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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24
Important Theatre Cities

Birmingham and Richmond are the
best cities of the south from theatrical
viewpoint" said Howard Herrick. the
manager of the nine reel motion picture
of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables," which
will be at the Majestic all of next week.
Twelve years ago when was the dra-
matte editor of the Richmond Times
there was one theatre in the Virginia cap
ital. little later Jake Wells opened
the Bijou. Now there are fiye.
When I first visited Birmingham there
were two theatres here. Now there are
four with the splendid new Lyric build
ing. The best of it is that they all do
big business. That is why Mr.. Wells
is bringing this Les Miserables picture
here. 1t is by far the most costly pic
ture proposition that has yet been pro-
duced, and can only be shown where
large audiences are assured. The splen-
did business done by the theatres in these
two cities Is not to be wondered at for
the growth of the towns is simply mar
velous In 10 years Birmingham and Rich
mond have grown to be important metro
politan centers Aladdin with his lamp
never worked greater wonders. Travel
ing as 1 do from coast to coast, 1 do not
know of any cities that have made such
remarkable progress"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24
Smiths Chimerical Scheme

The plan of Senator Ellison Durant
Smith of South Carolina to establish a
no-cotton zone across several states
of the south doesn't even look we'll on
paper. Millions of dollars would be
lost by farmers of the section it is
proposed to set aside, and they would
have to be reimbursed. 1t is unlikely
that the rest of the country will con-
sent to take money out of it's pockets
to pay thousands of southern farmers
for doing nothing.
The boil weevil has proved curse
to the cotton farmer in many in
stances, but it is not so certain that
his visit to the United States has been
an unmixed evil. The boil weevil does
not feed on corn, or potatoes or hogs,
and the farmer has learned that he is
running no risk if he grows such
crops. In fact, the pest from across
the Rio Grande has been our greatest
teacher of diversification in agricul-
ture. Some of these days it may be
that some particularly grateful in
dividual will suggest that we erect
monument to him, although it is too
early to predict that such memorial
will ever be built.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24
Thus may fools believe false teach
RS. -Cymbeiine.
Excluding the Japs

The Webb anti-alien land law will
become effective in California August
10. The time for filing a demand for a
referendum has expired, and the ex-
clusion bill will become law automatic
cally. At the time it was signed by
Governor johnson two months ago
much opposition to it was expressed,
but this now seems dissipated.
While probably as effectual, the
Webb bill is more diplomatic in
phraseology than the original meas
ure. In it is contained nothing that
conflicts with Japan's rights in the
United States as guaranteed under
existing treaties. The soothing hands
of President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan were not extended in vain. 1t is
still pill, but it now has slight
coating of sugar.
California feels that its preserva-
tion depends upon the restriction of
the right to own property within its
borders to those qualified for citi-
zenship. Laws having for their pur-
pose the same object of the Webb bill
are now in effect in some of the 9TH
er states of the west, and Japan has
not been truculent in its protests
against them. She will no doubt make
the best of the present situation.
England and Japan are bound to-
gether by an alliance which provides
that one shall go to the defense of the
other in case either of the signatories
is attacked by any two other nations.
Yet in its discussion of the California
question, the English press recognizes
the bar of race and sympathizes COM
pletely with the United States. The
comments of the London Spectator
may be taken as sample. After de-
precating talk of war, the Spectator
continues; "On the whole, then,
though anxious, we are not pessimis-
tic. Let us make it clear, whatever
comes, that though we must stand by
our own flesh and blood in the last
resort, we have nothing but respect
for the Japansese." The second SEN
tence is filled with significance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24
HARD WORKING LION

Stephen Graham, in Harper's Magazine
for August.
st. Guerassim, when he was hermit
in the wilderness, met lion crying out
with pain and holding up its paw to have
thorn pulled opt. The lions seem to have
made many appeals of this kind to the
early Christians, and Guerassim was not
less backward than Androcles and the
other heroes. He bound up the poor
beasts paw and led it to the monastery,
where for five years 1t gratefully served
the old man, even doing domestic labor
for him. The other brothers of the mon
astery also made use of the lions SER
vices, and even set him to watch the
monastery ass while it was grazing One
day the lion returned to the monastery
without the ass. and Guerassim. thinking
that the natural leonine appetite had ac-
counted for the beast of labor. said to the
lion, "Henceforth you shall be the mon
astery ass panniers were put on the
IzinS OF beasts. and he carried their grain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24
ENGLISH HARD TO LEARN
m the Youths Companion.

