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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
EXERCISE FoR FAT WOMEN

William j. Cromie. an instructor in
gymnastics in the University of Penn
sylvania, writes an article in the Octo-
Der woman's Home Companion entitled
Keeping a Good Figure" in which he
says:
"One of the best exercises for the
muscles of the abdomen, back, and hips,
and for keeping down fat in these
parts, Is fast walking. If you are not
used to walking begin with half a
mile and increase the distance each
week till you are walking an hour
each day. High kicking is also an ef-
strong and firm. Keep the legs straight
the toes pointed, and kick just as high
as you possibly can.
Horseback riding, astride, is an ex-
cellent exercise. Various kinds of dane
ing such as esthetic. folk. gymnastic,
and social, not only develop these
groups of muscles. but impart grace
agility and strength.
Many gymnastic exercises with ap-
paratus, such as vaulting over the horse
and horizontal bar, hanging upon the
rings and swinging the legs forward
backward and sidewise, and climbing
up ropes, poles or Swedish ladders. are
beneficial.
\ Games like golf. tennis, bowling
basketball, handball and volleybal
should be INDUCED in occasionally The
art of swimming should be mastered
also.
The best time to take the exercises
described here is in the early morning
as much clothing restricts freedom OF
motion. For the average person, 10 to
20 times each should be sufficient. II
you become sore or stiff decrease the
amount till you become stronger
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
The self-made man never quite gets
the job finished.
And many a thoughtful topper gets
fuller than he thinks.
A man laughs at scars when woman
throws things at him.
Some men have to marry for money
or get some other kind of job.
The average man doesn't know how
well it pays to be polite to his wife.
Lucky is the chaperon who has eyes
that see not and ears that hear not.
Matrimony is bargain-and some
body gets the short end of every bar
gain.
Every girl screams on getting kissed
by man--but she usually does it in
wardly.
Occasionally a widow fiirts with a
married man merely to see what his
wife will do about it.
When two girls OF the same dimen-
sions and general style of architecture
are chums they syndicate their clothes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

to regain some of the ground it has
lost. In the battleship Reshadieh,
just launched, it will have war YES
sci equal in size and speed to any yet
put afloat by a Mediterranean power.
Furthermore, it proposes to continue
to build up navy.
Just how the government of Me-
hammed V will be able to finance the
ambitious naval programme it has
outlined is hard to understand, but
as long as its enemies are divided
Turkey will probably be able to sur
viye.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Death of Leonce C. Joseph

Leonee G. Joseph who died yesterday,
was one of the Oldest and most esteemed
citizens of Birmingham.
"A native of Paris, Mr.. Joseph was an
a man who knew him well. He had had
good musical training and In his early
days was a brilliant violinist. He never
lost his love for music, and although oc-
cupying a mercantile position in the house
of Loyeman, Joseph & Loeb he olteh
played the violin In the theatres and III
concerts. His death will be sincerely re-
GREETED by hundreds of our older citi-
bens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
Howard the Hero

Speaking Of the heroic act of Walter
l.. Howard in saving the lives of two
drowning young women in the surf at
Horn Island near Biloxi, H. K. White,
the we'll known lawyer, said: Every
lawyer in Birmingham as we'll as most
every citizen of Jefferson county knows
Walter Howard. He has been in the cir
cult clerks Office "a years, pursuing the
modest, even tenor of his way, an ac-
commodating, courteous, unostentatious
gentleman, an honest, competent, public
servant He exemplifies those lines of
John Greenleaf Whittier:
'erhink not that helmet and armour
Are the signs of valour true;
Peace hath higher tests of manhood
Than battle ever knew
when the test came it was unexpected
and instantaneous. but Walter Howard
stood it as uniinchingly and unfailingly
as the diamond stands the acid test. He
was spending his vacation at Biloxi and
sailed one day with a party OF about 10
women and eight men for days pic
nicing and bathing at Horn Island, 10
miles out in the gulf The surf wss
heavy and the undertow strong and
treacherous. Miss Meyerer and Miss
Burkenroad, young Jewish ladies from
New Orleans, waded out with their
friend, Mr.. Faivre, hand in hand. when
from under them. In an instant they
were struggling in breakers over their
depth, unable to swim. screaming for
help Howard, lying on the beach, did
not see them. but in the panic he was
the cool head. The other men either
could not swim ,r feared the danger of
being dragged under by the drowning
persons. Howard did not know the
women, but said he would try to save
them, and dashed for them 40 yards away.
He brought one TO shore and then the
l'the third time and brought the man who
had been swept farther out. The two
women regained consciousness in an
hour but the man could not be revived.
Howard was exhausted by his intense eff
forts, but uninjured.
'"Al honor to Walter l.. Howard. hero.
AS Carlyle says in Sartor Resartus,
Hero worship exists, has existed. and
will forever exist, universally among
mankind That committee of q in
Pittsburg whom Mr.. Carnegie appointed
in 1904 to manage the $5,o00,00o fund he
donated to care for and educate the chill
| dren of heroes who lose their lives TO
save others. and to award medals TO
heroes who save life without loss of their
own. should undoubtedly award gold
| medal to Walter Howard. Since the
J creation OF the fund. the commission ha $
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
The Iron Market

