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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
RoBBERs POLITE TO GIRLS

Cleveland Telegram to the New York
 Tribune.
 The two highwaymen who held up Clara Thursday of 146i East Sixty-sixth street, and Mary Siver of 920S St. Clair avenue, Thursday night, were gallant.
 The girls, returning from Halloween party, stopped at Fleet avenue and East Forty-ninth street about midnight. Two young men-nice looking, the girls agreed approached with revolvers and demand ed money.
 Miss Thursday gave sl.65 and Miss Svier 55 cents.
 "Is that all you've got?' one man de- handed
 Upon being assured it was, the men started away They had gone few steps when one of them came back.
 Here" he said. little apoogetically, "are couple of car tickets"
 At l0:3o a. m. Nathan Groll was held up by a polite man. who spoke with an English accent and thanked Groll for the s1 30 he turned over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
A NEAR-HERo.

 The captain of gridiron team A mighty man is he, His breath he bloweth out like steam, An awesome sight to see. His shoulders are immensely broad, He has a firm-set jaw And breaketh bones while crowds ap
 plaud,
 As if they were but straw. He looks so powerful and grim, With such a dauntless eye, No wonder maidens rave OCT him And for his favor sigh. An. well, don't envy him his fame, His day will soon be OCT And he who once starred in the game, Perhaps in some shoe store Will earn his bread as salesman there, Nor will bowling mob Attend him with a great fanfare Both to and from his job No frenzied praise will cheer his heart, No tongue his valor speak; Instead he'll play a humble part For fifteen plunks a week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
In the Teachers Training School

Miss Amelia Worthington is attend ing the teachers training school. She is a suffragette, but she is not mili- tant suffragette, at least not in any respect that interferes with the eff ficiency of her service in the public schools.
 Ast the case stands there is no room for criticism directed against Superin- tendent Phillips. The public schools are not conducted in favor of or in op- position to any cult or any public policy. They are conducted with a view to securing the highest possible efficiency.
 The young lady in question has been requested tp conform to the require
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
Resignation of Dr. Evans

The resignation of Dr. w. E. Evans from the rectorship of the Church of the Advent will be deeply regretted not only in that church but elsewhere ever in this city scholarship and love for literature are appreciated. His genial and charming manners have won for him a host of friends even be- yond the bounds of his own church.
 Failing health has left him no al. formative. He can no longer carry or the work of large parish, and he k forced to turn for relief either to { period of complete rest or to churcT of smaller proportions. He does moi state what he intends to do, but this much is certain, he will win friends wherever he goes.
 Had the vestry of the Church of the Advent realized Dr. Evans physical condition earlier it might, perhaps, by providing him with an assistant, have warded off the resignation that has now become inevitable. Be that as il may, he is to leave the parish and per haps the state, and both lose a gra- cious and cultured guide and friend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
Roosevelt and Taft

T suppose that every man in the country who took any sort of interest in politics felt as if Wilson would be elected President, but I think the opin- ion as to who would run second was quite well divided said an old polt- tician. T used to bet on elections and in 1892 I won a good deal of real money. This time did not have even Q hat up on the result but about ev- cry other man I meet claims to have won something on Roosevelt carrying more states than Taft.
 President Taft upon his retirement from the White House will return to the practice of law, no doubt; but Colonel Roosevelt came out fairly well as the head of new party-at any rate well enough to be the leader dur ing the next four years and to take The standard of the progressives in 1916.
 If Woodrow Wilson has a success ful administration and if the dem oeracy remains united Underwood will probably be Wilson's successor; but if 1916 finds the democratic party divided Theodore Roosevelt win get to the White House once more"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

would i'll all the federal offices. When Cleveland was elected the first time the whole south went wild with joy. They knew that the administration would be particularly friendly to the south. To- day southern people have learned to take national politics quietly. No matter which party is in power business will go on and all sections will be treated alike.
 We have had various state issues that made for excitement but/the one ques- tion that stirred everybody up was pro hibition. Never in the history of this state was there a more exciting election than that of 1909 when the radical pro hibitionists submitted prohibition amend ment to the voters If in the years to come we should have a state wide pro- hibition campaign. which heaven forbid' politics would be at fever heat and busi- Eess in the cities would be seriously af- fected. But the presidential elections from now on will be conducted quietly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
Fate of the Republican Party