From the Youths Companion.
1t is hard for the person to whom
English Is his native tongue to realize
what a struggle the foreigner has to
understand some of the peculiarities
of our spelling and following descrip-
tion of his first lesson in an Eng
lish class:
We have been given book to learn
the letters. 1 arrive at the class, hav-
ing learned them perfectly.
Soon. in the course of the lesson, we
have the word low. love-" I pro-
nounce 1T, thinking the W has the sound
of V.
NO: it is pronounced To- said the
teacher.
Then, why is the W there?" 1 in
quire, mystified.
"It is there because that is the way
the word is spelled" responds the
teacher; but it is silent. Never mind
why; 1t is sufficient to know that it
is there
Before long we come to the now.
Pronounce it, says the teacher
NO" l reply
why will you not?" she asked me.
1t is some time before she under
stands that l am trying to pronounce
the word when l say NO" Then she
declares that although Low is 10,
now is now.
If you want to make it no." she ex-
plains. kindly, you put k before it,
You may believe l am bewildered
However, I memorize that n-o-w is
now. The next word is s-n-o-w.
pronounce 1t like now with an before
1t, The teacher laughs. The W Is again
become silent, apparently for no rea-
son, and the word is called sno.
But that is not all. Later, 1 find that
If you drop the n from snow, you can
pronounce 1t whichever way you like!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24
BIRMINGHAM MUST HAVE 1T
From the Mobile Register

Secretary of the Navy Daniels has
been investigating the cost of armor
plate. He announces that If the gov
ernment will erect plant and manu-
facture its own armor plate, $1,400, 900
year can be saved. The plant is
estimated to cost $8,466,000. Enter
prising and alert as usual Birming-
ham is after that plant, and every ar
gument and reason shows that Bir-
mingham should have it.
Fifteen years ago Congressman Joe
Wheeler endeavored to establish an
armor plate plant in the south. In
that time, had his efforts been sue
cessful. the government would have
paid for the plant and been GONE mil !.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Flnr to he RIe.ned

An impressive ceremony will be wit
messed at the Church of the Blessed
Sacrament, West End, next Sunday-the
blessing Of an American flag, which Is
to wave over the handsome convent just
completed said layman. FThe Rev.
Father Turner informs me that the cere-
mony will take place at the end of the
$50 o'clock mass
''The convent, which has been built by
the Sisters of Perpetual Alteration, is
one OF the largest and most elegantly ap-
pointed edifices for educational purposes
in this country. 1t is fireproof and is
thoroughly adapted to all modern school
needs.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24
WASHING THEIR SINS AWAY

stephen Graham, in Harper's for August.
1t was a wonderful sight, that plunge
into the life giving stream, that rush
from the bank of clustering, sunlit figures,
into the strange little yellow green river.
But though so many went In at the dip
ping of the holy cross, their elimination
from the numbers on the banks only
served to show how many more were
waiting behind. For a whole hour there
was scene that battles description, the
most extraordinary mingling of men and
women, all in white, dry and cleaning or
wet and dripping. Then no one seemed
to have brought towels, and the make
stood or sat In the sun drying themselves.
Many pilgrims. who had been In the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24

