The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-06-23
.REDFORD LICENSED
HIS OWN DRAMA
Wanted to Be Buried With
His Dog, jack
BURIED ALIVE TALE
Striking Feature of Naval and Mill
tary Tournament Was Third
Hussars-Story of Buying
Ton of Copper
BURIED ALIVE TALE
BY PAUL LAMBETH

the critics say is very appropriate, as it
is mot out of keeping with his own exit
from the play censorship
Mr. BEDFORD admits that he passed the
play. lie says: Il just submitted 1t to
the lord ehamberlains department in the
ordinary way, and when It came to my
desk, of course. l approved it. But there
is really nothing in it to which ANYBODY
could possibly take exception" rs not
that what all the playwrghts say?s
chorus the noisy critics. Who ever heard
of a dramatist who could pick flaw in
his own matserpiece?'
please bury me with my dog. Jack .
wrote Alfred Moseley, aged 4. to his wife
before he swallowed cyanide of potassium
and passed away. His pet dog became
| infected by rabies and had to be killed
Moseley protested, and when Jack was
executed gave him funeral. inviting his
friends to attend the burial IN a Liverpool
churchyard. The sexton refused to open
a grave for dog in conseerated ground.
Moseley then buried the dog in a field
near Liverpool. went to a tavern, wrote
his letter and poisoned himself over the
| ilOuIQ 0oNtillS tht poos u JAIN
The most striking feature of the naval
and military tournament was the hisior-
ical ride of the Third d<ings own Hus-
sars, showing the transition in arms. dress
and accoutrements of the regiment at diff
ferent periods from deS5 to the present
time.
The first period was represented by
trooper of the Queen Consorts Dragons,
as the regiment was then called, in the
uniform used at the battle of the Boyne.
In the second d-l7l4-l75l-the regi-
ment was called the Kings Own Dragons
and the uniforms in use at Dettingen and
Culloden were shown The fourth period
recalled the pennsular war; in all the en-
gagements of which the regiment tools.
part. In the eighth and last period the
regiment has become the Third QSing's
| OWN Hussars and has added "SouthAf-
RIGA" to its battle honors. The varied
uniforms and trappings mingled together
in the eyolutions made a strong scene.
|
Remarkable stories of being buried alive
were related at the annua: meeting of the
Association for the Prevention Of Prema-
ture Burial held at Caxton Hall, London,.
and a novel way OF avoiding the danger
was propounded.
George Greenwood M. p dne chair
nam said that the law at present offered
every facility for the eoncealment Of
crime. Ia 1911 there had been approx
mately $685. cases in which no certificate
Of the cause Of death had been given by
! either medical man or coroner. and, taxi
ing this as the lowest figure, he asked IL
this state of affairs was not acandalpus.
Miss Cakes told of one man who was put
| IL he
bed at lunch before the burial when the
dead man suddenly sat mp realized his
| position, hastily dressed himself and
went downstairs. joining the party and
doing justice TO the viands and beer.
A citizen of Montrose wrote to his Lon
don agent telling him to purchase o ton
Of copper The writing was bad and the
! agent read IT as an order To purchase a
| ton of capers This he did after great
difficulty. but it made eapers SO scarce
! that the price advanced by leaps and
! bounds. In the meantime the citizen
| learned of the agents mistake and was
about to write and give him sauce for
| his caper when news of the advanced
price came along The caper sauce was
then. turned into honey dew, and the
| capers of tho agent commended as the
profits were realized on the prompt re-
sale of the capers.
!
The average London sightseer, who
maryels at the histrionic ability dis
| played by Tommy at the tournament.
IL possibly unaware of the fact that
| Mr.. Atkins. OF the household regi-
ments, gets much valuable theatrical
/ training that the man In the street
kows nix of. In many plays. where
soldiers appear on the stage, they are
impersonated by his ajesty's foot
| -J, I'd
by their commanding officers as a re-
ward for good conduct, and as they are
strictly punctual, clean sober, respect
full and reliable--and their marching
and military bearing are above criti-
cism-the sloppy old super of bygone
days stands no chance with them. Their
/ dramatic ardor is moreover admirable
and after a long and profitable run
say of Is months al the Lyric with
"The Chocolate Soldier which en-
ployed nearly two dozen Tommies-it
| is not surprising II one or two of them
should write inqulring the cost and
qualifications Of membership OF the
Garrie<.
The first twin screw ocean going mo-
tor vessel. tho Jutlandia, with over 100
! shipbuilding experts on board, has
made her Anal trials in the Firth of
I Clyde before being handed over to
| the owners. The vessel which has no
tunnels and was built for the East
| Asiatic company for service between
Copenhagen and Bangkok and designed
to attain speed Of 10h to IL knots,
attained 1926 knots at these trials. Her
1 dimensions are: Length, $40 feet; beam,
IS feet: depth, 35 feet; gross tonnage,
$500; gross cargo carrying capacity,
| 7400 tons
Sacco Homan. the champion fasting
man of the world, has won a wager 'of
saD0o for having abstained entirely from
food In London for AZ days His loss
| in weight was as pounds His only re-
freshment consisted of mineral water
and cigarettes.
| Three hundred hartford parents struck
| against the Kent education committee, re-
| fuslng 10 allow their children to journey
two miles to school, over hartford ENath
! and fields, unless a promise was given
that local provision should be made be-
\ fore another winter. The authorities
capitulated and school Is to be built for
| hartford.
| investigations in a tumulus, or barrow.
on the Island of Mersea, Essex. have led
TO the discovery OF a Roman tiled struc-
| receptacle containing glass vase pro-
nounced to be 1900 years old.
"a rich man dies and leaves 21,ooO, Co.,
| 600 One-flfth Is to go to his wife, one
TO his son. one-seyenth 10 his daughter,
one-eighth to his brother, and the rest TO