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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06
EARMUFFs FOR BATHING

Palm Beach-Mfss Laura Webb OF New
York is wearing a dark blue bathing cos
tune and crepe de chine bathing hood
to which were attached silk rosettes fit-
ting over the ears, says fashion report.
Friends of the young woman promptly
christened the rosettes s'earmuffs.''
Costumes worn here this winter BY Miss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06

Shelby Cullom. 81 years old, after serv-
ing 80 years in the Senate, was made by
Congress resident commissioners in WASH
ington of the s2.oo9.oo0 Lincoln memorial in
Potomac park at a salary of $1,000 year.
This will keep him in Washington at least
four years. He is without any consider
able means.
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VANITY.

How often we see a young girl trying
to look cheerful when she can hardly en-
dure the pain of tight shoes"
How ofteni
Vanity causes much suffering in this
world
''To be sure. BY the way, I notice you
have great difficulty in making your
pince-nez glasses stay on.
Yes. You have no idea how nervous
it makes me when they keep falling OF,
and my oeulist warned me that they
would be very injurious TO my eyes en-
account of the focus not being always the
same, but [ can't bear the thought of
wearing spectacles. They make a fellow
lcok SO confoundedly ugly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06
HOBsON,s HEAVY BURDENs

From the New York Sun.
The Hon. Richmond Pearson Hobson.
already the hero of war, OF osculation,
of prohibition, has assumed direction OF
the votes for women. Can one pair OF
merely human shoulders bear SO many
burdens?
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Also in the heap were found 13 hu-
man teeth. Presumably the victim of
the cannibal feast was a young man
between 20 and 80 years old. TheVteeth
were OF the sort that could be set only
in a massive jaw-the sort of Jaw that
men had when they lived on the kill of
the hunt and needed TO do heavy grind
ing.
Finally, scattered all about were
found the flint knives of the banqueters.
chipped and fashioned in a style that
the Investigators have found existed in
that geological era throughout Europe.
Putting all this evidence together, this
writer points out we get fairly good
idea of a hunter of the Ice Age, who
could kill the woolly rhinoceros, could
cut a srealS from the carcass with his
flint knife, had the teeth to chew it
with, and generally kned how. under
the very chilly circumstances, to make
himself comfortable and to keep his
race going"
The bones OF man and the smaller
animals do not resist the tooth of time
very stubbornly, and they are not
found in large numbers. But the flint
weapons that man made himself are,
scattered through the geological de-
posits into ages perhaps 100000
years remote. Through these long
reaches of the past man was slowly de-
veloping.
If human history were to be recorded
lin a book of say 500 pages, a page to
each 1000 years, the first 400 pages
would be virtually blank and only on
the last three pages would begin the
record with which men today are toll
erably familiar. Yet we sometimes
grow impatient with the slowness or
the progress of mankind in the last
half century,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06

Democratic officeseekers stand ready to
declare that republican officeholder is
now clearly unconstitutional The statute
of limitation runs against him, he has
been in office so long,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06

The rumbling at Mt. vesuvius is thought
after all is said to be Turkey trying to
swallow the peace conditions laid down
by the allies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06

President Wilson's father and mother
are buried in Columbia, 8. c., and their
graves were covered with flowers on in
auguration day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06

Wives are wanted on the ranches of
South Dakota, but the moving picture
shows hold the women enchanted in the
cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06

The record of Attorney General wicker
sham and Postmaster General Hitchcock
are the bright spots in the Taft admins
tration.
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ENvY's WORK.

IIlN i , W OfliNs
1t is enough to make an anarchist of .
toiler who is tied to his job when he sees
a person of leisure motoring TO the rail-
way station, loaded down with suit cases,
golf sticks and tennis racquets, which
denote that he intends to frolic q willis
in Florida. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06

Charley Taft's hand Is no longer on the
national lever and this is certainly sonie-
thing to be thankful for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06

Mr.. Taft not only left footprints on the
sands of time, but he left also many auto
tracks and many dents in the railroad
seats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06

President Wilson is not exactly light
weight. He tips the scales at 179 pounds.
This is above his usual weight, and his
health was never more robust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06

The average American is taxed directly
and indirectly 10 cents day. None es-
cape the burden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06

The Chevy Chase club cannot undermine
the republic simply because one Of its
honorary memberships has been declined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

happy and say nothing about It, While
the average pessinist always wants TO
tell somebody else how miserable he
feels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06

Congress restored the free seed item at
the eleventh hour. 1t is good for an
other year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06
NEW YORK MANNERS
the London Truth

From the LOuuoH 4FutH
There are many English people espe-
cially those who have been there--who be-
lieve that the street manners of New York
ere tn eworst Of any great city. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06
DEFINED.

