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Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-27
ZIMMERMAN GETS
UNTIL JULY 81
TO COMPLETE
THE SURVEY
Board of County Commission
ers Grants Extension of
Time Today to Las Vegas
Engineer, Who Has Agreed
to Terms.
EVERYTHING FAVORABLE
FOR FINISHING PROJECT

Tine board nf county commissioners
to-day ussrntrd To- aud ratified trutu.
i've agreements reached during the
lust several weeks, us the result OF ne
gutluttuus between Assistant District
Attorney u. u. Janiisuu und John l..
Zimmerman, the latter contracting
som" two years aga To- survey HERNIA
IN" county. failing 9" complete, more
than htll eft "a, work up tu the pres
vnt time,
Fulluviu" u I,ugth, discussion 10y
tn, commissioners to-day, II vas uunl-
Is dsrr,d tu grant To- Mt Zimmerman
tu extension ct time until Jull 81,
l'l3, tu uuIsh the work provided hv
vul agree {" accept pay m"nt when
the money becomes available from
tn" twu-mill lew fur county survey
putpusrv lo,uusr There waH n"
rmrrScncN clause attached To- the hill
passed 10, tho legislature authoriZing
funds iur this purpose VIII not he
available uutl Jul, aud January at
l"l3 ami lHlL r,sprCiINrlN
\ communication VAS read to- the
board to-day from Mr Zimmerman,
| IN which hc explained that he had
practically arranged All his hnanrinl
affairs aud would be- ready To- pro-
coed with the survey early IN Jah.
uarN not later than the 18Th.
The survey M Rrrrdlillu county is
the most important work undertaken
10 many years The early completion
ur thr project viii mean much To the
county ct lirrnalilIo ana the city Of
/ \IIn.,t.t,tt,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10

lissome, fresh girl without having
her heart torn with the bitter
knowledge that youth calls to
youth, and without suspccting that
he regrets his bargain.
On the other hand, the old hus-
bands vanity stands him in good
stead when he marries "a young
wife. He thinks any girl ought to
be glad to have gotten him. no mat
ter what age he is. Even seventy
year-old milIionaires never suspect
that girls of twenty do not marry
them for themselves alone.
Naturally, fifty or sixty years, or
even thirty, between a man and
woman is a chasm that only gold
ever bridges over, but twenty years
is not an insurmountable obstacle
at all Indeed, those twenty years
in a man are sometimes just the
gliding that gilds gold. and that
gives him a little touch of paternal
tenderness toward his young wife
that makes him the best, the ten
derest and the most considerate
husband in the world.
Perhaps as good rule as could
be formulated in the matter of ages
would be to say that the man
should be from eight to ten years
older than his wife. This would
fulfill the convention that the hus-
band should be the elder and have
the wider experience or life but it
would still keep them in the same
class, and give them a chance to
develop along together to settle
into the same ruts of age, with
the point of view Of the same gen
omit inn
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
There Can Be No Objection.

Certainly there can be no OBJ
lection to a man marrying woman
of his own age. so far as her look
ing as young as he does. and being
able 10 keep step with him in his
pursuits and pleasures. Nor does
year or two more of age on the
woman's part make an insurmount-
able barrier between them.
1t is. however. a suicidal thing
for both of them when the woman
is fifteen or twenty years older
than her husband. Such marriages
are invariably unhappy, whereas
marriages in which the husband is
that much older than the wife are
generally most successful.
There are many reasons why,
sauce for the gander" in the mar
riage proposition One is that the
Jman who marries a woman almost
old enough to be his mother is in
variably ashamed Of her. no matter
how brilliant. and charming. and
handsome she may be He knows
that people laugh at him behind
his back.
And the elderly wife is even more
secretly ashamed of her boy hus-
. band, and more sensitive u the rid
icuie she knows her choic@ excites
More than this it is not IN human
nature for a grizzled, fat old Wom-
an not to be frantically jealous OF
a young husband. He may be as
faithful as the house cat but she
never sees him with a beautiful,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
BY DOROTHY DIX.

