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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

From the Philadelphia North American IF, in the midst of graceful waltz, one
 were to see a couple rise and grip \ each other, hug as tightly as tie human frame permits and as the law doesn't allow, sway back and forth and occasionally spin around; and if, a min ute later, another couple rising, they were to assume the attitudes of the .Ro- mnas and the Sabines in catch-as-catch- can wrestle all over the dancing floor; and if, with a third, there came a, demonstra- tion of ji-jitsu; and with a fourth, wild whirligig, and so on until the whole scene vas one of spasmodic motion-woule it be unreasonable to imagine that the dan cers are lunatics?
 The surmise would be wrong. It would be simply the modern dancing floor ex- hibiting the grizzly bear, turkey trot, bunny, apache dance and Carnegie reel, that have been sweeping from the west ern United States into New York. and then across the sea to England, France and Germany.
 Dancing mad are we? Well, it is far from impossible. There have been plenty of periods in the history of humanity, periods regarded as safer and saner than the one we live in, when whole nations became genuinely if temporarily, insane about dancing
 Probably the crisis isn't at its height; there may be worse to come.
 Europe, which has, been denouncing the American dance, was the first to laud the brutalities of the apache rioters, pun gent of the Paris gutters. Germany has been shamed at Berlin's coarse and vul- gar adaptations of every suggestive dance movement. England has seen one Of it's distinguished names Haunted before a monarch in dancing costumes near to nakedness.
 It is noteworthy that the current craze for dancing has come at time and has run course precisely parallel to many of the obsessions of the past.
 Only half dozen years have passed since, with dancing so dead that hostesses were in despair over the reluctance of young men to earn their suppers, the in fiuence of the iriginally shown by women like Loie Fuller began to show itself.
 The stage seemed to evoke, more and more numerously, stars whose tiptoes fshed them like meteors across the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

tives and floor leader of Congress
 became a formal candidate for the nomination, he was recognized by the country at large as an exceptionally well equipped man for the presidency. Ever since he demonstrated his power of leadership he has been the logical man to lead the party to victory in November. The tariff is to be the paramount issue in the campaign and as the exponent of the democratic tariff reform, Underwood ais the acknowledged master. Nobody indeed is in his class when it comes to the tariff problem.
 Underwood's interests are being well managed, and while it is true that enthusiasm on the part of candi- dates supporters will not assure triumph, it goes long way in achiev- ing the end in view when a candidacy is based on high merit. Five thousand Underwood marchers from the great state of Alabama would certainly have a telling effect in Baltimore.
 No matter how much Alabamians may differ about some things they can all get together under the Under wood banner. Let's do it on a scale commensurate with the importance of the cause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
WHEN GENIUS WORKS
1 the Kansas City Star

From the Kansas Clty Star
 Genius, literary and otherwise, has sometimes insisted upon doing it's work under peculiar conditions, which people of ordinary occupation would regard as foolish and unnecessary. No doubt there is something to be said on both sides.
 Some writers, like Scott and Trollope, have been as methodical as any bookkeep- CT or mechanic. But, in general, If man is to do his best at any kind of creative work, he must be surrounded by favor- able conditions. When Emerson had lecture to finish, he was accustomed to go to Boston and take room at hotel,. where he could be secure against any in terruption. But men are often more in danger from their own laziness or fickle- ness than from any outside intrusion.
 The French painter, Gericault. had an abundant head of hair, of which he was very proud. Being extremely desrous of finishing his picture, 'The Wreck or the Medusa," he had his head shaved conn pletely smooth, and. by the time the hair was grown again, his picture wal. done.
 q should never have done it. said he' eff had not cut off my hair. l was seriously tempted, again and again., 'o throw away my brushes and rush out but disfigured as I was. did not aare'
 soitoux, the sculptor of statue or the republic that stands in front Of the frenen institute in Paris, found 1t necessary 'o comnlete this work without intermissioh excent for the necessary rest. Beng me chemically ingenious. he advisea a con- trivance that upset a glass of water upon h,s face after a certain interval of time had elapsed.
 Victor Hugo, in writing, had all ms or a,narv cIothks taken from his house, and arossad himself in garments so fantas- t,o that he dared not leave his room in them.
 rbs nainter Elem, another Parisian. had ,;rseIf locked in his studio while en- ca sed upon a certain work, and confided .he Key to a man whom he could trust, wh, was under orders not to unlock the door. even if the painter himself should command him, in the sternest manner, to do so. A hole was cut in the door, and through it, once day, food was passed. Elem worked in this way through the coup d'etat of 1S51 when Louis Napoleon usurped the government, and the most stirring events were occurring. The painter knew nothing about them He
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
MaudIin Sentiment

