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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-14
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We are Times subjects, and Time
bids begone. Henry ~.
Lords Fighting Reform

The home rule bill is before the
house of lords again. This is the sec
ond time the bill has been presented
to their lordships and there is much
speculation among parliamentarians
and politicians as to what will be its
fate this time.
Last January the home rule bill
tpassed the house of commons with a
majority of ITO and a week later il
fwas rejected by the house of lords
This necessitated the passage of the
bill through the house of commons a
second time and a week ago the bill
was passed again by a majority OF
100, after which it was sent to the
house of lords for the second time
and the debate, which may last all
this week or may not last an hour,
will begin today. AS it is the identical
same bill that was rejected six
months ago it is difficult to see how
the lords can do anything but reject
it again unless they stultify them
selves by reversing their former ac-
tion.
The house of lords have not con-
fined themselves to the rejection of
the home rule bill, they have also
rejected the Welsh disestablishment
bill and the plural voters bill, and
these also will appear again for the
second time in the upper chamber
where similar fate to that which
befel them before awaits them again.
All this opposition by the lords is due
to the fact that these bills are the
work of the liberal party in the house
of commons and, as the upper house
represents the classes and the lower
house the masses, the struggle is be-
tween reactionary selfish interests and
progressive public welfare. In all such
battles the people win in the end.
The political crisis in the British
parliament possesses considerable in
terest for all students of constitu-
tional government as it marks the be-
sginning of a reform which will have
the effect of making Great Britain
las democratic as France or the United
States while still preserving the
hereditary monarchy and aristocracy.
This is the reform which the lords are
fighting against because it means for
them political extinction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-14
QUOTATIONS THAT ARE WRONG

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From the New York Sun.
Some of the most frequently used quo
tations are not quotations at all, but in
many cases convey the opposite meanisg
of the original wording.
Fenimore Cooper, for instance. Thought
he was quoting from the Bible when he
spoke of an inscription being so devised
that he who runs may read" signifying
that it was easily read by a man in haste.
If Cooper had looked in his Bible he
would have found in the book of Habak-
kuk that the passage he tried to quote
was Write the vision and make 1t plain
that he may run that readeth It," The
vision was a warning and the reader was
to flee from danger but the Cooper ver-
sion has survived the original and prac-
tically put it out of use.
A popular chronic misquotation is that
of the passage in 'Hudibras" which
says: HE that complies against his will
is of the same opinion still" Authors and
public speakers without number have
twisted that into "A man convinced
against his will is of the same opinion
STILL forgetting that a man who was
convinced could not possibly remain of
the same opinion, for If he was of the
same opinion he would not be convinced
Theodore Roosevelt publicly declared
that Washington in his farewell address
said: ITO be prepared for war is the
most effective means to promote peace
But the first President said nothing of
the sort in his farewell address. In his
first message to Congress he said: ITO be
prepared for war is one of the most ef-
fective means of preserving peace" and
he spoke of other means as we'll
Novelists do not seem to be very strong
In their knowledge of the Scriptures
somehow. and Sir Walter Scott In .sThe
Heart of Midlothian" attempts to point
moral with the wordss Our simple and
unpretending heroine had the merit of
those peacemakers to whom it is prom
ised as benediction that they shall In
herit the earth" The fact is that tha
peacemakers did not receive any such
promise, but it is said that 'the meek
shall inherit the earth" :.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-14
MISSING HUSBANDS