and others who are children at
four score years.
The consensus otsmatrimonial ex-
perience of the ages is that it is
best the husband should be older
than the wife. but this only mat
ters when there is any great dis
parity of years. Formerly it was
held that woman at the same age
as man was really much older
than he, but this is no longer true.
In these strenuous times when men
work so hard. and live so high,
and when women take such 5000
care of themselves. and devote so
much thought and consideration
not only to preserving their youth
but to keeping themselves mentally
alert and fresh it is a question if
they are not really younger at the
same age than men are
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
The Rule of the
Expert
Let Atlanta Take in the
Whole of F ulton County,
She Says; Plan For a
Greater and Better CITY.
By MRS. w. L. PEEL,

a \ article entitled City Sense
~ by Frederic c. Howe in late
number\of The Outlook might
be read with great interest by At
lanta just at present, Mr. Howe
begins by saying:
1T was a rude shock for four
score business men from Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, Chicago,
Denver, Seattle, and a score of 9TH
er cities. to be entertained last
summer by councilmen who were
business men like themselves in the
city halls of Manchester and Liv-
erpool 1t was an even greater
shock to be received with the dig
nifty and ceremony of ambassadors
by the most eminent bankers, man
ufacturers and professional men
serving as city officials in Paris,
Brussels, Dusseldorf Frankfort,
Berlin, Munich, Vienna, Budapest.
Prague and a half dozen other cities
on the continent of Europe. 1t was
a transition from the unabashed
democracy made up from all ma
tions painfully finding its way to
self government in the cities of
America; to the most efficient,
most finished. and most highly or
ganized municipal life in the mod
ern world"
He goes on then to speak Of the
rule Of the expert. While English
cities are governed on much the
same plan, the German municipal
ity is considered ideal. When they
want mayor they advertise for
one. and experts from all over
Germany compete for it. It goes
without saying that the qualifica-
tons for Office read something like
this:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
Qualifications for Office.

AOl SlllOCs
First. High character, position
and integrity which is naturally
expected of the head of any kind
of enterprise.
Second. Judgment and ability as
manifested by his personal success
in life.
Third. Expert knowledge of mu-
nicipal affairs
The burgomaster is elected for
twelve years, has a large salary,
and at the end of that time he, if
satisfactory, is reelected for %
years and finally pensioned.
Back Of the burgomaster is the
city council elected by districts.
as is our own. 1t is made up of
eminent business men. of lawyers.
doctors, and. in the university
towns, of professors as well. Mem
bers of the council are paid no sal
any but they devote a large part
of their time to city business. It
is distinguished honor to serve
on the council. and men aspire to it
as an honorable career. Service.
too, is obligatory, for a man who
is elected can be punished if he
refuses to serve.
But the directing spirit Of the
city is the burgomaster. although
the council members. who eniov
considerable permanency through
a six years term. have the same
kind Of pride and enthusiasm in
their work that the burgomaster
himself possesses. The burgomas-
ter has a number of expert as
sistants, elected by the council,
who form the magstrat. They.
too, are permanent trained men
About one-half of them are sal
aried; the other half are not.
The council is taxpayers and
not peoples council. That would
seem to leave the control of ar
fairs in the hands of the rich. But
behold what is the result? Filth
disease and poverty have been
wiped off the map. No crowded
tenements. They expand. In the
environs of the cities are plant
ed colonies of working people. with
up-to-date sanitary city houses
with flowers and parked streets
and nothing unsightly or unwhole-
some The first care of these CITY
fathers is the welfare and pros
perity of the )aboring class. Back
of the German city. therefore. are
the business men, the bankers. the
merchant classes.
The German city has no charter
and is free and Independent. In
the matter of corporate towns il is
the exact reverse of the American
city
But We have habit here in
America Of getting what we want
by indirecuon. Rarely do we
frankly face a problem and cor
rect it by reforming the evil it,
self our reforms have a way Of
coming in through the back door
Milwaukee has discovered a
means of securing the city expert
without regard to residence. pout-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
- The Matter of Age =
40
yyTe3

