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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
WHEN IT'S DARK IN A THEATER

my eyes to find form in the shadows. | When I spoke it was in 8 whispei Then I had a wild desire to shout wit the full force of my lungs, just to seI what would happen. The watchmal was swinging his lantern, making fairl circles of light and throwing grotesqti shadows on floor and ceiling.
 Doesn't this silence worry you?" asked. as he peered into corners anI under seats.
 q can't say that 1t does. You sd used to it." he replied. At first vol fancy you hear all sorts of noises. bll you get used to it in time"
 In the darkness the Coliseum lost it familiarity. Every time l reached
 different part of the. house I had to b told it's position. It was like explorinI an unknown cavern in which pillai were goblins, stalls were dwarfs, play ing leapfrog. and the stage seemed | be constantly disappearing and turninI up in different parts of the house. Tn | light of the small lantern was suffS cient for the night watchman, but it ihJ thoSStS NCii'Oh Ss 70 thC tiii iAss'- distorted vision rather than aided 1t.
 The watchman left me for a momen on the stage while he sniffed about fol fire, and I began to hear. noises in thI silence. I wondered if the shades q pdead and gone artists. gave sho$tl turns" on the stage, and whether tH songs long forgotten were porn agal in the great silence I tried to imagir| the hall as it had appeared an hour q so before Instead, I thought of mask,e q burglars stealing from the shadofvl and of worse things born of night th1 TOTS A night alone in the Colisedl would not be pleasant experience, i'd such is the power of silence and darjlI ness that even music hall may lpd come a chamber of horrors.
 The streets were deserted whenl bade the watchman good morning, tb,l no sooner had I stepped out of glI doorway than I was impressed wit the noise It was really a quiet scen| the throb of a belated taxicab and tEl regular tread of policeman being tf| only distinguishable sounds, but coIiI ing from that tomb of silence the nigll seemed full of noises.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
The Present Decade

The last decade witnessed great forward movement in Birmingham. A county trunk sewer was built and the city boundary lines were extended so as to make Birmingham's area 50 square miles. Birmingham's popula- ton increased 245 per cent. Compar- ing the census figures of 1900 and 1910, no other city in the 100000 class had such large percentage gain. i
 Owing to the enlarged city limits the great percentage of increase was more apparent than real. But the ac- tual increase of population in identi- calIy the same territory that is now included in the city of Birmingham was over 100 per cent. No city in the south and very few, indeed, in the United States could approach such large percentage of actual growth in the last decade. As was seen in the recent school census report, Birming- ham has 43,659 children of school age, which would indicate total pop ulation of not less than 152, 1000. Bir- minghams actual gain for two years has been fully 20,O00. The Birming- ham district is on solid industrial boom and this city's rate of growth will be greater within the next few years than at any period in it's his- tory. The government census of 1920 will show population of 250,000 to 300,0O0.
 Birmingham has a splendid future, indeed. What are we doing as city to keep up with our growth? The public will have right to expect large development along important lines be- tween now and 1920. One of the greatest things the city could do would be to abolish grade crossings. Bir- mingham being an important traffic center, has network of railroad tracks. Every grade crossing is a death trap.I After years of talk about viaducts we have no viaduct. Some day the railroads will have to build elevated tracks through this city, and engineers should be at work now mak- ing plans. In the meantime, why does the city not start to work at once to build viaduct on Twenty sixth street across the Frisco tracks? That would do away with one of the most dan gerous of all grade crossings, and such an improvement would be compara- lively inexpensive.
 The park commissioners are giving their attention to large, comprehensive plans for civic center and a system of parks and boulevards. Their work will require time and patience, but in this large, pulsating community we need now more than ever the get together spirit so that when 1920 comes Birmingham will be a city of finely paved streets, beautiful pleas ure drives, beautiful parks, magnifi- cent public buildings artistically dis posed, and elevated railroad tracks. Let us all strive for the city beautiful, and city also in which life and prop erty are well safeguarded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
As to Some Details

Senator Clapp's committee investi- gating campaign expenditures will re- sume it's hearings in Washington Mon- day. On Friday, October 4, Colonel Roosevelt will testify before the com mittee and tell what he wants to tell about the contributions of those in- terests, that "were so friendly to us."
 Quite a list of notable men are slated to appear before the commit tee before the national election rolls round, and the committee is supposed to be trying to show what influence these alleged campaign contributions had, if any, on tariff legislation.
 If the whole truth could be brought out, the country would probably be startled by the revelations made. A part of the truth which has reached the public largely through the falling out of former pals, certainly has been of vast interest.
 Most of the men who are to appear next week, however, among whom is MT. Cortelyou, who was the financial Nemesis of the Roosevelt campaign, are men of such big affairs that the probabilities are they have forgotten all about the trifling details of the 1904 and 1908 campaign contributions; hence the chances for further enlight- enment from these sources are scant indeed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
GOING BACK.

