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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-07
HAMMOCK BEDS ON AMAZON

From Harper's Weekly.
The passenger capacity OF vessels such
as we know is limited by the number of
berths and staterooms the ship contains,
but there is no such limitation in vessels
that ply along the Amazon river. State
rooms are superiority in them, for they
are never used except by the few foreign
travellers to dress in.
The passenger capacity of the Brazilian
vessel depends upon the hanging room
for hammocks on the vessels deck. Ev-
erybody must have hammock, for the
staterooms are unbearable at night The
Brazilian hammock is a thing of beauty
and is costly, too.
The best OF them cost anywhere from
500 to $500. Those made of maquerfa
grass, with feather lace trimmings, are
deemed the finest. 1t takes several
months to make a first class hammock.
The feather work is artistic and cleverly
put together. The feathers are all in the
natural colors, taken from birds of most
brilliant plumage. The Indians on the
Upper Rio Negro enjoy great reputa-
ton for this kind of work.
IneSe nammocks VIII last lifetime.
although they may be in use every day
and washed once a month. The most
common kind of hammock is of German
manufacture, made of cotton and inn
ported. but very cheap. These are warm
and exclude draughts of air. The best
cotton ones are of native grown cotton
and are made in Maracaibo. The grass
hammocks are much cooler than any bed
as they let the night breezes come through
their loosely woven meshes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-07
Where Taft and Roosevelt Agree

The working agreement between the
democratic and insurgent republican
senator's, which resulted in sending
the metals bill to conference, has come
to an end, and the democrats will
hereafter act alone in revising the
tariff. This means no doubt, that the
sugar, wool and excise bills will be
voted down in the Senate, as the
chemical bill was last week. The OBJ
ject of the republicans in doing this is
to obviate presidential vetoes. Such
vetoes are a sore subject to Mr.. Taft.
But if the bills are pushed to final
votes in the Senate the issue will be
plainly made up.
Taft and Roosevelt alike blow hot
and cold when the tariff issue is
raised. Both are at heart protection
lists, and both really stand for protec-
ton of manufacturers profits. They
agree on nothing else, for Roosevelt's
appeals are directed to the prole-
tariat, and Taft's to the magnates,
trusts and monopolies. The latter
proposes to rally all the interests and
to gather a slush fund that will make
Mark Hanna's best efforts take on a
punk look.
In some states affairs in the re-
publican party are very complex. In
California Governor johnson and his
friends will endeavor to control the
republican party. The state conven-
ton of that party meets on Septem-
Der "a, and the progressives expect
to select Roosevelt electors. In Penn
sylvania, too, all in confusion, and
III Michigan Governor Osborn has
gone over to Wilson and Marshall.
The only common ground that Taft
and Roosevelt. occupy relates to the
tariff. Both being protectionists, the
domestic consumer who desires to see
lower tariff rates and lower prices for
the necessaries Of life brought about
will take precious good care to vote
against both.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-07
BALTIMoREs THIN DIET

Baltimore Telegram to the New York
Tribune.
A Philadelphia newspaper corre-
spondent stood outside convention hall
busily engaged in putting figures down
on the back of an envelope.
"Lo, what are you doing?" asked an
acquaintance.
Just figuring an expense account"
said the correspondent. II find the
principal iteps on my bill will be as
follows:
ice water and sandwiches, 500;
drinking cups, $3.50, and lemonade, $50"
| Ice water sold for 5 cents glass at
the convention hall. Maryland has
law against public drinking cups, and
a paraffine -the-slot cups were
sold by the thousands. The sandwich
vendors charged from 10 to Is cents
for two slim slices of bread and a
piece of ham that was thinner than
a woman's veil.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Delighted with birmingham