The local iron market Is in good shape,
ard it is said that considerable tonnage
IS being contracted for at the new price
30 on a No. basis. Rogers Brown &
Co.'S Cincinnati circular, just issued, says:
''The market generally is quiet Both
foundry and malleable irons show
strength in the matter of offering, and
prices for the first quarter for which
there is now considerable inquiry are
25 cents and in some instances so cents
over the price asked for the last half.
THE passage OF the tariff bill by the
Senate has been discounted, the only eff
feet being to eliminate a little of the UNI
certainty which has been prevailing
Tho demand for shipments on existing
contracts keeps up well. As the coke
iron market has increased in strength the
interest in charcoal iron, which has been
active for several months, has improved
among all classes of users of this iron.
and total sales of charcoal iron recently
have been unusually good
I'm the south the situation is strong.
The weekly sales recently have been
greater than the production during the
same period Basis of southern iron now
appears to be $11.50 for the balance of this
year and little effort by furnaces at that
point to encourage business for 1914
'.ln many producing districts shipments
are being made from stock, in addition
to current output.
Coke continues practically without
change, the market quiet and efforts be-
ing made to increase output and ship
ments.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
DIFFERENT

From Youths Companion
Ian Maclaren tells n sweet story of his
native Scotland. While sauntering along
a country lane one hot afternoon he met
la bonnie wee lassie vino was very red
in the face from the heat, and who
breathed heavily under the burden of the
chubby ysoungster she carried in her arms.
Isn't he too heavy for you?" inquired
the kindly and sympathetic minister.
Hes no HWY. SIR came the reply.
with smile Of loving pride. He's ma
britherg'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
The Late Mayor Gaynor

Among the few persons in Birmingham
who had the pleasure of meeting the late
William ]. Gaynor, the distinguished and
beloved mayor of New York, We're DE.
Frank A. Lupton and his good VIE
Judge Gaynor journeyed all the way from
New York to Charlottesville, Va, seven
years ago to attend DR.. Luptons we'd
ding at the home of the brides father,
Maj. Micajah Wood, one of the great
lawyers of Virginia.
II found Judge Gaynor very charm
ing gentleman, of course said Or. Lup-
ton. His manner was usually grave
and his conversation quiet, but some CT
the Virginians he met got him IN nne
humor and several times he laughed
heartily
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
MAN WHO LAID OUT WASHINGTON

