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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04
MOST LONELY ACTRESS

shopping, at the theatre or participating
metropolitan existence? Who ever saw
Miss Adams at theatrical performance
other than her own-and yet she loves
the theatre? Is her name ever mentioned
among the celebrities present at profess
sional matinees. professional woman's
league bazars. actors fund benefit per-
f.rmances or other gatherings to which
the people of the stage flock?
II was from John Drews company that
she was graduated, and she has yet to
attend one of his premieres since she her
self attained stellar effulgence She sell
dom enters theatre other than the one
wherein she is the chief attraction. and.
needless TO say. study OF the acted
drama is important to her own advance
ment.
once last season she visited the New
Amsterdam theatre. Mr.. Frohman had
attended a performance of the musical
play. THE Pink Lady" which was not
under his direction. and had enjoyed 1t.
The principal comedy character he was
sure would please Miss Adams. and he
recommended to her an evening with
''The Pink Lady" A mere telephone call
would have placed at her disposal every
box in the New Amsterdam, for Maude
Adams is the pet of all pets among the
syndicates chiefs, but when she took
her seat that night II was In the gallery.
The gallery gods had no linking of her
identity. Little did they suspect that
their most cherished favorite sat with
them.
Wherever she goes. she is attended by
secretary, Miss Boynton, who has
been in her service SO long that she is
virtually the actress companion
Whether at her country home in Long
Island or her summer home In the noun
tains, whether travelling in foreign lands
or on a professional tour of this country,
Miss Boynton is by her side.
And now we come to the real secret OF
Miss Adams success and life work. Her
life is the theatre. her recreation is the
theatre. her ultimate goal is the theatre.
Her love of the stage and It's attributes
amounts almost to fanaticism, almost
to bondage. Great events are happening
in the outside world; Maude Adams per-
haps is not cognzant of them, because
she makes no pretense of keeping III
touch with the real world through So
cial communication or newspapers.
Until recently Miss Adams, when in
New York, occupied house in one of the
West Forties. She still owns the house,
hut has ceased to live in 1t. 1t is at
Sandygarth Farm--an estate of hundreds
of observation-disclosures. l.. l., that she
resides until hot weather drives her to
her bungalow in the Catskills.
Call her charming, whimsical, plaintive,
pathetic, winsome, dainty-what you will
-Maude Adams, who elects to be un-
known except IN character, is America S
most beloved actress.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
law to make laws work the way
~ they are intended to work. What
can be more embarrassing to reformer
than to have the best products OF his
brain made to seem foolish by the pros-
ress of events? Take, for instance, the
16-hour law Addressing the arbitration
commission now sitting, Mr.. Stone, the
spokesman for the engineers, said;
II was one of the prime movers for tue
1s-hour law. 1 say frankly that it has not
worked and that contrary to our expec-
tation the roads have been inclined to
make that the minimum day instead of
the maximum"
That, surely, is a most disconcerting
and surprising discovery. Who could
have imagined that when the law made
a standard the railways should work ac-
cording to that standard? Yet fresh dis
coveries of that sort are constantly being
made One was made yesterday by the
proposers of the 2-cent rate law. The
railways actually made that their rate,
and abolished lower rates. The malice
of their action Is evident. They want to
have the power to charge higher rates
on the traffic which will bear 1t, and are
then willing to restore the lower rates on
the traffic which will not move otherwise.
No such escape from the 2-cent rate law
will be allowed. Since the railways have
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04

that under existing conditions there
is not and cannot be in the southern
states party based primarily upon
the negro vote and under negro lead
ership or the leadership of white men
who derive their power solely from
negroes. With these as years of fail
ure of this policy in the south before
our eyes and with catastrophe there
by caused to a great national party
not yet six weeks distant from US, it
would be criminal for the progressives
to repeat the course of action re-
sponsible for such disaster, such fail
ure, such catastrophe"
AS a matter of fact the sage of
Oyster Bay has no real remedy for
Transforming a ghost party into a
real party; but his frank confession
of a policy that he himself utilized
through two national campaigns is
refreshing. 1t is not illuminating, for
the situation has been known and un-
derstood throughout the As years that
the ex-President specifies.
The real lesson is this: No party
can afford to cherish ghost parties.
Sooner or later such rotten borough
or ghost parties will bring confusion
and even destruction" to any party
in any country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04
THE LADY,s YES
BY Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
"Yasn anSWered Yn1 last rirh I

