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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17
"CHtRLES DICKENS"

Arthur C. Benson in the March number
 of the North American Review.
 We must realize that all Dickens oth- CT qualities as a writer, even his incoln- parable observation. come riding in the chariot of his humor. Without it he would have been l believe, an almost commonplace author, with a taste for melodrama and luscious pathos, and q not altogether sure instinct for style. We tolerate the rest of his writings, we even try to admire them, because he is such a master of humorous effect. But the ingenuity of his plots could not have saved his books from. being soihet thing very conventional indeed, if it had not been for this one supreme quality. There is not the slightest interplay of charac- ter, there is not touen of that mys- terious effect which human beings exert over each other; there is not the least development about h:s characters ex- cept the romantic substitution, und ,r the influence of misfortune, of one set of qualities for another-a thing which never takes place in real life. The es- sence of realism is the inhexibilitN If human temperament; but in Dick ems the enect or trOuplc or SofToW, as, n the case of Mercy Pecksuiff, Is sim ply to replace an arch giggler by a lachrymose young widow.
 But one gives little heed to this, so long as we are certain, as we are that we shall be delighted at every turn by an almost infinite variety of the most mirthful and vigorous absurdities And this is the more marked if we read Dickens letters, which are interesting and lively enough, the work of vivid and observant mind. but with little that is amusing about them. It seems that he needed a scenic background of inn agination for his mind to work free ly, and that here as elsewhere he was d dramatist; and it is important that ia dealing with his work we should not be misled into an uncritcal misapprehen- sion of his force: his pathos is terribly cheap and unreal, his tragedy is luria melodrama; but as the creator of ire sponsible. grotesque. rollickihg absurd ity, he is simply magician, and per- haps the greatest master of laughter that ever lived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17
STORMY TIMES.

Who never was a candidate Has some excuse for feeling proud. How many men there are of late Who seek the plaudits of the crowd And deal in reckless promises The which they'll learn 'tis hard to
 keep.
 So much uproar and turmoil is, We find 1t rather hard to sleep. The air is full of flying bricks, Anathema is wildly hurled, Both to and fro. and spacious tricks And banners swoEn not to be furled Do vex the peace of simple wights, Who would attend their own affairs And not go out on noisy nights. Mid loud huzzahs and bugle blares.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17
Progress of Presidential Primaries

Progress of Presidential Primaries
 Besides the six states that have es- tablished presidential preferential primaries, Georgia has decided to hold such a primary on May l, and Massa- chusetts has made the direct election of delegates and preferential vote part of her permanent electoral sys- tenn. Her primaries are to be held on the last Tuesday in April. Michigan and Illinois and Minnesota are con- sidering the holding of presidential primaries and they will probably hold presidential preference primaries this year. All these are to be official ex- cept those of Georgia and Alabama
 Just at present the Roosevelt can didacy is demanding popular methods. It is believed the colonel will secure the 36 delegates of Massachusetts to Chicago. When 10 states act directly it must be confessed that the trend of the country is toward the primary method.
 Direct presidential primaries are not and should not be considered prop ositions to favor this or that candi- date. The direct system is fair to all, and the chances are that by 1916 it will have become the rule in all, or nearly all, states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

thinks the time has come when she should be recognized in connection with the great office of President. The candidate she presents. for the presidential nomination is the peer of any man in public life, and has made, and continues to make rec ord as leader of the House that is the admiration of the whole country.
 And he is candidate that doesn { have to make explanations. He has made no speeches, written no books and taught no political doctrines that are inconsis- tent with his present attitude on public questions. Under the circumstances it will he strange indeed if democrats of this state or any other southern state should turn him down. If they do turn him down they will have no reason in fu- ture to complain that the south doesn | ges fair treatment at the hands o& - democratic party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17
UNDERWOOD AND THE MAIN ISSUE