President Taft, representing the standpat section of the republican party, has carried Vermont by plu- rality less than 1000, and Utah by means of a corrupt bargain between church and state-eight. electoral votes all told. No nominee of great party who had been regularly nominated for President was ever defeated in the en- tire history of this country by so great a vote.
 That party's subservience to trusts and tariff beneficiaries has grown greater year by year until it has cul- minated at last in overwhelming de- feat. Even ex-Speaker Cannon goes down to defeat in the disaster.
 Can the old historic party, repudi- ated even in name by the bull moose people, regain strength and vigor again? Can it do so in 1916?
 These are difficult questions to an- swer. The old bosses are all repudi- ated. MT. Barnes of New York is as powerless as MT. Penrose of Pennsyl- vania. There is no one who ospossesses the confidence of the rank and file that can reorganize the scattered and de- feated party. MT. Taft may under take the task, but he lacks magnetism and the word failure" is now written across his stalwart and manly chest. He cannot do it; who can?
 And yet historic parties do not die without struggle. A long struggle and long absence from power seems to be the portion of the defeated party, faced as it is by the progressives, who will endeavor to enlist recruits on every hand. The standpat wing of the old party may never regain power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Solid Sonfh

Tuesdays election gives Us the solid south as it was prior to 1s96." ob- servel an ex-offlceholder. When we used to see the solid south placed in the democratic column it included all the ante-bellum slave states-Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and Kentucky as well as the states that were in the confederaey.
 Cleveland carried the solid south in 1892 but in 1896 Bryan lost Della ware. Maryland. West Virginia and Kentucky; and in 1904 Parker lost Mis- souri. Now that we have the old solid south again we will probably be able to hold it intact for oscar Underwood when he heads the ticket in 1916."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
ONE ON DAD,

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 This sent-in kid is vohched for, but someshow or other it sounds strangely familiar to us Somebody will write in tomorrow and tell us that it was in Hos tetters Almanac for 1869, but we'll take d chance.
 The preacher was calling at little Bobby's house.
 And do you always say your prayers at night, my little man?" asked the clergyman.
 ''Yes, sir. answered Bobby. "an' mann ma does, too
 That's right. But doesn't your papa say his prayers?
 'No-he don't have to-
 Why, what do you mean?"
 He don't have to--you see he never gets home till it's daylight. an then what is there to pray about?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
Continuance. of the Industrial Boom

Now that the election is over there Is every indication of continuance Of the industrial boom that started some months ago." said a prominent up- builder.
 "The landslide victory won by the democrats shows that the big business interests were not opposing Wilson to any great extent, for New York and New Jersey, homes of the trusts, gave the democratic ticket decisive major ities. If the big financial interests had thought the country would go to smash with the democrats in power they would have made strenuous effort to have turned the tide But legitimate business had nothing to fear The out look is bright indeed.
 "I feel that everything turned out for the best There will be no radical ism in the new administration. Business men are very optimistic and as pros porous as trade has been recently there will be even greater prosperity in 1913. With Birmingham pig iron for next years delivery selling at $15 and cotton selling at 12 cents the south will make new high records in prosperity. Birmingham is in a splendid con- dition from a business point of view. Not only will the wire mill at Corey be in operation soon but several new and important industries will be an- nounced in the very near future
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
OUR DOLL RAGS
Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 Wordsworth lamented "The world is too much with us" But see how we cling with him to glimpses that make us less forlorn.
 Halloween with it's witches and night fears is cherished. If we cannot quite believe in it's older sorceries we can and do revel fh its make believes. And no primitive peoples enjoyed more it's ma terial blessings than do we enjoy them. The world is not quite grown up. It hugs it's doll rags. A snowy Christmas, an open hearth, the snug comfort of the home when the wind howls, old pagan mysteries are dear beneath our thin so- phistication.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

ments of the general policy of the board of education, and she has ac- cepted the terms laid down, without abandoning any of her beliefs in suf- frage reform. All's well that ends well, and this will no doubt be the outcome of Miss Worthington's at- tendance in the training school for teachers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
RErLEcrroNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Writing love letter is the hardest strain on cne's sanity.
 The way woman starts an arSu- ment with her husband is he does it.
 It doesn't take girl very long after she marries man to appreciate how lucky he was. woman more than how slim her ankles stay without appearing to do so. Dropping his shoes on the stairs doesn't help a man to remember in the morning what time he said last nighi he got homo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
NOW md .seme Years Ago

Southern democrats do not take na- tional elections as seriously as they did some years ago." said Birmingham pioneer. Tt is generally remarked that there was little or no manifestation of enthusiasm over democracy's splendid vic tory. That is to be accounted for in two ways.
 Most democrats in the south are as loyal to their party as they ever were but we no longer have the race question as a political factor. When the repub- licans were in power there was always a fear that carpetbaggers and native re- Uublicans. who catered to the negro vote
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
IN RErRnspEcT

