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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-14

Following the agitation of the past few
days over the proposed bond issues by
the city, and the appointment of a com
mittee by the directors of the board of
trade to request the city commissioners to
turn the money over to a board COM
posed of prominent business men of Tus-
caloosa, the board of trade directors have
issued a statement in which they assert
that they have ample confidence in the
CRY commissioners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-14

lows. 100000 for the improvement and
sextension of the municipal water works
system, $4,000 for the purchase of city
park, $4,000 for the purchase of new fire
equipment, 5000 fo> the construction of
an incinerator plant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-14
REPORT EXPECTED
FROM CONFEREES
DURING THE WEEK

CONTINUED from Page One,
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24
PROPOSED TEMPLE OF ALIMONY
TO MEET NEEDS OF THE DIVORCED

colony, with delightful hotels, bridge,
drives, boating, bathing and fishing.
Here life moves to music while one
waits for the papers. The social life
is charming. Jones sojourning while
he sheds Mrs. Whom he married
through a misunderstanding
Mrs. Smith, who is severing her home
ties. Both expect to be bored to ex-
tinction. They meet and find that LIE
has only just begun for them. Ihey
go back east, married.
A genius for statistics has inquired
out the amount of money that changes
hands in this way and suggests the
establishment of an alimony bank
Here the tremendous divorce plant
could be centralized. The payments
and disbursements of moneys could be
transacted. The scheme stretches out
in endless vistas.
Divorced persons are often Singh
Iarly sensitive about their troubles.
They need careful handling. The all
mony bank could make sympathy and
delicacy the rule with its clients. EN-
ployes might be chosen who had them
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24

And on this in neat rows some of the
more serious magazines. The itera-
ture of the temple of alimony would
be one of the most important items.
1t should by all means include
Book of Divorce Etiquette. Francis
Crowninshield could get one up splen-
didly. He did that Rules for Dinner
Conversations book that no one who
pretends to be anyone can afford to be
without
You may recall the beginning page
To start conversation gracefully with
a dinner neighbor who may be un-
known to you, take up your roll and
ask smilingly: rs this my bread or
yours?"
If ever a manual of this sort was
needed badly it is in this matter OF
divorce.
Because everything is at present SO
crudely ordered in regard to the mat
ter no one knows what to do. If two
divorced people were to meet and
shake hands in friendly fashion, or
even appear decently civil to each 9TH
er, they would be talked about.
AS a general thing they are so happy
over the separation that they have
only the most grateful feelings for
each other. The one matter that seems
to create dissension-and this also
should be arranged by some decisive,
Just set of rules-is the division of the
worldly goods-the wedding presents,
the plate.
Proper Division a Requisite.
Who gets the canary? Which is to
have faithful Fido? 1t is all right for
Annabel to take the pearls that Alfred
has given her-the toilet ivory-but 1t
would seem as though she might leave
him the silver cigarette box which his
best man gave him.
If half the Annabels and the Alfreds
could be separated on probation, as
some of the judiciaries are now doing,
they would make up their rows. Any
number of couples would fall on each
others necks and go out of the court
room weeping tears of joy.
Nerve tagged, tired men who feel
that their wives dislike them; neu-
rotic, novel-fed women who think he
doesn't love them any more, rush into
divorce without in the least meaning
to do So
The Temple of Alimony might help
them to make up their minds. Not
every indignant wife is as sure of her
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24
WHERE FISH ABOUND
Colorado Irrigation Lakes Full of
Finny Tribe.
They Are Five in Number and the
Water Is Clear, Cold and Spar
kllng-At Small Depth Tenn
perature Is Icy.

Kansas City-North or Lamar,
Colo. lust across the Kansas line on
the Santa Fe railway, is a series OF
irrigation lakes that have been made
by building earthen dams across
creek valley. These lakes are fed by
a canal forty miles long, leading from
the Arkansas river. The lakes are
there as a result Of the suit over the
waters of the Arkansas, which Kansas
lost to Colorado several years ago.
Up there on the Colorado plains
two-thirds of a mile above sea level
is more than one hundred miles OF
shore line. Smooth, soft green prairie
slopes down to the blue water. Curry
ing about into delightful little bays
sweeping back in wide CULTS, jutting
m in bold headlands, the world OF
flowers and grass meets and melts
into the world of waters. Under the
bright sunlight, seen through that
crystal air, shimmering and shining
these lakes almost compel the bellet
that they are mirage.
Kit Carson, could he again ride
across these old familiar plains
would be tempted into trying to ride
straight through what he would think
must be only an appearance OF water
For he and his friends never saw any
really wet lake here. On a hot, still
day they have seen myriads OF lakes
But no real water covered these
square miles in their day.
These lakes literally swarm with
fish. At times they lie upon the sur
face so thickly that, as their fins move
the whole surface is agitatetd as If a
breeze was blowing over it. They are
so plentiful that when the water IS
turned into the irrigation bitches the
fish that have spawned and multiplied
float down in schools and are carried
out upon the fields of alfalfa and other
crops. and the farmers gather them
I'D in wagon loads and salt down
enough in week to last them through
a whole year
There are five of those lakes. They
were finished in 1898, and the fish
have been spawning and increasing In
numbers ever since.
The lakes are seven miles north OF
Lamar, and to get there one must
drive over the level prairie. The
largest of the lakes is Nenoshee, sew
en- miles long.
A party of Kansas City men went
out there recently to fish, and one OF
them wrote the accompanying account
of their experiences. The members OF
the party vouch for the truth of this
story in it's entirety.
1t was a lazy day, under lazy sun,
that swung idly through sky of
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24
Divorce Doesn't Thrive In the Tene
ment District.