From The Survey.
James r. Motion of Glasgow, Scotland,
Inspector of the poor, has issued an inter-
esting memorandum to his parish council.
on emigration as a contributory cause of
family desertion. He shows that since
1903, when an agency was opened in Glas-
gov which undertook to advance trans
portation to men wishing to take employ
ment in large railway undertaking in
Canada more than $40 families of emil
grants, involving 1127 dependents. had
applied to the parish for relief.
Mr.. Motion recommends that the gov
ernment allow emigration of married men
without their families only under condition
of constant and regular reporting to some
constituted authority, with deportation on
evidence of family deserton
Similar circumstances are a frequent
cause of desertion in the United States. es-
pecially among men who come here from
nom English speaking countries, expect
ing to send for their wives and families as
soon as they are able In such cases by
the time they have done enough work here
for this they have begun to like the ways
of this country, some woman more ac-
customed to the surroundings attracts
them, and all intention of bringing over
the far off wife who would seem strange
in the midst of the life here, is aban-
doned.
The first report of the national desertion
bureau of the National Conference of Jew
ish Charities shows that It has handled
many such cases from Russia, reconciling
some after the family has followed the
husband and forcing others to support
the family by arrest and legal procedure
here, which might be the beet way for the
Glasgow officials
Most of the work of the national deser-
tion bureau, however, relates to inter-
state deserters, and the results show what
can be accomplished by Systematically
employing the forces of existing laws.
Within a year, $50 cases in all have been
handled by this bureau. In 561 cases, or
Sc per cent the deserter was located and
in 1926 cases he was either persuaded to re-
turn home or forced to contribute to his
family's support. The most effective
means in locating these deserters has
been the publication each week in the
leading Yiddish papers throughout this
country and Canada of photographs and
descriptions of some of the men. as a
gallery of missing husbands" This often
brings immediate information of their
wherea bouts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-14
HOUSTON VERSUS NEW YORK

From the Louisville Courier-Joufnal.
Anthony J. Xydias, a Greek, residing in
Texas. expresses. during a VISIT to New
York, his regret that New York has not
kept pace with Houston in the matter of
moving picture shows. He is Quoted in
the New York Times as follows:
I'm going about New York / find that
it has not kept pace with Houston in the
moving picture line. In Houston we are
putting up buildings costing 100000 and
100000 for moving picture theatres. They
are splendid structures. Here in New
York, so far as l have been able to OBJ
serve, you simply take an old theatre or
an old shop and convert it. We have as
many as 20 big picture shows in our town
alone, and in Dallas they have as many.
We are now putting UP a motion picture
theatre in Houston which will cost $500,
600. Dallas has five that cost over s1Oo.
900 apiece. 1t seems to me that the real
highest development of the moving pic
ture in New York has been neglected"
The east is always surprised by what
it learns of progress in the west, which
is still, in the mind of the average New
Yorker or New Englander. somewhat
rough and ready region, If not actually
wild and woolly.
Naturally one is disposed to express
surprise at the idea of a Greek hailing
from Houston" says the writer for the
Times who introduces Mr. Xydias to his
readers. Western and southern cities are
still, in the minds eye of the New York
er, provincial places in which quaint GUS
toms survive and where a foreigner is
stared at in the street. But emigrants
from southeastern Europe are learning OF
the opportunities that await industry IN
the section of America least known to
New York. There were no Greeks In
Texas 20 years ago, according to Mr.
Xydia, but now there are 400 in Houston
alone, and, of course, other Greeks are
learning why there are 400 Greeks In
Houston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-14
An Unseemly Wrangle

Much righteousness, no doubt, ex-
lists in the Indignation of the House of
Representative over the charges of
misconduct made against some of its
members by Martin M. Mulhall. Yet
the country will have little patience
with the squabble precipitated by Mr..
| Garrett and his committee colleagues
of the House.
Mr.. Overman and his associates of
the inquisitorial board named by the
Senate apparently are making every
effort to trace the lobbyist to his lair,
and already they have cleared away
much of the brushwood which ordi-
narily conceals the sordid hirelings of
seekers after special legislative favor
Lamar created short-lived sensa-
ton by his allegations of Wall street
influence. Now federal grand jury
in New York is seeking a way to
bring to the bar of justice this self
confessed prevaricator. Mulhall prob
ably is not of the same stamp as La
mar, yet all should remember that
only one side of the story has been
told. The men he has accused have
every right to a full and fair hear
ing, and judgment as to their guilt
or innocence is not in order at this
time.
The spot light is as attractive to
the average man in public life as the
candle is to the moth. Mr.. Garrett
seems unable to sit quietly in the
shadow while the other end of the
capitol is ablaze with the. flare of
publicity. He must await his turn,
however.
No one will contend that the Sem
ate committee, since its appointment
following statement from the White
House that lobbying over the tariff
bill had been particularly pernicious,
has shown the slightest inclination to
muddy the waters for the protection
of anyone, be his degree low or high.
1t should be permitted to continue it's
Investigations without attempted in
terference from the coordinate body.
| After Mr.. Overman, Mr.. Reed and
their colleagues are through, Mr.. Gar
rett and his associates will have their
chance at the front page headlines
that is, unless by that time the country
is absorbed in new seven-days'
! wonder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-14
Politics In Calhoun

