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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
GLASGOW TRANS
he I.ondon Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle, Glawgow's equivalent means of tram sit to the London tube has, to use the words of shareholder at the company meeting today, been practically killed in competition with. the corporation tramway system.
 The Glasgow tramways Are consid- cred model, and the recent introduc- tion of the extended halfpenny stage on the tramcars, which gives the pas senger journey fin some cases of over a mile for a halfpenny, has dealt a most serious blow to the subway un- dertaking.
 The chairpan of the Subway company pointed out that during the three and a half months the tramways had carriel over 60o0 o0l additional passengers, of between 5000 and faooo, but as the surplus of late years has amounted to an average of 5sD the corporation can afford to ignore this falling of in revenue. f,
 Asked by a shareholder what the company proposed to do in view of the present deadly competition. the chair man admitted that he had no sugges- tion to offer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
Iron and Steel

The demand for pig iron. and steel products continues active and it is reasonable to suppose that this activ- ity in the metals trade will continue indefinitely.
 The business world has discounted the presidential election. We are to have democratic administration for at least four years from next March, and capital is not nervous over the outlook. Abundant harvests and sound business conditions throughout the country naturally tend to make everybody optimistic, and so great is business prosperity that it will mean new high records in industrial opera tion.
 The Birmingham district is entering upon a new era of industrial expan- sion. A great deal of new construc- ton work is being planned and it is believed that within the next five years a larger amount of capital will be expended here in industrial devel- opment than was ever expended in Alabama in any like period. New coal and new ore mines will be opened, new blast furnaces will be built, additions will be made to steel plants and sever al new finished product industries will be established. Phenomenal pros perity is close ahead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
HIS EXCLUSIVE COSTUME

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 According to Archie" White. the Cin- cinnati banker. who lives at the Plaza. an English guest at the hostelry was re- gently presented with . bunch of hand some roses. He took them to his apart ments and found no suitable receptacle. So he placed them on the table and wrapped them in a wet newspaper while waiting for the boy to answer the bell. When the youngster came the Briton said
 Bring me-haw--a rose jar"
 The boy saluted and went away. After d lapse of time he returned.
 Beg pardon, sir.'' said he,-"but what was it you wanted? He didn't under stand"
 "I want a rose jar-haw," said the Eng lishman. very distinctly. "A rose jar haw. Quite so'
 The boy went away again. In due time he returned, bearing something in his hand.
 'The bartender" said he, thinks mebbe you've got mixed on the names of these American drinks. He says he thinks you meant a mint julep'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
At This Stage of the Campaign

The observer who is impartial ebnueh to be just and even philo- sophical, will admit at this time when the election is barely a month away that Woodrow Wilson has consoli- dated the democratic vote. No one can name democrat who proposes to bolt Governor Wilson. The stand ard bearer is progressive and he dis likes bosses and machine methods. No evidence comes from anywhere that three will be any bolters from the democratic party. The assertion that former populists in the south will botI is folderol, for they would have nothing in the world to gain, and Woodrow Wilson is really as progress sive as any man can reasonably de- sire. There is not a reactionary bone in his body. From Maine, from Yer mont, from recent straw votes, the best information is that the demo- cratic standard bearer has his party solidly behind him.
 This does not take into considera- tion the republicans who will vote for him because they consider him well equipped, or those who will in some states because they fear Roosevelt's popularity. They are numerous.
 The elections of 1910 showed that fully one-half of the voters of the country are democrats. Will not a solid half then defeat divided half !? 1t assuredly will. Men running for office are full of dreams, but MT. Taft and Colonel Roosevelt are old hands at the game, and 1t is believed that neither is at this time misled. It is believed the two men are fighting for second place. The one who wins second place will naturally expect to take charge in 1916 of all republicans who have not gone over to the pro- gressive man from New Jersey.
 The nomination of William Sulzer for governor in New York and the dis closures brought out by the Senate Investigating committee render the 2 1kaacss of success for first place by so)fhsr Roosevelt or Taft simply nil,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
MILrTANT CossACK MAID
Odessa Correspondence of the Londo
 Standard