This Is the month of November.
 Last month but one of the year; Happily shall We remember
 Russet October's good cheer, Song of the woodcutter ringing,
 Vistas of Crimson and gold, Wains of the harvesters bringing
 Wealth of the season untold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

THE MOTOR CAR AGE. The horse. it seems, Ere long will be An equine cu- Riosity.
 Birmingham Age Herald And soon no more Twill make us hop To meet horse at The butcher shop.
 Youngstown Telegram. And. in that day, 'Twont us abash If walters say: We've got horse hash"
 Nashville Banner. We'll never yield us To that bug; We never did Like to chew plug ~
 Houston Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

The death of Congressman Utter. a republican, united Rhode Island and if the presidential election had been thrown into the House 23 states would have gone democratic and 22 repub- lican, with three states tied It was not, however. that kind of an elec- tion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
SMART ROY

Tommy have you taken. your bath yet?"
 No, mother. want to play a lit- tie longer and get enough dirt on me 10 make it worth while"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
THE DEAD POET

Shelley's "Adonais." He is made one with Nature: there is
 heard His voice in all her music. from the
 moan Of thunder to the song of nights sweet
 bird; He is presence to be felt and known In darkness and in light, from h4rk
 and stone,
 may move Which has withdrawn his being to it's
 own;
 Which yields the world with never IT'S DH&licd v ias | tretn tene4tA and kindlss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

Hamilton Holt, member of the Bowen family, has formed a company and taken over "rhe Independent" MT. Holt is to be the managing editor while William Hayes Wood will con tinue to be it's editor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
STRAY sTANzA OF "oUTRE-MER

From the Christian Register
 When Longfellow was publishing "Outre-Mer,' the manuscript had to be divided. and cut in paragraphs, the whole being returned to the professor with the prof sheets. The author, not relishing the cutting up of his manu- script, wrote on his next supply of copy the following stanza:
 MT. Griffin MT Griffini
 If you let the devil Theodore
 Tear my copy any more
 I'll destroy him in a jffin,
 The verse was set in type, and returned to the professor, interlined between two of his most thrilling sentences. On re- ceiving the proof he went to the printing office in great haste, fearing the verse might appear in his work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
REMavnn

Pa, where is Armageddon?'
 You are trifle late in asking me that question, son, but it doesn't mat ter now whether you know anything about Armageddon or not. It~has been wiped off the map"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

The new Zeppelin airships are equipped with kitchens and the dis posal of garbage from them is of course a matter of the attraction of gravitation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

Taft has carried the state by safe plurality" so runs a dispatch from Salt Lake City. This is really a na- tional scandal, for church and state are working partners in Utah.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
STRICTLY TRI1E

How's everything, sweet Clara Bell?' The maiden answered quick She wore hobble, truth to tell
 Heigh-ho. I can not kicktp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

Boss Barnes of New York admits that the Roosevelt movement was simply a republican bolt. No democrats joined it They had too much sense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

Many votes were cast in Jefferson county against the fee amendment, and this causes one to wonder if half of those votes were not due to the er- roneous marking of ballots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
solid pu.iness Conditions

.'The week before the election business was remarkably active-as active as at any time this fall'' said w. s. Fenton of Philadelphia, and the same degree of activity will be in evidence from LOW until Christmas.
 "The election of Wilson was discounted month ago. l had intended voting for Taft if I had been at home, because l had been in the habit of voting the re- publican ticket But am perfectly well satisfied with Woodrow Wilson. and 1 think the republicans generally will be. Woodrow Wilson is recognized as one of the most forceful men in this country, and. of course no one could ever cues tion his integrity of purpose. Business throughout the south seems to be wonderfully prosperous. This is great section and within the present decade it's population will increase rap idly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

The cat, the parrot and the house. hold dog all carry germs and are to he banished from the sanitary home in Chicago. Shove them out Into the snow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

Inc Tchatalja line of forts is ell that stands between the Turks and q retreat back to homes of their am cestors GOO years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
uNHcKY

Pa. what is the Bridge of sighs?'
 That's the bridge your mother plays, my son."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

Mrs. Grover Cleveland marries again regardless of her postoffice frank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

eon to Constantinople" is the favorite war cry in the Balkans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
Good Deer Hunting