They say the styles are going back To thirty years ago. The skirts, the hair the waist, the sack The flounces in a row, Will be the same as they were when Iris thirty years or more They danced the Boston now and then Across the slip'ry floor. never dance the grizzly-bear, The turkey-trot to me Is just cheap and silly scare As far as l can see; But in that half forgotten day Iris thirty years or more They all could dance the Boston gay Across the slp'ry floor.
 Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
Poverty and Charity in New York

"The estimate of the department of public charities in New York city for the year 1913 calls for an increase os s1,34o, 4S9 .2s-42 per cent over the allow ance for 1912, which was s3,1S4, CTS .3S, the exact amount asked being sf,525, PCT .66, q said local statistician.
 These figures are enlightening in these days when 1t seems everyone is so opti- thistle over the country's prosperity. From current reports New York city is very prosperous, yet why the increase in char ities? Does 1t mean that prosperity is only for the few and poverty for lhe many? It is a very bafflng question this Prosperity, Poverty. Charityl In New York poverty increases, therefore chat ity increases
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
ANXIOUS TO CINcH TIT

The other day the telephone rang in the office of Wolsey Morrow, who sells mar riage licenses to the unwary in the Jef- ferson county courthouse.
 "Hellop said a feminine voice. 'Is that the marriage license clerk?"
 ''Yes, madam" answered MT. Morrow, in his courtly manner.
 You sell marriage licenses, do you not?''
 "Oh, yes.''
 Can you also perform marriage cere- mony?"
 With the greatest facility, madam
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
BY ssfsREST CHANGE
From the Chicago Record Herald.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
 It was a narrow escape,
 The strong man shuddered and wiped the heads. of precipitation from his brow
 Good heavens!" he said another moment and then'-
 It was several moments before he re- covered sufficiently to resume his task.
 For once again he had come within an ace of dipping the mucilage brush in the ink.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
BIRDS BIC EATERS

From Suburban Life.
 Baby robins have been observed to eat half their own weight of beef scraps, di- gest all this within three hours and then be ready for another meal.
 A pal, of red-eyed vireos were noted by Q naturalist to feed their offspring over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
REMINDING HER.

Apropos of woman who got her mar in the papers by making clothes for h featherless chickens, so they wouldr suffer from the weather, newspap writer opines that a featherless chick would be great convenience. It wou not have to be plucked before eating. l seems to overlook the fact that the fie of a featherless chicken would be two three times as tough as the flesh of fowl protected by feathers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28

Apropos of the recent death of man who was credited with having invented red lemonade, bobs up an individual who says the first tubfull was made with the water in which a circus acrobat had washed his pink tights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
SHE WAS HEAVY.

He held her on his knee And sighed with ardor deep; So large around was she, His foot soon went to sleep; And when he strove to rise He did so crippled seem, The maiden rolled her eyes And gave a little scream.
 PAIL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
wINsTED's RIVAL.

Pa, did you ever see a jabberwock?"
 NO, son, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear almost any day that some fisher man at Venice, Cal, had dragged one out of the Pacific ocean,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
AN ODDITY.

Almost anything is liable to happen nowadays. Four Chinamen are singing Scotch songs in vaudeville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28

a hundred times in 10 hours. Grosbeak sworn enemies of the Colorado pota beetle, have been seen to assimilate z. most hundred caterpillars or larvae is hour. Over S00o aphids have 'perished the bills of the insect loving yello throats in the same period of time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28

The man who figured out how many bubbles could be blown from an ordinary cake of soap probably has a private in- come and doesn't have to work for q iiv- ing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
Agricultural Exhibits At,r,c,,x.