BY Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
YES" I answered you last night;
NO" this morning. sir, I say:
Colors seen by candle-light
VIII not look the same by day.
When viols play'd their best,
Lamps above and laughs below,
Love me sounded like a jest.
Fit for yes or fit for no.
Call me false or call me free
Vow. whatever light may shine,
No man on your face shall see
Any grief for change on mine.
Yet the sin is on US both;
Time to dance Is not to WOO;
Wooing light makes tickle troth,
Scorn of me recoils on you.
Learn to win a lady's faith
Nobly. as the thing Is high.
Bravely, as for life and death,
With a loyal gravity.
Lead her from the festive boards.
Point her to the starry skies,
Guard her, by your truthful words
Pure from courtship's batteries.
BY your truth she shall be true,
Ever true. as wives of yore;
And her yes, once said to you
Shall be yes Tor evermors.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04
Red Mountain Road

Few cities in the world are so ad-
mirably situated as Birmingham It's
topography, combining broad valley
and green hills, is an asset whose
value cannot be over-estimated. But
while nature has been lavish in pro-
viding prospects pleasing to the eye,
the engineer and landscape architect
have within very recent years added
greatly to the beauty of the residence
sections
Highland avenue has been for some
time famed for its grace of line and
home-like buildings. Other residence
sections have been developed, and 9TH
ers still are soon to be developed. One
of the most attractive of the newer
driveways in Birmingham is Altamont
road on the top of Red mountain. 1t
has beeen paved a little over mile
and it should be extended along the
mountain in westerly course to
Twentieth street, about two miles
from where it now stops.
All this mountain realty is inside
of the city limits, and if the city were
able to extend the road it would
doubtless be done, but as the city gov
eminent is not able the work should
be done and paid for by private in.
terests. All property values on the
side of Red mountain would be i'm
measurably enhanced by the construc-
ton of this Red mountain road as far
as Twentieth street.
Many years ago the late Frank Y.
Anderson, who was one of Birming-
hams far-sighted and public spirited
citizens, suggested the building of a
boulevard along the top of Red noun
tain. He urged his views while he was
president of the Commercial club, but
Major Anderson, in his ideas of civic
improvement, was ten years ahead of
his time. The mountain road he out
lined, however, showed him to be a
good prophet, because third of his
splendid boulevard dream has been
fulfilled in the building of Altamont
road
A three mile stretch on the top Of
the mountain would eclipse in beauty
any pleasure drive in this country. 1t
would pass several wide gaps, afford
ing enchanting views Of Shades valley
and Shades mountain and the beauti-
full lines of Oak mountain in the far
distance.
Now that Birmingham is to get to
work on a civic center plan in connec-
ton with park development and the
city beautiful idea generally, the ex-
tension westward of Altamont road
should receive prompt consideration,
and civic pride and cooperation of
property owners should soon be
strongly in evidence. Eventually we
will have a Red mountain road all
the way from Twentieth street to the
big gap at Gate City, distance of
six or seven miles, but within the next
year at least three miles of the noun
tain driveway should be completed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04
Brisk Retail Trade

Birmingham is unquestionably enjoying
great prosperity" said II. J. Porter. Jr.,
treasurer of the Porter Clothing company.
''Our business is much larger this sum-
mer than 1t vas last, and year ago our
trade was by no means poor. The increase
in our sales in July as compared with
July. 1911. is something like IS per cent.
while some merchants tell me that
their business this year is about the
same as last several report large in
crease. On the whole Birmingham seems
remarkably prosperous. 1t would be
strange, however, If retail trade were not
good for the unprecedented activity in the
building trades put an enormous amount
of money in circulation. The outlook for
fall trade is unusually bright"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04
Graft in New York City

