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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21
.srHE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME

Old Song. r The danes of France are fond and And Flemish lips are willing, And soft the maids of Italy.
 And Spanish eyes are thrilling Still, though I bask beneath their sn Their charms all fail to bind me And my heart falls back to Erin,s To the girl left behind me. For she's fair as Shannon side.
 And purer than its water. But she refused to be my bride,
 Though many year l sought her Yet since to France I sailed away, Her letters oft remind me That I promised never to gainsay The girl left behind me. She says: My own dear. love, c,
 home,
 My friends are rich and many, Or else abroad with you I'll roam, A soldier stout as any; If you'll not come, nor let me go, I'll think you have resigned me My heart nigh broke when I answe
 "No"
 To the girl left behind me. For never shall my true love brave A life of war and toiling, And never as a skulking slave
 I'll tread my native soil on; But were it free or to be freed.
 The battle close would find me To Ireland bound. nor message nees E'rom the girl l left behind me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21
Alabama Democratic Clubs

The democratic clubs of Alabama should come with full ranks to the state convention of Wilson and Mar shall clubs, which will be held in Bir- mingham on the second day of the state fair--October 4.
 Notwithstanding the fact that Ala bama is one of the rock ribbed demo- cratic states and state in which no special effort is ever made to keep it in the democratic column, large vote is usually rolled up in presidential years. Why then, it may be asked, should any special effort be made now to stir up enthusiasm or bring out a big vote?
 The answer is easy. There are various reasons why every southern state should maintain thorough organ ization and keep up party enthusiasm. Enthusiasm in Alabama will help to create enthusiasm in other states in the south and enthusiasm throughout the south will have an effect on the pivoted states of the east. And as a matter of sentiment the democratic clubs of Alabama should be at work. One very practical thing every club and every individual democrat, for that matter, can be doing, and that is it can help swell the national campaign fund. A million dollars or more can be expended in this campaign honestly and most profitably in the democratic cause It will be hard for the finance committee to raise half that amount. Alabama should certainly contribute $20, ,000 or S25,000. A good start has been made in this state, and at the convention of democratic clubs col lection should be taken up which would add thousands to the amount already reported National Commit teeman W. D. Jelks is calling earnest ly for funds and his calls should not go unheeded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21
 REVOLUTIONIZING ADJUSTMENTS

From Leslie s.
 Something like s10o, 900, 900 represents the investment In the production of motion pictures in this country today, while other millions are spent in pre- the country over It follows that these millions multiply at the hands of a public which patronie this new form of entertainment in far greater numbers than the regular theatre ever has at tracted.
 The theatre in many small cities has always suffered extinction as result of motion picture competition. New the atres for the regular drama are erect ing yearly in New York and other large cities, but the number of the older theatres that steadily are turned over to the newer amusement shows it's gain in popularity over the long estab- lshed forms of entertainment.
 The motion picture has eliminated the melodrama, which formerly was a great feature of the play houses, while in all but metropolitan centers it has taken from the regular theatre the more popu- lar patronage which crowded the gal leres and balconies-"the goods" to whom d-time actors directly addressed their strenuous efforts and without the approval of whom such actors and their modern successors thought they had labored in vain
 One reason advanced for the surpass- ing popularity of the motion picture theatre is the small admission fee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21
Permanent Prosperity

Activity in the business world con- finues and the outlook for fall trade is exceptionally bright. The enormous crops put prosperity on permanent basis and every part of the country is enjoying healthy boom.
 Those who were skeptical as to the far-reaching effect of the present wave of activity are skeptical no longer. This is one of the presidential years that has witnessed a great busi- ness revival. In other campaign years, prosperity that was already in full swing continued, but this may be said to be the first time that an era of prosperity began in the face of political turmoil.
 Unless all signs fail Woodrow Will son will not only be the next Presi- dent but he will sweep the country in November. Were the outlook other wlse-were the chances Tn favor of Taft, who has been something of a disturber of business, or Roosevelt with all his populistic and radical no- tions, prosperity would go on just the same. The crops rather than poli- tics affect business in these modern times, and when the harvest is bounti- full business huns.
 The buying movement on the part of the railroads is far greater now than it has been since 1906. The price of iron moves up steadily. Steel is in great demand at high prices. Tbe coal mining business in Alabama was never 70 good as now, and all in all thrift was never in such evidence in the Birmingham district as it is today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21
MEDICAL SCHOOL COMPROMISE

