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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
Southern NiilliOnaires

Birmingham has six or seven-certainly
sx-men worth over 100000, and only
one other strictly southern city outside of
New Orleans has so large a number,
said member of the Chamber of Com
merce. THE one which refer to Is Rich
mond. l used to keep in close touch with
that city, and seven or eight years ago
1t had within it's limits half a dozen mil
liouaires. l am told that today the num-
Der has been nearly If not quite doubled
Atlanta has three or four men worth
81 900 900, and about the same number may
be credited each to Nashville and to Men,
phis.
Il have never been a money worshipper.
L believe in business integrity above
everything else in mercantile life, but the
fact that Richmond came out of the war
Impoverished and has now such large ac-
cumulated capital speaks we'll for it as
progressive city, and the fact that Bir-
niingham has several millonaires is a
fact worth while when one remembers
that 10 years ago there were compare
lively few solvent men here. And the
beyt of it is all of Birmingh hams very
rich men have acquired their wealth hon
estly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Aiding BIrminahum COLLEGE

"a friend of Birmingham college whose
name I am not at liberty to disclose at
present has just added to the fund we
are raising by contributing s5000,' said the
Rev. j. E. Cumming, financial agent of
the college. I'VE started out to raise
$25O,000 and of that amount we have now
nearly 10000. The $4,000. gift naturally
makes me feel very happy 1t looks now
as if we would be able to announce at
the next commencement fully $4,000 of
the s25OOoo. We will surely raise the
entire amount.
THE Methodists are disposed to be very
liberal in their aid to Birmingham col
lege, which is conducted under Metho-
dist auspices and it has been ntimated
that many citizens of Birmingham not
of the Methodist persuasion will join in
the work of rounding up the quarter of a
million dollar fund. Citizens generally
are coming to appreciate the college
as valuable asset for the community
regardless of its religious connection. Half
of the money is TO be invested as an
endowment and the other half is to be
expended on new buildings. which we need
very much"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
A Policeman. Kind Act

while many people find fault with the
praise would be most appropriate at
this time" said young citizen.
"A few days ago I happened to be at
the Terminal station and saw an act
Of kindness which should be recorded.
The policeman stationed at the Terminal
is an elderly man and he certainly has
some of the milk of human kindness In
his makeup. A man who seemed to be
under the influence of liquor came out
of a saloon and seeing this policeman,
whose name | do not know, began to
abuse him and kept abusing him for some
minutes. The officer did not get angry
but on the contrary persuaded the man
where he put him to bed and paid the
price out of his own pocket. AS a rule,
this may be something which happens
only in books, but after seeing that with
my own eyes l am Inclined to be skep-
tical about the wholesale shortcomings of
any police force. OF course, there is a
certain percentage of bad people in every
walk and profession of life and that ap-
plies here as we'll as elsewhere. But
l think it Is safe to say that the per-
centage is as small, If not smaller, among
police officers as in other professions
or callings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
TALE OF THREE TITLES
From Chronicle and Comment in the Jar
uarY Bookman.

From Chronicle and Comment in the jan
uary Bookman.
We are inclined to bark back to the
days when certain Paris newspaper was
being rented out at 10 sous the hair
hour. to readers who wanted the day
installment of Eugene SUITS 1.-The Mys-
teries of Paris and when crowds block
AIDED the street leading to the office or
All the Year Round on the day of pub
lication to learn the further adventures
of the characters of Wilkie Collins The
Woman in White" These we regard as
the days of great serials, maintaining
that no real serial has appeared since
George Du Maurier's "Trilby.' But now
and then there comes a story which in
serial form brings decided response.
Such one was Owen Johnson's ''Stover
at Yale and another according to the
publishers of McCiure's Magazine, is the
new serial by Miss Elizabeth Robins. The
story may alliteratively be described as
a tale of three titles. First it was known
as THE Grey Hawk of the World then
as My Little Sister, when it eventually
appears in book form in this country,
willie in England. it will be published un-
der the title Where Are You Going Tor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
THE HIGH COsT OF DYING

