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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
Revision in the Caucus

The illness Of Mr.. Underwood was
alarming while it lasted, but the MEM
ber who sleeps enough does not stay
i'll long. Mr.. Underwood appreciates
the value of sleep which is after all
the only satisfactory form of complete
rest.
The new tariff bill took no harm
while Mr.. Underwood rested, for in
every test in the democratic caucus
the bill reported by the ways and
means committee was sustained. The
fight over free wool is yet to come,
and if that proposition be approved by
the party the interests may as well
get ready to face a solid democratic
party-solid from the White House to
the capitol and back again.
The President has won many friends
and admirers because of the admira-
BILE and aggressive manner in which
he has taken hold of tariff revision
with view to make it conform to the
pledges of the democratic party at
Baltimore. The country has not had
since the days of the civil war tariff
passed primarily for revenue pur-
poses, nor has it had in all that time
tariff that puts thes necessaries of
life on the free list. The great change
comes under democratic auspices and
it may mean long extension of dem
ocratic power. 1t is impossible to fool
all the people all the time with tariffs
stuffed to the limit with graft and
corruption, enriching the few at the
expense of the many. The time to
change the revenue policy of the
government has come, and the demo-
cratic party should face the racket
that the beneficiaries will kick up
sternly and determinedly. The party
expects every representative in Wash
ington to do his duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
Additional School Facilities

Every month of delay in equipping
the city with adequate school facilities
renders the situation worse. The city 5
reputation is injured; the children in
it feel the deficiency, and not dollar
in the long run is saved.
The commissioners and the board
of education are about to meet, and
the hope is felt throughout the city
that the meeting will result in the
submission to the people of bond
issue for needed additions and new
construction in the school system OF
Greater Birmingham.
It is not too much to say that all
feel that further delay in this matter
will prove damaging while nothing
will be gained in any financial way. A
growing city needs constantly increas-
ing school accommodations. 1t is un-
just to particular pupils to fail to pro
vide seats for them in the public
schools when seats are lacking. And
this is true without reference to color
or home conditions. The rich and the
poor alike are entitled to seats in The
public schools.
The question is one that should be
met and solved. Let US hope it will be
when the commissioners and the board
Of education discuss the subject from
every viewpoint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
All women who pose are not models.
Politics is a good game, but a mighty
poor business.
Many a successful man makes a noise
like big wind.
No day Is long enough to waste any OF
it nursing a crouch.
Some spinsters are so tinid that they
would jump at proposal.
It's better to deliver the goods than to
be caught with them on you.
A drunken man will tell you everything
he knows-but what's the use?
And some men talk to themselves be-
cause they like an appreciative audience.
In accord with the eternal fitness OF
things. man who stole a watch wound
up in Jail.
The world admires any man who at
tends to his own busness-no matter how
humble it may be.
The old fashioned mother and her Slip
per have qualified many man for tho
presidential chair-even If he didn't land.
Women who spend most of their time
trying to improve their complications never
think of the old fashioned method Ct
steaming it over washtub.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
The Good Roads Movement

The National Good Roads fedora
tion which meets in Birmingham
April 24-25 will be largely attended.
There is every indication that it will
be indeed the largest good roads gath
ering ever assembled in the south.
There is unquestionably more in
terest in this convention than in any
former good roads meeting. More
prominent men will participate in the
discussions and the most modern road
making machinery will be assembled
here for demonstration.
If the convention were to be made
up only of Alabama delegates it would
be large body, for all the probate
judges and mayors have appointed
delegates who are pledged to attend.
But it is to be national gathering
n fact as we'll as in name. Nearly
Every state in the union is to be rep
esented and many of the southern
itates will send large delegations.
The good roads movement in Ala
,ama was started only about 10 or
2 years ago, when macadam high
ways in this state were few, poorly
onstructed and poorly maintained.
'en years ago there was but scant
mileage of good roads in any cotton
state and even in the rich. populous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
From The Youths Companion.
K 4 EDoUARD DETAILLE
Nxu fap,a,c E1rapcl1 arfiSt