Not long ago Mayor Gaynor was
boasting that graft had been elm
mated in the government of the
greatest city of the western world,
and not a few rejoiced that so large
city could be conducted without it.
But, alas, we are now confronted
with the statement of the gambler,
Rose, that S2,4O0,000 is collected year.
ly from the gamblers of the big city
to be turned over to the police. This
is said to be the price the gamblers
pay for protection" Where the
money goes to and in what proper
tions, has not exactly been ascer-
tanned, nor is it at all certain that
the annual total has been correctly
stated. ]
About all that is known is, that a
corrupt bargain has long existed be-
tween the gamblers on the one hand,
and the police and politicians on the
other. Perhaps the entire scheme will
be uncovered, now that a good start
has been made. The men higher up
will not be able to escape untouched
this time. The general public is
hungry for more information, and it
will no doubt be forthcoming, for
Detective Burns is a factor in the
case.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04
RennOld Wolf in the Green Book Maya

ANCAHOid w Oll III lllc 1IcCn DOOh AAo5e7
| zine.
l"/ERE to describe Maude
w Adams in a single phrase, :.
should call her the loneliest fig
ure on the American stage.
As Maude Adams night after night
looks out upon thousands of faces. she
never sees one that is familiar to her.
OF all the countless admirers attracted
by the magic of her name there is none
she can honestly call friend. Miss Adams
herseir has erected a barrier between
them and her. That barrier is the foot
lights Behind It they must never STEP
Someone has written, There is a self
imposed privacy. less easily invaded than
convent walls" 1t applies to Maude
Adams and her scheme of existence.
Therefore, of her and her daily life
less has been written than of any other
distinguished actress. and little enough
of that is accurate. Show me Maude
Adams in the interviewers quotation
marks, and 1 will show you lie Or,
a. least, I will show you a press agent.
which perhaps after all, is the same
thing.
The only absolutely authentic interview
with the late Jay Gould is the one which
attributed to the great financier the
statement, ut looks like rain.' Miss
Adams has not even commented on the
weather-for publication.
Once believed that this policy of ex-
clusiveness. of aloofness, was Charles
T'rohmans. Now 1 am certain that, while
Mr.. Frohman doubtless approves, its in
ception may be traced to Miss Adams.
Its advantages would be readily appar-
ent only to woman of Miss Adams in
tclectual development. The average play
er prefers mediocrity in the limelight to
greatness in the dark
Many public idols crumble at short
range. Distance is the greatest safe
guard to a players power of Illusion.
The late Augustin DAILY was one of the
few managers to save the members of
his companies from themselves, by sur
rounding them with as much mystery as
stage life permitted. His most insistent
Don't" related to the appearance of his
players on Broadway during certain hours
the hours when Broadway was most
likely to be crowded. 1t was his desire
to give his proteges the full advantage
of the playwrights creation, of light eff
fects, Of grease paint, of the theatre
charm.
Miss Adams practices this scheme OF
self erasure to an extent that becomes
almost pathetic. Whether she really
longs for the noise. the turmoil and the
hnrdclasp is to be doubted. but the pol
Icy of holding herself aloof has now be-
come firmly intrenched habit which
makes her friendless in the commonly
accepted sense of intimate contact.
How many of you who read this ever
have met her on the street. in the park,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04
pHrLApELpHIA,s DILEMMA