Col w. B. Leedy and J. D. Kirk patrick returned Tuesday morning from Mobile, where they had a four-day deer hunt as guests of the Greenwood Hunt ing club.
 We had two house boats, three launches, 10 guns and 26 dogs said one of the two Birmingham men. "The party killed five deer and the senior Of the Birmingham huntsmen killed one of the five-a fat buck. It was the first deer game of the season brought into Mobile and Birmingham. We hunted in small boats propelled by oarsmen, known as water stands It is a very exciting and interesting way of hunting-much more so than the land stands Think of killing deer within five miles of Mobile, a city of upward of 6o,0O0 peoplel"
 Senator Johnston on account of sick ness in his family did not accompany Colonel Leedy as he did last November.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
Around Capitol Park

Some of the most homelike residences in Birmingham are in the neighborhood of Capital park, and I suppose west Twentieth street will remain a residence street, but Park avenue will, in time, be transformed into something of a mer- cantile street." said an old citizen.
 "The magnificent apartment house which Major Tutwiler will build on Sivth ave nue, Park avenue and Twenty-first street will have decided influence on prop erty values in that part of town. The sale of the property at the southeast corner of Park avenue and Twentieth street for a skyscraper site is another important fact pointing to the changing conditions in what was once purely residence section.
 Gen. Louis " Clark is now erecting a building on the southwest corner oi Park avenue and Twentieth street, and in five years I edoubt if there will be q residence on Park avenue between east Twentieth street and Nineteenth street Stores will be built on Nineteenth street all the way from Sixth avenue to Eighth avenue. Five years is sure to make a mighty change in the north side of this rapidly growing city,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

Bulgaria has thrown her weight into the war and scarcely an able bodied man can be found in Sofia, the cap ital
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

The democrats had to wait 16 years on the outside and the republican standpat crowd may have to wait even longer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

Seven thousand persons own all the land in Mexico and revolutions arise naturally and spontaneously there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

The life of a steel rail Is 12 years, but occasionally one is felt that may have seen a century of service at least.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

The daily mess of politics will soon be lacking and the reader will turn with grief to something more trust v orthy and substantial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
A FICKLE SWAIN.

His hand upon his heart he laid
 And swore he'd e'er be true, But that was fore he met maid
 With eyes of heavens blue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

The New York multi millionaire who bought $5oo,oOO library is now ad : yertisng for private secretary to read. it for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

Real estate values in constantinople hang now on the fortunes of war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
srAGE MANAGERs As TnIEvEs

No one is standing at Armageddon now unless it be the unspeakable Turk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

Who will say that Indian summer would not be welcome in our midst again after the frosts?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

Maine. Massachusetts and Rhode Island elected democratic electors for the first time since the republican party was organized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

The state senate in New Jersey is now democratic. and it will elect a democratic President who will succeed Governor Wilson when he resigns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

The unspeakable Turk can talk very wants terms of peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

Bookmaking in Indiana is still primitive, being confined to the writers of best sell CTS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

OVERHEARD IN A LAUNDRY.
 "He musta gotta faise, Bella. Heres two shirts in the wash the same Yeek.' Chicago News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

No. 9 foundry iron for next years deliv- cry is now held at $15, and the tendency is still upward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

Puck had no rival in world girdling until Marconi arrived and began to get in his work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

No matter how indictment the Fourth CT March is the successful candidate has never failed to be on hand in a happy frame of mind and body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
A PERTINENT QUESTION

Forward, marchi"-Kansas City Star, Progressive, November 3. Where to?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07
DIsILLUsIoNED.

DISILLUSIONED. The maid appeared divinely fair These words he spoke in solemn tone, "I wonder If it's all HER hair, I wonder if that shapes her own" Poor sceptic wight Iris said. that he Once married what he thought a dream, And now when visions fair doth see Still questions if they're what they seem
 TOO BAD.
 Excuse us while
 We cry "Alackl'
 Gahy. we hear,
 Is coming back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

Az porgeous as tke sun nt midsum-
 -l King Henry ".
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT.
 When Colonel Soggsby rose impress, sively to his feet and made such an eloquent speech I felt sure he would start off the subscription list with at least s10e0."
 What did he offer?"
 His moral support ,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

A NEW EXPERIENCE You can't blame the Balkan allies for feeling elated."
 "No?" | Think how it must gladden. their hearts to trample on the fez while the willy Turk speeds on before"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

Entered at the Birmingham Ala, postoffice as second class matter uhoei act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

z. E. Morgan and w. G. wharton are the only authorized travelling represeh- tatives of The Age Herald in US clreu- lation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-07

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