UNDERWOOD AND THE MAIN isst N. From the Mobile Register.
 The Richmond Times Dispatch, in its comment upon MT. Underwoods article in the New York Independent discussing the Right and the Wrong of the Tariff Question" says that MT. Underwood s views on any public question are of wide spread interest, not only to his own party but to the nation at large. and that in terest in the subject he discusses is em- phasized by the fact that Mr Underwood is chairman of the 'powerful' ways and means committee of the House that has in hand the shaping of tariff legislation.
 The central idea advanced in the article for the Independent is stated in one short sentence, to wit: sTo my mind the line of distinction between the two great par ties in this country is the difference be- tariff bill"
 The republicans endeavor to shut out f possible, foreign competition. The demo- cratic idea is that there ought to be com- petition within reasonable limits, in or der that imports may come and revenue be derived therefrom.
 This is a simplifying of hard subject, and making it so that even persons least acquainted with the tariff itself can un- derstand the right way to undertake the levying of such 2 tax. It is a revenue producing measure; and as such can be defended Used as a protective measure Tit fosters private monopoly. There is no defense for that. The Times-Dispateh statesmsns definition of tariff. and says:
 MT. Underwood expresses the convic- tion that the sooner people of the United States realize this fact, the sooner they will cast off the theories of protection, which they can do to the benefit as well of the e-labor as the commerce of she country So we believe. As it impressrs us and as MT. Underwood we think, has rendered absolutely and convincinSly plain. that the highest duty of the dem ocratic leaders-their highest duty 10 their party and the nation. their mission in truth-is to devote themselves unceasing- ly and aggressively to seeing that The American people shall realize them. In his views-in the creed he has en'n- ciated, in the Independent, Mr. Under wood has furnished the campaign ma terial with which to accomplish that mission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

TRAGEDIES TOLD IN HEADLINES
 Church Mouse Causes Postponement of Wedding"
 Piano Proves Too Heavy for Floor of New Bungalow"
 Crash of Plate Glass Window Faiis to Waken Night Watclir:an."
 Street Car Collides With Motor cycle: Only One Person Hurt"
 Nobody ct Home When Burglar Calls Except Athletic Husband"
 Johnny Puts Gunpowder in Papa s Tobacco Pouch"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

The Anglo-Saxon is the name of Percy Clark new weekly magazine newspaper. The first page has an artistic design of two massye columns of Doric design sup played on the columns are the words Farm. Factory, Forum, Freside.' Tho Anglo Saxon is compact and full of ar ticles on live topics. IL is breezy with out being sensational. It will doubtless have a large circulation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17
MEMORY

By Thomas Bailey Aldrich. My mind lets go a thousand things. Like dates of wars and deaths of king. And yet recalls the very hour
 Twas noon by wonder village tower. And on the last blue moon in May The wind came briskly up this way. Crisping the brook beside the road: Then. pausing here. set down it's load Of pine-scents. and shook Hstlessly Two petals from that wild rose tres.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17
RESPECT THE LINCOLN PENNIES

From ,,e New York Evening World. A prominent authority declares that a curious fact about the Lincoln penny is that no negro will gamble with one of the coins. He declared
 Whether the negroes have developed a superstition about the coin or whether it is due to real respect for the man whose picture it bears 1 cannot say, but the fact remains that there has never been Lincoln penny used in negro game Of craps in any jof the other games of chance so dear to fthe Ethiopian heart"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

IN the fifteen years that I have been
 in Birmingham I have never known
 the general outlook and business situation to be brighter than it is dur ing this middle of March.
 While pig iron is still low in price, coal is in great demand at good prices and the prospects are that the pig iron price will soon increase some twenty to thirty per cent and that the demand will be good.
 But I refer more to the building, and preparation on the part of wise men for the future. Than Milton H. Smith, president of the Louisville and Nash vile railroad, there is no more shrewd, nor man of better foresight in this country. He is spending some s10.00o,- 900 in double tracking the Louisville and Nashville railroad through Birming- wise cooperating with the Birmingham Realty company in erecting three full blocks of fire proof buildings for whole sale houses along First avenue and abutting upon the trackage of the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
 This goes to show that Mir. Smith
  and his associates have full confidence in Birmingham and believe in it's growth, not only as manufacturing but as wholesale center
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17
REFLECTIONS OF \ BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Praise comes in whisper. scandal by bugle.
 A girl catches a man by making him do the running.
 It's about as easy to make real money as real friends.
 The ideals man lives up to he has revised radically so he can.
 The only way a man knows how to de scribe his wifcs hat is in dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17
2,eJr3roeQ

