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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-13
s,rah pern,,ardt Pictures

.'One of the most interesting entertain ment features of the year will be the en- gagement of motion pictures at the BiJou this week when two of the worlds great est actresses will be shown for the first time in the picture play" said Manager Semon. "The first of these is Madame Sarah Bernhardt. easily first among all the emotional actresses of any time, and who consented to portray her favorite role of Marguerite Gauthier in Dumas mas terpiece, 'Camile.' in order that her sur passing art might be preserved to future generations The same is true of Madame Gabrielle Reiane. the distinguished French actress who won success of -triumphs during her American tour of 1904 in Sar- dou's Napoleonlc comedy, Madame sans Gene It is this charming historical com edy, in which The Man of Destiny figures so prominently. that will be shown on the screen at the Bijou.
 "Expert photographers using the finest and most expensive equipment secured more than 60000 perfect pictures in pro- ducing the two plays, showing more than score of scenes, from which one may read the tragedy of Ia Dame Aux Ca melias. and the comedy of Sans Gene, as easily as from the printed page. These two photo plays make performance Of two and half hours. Regular patrons of the Biiou as well as the habitue of the garden variety of moving pictures, will enjoy these remarkable studies almost as much as if the famous stars were here in person."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-13
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Phil MemoIi Lands

Philip. Memoli, the popular musician, who has been in Italy three years study ing, landed in New York yesterday. His family accompanied him abroad and re- turned with him. A telegram received ty relative in Birmingham announced that he would reach this city Wednesday ever the Louisville and Nashville rail- road.
 Memoli was for several years Birming- hams leading bandmaster. He had talent for composing, but his musical friends say that the art of conducting was his largest asset. In addition to conducting band concerts Memoli had had much ex- perience in chorus work, especially in St. Pauls choir. During the last year or so MT. Memoli had been director of a con- cert band of 45 pieces at Serene, Italy. He has not announced his plans for the fu- ture, but it is hoped that he will find enough high class work here to keep him busy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-13
STEER UNPROTECTED

That steerage conditions on the eastward comparatively pleasant, because the boats returning are seldom crowded, Is wide lv prevailing belief. pr. Von Vorosini. in The Survey, judging from his personal experience on the French line. the Com pagne Generale Trans-Atlantique claims that little interest is felt in enforcing the law on vessels returning to Europe The Dillingham; bill. now before Congress, gives color to the claim. for it says that the violations to be reported shall be "of such provisions as relate to the care and treatment of immigrant passengers at sea-"
 I've were 161 men in our dormitory.' ho says; many seasiclk, almost all of tis chewing tobacco and expectorating free ly, but not a single spittoon or other TO- ceptacle was provided for us. Smoked fish was eaten by Slavs and Jews be- tween meals, and the refuse was decaying on the floor beneath the hammoclSsi and tables At s in the evening and at in the morning the room was flooded with q powerful hose. At night the steam of the evaporating water. the smell of per spiration and of decaying organic mat ter Increased the nausea. There was only one place where we men could get drink ing water. One cup was attached to the faucet which served for over 300 people.
 For washing purposes men, women and children had only salt water, sailors and stewards had fresh water. Neither soap nor towels were provided. I repeatedly saw people using dirty kitchen water or picking up pieces of ice or which to clean up. Our wash room was connected with the toilet room. The toilets were insuf- ficient in number and atrooiously dirty, always full of water, The second day our paper supply was exhausted. Women who had separate toilets and wash rooms suf- fered from the same lack of deeency and privacy as the passerby could not help seeing directly into the toilets"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-13
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Organizing Against Want.