From the Mobile Register.
 1 By action of the trustees of the Uni
 versity of Alabama at the meeting held
 at the university Tuesday, the status
 of the medical department at Mobile
 was reaffirmed: first, by declining to
 accept the Birmingham Medical col lege's proposal to divide time with the Mobile departments; second, by resolv- ling that the Mobile department con tinue, as before, uninterrupted in it's relations with the university, thus de- ciding that duplication of the depart mental work will not be sanctioned The trustees voted without dissent. What Is described as a "counter propo- sition" to Birmingham was made,
 namely, that the Birmingham Medical college establish a post graduate or polyclinic course, 1t being understood that the university assumes no author lity over the undergraduate work of l that college, and that the college Is not
 entitled to a share of the university funds
 | This compromise was accepted by the
 Representatives of the Birmingham col | lege, 1t having the indorsement of Pres
 ident Denny, who drew up a report on the subject. after all arguments for and
 against the equal recognition of the
 Birmingham Medical college had been heard
 | Manifestly, there is apparent in this
 action a strong sympathy for and ap- preclation of the position and work of I,- the good will of the trustees. We must not conceal from ourselves, however, the significance of Dr. Denny's express sion of belief that the coming of a strong medical school into existence in Birmingham is a certainty; and that from this it follows that Mobile has all ways this possible competitor in the field, and therefore, cannot afford to rest content that this present victory ends the matter. Mobilians, in fact, must take more interest in the depart ment, in its proper support and in it's students; and must see to 1t that If Birmingham shall make another appli- cation, Mobile will be in situation (de- spite the strong medical school" of the Magic City) to show that the compar-
 
 ison Is all in Mobiles favor. MT. Ma horner, chairman of the sustaining fund committee of the chamber of com merce. has the right view; and purposes to keep up the good work that the com mittee has in hand It is well to re- member that the permanent posses sion of this school depends very large ly upon us, the people of Mobile.
 The polyclinic course that is to be established In Birmingham by the medi- cal college there. will offer additional educational advantages, and round out the system of instruction in medicine provided by or under the care of the University of Alabama. The arrange ments. Dr. Denny says, gives to the University of Alabama entire control of medical education in Alabama Ac- |cordingly, it comments Itself to all friends of that institution of learning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21
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The Vast Water Power

This district enjoys cheap coal, and therefore cheap power; nevertheless Birmingham ought to encourage III every way it can the development oi the vast water power of the Coosa- Alabama rivers contiguous to the dis- trict
 True conservation would be the de- yelopment of this immense power which is going to waste, and putting it to use right here at home, and con serving the coal that we are consum- inp. This great power with which we are so richly endowed by nature IS, strictly speaking, local commodity while the coal may be shipped away for the use of others.
 The initial expense of creating this power may be very heavy, but when once it is accomplished giant IS har- messed which serves night and day with practically little further cost The coal that we consume can never be replaced and even if the supply was unlimited the cost is greater than water power-while the water is only lost by not using it; the supply is in- exhaustible.
 Too little attention has been paid here to one of Alabama's greatest as- sets. Cheap power in Birmingham would be one of the greatest induce ments for industries, large and small, that could be offered by the district, It has been. a great factor in the re- cent rapid development of Chatta- nooga, and that city is just now be- ginning to feel the benefits of vast surplus of cheap water power.
 This is certainly question worthy of the careful consideration of our leading men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21
THE POISON IN ABSENTEE