MATTRESSES LEAVE THEIR CARDS
Harrison Rhodes, in Harper's Magazine
for August.
Carlsbad doctors allow the first to be
almost the heartiest meal of the day. Cof-
fee-a beverage which exists rarely now
adays except under the sway of Vienna
rich cream, frothing as it always does
near that imperial city, eggs fresh as
the sweet, green country which yields
them; and Prague ham (Prager-schinken)
which might well be the proudest boast of
the ancient capital of Bohemia. Orders
for such nectar and such divine meats
Betty tages. or Sofie, Nelly, Kathi, Mitz,
as the case may be. She wears as a
brooch upon her neat bodice her name in
silver letters, and as she departs she
leaves with you to help your memory a
slip of paper upon which 1t is printed. To
know those who do your service by their
pretty German names instead of by mere
heartless numbers Is one of Carlsbad S
most graceful characteristics. Indeed,
never can enough be said for the tireless,
smiling activity of Carlsbad servants; the
chereful willingness to toll which some-
how takes away any conceivable degrada-
ton from either giving or receiving menial
service makes the whole relation of en-
pleasantly democratic as to seem almost
Utopian, and makes the outdoor half
picnic breakfast a sheer delight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24
Having the Same Name

Yesterday an entire stranger called
upon me just for little social chat" said
Henry H. Howell of the land department
Of the Tennessee company. although
| had never seen or heard of the man
before and he was almost as ignorant
concerning me, certainly enjoyed his
visit. He was Henry II. Howell, cashier
of the Capital Bank of Baton Rouge,
La, and man of affairs in his state.
He had run across my name while going
through the city directory for some ad-
crosses, and said he came to see what l
looked like. Of course we tried to trace
relationship, but didn't succeed very
well. Harrison is his middle name, while
mine is Howe. Mr.. Howell invited me
to visit him. and shall If ever happen
to be in his part of the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24
CHERRY-RIPE
BY Thomas Campion.

BY Thomas Campion. M
There is a garden in her face
Where roses and white tlilies blow
A heavenly paradise is that place.
Wherein all pleasant fruits do grow,
There cherries grow that none may buy,
Till Cherry Ripe themselves do cry.
Those cherries fairly do inclose
OF Orient pearl a double row,
Which. when her lovely laughter shows,
They look like rosebuds filled wit
snow.
Yet them no peer nor prince may buy,
Till Cherry-Ripe themselves do cry.
Her eyes like angels watch them still;
Her brows like bended bows do stand,
Threatening with piercing frowns to III
All that approach with eye or hand
These sacred cherries t9 come nigh.
IA 10 eas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

From the Cincinnati Inquirer.
A healthy rattlesnake kept in the
dining room will rid the house of
mice.
If you are troubled with mosquitoes
turn three or four bats loose in the
bedroom before retiring.
If the cellar is damp fill it with
sponges and they will absorb the mois-
ture.
Black ants attest the odor of a goat.
Tie a. couple of strong Angoras in the
pantry and the ants will disappear.
The hornet is sure death to flies.
Every good housekeeper should keep a
nest of hornets in the kitchen and
save useless swatting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24
Real Estate Values

There has been no move in the last few
days more convincing. perhaps, that Bir-
mingham Is enjoying great prosperity
than the sale Monday of that property
of the Southern Development company
located on the northeast corner of Twen-
tieth street and Sixth avenue, for con-
sideration estimated to be about 500, ,0OO
1T is a rare OCCASION" said Smith Gull
lom, In referring to that sale, when
such an amount is invested in real es-
tate when the realty market is dull Mrs.
Solon Jacobs, who purchased the prop
erty, is known throughout the city as
very careful business woman, and any
investments made by her are not without
being duly considered.
1t is my opinion as we'll as that of
several other real estate men, that the
sale will have a decidedly good effect
on local real estate activities, and will
undoubtedly affect many trades that are
pending. but which lave been held up
by prospective but cautious buyers.
Though there was some trading in the
transfer of the property. it is neverthe-
less a top-notch price"
j. H. Minge, whose firm transacted the
deal, said last night that an offer Of
$500 per front foot had been extended
through the Minge Mortgage and Realty
company to parties owning property close
by but had been refused
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
Late hours and spicy breath are sure
to tell on a man.
rich girl has got to be awfully ugly
in order to be homely.
Look not upon he wine when it is red
nor the rum when it is bay
Only a newly married man ever lodges
when his wife throws things at him.
Men never know as much about any
thing as women know about the prevail
ing styles.
AS a matter of fact, doctors are not as
wise as they think their patients think
they are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24
THE CORPORATION HAS A SOUL