Senator Joseph f. Johnston is going to
materially add to his vote in Calhoun
county as result of his activities in be-
half of the permanent maneuver camp
which it is hoped to have established at
Anniston," said a citizen of the Model
city, who was in Birmingham recently.
''He has relatives in Calhoun who are
working for him, and he is strong in that
section already.
In regard to the gubernatorial cam
paign, S. P. Kennedy, secretary of the
Alabama railroad commission, who has
been appointed manager of the campaign
Of Charles Henderson, is an Admission man
and will be able to swing a large vote
for his candidate He and Conner will lead
in Calhoun, and, in this connection, it is
OF interest to note that ]. w. Conner, a
brother of the former governor who also
once resided in Admission, has recently
been back there to push his brothers $
claims.
The man in whom we people in Calhoun
are most interested, however is Tom Kill
by, who is making magnificent race for
lieutenant governor. When l asked him
yesterday how he felt when he learned
that he would not be opposed by Judge
Pugh or Watt Brown, he said: Were you
ever held up at the point of gun, have
a blank cartridge snapped in your face
and then have the man behind the gun
laugh and tell you that he is your friend ?
If you have not, l am here to tell you that
you feel relieved, and that is how l felt
when assured that my esteemed friends
of Birmingham and Ragland would not
oppose me. l hope to have their support
Il feel no hesitancy in saying that Ala
bama could not put a safer man, more
capable business man or more honest.
upright citizen in the lieutenant governors s
office than Tom Kilby, and l confidently
believe now that he will have no oppose
tion."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-14
The Baptist Campaign

The appeal made by the board of
directors of the Alabama Baptists
state convention to raise 100000 to
be applied to the liquidation of odds
and ends of Indebtedness hanging
over the schools of the denomination
will, it may be assumed, meet with a
hearty response. The Rev. DR.. w. B.
Crunptoii has been requested and
authorized to conduct debt-paying
campaign to begin October l. A SINH
lar request, it is stated, comes from a
Joint meeting of the board of trus-
tees of Howard college and the edu-
cational commission.
Or. Crumpton, commissioner as he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-14

"1 ASHINGTON. July 13.-6Spe-
M cial.)-The joyous season of
w the year has arrived when
the mad dog is in our midst The
mad-dog and the sea-nonster can only
be with us for a brief period. During
the hot and sultry months of July and
August, those of us who remain in town
do so at the risk of having perfectly
gentle and docile dog, who has been our
boon companion all the winter, feeding
from our hand and the kitchen table
with great irnpartiality. suddenly turn
against us and then go away taking
with him small hunk out of the calf
of one of our legs as a souvenir On
the other hand those of us who go to
the sea-shore run the risk of being swal
lowed by an immense sea-going monster
with scales of armor plate on him, the
like of which was never seen before. We
are in favor of prohibition at seaside
resorts. Particularly as we don't see any
chance of ever going to one.
The mad-dog, however, is a luxury
that is enjoyed by all classes of people.
No ultimate consumer ever becomes too
or course it is sometimes out of the
reach of the man who only earns a linn
tied income to own a dog with pedi-
gree that runs back more than two gem
erations on his mothers side, but statis-
tics prove that dogs frequently go mad
whose genealogical trees are clouded in
obscurity The owner of the common
orphan pup. therefore need not despair
for the rich man who has the $4,000
French poodle has nothing on him. For
when the heated term comes round, the
chances are just as good for the un-
known and untitled pup, to obtain
perfectly reliable case of rabies, and
leave the print of his teeth on the anat-
omies of few of his owners personal
enemies and then suddenly depart for
parts unknown, as they are for his
more aristocratic and pampered cousin.
Most dogs are gentle and refined in
their nature, and are the naturarl
friends of man, but when a dog goes
mad, 1t is folly to try to reason with
him. One might as we'll start an argu-
ment with a Bull-Moose A mad-dog
cannot be successfully won over with
kindness or by patting him on the head
and saying softly "good-doggie. nice
doggie etc. People who have tried this
method of subduing mad-dogs have
given up in disgust, and announce en-
phatically that it won't work. The best
way to do when one meets a mad-dog
is to flee and put great deal of ex-
preston in it. There are always two
great dangers confronting one when
meeting mad-dog. One danger is the
dog, and the other Is the policeman who
is trying to shoot the dog. There is one
thing about mad-dog and that is when
he goes mad he has great difficulty in
concealing it. He is nearly always
promptly discovered and then he starts
on his wild career down the crowded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-14