MAN WHO LAID OUT WASHINGTON
Affairs at Washington" Joe Mitchell
Chapple, in National Magazine for
September
At Arlington house the little troop
of visitors hang on every word told
them of the chivalrous romances of the
sarly days of Washington. Custis Light
Horse Harry Lee" and Lafayette. The
lady from Boston was especially im-
pressed, but was slightly puzzled when
the guide. in telling all about Major
LEnfant, called him "the man who
laid out Washington" She pursed her
lips, however, and asked no questions
as the party looked here and there
among the old hooks and corners, re-
dolent with historic memories. Finally
she approached the guide. and during
a moments intermission burst out. Il
don't believe that 1 quite understand
| what you have been saying about Ma
jor LEnfant, the man who laid out
Washington He was an engineer, was
he not?' "Yesm," replied the guide
politely.
Well confessed the lady Il thought
all the time that he must have been a
distinguished undertaken, for you kept
saying the man who laid out Wash
ington.' The expression that came into
the guides face reflected the profess
sional sadness of an undertaken at a
double funeral. Lady" he murmured,
''the first and. only other time those
words We're questioned was years ago
when I took out a delegation from a
western college. Then the football cap
tain said, Laid out George Washing
ton? Why don't you say beat him up?' !"
The lady smiled in a puzzled way as
she Joined her friends, and the guide
resolved to mend his ways. He no long
er skins over the story of the man
who laid out Washington" but re-
cited with great precision about "tbe
| man who drew the plans for the city
of Washington" The romance of Major
L'Enfant still fingers in the mind of
| the Boston lady. while the purveyor
of facts at Arlington insists that the
word laid" is banished from his vo-
| cabu1ary and used now only in connec-
ton with the exclusive prerogative of
| the American hen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
THE RosE-BUsH

From the German.
A child sleeps under rose-bush fair.
The buds swell out in the soft May air;s
Sweetly it rests, and on dream wings fiies
To play with the angels in Paradise.
And the years glide by.
A maiden stands by the rose-bush fair
The dewy blossoms perfume the air.
She presses her hand to her throbbins}
breast.
With loves first wonderful rapture blest.
And the years glide by.
mother kneels by the rose-bush fair.
Soft sigh the leaves in the evening air:
Sorrowing thoughts of the past arise.
And tears Of anguish bedim the eyes.
And the years glide by.
Naked and lone stands the rose bush fair.
Whirled are the leaves in the autumn Ar.
Withered ana edeadsthAykfall on ne
ground.
And silently cover new-made mourn.
And tiit years. sglide og. 4 +
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

Two San Francisco preachers have left
their pulpits to become undertakers, hav-
ing no doubt discovered that it is more
profitable TO prepare a body for the grave
than it is to prepare soul for the here
After
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

Senator LaFollette's vote for the I'm
derwood- Simmons bill has drawn upon
his head the vtriolc spleen of the New
York Sun, and now he ought TO be better
pleased with himself than ever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
Returns FROM western Trip

1--WE greatly enjoyed our month tour,
said Leo K Steiner, who, with his fam
lily, returned to Birmingham this week.
I'VE visited many cities and spent several
days in Yellowstone park"
Included in Mr.. and Mrs. Steiners IT.
inerary We're Chicago st. Paul, Minne-
apolis, Denver, Salt Lake City, Los An
gees, San Francisco, Portland and Seat
tie. Mr.. Steiner said that he had found
a great deal of tight money talk in the
west, owing to the crop movement. "While
business conditions are good throughout
the country, l did not visit any city that
impressed me so favorably from "a busi-
ne SIS point of view as Birmingham, said
Mr.. Steiner I'VE certainly hear less OF
tight money in Birmingham than in the
Elarge cities OF the west.
Oscar Underwood is talked about
everywhere favorably. One hears hin
discussed in Chicago, in Salt Lake City,
in San Francisco. People know all about
our Alabama statesman and speak of him
in terms of great admiration. The I'm
derwood tariff is popular in the west. In
Chicago a prominent mercantile man said
that no one was leellHS dny pusiiiesS SCI
back on account of the new tariff. This
gentleman told me that the revised tariff
had not made even a ripple against trade.
The administration currency bill is also
popular"
Mr.. Steiner said he was struck with
The large parks in all the cities he visited;
said he had never realized so fully be-
fore what small park acreage Birming-
ham had. But while this city lacks large
pleasure parks, Mr.. Steiner remarked, he
found no city In the west that had such
beautiful homes or such beautiful seem
cry inside the city limits as Birming-
ham,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

Government statistics announce that The
cost of living has advanced Is per cent
in the last two years, but this will hardly
be regarded as news by the ultimate con-
sumner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

