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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02
Passing of the "Flapper"

The "flapper" threatens soon to be
as extinct as the aux or the dinosau-
rus. Careful search has established
the fact that few of the species still
survive, but they are becoming
scarce indeed. 1t may be that an
other social season will have marked
their complete passing. Are you glad
or sorry? But, before answering this
momentous question, you, no doubt,
would like to know what "flapper"
is-or was. Let Dr.~Henry B. Savage,
head of a large gymnasium in New
York, speak as authority:
"A 'flapper' is long-legged, loose
jointed immature young woman
whose arms bend back at the joint
and whose knees are inclined to knock
together. She has been babied all her
life, and generally she is shy. She
lacks physical stamina. What is
usually called modesty, or shyness, or
what you will, is partly Temperament
tai, but it is more physical than any
thing else, and can be overcome by a
proper course of exercise and discip-
line"
Candidly, DR.. Savage is not enam-
ored of the "flapper." The low
legged, compact young woman is the
one who accomplishes things, he says,
and when "flapper" comes under his
care he seeks assiduously to cure her.
Just how he accomplishes the dimu-
ton of the lineal measurement of the
leg is not set forth in the only expla-
nation of his methods at hand, but he
saws he is successful. in his course of
treatment.
On the other hand, "a Lady of
England" who has been writing to
the New York Herald, deplores the
dearth of the ''flapper." She is
alarmed to find the childish, loose
jointed, rose garden kind of girl no
more. In her place has appeared
"brazen wiseacres" who talk suffrage,
the double standard, the morality of
the stage, and sex hygiene, quoting
literally from Strindberg's latest
work the while.
Perhaps the Lady of England" is
unduly put out. A little independence
and little knowledge are not amiss
with. the miss. Anyhow, so long as
the present fashions are the rage, let
US hope that the "flapper' continues
remarkable for her scarcity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02
SWOOP OF THE HE'LL ROARERs

From the New York Herald.
Those eastern newspapers will never
rest satisfied until they provoke Bob
Henry to swoop down upon Park row and
Herald square with his He'll Roaring
Horse The Texas ranger may yet lamp
In the Tenderloin and the Great White
Way be given a taste of high life as it
Is pursued in the Vale OF Pecos They
know not what they do when they turn
upon everything westerly.-Louisville
Courier Journal
Lord love ye, good "Marse Henry" the
east has become west and the west east.
He'll Roaring Bob Henrys cavalry has al
ready been tearing through Herald square,
but in the command of Mr. Untermeyer;
the ancient artillery of the River Platte
has been roaring in the Central American
quarters, but the aiming and the firing
have been done by Mr.. John Bassett
Moore. Grape juice uncorked, bank doors
driven in. railroads getting ready to carry
everybody free and trust factories going
across the border to ship back under the
free list
The west Is giving us sand, progress and
clearer notion of fair play. OF course.
as the CourierJournal says, 1t isn't Mr..
Bryan's fault that he was born poor; ana
we have always contended that the world
was better and gentler because of hearing
his splendid voice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02
A NEW GEM AMONG JEWELS

From the Popular Mechanic Magazine
A new gem, given the name of hell
odor," and found in German South AT
rica, has taken its place among the jew
els. The German Kaiser recently pre-
sented one of the new stones to the Kais-
erin. The discovery of the new stone was
made by the governor and director of the
German colonial society while he was
travelling in German South Africa In the
sand near the railway between Swakop-
mund and Windhuk he found large crys-
tai, rough and unpromising in appearance.
He carried 1t with him to Germany. and
had it cut and polished in a diamond cut
ting factory. The result was a surprising,
clear, pale aquamarine of great briliance.
The German colonial office Immediately
took possession of the ground upon which
the crystal was found, and great num-
ber Of the crystals are now making their
appearance upon the German market. Ex-
perts agree that the new gem is entitled TO
rank with the ruby and emerald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02
Increase the Vote