"On Easter Sunday five or six persons sent flowers to Richeson. the ex-pastor, who murdered Avis LinRell,' remarked an old Scitizen.
 "rhe crime for which Richeson is under death sentence was one of the most atrocious ever committed, and why flow CTS should be sent to this man Is hard to understand. Other criminals have re- ceived similar kindly remembranees. all which suggests that maudlin sentimentali- ty will never die fout. The identity Of those who sent Rieheson flowers has not teen revealed, but Boston dispatch says the presumption was that they came from members of Richeson's congregation, who still think kindly of him.
 "A writer in the New York Times, com mentng. says: For some it Is perhaps possible to believe that in the very atroci- ty of Richesons s act lies claim for sym rathy on the ground that it proves him to have been insane. And insane he doubtless was, under some definitions, but they are definitions that are accepted only by an extremely restricted class of alienists, and even they do not all claim that insanity and responsibility are necessarily and always interchangeable terms. By all the tests ordinarily applied, Richeson knew what he was doing when he killed Miss Linnell. and his motives for bringing about her death were too fa- miliar and too easily comprehensiblc to suggest illusion, delusion, or hallucination
 And are those who send flowers to this 
 criminal also insane? Some such suppo- sition is required to enable one to 'thinl kindly iof sthem--to prevent one iron ordering whether their kindness is moi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
sHuFFLE-sHooN AND AMBER-Lock

By Eugene fielu. Shuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks Sit together building blocks; Skuffle-Shoon is old and gray, Amber-Locks little child; But together in their play Age and youth are reconciled, And with sympathetic glee Build their castles fair to see.s When I grow to be a man. So the wee ones prattle ran, T shall build a castle so- With gateway broad and grand; Here a pretty vine shall grow, There soldier guard shall stand; And the tower shall be so high, Folks will wonder by and by.'' Shuffle- -Shoon quoth "Yes, know; Thus I builded long agol
 Here a gate. and there well, Here a window, there a door; s4 Here a steepie wondrous tall Riseth ever more and more, But the years have leveled low i What I bulded long ago.' So> they gossip at their play,
 Heedless of the fieeting day. One speaks of the long ago
 Where his dead hopes buried lie: One with chubby cheeks aslow
 Prattleth of the by and by;
 Side by side they build their blocks .Shuffls-Shoousz and -Au1her=1nekA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
Prosperity in Full Swing

Business in most sections of the coun- try is prosperous; in some sections as prosperous as before the panic of 19O7 and Birmingham seems to be second to no city in rate of growth and elegant improvement in the matter of buildings, said John R. Holdsworth of Philadelphia. T have not been here in three years and the improvement in that time has been very noticeable indeed. At the rate Birmingham is going ahead now I would say that in two years Birmingham will develop on a scale of greater metropoli- tan magnitude than in any previous pe- riod of six or seven years. Prosperity is certainly in full swing here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
LIFE AS TT IS NOWADAYS

From the New York Times.
 MT. Jones Cat the telephone) )-Hello, is that you, dear?
 Mrs. Jones Cat the other end)-Yes, Ed ward.
 MT. Jones-I won't be home for dinner tonight and probably not until very late afterward. Don't sit up for me.
 Mrs. Jones-What is it, lodge night, or work at the office?
 MT. Jones-Neither Collins and the gang want me to stay here at the club for din- ner and there's to be little game in the evening. l think I can bring home a few dollars to you for a new hat or some. | thing.
 | Mrs. Jones-Oh, very well. But if you | lose, don't you dare say anything to me about what I dropped at bridge yesterday. And Edward | MT Jones-Yes, dear. 1 Mrs. Jones-Come home moderately | sober. Stick to beer. The last time you mixed 'em and you remember-it took two of your friends and a cop to bring you home. I won't be up when you come home-dont wake me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
HOW SHE FIGURED TT

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 And now let us insert the infantile anecdote of the day-the one of the big gest bunch that arrives. This is from a clergyman, so it must be new, true and moral.
 "A little friend of mine,' the dominic tells us, "came to me very proudly, the other day, to show me her Sunday school good conduct cards She had a lot of them. T get one every Sunday I don't miss said she. And I'm going to try not to miss for a whole year.
 "'That will be fine, I answered. And what will happen if you don't miss a card for all the Sundays in one whole year.
 a,,.Why then. she smiled. brightly 'theE I'll have complete deck!r'' ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
Magdalena Bay
rest.