From the New York Herald.
A distress flag is being farntically
waved from the broad top of the hat OF
the statue of William Penn which adorns
the tower of the city hall in Philadel-
uhia. The Quaker City is In dire
dilemma She needs one-legged de-
scendant of Peter stuyvesant, and If she
cannot find one the grandeur and accu-
racy of the historical pageant being ar
ranged for October may be marred, IL
not spoiled outright
DIR. OberhoItzer, director of the forth
coming spectacle is, fguratively, tearing
his hair and crashing his teeth because
forsooth. as far as he has been able to
learn. Stuyvesant left no one-legged de-
scendants. He has advertised far and
wide in vain. He has found many Frank
Inns Some of them have lost legs and
others have lost arms or eyes, but 1t APP
pears that Peter was the only Stuyves-
ant to have one-leggedness as an idiosyn-
Grassy.
The director says he has discovered
more than a score kinsmen OF the Thrifty
Dutehman. but all have chung tenacious
Is to their pedal extremities and appar-
entity have faithfully kept out of the way
of Joy riding automobilists.
History teaches that old Peter lost his
leg while fghting the Portuguese before
he came to this country. and now 1t has
fallen to DR.. OberholtEer to find serious
flaw in the record OF the incident II
does not tell which limb the Portuguese
shot off. so the perplexities OF the pa
geant director are doubled
DR.. Oberholtzer admits he may De aoie
to get a mendcant to take the place Oh
stuyvesant in his parade. but he would
like to know whether he should tie UP MS
right or his left leg.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04
HOME REMEDIES IN VERSE
he Kansas City Star

From the Kansas City Star
The head of family, who thought to
save some of his hard earned dollars by
trying out simple home remedies when
one of his household became i'll, came in
few nights ago with book under his
arm. which he handed to his wife, re-
marking:
Here is a work on burns. l found 1t
at an auction this afternoon. AS one of
the children is almost sure to get burn
ed on the Fourth, l thought 1t would be
good investment Look It over care
fully and be prepared in case of an acct
dent
The wife opened the volume dutifully
arc then exclaimed:
''Hol old. It's all poetry
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04
The stanley Committee

A prominent business man not con-
nected with any Industrial operation III
the Birmingham district said yesterday:
'The committee of Congress, of which
Mr. Stanley of Kentucky is chairman.
after a thorough probe into the Steel
corporation. has submitted its report and
What does, it amount to?
Il have always voted the democratic
ticket i'm state elections; have always
voted for Underwood, and l voted for
all the democratic nominees for Presi-
dent for the past so years, except Will
liam Jennings Bryan.
THE committee discovered mare $
nest, or rather several of them, and It
may be that they brought out some In
formation of real value to this country.
But generally speaking. the work of
Stanley and his committee has been moth.
ing more than political hot air. In the
eyes of some members of that COMMITTEES
the Steel corporation did wicked thins
when 1t acquired the Tennessee CON-
pany, but people in this district who are
more familiar with conditions than men,
bers of the Stanley committee can pos
sibly be are pretty we'll agreed that tbs
entrance of the corporation into Alabama
was one of the greatest things that ever
happened for this section. Most of Us
thought so in 1907, when the Tennessee
company became a part of the so-called
steel trust. Now, after nearly five years
I am more convinced than ever that il
was the best thing that could have hap
pened for this community.
II intend to vote for Wilson and Mar
shall, and I feel sure that the demo-
Gratis will win at the polls in November
but what they had to gain by the DEM
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agogy of Congressman Stanley 7 can
not figure out.
IF the republican party was In nor
NAL shape Its nominee, President Taft.
would probably be elected as result
of such grandstand play as Mr.. STAN
ley's committee has INDUCED in, but the
republican party is in a state of disin-
tegration and President Taft will hardly
be able to carry his home state, to say
nothing OF doubtful states. 1t Is expected
that when woodrow Wilson becomes Pres
ident he will frown upon all demagogic
tendencies"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04

