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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
At Chicago in June
science

It is not easy to convince any man that he lacks winning qualities-that he is unpopular-that his fellow creatures do not appreciate him. MT. Taft is simply man. He is not superhuman, not a bit of it. He is not majestic, and as for brillancy he does not know it when he sees it. But he is a stubborn fighter full of ani- nal spirit, well meaning, and he fully believes the people will deal justly with him in June, and, it may be, in November.
 So it is with Mr. LaFollette. He feels that the country is tired of standpatism-tired to the point of de- sertion, and he proposes to stand to the convention day where the progress sives can select him as their standard bearer. He will be supported by the delegations of some northwestern states in which there are practically no standpatters in private life.
 And then there is the Sage of Oys- ter Bay He has been told a million times that he can sweep the country, and he no doubt believes he can. He is ambitious to outserve Washington, Jefferson and Grant. He no doubt considers himself very superior pub lie parsonage. He has never subsid- ed into real private life and he never will. Other ex-Presidents did so, but the colonel never will. He is not built that way.
 Taft, LaFollette and Roosevelt at Chicago when the roses bloom again! This suggests a deadlock, and then the opportunity of Beveridge, and Cummins, and Justice Hughes, and Governor Johnson of California will have fully arrived. Moral: Don't be cocksure today that you know the name of the republican nominee.
 The democrats care little who their opponent is to be. Oscar w. Under- wood is gaining ground rapidly, and so is the democratic party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Dr. Huddlestons Argument

Just how Dr. R. L. Huddleston, who supported the constitutional prohibition amendment, and then won seat in the legislature from a strong local option county, is very pretty story stated Winfred Brown of Wetumpka last night.
 The doctor on the stump during his campaign for the legislature compared himself to a faithful old dog who but once had parked up the wrong tree. What are you going to do with old Tray?' asked the doctor. He had served you well for many years and his ability to follow the rabbit, the squirrel, the pos sum or the coon had kept your larders filled with fresh meat for lol these many years.
 And then one night, one dark night you lead old Tray into the woods. and he, putting out with loud bark on the wrong scent, brought himself underneath a tree in which no 'possum sat. For the moment you were angry, and right fully so, and you intended never again to make use of the old veteran. But the following morning he had repented of his mistake and was plainly endeav- bring to express his intention of never again making a blunder. So what are you going to do with him?
 "The story of the doctor won the case, and the voters, forgetting the part he played in the effort to put prohibition in the constitution, sent him to the legis- lature. There he did well, aiding in un- saddling prohibition from about the neck of the state, and in other ways showing that he had realized that in 1909 he had made a serious blunder."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
Crime md AcnnifiaIS

"A great deal is being said about the increase of crime in this community, said a lawyer of wide experience, "and the cause of this increase is attributed to various sources.
 "In recent years, the legislature has created so many new crimes that 1t is not surprising that the number of ap- parently lawless citizens has increased. If we consider those crimes which are bad in themselves, and also the great increase in population. it will be found that the percentage of crime is not ma terially greater than heretofore.
 "Acquittals in cases of homicide have been common in this state for over 50 years and most of them result from the impotence of the trial judge to con trol the trial under our rules of pro- cedure and the ease with which ap- peals may be taken to the supreme court and a reversal there obtained It is a fact that the attorneys for the defendant in a capital case have more to do with the conduct of the trial than the judge and prosecuting attor- neys, combined The defendant in such d case is an uncrowned king, whose person is sacred from the touch of the trial judge. All this results from our rules of practice When they are so changed as to allow the presiding judge to direct the trial without fear of reversal by the supreme court on some immaterial question of law. con- victions of the guilty will be the rule and not the exception.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
om the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Don't use a typewriter eraser to cleal the smudged places on your shirt collar It don't clean the collar and 1t wears ou your eraser.
 Never throw away the tough, outsid stalks of. a bunch of celery. Dry then carefully and they can be used for fuel either in the cock stove or the furnace.
 Always keep on hand pound or two o cut loaf sugar. It comes in handy whel you have company.
 Every house should have & roofny at tic in which to store monthly magazines fashion papers, and the juvenile book that the children have outgrown. Whei the various accumulations become to, great give them to the Salvation Army.
 No family should be without an ice box In the winter the man of the house cal uso it as q hafiiidor and keep his boxe of cigars in it. thus effecting a doubl economy.
 The largest closet In the house, prefer ably under the basement stairway, slioul, be devoted to the storage of old shoes. l should be cmptied at ieast once in | years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
About the Presidency