"Pa, what is a haunting fear'?'
"A haunting fear my son, Is the feel
ing a woman has that all is not Just
right with her back hair
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REMINDED.

Il wonder how the excavations at Pom
peii are getting along?'
Il don't know. Why do you ask?''
Il was digging in my garden this morn
ing and Just happened to think about it, -.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06

William ]. Bryan smiles and smiles but
% says very little for publication.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06

Even New York's 70 mile wind did not
take away its graft odor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06

In Jefferson's day Jeffersonian simplicity
was free from the smell of gasoline.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06
A BASE INsINuATIoN,

Mrs. Wilson and the Wilson girls ex-
pect to dress simply, I understand while
she is mistress of the White House,
''That makes it rather trying on Wood
row.
''Why so?"
"some of his enemies will circulate the
report that he intends to salt down two
thirds of his salary
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The lame ducks are leaving Washington
In great flocks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06
CARRYING OUT THE IDEA.

How did you like the play. Gladsby?''
To tell the truth, thought was in
church,
Il noticed that you fell asleep
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06

Mexico is fast becoming as peaceful as
! csmstery.
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ONE DIFFERENcE

ONE DIFFERENCE.
i've noticed one difference between
the average pessimist and the average OBJ
timist.
And what is that?'
'"rhe average optmist IS content TO be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06
QUITE AFFECTING

The pathos of Taft's farewell was not
lessened by the fact that he is so fat
and so good natured.
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.AMAzING PNRFoRMANcE.

l see where man paid a small for
tune the other day for Van Dyck?"
Whats the matter? Couldn't he grow
oEe?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06

FOR.
The auto bandit seldom quits his ne
farious career until he himself is punc-
tured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-06

CONSERVATION TO BE WISHED
EOR
The Washington times., 1913-06-13

THE SURVIVOR 5=@=.s ~ e4===9s ess5s4.=s eeesz@9
By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
tcopyrirh,. 1sls. Fran. A. Munsey Company,

From behind and below came the roar
Of machinery, rolls Of wet proofs came
flooding into the room at every moment.
Now and then q hanson set down q
belated reporter. who passed swiftly in
to his work, taking OF his coat as he
went. Outside the sparrows began to
chirp, dawn lightened the sky, and
vast room. Then suddenly from Doug
las desk came a sound.
Rawlinson rushed up too late to save
him. Douglas had swayed for q mo
ment, and then fallen over sideways. He
lay upon the ground a huddled heap,
white and motionless.
They laid him upon his back, undid
his clothing and sent for a doctor. A
window few yards away was thrown
streamed into the room. But for all
they could do Douglas never moved.
and his face was like the face Of a
dead man.
Rawiinson stood UP, horribly anxious,
and gave way to the doctor, who felt
his heart and looked grave. For an
hour the pendulum swung backward
and forward between life and death.
Then the doctor stood up with a sigh
Hen do now" he said. but 1t was
a narrow squeak"
"Exhaustion?" Rawlinson asked.
Starvation" the doctor answered
grimly. 1.-The man has been sober all
his life and a careful liver, or he would
be dead now. What are you going to
do with him? I'll take him day or
two to pull round"
A Continuation Of This Story VIII
BE Found In Tomorrow's
Issue of The Times.
The Washington times., 1913-06-13

the following public school teachers:
Miss Mary e. Green. principal Of the
school at Mt Lebanon; Miss n.
Landella Etchison. principal Of the
school at Derwood; Misses Lillian
CLANCY and sallie Fontaine. assistants
at the school at Kensington.
The Washington times., 1913-06-13