n MAN who is forty years old,
n and who is going to be mar
ricd, asks this question:
What should be the difference
between the ages of a husband and
wife, taking into consideration
their happiness and the good of
the children that may be born to
them2"
TO answer the latter part of this
question first, it may be said that,
as a general thing. the healthiest
ana strongest children are usually
the offspring of women who are in
their twenues and early thirties.
THAT is the ideal time for mother
hood because then a woman is at
her prime physically, and she is
old enough to have intelligence
enough TO take care of her children
properly. and yet young enough to
be in sympathy with them
The children of an oVer-young
and undevelopcd mother are apt to
be veaklings. and they are almost
sure to suffer in the rearing from
her lack of knowledge and eXpe-
ricncc OF life There are few sights
more pitiful than that of a sickly
little chnd-mother wrestling in
competently with sickly little ba-
by. ana the man who possesses
such combination has small
chance of anything but misery, on
the other hand. the too-old mother
is apt to have children who are
queer" and to be overly indulgent
and fussy about them, or else 10
raise them iuhumanly according to
some system she has dug out of a
book
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
Rule Applied to Atlanta.

Now. if we had any experts in
Atlanta, selected by taxpayers to
say what should go with their
money, does anybody think they
would have discarded our eal baae
plant for which We had just paid
$4,000 for one that cost over $780,
coo? No. An expert told me he
would have recommended thai our
plant run day and night ct has
only run by day. and that wc'I-to-
do people be required to consume
their own garbage. The up-to-date
plan is very simple-a little gas
arrangement i'm the Kitchen which
cats up anything from d dead dog
to its own ashes. When We get
our 100000 crematory. it will take
100000 for an outfit to haul the
garbage. which must nov be
brought from BrookWood and
WestvieW and KirkWood and fine
end of Marietta strcet-my. Talk
about congestion When this cara
van takes the streets people VIII
all have to sell their automobiles,
Let's turn over a new leaf right
now Let's get a clean, live, sue
cessful. up to-date business man
for our burgoma ster. And then let's
away with our little old antiquated
charter, and our little old amt
quated methods. Let the city take
in the whole of Fulton county ana
compel every landlord to furnish
decent housing for his tenants
black or white. No wonder we RANK
third in the typhoid cities oil
America when we think Of the
thousands of human beings in this
city herded like cattle. When we
know that the servant in the
house comes to US from these loat1-
some dens, shall we not in me
name Of humanity demand
change2
The city Of Trenton. y. j. has
tried the commission form .
government for one year Althou- 20
heavily handicapped by 2 de5.
nearly as large as Atlania.s N..
be next year. left by the outgo'n-
administration. they announce
that they have already saved uH-
ward of 100000 Of the taxpay ef5
money.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10

ical affiliations. or relation ia t,o
city. Milwaukee has organize a
Bureau of Economy and Eficicnc,
1t sent to the state university for
Professor John r. Commons who
organized municipal cleari,.
house of experts. When the CITY
wants advice on a paving, health.
engineering or harbor problem. the
bureau makes d study of the sub.
Ject with the cooperation of tho
best experts that can be found in
the country, and reports its find
ings to the city. Such studies have
been made on garbage disposal. the
incarceration plant, on harbor. on
health and hygiene. on pure milk.
as well as on variety of other
subjects. Standards Of cost have
been established and departmental
efficiency secured by letting in the
light.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
Expert Ability Available.