From The Youths Companion.
4 Il EDOUARD DETAILLE, the
MI famous French artist, was
treasure than the flag of the mus
keteers of Louis XIII--the flag fol-
lowed by the D'Artagnan of history.
and supposedly by the so much more real
D'Artagnan of romance. with his COM
rades, Portnos, Athos and Aramis. This
flag. together with many precious tro-
phies. weapons and uniforms, he be-
queathed to the nation, to be preserved
in his home. as museum of military
costume.
Detaille had himself served In the
F'ranco-Prussian war, and had the SOL
diers experience to reinforce the ar
lists imagination. A touching anecdote
of his army days has been published in
the French newspapers.
In lull after a half day of hard fight
ing, the young Detaille heard a&faint
voice calling to him.
''Comrade. Comrade Detaille!' 1t
called.
Detaile crawled across, and inquired
compassionately what he could do for
the sufferer, splendidly built, blue-ey ed
young fellow, who was frightfully wound
ed.
ut was you, was it not" was the reply.
'who drew those comical pictures Of the
Prussians-you know-the other night
Detaile remembered some caricature'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Taft

One of Mr.. Taft's last acts as Presi-
dent was veto of the sundry civil
bill because it contained a provision
that none of the proposed appropria-
ton, 100000, for antitrust prosecu-
tions should be expended in proceed
ings against labor unions or agricul-
tural associations.
The bill has been reintroduced with
the approval of the President, and the
provision remains in it that Mr.. Taft
objected to. 1t is reasonable to pre-
sumo that it will be repassed by Con-
gress, and that it will be signed by
the President.
The Sherman or antitrust bill was
passed about 80 years ago, and at that
time no one dreamed that the law
would be applied to labor unions or
agricultural associations. The court
stretched it until all combinations
could be reached under it. The courts
did what Congress had not intended.
President Wilson proposes to sup
port the congressional intention of 80
years ago rather than the judicial ex-
tension of the law made since that
time, and this may mean that the
antitrust law will be amended so that
labor unions and agricultural associa-
tions will be explicitly excluded from
the field of its operation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
THE CHOIR CAME BACK
From an Exchange.

From an Exchange.
ct looked like a duel between the
parson and the choir" smilingly re-
marked Postmaster General Burleson in
relating a little incident that occurred
in Texas, land at the end of the ninth
inning the score seemed to be in favor
of the singers.
"It was at the morning service, and
the minister, sitting in the pulpit with
a dignified expression, listened to the
singing of the usual anthem. Then he
arose and announced in a loud, clear
voice:
Ny text will be, Now, When the
Uproar Had Ceased
For a moment the members of the
choir looked as If they had been fed on
persimmons instead of peaches. and
then they got together and in the soft
est kind of whispers began to talk it
over
"As a result of the subdued confer
ence a slight change was made in the
musical programme. and when the SER
mon had ended and the organ again
pealed forth, the choir sang:
Now 1t Is High Time to Awake
After Sleep
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
EASILY DIAGNOSED
/, the Philadelphia Telegram

From the Philadelphla Telegram
Hypochondria was the topic being
talked Of. Congressman Littlepage of
West Virginia told of lady who was
perfectly well, but imagined she was
suffering from numerous diseases, and
one day she consulted ali eminent spe-
cialist.
Il think understand your case thor
oughly. madam" said the doctor, as she
began to tell of her life. Just sit still
and let me look at you"
For minute or two the patient sat
perfectly still, while the doctor eyed
her attentively and occasionally glanced
at his watch.
There isn't thing the matter with
you, madam" he finally said. 'You
haven't the slightest indication of fever
and your heart beat is perfectly nor
NAL"
why. how do you know, doctor?'
asked the lady in surprise. "You didn't
take my pulse!''
ut wasn't necessary, madame" he
smilingly replied. II counted the vibra-
tions of the ostrich feather on your hat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
JIM HAM LEWIS