THE IHas n SOtH
From the Daily Iron Trade.
Corporations are soulless, so tits said;
but are they?
There may have been a time when
they were. but like many another such
time, 1t has passed.
Nothing is surer than that time
changes.
Precedent counts for nothing
This age Is its own ancestor.
There is lying in Pittsburg hospital
today t brakeman with a. pair
badly shattered legs.
They are not only shattered but scep-
tic poisoning resulting from a mass
of foreign material crushed into them
has greatly complicated the treatment.
Fifteen years ago these lege would
have been Immediately amputated.
Today a great railway system is pay
ing SIS a week for the room in which
the ma niles and in addition $40 a week
for the exclusive attention of trained
its of it's staff surgeons.
1t is now six weeks since the man
was injured.
The recovery of one of the legs is
now assured and the surgeons have not
abandoned hope of saving the other.
They expect that three months hence
it will begin to show signs of becoming
a good leg again.
They are treating it with infinite pa
thence and with total disregard for cost.
Some will say that the corporation
is doing it for selfish motives-but
the brakeman would doubtless rather
have his legs than several thousand
dollars in cash. Who wouldn't?
The incident is related to show that
great railroad and industrial systems
regard the humblest workman as part
of the family and they recognize their
responsibility toward every member
of it.
This world is getting to be a better
place every day--a better place to work
in, to play in and to live in.
1t is a world in which the human ele-
ment is being given the premier place.
The corporation has a soul.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24

New York legislative committee
couldn't discover. that Senator Stilwell
had done anything wrong. But in the
courts he was convicted of bribery and is
now in Sing Sing. There's a difference,
and Tammany is the reason
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24
Seats Needed in the Park

There should be more seats in Capt.
tol park for the comfort of those who
attend the band concerts, said citi-
zen who rarely misses any of the pro-
grammes.
ut seems to me that some enterpris-
Ing youth or young man might make a
good thing of 1t by leasing for the sea-
son 100 or 200 camp chairs and renting
them out at 5 cents per chair for each
concert They would all be in demand
and snug little sum might be realized
But better thing would be for the
city to provide enough free benches tc
seat several thousand people,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24

Governor Sulzer says Murphy offered
him the presidency If he would be tract
able. Remembering enormous power
welded by Mr. Murphy at Baltimore, Mr..
sulzer displayed the greatest self-abnega-
tion when he spurned the offer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24

The attorney general OF Mississippi has
brought suit for s75,0Oo,OOO against two
railroads. Mississippi is trying to get
even on those sums stolen by several of
its officials.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24

"Vainly," says the futurist poet, will
our generation exhaust itself in repeating
the same lyric, monodic, unflateraI in
which our ancestors excelled. because they
are not multitudious and simultaneous"
Which Is about as clear as the mind of
member of the traffic squad trying to
enforce the new ordinance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24

The Pages seem to be quite popular in
London. Ambassador Page was drawing
$S5,o0o year as an editor before he got
his London job. A man who pulls down
$4,000 a year in an editorial position is
bound to be more or less of a diplomat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24

and their pitchers. and he brought water
from Jordan. The lion. who seems to
have been more sanity even than Gueras-
sim himself, served meekly. and in those
days when the pilgrims came down to
Jordan he not only brought up water, but
chased the peasants from the sacred river
to the monastery. where they paid the
brothers good money to pray for the
health of their bodies and the peace Of
soul of their fathers and grandfathers. At
last, coming back one day. the lion found
that Guerassm was dead. From that hour
ne had no more joy In life. When the
saint was buried, the monks showed tho
lion the tomb, and there he stretched him.
self out and expired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24
sCORNED.