Prof. R. H. Dabney of the Uni versity of Virginia writes long let ter to the Richmond Times-Dispatch in advocacy of Woodrow Wilson as a presidential candidate. Next to Will son." says Professor Dabney, q should personally prefer Underwood" /" He speaks of the Alabamian with ad- miration; says he is of presidential sizev and that at some future time he may be the democratic nominee.
 Among the reasons that Professor Dabney gives for thinking tha. un- derwood could not be elected this year if nominated is that sectional preju- dice is not yet suffiently dead. The professor evidently has not kept up entirely with the march of events. If there is anything that leading north ern men, republicans as well as demo- crats, know it is that sectionalism has been practically dead these 15 years. Sectionalism passed away entirely during President McKinley's ad- ministration. The Spanish war not only freed Cuba, but it gave us a reunited United States. In connection with that war Presi- dent McKinley's hearty recogni- ton of ex-Confederate in the distri- button of army commissions was pat riotic in a high degree, and the ready response of the young men of the south to the call to arms showed more clearly than anything that had hap pened before that time that old ani- mosities had vanished; and the Presi- dents policy of friendship toward the south after the Spanish war gave fur ther proof of his sincerity and his good will in respect to the states that has formed the southern Confectionery
 It would be absolutely impossible for anyone to revive sectionalism. Mr Underwood is a strong presidential probability, because he is the chief exponent of the democratic doctrine of tariff reform, and because of his splendid character and exceptional ability. For these reasons he is the logical candidate of the democratic party, and would be no matter from what section he came or what district he represented.
 Professor Dabney falls into another error when he says:
 But we are now discussing the ques- tion as to what democrat can be elected l President of the United States, and, foi the rational settlement of that question | it is necessary to bear in mind certain cold, hard facts. One of these is that lit is no longer sufficient. as in the old | Cleveland days, for a democrat to carry | merely New York. Connecticut, New ! Jersey and Indiana in addition to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
NO TEA POURING FOR HER
Washington Letter 10 the New OrIear

Washington Letter to the New Orleans | Times Democrat.
 | 'swon't you let me give you soroe punch?" Q lovely woman gorgeously caparisoned, high priestess at the flowing bowl insinuatingly urged upon shrink ing looking little uncompanioned guest at Christmas tea this week. The urged upon. dim and intellectual sort of proposition. shook her head lugubriously.
 "No, I thank you," she said.
 But the radiant vision at the silver bowl persisted:
 Do have a glass; she cooed, encour- 1 agingly, and then to soothe the probable scrupies of the provincialsone, she added virtuously, q can assure you there isn't thing in it!' aa
 !" Yes, I know" the patient person sighed. that's the very reason l don't take anyl
 And then both ladies laughed and be- came fast chums from that very mo ment.
 It marks you as socially something to
 he rounded up and made to serve punch, or near punch, frappe, tea, coffee or chocolate at an afternoon affair Ons l looks imposing on the Job, and one i'm presses tho mighty mob l But for all the prestige of the proposi-
 tion there's one bright and popular lit- tie woman in Washington, greatly in de- mand, who always shirls the service. .One is nothing but an asylum, ral- l lying point, for all the bores and unat- | tached when one is bound hand and foot to punch bowl or tea urn she saga ciously explains. "The woman help lessly anchored to her serving post is a sort of come ye disconsolate' to the friendless and forlorn among the guests, who flock around her for refuge and monopolizc her attention for 8 disguise to their lonely lot. The people that one really wants to talk to stand afar off, having a good time among themselves, and leaves the serving lady to the frumps. No tea pouring for me. If you please; I'd rather have the fun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
First Game Laws