Governor Sulzer is now on trial. and he
says he is confident his hearing will be
a fair one. So it will be well to suspend
judgment as to his guilt or innocence
until the impeachment court has had its
chance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
ADRIFT WITH TIE TIMES

only this morning I overheard a fell
low talking about what a terrible .trag-
edy it was when the Gigantic struck j,
an iceberg and sank in mid-ocean''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

The democratic representatives who de-
serted their party on the currency bill
and the democratic senators who voted
for a continuation of the Payne Aldrich
tariff rates can now get together and tell
how lonesome they feel. r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

In the meantime, Jerome seems to grow
more unpopular every day, while many
hysterical persons are bent on making
Thaw hero.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

We have no patience with people who
dislike the quality of ROSTERS voice.
The rooster is noble fowl. Some of the
greatest human beings cannot sing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

: The poetical sister of Harvard's presi-
dent is reported TO be addicted to smoh-
ing cigars. procedure that in woman
at least is not at all poetical.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

We presume that the actress who wears
diamond stockings doesn't risk leaving
them hanging on the wash line for any
length OF time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

The news that Edison is getting well is
of more Importance to the world than
all the columns that are being printed
about Harry Thaw or Hans. Schmidt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

Stick to work." is the advice of a well
known captain Of industry. The cleo
trician who touches live wire will stick
to his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

There is said to be a cat famine in Lon
don, which is not, as certain mean per-
sons might infer. the same thing as a
scarcity of suffragettes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

One of the main drawbacks to becoming
an automobile bandit and earning q live.
lihood is getting an automobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

The paragraphers seem little tardS
with their advice about Christmas shop
ping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

If all the good things known about Cay
nor dead had been known about Gaynor
living Tammany would never have dared
to refuse him denomination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

The straw hat and the diaphanous skirt
are being given new lease on life by the
weather man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
HIS NEW HAT.

We met a melancholy man
And asked him how he did;
He said, THE bow is on behind
My wife bought ms this lid."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

Europe Ready to Take Advantage Of
New Tariff Laws" says headline. Wen,
so is America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

To many cloveless drink would be
far greater boon than the odorless onion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

Theo Lacy is one man who SO far has
shown no inclination to attempt to come
back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
ASKING QUESTIONS

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
Last Sunday, says our informant, a
bunch of nice young men went through
Cleveland asking questions. One of these
young men met up with another young
man and started his catchechism as fol.
lows: 49, g
do you drink?'
mo. SIR
why don't you drink?'
MY boss doesn't like it. my customary
won { stand for It and my conscience
won't let me-"
Three very wonderful and practical
reasons. What is your business?"
I'm a bartender IS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
LETS DUBKTNs LIVE.

LETS DUBKINS LIVE
What is Dubkins' chief aim in life?''
Dubkins chiefly accomplishes in nfe."
And what is that?"
He convinces people that there are
times when the fool killer is guilty OF
rank discrimination
UPHELD
Il see where famous dancer says that
immortality and dancing have nothing in
common"
"tVell, I've always contended that the
tenderloin way Of keeping time to music
was not really dancing"
LITTLE, IF ANY.
Ask any man
There's not much bliss
Found in a SAN
nary kiss.
WHAT HE MAY HAVE DONE.
"A st. Louis man was locked up for sa-
luting two policemen. That's an out
rager'
Don't be too hasty. There are various
ways of saluting. For instance, holding
the thumb to the tip of the nose and wig
Cling the fingers at person is not con-
sidered a compliment"
MERE NOISE.
Behold the windy orator.
Whose words come tumbling out:
He talks for hours at a time,
But none knows what about.
A TITANIC ECHO.
THE memory of man is not long"
Nor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
MAUD IN REAL LIFE.