We have the same expert ability
that Germany and England COM
mand. But it is excluded from city
politics. And as long as questions
of policy or partisanship are de-
termined at the polls we can not
hope to displace the political MAYOR
by the trained official. The Mil
Waukee plan for a permanent bu-
reau of experts offers mean. Of
securing that which our cities have
heretofore lacked
But the reform that has done
most to simplify our municipal ma
chinery is the commission plan Of
city government. It is a short cut
to efficient, to responsible admin
istration. 1t sweeps away the COM
pleXity of the long ballot and the
confused charter and enables the
public to locate responsibility It
reduces the number of elective Of
ficials to three or five. Through the
initiative. referendum and recall. it
destroys the power of the boss and
the privileged interests behind the
boss. The commission plan may
not be the final form that city gov
eminent will assume but it viii
enable our cities to establish them
selves in the confidence of the peo-
pie, and that is what we most need
just now. 1t was impo ssibe to de-
veIop city sense 50 long as the
city was distrusted, so long as the
public felt it should be sbou Of
power and limited in its ACTIVE
ties. y healthy municipal life could
not exist under this distrusl
This gives but an idea OF Mr..
Epu-a'c ,1cIirrl,+r,,I ,rtf.fa
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
BILL!

He the Blues and he But
Service
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
A Matter of Temperament.

The young woman whose feet
still ache for the dance, who wants
to laugh. and make merry, and to
go about can have no happiness
if she is married to an old man who
only wants to sit in the chimney
corner and nurse his rheumatism
Neither can the young man who
loves pleasure and society. and who
is keen about outdoor sport find
weary old woman cougeniai COM
panion
But these things are a matter Of
temperament and not age, and the
years are not to he considered when
one finds ones ahinity-the one Of
whose society one never tires. and
who has the same tastes and ways
Of looking at things as ones own.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-06
PLAN BOWLING
 MATCH FEBRUARY Fl

The Birmingham Athletic club bowl ing team will probably bowl the New orleans Y. NJ C. A. bowling team on February 21. The teams will wire each other immediately after each frame as to the results of the five bowlers. This will be the first occasion upon which two bowling teams have contested in this manner in the south,
 The Birmingham Athletic club, through Secretary Miles, began to cor respond with the New Orleans club in the early part of January about this affair. The matter was considered and brought up before the proper author tiles, who were delighted with the scheme. At first the plan of having 6 telegraph wire in the alleys was proposed, but as this was too expen- sive the idea of sending in the scores immediately after each frame was sug- gested. This will probably be adopted
 At the B. A. C. the bowlers are work ; ing hard to make the team. The scores of all bowlers between February 1 ana February 1b will be kept and the 10 having the highest average will repre- sent the club as the bowling team Then the five out of this 10 making the best average in several games will C chosen to bowl in the match.
 If the first match is q success about two matches, which will be reported bA wire, will be arranged for every month If the two clubs think the plan enough of success efforts will be made tC form a bowling league in the soutl composed of about six teams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-06
GIRLS GIVE PHYSICAL
 TRAINING EXHIBIT

An assemblage of record breaking pro- portions witnessed the public exhibition of physical training given last evening by the members of the Young Woman 5 Christian association at their building to mark the close of the first term of this department. Under the direction of Miss Edna Sandlin, the supervisor of phy- sical training at the Young Woman's Christian association. an interesting pro- gramme was prepared and carried out as a demonstration of the excellent in struction and progress made by the classes there during the past months
 The following is the slate of athletic feats shown the visitors by the young ladies:
 Marching tactics, breathing exercises, free hand drill, Indian clubs, wand drill, balance boards, dumb bell drill, Dutch folks wooden shoes, aesthetic, (a) Bonita caprice. (b) Le Papillon; travelling rings and rope climbing basketball game, batchelor girls vs. suffragettes.
 At the close of the exciting basketball game the guests visited the swimming pool located in the handsome new Young Woman's Christian association building, facing Nineteenth street, and laudatory comments were heard on every side of the splendid work being done In the gymnasium of this association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-06
KAUFMAN WILL
 CASE IS SETTLED
Term of Settlement Not Dis clOsed-Suit Involved
 S1, 100000 Estate