Baby Born in Fashionable Apart. ment House. Chicago Tribune.
 ART AND UTILITY. The robin for his merry air Is much esteemed by thoughtless men, Although it's eggs do not compare With those of the neglected hen.
 Washington Star. The robin is cavalier
 And blithely sings upon the bough; The hen, who furnishes much cheer, Hath little poetry, we VOW.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

The attention of the Memphis, Nashville and Atlanta papers is respectfully called to the latest figures of urban popula ton in tho south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

HAPPY WAS THE TIME" once life went a-maying.',
 Happy was the time. Sweetest fancies straying
 To poets rhyme. Blossoms ever blowing In the vales of dream Painted petals strowing
 On each sunlit stream. Birds were gaily singing Woodland roundelays, Ardent hopes were springing, Hearts were brimmed with praise,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

year in Mars is 13o days long. This in wolves not a few changes, including any four year presidential terms the Mar tians may have mp their sleeves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

The circus is preparing in New York for it's annual opening, and baseball is steadily coming our way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

The Virginia shooting up of a court involves hazards that are not duplicated in Mexican revolutions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

President Taft has made the wonderful discovery that the cost of living has been advanced throughout the world. Great nead. that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

Captain Amundsen returned to face sls,Oo0 of bills. It takes nerve to dis cover a pole on credit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

It begins to look as if Helen Gould would have to take hold of the family for tune in order to save it from becoming wreck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

The Virginia moonshiners recalled a judge, a sheriff and a prosecuting attor- ney, and they were not particular how they did it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

China will find that she cannot set up a republic in a day. They are built with much care and trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17
BASIS OF A PLOT.

BASIS OF A PLOT The pretty village maiden Who loves an actor man. Doth furnish forth story The which a playwright can Enlarge to melodrama
 That draws flood of tears From tender-hearted girlies Whom crying greatly cheers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

The inhabitants of Oyster Bay say the whirl of the campaign is beginning to get on their nerves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

The deficiency in rainfall is still twen- ty-four hundrcdths Of an inch. That de- hciency is moved with difficulty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17
Most any old kind of a beau.
HERE'S SOME DEEP STUFF"

HERE'S SOME DEEP STUFF"
 The method where by the asperaton is kindled and famed to it's highest incandescency will depend upon the nature and makeup of each individual scholar which subjective cannot discuss in this article, but let it be. remembered every individual void of enthusiasm in his book. destitute of interest in his school and dead in the asperation for a higher education will remain a drone and a dummy."-Arcadia, Kan, Sum light.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

When Milton Smith, with the cooper ation of the young and able men he has gathered about him. goes ahead in an industrial and developing way, it is well to follow and have confidence.
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 Not only the Louisville and Nash vile railroad but the Illinois Central, and indeed all other railroads pene- trating this district. are contemplating great improvements and extensions. The wise men at the head of the various railroad systems look to the future and each of them is now demonstrating his confidence in Birmingham and the Bir- mingham district-and Of course the latter practically covers all of the State of Alabama
 This railroad work not only means much to the manufacturing centers but to the farm lands as well. The more railroads, the better facilities for hand ling farm products, the more the profits of the farmers and the greater value of farm land
 So the future is bright for every one.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

| The tories have won a few seats in England. but their return to power is not bit assured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

THERE'S A REASON" The modest man Doth nowadays But seldom wear A crown of bays. To have his name Raised to the skies, What he must do Is advertise. Then will the mob Exclaim with glee, How great q man This man must be-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17
FOND OF FLoURIsHEs.