II have passed through birmingham
frequently, but I am here on a visit for
the first time" said Edward c. Haury OF
Louisville who represents Henry Fitch
er's Sons. the prominent organ builders.
Louisville people have a right to be
proud of their city. and we have taken
particular pride in our handsome resi-
denees and the well kept lawns seen IN
our residence sections. But after riding
over Birmingham I take off my hat to
the beauty of this place. The fine scenic
effects here are indeed striking. From an
esthetic point of view Birmingham is In
class to itself, and commercially hna
that it is an uncommonly prosperous city.
OF course everybody knows of Birmins-
ham-knows of its rapid growth and the
big showing that it made in the last CEN
sus-but there is nothing like seeing. II
has far surpassed all my expectations.
Mr.. HAIRY is here to look after repairs
on the organ at the Church of the Ad-
vent which was built 20 years ago by the
Pitcher company.
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no Rockefeller fortune to do it on.
There is really no reason why he
should not retain the governorship of
New Jersey. Mr.. Taft will continue
to receive a salary of $4,000 year,
inelpding travelling fees, and Governor
Marshall will no doubt remain gov
eihon Of Indiana up to March 4. The
Ne" Jersey salary is liberal one,
and Governor Wilson's independence
would be best subserved through a
retention of his present office.
New Jersey has no lieutenant gov
ernor and in case of Governor Will
sons resignation soon the governor
ship would go to the president of the
state senate, who is arepublican. A
new legislature is to be elected in
November, and the senate that is To
meet in January may be democratic
and democrat may therefore be Sc
lected to become governor.
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POETIC TOPICS.

n PUETIC TOPICS.
lis very hard to be bard,
As everybody knows,
And never praise the nightingale
And never sing the rose.
Birmingham Age Herald.
lis harder still to pen rhyme
With parry word of June
With no thought of the summer time
And ne'er shining moon.
youngstown Telegram.
1t Is a. cinch to sing a lay
OF nightingales and June,
But 1t is hard to make it pay
Without ragtime tune.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
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THE BANKS o. doom

By Robert Burns.
Ye fiowery banks o. bonnie Doom,
How can We blume sac fairl
How can we chant ye little birds,
And l sac fu' O. earel
Thou'll break my heart, thou bonnie
bird,
That sings upon the bough;
Thou minds me o. the happy days
When my fause luve was true.
Thou'll break my heart. thou bonnie
bird,
That sings beside thy mate;
For sac sat, and sac I sang,
And wistna o. my fate.
Aft hae roved by bonnie Doom,
To see the woodbine Irvine;
And ilka bird sang O. its luve,
And sac did l o. mine.
WI lightsome heart pu'd a rose,
Upon morn In June;
And sac fourish'd on the morn
And sac was pu'd or noon.
WI lightsome heart pu'd- a. rose
Upon its thornyztHee ~. -szss-
But-my sfsQs2< a<er{staW5my4r0ss,
fx And zets:Sf thpEn zy17mAy
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BubOnic Plague in Havana

Suspected cases have appeared in
Havana, and suspected cases of bu-
bonic plague are pretty sure to be-
come real and certain. The disease
is known to exist in Porto Rico, and
no doubt it will spread throughout the
West Indies.
The battle in our gulf ports will be
stubborn one, and President Taft
should drop politics long enough to
see that the public health and marine
hospital service redoubles its effort to
keep the plague from the mainland.
The state health officer should also
get busy, even if the rest of the state
government IS engaged in conducting
federal politics. DIR. Hunter has au-
thority to act in such a case, and the
gulf ports have big task on their
hands. Every vessel from the West
Inies should be quarantined full
and suffient period Of time. Mobile
shares in the common danger, and il
should constitute itself the guardian
of Alabama in this crisis, and call foI
state and federal help as it may
fneed it.
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As Governor of New Jersey

Governor Woodrow Wilson was
elected to serve four years, and his
term does not expire until January 10,
1914. In case he should resign his
successor would be a republican. The
salary of the office is $4,000, and
Governor Wilson needs the money.
Why then should he resign the office !?
Grover Cleveland did not resign the
New York governorship.
New Jersey is not a large state and
supervision as chief executive is not
. heavy task to man as well
equipped as Woodrow Wilson is, and
he may conclude to remain governor
until about March a. He has family
70 maintain and support, and he has
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-07
The Band Concerts