Arthur B. Reeve, in Harpers Weekly.
One cannot go among the poor very
much without hearing more or less cir
cumstantial stories of how the unscrupu-
lous undetaker fleeces them. In fact,
nothing less than ghoulsh are some of
the stories that are related to show how
pressure is brought to bear on distracted
people to cause them excessive expense
in burying their dead.
A dying husband begged his wife tina.
she give him only plain funeral. She
promised; but when the undertaken came
the relatives were present. AS soon as
she said she wanted only a modest fun
eral the undertaken sneered rs that all
you thought of your husband to bury him
like that?. She was shamed into spend
ing not only more than she had prom
ised but more than the insurance he had
asked her to save.
"This Is the last thing you can do for
your wife" one undertaken urged a poor
porter, land you don't want to be haunt
ed by the thought that you were mean
Then the crafty tradesman in death point
ed to the children and cruelty wrung the
mans heart by adding: IF you don't dc
the right thing by their mother they will
curse you to their dying day." 1t is
hardly necessary to say that the dis
tracted man demonstrated his love for the
dead wife and mother by having a fun
eral which condemned the children to
actual hunger and want.
Another undertaken refused to go TO
Bellevue for the body of child until
the mother gave him a golden crucifix,
an heirloom, as security. Such cases
could be multiplied if it were Of any
use Mr.. Barrows remarks that this is
not the usual thing. But it is so COM
mon among the very poor as to be al
most proverbial. That is not to say that
all undertakers, or even a majority oil
them, are rogues. They are precisely like
every other body of men-some honest,
some INSCRIPTIONS, charging 'all that
the traffic will bear"
Once having been accepted, the vulture
undertaken has the family at his mercy
For instance, in one case a chattel mort
gage on all the household furniture was
demanded. The family refused indig-
nantly. But when they approached Sec
ond undertaken they found he would not
take the case because the code of ethics
forbade him. They either had to take the
original undertaken on his own terms OF
submit to having a pauper burial.
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hips on the South Route

jnew safety lanes are not quite
south as those adopted after
a,anic disaster. The lanes now
H> lie between the fortieth and
srst parallels, and they have
tdopted after conferences be-
he government and the steam
representatives..
southerly track is to be used
January Is to August IA, after
s5in1e vessels will be free to use
les, all fear of icebergs having
"a. The bergs are expected to
ierous this year, for heavy
II operates to detach them from
,e glaciers.
route adopted for safety
q icebergs is the regular south
Ute that steamers have used
N 1898, and it will work no un-
/. ardship on vessel owners. The
)us ice season does not begin
3pril, but an occasional iceberg
<ected this year as early as
~ /.
LESSON of the Titanic has not
est upon steamship owners or
lople or this government, and
lpe is that a disaster from a
i cause will never occur again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
wet and Dry states

II was interested In map published
in one of the popular periodicals recently
showing the progress of prohibition said
democrat who is stanch in his advo-
cacy of the local option system.
There are nine states that appear on
the map with statewide prohibition laws
Maine, West Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, Okla
homa, Kansas and North Dakota. or
these states West Virginia will not have
it's prohibition law effective until 1914.
option law with a good deal of dry ter
rtory. Virginia has many dry counties
and Alabama is mostly dry. In four
es-Pennsylvania, Montana. Nevada
and Arizona-there is practically no dry
territory.
while Georgia appears on the map as
a prohibition state, beer, as near beer, is
sold under license and whisky is sold
in the clubs, to say nothing of blind
tigers In other words, prohibition in
Georgia is a farce In Tennessee, too,
prohibition is good deal of a farce
at any rate, so far as the cities are
concerned the bars are wide open in the
principal hotels.
"If prohibitionists in Alabama had tried
less drastic policy than they did 1t
might still have been nominally a pro-
hbitlon state. Prohibitionlsts boasted of
the stringency of the Alabama laws
passed by the Conner legislature, and this
very stringency made reaction certain.
believe a great many people who are anti
prohibitionists would have favored a
statewide policy that allowed the sale of
beer and light wine"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
The south's Prosperity

II am spending several weeks in the
south this winter and have already visit
ed two states besides Alabama said j.
s. Driscoll of Buffalo, N. Y.
Il stopped In Georgia on my way south
and last week I was in Texas. l had not
, been south of the Mason and Dixon line
for nearly IA years, and l marveled at
the south's prosperity. Atlanta and Br-
mir CHAM are both great cities now. Four
teen years ago Atlanta was prosperous
and city like, but Birmingham still be-
longed to the smaller class. Today this
city seems to be as large as Atlanta, and
it is a safe prediction that in the next
census it will outstrip the Georgia metrop-
oils. although Atlanta will continue to
grow at a steady rate.
birmingham has for several years been
we'll advertised. In travelling through the
north one hears great deal about Rich
mond's progress; about Atlanta's prog
ress and about the steady growth of Men,
phs and Nashville, but there is more talk
about Birmingham than all the other
southern cities combined"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
Great Storms in the Far West