the pieker's bag. 1t is often ginned n
a green, damp state. when If it had been
housed and allowed to mature in bins
that is the oil of the seed in part to
supplant the evaporated moisture-it
would make a smooth sample as distin-
guished from the nappy, chopped up prod
uet, in early pickings especially. Then
the wrapping and the exposure to weather
of the bale, is so often careless and dam
aging.
But back to the staple and sample
question: Many planters buy so-called
improved seed that have been produced
under very favorable fertiIizations. OF
course. under the common methods of cot
ton culture, in one or two seasons, this
seed stock runs to the ordinary average
staple. In some sections, very rare, how
ever, long staple gins are in use for Sc
curing the profits of the best sample of
upland cotton. The fact is the average
farmer has never been paid for his staple
but for the class-color and smoothness.
''It is a fact, that for half century
the farmers of the south have bene paid
only on a basis of the lowest grade
found in the bale, even II only 20 pounds
of 500 As to the shrewd broker who sells
to the mill or exporter (at distance
quite often), why he has not always been
so scrupulously honest as he was ex-
acting; he often tries to class the bale
for the best in it. But the rascality of
many cotton buyers is an old story, as to
the parts played, from split bales, fair
samples made up for dog tall shipments,
to weights marked up, after scaling heav-
lily for dampness on water. Yes, there is
room for Improvement in every branch
of the cotton proposition, but I have seen
but little in a third of a century. How
much longer needed and beneficial innova.
tions will be coming into use is one no in
telligent person can even guess at"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-14
Cron Prasnects

Henry Clews in his weekly review, in
referring to the crop situation says:
1.-The crop outlook, though spotted, is
encouraging. According to the govern
ment report for July, the indications are
for a corn crop of 2,971 100000 bushels,
against crop last year of 3124, 100000. The
wheat outlook is somewhat disappoint-
ing, the expectation being 701,0O0.000 BUSH
els,i compared with 790,00O,000 of a year
ago. Nevertheless, the outlook is for the
largest wheat crop since 1906. The oats
crop promises 1,0o0, 100000 bushels Alto
gether the crop prospect can be consid-
cred reasonably good. Reports from a
number of bankers in the west show much
confidence in this respect. In fact, A
strong optimistic tone prevails through
out all the agricultural districts in that
part of the country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-14

is to go forward with this work, issues
ringing appeal to the Baptists. "All
the schools belonging to the Baptists
IN Alabama and the state board of
missions are in debt" he says. "These
debts have grown from small de-
fieits every year until they amount to
considerable sum, too large to carry
without embarrassment. The pur-
chase of new property and equipment,
repairs for buildings and the neces-
sary enlargement to meet the grow
ing demand, have been the causes of
the debts. Before beginning move
ment for the endowment of our insti-
tutions of learning and the enlarge
ment of our missionary and colport-
age work, the debts must be gotten
out of the way. 1t must be donel 1t
can be done! Let everybody say that,
too"
The Baptists are noted for their
loyalty to their denomination and for
their generous giving. 1t is safe to say
that no body of Christians in this
country take more delight in con-
tributing money than the Baptists.
The giving spirit assuredly character
ICES the Baptists of Alabama.
DR.. Crumpton will, it is believed, be
able to report the entire 100000
sought before the end of the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
4 Busy Summer