huence had been a constraint. There
was nothing OF that In the words which
were leaping now hot from his heart
Yet he knew very well that he was
writing as man inspired.
That was his only pause. Midnight
struck. i and o'clock, but his pen
only few the faster. Many curious
glances were cast upon him-the man in
rags with the burning eyes. who wrote
as though possessed by some inexor-
At last Rawlinson came softly, to his
side and took up a handful Of the wet
sheets. He was smoking a cigarette,
for his own labors were nearly over;
his fingers. He beckoned to another
man. and silently passed him some Of
the sheets. They drew a little on one
side.
"wonderfulw the other man whis-
!,M peTea in a tone OF rare enthusiasm
Rawlingson shook his head.
No idea. He came here like that
nearly tainted before my eyes-want-
ed to write something in Austin's
line-looked as though he could do
II, too. l gave him half a sovereign
to get something to eat, and told him
to come back. There he's been ever
stnce-nearly three hours. What a
study for one of those lurid sketches
of Forbes as he sit now!"
ACdo any thih6 llhc II, the
newcomer said. He's a magnificent
find. How on earth did a man who
a state?"
Rawlinson shrugged his shoulders
who can tell? Not drink. should
say. Laziness, perhaps or ill luck
only know that tonight he has writ
ten his way on to the staff Of this
paper"
The other man was watching Doug
las as though fascinated.
He has written his way into great
er things he murmured. "It makes
one feel like a hackneyed s'penny-a-
liner to read work like that"
Hes about done up," Rawlinson
said: DO you think I ought to stop
him?"
SNot likely. II there's such a thing
In the world as inspiration. he's got il
now. Don't miss a line. Let him write
till he faints, but have some one
watch him and give him a stifY
whisky and soda directly he stops"
II shall say myself" Rawlinson said.
It's an or day tomorrow, anyhow.
Come and have q drink"
The Washington times., 1913-06-13
CHAPTER XII.
Douglas Guest Gets His "Chance."

-HERE followed a time when the
black waters of nethermost Lon
don closed over Douglas head.
He struggled and fought to the
last gasp, but in the emo the great
stream carried him away on her bosom,
and with scarcely a sob he watched AN
those wonderful rose-colored dreams OF
his fade away into empty. space. He
was one of the fiotsam and jetsam OF
life. No one would have the work of
his brains, and his unskilled hands
failed to earn anything for him save a
few dry crusts.
He had made desperate efforts to win
q hearing. While his few pence lasted.
and his ink-pot was full. he wrote sew
eral short stories and left them here
and there at the offices of various mag
azines. He had no permanent address,
he would call for the reply. he said
and so he did. till his coat burst at the
seams and his boots fell down at the
heels
Then he gave IL UP in despair
1t was his work that was wrong, he
told himself. What had seemed well
enough to him among the Cumberland
hills was crude and amateurish here.
himself writer 1t was the hex
which had misled him. He cursed the
hex. its editor and all connected with
st.
I. That was at the time when he had
sunk lowest, when II seemed to him,
who, only few days ago, had looked
out upon life a marvellous panorama Of
life and color and things beautiful, that
death after all was the one thing to be
desired Yet he carried himself bravely
through those evil days. Every morn
ing he stripped and swan in the Ser
pentine, stin enough often after a night
spent out of doors, but ever with that
vigorous desire for personal cleanliness
which never left him even at the worst
As soon as his clothes fell into rags
about him he presented the strange ap-
pearance Of a tramp whose face and
hands were spotless, and who carried
himself even till toward the end with
a sort Of easy grace. as though he were.
indeed, only masquerading., But there
came a time when the luck Of the loafer
went against him. From morning to
night he tramped the streets, willing
10 work even till his back was broken,
but unable to earn copper.
The cravings of hunger aroused some
thing of the wild beast In hlm- a
fiercer light burned in his eyes, his thin
lips curled into hard, stern lines. He
loitered about the Strand, and the
crowds Of theatergoers In their evening
dresses, borne backward ana forward In
cabs and carriages. and crowding the
pavements also. stirred In his very foul
o slow. passionate anger.
The bitter inequalities of life, It's fa-
grant and rank injustices, he seemed
for the first time TO wholly realize. A
Banquo among the gay stream of peo-
pie who brushed lightly against him
every moment. he lost for the time
that admirable gift of sympathetic in
terest in his fellows which had once
been his chief trait. His outlook upon
life was changed. To the world which
had misused him SO, he showed an al
tered front.
Z He scowled at the men and kept his
lace turned from the women Mnat had
should be well dressed and merry.
while the aching I'm his bones grew to
madness. and hunger gnawed at his
life strings. One night. with twitching
The Washington times., 1913-06-13
New Furniture Store
Is Opened to Public