Maud Muller went shopping last week
in Concordia, Kan. If court was in ses-
sion at the time, she may have seen thal
judge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

A LAMENT.
Break break. break
On thy cold, gray stones, o sea-
And I would that had the money l spent
To tarry week by thee!
THE OLD SONGS.
I'm fond of Annie Laurie
To hear 1t is boon.
NOBODY in that song declares
That he's a Zulu coon.
Washington Herald.
l love Kathleen Mayourneen,"
Whose chaste Carrara brow
Was never troubled by the cry,
Here comes your daddy nowl"
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
And "The Last Rose of Summer
l love, I do declare,
Because nowhere among the words
Can you find: I'm bearr
Cincinnati Enquirer.
And "Silver Threads Among the Gold, !"
Now that's sweet old song;
There's nothing in its ancient air
To make a. man go wrong.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
THE EVOLUTION OF A NEW row,


From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The vision of the foreloper was about
to be fulfilled. The metropolis in the will
derness which was to bear his name, had
been mapped and plated.
A dozen tents arose over night
wooden barroom Joined them. A gambling
hall was established. Then came a news
paper plant. 1t was followed by electric
lighting. garage and a moving picture
show
At the end of a month there were five
moving picture shows. At the end of six
months 81. At the end of year ninety
nine.
At the eni of two years the town had
a courthouse. a church. a bank. taxicab
and S2l picture shows.
The future of the place was assured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
A GREAT RELIEF.

A GREAT RELIEF.
The wicked househy and the rowing
mosquit'
Have done bout the worst they can do:
We find it more pleasant to sleep and to
| eat,
And we guess it's the same way with
you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

LITTLE, IF ANY.
Ask any man
There's not much bliss
Found in SAN
Ttary kiss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
SOME FORGOTTEN LAUREATEs

while Laureate Eusden has. nowadays at
least,
by very few been read. by fewer
praised
Colley Cibber, who held office for q
years, was more at home in The green
room than in the study. With a friend of
Samuel johnson we are in more solid
society and IL Thomas Wharton was no
great poet himself. his History of English
Poetry is work still unsuperseded. But
If Wharton stll lives 1t is rather as the
companion and correspondent of johnson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala,
postoffice as second class matter under
act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
BORE.

A BORE. =
'Dobbs takes too many things for
granted"
Right you are, and more especially my
favorite magazines"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
WHAT HE MAY HAVE DONE.

MERE NOISE.
Behold the windy orator,
Whose words come tumbling out;
He talks for hours at a time,
But none knows what about
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FORMER SLAVE DIES
LEAVING MUCH MONEY

Jefferson City, Mo-, Oct. ell
Josephus Roberts, of jefferson City
a former slave. died leaving an
estate valued at $4,000. Roberts
was born in Morgan county in 1887.
aud has resided in jefferson City
since the war He accumulated his
little fortune by earnings as a plas-
terer, careful speculation in real
estate and the profits from gro
Gerry store patronized by his own
race, Roberts had long been held
up TO the rising generation of ne
groes attJefferson City as man of
their race to pattern after.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-10-22
ARREST MAN WHO
ACCUSES ANOTHER
Of GIRLS MURDER
Atlanta Police Take /. W. Fisher
Into Custody Charging Grim
inal Libel.
SAYS FRANKS DID NOT
KILL YOUNG FAGIN GIRL

Atlanta, Ga, Oct 21-Detectiyes
Of Atlanta and Birmingham are
working to uncover what they claim
will prove a sensational attempt at
blackmail in connection with the
Mary Phagan murder case. The ar
rest last night of Ira w. Fisher on a
charge Of criminal libel is expected
to be followed by other arrests
F sher's declaration that a promia-
emit Atlanta furniture dealer and not
Leo N. Frank killed the Phagan girl
we're discovered after an investiga-
tion by Franks attorneys who turn
ed Fisher over 10 the local detectives
Fisher was confronted by the man
whom he accused Of the crime lie
refused 70 alton his stow and was
arrested on caa7-c q crimir
libel.
According to the ro)'cc records
Fisher has boz -~~~eto1 fc1r ti~'07
charged with Wife beating and his
wife recently sued for adiyorce.
IhS0tE OtduQ4
Fisher claims that on April 20.
the day Mary Phagan, the little fac
tory girl was murdered, he drove a
well-known Atlanta man to the pen
ell factory where the murder occur
ed. This man, accord ng to Fisher.
said he hal an appointment with
Mary Phagan. The man left the
building hurriedly half an hour
later, saving something awful has
happened" according to Fisher.
He supplied Fisher with funds and
told HIM to leave town. Fisher says
The name Of the mysterious man has
been made known to Fishers law
yers, according to Mr.. Rosscr.