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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
Tariff Revision Next Springs q

The form of tariff revision need not worry any fair minded citizen. It will be conducted by experienced men who will consult no doubt our own Oscar Underwood, the majority leader. Re- vision may come schedule by schedule, or it may come in one bill as substi- ute for the present tariff. The form of it is of small account. What the consumers want is relief from the exorbitant profits of home manufac- turers. They want to become part once more of the buying public of the world instead of being forced to make necessary purchases inside Chinese wall.
 A complete bill would perhaps hast en revision and Senator Gore indulges in the hope that the new tariff rates can be made effective at the opening of the next fiscal year on July l. Pos- sibly the extra session will be con- vened in March, for the President elect says it will be called not later than April b. Were the session con- vened on March 15 the two houses could be fully organized ready for business by April 15, or sooner.
 Senator Shoot, that typical repub- lican reactionary, is already showing his teeth. He is coddling the Louisiana senators, hoping in that way to defeat free sugar bill. He is an excellent example of what protection, hier- archy and moribund party can pro- duce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
ART OF CONVERSATION

From the London Chronicle.
 A man may have the gift of gab without being a good talker. Of this order was Macaulay. who had no rest ful spaces of silence.
 T wish said Sydney Smith, who could listen as well as talk-"I wish that Macaulay would see the difference between colloquy and soliloqD
 And on another occasion: "Oh, yes, believe Macaulay ever did hear my voice. Sometimes when I have told a good story I have thought to myself: Poor Macaulay, He will be very sorry some day to have missed hearing thatl' The difference between the two men was that between the clever taker and the brilliant bore.
 But the elements of success in con versation will be variously defined Doc tor Johnson, who must take rank with the foremost of the worlds great talk CTS. had his own theories on the sub ject.
 There must in the first place be knowledge" he said; there must be materials in the second place, there must be command of words in the third place, there must be imagination, to place things as they are not com monly seen; and in the fourth place there must be presence of mind, and q resolution that 1t is not to be over come by failure; this last is essential. for want of it many people do not excel in conversation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
----s'-------- CHRISTMAS ApHoRISNis

By Harvey Peake. tFrom Judges Li-
 brary.)
 Never look a gift in the cost mark.
 Mistletoe makes the heart grow fonder.
 All that glitters is not a diamond.
 Belief in santa Claus is the best pol icy
 The gift deferred maketh the heart sick.
 Invitation is the sincerest hattery.
 Christmas bills are stubborn things
 Buy gifts in haste and repent at leis- ure.
 And thereby hangs stocking. Gifts are seldom what they seem.
 Every Christmas tree must stand on its own bottom. Uneasy lies the head that's planning gifts
 santa Claus is not as red as he is painted.
 one Christmas bargain sale makes the whole of womankind spin. Gifts make the man, the want of them the fellow. To give hideous gifts Is human, to | forgive impossible. Of two undesirable invitations to din ner, choose the least. It is wise merchant that knows his own goods when 1t is brought back foi exchange. | What is sauce for the goose is not sauce for the plum pudding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

There Is story of young man who went to his friend and said: I want to get married. What have you to advise? To which the married man replied Get a girl of stock size it's cheaper to keep her in clothes" Thus writes Helen Louise Johnson in the new December Harpers Bazar. the Christmas number, of ''The Gospel of the New Housekeeping Miss Johnson continues:
 Tt is god story and has it's ele- ment of truth, but I wonder, could we make real, and honest, and fact re- vealing canvass of the homes of the land, if the most common reply would not be Get girl who knows how to do her part And her part is invaria- bly, the expending of the money earned in the buying of food and clothes and other things, as we'll as the doing of those tasks which we group under the almost obsolete term of keeping house. "
 The budget plan of housekeeping is explained by Miss Johnson. When the young housekeeper told about in the october Bazar explained the family sit- nation of real poverty and deprivation on an income amounting to at leas, sS500, we found that there is trouble in this keeping house. and we saw an ac- tual home in trouble. We believe that the trouble arises because many of the housekeepers have not had opportunity to learn their part" In the December BaZar budgets for two large sections ofthe country are given which show "The Gospel of the New Housekeeping at q glance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
THE, PIANO
From the Chicago Post.