The great majority of people who attend fairs are much interested in ag- ricultural exhibits" said member of the Chamber of Commerce.
 Last year I was at our fair every day and I noticed that most of the city people spent some time looking at the farm products. One who has attended fairs during the past 20 years cannot fail to observe the wonderful progress that has been made in Alabama agri- culture within the past five years. We had excellent agricultural and horti- cultural exhibits last year and this year the farm and garden products will be even more surprising.
 There is every indication that this years fair will surpass any southern fair of 1912"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28

A physician says women's feet are growing larger. That may be because they are putting their feet down so hard in these times of suffragettes and other advanced females
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28

A New Jersey woman refused to allow her husband to accept a nomination for Congress. Some women do not need the ballot in order to wield big stick irl politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
SUCCESS EXPLAINEI

Men thought he had the Midas touch, Which wasn't true, alas; Ills knack of getting gold so much
 Was chiefly due to brass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
Atlantic City Lost ss,oco.oo Hotel

While all right-minded men believe in femperance-that is to say. moder- ation-only a limited number would find much interest in a pleasure resort run according to puritanical ideas. siad a travelling man. "Atlantic City was to have one of the srandest and most costly hotels in this country. but William Harris chairman of the Ritz Carlton companies, the most famous ho- tel operators in the world. told New York reporter what he thought of New Jersey methods in these words:
 We had intended to build a s5,00o,000 structure on the site of the old Windsor. in Atlantic City, during this season. and even had plans pre- pared for an exquisite hotel, but the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28

It i; hard for man to feel remorseful over a poker game, if he quits winner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28

The demonstrations in Mexico have probably raised doubt in the mind of ex- President Diaz, as to whether they are an encore, or a dare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28

Roosevelt tried everything else, but he finally had to come back to the old re- liable stunt of kissing the Rabies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28

No, Geraldine, the Colonel will not place suffragette on his cabinet. Not if Mrs. Roosevelt sees her first
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28

Philadelphia woman has been de- clared insane because she talks inces- sanity. We don't believe all women are crazy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28

Any girl can get her name and picture in the papers by whipping a masher Girls, be athletic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
KNOWS IF ALL

Confound the arrant jackanapes,
 Coneeited as can be, Who says, to cap his fool advice,
 Just take tip from me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
\ Lumber Man Talks

''The more I see of Virginia the bet ter I like the old state" said Frank Jones of Roanoke, Va, and Birmingham. one of the best known men in the lum- Der trade
 Birmingham is growing at phenom- enal rate am here every few weeks and between times the growth is always noticeable
 Roanoke is increasing in population very rapidly. It gave good account of itself in the last census-3f,s4 ,s47-and will give a much better account in 1920. All that section of Virginia Is rich in re- ources-agricultural and mineral. was in Richmond, Petersburg, Norfolk and Portsmouth recently. Richmond is max ing wonderful strides. It Is a splendid city today and has great future. Pe- tersburg is thriving old city, typically southern, both in appearance and in it's cultured society. I saw the baseball contest between Petersburg and Roan- oke for the Virginia State league pen nant. Roanoke won 1t. It was a clean game. Petersburg is noted for it's clean sports. I found Norfolk and Portsmouth Portsmouth is opposite Norfolk-both growing very fast Newport News, across Hampton Roads from Norfolk, is one of the newer cities of Virginia. It was founded by the late c. P. Huntington and his associates in 1881. In 1910 it had a population of 2O.205.
 Norfolk had census population of 67,452. The population of Portsmouth was S3,13O. It Is estimated that the population within radius of 25 miles of Norfolk, which includes Newport News, Hamp- ton and Old Point Comfort, is not less than 2OO0O0."
 In speaking of the lumber business MT. Jones said: This is a great year for the trade. The demand is greater than the supply. That accounts for the good prices. Yes. the situation is simply thls, there is not enough lumber to go round."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28

A headline says, '"rwenty-seven Mis- souri Couples Unhitched in Two Hours. |" Reno has very effective rival in Kansas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28

Hiram Johnson has a good name for campaign purposes, but the question was asked long ago, Whats in a name?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28

There's nothing in an air pocket That's what makes it so dangerous to aviators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
IT SOMETIMES HAPPENS

"He invested his money according to a friends advice"
 T presume he hasn't penny now?'' "On the contrary, he's rich"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28

BEAUTY TAKES THE AIR. A maid rolled by in a motor car,
 So fair, yet out of reach, While many a man dropped his cigar
 And softly murmured, "Peachl"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28