From the New York Sun.
In reponse to many supplications, IN
sympathy with the gratifying and grow
ing impulse of western aesthetics ana IN
memory of its long devotion to the best,
the most beautiful and the most melli-
fluent of colonels, the Sun adorns Itself
and blesses the country with the true
effigy of Col James Hamilton Lewis,
newly elected a senator in Congress
from Illinois for the long term.
Is there in the Senate, In any other
senate. in this country, In any other
country. comelier countenancs than
lthis? Yet poor black and white can but
family hint the full glory or its radl-
lance. The pure and perfect line and form
lare there, but the luminous, red wave
of low chroma, the fishing streamers OF
lChicago. the pink aurora borealis, deli
cate as the ear of Venus, only color In
hands of a master colorist who shouid
| be to Titan as dorado Taft to COW
on a butter stamp could even faintIy
depict these forests of fairyland, these
curtains of Aladdin's palace, these scin-
tillant and supreme decoration, this
beauty bowed.
The smile that melts ice at 100 PAGES,
| the eve that lights cigars within q
radius of 23 feet, the hand gladder than
young love, the voice as of flutes and
| soft recorders: a cornueopia or good
gifts pourrs upon the Senate.
The crammed galleries are hushed
the eye supersedes the ear; young Luke
Leas nose is out of joint; frown dis
torts the stern and rockbound face OF
Atlee Pomerene; Tom Marshall feels
Inervously for the diamond pin in his
cravat. Col Jim Ham Lewis dresses as
beautiful as he looks; clothes revision
| is inevitable: we will lay plugged
lpenny against the complete speeches,
writings and public documents of Hon
James Edgar Martin-say 10000 to l.
that before Senator Lewis has shone
upon the Senate three months every
Father Conscript will be adorned as to
his feet with spats. and as to his coat
with a pink; and that Hon. Ollie James
Iof Kentucky and Bryanomania will
cover the mighty ranges of his de-
undated peak with wig of sienna.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

Strong pleas for women of wealth to
give aid to the Young Women's Chris
tian association in it's work of uplift for
the young girls of the United States were
made in Richmond by Miss Jessie Wood
row Wilson of Washington and Miss
Elizabeth Dodge of New York, who, alter
mating between the Seventh Street Chris
tan church and st. Pauls Episcopal
church, addressed two large audiences.
The crowd in st. Paul's was so immense
that the police closed the doors Of the
church half an hour before the exercises
were begun. what the Association
Means to the College Girl was aptly set
forth by Miss Wilson, who forcibly por-
trayed the workings of the association,
the safeguards it threw around girls, and
the ever growing demands on it. She
asked that her hearers give the associa-
ton the consideration it merited
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
THE COMING OF SPRING

From 'Hiawatha."
IN HIS lodge beside river.
Close beside a frozen river,
= Sat an old man sad and lonely. k
White his hair was as a snowdrift;
Dull and low his fire was burning.
And the old man shook and trembled,
Folded in his waukewyon,
In his tattered white skin wrapper,
Hearing nothing but the tempest,
AS it roared along the forest;
Seeing nothing but the snowstorm
AS it whirled and Kissed and drifted.
And the fire was slowly dying,
AS young man, stepping lightly,
At the open doorway entered,
Red with blood of youth his cheeks were,
Soft his eyes as stars in springtime,
Bound his forehead was with grasses,
Bound and plumed with scented grasses;
On his lips a smile of beauty,
Filling all the lodge with sunshine;
In his hand a bunch of blossoms
Filling all the lodge with sweetness.
"Ah, my son," exclaimed the old man,
Happy are my eyes to see you!
Sit here on the mat beside me,
Sit here by the dying embers,
Let us pass the night together.
Tell me of your strange adventure,
OF the lands where you have travelled;
will tell you of my prowess,
Of my many deeds of wonder
From his pouch he drew his peace-pipe,
Very old and strangely fashioned;
Made of redstone was the pipe-head,
And the stem a reed with feathers;
Filled the pipe with bark of willow.
Killikinik, the slender willow,
Placed a burning coal upon 1t,
Gave it to his guest, the stranger,
And began to speak in this wise:
when blow my breath about me
Wh6n / breathe upon the landscape,
Motionless are all the rivers,
Hard as stone becomes the water"
And the young man answered, smiling
.syVhen I fio,4 ms 81 about me,
when fisatas uposl lte landscape,
Flowers elna Ar en- g the meadows,
Singing, ward rNSn rivers.
when ] sal, ~ ics4 Tessess"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
IN TENNEssEE