From. the Chicago Post.
 The piano is one of our best known musical instruments. It was invented several hundred years ago, and in it's earlier incarnations was known as the spinet, or the harpsichord, and afforded eminent artists many opportunities to portray languishing ladies seated be- fore it.
 The piano>comes either as an upright or a grand. The grand is large, flat proposition that takes up several hun dred dollars worth of room, while the upright has a nice, smooth top on which bric- a. brac may be placed . The piano is usually played by young ladies until the young man proposes. It is also played by young men in tin pan song shops. In those places the youth, who has flowing hair and dis- couraged nectSie. allows a cigarette to hang from one corner of his mouth while he shouts song from the other corner, and uses the loud pedal exclu- clusively.
 In the old days. before women be- came advanced as they are now, it was considered quite some doings to play piece on the piano which required the hands to be crossed. Nowadays the piano is fitted with a self playing at tachment. and the Soung man caller feeds porous plaster into it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
INDIAN NAMES

.sThe Office Window" in the New York
 Mail.
 A traveller on the plains, writing in weekly journal an account of his travels, expressed amusement over the name of Washita Indian who is called sits-Down- Talking. Those whP know how Indians get their totem names, and also how-ab- surdly these names are translated into English, will not be amused by a name like this, but they have a right to be amused when the daughter of this partic- ular Indian is known as Miss Sits-Down- Talking. That is absurd, but neither name is as absurd as the names bestowed upon young Indians by the teachers in the government school close by, which include Marie Stuart" Richard K. Fox, Queen Victoria" and President Cleve- land" Better let the Indians get up their own names.
 The--finest Indian names are those which belong to the cloud clan. All these names are derived from meteorolog- ical phenomena. They are the hardest of names to translate from Indian into English The great cloud clan Sioux whose name was really Eclipse was all ways known to the whites as Hole-in-the- day. A certain cloud clan girl whose name was derived from the beautiful phenomenon of the slow advance of the approaching rain cloud, was known to the whites as Walking -Rain-a pretty name, hut one requiring explanation to a ten derfoot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
Tolls on Coastwise Vessels

It is already plain that a big lobby will meet Congress when it assemblies next month to demand repeal of the provision eSempting American ship ping engaged in the coastwise trade from the payment of tolls at the Pan anna canal. If, this scheme should suc- ceed an effort will no doubt follow to let ships controlled by the transconti- mental railroads pass through the ca nal. The two repeal projects really go hand in hapd, both being demanded by eastern shipping interests who expect the cooperation of Great Britain.
 Should these provisions of the act of last August be repealed all the ex- pense of the canal would go for naught so far as the general interests of the people in this country on either sea are concerned.
 The transcontinental railroads are, no doubt, behind the entire repeal movement. They do not want inde- pendent ships-tramp ships--to pass through the canal toll free. This rem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
pr. Dobbs Greeted Fly Friend.

The Rev. pr. s. L. Dobbs, presiding elder of the Roanoke district of the North l Alabama Methodist conference, was in Birmingham yesterday and will be here through the week to attend the sessions of the conference which begin tomorrow at the First Methodist church.
 Dr. Dobbs was stationed in Birmingham for several years, where he has numer- ous friends who are greeting him cor dially.
 T have now been at Roanoke four years" said pr. Dobbs yesterday. and will be moved during the coming confer enee. It has been remarkable four years for me in many ways, for I feel that I am four years younger than whefi I went away. The work over there has been en- tlrely different from that to which have been accustomed but am very much gratified by the result of my stay
 T have what think will be considered a very satisfactory report to submit to the conference"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
WHEN GABY ARRIVED