The orange trees of California are
in full bloom and a cold wave has
come down from Alaska that is Great
ing ice freely among them, and stoves
are being freely used to ward off dam
age not unlike that of 1895 when the
orange trees of Florida were killed
But the cold wave of California is
not all. From Wyoming to New Mex
leo and Texas heavy SHOWS have fallen
and low temperatures are recorded.
1t is icy weather all along the eastern
slope of the Rocky mountains. This is
not part of the California cold wave,
1t is a sweep of weather that will ex-
tend across the country in the natural
course of weather currents from vest
to east in this country. The local
weather bureau continues to assert
that Alabama will get a share of
this cold wave, but belated waves
rarely measure up to predictions. The
longer they are delayed the more they
are modified, and the gulf states are
entertaining the hope that they will
escape without mourning a single
fractured water pipe.
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when 1 tell him, he hates finttercrs,
,ys, he does, being then most fat
nd. Julius Caesar.
,lic Education in Three States

zee states stand on the gulf,
ically speaking, side by side. Let
J how these three states managed
10 their educational business.
lis better than to compare them
iowa or Washington or any other
in which conditions and circum-
es are dissimilar.
begin with Alabama's total
! revenue in 1910 was So, ,774;
yia's was 81, ,423, ,754, and Missis-
8 was $2,927,54s.
bama had in that year 243, ,144
en- not enrolled in any school,
4, or private; Georgia had $685.
nd Mississippi had 134, ,4S2.
bama had in 1910 illiterates to
amber of 352,720; Georgia had
5, and Mississippi had 200,235.
oulH be remembered that Ala
s population in 1910 was 2,138,-
ieSrgia's, 2,6O9,121, and Missis-
n 1,797,114. Alabama's percent
lliterates vas 22.9; Georgia's,
I'D Mississippi's, 22.4. In the
Of reading and writing Georgia
orty-third state; Arizona, the
eurth; Mississippi, the forty
alabama, the forty-sixth; South
x, the forty-seventh, and Louis
e forty eighth, or tailend state
'sTnion.
Alabama 37.9 per cent of the
4 of school age are not enrolled
public schools. Over one third
hildren of the state are not
schooling and they will soon
illiterate citizens. The school
lie, $2,868,774, is a reasonable
End if it were wisely and justly
ioned by the 81 boards of educa-
would suffice to teach every
n the state to read and write.
and unjust appointments of
moneys and the lack of consti-
] direction and of competency
county boards are at the bottom
ate's low educational stand
1910. Stupid school superintend-
y NIL the lack of district taxes do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
EXISTENCE on MARS

From Current opinion january
| Careful and thorough Investigation Oh
Mars has just revealed to astronomicai
science a world of great beauty, out
filled with signs of age, world peo-
| pied by intelligent beings, but Woriu
which has recalled the period when there
| Is no more sea. Thus may be summed
up the results of the most exhaustive
as well as the most authoritative stuo-
les of any plant since the perfecuon oi
of the spectroscope. The Investigations
have been conducted upon an elaborate
scale at the famed observatory OF f1as-
staff under the supervision of astron-
orners and astro-physcsts for the pur-
pose of determining once for all the
great controversy of which Mars mas
been the subject for so many years
Photographs, spectroscopic observations
and the most recent methods OF optlcal
research were drawn upon in arriving
at the deductions. An authorized report
from the pen of the well known stu
dent of astro-physics, DR.. James H.
Northington, makes even more sehsa-
tional reading than will be found In the
papers of Professor Percival Lowell, one
of the first to insist that Mars Is the
abode of race of intelligent beings.
Worthington declares now that the ex-
plorers of the planet from the stand
point of Flagstaff find abundant rea-
son to believe in the existence of high
ly developed and intelligent race, maxi
ing a last stand against the Increasing
deserts of it's world. The famous canals
are evidences of tremendous and united
efforts to eke out the decreasing water
supply to the last drop. In this strug-
gle we see In some sense forecast of
what the earth must also become in the
fulness of time. The astronomers at
Flagstaff set out to learn definitely an
important truth respecting another plan
ct; but they likewise learned much of
our own. Incidentally our eyes are
opened to the demonstration of truth
long held by instinct, that we are not
alone in the cosmos-that other worlds
beyond the earth are no longer the
dreams of fantastic poetry but firmly
established facts of observatlonal sci
ence." We see how the law of evolution
which has shaped us to fit our surround
nes here has fitted other creatures in
another world to cope with their own
sDecial needs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08