 Odessa Correspondence of the London
 Standard.
 Yevdokia Poletaeva, IS years of age, de- scrihed as the beauty of the I4adoshes- kaya district on the Kurban, tall, 1.-the and supple of muscle. a daring rider, a crack shot, and an accomplished swords woman. recently petitioned the Hetman of the Kurban Cossacks at Ekaterinoar to be rated as an ordinary trooper in tho First Ekaterinodar Cossacks, who are under orders to proceed to Persia. In her petition to the chief Yevdokia says:
 'As true born and patriotic Cossack I can no longer passively regard the chaotic state of affairs in Persia. am filled with an ardent desire to join our people in the task of restoring order and giving peace and security to the Per sians. entreat your excellence to at taoh me to the first squadron of the Eka- ternodar regiment. which in November proceeds to Tabriz.'
 The militant girls petition puzzled the Hetman's staff. some of whom were for and others against the vouchsafing of the unusual request. Finally the Hetman NeiJ Poiieo'y ohu Soiioiuoi"tSiS uoShHou to accede to the petition. but compliment ed Yevodkia on her patriotic spirit.
 Yevdokia Is displeased with the de- cision, and to her intimate friends de- plores the chiefs lamentable ignorance of the inspiring power of woman trooper at the head of a Cossack sotnia. She does not understand why her tribesmen in Azerbaijan have not already wiped out the troublesome Shahsevans. Her rela- tives are now keeping the girl under close surveillance lest she should leave for the Persian frontier in male attire, to join her people as volunteer trooper.
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and they must know it. They will, however, fight hard to win second place, and this will make the cam- paign interesting to the very close of the day of ballots in November.
 It is not easy to say who will poll the more votes, Taft or Roosevelt, and it is almost as difficult to say that William Jennings Bryan is over opti- mistic when he says that Wilson will carry every state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
YALE TEAM AT WORK

From the Saturday Evening Post.
 Eddie Allen of Chicago and else where went to Purdue university con- tomporaneously with George Ade, John T. McCutcheon and others.
 One night. Eddie strayed into the Chi cago University club. A number of col loge men were there. telling of the glories of their respective classes. They had all been to Yale. dear old Yale.
 They told Allen about 1t. told him with a wealth of detail and airs of SUI periority that annoyed him.
 By the way, Allen.J said one, what is your university?"
 Purdue" said Allen.
 "Ah-Purdue---. Oh, yes, Prudue- nice little school. We are all from Yale you know
 .sSure,' replied Allens affably, T know all about Yale I've got half dozen Yale men wroking for me-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
ABOUT SENATE LUXURY
yU1 AsHINGToN, October S.--(spe- M/ cial.)--When John Sharp Will

W/AsHINGToN, October s.-tspe- A/ cial.)--When John Sharp Will w Hams gets back to Washing
 ton and again takes up his duties in
 the United States Senate, he will be
 again reminded of the extravgauce of his associates. John Sharp, it will be
 remembered, too. them severely to task reasonable expense of maintaining bar Der shops and bath rooms in the Sem ate office building. He declared that 1t cost s6 to bathe Senator and SIP to
 save him, and although he freely ad- mitted that some of them were badly in need of both, nevertheless he thought the price a little high.
 When the '.M.i.ionaires' club" reas- sembles for the legislative duties of the coming session they will be able to ride under ground from the capitol build ing to their rooms and offices In the Senate office building on one of the most exclusive and probably shortest electric railways in the world. Con struction work on this FOO odd feet of monorail system designed exclusively for the use of that most exclusive or ganization, the United States Senate, has just begun under the supervision of Elliott Wood. superintendent of the capitol. This unique little line has been the subject of much committee wrang- ling. The appropriations were fought by the democrats who were doing their best to make a noise like economy" but in spite of this fight, the republi- can idea of comfort" being in the majority in the Senate won out and now no dignified senator need worry about transportation from the capitol to his office. It Is provided, or will be at the expense of Uncle Sam
 Beneath the capitol plaza, running northesterly for 75o feet, in the form of the letter "S' is the subway from the capitol to the Senate office build- ing. It was the original intention of the rules committee of the Senate to equip that tunnel with a fine little rail- road which would run from somewhere near the capitol dome, through the sub way and all Around the basement of the Senate office building On the House side the House office commits son. under the republican majority, had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
A SAVAGE
'y John Boyle OReilly

John Boyle OReiy. ~ IxON, Choctaw, twenty years of age. N killed a miner in LeAdvtle brawl; the rough beards curb ther rsSs - And watch him stride in freedom from the hall . seturn on Friday, to be sbot to death1''
 So ran the sentence-it was Monday night. The dead mans comrades a well pleased breath: Then all night long the gambling dens were bright The days sped slowly; but the Friday came,
 And Hooked miners to the shooting ground; They chose riflemen of deadly am
 And with low voices sat and lounsed around
 He will not come" Hes not fool The men
 Who set free must face the hlanac. A Choctaw smiled bitterly, and then
 Smiled proudly, with raised head, as Dixon came Silent and stern, woman at his heels
 He motions to the brave who stays her treAA Next minute name the guns-the reelo
 And drops without a moan; Dixon is 4ooA e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
THE MAETERLINCK MIND