The Delafields of America have organized trust or perpetual broth erhood, the object of which is to see "that no bearer of the Delafield name in America shall ever be in want"
 There is no primogeniture scheme here, such as the Astors and Wander bilts attempt, but there is desire to furnish to all Delafields sufficient sum to live on. There is no attempt, at least on the surface, to trace the family back to William the Conqueror, nor is there apparent any other form of vanity or snobbery. The family proposes to organize to give all de- scendants a comfortable living.
 True, this may induce some mem bers of that family to do great deal of loafing. Those members may rest content with what they can do to draw from the trust just organized, be- cause they would be under no neces- sitv to earn living for themselves.
 The Delafield plan is not, in other -S words, an ideal solution of difficult problem, but still it is reasonably free from objections If American fami- lies must be organized here is per haps as good plan as can readily be devised. The Delafields propose sim ply to drive the wolf away from the door to the end of time or of the family itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-13
A WORD OF WARNING

From the Lewiston (Maine) Journal.
 The barlkeeper in the saloon in Main street, Lewiston, which is the nearest saloon to the lower Maine Central depot, should be more careful. A calico curtain covers hole in the partition which looks out from the bar on the front shop. The other evening as tha writer went home this curtain was caught up at the side and failed to cover the hole. From the street one could look into the brilliantly lighted bar and see the row of bottles of whisky and even read the labels on them, We write this simply to aprise the bar keeper that unless he is very careful cur shrewd sheriff, who Is something of a sleuth. may begin to suspect that liquor is sold there,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-13

was not low in vie wof the fact that in- vestors are insisting upon and obtaining better returns. The success was all the more remarkable because of the recent flood of new issues since January l, az gregating sl.026.Oo0oOO compared with $780, 000,00 a year ago. Evidently there IS no lack of capital seeking employment when the requirements of safety and profit are met. Very shortly another ne wimportan1 bond issue will be made-that of S6ooo,ooo New York state per cents.
 This ready demand for the better class of investments is encouraging. It shows that in the estimation of shrewd buyers fundamental financial conditions are sound. Of course there is a limit to buy
 ing capacity, and 1t is not to be supposed that all of the new issues of the current year have been completely assimilatea. There Is danger also of an oversupply or new issues, and this should be kept In mind as a stock market factor. The in- sistence of investors upon high returns is another element of weakness, especially for gilt edge securities which are now paying relatively small returns.
 Tn tho speculative situation there was a sharp change. During the first half of the week the weakest section of the mar ket was in Steel securities; the fact that the last quarterly dividend of the Steel corporation was to be entirely paid out of surplus creating a-bad impression. The re- covery however. was prompt, for the steel industry is very active and the various producers are turning out an enormous output To put the steel industry upon really healthy and satisfactory basis will require some advance in the prices of steel psoducts. Whether buyers can be induced to meet such demands is question which must now be tested. Thus far buyers have had the upper hand and refused to meet such demands"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-13
p.uIsIAN NOTES
.ha New York World.

From the New ork Noiiu-
 Hotel keepers elsewhere are con v,,cea that Paris Is a bad city to visit dirty and lawless. In Paris you dc not hear this talk. Anarchists and .naches are no worse than in New York.
 Tourists swarm and are satisfied. In the expensive parts of the city iand in museums and theatres English ,s more heard than French. In Sarah 8ernhardt's theatre, on recent nigh.i one section of seats was all occupied lbv English speaking people and by three Italians.
 In the Theatre Francais women must not wear hats, or even scoiffures' o. inc ample Pompadour type.
 Occasionally one sees the sign lon parolas Esperanto" or "Esperant1 Spoken Here.
 | Sceaux- Robinson. with its little
 houses in treetops where dinners are served is a favorite place for Parisiar brides and grooms to make merry oi the wedding afternoon. To see 6
 Parisian brides room of 35, rather fat l in full evening dress, and his bride 1T
 white. galloptng along the road oi l donkey back, is odd
 Street car and bus fares in Pari,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-13
THE ART OF RELAXATION