"It is not generally known" stated sportsman last night, that the first game laws in Alabama were drawn up by Judge Zell Gaston.
 "The need of game laws in Alabama was discussed first by Judge Gaston and T. T. Ashford of Birmingham. Aft CT the discussion, Judge Gaston return ed to Greenville, and drawing up the bills mailed them to Mir Ashford.
 Alabama needs protection for it's game, but it is even more necessary that the game laws be enforced. I understand that there will be opposi- tion to the reelection of the present incumbent, John w Wallace, Jr., 1t be- ing understood that Thomas Bradford, a popular young man of Montgomery, will be candidate for the office of chairman of the fish and game com mission
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
Diversified Industries

q am always glad when there is an agitation for more small industries here, but many people that talk lose sight of the fact that this city has already very large pay roll from small manufacturing plants in North Birmingham and other outlying sections, to say nothing of the district that formerly made up Birming- ham," said a member of the Chamber of FCommerce.
 "A friend of mine who lived here for a number of years, but who is now en- gagged in business in Atlanta, said to me the o,ler day that the Georgia metropolis had an advantage over Birmingham in the fact that nearly 300 manufacturing con Birmngham's statistics. at hand, but think we have something like 200 small plants such as my friend spoke of as glv- ing Atlanta her industrial strength. and ir tories we have the Tennessee company and other large corporations that employ more wage earners than find employment in any three Georgia cities combined, in cluding Atlanta.
 "What Birmingham needs especially just now is a modern fireproof hotel and g large auditorium to accommodate large conventions, opera festivals, etc. Atianta has Birmingham badly beat in the matter of hotels and it's capacious auditorium
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
RErLECTIoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 It's near enough to loving if it's noi fighting.
 Politics cost those in it more self-rc- spect than money
 The man who doesn't work just fol money mighty seldom does any work.
 when one woman speaks of anothei's clothes as lags, it's a sign they claim to be good friends.
 A girl never really has to wait for lear year to ask a man, because any year she knows how to ask him to ask her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
National Politics

Notwithstanding the loud and enthus- iastic talk among Roosevelts admirers about the ex-President being a dead sure winner in the republican convention in June, I strongly believe that President Taft will be nominated" said Wilson F. Mayhew of Missouri
 T am republican, but am not a poli- tieian, although I feel deep interest in politics. President Taft may have made political blunders, but everyone has con- fidence in him. He is not only a man of severe integrity, but of high purposes. Anyway, am for Taft, and am glad to see that he is not going to be wealx-kneed and quit the field for the benefit of Roose- velt or anybody else. Maybe President Taft can not be reelected, but l believe he will stand better chance of election next fall than would Roosevelt with his third term handicap.
 "As to the democrats I have no idea what the outcome of their convention will be. Tn travelling through the west recently I heard a good deal of Woodrow Wilson talk But also Harmon and un- derwood have many friends in the west. Two or three weeks ago while I was in Denver about half day I heard Under wood much boosted. In fact he seemed to be the democratic favorlte in Denver. am told that Underwood is very strong with the democrats of Illinois. and I can
 imagine that he is strong in the east. If the republicans should nominate Roose- velt and the democrats nominate Under wood. who is regarded by many as the ablest democrat in the United States at the present time, there would be lively campaign indeed, for the ex-President is strenuous nr nothinvo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
THE FIRST rwnLvr hoNTns.