1.-THE rainy weather that July brought
us has interfered somewhat with the
pleasure of those who attend the open
air concerts at Capitol park said a
prominent citizen, land 1t Is sincerely
hoped that the city commissioners will
see their way clear next year to build
a pavilion to be used when the evenings
are Indictment.
'Nrppis band gave great satisfaction
last year, but it is even better this
summer l heard Mr.. Chalifoux say
that he happened to drop in at re-
hearsal of the band while it was play
ing the andante from Beethoven
Moonlight Sonata and that he was
most agreeably surprised at the way il
was rendered; agreeably surprised al
the good tone quality of the different
instruments as well as the smooth en-
semble of the band"
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| 1t not been for Bryan iplaying him false.
Bryan threw his strength to Wilson
merely to defeat Clark. He had no idea
that Wilson would eventually win. But
he found later that he had overplayed his
hand. Indiana and Illinois were a pair
of wild horses, SO to speak. which ran
away with and wrecked him.
But Bryan was a power in the conven-
ton. He was the only man there who
was sufficiently drilled poised and voiced
to speak to 1900 people in one hall. He
was full of nerve and possessed of the
spirit of the old devil himself. He got the
the delegates and thereafter had most of
the men on the floor in a semi-paniclxy
condition. The mass of delegates were
alarmed at his claims and manifestations.
Bryan took advantage of every OPP
portunity. He appealed. bluffed and
bullied. He grasped every parliament
tary point and prevented more than
word of two from either of the two men
in the convention-Flood of Virginia
=
to make the straightout issue as to
whether Bryan was or was not the
dominant influence In the convention.
THE Wilson people knew full well
that he would play them false, and
they no more believed in him than did
the Underwood people.
They don't believe in him yet.
1t was unfortunate that the official
record of the convention never showed
the real strength of Oscar Underwood.
New York wanted to vote for Under
wood after the first two ballots for
Clark. But Uhderwood's managers
feared that If such occurred the Bryan
influence would Z prevent Underwood
from ever getting a tWo-thirds vote.
Therefore, New York was begged to
hold off and stay with Clark for a
time
1t was understood that when Will
sons strength had been fully devel-
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Primaries and Platforms

Senator Bristow Of Kansas predicts
that by the time another presidential
year comes round the national con-
vention will have been reduced to the
status of mere returning board to
canvass, verify and tabulate the re-
turns from presidential primaries and
formulate the platform. The irrational
and on-representative features of the
convention system have pronounced
its doom either in 1916 or at some date
not far beyond. The boss rule of
parties is condemned in all parts and
by all unselfish and patriotic men.
1t must go. Congressman Norris of
Nebraska has introduced bill which
calls for the election of delegates to
convention in primaries, in which
voters would be permitted to express
first and second choices for presiden-
tial candidates. The candidates hav-
ing majorities of presidential votes
are to become nominees of their
party. Another bill introduced by Mr..
Rowland of Cleveland is also pending,
and the chance is very good that an
acceptable nationwide bill will be
passed before this Congress expires
by limitation.
But why does Senator Bristow, a
progressive, cling to party platforms,
which are but promises? These devices
have SO long been filled with empty
promises that it has become an old
saying that they are not made to
stand on but to get in on.
No other country in the wide world
employs in party warfare party plat
forms. AS rule other countries
point in all appeals to the electorate to
some specific measure that the gov
eminent will, if Endorsed by the peo-
pie, carry into law, or else it breaks
down because of some specific meas
ure that does not meet public expec-
tation.
A platform of mere promises longer
than ones arm is strictly an Amer
lean institution, and it is one that is
largely discredited even here. The
Taft convention did, after using the
steam roller beyond all precedent and
all decency, adopt platform full
of meaningless planks in favor of the
rule of the people
The nominee is the whole show, for,
| through his record and his standing,
the people can see what they can rea-
sonably hope to secure. Platform
declarations are valueless if the nomi-
nee cannot be trusted to carry them
out.
In the long run the party platform
will be eliminated. Acts are better
than promises. A candidates record
far outruns in value all platform
declarations. The party platform
may have been satisfactory in the
junior days of the republic, but in
these days of trusts and monopolies
and bosses it is not taken seriously
by anybody 81
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-07
A Great Day at East Lake