From the New York World.
 Gaby Deslys, dancer, came back to this country yesterday for her second visit She arrived on the caronia, which was full of other artists of different kinds.
 With Gaby was Harry Pileer. the dancer, who went away with her sud denly last winter. Immigration inspectors questioned the two. Were they single Were they husband and wife? She said she was still single. Pilcer denied he was married to her. Having done their duty, the federal guardians of morals let them land.
 Closer was the investigation of Gaby's 26 trunks. She was so circumspect in ures her diamonds were worth $500,00o These could not be passed at the pier. so all her baggage went to the appraisers warehouse. At that decision she gave an excellent imitation of a woman in anger, which exhibited her costume to ad- vantage
 This gown was so wonderful that only the artistic accuracy of Melville Ellis, who designs the robes for the Winter Garden, can set it forth.
 'It was an electric blue velvet gown, very tight" said MT. Ellis. dwelling lov- ingly on every syllable. Tt was trimmed with chinchilla. She had very petite black cloth shoes laced at the side, a small black hat, with four black feathers with dash of green and blue, and black vel vet cloak, banded with chinchilla and lined with ermine."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
MANAGING A HUSBAND

From the Chicago Record Herald.
 A Los Angeles woman claims that she has found out how to manage hus- band The principal thing, she says, is to refrain from bombarding him with questions when he come home late. She is wise woman The lady who merely sits in corner and looks in a peculiar way at her husband when he comes home late soon succeeds in causing him to feel like a criminal After this treat ment has been administered for about the third time the husband who is pos sessed of any of the finer instincts is ready to increase the allowance his wife demands for running the house and also to give up his job rather than assume the risk of being late again. Try ii, ladies'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

srboroinated was always the other fellows ambition. Without any intended offense. 1t may be truly said that none of the parties to the unsuccessful plan has any record for subordinating personal ambi- tions. Captain Hobson wants unity of ac- ton on the part of the progressive ana prohibition democrats, and he wants al straight cut fight for a principle with alb ambition subordinated. H Of course, CaE,- tain Hobson cares nothing for office: proE- ably nothing would suit him better thai U be a private fighting in the ranks. for a principle, with never a suspicion abroad that he cared for or would have office. He has always fought for in a modest un- ostentatious way for principle, and the offices which he has filled were offices that ran him down and fastened them- selves on him, as even now he is being pursued by the office of United States sen- ator. It is regretable that Captain Hob son, in his unsefsh fight for a principle. should have to allow the job of United States Senator to be fastened on him. when he is trying so hard 'to subordi- nate his ambition"
 Governor Conner in a brief statement on the iiiciueHt, says also that he is fighting for principle, not for an office. We are authorized to assume that the princi- pie can never successfully triumph unti, he Is elected United States senator. and that the principle would score a. rank failure were either Captain Hobson or Senator Johnston reelected to the Sem ate.
 AS Captain Hobson said all three Of the gentlemen had agreed upon the prin- cipes of unity, and that difference only arose, when they approached the question Of subordinating ambitions If we are per- mitted to make an impertinent suggestion. which may possibly relieve the threatened disruption of ''the principle of unity,'' we would say that if Captain Hobson would tell Governor Conner that he would step aside so that Conner could make the race Tor the Senate, and that if he would tell Lieutenant Governor Seed that Conner would not be in his way, that as for him. sell he would continue serving the people of the Sixth district, there would be no conflict of ambitions, unity would be es- teblished, and like the Three Musketeers they could march on with the slogan. One for all. all for one, and ol,ce for all"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
Opening Day of the Canal