From the American Wine Press.
 The principal poison in absinthe is a vegetable substance known as thyion. It is found in wormwood, which is used in making absinthe. France is the largest consumer of absinthe, taking more than all the rest of Europe. The consumption has been steadily increasing so that in 1911 over 1000, 0O0 gallons of absinthe were used in France.
 For some years French legislators have been trying to find a way to limit or stop the sale of absinthe. The government re- celves from the sale of this drink S10,000 uO a year and the communes about S, ,000, d0o
 Aside from the question of the largest interests and revenues affected, certain social questions are involved. Thus M. Caillaux pointed out that "a wave from the depths is to be feared if all the ab- sinthe drinkers of France-chiefly recruit ed from the lower classes-are to be de- prived of their favorite liquor.
 For these reasons the government has abandoned the idea or a complete inter- dction of the sale of abs.nthe. The latest proposition and one tha, may be adopt ed, is to prohibit the distillers from using wormwood or any plant containing thyion, hut then we should have absinthe that Is not absnthe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21
The Iron Market

"There has been this week an in- crease in pig iron prices in all pro- ducing districts" say Matthew Addy x Co. of Cincinnati. Naturally quota tions seem high to buyers who for so long a time have been accustomed to the lowest range of values. But we have before us orders taken in June, 1907. They show that southern No. ? was selling at s21 f. O. b. Birmingham, and northern at s22.50 f. O. b, Ohio fur mace. So pig iron, before it reaches any such dizzy attitudes, has long flight upward. Spot southern is from Is1s@13.50 and northern, in Ohio, from Isl5.50@16, and these prices are not yet the average of prices in the 10 years preceding 1907.
 There is today no dissenting voice in the trade All agree that there is plenty of business and that the basis on which it is being done is gradually growing more and more profitable. The outlook is exceller. Trade seems to be on the sound and solid foundation of the country's needs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21

met and defined this issue in his let ter of acceptance, in this admirable manner: Tariff reform is still our purpose. Though we oppose the the ory that tariff laws may be passed having for their object the granting of discriminating and unfair govern mental aid to private ventures, we wage no war against any American interests, and we contemplate a fair and careful discrimination of nec- essary tariff burdens rather than the precipitation of free trade. We will rely upon the intelligence of our fellow countrymen to reject the charge that a party comprising a ma jority of our people is planning the destruction or injury of American in- terests; and we know they cannot be frightened by the spectre of impossi- ble free trade.
 Upon the tariff plank and MT Cleveland's interpretation of it the country acted and democrat born in New Jersey secured a second presi- dential term.
 Beyond all reasonable doubt Wood row Wilson will follow in MT. Cleve- lands footsteps and a second New Jersey man will win a great victory this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21
The Next President

T occasionally meet a republican in the east who thinks that President Taft has some chance of being re- elected, but politicians of experience tell me that the next President is apt to be Woodrow Wilson, and if no. Wilson, then Roosevelt" said Charles w. Gardiner of Buffalo, N Y.
 q do not pretend to know much about politics. I usually vote the dem ocratic ticket. but in 1896 I voted for Mckinley. In subsequent presidential elections I voted for Bryan, I was in Chicago recently and the talk in that city was strong in favor of Wilson as betting proposition, Some democrats think that Wilson will carry Illinois. think it is safe bet that he will carry New York state, and, as New York goes, so goes the union. That was true before we had as many states as we have now. and I believe it is just as true today. Every now and then I come across an enthusiastic Roose- welt man who can almost prove that Roosevelt will be elected.
 "rhe business interests will be very well satisfied if we have as next Pres iodent such a fine man as Wilson,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Concerning Sign Board.