Fritzi Scheff used to be known as the little devil of grand opera" That ex- plains some recent developments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
HIS CHOICE

Who doesn't care for Shakespeare Is very apt to go
 And buy himself ticket to A girly-girly show.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
ARNOLD BENNETT AT HARVARD

oscar Hammerstein is another vision ary whose dreams don't come true.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28

MT. Taft and MT. Wilson laughed to- gether over the hardships of campaign ing. If T. R. laughs he laughs alone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

Just here the lady gave her name a then she continued Would you mind staying in your flee little while Saturday night? expecting a proposal of marriage from gentleman and if he proposes, l want get marriage license right away
 NO WONDER TWAS.
 He wouldn't try
 And maybe that
 Was why his purse
 Was always flat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
SARCASM.
le meant it?''

"An editor said my verse was truly N tonian.'
 "Umphn'
 Do you. think he meant it?''
 ''Yes, but-not in the way you think meant it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-28
AN oLD-FAsHIoNED MACHINE

He seems to have a firm-set jaw
 ''Yes. He acquired that determined look by cranking up his last years automo- bile"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-09-12
5TH MAINE BATTERY REUNION.

The members of the 5th Maine Battery AS
sociation held their annual meeting in Grand
Army Hall, Augusta, August 29th and at noon
they were the guests of Judge Greenlief T.
Stevens, their old commander, at dinner at
the Cony House. Judge Stevens, though 81
years of age, is still active and presided at the
meeting. He is the only field officer living.
1t was announced that George A. Bowie Of
Gardiner, secretary of the association, had
died during the year, the only death recorded.
There are now Sc survivors of the 1856 men
that went to the front.
James Lombard of Belgrade was elected
president, Frank Spiller of Webbs Mills, vice
president and James W. White of Augusta,
secretary. Speeches were made by Judge
Stevens, Arno Little of Vassalboro, George
Pelton of West Gardiner, Charles Smith of
Lewiston, James White and w. B. Menneally,
an honorary member from Lewiston. Ex-Gov.
Selden Conner was special guest at the
dinner. The battery saw gallant service. This
organization planted its cannon and stood by
them in q battles and only lost two at Cedar
Creek and four at Bull Run. Those lost at
Cedar Creek were not only recaptured the
same night, but GO cannon were taken by them
from the enemy. 1t was at the battle of
Gettysburg where the Old 9Th won it greatest
laurels. In the darkness of the night they
we're charged by the Louisiana Tigers, one Of
the crack regiments of the South. Not for a
single moment did the boys from Maine
waver. 1t was their position on Culps Hill
and a highly important one. The Tigers were
hurled back and, the hill was saved. The 5th
was mustered in at Augusta in the winter Of
81. The first commander was Capt George F.
Lapine, Regular Army officer. and later Col.
Stevens, who continued to the end.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-09-12
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-09-12
DODGING MAINE.
Summer Resort Business Falling off Because
of Poor Roads,

Each passing day is showing more i'm
pressively the need of good roads in
Maine if this State is to retain her SUI
premacy as great summer resort. Dur
ing the present summer the touring in
formation bureau of the Maine Automo-
bile Association, located in the Express
Advertiser office, II Monument Square,
Portland, has been gathering statistics
from the hundreds of automobile parties
which have called there for information,
and the result has been startling
Last year it was estimated that Names
summer tourist business aggregated
about S27, 900, 600, making it the most i'm
portant source Of income the State has
at the present time. This year it is gen.
orally conceded that the amount of rev.
enue from this source will fall greatly
below this figure.
Automoblilsts who have called at the
] information bureau blame the entire fall
ing off to the poor condition Of the roads
In Maine. 1t is daily occurrence at the
bureau to have Automobiles come in
and say they are done with Maine and
. that they are going to advise all their
friends to keep away from the State,
simply because of the poor roads.
Practically rs per cent of the complaint
is on the road between Portland and
Portsmouth, N. H. There are scores of
automobiles who say that if that road
was in good condition the roads radiating
from Portland would not seem so bad
They declare that parties coming over
this road, which is the great highway of
travel into the State, say that the
principal road in the State is so bad the
remainder must be just so much worse.
They say that all States make it point
to have their principal entrances in the
best possible condition so as to get the
business in and that is why they figure
that all Maine roads must be poorer than
the highway between Portland and Ports
mouth. Portland Express.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-09-12

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