lmpressionable age habits that could be continued after college days. These walks occurred on Sunday and Thursday after moons.
 With rigid persistence he had followed the plan of walking with his students for six or eight months, a sufficient time In which to form habits. He explained his object bq saying that during his own col. lege career he had engaged in certain forms of athletics which he was unable to pursue after graduation. While his college physical training had benefited him physically, he nevertheless found himself quite without habits of bodily relaxation. In passing on to these college boys this inclination for out of door relaxation. he was perhaps contributing his chief infu- ence as a teacher.
 Why should not habits of this kind be definitely organized and carried out by the physical department of our colleges: The opportunity to study trees, plants and animals and to become watehfnI for 100 varying phases of nature, would furnish no small opportunity for projecting the influence of college into later life.
 These tendencies toward relaxation take different forms according to individual tastes. One graduate of my acquaintance finds outlet for his nervous energy in a fish hatchery. To be sure. he bores his friends by talking fish at every conceiv- able opportunity. and people frequently get the impression that his mind has a piscatorial rather than financial trend, as he loses no opportunity to dilafe upon his latest adventure in trout; and yet his physician was doubtless right in saying that this man, the head of one of the largest financial institutions in America. owes his life as well as his success to this special form of relaxation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-13
In Methodist Circles


 ''The Methodist Episcopal church, com- monly known as the North Methodist, l as had some animated discussions over the disciplne--that section dealing with worldly amusements,'' said a layman.
 Tn John Wesleys day church mem bers were supposed to lead the simple life and to shun the dance, theatres and the4 card table. Nowadays in nearly all cultured society the young people dance and the young and old attend theatres and many of them play cards. I am not a member of the Methodist church, but understand that in the Methodist Epis- copal church, south, the bishops have handled the question of worldly amuse- merits in practical, judicious way. The bishops interpret the law so as to leave the amusement question to the individual conscience.
 "Methodists, North and South, are com amitted to prohibition, although individuals may, or rather some of them do, indulge in social drinking in moderation. What impresses many as being extremely fa- ratical in the North Methodist general conference is the ban put on tobacco. It ems lildl nO Onc Wiio uSco topeASNO Aii any form will be eligible hereafter to Told any official position in the church. Some of the best men l ever knew have been in the Methodist church and they have been chewers of the weed. Many Methodist preachers smoke cigars, and I have seen a few even smoke cigarettes. although l never had high respect for a preacher who was an habitual cigarette smoker But if any church seeks to pro- hibit the use of tobacco it might as well try to stop coffee drinking or coca cola dripl-ingr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-13
THE LOST DOLL

By Charles Kingsley. once had a sweet little doll. dears. The prettiest doll in the world; Her cheeks were so red and so white.
 dears, And her hair was so charmingly
 curled. But I lost my poor little doll. dears. As I played on the heath one day; And cried for more than week. dears But never could find where she lay. found my poor little doll, dears, As I played on the heath one day; Folks say she is terribly changed,
 dears,
 For her paint is all washed away. And her arms trodden off by the cows,
 dears.
 -.And her hair not the least bit curlee Yet for old sake's sake, she is still The prettIest doll in the wcrld
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-13
Presidential Dignity Lost Quantit

Presidential Dignity Lost Quantity
 No scramble among ward politicians could be more undignified than the one that President Taft and ex-Presi- dent Roosevelt are conducting weel, in and week out. It is true this scram- ble was not desired by MT. Taft. He recently described himself as rat in corner forced to fight. He consid- CTS that he represents a cause, and he is forced to defend himself against the attacks of his opponent in his own party.
 This, however, may result in a rem cdy. Congressman Clayton thinks it will. Congress is considering the sub mission of constitutional proposition which would give the chief executive of the nation 9 single term of six years, while it renders him ineligible for reelection. The shame of this s campaign-the loss of self respect in the nation itself the wild unseemly stuplping, may induce the states to ratify the proposition speedily.
 The judiciary committees of both houses are considering it, and the in dications are that it will be reported before the present month expires.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-13
Two Impossible Candidates