The Japanese premier shows In the plainest and most candid manner that Japan does not want and is not trying to secure a foothold in Magdalena Bay. Mexico. The Oriental Whaling company of Japan has acquired fish ing rights for 10 years along the Mex ican coast for distance of 750 miles between the territory of Topic, and the state of Oaxaca. These rights are located far away from Magdalena Bay.
 This is all there is in the reported inroad of Japan against the Monroe doctrine. The Japanese eat fish when they are not eating rice, and Japanese companies ransack the seas to secure enough fish to meet the wants of the Japanese people. The search for sea food is widely conducted. Other na- tions have secured similar fishing rights along the Mexican coast. The Japanese cannot readily stop eating fish even to keep the Monroe doctrine safe and intact.
 This furry over Magdalena Bay is really an effort to force the construc. ton of more battleships. All Japan csc scares are devised for that pur. pose, and the latest one is as baseless and as senseless as its numerous pre- decessors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
FINDING FAULT

From the Jacksonville Times Union.
 The Atlanta Journal finds fault with the fact that in the Alabama primaries Mir. Underwood was nominated for Congress and for President at the same time. Perhaps the Journal had not heard of it, but it is nevertheless true that there was once q fellow in Atlanta by the name of Hoke Smith who actually held two offices at the same time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
pERTINENT QUESTION

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 The Wilson boosters need to learn to make their claims consist If they are already sure of 800 votes in the Baltimore convention why >should they concern themselves about conspiracy between Champ Clark. Oscar Underwood and Jud- son Harmon to cheat Wilson out or his own" and thus to defeat the will of the people?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
A RAINY DAY AND YOU.

Though the rain may batter. batter, On the sounding roof, no matter, l never miss the skies so fair and blue; For my heart Is singing. singing, Sunny-golden fancies winging, When I spend a rainy afternoon with
 you. What care I, though clouds may lower And the tempest prove it's power, And ne'er a bird or bloom to grace the
 view? Seems to me tis summer weather All the time we are together. So I've learned to love a rainy day
 and youl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
OUT IN IOWA

Miss Hazel Glassburner and Jay Hug lies were married at UdeI Sunday. They were accompanied by Miss Nora Stuffl- bean and "Dutch' Bouguard. MT. and Mrs. Huglies will be at home to their many friends on one of Steclxles' places east of Bunch.-Bloomf1eld Qowa) Inde- pendent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
PSYCHIC EFFECTS

When I wish to be ashen and sober And bury my soul in thick gloom, 1 sit by the dim lake of Auber
 And read E. A. Poe's "Ulalume.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

Ex-yice President Fairbanks may be preparing to come back. He announces that he will hereafter favor woman sui frage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

Captain Hobson is not at all excited over the Magdalena bay mystery. The captain knows piece of humbuggery when he sees it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
A CAREFUL GIRL.

It is told of a Topeka girl who was din- ing in New York cafe that she refused to order terrapin on the plea that rich pastry never agreed with her.-Kansas City Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

Tn eMormon church has swung ove- to Taft, but this will not save him from the effects of the Illinois primary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

The suffragettes in England have been declared to be suffering from 'insurgent hysteria." The disease is not unknown in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

It is we'll settled that the dean of the university of Chicago will think twice be. fore she asks coed where she got that hat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

The time is fast coming when every fly swaatter will be expected to do his full duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

Dr. Isaac Funk is In spiritland, and as an earnest believer in spiritualsm he has agreed to call up his old time friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

Smoke makes work for the laundrics This is true reciprocity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

It is said no man of 40 is proud of the photograph taken of him at 20
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

special brand of diamonds for use in heels has been put on the market. They sell at cents quart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
southern Geographical Hub

T have been visiting Birmingham ai frequent intervals during the past few years. and every time I come l am im- pressed with it's development and it's splendid prospects" said J. L. Criswell, assistant general sales manager of the Herring-H Marvin Safe company or Hamilton, O.
 Our company, in locating it's southern branch. has selected Birmingham over other large southern cities competing for our agency. This city is not only ina portant commercially and industrially, but 1t is the geographical hub of the south. The fact that Birmingham is cen trally located is a great advantage It goes without saying that Birmingham is a railroad center.
 Tn future the Herring -Hall-Marvin safes sold in this territory will have on them the name of Birmingham.
 This city seems to be growing at faster rate than ever l predict that It will not be a great many years before it has a population between 100000 and 5OO0O0. My home is in Chicago, and in looking over Birmingham on this trip l remarked, Here is a junior Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

Jackpotism has been put to sleep in Illinois, and 1t will never again be quite itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

The weather clerk may Alent in time to let the first baseball game of the season be pulled of promptly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
The Great Russian Pianist

Birmingham music lovers will have the opportunity next Monday night of hearing one of the greatest piano vir- tuosos of the world-Arthur Friedheim, said a we'll known amateur.
 "Friedheim, although born in Russia and styled the Russian pianist, is of Ger man parentage as the spelling or ms name indicates But no matter about ms nationality, he was a pupil of Liszt ana today he is known in Europe as the greatest Liszt player living.
 within the past two or three years sew eral of my musical friends here' when asked if they attended this or that con cert. have said, No; we didn't know until lafterward that the artists were so great as we have since learned they were
 There is no excuse for any person living in a city in this age of daily news papers not knowing who's who in the dramatic or musical world. There are scores of excellent concert panists; there are many real virtuosos of high rank' but it is safe to say that there are not SIX virtuosos in Europe equal to Arthur Friedheim."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
THE SYMPATHETIC DAME,