From West Virginia comes an interest
ing story in which too much beauty did
not work WELL Miss Helena kesterling.
physical culture instructor of the eo-eds
in Bethany college, has been dismissed
by the trustees OF the institution and Ave
men students have been expelled. Miss
kesterling is one of the most beautiful
girls In the college and she was a leader
in all social and athletic affairs given by
the co-eds, as well as the male students,
According to one version of the trouble
the fair instructor was the flame which
drew the young students like horde of
fluttering moths and the trustees came to
the conclusion that Miss Kesterling's S
beauty was a great hindrance TO her work.
"They would give me no reason at first
for dismissing me, except that l was
too beautiful to remain in the same zone
with the susceptible young students de-
clared Miss Kesterling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
THE BOOKS OF 1912

From Chronicle and Comment in the jan
uary Bookman.
Eleven Times Mentioned.-The Har
vester.
Five Times Mentoned-The Winning
of Barbara Worth, A Hoosier Chroni-
Gle, The Street Called Straight, The
Melting of Molly.
-Four Times Mentioned.-The Iron wo-
man, Queed
Three Times Mentioned.-The Follow
ins of the Star, The Money Moon, The
Just and the Unjust.
Twice Mentioned.-He Comes Up Smil-
ing, Tante, Fran, The Man in Lonely
Land, To NJ. l.. G., Their Yesterdays,
The Armchair at the Inn.
Once \Mentioned.-P Ruff and The
Double Four, John Rawn, Through the
Postern Gate, The Lighted Way, The
Red Lane, Where There's Will, The
Hollow of Her Hand, The Net, Ro-
nance of Billy-Goat Hill, Between Two
Thieves
In the lists for 1912 twenty-seven books
we're represented as against the same
number for 1911, thirty-two for 1910,
tventy-nine for 19l9 thirty-six for 1908,
thirty for 1897, thirty for 1906, twenty
nine for 1905, thirty-one for 1904, thirty
two for 1903, twenty-eight for 1902, twen-
ty-nine for 1901, and twentv-nirS for
1900. Two books, The Street Called
Straight and To NJ l.. G.. were pub
ished anonymously. No book was the
result of collaboration. Eliminating the
two books whose authors were anony-
nous, the remaining twenty-five books
represented the work of fifteen men and
ten women. Again eliminating To NJ. l.,
c. and The Street Called Straight. eigh-
teen of the twenty-five books were writ
ten by American authors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
rhe FIon.nley. Popular

.yrhose of us who were concert goers
in the SOS recall the Mendelssohn quin-
tet club of Boston. which toured the
country season after season. remarked
an old music lover. '1t was the finest
chamber ensemble that had ever been
heard i'm this country up to its day.
..While it was originally quintet there
were six performers. Bernard Lister
mann was the first violinist and Thomas
RYAN, the clarinet player, was secretary
ana manager. The Mendelssohn club drew
packed houses in every city.
AFTER that organization passed on the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
NO PARTICULAR SCHEDULE.

no TAHIIt IAh SOffED ULE.
Jim, free as air and full of the joy of
living, strolled in leisurely manner Fast
the somewhat ugly but entirely impregna-
BILE county Jail Looking up, he saw be-
hind the bars of one of the windows the
disconsolate face of his friend Joe.
"Hello!' cried out Jim.
"Whut time is it, Jim?'
After this brief interchange of greetings,
Jim was proceeding on his way, but Joe,
having no extensive promenade at his
command, wished 70 engage him in con-
versation. and begaf. with this:
What time is it. Jhn?"
'Whut you want to know whut time It
Is fob, nigger?" retorted the free man.
You amt gwine nowhar. The Poou-
lar Magazine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
WHEN WIZARDS DINE TOGETHER