and. while laws may be made which
will restrict 1t and make it more diff.
cult. men and women will wrench the
bonds asunder when they ind them
troublesome.
AS it stands at present 1t must al
ways be wrench and wrangle. Law
yers control 1t now and make 1t as
elaborate as possible The more fuss
there is about litigation the higher
the price.
The Temple of Alimony would have
to secure a high priest-one OF those
terribly bald men with eyeglasses
whose name has never been touched
by the breath of scandal. This is al
ways wise move when running any
thing at which the finger of scorn is
likely to point.
The Amalagamated Alimony Amelio-
rative association would have to have
one of these Who's Who's. And to
stun reporters, investigators or muck
rakers there should be chaste wait.
ing room with plush rugs for the
weary feet OF the alimonyettes to
tread upon.
Literature Of Right Order.
Also heavy, oblong important
looking table with impressive legs
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24
SHOW PICTURE OF THE DEAD
Tombstones in New England Gene
terry Are Furnished with Some
what Unique Decoration.

MANY means have been used for
marking the resting place of the dead,
or in ornamentation Of their graves,
from the ornate tombs of marble and
granite to the grotesque totem poles
of the American Indians. The French,
who are noted for their fine taste in
decoration and their discrimination In
art matters, disfgure their marble
tombs with hideous wreaths of jet or
purple glass beads. But it has re-
NAMED for a little cemetery in New
England to set a new fashion in a
means of commemorative the dead.
hole is chiseled into the slab or
monument and into this is fitted a pic
ture of the one whose grave is be-
meath. The portrait is generally a
photograph OF tmtype. A cover which
can easily be lifted up is then placed
over tho opening Anyone passing
through the cemetery and wishing to
know how the person before whose
tombstone he has halted appeared in
life has only to raise the little cover
over the picture to satisfy his curl
osity.
This is by no means a new custom
in this town. 1t began many years
ago. On one of the monuments is
photograph placed there in 1865, which
is as clean as though it had been put
there a year ago.
Though this custom of having tomb
stones made to hold portraits origi'
mated in this particular place, it is
now being adopted in neighborins
towns -Harpers Weekly.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24

Sir Galahad Is Unknown at the LADIES
Clubs Today.
selves been through the process ana
would know, therefore, all the little
points OF Importance.
Reads Like IDEAL Plan.
There wo@d be no mixups. Alimony
getters and alimony payers would
have different departments and en-
frances. A cheerful atmosphere would
be cultivated. There would be no
hard feelings or criticisms or gossip.
There might be afternoon tea.
And as in so many cases the d.
yorced make up their differences ana
marry again there could be a regular
chaplain who would retie the knot
quietly, cut the service and omit all
unnecessary swank and show.
The timid ex-wife going to draw her
first payment would be met at the
entrance doorway by an usher IN
smart uniform who would take her up
in a plush-lined elevator to the proper
office and window. If she didn't ike
checks she could get antiseptlcaliy
SPRAYED and germless money.
NatIrsllx. embarrassed and con-
FUSED many Ald bg offered tea and
cakes aid then politely shown out OF
a seSret door opening on another
street For, as some one once said
it ID nothing to be seen going any
Mace. it is to be seen coming out
that counts.
For. of course, divorce is not yet
quite respectable. That is one OF the
charming things about it. That Is
what made Reno such pleasant place
to stop-far pleasanter, for instance,
than Chautauqua or the East Aurora
farm. Culture isn't everything.
MANY Possibilities In Idea.
The concentration and localiZatlon
of divorce in this Temple of Alimony
would rob it of many of its terrors.
1t would give it cachet Remember
what a dreadful sort of trade pawn
broking used to be. And now look
at it as it Is carried on in little white
marble buildings resembling Carnegie
libraries or Turkish baths, with rows
of motors at the door.
The idea teens with possibilities
and there isn't the shadow of doubt
that what to the thoughtless reader
may seem a jest will be one of the
realities of the future. For there is no
stamping it out. Divorce is growing
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24
StunQ.