THE SYMPATHETIC DAME. Der mimic woe upon the stage She shed a ready tear And sorrows on a novels page Made all the world seem drear. But when she heard of real woe Throughout a troubled land, She tarried in her bungalow, Too tired to lift hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

If the packers put prices up steaks V i'll have to be bought on the installment plan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
ADRIFT. WITH THE TIMES
s1ooNING

MooNING. Once when the new moon glistened, So slender in the West, looked across my shoulder And a wild wish stirred my breast.
 Rose Terry Cooke. Once when the full moon glistened. As full moons often do leaned. against lamp post And could swear that I saw two
 Springfield Union. Once as the new moon glistened Like a torch for youths romance, l sat upon an ant hill
 And the ants got in my pants.
 Houston Post. Once when the new moon glistened Like slender flaming daub, l wished across my shoulder And, the next day, lost my job
 Chicago Record Herald. Once when the new moon giistened, 5 | Like silver. through the trees. To Hector's growls we listened And sighed, He's full of fieas."
 MODEST AMANDA. So modest is Amanda Lee That she strolls out O nights Lest at the butchers she might see The sausages in tights.
 Youngstown Telegram. l So modest is Amanda Lee l In days of blooming youth, She'd blush if in her presence one l Should tell the naked truth.
 Scranton Tribune Republican. So modest is Amanda Lee | She waits till the light aims Ere she goes out. Shed blush to see The trees show their bare limbs. Cincinnati Enquirer. So modest is Amanda Lee That she pulls down the blind, Or goes into another room That she may change her mind. New York Telegram. So modest is Amanda Lee She tainted then and there, When on the line she chanced to see A suit of underwear. ANOTHER YELLOW NOVEL. A fellow went a-slumming one, pad and pencil took; | And now we hear that silly dunce | Has put 1t in a book. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

Some men look for dandelions and some for robins, and all hope spring has really
 and truly come
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

The adoption of the parcels post means additional conveniences and advantages for the plain people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

All can discuss the weather, but only the true fan can intelligently discuss baseball.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

The London suffragettes smased win dows and present prospects of success all at one time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

Hines widely circulated biography ard alleged vindication was written as per contract.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

China's new constitution Is shorter. but it is modelled on that of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

This is the very latest form of the trust business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

A list of all burglaries is to be published in New York city The complete list would fill columns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

due to likeness of character and to the fellow feeling which is supposed to os- tablish kinship."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

No communication will be pupisheai without its authors name. ReJeeteu manuscript will not be returned uhlesS stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
TELEPHONES

Shall I never see bachelor of three score againt
 Much Ado About Nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

FORGOTTEN. Oh, what's a paltry colonel, And what's a sermon trite, Matched with the joy supernal When fish begin to bite.
 Cleveland Plain Dealer. Oh. what's the call of duty And what's the use of work, When summer skies of beauty Invite the soul to shirk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

z. E. Morgan, W. G. Wharton and George McMasters are the only aut1or I, ized travelling representatives or Ane Age Herald in its circulation depai' ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

Entered at the Birmingham Ala postoffice as second class matter uhoer act of Congress March 3, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

So modest is Amanda Lee That she strolls out O nights Lest at the butchers she might see The sausages in tights.
 Youngstown Telegram.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11
MODEST AMANDA.

To Electors growls we listened
 And sighed, He's full of fieas."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-11

should be given him.
 His picture finished at last, he came out of his captivity to find that France had passed from republic into mon- archy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-23
BASQUE OUTSIDE THE SKIRT
Old Style Revived In the Making OF
slouses Of Various Light
Fabrics.

Little blouses OF embroidered lawn
or any light fabric are, like the new
silk coats. reviying the old style or
having the basque outside the skirt
instead OF under It. girdIe OF silk
cord combining the blouse q little
above he waist line and as giving The
desired short-waisted effect. These
blouses, which are usually cut In the
Magyar fashion. are exceedingly sim.
Pile to make. and any one who Is clev
er with the needle can embrolder the
front sleeves and round the yoke. II
is better 10 do this after the blouse
has been cut out. SO that the pattern
may be placed just where the EN-.
broidery is wanted For house wear
g blouse OF this sort would look spe
cialIy smart II made OF the same ma.
terial as the skirt. or at least in the
same color. Soft silk or dyed shan
tun could be worn with cloth skirt
and embroidered in self color in con.
ventional design with a girdle TO
match For the guimpe cream lace OF
tucked net always looks we'll. while
the fashionable gold or metallic net
appeals to some tastes.