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The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
Of all precedents that can be cited by
" self-poised independent American

~ F all precedents that can be cited by
~ self-poised independent American
women for their delight in intellect
ual and social organizations, the most re-
markable is that of the French salons. By
means of these informal drawing room
gatherings the great women of France in
stituted sort of combined theatre and
press association, wherein they not only
moulded the opinions of the day, but in
Icidentally turned them inside out. Here
they created and deposed ministers, filed
vacant chairs in the Academic and made
unknown artists and authors strongly the
fashion. They ruled the world by ruling
the men who claimed to be its rulers.
But, unlike the clubs and societies con-
trolled by modern women, the salons had
for their object the advancement of mems
interests They discoursed on the rights
of man-the rights of woman were then
an unuttered topic. For these great
Frenchwomen had no idea of banding to-
gether for self-protection. Their desire
was to surround themselves with an at
mosphere of culture and refinement,
spiced strongly with literary, social and
political interests.
The foundation of the first salon by the
original and forceful Marquise de Ram
bouillet, half French and half Italian,
was no less than a revolt from the license
and ignorance of the court life. She gave
to society a meeting place where high
ideals. and exquisite manners prevailed
and at the same time provided the pedes-
tails for many talented men. That the in
ceptiou of this first salon was clever is
proved by the fact that it was initiated
and followed by many others, divergent
in character, perhaps, but having the
earmarks of the first "Salon bleu," the
exquisite blue and gold drawing room of
La Marquise.
These women that dominated the Golden
Ages of the French Monarchy were, as
popularity phrased, "srandes DANES
masterful in character, having all the
qualities of leaders. Few among them
were notably vain. Although they had
great inspiration and charm, many of
them, especially La Grande Mademolselle, |
closely related to three Kings, had a
royal contempt for spelling. To have
written the compositions produced byI
American schoolgirls would have caused |
her some trepidation. |
Nevertheless La Grande MademoiselIe
originated in her salon the pen portraits
that had so distinct vogue and influence
on literature. She frst wrote her own "pen
portrait describing in detail her mental,
moral and physical qualities. Those thar
followed were bound to give the same in
formation without insincerity. 1t was an
exalted and enduring form of the childish |
game of Truth.
As La. Grande Mademoiselle set thsl
fashion for pen portraits" so the brill.i
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15

Angora gather for daily studies and
romps.
Glory, apt pupil, has learned to run to
the dining room when he hears the camp
cooks cry
Come and get it or I'll throw it away"
He will sit up and beg, roll over dead"
and do a number of other of the usual
parlor tricks pertaining to aristocrats of
dogdom. His most clever stunt is the one
shown in the accompanying picture. If
you say Scat" to him he merely wags
himself, but if you say ''Shoor' he climbs
into the gondola in which you see him
seated. This is one of those that usually
encase the masters feet when he fares
forth to earn the wherewithal necessary
for the purchase of dog biscuit and liver
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15

their fathers and mothers also become in
terested in the making of these hats when
they see the work that the children have
been doing at school. and they learn the
art for themselves. In this way the
government hopes thCt the making OF
these hats will incre Use to such an extent
that the demand Of the exporters will be
met. The industry Is profitable and
pleasant one, and the boys and girls them
selves take some part in it and are learn
ing to be expert hat weavsrs 50 that they
win have one sure way Of earning living
in the future. The children often weave
the coarse inner parts for the double hats
or work on the edges Of the single va
riety.
The other kind of Filipino hat, called
the buntal hat, is also made by some of
the Filipino children, and the manner of
weaving it is taught in the schools. The
children elso wash the hats, placing them
in large pans for this purpose. In the hat
making villages the little boys and girls
may often be seen sitting outside of the
native huts in happy groups, a pile of the
unfinished hats on each small head, the
straws which have not yet been bound in
at the edge sticking out in every direction.
The youngster who is wearing this odd
headdress, chatters gayly with his friends
while his hands move swiftly in and out
in the weaving process which will COM
plete the hat he has in hand.
Embroidery is another important feat.
ure of Filipino public school boy or girls
education In the Filipino schools boys as
well as girls are taught how to do the
beautiful embroidery which is 50 fashion
able on women's shirt waists and kimonos.
The embroidery lessons begin very early
In the primary schools the boys and girls
work on large frames, several being en-
gagged at one time on the same piece of
work. Not so many boys as girls learn
the embroidering, but there are many en-
broidery classes which have a number of
boys.
Cabinet making is another art in which
the Filipino boy is an expert. The govern
ment has installed good work shops in
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15