'The Board of Revenue Of Jefferson county should lose no time in having dl- rection boards placed at all cross roads and forks" said an automobillst.
 T read the editorial in The Age-Herald one day this week, pointing out the fact that all road overseers in Alabama had the right, under the county boards, to have direction signs and mile posts paint ed and erected. Some one said that the law was mandatory, but a lawyer who looked up the matter informs me, that the word may Is used. We should not wait, however, for any mandatory law in so important a matter as this, Since tourist cars are equipped with speedo- meters, the mile post is not needed as much as it used to be, yet nevertheless, we should have mile posts for the bene- fit of those who are not in the speedome- ter class.
 But very important is the sign board. Very often persons travelling along tho county highway, not familiar with the country, come to two or three forks. There is no way to know the road to take unless the traveller waits until some countryman comes along and tells him. Anyone travelling by private conveyance from Birmingham to Toadvine 25 miles distant would have to inquire about % times, and then he would be lost every now and then.
 Every county board In Alabama should get busy. Certain it is that our Jefferson county Board of Revenue should have sign boards painted and in- stalled"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21
Interest in Tuberculosis Work

Much interest has been aroused here in the tuberculosis camp, but even more interest should be in evi- dence. The Anti-Tuberculosis asso- citation. under the expert and ener- getic direction of the secretary, Dr George Eaves, is doing work fol humanity that comparatively lew un- derstand or appreciate.
 When the association was first or ganized only those who had near and dear ones afflicted with tuberculosis manifested any real concern in the work that was mapped out by few local philanthropists, and not many of those most directly affected by the dread malady understand that the conditions here, as in every city, called for earnest cooperation on the part of citizens generally.
 The national anti-tuberculosis or ganization has been in existence 20 years or more, but the local branch IS only three years old; yet in the three years most encouraging results have been reported
 Dr. Eaves' condensed statement in yesterdays Age-Herald should be read by everyone. The figures may seem small. They may not seem impressive, but they are significant in the highest degree. Jefferson county contributes to the anti-tuberculosis association S400 month and the city of Birmingham contributes $250 a month. This total is very material help, of course, but many individual contributions have been made which have made it possible for the associa- ton to accomplish as much good as 1 it has.
 The pastors and the people of the different churches are asked to re- member Tuberculosis Day, Sunday, October 27. The pastors are to be re- quested to speak of the work from their pulpits, and while no contribu- tion is to be called for on that day, tuberculosis should be topic of in- formal discussion in every religious and social circle.
 A state central committee with headquarters in Birmingham is look ing after branch association work. Montgomery, Mobile and Tuscaloosa have local associations, but it will be the purpose of the central committee to establish branch in every town oy oifxy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21
STURDY SWEDISH GIRLS

From Harper NeeklN.
 Bathing in Sweden is business. Even the hotel bathrooms are extraordinary
 regular suites of rooms, one for the bath
 proper one for shower baths of various sorts and one for a drying room, where
 in you find enormous towels as large as American sheets. The public baths are
 luxurious. They are built around courts
 where after the bath, you may have your coffee under great trees surrounded by
 beds of beautiful flowers. It is apt to
 bother Americans bit to find that the bath rubber for both men and women are strapping Swedish girls, business like and unabashed. But this is only one mani festaton of the advanced activities of women in Sweden. You find her occupying all sorts of positions. You see her boldly swinging off street cars without waiting for them to stop. You are told that a woman is street commissioner-Mss He'd in. sister of the explorer of Thibet, Dr. Sven Hedn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21
One Busy Man

"Mr. J. II. Holcombe president of the Alabama State Fair association" said a Birmingham citizen yesterday, "is one busy man these days He is devoting considerable attention to the preparatory work of the Alabama State Fair, which. just at this time, is sufficient to keep many men of affairs very busy. In ad- dtion to this, the large piano firm of which MT. Holeombe is manager, is nov ing it's place of business into a new build ing, which of course necessitates much attention.
 "On top of all this. MT. Holcombe has been drawn for duty on the United States jury here which will probably keep him tied up for some time. It is hoped how ever, that, in view of the importance MT. Holcombe is to the fair management at this time, he may not be held on the jury very long,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
ANENT A CERTAIN BEAUTY