When Judge Stiles yesterday morning qualified the jury impaneled to try the contest of the will of Mrs. Paul simon Kaufman and called the case, the at torneys for the simon brothers, who were defending the validity of the will, made a motion to withdraw the demand for q jury and agreed to let the court hear and settle the case.
 The motion was granted, and Judge Stiles, in conformity to the law, exam ined the witnesses to the will and it was formally probated and letters testa- mentary were granted the Simon broth CTS in accordance to the will This eourse it is understood, was the result of an agreement entered into by the litigants, and the contest proceedings were dropped
 The litigation grew out of. the provisions of the will of Mrs. Kaufman, who, pre- vious to her marriage, was Mrs. Paula simon. In her will she left all her property, amounting to more than mill lion dollars, to her two sons, Frank B., and Edwin Simon. Her husband, Sig mund Kaufman, contested the will. and on a former hearing 1mstrial was had It is understood the matter was compro- missed by a money consideration, the amount of which was not disclosed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-06
HAS CASE AGAINST
 WATERWORKS CO.
Will Not Be Taken Up by City Until the Light Question is Finally
 Disposed Of

The city of Birmingham will actively press it's plans against the Birmingham Waterworks company, according to Com missioner A. 0. Lane. just as soon as the new lighting ordinance is adopted. In other words, Judge Lane believes that before taking up another battle the first should be disposed of
 The first step of the city against the waterworks company will be in refer ence to the establishment of new domes- tic rates. The company contends that the present rates are charged in accord ance with a contract which, though made 20 years ago, has still number of years to run. The city contends that this con tract refers to the rates which the city shall be charged for fire plugs, and does not apply to the rates which may be charged the citizens of the city.
 The second step of the city against the company will be in reference to the collection of license taxes. The com pany, contendng that section 36F of the new revenue bill provides that the amount paid by them for intangible taxation shall be applied to license taxation, has declined to meet the demands of City License Collector Boggan. The city will first of all attack through the courts the constitutionalty of this section of the revenue bill and, if unsuccessful, will make a strong effort to call an ex- traordinary session of the legislature for the purpose of having this section changed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-06
CHAFFEE PLEASED
 WITH ANNUAL DINNER

r. P Chaffee, secretary of the Bus- ness Mems league, in discussing the an- nual dinner that organization gave at the Hillman hotel to the business men of Birmingham, stated yesterday:
 q believe that one of the most grati- flying phases of the occasion was the fact that each of the speakers selected from among the business men of the city seem ed to be familiar with the work the Busi- ness Mems league has been doing. These speakers had but little notice, and their talks all evidenced the fact that they did know of and did appreciate the work the league has been doing in advertising Birmingham, in bringing out of town trade to our city, in extending our trade territory, and in securing various con sessions from the railroads
 '~rhe speakers were selected from sev- eral business and professional lines and their evident knowledge of the work of the league shows that all of Birmingham is keeping up with what our organization Is doing and fully appreciates it's efforts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-06
WEST END CITIZENS
 SELECTPARk LANDS
Committee Is Appointed to Take Matter Before
 Commission

Perhaps the largest meeting of cit izens that West End has ever had as sembled last night at the odd Fellows hall and discussed the proposition of a park for that community in all it's phases. After most enthusiastic ses- sion the meeting appointed a commit of 25 influential citizens of West End to present the claims before the city commissioners and to indorse the piece of property suggested by the mass meeting for the logical park site
 The meeting. with 15O citizens as sembled, began at o'clock and last ed Tor over two hours. With Dr. w. c. Gewin presiding and Roger Snyder act ing secretary, a heated discussion was held over The piece of property which should be indorsed by the meet ing.
 The property which was submitted the meeting for approval was a tract of land lying north of Fourth avenue and west of Popular street, constituting in all nearly 40 acres. A piece of property known as the Castle man property near Princeton was also submitted, while the Drake property was also brought before the meeting.
 After arguing for over two hours the meeting, by vote of nearly two to one, indorsed the tract of land lying between the two car lines and situated north of Fourth avenue and west of Papnlar street, and resolved to recom- mend this tract to the city commls- sioners for it's purchase
 The piece of property which was rec commended to the city will cost approx lmately $60,000, but the citizens de- clared that this would be a reasonable rate for the piece of land and that they felt the city would be willing to give that much for the property