These musicians are avail able for concert purposes only on and, therefore, such orches- tras can be heard only on Sunday In the near future Birmingham will be able to assemble a first rate sym phony orchestra for Sunday concerts. In the meantime every concert given here on Sunday will be under well known auspices, which will be guar antee that only the best in music will be offered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
Pay Poll Taxes This Month

No man between the ages of 21 and 45 in this state should overlook the duty of paying by or before February 1 the poll tax assessment against him. In this state it is a prerequisite of voting, and surely all will desire to vote for Oscar Underwood, to say nothing of other nominees this year.
 Every dollar paid in this way goes to public education, and it is poor citizen indeed who will not stand ready to pay $1.50 toward the educa- tion of the children of the state.
 Between the education of the chil- dren and the desire to become a full and qualified voter, there should be a steady stream in every county of the state setting toward the court house or other place where poll taxes are received. It is the great duty of this month, and every citizen should give it due and particular at tention. Let him call his neighbours attention to it also.
 Alabama has 100000 whites who are disfranchised through the failure to pay poll taxes. Let us reduce this number this year at least 50 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14

typhoid cases has been fully tested, and it's value is simply beyond dis pute.
 Were there 508 cases of smallpox in year in this city compulsory vac cination would be adopted and ap- piled. Why should we not have com pulsory vaccination against typhoid fever? The latter is the more dis tressing, dangerous and expensive disease of the two.
 Typhoid cannot be stamped out in this city of house flies and dry closets unless the vaccinative method be applied, and the prevention of 800 cases annually is indeed something worth striving for. The subject de- serves careful consideration by the commission and by good citizens out side of it. Every individual who de- sires to become immune to typhoid should be vaccinated, and then the city should come along and force the vaccination of the careless and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
Thad MeatherIy Returns

Thad l.. Weatherly of New York, brother of James Weatherly, city com missioner, is in Birmingham, and will remain here visiting relatives for four or five days. Fifteen years ago MT. Weatherly moved from Birmingham 70 Gotham. At the present time he is con- ducting one of the largest and busiest stenographic bureaus of the metrop polis
 There is no way of indicating my surprise,' stated he, concerning the growth and development of Birming ham. Birmingham today bears no re- semblance to the Birmingham of IS years ago.
 Naturally, during the 15 years of my absence l have heard marvellous stories concerning the great things that Bir- mingham has accomplished. But, in spite of that fact, l was not prepared for what beheld on arrival" When a boy in Birmingham MT. Weatherly was employed in the law of fees of Judge A. O. Lane and Capt. Frank s. White. He spent happy aft poon yesterday in renewing old friend ships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14

From the Washington Post.
 Mr John J. McDevitt of Wilkes Barre. Pa, having inherited vast for tune, and having, from the days of childhood, longed to know that opulent sensation which comes of having means,
 is giving, for one performance only, an imitation of John D. Rockefeller, as he imagines John D. to be. A cool thou sand dollars Is the mighty wad this gentleman >und himself possessed Of not long ago. With it he could have opened a bank account and perhaps have laid the foundation for still greater fortune, but he was out for sensation, and sensation he will have
 By special train, at a cost of $500, Me Dewitt goes to New York, where all the primrose paths of all the land seem magically to lead. He will tip the DOT ters and baggage boys with princely llberality He will smoke gold tipped cigarettes, and ride in a taxicab from the depot to his hotel. where he will frolic for day in an expensive suite He will toss a hundred "bones" for his dinner, take in broadway show--or be taken in, be driven to his car by motor, retire in a private drawing room and awaken the next morning in Wilkes Barre with a nickel left to take him home by trolley
 Thus fondly imagining that for a day at least he has lived the life of the | rich man. he will resume his occupa- ton a the old stand and salary. If he were wiser and were quite well. to do
 and desired to spend day in the big | toWn he probably would walk to the depot in his native village, climb aboard
 modest day coach snuggle down in | the red plush, scowl at the candy butcher, argue with the conductor over
 the price of his fare. beat the porter out of a dime by carrying his grip him-
 self. take a surface car in New York | up to the cheapest hotel he could find, and proceed to see Mammalian with one ! eye on the tall buildings and the other
 on the pocket in which he kept his hoard. as Rich men don't riot around as the | Wilkes Barre innocent fondly imagines that is. not outside of the best sellers. They hold on to their coin with both hands. and, like John Gilpin's wife, have frugal minds, although on pleasure bent. That's why they're rich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
The world Almanac