It is notorious that the ward
heeler's following is always qualified
to vote. The boss sees that poll taxes
are paid and that the voter goes to
the polls on election day. 1t is not
always the ignorant who fails to cast
the ballot. Many educated, home
loving, patriotic citizens constantly
decline to take advantage of one of
the highest privileges they possess
that of suffrage.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels,
one of the many men to realize this
defect in our scheme of government,
has been devoting portions of his ad-
dresses in the west to the subject. At
Los Angeles he said, "We have too
large class of citizens, generally
well educated and we'll to do, who alb
dicate the kingly right of suffrage.
A way should be provided to make it
easy for them to vote and then re-
quire it of them. Each state in the
Union should pass law for the COM
pulsory exercise of the ballot on the
part of every qualified voter. There
is hardly an election anywhere in the
country, outside of presidential years,
where the issue is not carried by
minority of the electorate"
Mr.. Daniels proposal sounds radi-
cal, yet he accurately diagnoses a
condition that exists. And it is more
important now than ever before that
every intelligent voter take part in
the elections. Under the new order of
things, it is often incumbent for the
citizen to vote on measures as well
as for the selection of office holders.
This makes it all the more desirable
that full turn out occur every cleo
ton day.
The Age-Herald in the past has
spoken of the desirability of ridding
the Alabama constitution of the cumu-
lative poll tax feature. This has
served to keep down the vote of this
state, and will continue to do so until
relief is provided by an amendment.
In the meantime, let every man quail
fled cast his ballot whenever oppor-
tunity is offered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02
earn Undesirable Fish

whoever is responsible for bringing the
carp to this state should have his name
placed on the roll of those who are over
jealous and unwise,' said sportsman.
"The carp came to this country from
Germany many years ago, and We're
touted as a great fish for stocking ponds
and private waters. Well, it is the hog
among fish. Its meat is coarse, and the
live fish is Shiny looking-they wallow in
mud like hog, and they are sluggish IN
action. The carp bites dough slowly, and
when hooked, is ponderous and slow. |
have seen a FIVE pound one taken with
a Dream hook.
''The worst characteristic of the carp
is that it will follow in the wake of the
female trout or bream-which roots a tiny
furrow in sandy bottoms and shallow
water, deposits its spawn, covering it with
swinging motion of the tail, and pro-
ceeds to eat the spawn, thus destroying
millions of game fish.
There are a great many carp in East
Lake. Efforts have been made to destroy
them. but they are still roofing up the
bottom and sending a filthy spume and
scum to the top, which is driven about on
the surface of the lake. Many have been
caught lately, weighing FROM five to V
pounds. When the waters were drained
few years ago to get rid of the carp, the
hogs buried themselves in the mud, and
they still live. Another attempt Is 10 pe
made to get rid of them
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rous son of the cavalier south, has
tened to make amends. He willingly
agreed that the Bledsoe statement be
withdrawn from the Record, and that
all references, be eliminated. He
meant to offer no offense, he declared,
and in justification of himself pleaded
that he had not read the article in
question.
Mr.. Tillman had not read it, but it
was at his instance that this screed
which other senators declared sour
rllous had been put in the Congress
sional Record for circulation through
out the length and breadth of the
land. No comment is necessary. 1t
is just another example of using the
Congressional Record as a vehicle for
peddling political arguments. Mr..
Tillman's excuse that "he didn't read
it, is a little worse than no excuse
at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02
Loves reason without reason
Popular Subscription
-Cymbeiinc.

Mrs. Oscar r, Hundley, chairman
of the park concert committee of the
Music Study club, makes an appeal
for a poular subscription to the open
air music fund, and it is sincerely
hoped that the appeal will meet with
ready response.
The concerts in Capitol park under
the auspices of the Music Study club
have attracted wider attention this
summer than ever before. A larger
band has been employed and the music
has been of an exceptionally high or
der. The park music is not only di-
verting but it is in a very decided
sense educational. Mr.. Memoli, the
director, is recognized as thoroughly
educated musician. His interpreta-
tions of standard works are authori-
tive and the more the public listens
to the music of his band the more it
appreciates the value of the broadly
equipped conductor.
Before the Music Study club made
a contract with Mr.. Memoli for the
summer concerts enough money had
been subscribed to assure a series of
seven weeks, but the concerts should
be continued throughout the summer.
,@rk%
certs started would carry the series to
August 20. AS the fund now stands
about $500 will be needed to accom-
plish this end. Mrs. Hundley asks for
81 subscriptions. There are few peo-
pie in this prosperous city of Birming-
ham who cannot afford to contribute
q dollar to so good a cause.
The fact that the music which
Memoli and his band of nearly 80 men
are giving at Capitol park is being en-
joyed is evidenced by the increasing
crowds that attend every night and
every Sunday afternoon. Now and
then some complaint may be heard
from an unmusical or unimaginative
person that Memoli's programmes are
too classic or too heavy. There will
always be found in large crowds some
dissatisfied persons. The great ma
jority of the men and women who as
semble in the park evidently like the
programmes. The few who ask for
"more familiar music" do little think
ing, for fully half the music that is
played is of the light but artistic sort
made up of marches, dances and popu-
lar airs.
There. should be little delay in rails
ing the money called for by the chair
man of the band committee. And when
the fund is rounded up there should be
still another popular subscription for
the purpose of extending the concerts
into September.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02
Graft in German Army