While the population of the country has
been growing 81 per cent in ten years.
the cereal acreage has grown only 3.5 pei
cent, and the yield. even in 20 years
only lie per cent Increase the number
of farmers; increase the productiveness
of the land is the lesson we are told
bankers all over the country are coming.
Well, they are the very men who car
do it. Better farming demands moro
capital, which the farmer does not all
ways own but the banker does CONTROL
More farmers would mean more equip
ment, which costs money. Farming
thrives in Germany because through
their landschaften and similar aids farm]
ers can get loans at low interest rates,
The fallaheen of Egypt enjoy in that rf]
spect greater advantages than their rlyiA
cotton raisers in Texas. The NatioHs.
City bank alone, with s25,0000oo capital
s27, 475,2o4 surplus and profits, and id
posits of $3.50, 900, 600 could finance MANI
farmers and raise the yield of MANI
acres 4
Unfortunately, it is easier to loan none
for stock gambling in Wall street. UnII
fortunately, it is more profitable to finandI
with 1t beef trusts, tobacco trusts, corlI
PRODUCT trusts, cold storage and refrigef,
ator car trusts and other devices I'll
catch them coming and going,' III
squeeze both the farmer and the consul
mer.
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BACK TO THE LAND
the New York World.

TrOn the N6W IUTK WUrIUs
Speaking with the awe inspiring au-
thority Of Standard Oil, the August cir
cular of the National City bank at
tributes unsettled conditions in the wage
market to the high cost of living and
the high cost of living In turn to . search
~ OF producers, particularly on the farm.
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Industrial Activity

THE present industrial activity in this
country is discussed optimistically In bus
mess circles said successful developer
in this district, but our prosperity today
is small compared with what 1T VIII be
within the next u months. All the signs
are encouraging. a
Next spring look for boom from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, and of course the
Birmingham district will come in for its
full share of progress and money MAX
ing"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04
MAKING THE BOYS GOOD sPELLERs

From the Kansas City Times.
"A school ma'am in one Of the rural
schools in an adjoining county has intro
duced a new feature in her school," says
the Montgomery County Leader. when
one of the girls misses q word, the boy
who spells 1t gets permission to kiss her.
At last reports the girls were steadily
becoming poor spoilers. while the boys
were improving rapidly"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04

Governor Wilson may be, to use the
phrase of the standpat organs, peda-
gogue, but a pedagogue Is far better than
a demagogue of either the Taft or Roose-
Welt sort
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04
BETwEEN MEN

From the Washington Herald.
MY wife hates to see me spend a
nickel on myself"
Mine too. She thinks l would raise
wart to serve as a collar button II
really had the interests OF my family at
heart
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04

The various public and private charities
are caring for 1900 babies in New York
city this summer. The pure milk stations
are numero and efficient.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04
THEN HE WOULDN'T

From the Chicago Record Herald.
II am willing" said the candidate, after
he had hit the table a terrible blow with
his fist, ito trust the people,
Gee" yelled a little man in the au-
dience. Il wish you'd open a grocery
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04

The beef trust has been dissolved" and
the prices of beef have been marked up.
This is what the Sherman law does as en-
forced by President Taft.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04

The era of Taisel, Great Righteous
ness" has been begun in Japan. and New
York needs some of 1t in its police de-
partment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04

There will be but one ballot in the bull
moose convention instead of 46
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The treasury department is planning to
make bank notes smaller. Their buying
power has already been abbreviated by
the tariff.
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Ohio just at present is the state of for
lorn hopes in republican bosoms.
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how many of its 10000 policemen are ras-
Gals
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TO THE POINT

From the Detroit Free Press.
rs he a good poker player
Great. That's why his daughters are
all working"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04

The therapeutic value of pardon Is
shown in the case of Charles w. Morse,
who is now an active figure in Wall
street
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The judicial temperament was lacking
in the Taft speech of acceptance
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While Governor Wilson will be notified
on August 7, Governor Marshall must
walt until August 20.
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the republic and parcels post would not
even jar II.
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The electrocution OF the republican
party is booked to take place in Chicago
tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04

Near-side stops for street cars are COM
Ing into favor. Chicago has just fallen
into line
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The bosses can keep Woodrow Wilson
out of the Manhattan club, but they can
not keep him out of the White House.