WHEN WlLAHDS DINE IOUhI HEN
From the London Telegraph.
The wizards at Anderton's hotel at the
seventh annual banquet of the Magic
Circle, under the presidency Of Nevil Mas
kelyne. bore themselves like ordinary cit
liens for the greater part of the evening.
Their real and extraordinary nature came
out, however, at last. The magicians
began competing among themselves in the
performance of wonders.
Cecil Lyle started hat trimming by
magic, causing an ostrich plume and some
white fox trimming to drape itself on an
untrimmed hat without the agency of hu-
mar hands. Chris Hilton manufactured
Union Jacks and other flags out of plain
coored handkerchiefs William Dawkes
fused a number of billiard balls into one.
Herbert Ceilings produced out of an empty
scaled envelope replies to advertisements
taken at random from a daily newspaper,
while DR.. Herschell carried out series
of uncanny tricks with cards. In an in
terval, when the normal reigned for a
tine, Miss Sybil Goodchild sang one or
two songs. Immediately afterward, how
ever. the magieians recommended COM
pe;ing one against the other in bewilder-
ing exhibitions Of magical skill.
1t was self evident that evening dress
so far as modern magicians are concerned,
is mere deception. Even without the
wand, the pointed shoes and the cabalis-
tic signs upon their clothes. there are un-
questionably magicians still.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
OPPORTUNITY

BY John j. lnSalls.
Master of human destinies am /;
Fame, Love and Fortune on my footsteps
wait,
Cities and fields l walk; | penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and, passing by
Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late
knock unbidden once at every gate,
If sleeping. wake-if feasting, rise before
turn away. 1t is the hour of fate,
And they who follow me gain every state
That mortais desire, and conquer every
foe
Save Death; but those who doubt or hesi-
tate,
Condemned to failure, penury, and woe,
Seek me in vain. and uselessly implors-
answer not and / return no more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
REFLECTIONS OF BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
Lies can fall as thick as snow, but they
don't melt off the same way.
:, millionaire can love himself as mucn
as the public can hate him.
A girl can get so interested in man
that she can make him think it is half
dozen others.
The way woman judges whether a
good figure is perfectly natural is for it to
be hers.
A man who can write a $1,000 check for
gambling losses without a smile can't
write one for charity for s. without faint
ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
IRE Corners in Food or Clothing

bre Corners in Food or Clothing
.ners in articles of clothing or
that enter into interstate busi-
have been declared contrary to
lrovisions of the Sherman law,
he principals in the famous cot
prner engineered in New York
two years ago will have to stand
: The indicted are James Patten,
ia .G. Scales, Frank H. Haync
William p. Brown. In rendering
3cision of the court Justice Van
tier said, lit made no difference
Ehere was no allegation of a
fc intent to restrain interstate
The conspirators must be held
se intended the necessary and
i consequences of their acts ard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
DosT KNOW?

Who is called the STORMY Petrel"?
Who was Lillian Russelrs second hus-
band?
What country is responsible for the
Tango?
Where was Emmeline Pankhurst born ?
Why do so many politicians regard the
possession of a dress suit as circumstan-
tial evidence?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
THE ABsENTEEs.

Just look at that couplel How devoted
they are to each otherl That is my ideal
of the married state.'
well, 1t may be your ideal, but since
happen to know the couple you refer
to, I can't help wondering where her hus-
band is and where his wife is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
BEHIND TILE TIMES.

What Is this 'eurythmy' that people are
talking so much about?"
You'll have to excuse me. 1 haven't
found out yet whether it's new dance, a
new religion or new disease.f
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one of the famously beautiful Lang
horne girls of 10 years ago is back in
Virginia. She married Reginald Brooks
of New York, but they have signed a
separation agreement. With her two chill
di EN- and an allowance of $4,000 a year
she goes back to her Virginia home to
live. Her sisters are Mrs. Charles Dana
Gibson, Mrs T. Moncure Perkins, Mrs.
Waldorf Astor and Mrs Paul Phipps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
KICMET.

KISMET.
Pretty girl,
Hair a-curl,
Laughing eye;
Dressed in style
To beguile.
Passes by.
Woeful swain
Tries in vain
To attract;
Scornful she,
As can be,
That's a fact.
Why so cold
Can't be told
Beauty's way;
With a peach"
Out of reach,
Skies are gray.
All What's this?
Times, I wis.
Might be worse.
Smiles for me?
Lucky she
Dropped her purse,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08
STOCK THEMES.

We talk of heat in summer gay,
In winter talk of cold;
And thus one half that people say
Is very briefly told.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-08

Editors are fiocking to the United States
Senate. Editor Heiskel1 of Little Rock is
to follow in the footsteps of Editor john
ston of Houston. They will serve until
March 4 when they will be due back on
their Jobs