From the St. Louis Globe Democrat
 WHERE is no message in Maeter-
 linck's Blue Bird, but there is in
 1t the soul of Maetcrlincl, his mys- ticism and his yearning for truth. When theorizers had read into the lines of this piece many strange and bizarre mean ings, and many occult reasonaings, Ma terlinck came to the rescue of his own work by saying that it had been done only for the amusement of children. We congratulated him at that time on the fact that he was alive to set himself straight, and not like those mighty dead who needs must suffer, at the hands of interpreters, what would arouse them to wrathful protest were they but living No writer of power can escape being called cryptic. because he must, at times, veil with irony or fantasy meanings too deep, or too forbidding. for the gen. eral eye. Stevenson admitted that he had seen humanity bare to the buff' before he wrote '"rhe Master of Ballau- trae." and Shakespeare must have felt himself of the same sort when he made Caesar say of Casslus: He sees quite through the deeds of men"
 Such minds must pay a penalty. They must suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune by having attributed to them meanings and motives they never dreamed of They are fair game for the half baked. and when one of them, casting away everything but desire to please the children. succeeds in such work as Maeterlinck has in The Blue Bird, the interpreters will still have at him with their plummets for soundings the depth of the muddier water beneath the shining surface. There is in this an element Of justice. No man, even when he writes only for the amusement of children, can escape those habits of thought which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
GOOD STREET MANNERS From the Bangor Commercial.

From the Bangor Commercial.
 It is the ambition of every rirht- thinking woman to know how to act correctly at all times. But, as it too often happens she who is so careful of her table etiquette, her pronuncia- ton. her social manners and usages spells all her efforts by forgetting that her street demeanor is as essential as all the rest
 Of course. we'll bred girl, or ore trying to be, is not likely to scream and act boisterously or unladylike in any public place. but there is a cer- tain decorous department. eevn in walking. that too many fail to ob- serve.
 Did you ever notice the way some feminine pedestrians swing their arms until they appear absolutely gro tesque? The lady of other days was instructed that the proper way to walk was to hold the arms closely to the sides Of course she avoided any sem- blance of awkward stiffness. but se- cured a repose of bearing. Her man. ner was entirely antagonistic to the nervous energy. which the twitchy stride. the swinging arms and the nov ing jaws indicate. For it Is indeed too true that the chewing habit has taken a grm hold on even those who profess to be above the average in matter of form
 To see girl going along with grim determination munching, on a piece of gum that she switches from ono side of ,her mouth to the other Is repulsive. It Is as bad as to see a man equally energetic with a cud of tobacco. This street habit should be nipped in the bud. Though not as repulsive. candy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

have marked his mature mind. Maeter. linck does not escape. in this Juvenile work, from the Maeterlinck of a more serious purpose. We can see in the play evidences of effort to escape the depths, and these do not succeed to the point of obscuring the deeper meanings.
 There are two of these, neither of which is new, or to be called a inessase. Older than the idea that immortality be- gins with this existence is tho idea that immortality must co-exist with eternity, and that we who are, have been, and shall be again. The real immortality in which Maeterlinck believes Is shown more clearly in The Kingdom of the Future, where souls await rebirth, than in the Land of Memory. where the children meet their grandparents they had long thought dead, or in the graveyard. trans formed at midnight into such a scene of life that the boy cries out: There are no dead" That the pursuit of happiness Is vain to all such as cannot build from
 within is another old story. Catching the blue bird is not easier than holding hiu when caught, until his spirit becomes a part of our own. In such beautiful. re- fined plays as this, we can see the in
 huence of the stage at its best. Not one in thousand who saw the ineffect- ual suffering of MT. Mansfield in the last act of Dr. Jekyll and MT. Hyde. when ne struggled in vain to cast out the devil he had invited in, ever realized that it's significance was pointing the danger of giving rein to the worst side of that dual nature which is in all of us. The scene was too repellant. The commonalty turn from it in horror and seek to forget it. But The Blue Bird shows the children pictures the sweet memories of which Will finger through the years and the meanings of which will grow clearer and clearer as time goes on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

1 eating is another exercise that should De kept for less public exhibitions.
 The habit of looking back after an- other person is . street habit that Is quite prevalent. It is almost as dis tinctly rude as tho manner of staring full into mans face as he passes. This seems to imply a disposition to become acquainted. though the girl would probably scornfully repudiats the inference that she was trying to filrt. The less conspicuous always the better bred.
 It seems hardly necessary to say that pointing is bad form; but as so many who are not children are addicted to this method of attracting attention, bur this little sheet sermon" wind up with a Hastily" which takes this in as we'll as the others mentioned at greater length
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
SOMETHING JUsT As GooD

From Lippincott's.
 The costumer came forward to attend to the nervous old beau who was mop ping his bald and shining poll with big silk handkerchief.
 d whatn sz'vc mrrtaihmtaihmtaihmm
 And what can do for you?" he ayeed.
 "I want a little, help in the way of suggestion, said the old fellow 'I in- tend going to the French students mas querade ball tonight, and l want dis tnctly original eostume-something | may be sure no one else will wear. What would you suggest?
 The costuner looked him over atten- lively, bestowing special notice on the gIeamins knob.
 well. I'll tell you" he said then. thoughtfuily why don't you sugar your head and % as-a pill7'.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

The cost of living Is largely tariff matter in this country. and until our tariff is reduced we will not be in a po- sition to refer the subject to an interna- tional leeonference. ..al..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
CHAPEL DEEP DOWN om the Louisville Herald.