WIHEN an American seaman gets toe
w far advanced in years to climb aloft,
furl sail or clean decks on a regular
sailing vessel, he retires to Sailors SNUG
Harbor, he gets himself small shop OF
oyster stall along South street or the
Battery. or he goes back to the place he
came from, the south shore of Long
Island. There isn't a town along the
shores of Jamaica Bay, the Great South
Bay, Moriches Bay or Shinnecock that
hasn't its quota of retired seamen. They
range in age from seventy to ninety-fve
years, but the call of the salt water is on
them still, and they employ their time
puttering about with little sloops and cat
boats, fishing, Grabbing or remembering
when
Many of them have regular employment
running large sloops across the baT to
the ocean beaches which shut out the At
iantic on the other side. All the south
shore bays are dotted with summer hotels,
and all these hotels have boat which
makes regular trips across to the beach,
and standing in the stern sheets of these
boats, silently handling the sheet and
tiiler, is generally grizzled, sunburned
man, whose age might be forty and might
be-s hundred and ten, e.
For instance, there is old Captain
Nichols, who runs out of Bsyshore and
will take a. party across the Great South
Bay to the Fire Island light, to Ocean
Beach, to Point O. Woods or any place
they want to 90. / call him "old" Cap
tain Nichols without fear of his dis
pleasure, which is the last thing desire,
because when any one refers to him as an
old man his eyes light up with keen ap-
preciation. Just how old he is no one
will ever know, for he is endowed with
that hatred of giving definite information
on any subject which is typical of the
native Long Islander. So marked is this
reticence on the part, of Long Islands
sons that when coming about with a
loaded sloop they mutter, ''Hard-a-lee ~
as though they were ssying:-".All right!
You win my life savings"
I've been sailing on this bay, man an
boy, for quite q SPELL" said Captain
Nichols in reply to repeated questions.
About how long?"
"Goin' on fifty year, of an on"
Have you always lived here?" asked
him
Born right up that road" he replied,
taking his cob pipe out Of his mouth and
pointing with the stem
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Haven't you ever been away from
hereT I asked, beginning to pity hin
for his narrow life.
Sometimes" he said shortly. "Lool
out, I'm goin' to tack ship now" Tn
sioop came about and crossed asern o.
q little catboat which had just taken tn.
tack We had left, and Captain Nichols
shouted to the brown skinned man in tn,
"Mornin', Frank" Then he turnet
to me:-"Me an Frank was shipmates
forty year ago"
Here on South Bay?" I asked, sur
prised, for Frank didn't look forty.
"No, we was a-goin' out O Bristol, Eng
land, then. Them was the whalin' days
But thought you said you were borr
here?"
80 was; so l was, lad. An expec
I'll die here"
1 began to lose my pity. Then you've
been to sea?'
Yes, have indeed. Sos Bill Wallace
that runs the bicycle store down to the
village. Him an me was shipmates, too
That was goin' out o Glou'ster afore the
steam travis come in"
IT suppose you've been in New York q
number of times?' I suggested.
Quite 2 number" he said. Il run oui
O. New York for bout eighteen year."
Il guess you've seen more of the world
than have" l said. ...
wall, I'm older'n you be-"
How many ports have you run Out
of 2" asked.
Il don't know how many ports there
be, but reckon I've sailed out O. put nigh
all o them"
Il thought you had always lived here
said. D.. ..-r... .s.
so. l have, off an on; SOS Bill Wal.
lace; SOS Ed Merton; SOS Frank Squires
We was all shipmates in the old days"
And you're all back home againT
Yes, 'cept them as died at sea. I made
port the last. time, an am hopin' to die
here to home"
why don't you go to the Snug Har.
bor" asked.
"oh, reckon this Is snug enough fol
me-" -s7
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15