1--WE had one of the greatest days in
the history of East Lake park July 4th,
said the manager.
1--WE handled approximately $4,000
people without an accident or any un-
pleasant feature whatsoever. 1 dare say
there never was as sober. orderly and
happy a crowd out here for day. Our
receipts were close to the highwater
record, too, and understand that the
receipts on this section of the Birming-
ham Railway, Light and Power railway
line were near 800 over those of the
same day last year.
our fireworks were doubled and the
very best to be procured and the pub
lie seemed to appreciate the efforts to
please"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-07
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT BALTIMORE'S
CONVENTION AND TELLS ITS INSIDE HISTORY

oped otN Monday night that on Tues
day morfinA Illinois would go to I'm
derwood. sTfe plan was that connec-
ticut would'leAd off with a solid vote;
Illinois would Allow; New York would
come next, and tennessee and Virginia
would be addedA the already fixed
southern UnderwA Nd vote. After that
it was believed MANA and Pennsyi-
vania would folloA and then Ken
lucky. Texas and sdsh Carolina would
come to the AlabaAan. But home
influence. of ven decided and
practical nature, in tA form of di-
rect appeal from the Hkvester people.
was exerted. and the IliiAis delegation.
when called by Senator Ankhead, an
nouhced that they. were comhled to with
draw their promise. Then fwas made
manifest that the underwood strength
was merely desired to be usedts a foot
ball between the leading candidtes, and
when Mississippi said they wouldnave to
quit after the next ballot, Senate Bank-
head rushed to the stand and wsdrew
Underwood.
This is true story of what occurtd
Up to Tuesday morning no one ksw
nor could guess with any degree of Y.
curacy, what would be the final outcoA
1t was all guesswork
Excepting Underwood. Woodrow Wilson,
is probably the strongest candidate the
party could have selected. As has already
been shown, he has split the Roosevelt
effort in twain, and were I forced to
make a prediction it would be that the
Roosevelt movement will peter out.
The real fight will be between Taft and
Wilson, with the New Jersey man having
a bit the better of it. He should carry
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and
Indiana, with a fighting chance in Ohio,
and good chance in Massachusetts.
1t, of course, depends largely upon VIII,
sons own utterances.
Maintaining dlgnified course, he VIII
win.
2,eNR,ue
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
A kiss without blush to so with II
tastes awful fiat
A live heir to a few dollars Is better
than a dead millionaire.
Nobody knows enough to give advice
on two subjects, SO everybody gives It
on all subjects.
Marriage is a school where couples
who once couldn't do without each
other learn to endure each other
The most astonishing thing to a
woman about man is how many polit-
ical opinions he can have without .
single idea among them.
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His First visit

A. o. Won Herbulis, the well known ar
chitect of Washington, ID. C., who has
designed the large convent building tc
be erected in West End. and who will
supervise its construction, leaves for his
home today after spending several days
here.
This is my first visit to Birmingham, "
sad Mr.. Herbuls. 1.-THE city has some
beautiful homes. its topography lends it.
self well to landscape treatment. I was
greatly pleased with Highland avenue
The business district of Birmingham re-
minds me something of Butte, Montana
expect to return to this city shortly
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Equal Suffrage Before the Federation

Equal Suffrage Before the Federation
One thousand woman delegates met
last week in San Francisco, constitut-
ing the biennial meeting Of the gen
eral federation of women's clubs.
These clubs have become a national
institution, and every state has a due
proportion of them. They constitute
an increasingly powerful organization
for the advancement of social welfare.
They are not simply culture or liter
airy clubs, for they take hand in all
questions relating to the home, to
schools and to charitablework. What
ever serves the publ good is with
in the sphere of tbs women's clubs.
The growth of the movement is one
of the marvels of the period. The
general federation is young in years,
but it is expansive in a wide field.
In the election of officers to serve
two years Mrs. Percy V. Pennypacker
of Austin, Tex, had about 200 ma
jority over Mrs. Philip Carpenter of
New York. Mrs. Carpenter demand
ed the ballot for women, and when
she was defeated the subject was
postponed to the meeting in 1914. The
subject is one that the comfortably
situated women of the federation pre-
fer to postpone rather than to act
upon. A battle over it is, however,
coming in 1914.
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p1nies and roses for the bride and
groom to take their places during their
! last single moments.
The bride was dressed very dainty
with silk embroidery marquisette over
cream satin trimmed with shadow lace
WINE the groom looked very neat in
the original color of black.-Melbourne
| Nowa) Record
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