In the Myndd NAwdd colliery, at Swan sea South Wales, at a depth of T5 feet below the surface, is notable chapel. It is claimed to be the only such chapel especially prepared and consecrated for worship. It is long. low room. fitted with rough wooden benches. capable of accommodating between 150 and 200 men. Services are held here before work every Monday morning in the Myndd Newdd colliery and have been held regularly since 1867.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
THREE BALLS ORIGIN ,1,> Ln,,tsvsyya Tyapn1d

From tho I0uiSvII9 HeIdIu.
 On the doors of the carly Florentine bankers was the three-leaf lily signs. the lily being the emblem of Florence, and claim is now made that this is why the pawnbroksrs of today has the three balls as his sign, which appears to be an evo- lution of the three leaf lily
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

President Taft calls the bull moose plat form crazy quilt, and Colonel Roose- welt retorts by saying that he intends to rip out abuses piece by piece.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

Nearly everything can be run by ma chinery 'in an acceptable manner except politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
High Class Dogs at Fair

"The dog show at the fair grounds Is arousing much interest among not only the owners of fine animals, but other hundreds who appreciate this useful ami nal or have d fondness for the pet breeds" said Percy Clark.
 "The entries closed some days ago, and the uninformed in some cases, who would have shown their doys, are barred. As 1t is. there will be a most creditable showing for this, the first bench show by the recently organized Kennel club. The dogs will be carried to the fair grounds Monday and taken charge of by the man. agement. On Tuesday the judge-an out of town man. by the way-will award the prizes. There are a number Of very fine dogs entered in all the classes Mucn interest Is aroused among sportsmen as to the setter and pointer classes. Then, too, the colley class is to have an un- usual large number in it. The bench show is under the license, and Is to be governed by the American Kennel club rules, which gives the highest stamp of value to the prizes to be awarded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

The man at stony Point N. r., who has made solemn VOW never to let a razor touch his face until T. R. is again elected President. will soon he. eligible as a populist in Kansas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07
Building solidIy for the Future

q have watched with much interest from day to day the work on the prepa- rations for the Tutwiler hotel" said an observant man, and I am particularly impressed with the care and labor being used to build solidly and securely.
 q understand that the president or the company, George Gordon Crawford, is giving his personal attention to all the details, and this will account for the splendid work that is proceeding care fully if slowly in the sinking of wells and the placing of great cement caissons to support the splendid superstructure' s
 interior as planned. The Tutwiler Will not only be handsome structure out wardly, but it will be one of the most carefully constructed buildings ever erected in Birmingham. The wisdom of this will be proven in the years to come, for no cracked walls or falling plaster will come with the settling of the build- ing. Verify it is not "a house built on sand for even slag is used in the cement work"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

but the operation was by no means so severe as the one on his solar plexus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt says that in New York 5000 women support their husband.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

England has Secured stingless bees, but New Jersey looks in vain for stingless mosquitoes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

France is about to select her next Presi- dent and she does not even consider the granting of a second term feasible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

Scarcely any bull moose has as yet been able to locate the battlefield of Arma- geddon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

Lord Roberts is 80 years old and the English papers continue to call him "Bobs''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

MT. Murphy met the upstate delegates, and each captured the other when Wil- liam Sulzer was nominated for governor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

The great Wilson, Secretary of Agricul- ture. advises people to eat mutton. In the south they will wait and eat rabbits in the rabbit season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

The Assuap dam in the Nile and living Egyptians rank nowadays above any am cent temple ruins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

The record of the republican party is marked at every step by the formation of trusts and the piling up of slush funds. The two go together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

Kansas puts a pair Of thank-e-ma' ans at each railway crossing to make auto mobiles slow down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

Colonel Roosevelt has admitted after touring the south that a battering ram would not break it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

Economy in ice Is now possible, but economy in coal will soon be impossible or rather uncomfortable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

All attorney generals seem to favor compulsory voting. MT. Wickersham is no exception to the rule.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

Sparrow pie is still cheap In New York. but it's tendency will be upward as soon as 1t becomes fashionable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-07

Chinese pig iron promises to again be- come a sharp competitor on both Ameri- can and European soil