Colonel Goethals' report, dated Sep tember 10, discloses the intention to pass a small water craft through the canal some time next summer or fall. This will be accomplished by complet- ing one flight of the Gatun locks be- fore the other flights are ready. The canal will be formally opened at some time in 1914 when a naval fleet head ed by the famous old Oregon will pass through it. The old time date of Jan uary l, 1915, has really been called in. The canal will be opened to the commerce of the world in 1914, prob ably in the summer of that year, thus anticipting the date first named about six months.
 No obstancles of an insurmountable nature present themselves, and the annual report of the canal commission is full of interesting statements rela- tive to the landslides and the electric power at the locks and the lighting of the locks which are the wonder of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
rhe New rempIe Emnnn-El

"We are now making excellent progress on our new temple" said Rabbi Morris Newfield of Temple Emanu-El congrega- ton, yesterday. While we were put back about 10 weeks during the summer by delayed material, we expect to ge. into the new structure some time in March.
 'The building will cost. including the site and organ, between slao,0O0 and s14o,- 900. The cost of the building itself will be well above the s100000 mark
 "One of the things we want to do is to keep this new building in use It has al- ways seemed to me very poor policy to invest an enormous amount of money in a building to be used, say, only one day in week. For this reason we intend to attempt institutional work to a certain extent. l would like to see the building used every day in the week for some good purpose or other. Among other things, We are planning library which we hope to make sort of sub-station of the pub lie library. think the building should be given over to all kinds of good causes.
 'Orfe of the things at which we are very. much gratified is that we have not sought contributions for this new synagogue from anyone outside our own congregation. Not that we are opposed to such tactics, but simply as a matter of pride we wanted to do it ourselves as far as We could l also want to say that in, spite of this policy we have received a number of vol untary contributions ranging from s10O 70 $500 from some of our gentle friends They are all the more appreciated from the very fact that they came voluntarily
 We expect to have very handsome edifice and we think one of it's most at tractive features will be the use of re- fiected light. The only light visible when one enters the temple will be the sma. perpetual light which burns in front of the altar"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
About Hobson,s Proposal

T was very much interested" stated W. A Gibson of Littleton, who was in Birmingham yesterday, "in reading The Age-Herald's story concerning the ef- fort of Captain Hobson to form a com bination for capturing three of the great offices in the gift of the peo- pie of the state.
 T am greatly interested in specu- lating on what will happen It looks to me as if Hobson had planned care fully to eliminate Mir. Conner as pos Isibility in the race for the Senate. If he keeps on, he will get Conner real mad, and he will step out and take that job himself
 Tt was great story from a news paper standpoint, the livest political story, in other words, which has been published in Alabama in many months. It has been the talk of the city to- day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19

ders the transportation of grain and fruits too cheap to suit the railroads and so they are organizing to repeal the provision in relation to American shipping 6n the coastwise trade.
 A big fight is coming over this proposition, and the people need not be surprised to see some old time gumshoeing done in it's behalf. While England protests lobby will entreat the members to repeal the toll-free provision of the Panama bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
Nearly s1 ,OOO Campaign Subscribers


 Something over $1,100,000 was con- tributed to the democratic national campaign fund by nearly 91, ,000 peo- pie. Never before had so many people contributed to one fund of any sort, and not since 1892 has a great cam paign been conducted on so small a sum, leaving no deficit to be met at the end Treasurer Rolla Wells insist ed on having the name and address of every contributor and he is prepared to account for every dollar received except $700 which he was unable to locate.
 There were few large gifts. Charles H. Cranes gift leads all the rest. He gave S40,000, and Cleveland H Dodge gave $35,000. There were few gifts indeed above S10,000. MT. Wells books are open to the inspection of all.
 The country is to be congratulated upon the fact that it has experienced one campaign fund that leaves no ob- legations on an incoming administra- tion. The largest contributor, Mr Crane, is to some extent a Birming- ham man, and he wants no favors at the hands of the President-elec And so it is all the way down the list. It is the one open and honorable national campaign fund of almost generation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES

From the Chicago Tribune.
 If your husband decides to raise a mustache you will need at least two dozen more table napkins.
 When the baby begins to walk you will find it necessary to move everything of a breakable nature about foot higher.
 Be negotiable enough to build little or your premises. These gentle birds will occupy it and raise large families there and pigeon potpie is not bad.
 Never allow the kitchen maid to call you by your first name when strangers are present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
Great Old Harbour

T have just returned from Barbour county" stated ex-Gov. B. B. Conner yesterday, and am more impressed than ever before with the fact that that county is the greatest place in the world.
 Everybody down there is doing nice ly apparently. There is plenty of pork in the fsmokehouse, and plenty of good cheer for all visitors. At Spring Hill and on the Cowikees the scenery is beautiful and the atmosphere fine. There are great many birds-par- tridges, of course-on my place, but l did not get chance to do any shoot ing, l am going back again, however They grow large and fat in Barbour larger and fatter than in almost any other section, we Barbour county peo- pie believe"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
= RILEY NEVER TELLS HIS AGE

From the Indianapolis News.
 In earlier years it was rather dini- cult to find biography of James Whit comb Riley that gave the year of his birth It was Riley's theory that this was immaterial and unimportant.
 Some one in Boston sent a telegram to his publishers in Indianapolis sew eral years ago asking:
 How old is James Whitcomb Riley?"
 It was Rlley's habit to visit the book store of his publishers every day. so the telegram was held for his attention be- fore sending an answer.
 After he had read the telegram he answered:
 You telegraph back to them that mo- body knows the age of MT. Riley but Mir. Riley and the sphinx, and Mir. Ri- ley is not saving any more about it than the sphinx"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
likeness of inc Courts

With the exception of the criminal court. both divisions of which are at work, the courthouse again looks like a
 deserted village" said young attorney. "All the divisions of the civil courts are at a standstill, notwithstanding the fact that thousands of'c cases are on the dockcts and thousands of litleants are waiting for
 cases to be tried Under the provisions
 of the Morrow bill all the civil courts of the county must remain idle for two weeks in the spring and fall terms, one
 week previous to the call of the Jefferson county cases in the supreme court and
 one week while that tribunal is in ses- sion.
 "The purpose of the Morrow bill was
 to give the lawyers that have cases nend- ing before the supreme court an opportu- nity to prepare and, present their cases before that body. This is undoubtedly all advantage to the corporation lawyer. but to the great majority of litigants it works hardship, as it causes delay in the trial of cases. The courts stand adjourned three months in the summer, and with the adjournment provided by the Morrow bill
 one more month is added making four months in which the courts are idle. and the untried cases increasing daily.
 The several Judges of these courts al e not responsible for this condition, as many of them would be both ready and willing to try any and all cases that night be agreed upon, but the Morrow bill forbids it, for no matter how ,rfl:ng the case may be. or how ready the ,it:- gants are to present. the case to the court,
 none of the six judges is allowed to try
 the cases.
 have time to prepare the many eases that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Do All Underground wor.. Firs,

Do All tnutEBfouhu 0ofh rsAS While talking about paving First ave- nua with wood blocks I think 1t would be good idea to make sure that there are no pipes or wires to be put underground before starting the work. said one of the younger citizens.
 Tt seems that First avenue from Twen- ty-first street to Nineteenth street is torn up about half the time and wood blocks would be about as bad as Belgian blocks or eight months and then put down in such manner that 9 stranger would think shovel had been used instead of the right implements for paving pur- poses.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-19
.ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

designations of Captain Bulnelx of the Hyenas.' Lubberty, the famous leftend,' 'McLout. drawback or, something of the sort. And as we gaze at their Ikenesses we are moved to wonder:
 (a) What do they do the rest of the time?
 Cb) Why do they do/this at all?
 Co Would a little plain work prove fa- tai to them?n
 (d) Couldn't they quit football and try to be happy and useful and ornamental. all at the same time?
 'Noty Beany: Ny nephew is one of 'em. dod-rot himi''-Kansas City Star.