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 The following diary appears on the bacl of drummess card and was contributed by reader of tkis department:
 Jaruary-Aao born. Dida't want 10 be 0SJect i,esnsd.ately aa lc1e as l can younger brother corn seven minutes later Looks like 2. fool, but may improve as h Dellows witsi age.
 feeruary-cateh cold. Give it to youns CT brother. He's sieklier than I am, Yer! nearly settles him.
 March--Catch nice rash. Pass it on [ the other cove. Pretty well winds Up hi cloca
 April--1.ney chlistenee us, I'm Aust. tls and hes Alexander. Don't he looi an ass of an Alexander? I'll kick hir
 N1ay-Get the nettle rash. Hooray! so' he-only worse.
 June-They don. think they viii be abl to rear him. He's to have cod llYer oi' Can't help laughing.
 July-Hes been squalling awful. Nurs says it's his nasty temper. I know it pin, but I ain't going. to tell.
 August-We've got new nurse. Alex anders got a blister on the end of hl nose. They don't know what it is. II Is to have powder.
 Sentember-Tve given him the scarla tina He seems resigned. I've nailed hl feeding bottle.
 October-1ve got new game now polling Noah's wife into his ear when tn nurse ain't looking.
 November-We're beginning to walk He's weaker on his pins than I am, so can shove him oyer aasv
 December-I am beginning to cut mi first tooth. As soon as it's through " made up my mind to bite Alexander.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
ExAGGERATING A TRIFLE.

ExAGGERATING A TRIPLE. There was man in our town
 Who led troubled life; And often when he seemed cast down Friends said it was his wife. But naught they knew of h.s affairs And little did they guess What twas that added to his cares And caused him such distress. He acted like a man apart
 In sorrows direful grip, Who strove to keep a dauntless heart And never-blanching lip. He played his part so wondrous well, How could the neighbors know His greatest gries was. truth to tell, A corn upon his toe?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
When Render Joined

"One of the best baseball stories which has come under my observation" said Bozeman c. Bulger. while in Birming- ham recently, "concerned the discussion of the Philadelphia Athletics concerning the propriety of permitting Bender, an h. dian, to become member of the team.
 There were one or more of the play CTS who did not take to the idea of play ing alongside of an Indian. But Danny Murphy, native Irishman, had still a more novel reason why the aborigine should be barred
 I do not object to Bender stated the son of Erin, because he is an Indian. But l tell you fellows, right now, that we must protect ourselves against all of these dodgasted, foreigners
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05

From the Atlanta Journal.
 Here's congratulations to Oscar Under wood of Alabama for escaping appen- d;citis. Congress and the rest of the country would miss him during the time it would take for an operation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
AT OUR CIIuRcH

"It is an edifying spectacle to see a millionaire pass the collection plate"
 Quite so, but it is much more edi- flying spectacle to see the ostentatious way in which he donates 50 cents"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
MAREL,s UP To DATE.

Maybelle Gaddy's gentleman friend who travels out of St. Louis has given her for Christmas a rope of pearls but she says they are too valuable to wear in public and for this purpose she has had duplicate of imitation pearls made. The original will be kept locked up in the famly's safety deposit box. Indeed none
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

of the jewels Maybelle weafs are gens inc; her eight rings, her diamond slh burst, her diamond set hairpins, her got locket, her silver chatelaine bag, ard th beauty pins which take the place of miss ing buttons on her shirtwaist. are all i'm itatlons of the originals which arc locke up in the Gaddy strong boS.-Ma1hattI Mercury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05

The weather clerk does his prophesiy- ing in a stumbling manner. There will be no certainty in that matter untii the next moath brings the groundhog in his great annual shadow act.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05

pocket money than any people on eartl the stage which their dollars keep in eN istence will not be wholly a failure fror the critical point of view
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05

Persia is b.eset on one side by Russian troops and by British troops on the oth- CT. The chances are there Will soon pc no Persia worth mentioning, just spheres of influence, that's all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
SEVEN DOWN

Dibbs wore a very cheerful smile, Which made us start to think, Had he been sober all the while,
 Or had he ta'en drink? Dibbs solved the difficulty soon,
 Why he was so elate. By saying, as he hufnmed tune,
 ''The next is number eight"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05

Sydney J. Bowies letter, reproduced m The Age Herald today from the Mont gomery Advertiser, is full of interest, as are invariably all communications from MT. Bowie's pen. In this letter several inn portant matters are presented and briefly but ably discussed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
About Persons

Ed de Graffenreid of Greensboro, one or the justices of the recently created appel late court, is in Birmingham.
 W. J. Wintrell of Wedowee, one of the best farmers of Randolph county, spent yesterday in Birmingham attending 10 legal business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05

In California 67O,14O women and 5ssooO men are entitled to register, and the indications are that nearly all of both sexes mill get ready to vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
SURE!