Its true. Miss Plummer that I should
not have tried to kiss you on such slight
acquaintance and 1 am heartily sorry.
What can l do In palliation Of my Of
fense?"
'sIf you are sincere. Mr.. Pinnedd. in
what you say, you might betake yourself
to some other part of the lawn and leave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24

lions of dollars to the good on this
one item France, Russia and Japan
make their own armor plate, and there
is every reason why the United
States should do the same thing, and
no reason to the contrary. Secretary
Daniels suspects that the three armor
making plants in the country are in
combine or an agreement not to
underbid one another, and there seems
no prospect OF relief from more than
million a year loss until the gov
ernment takes into its own hands the
making of armor.
The Birmingham delegation has gone
on to Washington to urge the bill
and to urge Birmingham as the location
for the plant. Mobile wishes her sister
city we'll in the effort and will rejoice
to see her attain the goal of her pres
ent ambition. Birmingham is the log
ical place for the works. The steel
of the Birmingham district Is as good
as there is In the world; the material
is close at hand to lessen the cost of
manufacture. and altogether, the loca-
tion seems an ideal one
There is another view to the mat
ter Suppose this country were to be
invaded, the three plants in the north
are all in one region and exposed to
capture As a matter OF stratgetic
Importance 1t would be well to have the
works for the making of war munitions
placed securely in the interior. The
armor plate can be delivered just as
cheaply from Birmingham to the ship
yards as 1T can from Pittsburg and
other places and the establishment of
the armor plate works at Birming-
ham would be the proper recognition
of the growth and greatness Of the
souths metal industry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24

Pope Plus income is estimated at IS, ,OOO,-
are about $500. He not only manages to
make both ends meet but overlap a few
yards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24

Lake Hopatcong, a New Jersey resort,
informs the world that the women camp
ing there have adopted trousers as part
of their undress uniform. 1t pays TO adj
vertise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24
GOOD ROADS PAY

people voted a bond issue of s250,o0Q'
for road Improvement and improved
"a per cent of the roads. The census
OF 1900 gives the value of all farm
lands in Jackson county at $4so per
acre. The selling value at that time
was from Sc to s15 per acre. The
census of 1910 places the value of all
farm lands in Jackson county at $9.70
per acre, and the selling price is now
from SIS to s25 per acre. Actual fig
ures of increased value following road
Improvement are shown.
As the roads in no way effect soil
fertility or quality of the farm, ad-
vances are due essential to the de-
crease in the cost of hauling produce
to market or shipping point. Farms
are now regarded as plants for the busi-
ness of farming, and any reduction in
their profits through unnecessary
heavy costs for hauling on bad roads
naturally reduces their capitalization
into values. With reduced costs for.
hauling, profits are increased; with
the result that the farm plant shows
satisfactory earnings on a higher capi-
tai value. sl
The automobile has also begun to be
an important factor in increasing rural
values where good roads are intro-
duced.
Immigration is particularly marked
where road conditions are favorable,
in fact, the figures of the department
seem to indicate that good roads in
directly increase the demand for rural
property and the price of farm land,
like that of any commodity, is ruled
by the relations between the demand
and supply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24

The governments conscious fund Is
growing less each year. Your inference
from this will place you as an optimist or
a pessimst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24

The Punxsutawney (Pa) Palladium
warmly eommends the democratic admin
stration. This was all that was needed to
cause Wilson'S cup of joy to overflow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24

If Turkey is considering mixing into
Balkan affairs again she should bear
we'll in mind the fate of the fellow who
butted into family quarrel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24

It's an i'll wind. etc. The fire insurance
business in England has experienced an
enormous boom since the suffragettes be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24

1t may be that Colonel Roosevelt de-
cided to disappear because he saw there
was no chance TO take the big headlines
away from Colonel Mulhall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24
wELE- INFORMED.

s'Dorkin is what T'would cailsa true-paA'
triot.'' 4aAi. ln..N
s'TIow is he qualifed?~ ae ~ 4.
"He knows at 1eastsone sstanzal OF -rht,
Star Spangled Banner the estimated cost
of the Panama canal and the practical
disadvantages of the United States pos<
sessing the Philippine islands,
PAUL cooEa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24

Governor Tener vetoed the bill making
the daisy Pennsylvania state flower
Tener is still loyal to Penrose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24

King Manuel may or may not settle
down after his marriage. He seems to
have the stage star habit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-24

A militant suffragette without her box
of matches feels lost. And she doesn't
smoke, either.