 It is difficult to see how MT. Taft can hope to be elected even if he be nominated at Chicago. MT. Roosevelt cannot support the man he has de- nounced on hundred stumps. He must sulk in his tent or bolt. It is difficult to say which he will do. In either event a host of enthusiastic Roosevelt supporters would be alien ated. Some would stay at home on election day, but many more would be apt to go right over to the other side. Should MT. Roosevelt be nominated at Chicago all 'the elder statesmen" of the republican party would follow MT. Taft into retirement and they would not be heard from during the ertire campaign. The Taft following would be too disgusted to vote at all.
 The party is thus hopelessly split, and the nomination of either Taft or Roosevelt at Chicago would be unwise to a degree. The nomination of either would be followed by wholesale, em- bittered bolt. It would be-ten times worse than the Blaine campaign. It
  would give the democrats walkover, and they do not need walkovef in these days of the high cost of living. The democrats can win on their own merits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-13
MusIc OF THE FROGS

| From the Paris CMo.) Mercury.
 l It is to be hoped that Dick Porters
 prophecy In regard to the approaching
 scarcity of bullfrogs will turn put to be in-
 correct. Frog legs have a stated commer-
 cial value, are delightful as an edible. , but the wish expressed is prompted by neither commercial nor carniverous reas- ons.
 l The frogs chief value Is aesthetic. AS a 1 producer of divine harmonies he Is a soul
 soother and nerve restorer. As leader | and director of the great symphony that
 nature sends up at the beginning of the quiet hour of dusk these first days of spring, he woos us to sleep and forget
 fitness. smoothes out the ruffled cares of
 day, and inspires us with a sense of inti-
 mate and loving kinshp to the great,
 throbbing, inarticulate life about us. As
 child we stood out beneath the stars,
 and as the subdued hum from pool and
 leaf, from crevice, spring and quiet place
 swelled into a soft interlude dividing the
 day theme from the night, we drank in the beauty and felt the mystery of it
 all As a boy we followed the haunting, l all pervasiye music into hidden places l by field and stream, but never succeeded | in finding the place of it's beginning. It 1 was beneath us above us about us, but
 nowhere. Like the fitting frehy, now in the treetop, again in the shrubbery, next in the street, but always elusive and be- yond reach. With no apparent direction, blown from thousand discords, it yet
 mingled in softest harmony, blending as if shaped into concord by some master
 musician sitting above the night, unseen
 and unheard Even now, as it comes float ing in at your window and your soul re- laxes, there comes the resurge of the sense of an ancient mystery. The stars trembe as of old and the night hangs as softly pendulent and beautiful as 1t did l in the time when you remember to have l first looked up and seen it. The great lullaby crepes in upon you, your eyes grow
 heavy ,and as child again. still mar
 yelling at the mystery of it all, you sink
 to sleep.
 The men of the city get the frogs legs,
 but theirs is purely a carnal pleasure de- void of spiritual refreshing. They are not lulled to sleep with the worlds great | cradle song, miss the drowsy music of the dusk hour, and have not the close and | intimate, everlasting stars to say good night to. Life has been unlSind to them. pFsossneanshh mar- serunnte SHRD It
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-13
SECOND SINKING OF THE MAINE

Told to John Randolph Caldwell by Cap
 tain O'Brien, and printed in Hagpers s
 Weekly.
 "A tug put the working crew aboard again, and at a signal from the Osceola they opened the. seacocks in the ships bottom and raised the sideways in the bulkhead and returned to their boat. leav-
 ing me again alone. In the meantime the osceola had cast off her tow line. l took one last look around to see that nothing had hene forgotten and then signaled the pilot boat to come alongside, dropped into her, and stood by to wait for the end. It wasn't long coming-not over 23 minutes as near as I could make it--but 1t seemed hours. Five minutes after I left her you could see that with every plunge she was settling deeper and deeper by the bukhead and rising higher at the stern. Soon the waves began to wash across her decks. Then a few more plunges and the stern was heaved high in the air until all the keel was In plain view and the hulk stood almost perpendicular, the jury mast struck the water flat and Old Glory van ished under the foam with a flash of red, white and blue as vivid flame. Down she went smoothly and with almost fn- credible velocity, her decks exploding un- der the air pressure and hurling masses of flowers and clouds of spray into the air. In moment she was gone. Then over the spot where the Maine had disappeared moment before there appeared glistening area probably of 30 yards radius, of per fectly smooth water. It was like what the fishermen off the New England coast call slick" indicating the presence of school of fish. In this area there tioated quantities of flowers, and now and then there shot to the surface a bit of loose timber or a ropes end from the wreck moment later the heavy rollers came boiling over the smooth surface and there remained no trace of the grave of tha Maine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-13
TRAMps-AT SEA AND ASHORE