From the Rome Tribune-Herald.
 The biggest thing in Alabama just nov is the Underwood presidential boom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
A FRIGID ANSWER,

'Why didn't you wish me happy New Year?"
 T wished that once for friend and it came true.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
A BARE PossIRnIry

"It is. said that fly can see an object one fve-millionth of an inch in diam eter"
 Maybe fly could see some good in old MT Groucher."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
p.LLApE OF MISERY AND InoN

By John ca1tef-From "IIard Labor an.
 Other Poems" Haggard faces and trembling knees,
 Murderous hearts that darlily walt Lips that nlutter their biaspheniies,
 Eyes that shine with weddings hats These are they who were men of late, Fit to hold a blow or Il sword. If prayer this wall may penetrate.
 Have pity on these. ny comrades
 Lord.
 Poets sing of fife ut the lees
 In tender verses and delicate, Or tears and manifold agonies-- Little they know of what they prate Out of -hs silence, passionate Sounds 4 deeper, wilder chord. If a song be heard through the marrow
 grate,
 Have pity on these, my comrades. Lord Hark, that wall of the distant breeze. Piercing ever the close barred gate. Fraught with torturing memories Of eyes that kindle ard lips that mate An. by tha loved ones dcso,asc Whose anguish never can pen record. If Thou be truly compassionate, Have pity on these, my ce mradss, Lord .L'ENvoI. These are paxilS tat the hand of Fat Careless sweeps from the checker boart Thou tiias kriow'st If the gamc b
 straight,
 Have pity or ..aSe. mv -crurr6ss. Lord
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05

Marriage uncovers mans middle name even if he has been able to con- ceal it tnoughout his previous life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05

The s2O.OOoO collar trust will assail the average citizen just below the me- dulla obongata. No two trusts assail the consumer in one spot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05

Chicago is now looking for January thaw. Here in Alabama we want dry wind that understands its business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05

Ground will be broken for sl,o0oOOO hotei in Birmingham within the next two or three months, and I hope to see an audi torium started before the end of the year.
 "As to population, Birmingham and At lanta are about the same size now Ihe census gave this city only 1S2,6S5' put partial investigation found that many thousands had not been counted here. Atlanta, on the other hand, is credited Tn the census with 1540oo. The people of At lanta were public spirited enough to see that every soul was counted, and l sus- pect that rather than not make a great showing, not a few Atlanta people were counted twice. Atlanta is a great city and will continue to grow rapidly, but l would be willing to bet that in the next census Birminghams population will out strip that of the Georgia capital"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05

In Baltimore Mrs. Mary F. ,Zell mar ried w. W. Abell. She had got tired of place on the last page of the di- rectory
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
A FANCY PRICE.

A FANCY PRICE. All hail tho hen, 4 royal hirdl Who can behold And not be stirred By wonder at
 The thought, f legs, Of what we pay These days for eggs?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
WEARY. 1v.atrr>-e

WEARY WAITING. 4ou'll agree that Fortunes fckle And shes often slow, we've found; Death is apt to wield his sickle Long before she gets around.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05

No ora .or can set the prairies afre at present because they are covered With foot of snow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05

DO not be surprised if J. F. Morgan unearths Mona Lisa before he returns to this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05

Electric cars in Massachusetts are re- quired to carry lifting jack to serve as a Johnny-on-the-spot in case of need
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05

The empire of China lasted from 200 B. c. to 1911 A. D., and if the republic does as well it will make a fine record
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05
HALTED

When Inspirations spark is fled.
 No need the muse for wooing; However hard we try to rhyme,
 There's simply nothing doing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05

Why pull our hair? We've not much left 'Twould be tfe widest folly. Alas, that any "cneer up" bard
 Should yield to melancholy!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-05

President Sun of China is the biggest surprise the political world has ever known.