A BLITHE ABODE.
With castle in Spain
Loves heart was content;
1t cost him no pain
For raising the rent.
While only a dream
A phantom estate,
And little, 'twould seem,
To make him elate,
He often was fain
To journey Ger there,
To his castle in Spain,
To his palace of air.
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MOST uNKIND

From the New York Telegram.
Ancient and Honorable Order of Vice
Presidents must all feel pretty cheap.
Never mentioned until the last minute.
Like starting for picnic and some one
says, Heavens! We've forgotten the
lemons.'
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WINSOME AND WISE


The dear little widow
Looks lovely in black:
I'm sure she's not wishing
Her late husband back.
Her eyes softly beaming,
/ She goes on her way;
gust what she is dreaming
We'd better not say.
But having been left with
AZ fortune quite large
And \never an offspring
To\have in her charge,
1t isnN much wonder
She's counted a prize.
Whose merit no mourning
Could ever disguise.
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SMILES

"SMILES"
We watched him while
He read a book;
On's face there was
A pleasant look
The title shown,
Forthwith he winks.
Twas Recipes
For Summer Drinks"
MYSTERIOUS STRANGERS.
A stranger rose
Now. who is hep
"Why, don't you know?
That's our v. p"
Birmingham Age Herald.
Another comes
"Ah. there you are"
The husband of
famous star.
youngstown Telegram.
In walks a third
with face of gloom.
"And who is he?"
Why, he's the groom.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
And this poor man
Who sadly croaks?
why, he's the guy
who writes the jokes"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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STILL. IT'S DEBATAg1E

The grand old bards of yesterday,
Who wove their thoughts in deathless
rhyme,
From DER the Styx, in fell dismay,
Must look upon this latter time,
When moving picture men have
wrought
Their verses into "photoplays"
And disarranged. it might be thought.
Full many bards time honored
bays PAUL COOK.
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steady advance in the art of dancing. 1t
Is needless to say that dancing gives
grace of movement to children other
wise awkward. and for the grown-up
boys and girls the folk dance, which
requires intelligence and physical en-
ergy, belongs to our modern esthetics.
I'm New York the Metropolitan OPP
era company's ballet school Is doing a
fine work for art. The closing of that
school for the summer period was cele-
brated recently by a beautiful perform
ance writer in the Musical Courier,
| in telling of the Metropolitan, says that
the results of the school have> been of
such excellence that at the end of this,
THE third year. so proficient have some
| Of the students become that 16 have
| been given permission to accept sum-
mer engagements, while one Eva Smith
| has been engaged to make her debut as
a premiere danseuse at the Metropolitan
opera house next season. Miss Swain
will be the first American prima bal
lerina to make her debut in that place
of amusement. The writer goes on to
| say:
| " Dancing may be viewed from two
aspects-as an art and as form of
amusement. As first employed in its
earliest forms ii, was the outward ex-
preston for various feelings or states
of mind. AS an art it is practised by
those who consider art as the highest
and fullest expression of the sensuous,
but modern frivolity has been the cause
of its degeneration. with no significance
whatever other than an endeavor to
surpass in roughness and ungainliness
anything heretofore advanced Dancing
corresponds to a natural Instinct for
physical expression and this, requires
grace, charm and skill, whereas such
monstrous variations as have been in
vented for modern usage have no claim
! for recognition in the category of the
art OF dancing. That horrible, anomaly
called ragtime is mainly responsible FIR
the sad condition of affairs at present.
| but there are some who still adhere to
| fundamental principles and eschew TWEEN
tieth century progressivelsin.' .
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ELABORATE AFFAIR.

A very pretty wedding was summoned
on Wednesday evening at the home of
Mrs. A. r. Korte at s o'clock, when
Miss Karolyn L Korte became the wife
of Albert Sanderman by the splendid
words Of Rev. Mr.. Dudley Of Des Moines
The home was very prettily decorated
there being An arch decorated {Yfth