A number of officers of the Ger
man army are on trial on charges of
having furnished information to
manufacturers on pending govern
ment contracts for firearms, ammu-
milton and armor plate. The defend
ants admit the truth of the allega-
tions, but declare that what informa-
tion they gave out went only to the
Krupps, and they did not believe that
there were any secrets between the
German government and the nations
leading manufacturers of war ma
terial. They further acknowledge
that they accepted presents from
Krupps' representatives, but these
were of insignificant value and were
given and received in spirit of good
fellowship rather than of bribery.
Had the information given by the
ordnance officers to the Krupps found
its way to a foreign power it might
have been of the utmost detriment to
Germany 1t is not charged nor even
suspected that such is the case. The
crime of the accused officers is not
particularly heinous. They are tech
nically guilty, but they are not trait
ors. They have not betrayed their
country for gold. The bad feature of
the case exists in proof of the close
ness of manufacturers of war sup
plies to officers of the ordinance de-
partment.
Rumors have been heard in the past
Of questionable methods used by Ger
man makers of arms and armor to
keep up the demand for their prod.
ucts. War scares have been fomented,
and . well 4ganized campaign has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02

been waged to keep the German ma
tion at the highest pitch of patriotic
fervor. All this has resulted in heavy
sales to the army and navy. The gov
ernment is handling the situation with
vigor. The courtmartial is public,
and civilians connected with the war
propaganda, it is promised, also will
be brought to book The business of
the press agent is essentially modern
and assuredly has its good uses. But
1T may become pernieious, even when
employed ostensibly for patriotism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02

were in many parts Of the
United States Now cotton in New York
Is not what Texas speculator wants
any more than a gambler who wins from
a gambling house wants poker chips and
roulette wheels. He wants real money
The net result of this market manipuia-
ton. in a very duh period of the cotton
year. was that the pump handle worked
down. then up. July contracts dropped
enough to clean up the 81 margins of the
small speculators- gamblers; then the
market rallied and We are advised that
all the months closed with but slight
change
Il want to say here. that If % per cent
OF the money. made on the cotton farms
of Alabama mark you, that has been
literally gamhled away in the cotton fu-
lures game of New York in the past third
of a century had remained in the state,
we would be fabulously rich. This
money was not sent away from the state
by the men who won it from the heat of
the summers sun, and the fruitful soil
whose labors received the benediction
from the dews of heaven, but by mer-
clerks. It were better lost. If it must be
put into a gambling game, on the wheels
poker games, or other forms of gambling
usually to be found in the state IT re-
mains in circulation in the country that
produced it. This is not an argument
for the encouragement of gambling In
any form, be it understood
AS to the business aspect, If not the
moral, look at the agricultural states
that do not grow cotton, and see how
much more prosperous the general av-
erage of citizenship is; for they do not
gamble on the cotton future boards of
New York to any appreclable extent
The tax on cotton futures of 30 cents
per bale, to be refunded where there is
a bona fide delivery, is one of the best
features of the Underwood Simmons tariff
bill now on its passage in the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02
TnIks of EnII Rnnm