pace at which 1t proceeds when 1t is haul
ing its little load of hay or produce
would be likely to put an American boy
to sleep. The Filipino boy doesn't mind
going to sleep, however, and indeed, except
when be Is playing baseball, he 10 rather
addicted to that tired feeling.
School gardens are just as much .
success with the Filipino boy and girl A.
they are with the American students Of
the public schools Not only have many
of schools these flower and vegetable
gardens in the Philippines, but there are
special schools for learning how to make
a success of agriculture, to which the old
e, boys 60. The United States government
is making an effort to find out all sorts Of
vegetables and fruit that will grow in
these islands which have not been grown
there before. and to introduce new and
improved methods of agriculture.
All of these new ideas are given to the
little farmers Of the Filipino school
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
THE PHILIPPINES

boys play in the vacant lots next the
barrio schools. Interprovincial meets are
l.eld frequently, and the entire population
for miles around attends these games be-
tween rival schools. The spectators from
the different villages are as excited over
the baseball competitions as we Ameri-
cans are at the annual college games.
The government of the United States
fosters the. playing Of baseball BY the
school boys in every way. Not long ago
complete basketball outfit was offered
as prize to the winning team Of series
of baseball games arranged in each divi-
sion. In this contest 10y games were
played by 42S competing teams. In one
province alone, that of Occidental Nesros,
there are 40 organized beseball teams, in
which 100 boys play and great many
more in the same province are numbered
in teams that play in less systematic
way.
Another kind of sport which the Fill
pino boy learns to take an expert part in
on his own account is canoeing. The boys,
many of them, live in parts of the coun-
try where the native "banca," canoe
scooped out of a single tree trunk by the
bolo knife, is one of the staple means Of
travel. Although persons not used to
this canoe may find difficulty in navisat-
ing it without a tumble, the natives
manage the tipsy craft with the greatest
ease and skill, and the boys learn the art
of doing So also while they are still almost
babies. Also the Filipino boy must learn
to manage the numbering casco, the huge
and ungainly craft On which his family
often spend their entire existence.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
Luke McLuke Says

Cincinnati Enquirey:--women are called
angels because they never have thing to
wear.
And woman can tell you that self.
preservation is the first law of nature.
The world likes to, be amused. This
is the reason why all the world loves a
lover.
when man is of absolutely no account
lon earth some fool girl Is sure to ind that
he Is just heavenly.
"A man who calls a woman's blur 4,
Ieither hunting for trouble or Just plain
fool" -.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15

Both girls aud boys are, passionately
fond Of ball games, and basketball teams
for the girls and baseball teams for the
toys flourish all over the island. The
girls play basketball in the open air and
the people of the islands are so interested
in the sport that they gather il as large
numbers to see two teams compete as If
it were professional game of baseball.
The Filipino girls play extremely good
basketball. The larger girls of the Normal
school, who are almost women, are as
fond of the sport as the high school and
lower school girls. Like. American girls
they wear the sailor blouse and boomers
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15

ideas of education and over whose school
house floats the American flag. The
Filipino children ara very good students
indeed and are quite faithful in their at
tendance at school, but like young persons
everywhere in the world they like play
quite as well as school If not a little
better.
Before the American government used
its influence to have a different condition
Of things brought about, cock fighting was
the favorite form of sport with the Fill
pino boy as well as with the grown men.
But now the boys have become so inter-
ested in the many American games that
have been introduced that they leave the
cock fighting, Of which the government
disapproves because it is a cruel form of
sport, principally to the older members of
the community.
The Filipino boys are very fond of mill
tary drill, and there are a great many
companies organized in the schools which
are given physical culture drills in the
open air. In the vacation time a meet of
the school teams is held at the mountain
province school at Baguio. which is the
summer capital of the Philippine Islands.
Track teams, gymnastic organizations,
&c, from all over the islands compete in
these meets.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15

mixer and lacking in animosity, regard
less of the former afaliations of his toy
associates. The toy 'possum, the mon
keys, the bears and the other inmates
of the. toyland menagerie may be kept
side by side with the Teddy Bull Moose
without injury. He has teeth, but he
does not show them, and his grin is
worse than his bite,
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15