ANENT A CERTAIN BEAUTY. \ certain beauty of the stage, Whose pulchritnde is quite the rage. Can no more act than you or I, Who lack the nerve, forsooth, to try. And yet, her weekly salary Is so immense, or seems to be. Ii Isn't every manager Can run the risk of booking her To do her turn" in vaudeville, Proclaimed top-liner on the bill.
 lis true she has a lovely face, A figure that could well displace That Venus first at Melos found, Whose beauty countless critics sound. We would not mind if she'd just pose, Aheml without or with her clothes, But when she talks about her art And stumbles through a speaking part, We simply can't enthuse at all Her place is on a pedestal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21

"I carefully studied them to see could detect trace of Scandinavian their language" he said. "I believe I fo it in their equivalent for the word w The Morse form for wolf is 'varge' Eskimos in the Coronation gulf cour had word for it that you would s 'argluk.' Elsewhere the Eskimos' VI for wolf is 'amarok.
 The doctor said that the white kimos, as well as all other Eslzimos, h folk lore of Scandinavian origin.
 Out of the 1900 that saw" he ( tinued, T should say that about a dc had blue eyes. (Brown eyes predo nated) Fifteen per cent possessed , brows as light as mine. (The doctors light brown.) A few had curly hair number had red boards. A great m Of them made practice of pulling their face hair by the roots. This Is d because of the inconvenience of having freeze to the hair. Not one that I had the stiff, black Mongolian hair of Alaskan Eskimo. Scientifically there no reason for the belief that the Esk came from Asia, as was once belie- They are just as American as the Si Indians"
 Dr. Stefafsson took a number of lures of his new found friends, and of them had regular vandyke beard. bore no resemblance whatever to typical Eskimo. The explorer reiters his belief that the blond EslSimos desce ed from the Scandinavian colony that C dwelt on the shores of Greenland. It been said, he continued. that these Sc dinavians might have been driven a, by British or Russian pirates, but he not know whether this theory had ( been supported by documentary evide of any kind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21
Tariff Policy of the Democratic Party

Let no one think that a tariff for revenue only is something just de- vised. It is and ever has been the contention of the democratic party. Twenty years ago the party elected Grover Cleveland President of the United States on this excellent tariff plank. We declare it to be a funda- mental principle of the democratic party that the federal government has no constitutional power to impose and collect tariff duties, except for the purpose of revenue only, and we de- mand that the collection of such taxes shall be limited to the necessities of the government when honestly and economically administered"
 And little later Grover Cleveland
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21
PASSING OF THE COUNTRY Gr, From Leslie's Weekly.

avn . W cchiy.
 The country girl has gone forever
 the old days she oftentimes could
 told by her dress. conversation
 manner; but that condition is fast
 appearing. Long ago the transcoI mental railroads, the telegraph and great daily newspapers eradicated
 sectional differences. Because of ti broadening influences, it is difticult tell whether a man is from the no south, east or west. His dialect
 more apt to denote his native st
 than the out of his clothes. Givei citizen of Portland. Ore. and one fi Portland, Me, and the chances are q you could not tell which individual ! from the Pacific coast and which ' from the Atlantic to save your life.
 are the electric interurban roads irl ling out the wrinkles which have dicated the difference between the 4
 girl and her country sister. It is pr| ling to be one of the great level Ialong with other indispensable mod carriers, the automobile, the teleph] and the rural free delivery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-21
Cities md Counties

some time ago l read an editorial article in The Age-Herald suggesting that Birmingham should be made a separate taxing district-separate from the county-and l like the idea said an old citizen.
 Il see that several prominent citi- zens have proposed the same thing. Commissioner Weatherly is insistent along this line. MT Weatherly may have originated the idea of making Birmingham a separate taxing district
 with a single government serving both county and city. He has several times stressed the importance of such a plan. 'St. Louis has been for many years