In most sections of the country busi-
ness was fairly active in July" said S.
5. Raines of Philadelphia There will
be considerable activity in August and
beginning in September we will have un-
common briskness. Business men gener-
ally are expecting a genuine boom in the
fall Those persons who last year thought
that democratic victory would spell COM
mereiai disaster, think so no longer. The
democratic administration Is success.
and as for Mr.. McAdoo he is making
an ideal Secretary of the Treasury. He
is a business man and financier cf great
capacity. He is practical man and will
do much to improve the monetary situa-
ton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
If you leap before you look, you look
foolish.
girls idea of stepmother is one she
can't boss
An egotst is man who thinks he is
better than YOU are.
Still womans vanity isn't in it with
a mans conceit.
Pride may go before a fall even when
a girl falls in love.
One of the first things a young man
should learn is to take hint.
A man isn't necessarily coward be-
cause he is afraid of consequences.
That girl who admitted she was 25 in
1900 must be nearly 80 by this time.
There's no power in knowledge unless
you know how to put on the harness and
hitch up.
Judging from their actions, man some
times wonders if his friends are not enc
mics in disguise.
woman is unpopular with her neigh
bors II she never does anything that they y
can gossip, about.
Just as woman quits worrying about
he'd own age she begins to worry about
that of her unmarrier daughter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02
Abusing the Record

Mr.. Albert Taylor Bledsoe wrote
an article attacking the women of the
north for espousing equal suf-
frage. At the request of Senator
Tillman, democrat of South Caro-
lima, the diatribe was reprinted in the
Congressional Record. This drew de-
nunciations from several of Mr.. Till
mans colleagues, Messrs. Gallinger,
Works, Bristow and Thomas being
among those to declare that the Bled-
soc article was an insult to northern
womanhood
Mr.. Tillman, as becomes chival-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02
THE QUEST

Copyright, 1910, by the Bobbs Mer-
rill Company
BY James Whitcomb Riley.
| am looking for love.
Has he passed this way
With eyes as blue as the skies of May,
dawn?
You answer back, but / wander on.
For you say: "Oh, yes; but his eyes
were gray,
And his face as dim asa rainy day."
But stout of heart will / onward fare.
Knowing my Love 10 beyond some
where,
The Love l seek, with the eyes of blue,
And the bright, sweet smile unknown
OF you:
And on from the hour his trail Is found
shall sing sonnets the whole year
round.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02
RARENESS OF BEN JONSON

great galleon and an English man of war
Master Jonson, like the former, was
built far higher in learning, solid but slow
In his performances: Shakespeare like the
latter, lesser in bulk but lighter In sail
ing' could turn with all tides. tack about
and take advantage of all winds oy the
quickness of his wit and invention
Jonson, who was nothing il not frank
in his revelations to Drummond of Haw-
tilornden, his biographer, tells of a trip
to Paris in 1913 with Sir Walter Raieigh's
son, and how the boy got his tutor drunk
and hired dray and drove him about
the streets of Paris, stretched out full
length-it must have been a ribald Jour-
ney.
Rare Ben" outived almost all the lit
erary men of his period, and though he
was bowed down by many physical afflic-
tions which were the by-products of too
great weight and too little exercise, his
spirit remained sprightly and cheerful to
the end We find him writing verses
about his waist line and playfully COM
pairing himself to the great Tun of Heidel-
berg. One of his last plays the New
Inn." is fantastic enough for any April
poet-a baron who has given up his sta
tion in life in remorse because his wife
has left him is introduced in disguise as
ain innkeeper, his daughter, unbeknownst
to him, is serving as a stable boy in his
inn, while his wife appears In the gulse
OF drunken Irish woman. This ex-
travagant comedy failed.
1T was never acted" wrote its author
angrily. but most negligently played by
some, the Kings servants; and more
sqGeamishly beheld ana censured by 9TH
ers, the Kings subjects"
He died in 1887 the last of the tribe
of Ben, and his name has remained
haloed with peculiar fascination for
men Of letters ever since. Within the last
year the British poet, Alfred Noyes. in
his Tales of,lthe Mermaid Tavern has
revived Rare Ben." and given readers
of the twentieth century colorful and
glowing picture of the man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02
"HE HAS MISSED TOO MANY BOATS.