The south is highly prosperous Sec
ton of this country said John r. Haley
of Chicago.
The west, as everyone knows, has been
making phenomenal progress, but the
south Is catching up with it, [ visit most
OF the southern states every two or three
years MY first trip was about 10 years
ago. The progress that the south has
made since then is simply amazing.
Three or four southern cities which l
have visited recently are scenes of splen-
did thrift. AS for Birmingham It is about
the busiest city that I have seen this
summer. l was here two years ago and
was Impressed with Bifmingham's large
progress, but believe its progress is
much more marked today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-14

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A man can live double life and get
away with it, but If he chews tobacco
he is bound to be found out.
Every wife knows that her husband
doesn't look at her the same way he looks
at other women.
She can look in a mirror and see if her
hat is on straight, but she has to hope
that her safety pins will stay put
There are few ways to get wealthy in
few years, but teaching school isn't
one of them.
The neighbors do not expect the bride
and groom to look disappointed for at
least three weeks. But some of them beat
that by 10 days.
Women are always taking goods back
and having them exchanged, and a hus-
band isn't much better than three yards
Of organdie.
A bartender's idea of a tightwad is a
guy who orders drink with an egg in it,
A man will never let up on trying to
get even with an enemy, but he never
worries about squaring up with a friend.
When man lies to his wife about where
he was the previous night and she be-
lieves him, he feels like a yellow dog.
And If she doesn't believe him he gets
highly indignant.
The reason a woman doesn't want you
to tell her how pretty she is. is because
a man likes to step on a tack when he is
in the bathroom in his bare feet shaving
himself.
Even a peaceful man would like to take
a slam at a guy who says "eye-ther'
when he means either"
The boy who smokes cigarettes and
hangs around poolrooms isn't likely to
become President. But neither is the
boy who chews gum and plays croquet. In
fact, both boys would sell you their
chances for a dime.
When father comes home with a stew
that cost $119o, he always wants to know
why mother doesn't let the children go
barefooted in summer and save all the
money she spends for their shoes.
Things amt right in this world, and they
won't be as long as some women have to
go without meat for supper so the chill
dren can have milk, and other women
fight over Pellinese poodle until they
bid him zip to 5000.
When she notices that his beard
scratches her face and he notices that
she has been eating onions the honeymoon
curls up its toes and croaks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-14
THE ORIGIN OF "vALETv

From the London Chronicle
We have only ourselves, or. rs sther, our
forefathers, TO blame for the trouble about
the pronunciation of valet" If they had
stuck to "varlet" there would have been
no difficulty. Valet" and "varlet'' are
the same word, meaning. originally, just
boy, the diminutive of "vassal," a man.
Unfortunately, when our ancestors .lp-
piled word meaning boy to signify, a
servant. they went on to make it beM \
scornful sense. And SO ''varlet'' degen-
Grated hopelessly, just as did 'knave."
which is simply the German 'knabe,, boy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
1m the CHICAGO News.

From the Chicago News.
Swallowing your grief is bitter dose.
Even self made man sometimes makes
a bad job of it.
To the victor belongs the privilege of
paying the freight.
Though she may be as young as she
looks, she doesn't always look it.
Occasionally a man kicks because his
name is in the paper-in small type.
Some women acquire social distinction
through marriage and some lose it.
. 1t was feminine curiosity that led to the
discovery of Moses in the bulrusIes
All the world ceases to love lover when
called upon TO buy wedding presents for
him.
It's impossible for a man to love his
neignbor. as himself If that neighbor is an
amateur cornet player
And the man who publicly boasts of his
honesty may secretly pride himself on his
ability to escape detection.