Edward Cooper opened to the wash
ington public yesterday. The latest
addition to the furniture stores of the
city. His new establishment 10 located
at s14 F street. In the heart Of the
business district. and only . few doors
below Ninth street.
Mr.. Coopers store has the advantages
of being light. eommodious and con-
venient. There are nearly LOO square
feet Of fioor space In the main selling
floor, and above arc two storerooms Of
generous proportions.
The place has been newly fitted, ana
carries large stock Of both new and
slightly used furniture. Mr.. Cooper
announced that he would make .
speciality Of buying and selling furni-
ture. especially household and office
goods. He has had an extensive expert
ence in the furniture business in WASH
ington. and already has large follow
ing Of customers. who did business with
him when he was q member Of the
furniture firm Of Cooper & Miller about
four years ago.
The Washington times., 1913-06-13


n a desk In a great room full OF
~ hanging lights-a hive Of indus
try. All around him was hard
the clicking of typewriters. the monoto-
nous dictation of reporters. the tinkliag
of telephone bells. When they had set
him down here they had asked him
whether the noises would disturb him,
but he had only smiled grimly. They
brought him pen and paper and box
of cigarettes-which he ignored.
Then they left him alone. and no
sound in the great room was more con-
stant that the scratching of his pen
across the paper.
AS the first page futtered from his
fingers he bent his head for a moment,
and his pen was held in nerveless fin
gers. Since he had come to London,
sanguine. buoyant light-hearted, this
was the first time he had written a
line for which he expected payment.
The irony of ii was borne upon him with
swift. unresisting agony. This wac the
first fruit of his brain. this passionate
rending aside of the curtain which
hung like a shroud before the grim hor-
rors of that seething lower world Of
misery.
In his earlier work there had been a
certain delicate fancifulness. an airy
grace of diction and description, a curl
Gus heritage of a man brought up IN
the narrowest of lines. where every in
The Washington times., 1913-06-13
Pennsylvania Oak
Beats Western Tree

LANCASTER Pa. June p.James
McCreay Of the State Of Washington.
who u visiting this county. his old
home. visited . farm in Martis town.
ship just to zee . white oak tree he
remembered.
He had with him q picture Of the
largest oak tree IN California, said to
be the largest in the world, but after
measuring the oak on his brothers old
farm he found that the Lancaster coun.
~ oak y king. Two feet from the
ground the trunk measures twenty
seven fest In circumference. ana from
east to west the limbs span lB feet.
The Washington times., 1913-06-13

Will De very CAREFUL
n with this boy
IF ne comes to your
IF he comes,n she repeated, with
an odd little smile gathering slowly at
the corner of her lips.
Drexley walked through the crowded
streets to his club, where his appear
ance in such unwonted garb was hailed
with storm of applause and good
deal of chaff. He held his own as
usual. lighted his pipe and played a
game of pool. But all the same he was
not quite himself There was the old
restlessness hot in his blood. and a
strong sense of dissatisfaction with
himself. Later on. Rice was brought
In by friend, and he drew him on one
side.
"Rice," he said abruptly. about that
yio%Hng io%sg ieiiow You Drought 10 see me
in the face.
"well?" he said simply.
Il don't want to altogether lose sight
of him You haven't his address by
any chance, have you?
Il only wish had" Rice answered
shortly May he there by now
He pointed out the window to where
the Thames. black and sullen. but lit
with a thousand fitful lights, flowed
sulienly seaward. Drexel shuddered.
Don't talk rot. Ricei" he said
"Oh! 1 don't know the younger
man answered. You gave him a
knockdown blow, and an unexpected
one
II was sorry" Drexel said awkward
ly. In the conduct of the magazine
have 10 sometimes consider other peo-
pie. / am not wholly my own mas
ter"
Rice, who knew who the "other peo-
pie" were, muttered a curse between
his teeth. Drexley turned, frowning,
AT any rate, If you hear anything of
him." he said. "let me know.
''Does the Countess de Reuss intend to
be kind TO him." Rice asked.
Go TO the deucer Drexley answered
sayagely.
The Washington times., 1913-06-13

The annual statement Of Town Clerk
and Treasurer John J. Higgins shows
that the expenditures Of the town dur
Ing the year ended April %. were
Ill, ,N6, or $701 more than the receipts.
The Washington times., 1913-06-13
ADJUSTMENTS

NATIONAL = Tssieht Il Sis
ABOhn - oPEaA co.
Sat. NAT. SAT. NIGHT.
CaH1|IeEia Rsslieana. Bassa q Cred
Rs.ervsd seats an perfsrmancss. &c, 90,
VIII Nand opera cast.
The Washington times., 1913-06-13
CONTRACT IS GIVEN
FOR CEMENT BRIDGE
Two Other Structures Held Up
BY Maryland Commission
Because Bids Are High.