From the New York Evening Post.
A man who comes from Tennessee
takes, great pride in having sat silent
at dinner the other day while a New
Yorker. who has never been south OF
Philadelphia, told, amid applause, this
story-and planted 1T lin Tennessee
town:
Small girl to grocer-Ain't yer got
no onions?
Grocer amt said amt.
Small girl amt asst yer amt yer
amt. I asst yer is yer amt. Now Is
yer or amt yer?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

Said the old man, darkly frownins,
"All the land with snow is covered.
All the leaves from of the branches
Fall and fade and die and wither
For 1 breathe, and 10! they are not.
From the waters and the marshes
Rise the wild goose and the heron.
Fly away to distant regions,
For speak, and 10! they are not,
And where'er my footsteps wander,
All the wild beasts of the forest
Hide themselves in holes and caverns,
And the earth becomes as hint-stonc.'
"When I shake my flowing ringlets."
Said the young man, softly laughing,
Showers Of rain fall warm and welcome,
Plants lift up their heads rejoicing,
Back into their lakes and marshes
Come the wild goose and the heron.
uomeward shoots the arrowy swallow,
Sing the bluebird and the robin,
And <vhere'er my footsteps wander
All the meadows wave with music,
All the trees are dark with foliage
While he spake the night departed;
From the distant realms of Wabun,
From his shining lodge Of silver,
Like q warrior robed and painted.
Came the sun, and said Behold me.
Gheezis, the great sun, behold me!'
Then the old mans tongue was speech
less,
And the air grew warm and pleasant
And upon the wigwain sweetly
Sang the bluebird and the robin.
And the stream began to murmur,
And a scent of growing grasses
Through the lodge was gently waited.
And Segwun, the youthful stranger.
More distinctly in the daylight
saw the icy face before him;
| It was Peboan, the Winter!
From his eyes the tears were flowing,
| As from melting lakes the streamlets,'
And his body shrupk and dwindled
| AS the shouting sun ascended,
lTiu into the air it faded,
Till into the ground it vanished,
/ And the young man saw before him,
| on the i1earthstone of the wigwam,
! Where the ire had smoked and smoldered
saw the earliest flower of springtme
saw the beauty OF the springtfmeI
kSaw the miskodeed " blossom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
A PROUD PARENT

A PROUD PARENT
A young man came into a drug store
and ordered talcum powder, soothing sy-
rup, a disinfectant. or some household
remedy. While giving his order he re-
marked Importantly to the clerk, I've
got twin babies at my house."
While waiting for his purchase he turned
to one of the proprietors and said. I'm
certainly on the go these days. I've got
twin babies at my house."
A doctor came in, his mind evidently on
his patients. The young father didn't
know the doctor, but that made no diff
ference.
Doctor" he asked, how much whoop-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

Former Senator John b. Henderson is
dead. He was the last surviving member
of the Senate which tried the impeach-
ment of President Andrew Johnson The
political career of Mr.. Henderson was
ruined by the proceedings to impeach
President Andrew Johnson. He. with a
few Others republican senators, voted for
the acauittal of Johnson, and their votes,
with those of the democrats. barely saved
johnson. A few months later the Mis-
souri, legislature refused to re-elect him 10
the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
THE COUNT

According to the news from abroad
there is a campaign on foot to make
Count Szechenyi King of Hungary, IN
recognition OF his heroic ancestors and
his wife's millions" As tout le monde
knows, he married an American hefress.
without wishing to disparage the cour.t
at all. his own qualifications for the
kingship of Hungary seem to have been
overlooked. 1t is well. we presume, for a
nobleman to have heroic ancestors and a
rich wife, but can he do anything him.
self besides smoke cigarette?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

Heels of Dresden china arc the latest
eecentricity among the extremists Of
fashion in Paris. These heels are worn
in the evening with foot apparel which
have silk or satin uppers 1t is predicted.
however, that patriotism will cause the
French women to adopt heels of Sevras
china instead of the Dresden article.
which is made by the hated Teutons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
THE PROvIDENT

From Judge.
"The darky.'' says southern congress-
man, although proverbially improvaaent'
sometimes has his weather eye open-
I'm Mobile, one day, I gave quarter
to colored youth, who had done me some
trifling service. The coin was handed
back to me. Excuse me, boss said the
negro: 'yo' knows don't want no pay
To- what does fc yo'. 70 jes gimme
dat ole.suit Of clothes yo' has on "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
EAR FROM MILITANT