 George McPherson Hunter. in The Sur
 vey.
 Whoever first named the wandering car go steamship tramp" did it in a moment of inspira ton. A sea tramp and a shore tramp have more in common than the name These steamers go everywhere in the same slouchy. aimless way, without knowing whither they will sail from the next port, and never knowing when they will get into the lane that leads home. Tramps ashore and afoat carry with them enough to cover their nakedness; the bare necessities of life suffice; they are involuntary ascetics Tramp steam city newsbcy. for they were born in ad- versity, and the chill breath of economy constantly blows over them. They are the undermanned, underfed, overloaded Ish- maelites of the sea. Every seaman f tongue is against them. and the mer- chants of the world conspire to get thelt goods carried in them for nothing. Il is seldom one hears anybody speak CT spectfully of tramp. Men in liners deep water vessels and regular trades trades will allude with an infection oi pride to my ship coasting men speai of them tramps' with a sniff of SCOTT that dehes interpretation. Those who ge in them especially the officers. speak ir .l depi ecating. half apologetic way of thtil being in tramp, as though caught where they should not be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-13
corning Third Termlsm

If Roosevelt should be nominated and defeated. we will hear no more Of third
 termers for long years to come,' said a veteran.
 But in the event that the ex-President should occupy the White House again this country will have taken a long step in the direction of imperial government; not that I would expect Roosevelt to lee elect ed term after term during the remainder of his life, but the very fact that any
 man had been President longer than eight years would make it easy to throw the constitution, as well as the unwritten law,
 aside when it suited over ambitious lead CTS or tyrants. had formed high opin- ion of Roosevelt, but his recent action and his coarse language brutal has changed by regard entirely. And a
 majority of his former friends doubtless feel as I doi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-13
AN APPEAL TO CITIZENS

ines in defense of his administration's conduct, his party's integrity and his own personal honor
 It will reduce by one-half the tremen- oous losses consequent upon a turbulent national election.
 It will save to the country directly mil- lions of dollars. and to the people indi- rectly hundreds of millions.
 It will enable President to be Presi- dent, and not an office seeker: a states man, and not politician; true servant, not of faction, but of the whole peo- pie, free to heed the dictates of con science and judgment, and ambitious only to achieve fair and honorable fame.
 It will show that the people can amend their constitution when occasion requires.
 Objections to this great reform, theo- retlcal or practical, cannot be found And now, when the eyes of the people are riveted upon the evils and dangers which have arisen under the present system, is the psychological moment for its achieve ment. Refusal or neglect to avail our selves of the opportunity thus offered would be little short of criminal.
 The prospects are good. Speaker Clark is for 1t. Leader Underwood is for it. Senator Root, as chairman of a sub-com- mittee of the committee on judiciary. has already reported in its favor. Senators Crane and Cummins are pledged to it's suprorts President Taft has promised to sign it. Thus the real leaders of both republican factions are committed. No democrat can fail to vote for measure. which, even while unwritten. has become a part of his creed. Only freaks remain, and, praise be to God, they are few in number But the time is short. Congress will adjourn in few weeks. A two-thirls majority is required in each House. The popular body may be depended upon We have reason to believe that, on Mon- day. May 20, Speaker Clark will recog- nize the Hon. William w. Fucker of Missouri, chairman of the committee on the election of President and Vice Pres ident, who then will move the adoption of the Clayton resolution under suspen- sion of the rules. Affirmative, even unan- lmous, action is a virtual certainty. We call upon all public journals and all good citizens to make their wishes known to their representatives in the Senate of the United States.
 
 run from cents to five cents, ayerag- ing 8 cents. Subway, as crowded asI in New York, cents. France is properous recent issue of state railroad bonds in Paris was oversubscribed S2 times