MEXICAN boys and
girls ought to feel partic-
ularly friendly 10 the
boys and girls of the
Philippine Islands who
are Being brought up
according to American
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-11
57 YEARS OF
 MARRIED LIFE

Fifty-seven years ago today MT. and
 Mrs. John Mullin, 2213 Sixth avenue. north, were married in Lee county, Ala bama. The day they were married was Sunday, February Il, 1855. Today is Sun-
 day, February II, 1912, the same day oi the week, the same month and the same day of the month, on which they were
 married, circumstance which rarely happens,
 Nine years ago they moved to Birming- ham and have been living here ever since. After their marriage they resided in Lee
 county until their removal to Brming- ham. Five children, two sons and three daughters were born 10 this union, Thad Mullin, former fire chief of Birmingham Harry Mulln, engineer of steamer com pany No. l of the Birmingham fire de- rartment: Mrs. George Grim, Mrs. Flor ence Christian and Mrs. Hattie Lively, all of Birmingham.
 Mr Mullin has been quite i'll for the past few days and during the past three | weeks his life has been despaired of He is 7s years of age, while Mrs. Mullin is ham and have been Twin ghere ever since. l she was 16 years of age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-11
CONVICTED MEN
 ARE SENTENCED Judge Cahalan Imposed Sen tences on "A Prisoners
 Yesterday

Yesterday was sentence day in the first division of the criminal court and Judge Frank Cahalan imposed sentences on all the prisoners, 24 in number. that were convicted last week in the criminal court The sentences ranged from 20 years in the penitentiary to five days in jail The record of convictions in the criminal court last week was a remarkable one almost every case docketed for the week being finally disposed of. The follow iEg sentences were imposed:
 Arthur Dorsey grand larceny, two years; O. A. Cutler, grand larceny, one year and one day (plea of guilty entered in another case of similar nature, recent grand jury returning true bilD, same sen- tence; John Franklin, Mexican, petit lar ceny, 15 months; Mike Jordan, violating revenue law, b days in jail, prisoner wanted in Pennsylvania and reduisition papers being asked for; Oscar M. Watts. colored, assault and battery with weap- on, five days in jail; Arthur Johnston, colored, burglary, b months; Clinton Mays, colored grand larceny, one year and one day; Fletcher Jackson, colored. burglary and grand larceny, one year and costs; Eugene Fields, colored, grand lar cery, one year and one day; Tom Wells,
  colored, one year and one day; Lee Wal lace, grand larceny, two years and costs Jim Mitchell, colored, burglary and grand larceny 10 months and costs; Milton G. Anderson, colored, grand larceny, one year and costs; George Wilson. colored. grand larceny, one year and one day: Ben Hill, assault with intent to murder, b months and costs; John Harris col | ored, burglary, two years and costs Ar thur Wilson, colored, grand larceny, 15 months and costs; Louis Andrews col ored, grand larceny. 15 months each in three cases; John Williams, colored, bur glary and grand larceny. two years; Ben Robinson, colored, burglary, two years and costs: Will Thompson, colored, as- sault with intent to murder, 14O days and costs; A. c. Carlisle, coored, assault with intent to murder, TWO years; Nun roe Russell, colored, burglary, two years Getis Wimberly, colored, assault and bat tery with a weapon, 20 days and costs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-11
HORSE THIEVES
 APPEAR ACTIVE

A series of horse thefts have occurred recently which is worrying the officers of both city and county not little. A few days ago a horse and buggy belong ing to prominent negro was stolen and has not yet been recovered.
 Two horse thefts were reported yester- day to the police and detectives have been assigned each case and are lending strenuous efforts to apprehend the thieves
 A. NJ. Brown, 519 Fifth avenue, north, reported that sorrel horse hitched to a top buggy has been stolen from him.
 l. W. Webb, Fourteenth street and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-11
B. A. |. TEAM PLATED
 OVER |. 5. J. DEFEAT
Expect Hard Game Next Saturday With the
 Atlanta Team