A copy of the World Almanac and Encyclopedia for 1912 has been received by The Age-Herald. Like the World Al manac of all previous years it is a treas- ure. It has been said that anyone who was saturated with the King James trans lation of the Bible and the plays and sonnets of Shakespeare would come very near being an English scholar, even if he knew nothing of other books. Add the World Almanac and he would be a man of wide information relating to current affairs, as well as a scholar.
 The 1912 Almanac contains 800 pages, not including the advertisements. Some in teresting new features appear this year, and the entire volume shows careful edit ing.
 Many persons can recall the time when the librarian of congress issued the Ma tional Almanac. It was distinctly the of- fciaI almanac of the United States. It was quoted as authority on all subjects relating to governmental matters and all and other statistics in the United States But the World Almanac was so much better that the government finally discontinued is venerable puoiica- tion It would be hard to imagine any thing in the almanac line more complete or satisfying than that published in the Pulitzer building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
Republican State Committee

The controversy that has arisen between Judge Hundley and U. s. Marshal Pope NJ. Long brought out the fact that 28 members of the re- publican state eecutive committee are federal officeholders. A mere minority of the committee consists of plain citizens out of office.
 Judge Hundley holds that the states by which a republican candi- date must be elected, if at all, should nominate the man who is to be our standard bearer, rather than those which are known to be controlled to a large extent by officeholders. " When we consider the subject by and large-up one side and down the oth- er-this does seem to be the common sense of the situation.
 It is a matter, however, that con- cerns the republicans only, and demo- crats have but a passing, or at the most, academic interest in the sub. ect. The officeholders keep steam roller ready for duty on all occasions and the insurgents, of whom Judge Hundley is orc, keep up volley ol words in denouncing the summary methods of the officeholders' trust in the south. A state committee con trolled by federal officeholders would indeed be a novelty in contested state up north, but in the south GUS tom has made such state committed not only possible but highly probable No one is surprised thereat, because it is custom of nearly 50 years standing. Reconstruction began it and the steam roller perpetuates it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
JUVENILE BOOKS A CENTURY AGO

From the London Chronicle.
 Does the modern child count ms blessings in the matter of Christmas books? What would he say If. instead of one of the healthy. brightly written stories that now crowd the booksellers Windows. he received copy of one or the books for juveniles in vogue cen tury ago? The very titles of some Of these old volumes would rouse the back of present day youth-"The Advantages of Education as Elucidated in the His tory of the Wingfield Family" Eliza beth Ann Doves Tales for My Pupils, or, an Attempt to Correct Juvenile Err ors;, s. W.'s "A Visit to a Farm, or an Introduction to Various Subjects Con nected with Rural Economy Ghls reached a fifth edition in 1SHD, and Sandham's "Perambulations of Bee and Butterfly, in Which is Delineated Those Smaller Traits of Character Which Commonly Escape Observation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
HEAVY GRIEF

From the Narrator
 As a specimen of heavy grief we have seen nothing more heart rendlns than the following obituary notice, pub lished in a German paper:
 "Today red, tomorrow dead. So IL was with my wife, who only seven days ago was springing over bench and ta- ble and was buried yesterday. During her life she was a live womans who did not easily mistake an x for U. For that reason everybody can tell the extent of my sorrow; so young and so merry, and now buried. What is hu- man life? 1 have said to myself repeat edly within the past few days, and also yesterday in the church yard when l paid the sexton, who will also keep the grave mound in order. So cheerful wife I shall certainly never, never, find again, and therefore my sorrow is a righteous one. I wish that heaven preserve any man from a similar sad fate, and thank for the flowers, as well as the Herr Cantor, the music master of the choir, for the grave hymn, which went through and through me, but was very well sung.
 "Ackerman, Master Locksmith."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
CASE OF zoOPHILPsYcHosIs

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 Automobilists dining in Clayton resort are credited with having spent several hours on a bitterly cold night keeping up bonflres, administering stimuants and building windbreaks for d horse that had fallen and was unable to rise. They are reported to have derived much satisfac- tion from having made the poor crea- ture's last hours more easy. Apparently we have here a case of that new dis ease, which scientists have christened zoophilpsychosis.
 This is a disease which causes its yic- tims to enlarge upon animal suffering in contrast to the suffering of human be- ngs. It afflicts those women who prefer dirty, sticky, useless, perfumed lapdogs to babies, who can distinguish the differ ent breeds of cats in the dark, and who devote their esthctic endeayors to advo- eating the Permanent Home for Pauper Pigeons as life work worthy of the gen. eral attention of humanity.
 It was kind and thoughtful of those Clayton automobilists to spend hours In tho cold in aid of a sick horse. But had they run down with an automobile man or woman, would they have been so eager to give aid?