ROCKVILLE, Nd. June 13. The
county commissioners for Montgomery
and Howard counties, at joint meet
ing held at Ellicott City. awarded
the contract for the construction of a
concrete bridge over the Patuxent
river. which separates the two counties.
at Green's bridge. the cost to be g. lS6.
Being, In the opinion Of the commits
sioners, too high. all the bids for the
construction Of bridges at Schooley's
Mill and Murphy's over the Patuxent.
were rejected.
In the police court here yesterday
afternoon Edna and virgie Donaldson,
sisters, were given, preliminary hear
ing on q charge Of stealing two setting
hens from their neighbor. Lee Howes,
of Washington Grove. They were held
In 800 bail for the grand jury.
Howard Hopkins, colored, was before
Judge Mace on charge Of assault, the
complainant being Andrew White, also
colored. Hopkins was held for the
grand Jury. bail being fixed at 500,
which he was unable to furnish
The county public school commission
ers have announced the designations of
The Washington times., 1913-06-13
CHAPTER XII.
The Man Who Nearly Went Under.

T midnight a man sat writing at
n a desk In a great room full OF
- hanging lights-a hive Of indus
L - try All aroups him WAS n sar
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Monastery Observes
St. Anthony's Feast

impressive ceremonies marked the
celebration of the feast Of St Anthony
today, by the Very Rev. George A.
the Franciscan monastery. Brookland.
Dougherty, vice rector of Catholic UNI
versity.
Halier's mass in honor Of st. Aloysi-
us; "Si Quaerfs Miracula" and "Quid
Retribuam," were sung by the friars.
George Herbert Wells, presiding as or.
py mist
The Washington times., 1913-06-13
CHAPTER X.-(continued.)

kk A least" he said. smiling. Il
~ will be very careful, indeed.
n with this boy"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-01-11
Z. E. Newberry, Mobile, Ala.

Velva Fudge Contest: Mrs. Noah
Wells Longshore, New Orleans, La,
500; Mrs. w. E. Anderson, Big
Springs, Tex, $50; Miss j. D. Barnett,
Meridian, Miss, $25; Mrs. w. c. Nc
Whan, New Orleans, La, $40; Miss N.
Dawson, Charleston, S. c., $40; Miss
Louise billiard, Auburn, Ala, $40; Miss
Lucy Rawley, Carlisle, Ark; $40; Mrs.
Ella w. Grey, Memphis, Tenn, $40.
The following received IS prizes:
Mrs. H. S. Hart, San Antonio, Tex;
Mrs. G. T. Gadsey, Dallas, Tex; Miss
zuna Hampton, Cleburne, Tex; Miss
Phyllis Cummings, Monroe, La; Mrs.
Newton Jackson, Shreveport, La. Mrs.
j. M. Bird, Galveston, Tex; Mrs. D. A.
Vann,, Houston, Tex; Miss Nettie S.
Waldauer, Vicksburg, Miss; Miss Eff
fie Campbell, Montgomery, Ala; Miss
Irene Stewart, Hopek, Ark; Miss Eve
Ign Hardy, Memphis, Tenn. Mrs Col
l1er H. Minge, Jr., New Orleans, La;
Mrs. q F. Dennis, Austin, Tex; Miss
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-01-11
INSURANCE ACT TO
COME INTO EFFECT

London, Jan. 11.-Next Wednesday
| Is the day on which the benefit pro-
visions of the much-dscussed National
Insurance Act will come into effect.
The act it will be recalled is a meas
ure for insuring working people
against illness or disability by means
of fund to which the workers them
selves, their employers and the gov
eminent contribute in certain s2eci-
fed proportions. 1t will affect more
than 100000 persons of all ages
sexes and occupations. Under its
provisions all workers are entitled to
get free medical attendance when thew
are i'll, and if permanently incapacitat-
ed from earning a living for them
selves, benefit until their SEVENTEEN
year, when they will be entitled to
enjoy the benefits of the Lloyd-George
old-age pension law of 1909.
No other social reform measure
ever passed in Great Britain equals
in magnitude or Importance the Ma
tional Insurance Act. The measure is
of necessity a highly complex one.
and will take much time and patience
to get it into smoothly running order.
The greatest opposition to it's enforce
ment has naturally come from the
medical profession, who see in its
operation big decrease in their rev.
enues. For a time it looked as though
the opposition of the physicians wou.d
prove an insurmountable obstacle.
The British Medical Association open,
ly declared boycott and took steps
to prevent any of it's members from
complying with the act. But with mu-
tual concessions on both sides, the
difficulties that at first confronted the
Government in it's enforcement of the
act appear to have been largely over
come. Many physicians are still hold
ing out, but many others have offered
their services under the new terms
and it now looks as though the Gov
eminent will be able to put the act
into effect on the day set.