The Birmingham Athletic clubs team is quite elated over having defeated the squad from the Louisiana State uni versity by the high score of 5f to z here Friday night. The boys from Baton Rouge put up a fair game of basketball, but the better team won. Strange, Searight, McGowan, Satter- field and Ritchie played forwards and rushed off with their opponents. The work of the forwards was sensational at times and often brought the audi enee to it's feet.
 The B. A. c. team Is expecting a hard game next Saturday when the Atlanta Athletic club basketball quintette will stack up against it. The team Is ex- pecting a very hard game, and will work out strenuously to get into proper condition.
 The boys of the club expected to de- feat the l.. $. U squad by the score of something like 40 to 20, or a score that would be about double the visitors s score. By accurate shooting, swift passing and good headwork they were able to make the score go up to odds of to l. Evans, the big center on the L. S. U. squad, proved to be a hard man for Gilbert Ritchie, who was hindered from scoring his usual num- Der of points. Satterfield got 4 points, McGowan 8, Strange 6, Searight II, Gill bert Ritchie 6, Wharton and Nesbit each, thus totalling up to 54 points. The scorers on the l.. S. II. squad were Hines Johnson and Dupont, Hines making points, while the others made each.
 At present all of the squad are in good condition. excepting Seals, who has a bad hand, well developed "charley horse," and is very near "all in." However, 1t Is thought that he will be able to get in shape before the Co., lumbus game, which will be played here on February 23.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-11
GAGL|AN0 IS BOUND
 OVER WITHOUT BAIL
Italian Is Held for Sensa- tional Lynching of Negro
 at Bessemer

Louis Gagllano, who was charged with killing John Chandler, a negro, on the streets of Bessemer two weeks ago. was bound over without bail to await the ac- ton of the grand jury by Judge I. H. Benners of the court of common pleas yesterday morning E
 The killing occurred while the negro was in custody of the officers of the law who were taking him to the county jail
 in Birmingham. Chandler had been held by the coroner on a charge of having killed Charles Gagliano, an Italian mer- chant of Bessemer. who was foully mur- dered at his place of business on the Fri
 While the deputies and the prisoner were waiting for the car to convey them to Birmingham, the funeral procession of the murdered man, which was attended by large number of his countrymen. passed along the street where the officers and their charge stood waiting.
 As the funeral procession passed some of the attendants recognized the prisoner, and breaking ranks a perfect fusilade of shots was fired at the negro, who feil dead in his tracks The deputy in charge, who himself was shot in the leg, held Louis Gagliano and charged him with having fired the shots that killed Chand- Ter. The affair created intense excitement in Bessemer as it happened on a Sunday afternoon in broad daylight. There have been six other arrests made charging inn plication in the affair. These cases were transferred to the Bessemer courts where the accused will be given hearing this week.
 It is stated that habeas corpus proceed ings will be instituted this week by Ross & Goodwin, attorneys for the defendant, seeking to seeure his release on bond. Ben Perry. solicitor of the Bessemer city court, and Attorney George Baumgardner raprasapted the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-11

Montgomery, February 10.-(Special)-- J. C.. Wilson and R. E.. l.. Mount, excise commissioners of Goshen. in connection with the issuance of a liquor license, were investigated today by Gov. Emmet o Neal, Attorney General Robert C.. BrlclIell and T. Howard Seay, second assistant attor- ney general. The investigation was held behind closed doors, the only one present in addition to the three excise commis- sioners of Goshen being Attorney E. R. Brannen of Troy, counsel for Messrs. Wilson and Mount.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-11

dynamited. The trees will be planted 50 feet apart on the equivalent triangle plan under the supervision of J. II, Bass, a pecan expert of national repu- tation.
 Mr Bass, who has been looking into the soil characteristics of this section, is confident that high grade oceans can be produced here in large quantities at a great profit. He is sure that Just IS fine oceans can be produced around Birmingham as on the gulf coast, where pecan culture has long been rec ognized as the most profitable, sure and permanent industry of that section.
 General Clarke's large shipment was carried out on motor trucks yesterday afternoon. Planting will begin Monday.