Gibbs seems to take a disinterested
view of the suffrage question
Yes. Dibbs Is a lucky fellow. He has
one of those old-fashIoned wives who
would rather make a sofa pillow than a
speech
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
HIS NATIONALITY

From the Syracuse Journal.
Two old cronies had been sitting in a
cafe on Courtlandt street one Saturday
afternoon for several hours. and were
pretty much the worse for their lengthy
tete-a-tete.
what is your nationality, anyway,
Jim?" asked one.
We'll, I'll tell you, Bob. my father
came from Glasgow, so I'm hair
Scotch
And the other half seltzer I guess"
put in his companion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

A GREAT RELIEF
We're very glad
They've put the ban
Upon the pie
Faced chorus man.
He never seemed
To make q nit
And did not help
The show q bit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

Frank l.. Polk, New York lawyer and
former chairman of the New York civil
service commission, has formally accepted
President wilson's offer to become collec-
tor of customs at New York, succeeding
William Loeb, Jr., and his nomination is
expected to be sent to the Senate Sec
retary McAdoo urged the President to ap-
point him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

When Miss Ethel Roosevelt. became
Mrs Richard Derby she kept and used the
word "obey' in the marriage ceremony.
Her half sister did not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
SYMPTOMS

Sweet spring is here, | know it by
The blossoms on the lawn;
And also every morning,
Just yawn and yawn and yawn.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Sweet spring is here, | know 1t when
/ hear the peoples peep:
do not yawn each morning then,
l sleep >and sleep-and sleep.
-Johnstown Democrat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
A FRANK CONFESSION

oh" exclaimed Miss Hishbrow. Il just
dote on Nietzschen
"You have me there" said young Nuk-
lkums, the bungalow agent. II can't re-
member the names of all those new drinks
at the soda fountains"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

The floods may subside, but the tariff
problem will not. 1t will stay with US
to the end of time or at least until the
custom houses are blown up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

Yuan Shih-Kai expresses the hope that
the Chinese republic will last ten thou
sand years. He is an optimist from the
head of the creek.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

The Michiganders are still in full con-
troll of Michigan, and the Michigeese are
greatly grieved thereat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

The Panama canal diggers attack every
fresh landslide with increased impetu-
osity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

should free wool be granted, it is be-
lieved the wool trust would proceed to
work the weather bureau for an open
winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

The supreme court is the only branch
of the government that the republicans
still control.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

The tariff beneficiaries are now busily
rehearsng for the conniption fits they
will soon display in public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

An Indiana authority says: do not
hire pretty teachers" But this advice
comes from a woman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

From Lincoln to Wilson is long jump,
but the plain people had small consider
alton in the interval
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

Senator-elect Lewis still stays in re-
tirement. He may. however, be awaiting
his summer clothes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

1t has become a maxim in New York
that it takes 10 years to do anything in
that city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
LESS EFFORT

Il don't believe in whipping the devil
around the stump said Tweedles.
Il don't either" said Listby. yawnlng
"fd rather sit on the stump and argue
with him."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
A New Publication

The Ghost is the name of the latess
publication in this neck of the wooos.
II is a periodical to be published every
payday by the salary raising department
of the American Trust & Savings bank
of Birmingham Volume l, No ], pears
the date of April 15-yesterday.
Among tellers and bank clerks the
Ghost, Is a nickname for payday. 1t
is an old phrase and is known through
out the banking fraternity. The first
issue of The Ghost is a modest little
raper of eight pages. AS 1t measures
only about three by six inches it Is Of
convenient size to carry In the vest poek-
et 1t is edited by the boys in tht
bank and is bright and sassy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
SEEKING SOUL MATES

Some poets sing very sweetly of
damsels they expect TO meet amid
the stars. Alas for welded bliss, married
poets seem able to sound that string ON
poesy's Lutte quite as well as the single
ones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16

1t seems to be settled that this is an
off year. for winonaN speeches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-16
RHAPSODICAL

She trips into shoe store
Oh, happy, happy clerk.
To fit her with a pair of pumps
Is paradise, not work.