"Jibbets seems to be a prodigious worker"
 Well, not exactly. libbets makes a great many motions without acccmp- fishing much"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

In the wine shop just discovered at Pompeii everything customary was pres eHt except Slot machine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

No arbitration treaty. can be filled to mines, or the suffragette belt in London
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

HIS EXPLANATION. An, You have blacn eye" said ths inquisitive friend
 ''Yes. Quite so,' answered the victim. wearily.
 Haven't been fighting. have you?"
 "Oh, of course not. You see, il hap pened this way: A musical comedy came to town with beauty chorus" Yes"
 q bought seat in the front row, right next to the orchestra" "Go on"
 'I happened to be sitting close to the drummer. When the comedian ap- peared he immediately fell down. That was cue for the drummer to hit his instrument tremendous thump In dra wing back to do so his drumsticls struck me in the eye. Now. you know all about it.
 "Umph, I'll pay for the refresh- ments. Some of these days you are go- ing to write a storystory masterpiece" THE ANTIQUE SINISTER. The lips that touch liquor shall never
 touch. mine,"
 She warbled some ten years ago; But now she would gladly accept, we ass opine, ~ -.ss | Most any old kind ,of a bea,i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

Mir. Taft simply asks for an inaugura- ton in good Nweather to erase from his memory the one he had in March, 19a9.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

That volcano under the Panama canal can be drowned out as soon as water is
 turned in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

Some reformers say the Virginia moon. sinners was but a referndum party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

Does he know his own failings?" He ought to. His wife keeps the ist"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

The March thaw refuses to materialize north of the Ohio river.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

THE RUSH HOUR
 The exploration business seems to be played out"
 Not entirely. The matutinal collar button hunt will continue to be the bane of most mems lives"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

The snow blanket for the winter wheat still holds good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

professor in the department of biology and public health at the institute
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

THIS IS TOO MUCH. Of claimants now
 Behold throng Who say they wrote That "Hloun Dawg' song,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

The circus is preparing in New York for it's annual opening, and baseball is steadily coming our way.
 
 China will find that she cannot set lip a republic in day. They are built with much care and trouble. 1
 The Virginia shooting up of court involves hazards that are not duplicated in Mexican revolutions.
  Captain Amundsen returned to face s1s.Ooo of bills. It takes nerve to dis cover a pole on credit.
 The inhabitants of Oyster Bay say the whirl of the campaign is beginning to get on their nerves.
 The tories have won a few seats in England. but their return to power is not a bit assured l That volcano under the Panama canal can be drowned out as soon as water is turned in. Some reformers say the Virginia moon sinners was but referndum party. ------'s.----------- | The March thaw refuses to materialize north of the Ohio river. l The snow blanket for the winter wheat l still holds good --------'s'---------- | Captain Scott seems to be in no hurry ] to come home. | This is a reasonably green St. Patricks l day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala. postoffice as second-class matter under act of Congress March 5. 1879
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

Z E. Morgan. W. c. Wharton anu George McMasters are the only sC'nor @ ized traveing representatives or Ahs Age Herald in it's circulation depart ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

Captain Scott seems to be in no hurry to come home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17
"wHY NOT uNDERwOoDs-

This is reasonably green St. Patricl day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT BQRMINGHAf1'S
 BUILDING BOOM AND GENERAL OUTLOOK

building boom. I have no doubt but that contracts will be let almost immediately for the two proposed mill lion dollar hotels-the one on Eigh- teenth street and the one on Twentieth street-both on Fifth avenue. And be- sides these a number of apartment houses are now in course of erection and several large ones are soon to be contracted for.
 With all of this building going on. with pay rolls larger than they have ever been in the Birmingham district. look for the brightest spring and summer that we have ever had.
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 This is the only presidential year during my life time when politics has not interfered with business. As a matter of fact it looks to me like the American people are beginning Q thoroughly realize the fact that Oscar l Underwood, the Alabamian, is to be the democratic nominee for President and that he will be elected.
 In him the business interests of this country have confidence, and the peo- pie know that there will be no com- mercial jar when Taft goes out and 1 Underwood goes in.
 l 2,eNd3oe&
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-17

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