From what Americans Talk in the Phil
ippines," by Maurice p. Dunlay, in the
American Review of Reviews for Au-
gust.
"Philippnitis' refers to a state of mind
that one acquires if he stays too long in
the country. 1t insinuates that one has
lapses of memory and has lost interest in
current events 1t seems to be produced
by the endless round of languorous sum-
mer days One evening | went to the
opera in Manila, met friend there and
had a long talk with him. We took a
walk out of doors during an intermission
and discussed the show. The next morn
ing he met me and said. You should
have gone to the opera last night" That
man had Philippinitis. The condition is
very general, so the word is very gener-
ally used Everyone has lapses of MEM
ory in that languid climate. For some
time | was unable to remember the name
of the street / had lived on for a year be-
fore going to the islands. A business man
summons his office, boy and when the boy
stands before his desk he forgets why he
called him. One cannot remember
whether an event took place six months,
year or two years ago. All these are
symptoms of what everyone in the islands
| calls "Philippinitis."
A very picturesque phrase which de-
| scrbes a state of being shade worse
than "Philippinitis" is "He has missed
| too many boats" This means that the
person mentioned has stayed so long in
| the islands that his ability is impaired
| 1t also often implies that he has become
| too adaptable in regard to native manners
| and morals. / have seen extreme cases
of men who didn't care whether they
wore socks or not; some who wore their
shirts outside of their trousers as the
| Filpinos do; others who played the cock
| pit, trained their fighting BIRDS lived In
native style and chartered the native liza
| lect like a Filipino These usually also
| lived with native women. They had all
| missed too many boats" An American
who lives With Filipino woman is
squaw man" IF he is married to her.
| she is his esposa" (wife). If not, she is
| his "querida' darling, "Querida" is a
| term much more current than 'esposa.
"Bino" corruption of Spanish ''vino'D ia
| the native wine which the Filipinos use n
moderation hut which is deadly in it's eff.
| fects on many of the unfortunate Amer
| leans who have missed too many boats
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JOE RETRACTS,

From the Highland (Wis.) Press.
Having made statements that would lead
the public to believe that ], Joseph Wanek,
contracted the barbers itch at the ton
sorial parlor conducted by Leo MCGUIRE, l
herewith retract any and all statements
made by me, and will also state that I
have been shaving myself for years, ana
that / contracted the disease by my own
carelessness in not keeping my razor,
mug and brush In proper sanitary con-
ditions. Signed, Jos. Wanek.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02
FATHERS PARTING WORDS.

n HER PARTING WORDS.
Father" announced the young man
who was crammed fun of undigested edu-
cation 4 cannot aceede to your wishes
in this matter. I feel. as the poet did.
that am the captain of my soul.p
The father gazed silently at the egotistI-
cal young cad and then replied: VERY
well. son. But you are headed for the
bread line and the true captain of his souJ
wins that title on the firing line
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02
SUCH IS LIFE.

"A newspaper dispatch states that a
married woman with a family was struck
by train and when she opened her eyes
she thought she was a young girl again.
II hope that dispatch won't be widely
read"
why not?"
1T may be necessary to hire guards to
keep married women off railroad tracks,"
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02
QUITE o'ERcoME.

He did not know the name of fear.
Did Ebenezer Brook,
But to the dentist drawing near,
He wore pallid look,
And as he turned, escape to seek.
And hastened from the door,
He said, Il never felt so weak
In all my life before"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Early Fan Predicted

We will have an early fall said
weather-wise man.
The fact that this has been hot sum-
mer-an unusually hot summer-through-
out the country, leads me to believe that
September and October will be delight
fully cool. We will have some very sultry
days in August. but the nights as a rule,
will be COOL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02
AND so MANY DO

ITO insure their happiness. married peo-
ule should make CONCESSIONS
Quite true, but | don't imagine 1t pro-
notes their happiness when friend wife Is
quick to concede that friend husband is a
fool"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02

The Alabama state treasury deficit is
$4,000. A dago fruit peddler couldn't
afford to run his business like the south
ern states run theirs Houston Post
Colonel Bailey is not attempting to cast a
slur upon Alabama. He speaks merely
of general condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-02

Ex-senator Bailey says he will not he
a candidate for governor, as he is not
convinced that he would make the sort of
governor. Texas deserves to have. lot
Of persons will heartily agree with him.