81 want my money back for these
here socks" said the man as ne hand
ed the clerk package. "The sign you
had up said the socks was guaranteed
fer three months"
well, what's the matter with the
socks?" asked the clerk.
81 only wore them three weeks, and
had to take them off and buy another
pair because this pair had holes in
the toes" replied the man.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24
poo Dies With His Mistress.

New York.-Griefstri over the
death of her husband and the thought
that she could not afford to keep her
thirteen-year-old boy with her, Mrs
Annie Casey, forty-two years old, COM
mitted suicide by leaping out of the
fourth-story window at 166 Fulton
street. Brooklyn. AS she took the
fatal plunge there went down to death
with her a little fox terrier, which, APP
parently had done everything 1t could
do to prevent the distracted woman
from making the leap.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24

tentacles ending in sharp claws. And
It will have an inscrutable Mona Lisa
smile, predicts Kate Masterson In the
New York Sunday World.
Beside II the octopus will appear as
harmless as a household pet and as
innocent as a primer illustration. 1t
will be part ichthysaurus with just a
strain of ornithionites giganteus. And
it's real kennel name will be nine-syl-
Tabled, ending with a sneeze.
Like the inscrutable smile, translat-
ed, it will mean; Am | so terrible
after all? Isn't there big interro-
cation point in the minds of all think
ing persons as to whether l don't fill
my place in the big scheme?"
OF course there are always the COM
mandments to confront us when we
feel progressive and broad-minded.
But these are the days Of eugenics and
homemade marriage services and no
marriages at all in some homes
mostly bungalows.
One hesitates to think what things
might be if, for instance, there were
no divorce. 1t used to be disgrace
In the old times-but many things
were disgraceful in the old days-suf-
frage, for instance. Suffragists and
Divorces are found in the best fami-
lies nowadays.
There is a certain chic about it for
a woman. 1t is almost as good as
being a real widow.
Besides that you will note, like neu-
rasthenia and paranoia, common per-
sons never have it. They can't afford
it. 1t doesn't thrive in the tenement
districts. But when you get to the
elevator apartments whers there are
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24
our Grandparents Were Content With
THROWING Round the Family China.

exact requirements as the colored lady
who appeared in southern court to
complain that her husband was unduly
attentive to other ladies OF his ac'
quaintance.
She recounted some of his offenses.
81 see," said the Judge sympathetical'
ly; 81 suppose, then. madam, that you
wish to obtain divorce?"
"Diyawse"- protested the lady.
Judge, do yuh think want to di'
yawse the handsomest niggah in Caro-
lima and let him marry one of them
coons? oh, no, judge, what | want
is an injunction!"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24

Df.orce is one Of the Giant CONNER
ciaI Growths Of the Age.


two or three baths to fiat and maids
leashed to dogs, there 1t fourishes like
a bay tree.
Not Always SO Common.
Our great-grandmothers and fathers
did without it to great extent and
went on cheerfully throwing the china
at each other till death did them part
Sex questions were ignored. Now
they teach the answers in the schools.
There are no more of the scorching
love affairs or the blistering letters
except in the police news.
1t is woman that has changed, of
course. Sir Galahad is not much
heard of at the ladies' clubs. He be-
longed to time when they used to
have astereopticon views and cham
Der of horrors called a Family Album
on the handicapped parlor table.
These made up the joy of life.
Men and women respected each
other and there was less comradeship
between them in marriage and out of
1t than now. And divorce was not
considered at all nice.
Show girls didn't run off with col
lege boys and enter into the holy
bonds on a dare, for it wasn't so easy
to escape and win on the almony ques-
ton when the honeymoon was over.
This was back in the eighteen-fifties.
But with the early sixties divorce
began to boom. They started to keep
track of them. There were about ten
thousand a year. Now there are ninety
thousand.
1t Is one of the giant commercial
growths of the age. 1t wraps up mil
lions Of dollars in its claws. 1t gives
occupation to Observation-Disclosures
clerks. typists, all busy in the big mill.
II occupies blocks of office buildings.
II uses tons of stamps, stationery,
pens, ink, copying machines 1t con-
sumes fortunes in telegraph and tele-
phone tolls.
II keeps gangs of Woodworking pri-
yate detectives busy day and night
getting blue prints to back up their
statements. 1t rides in taxicabs and
stops at hotels invariably named after
the saints. Divorce evidence obtained
under an eagles wing seems to carry
weight with jury.
Has Tried Many Residences.
Divorce fitted about for while
looking for a suitable residence. II
tried Rhode Island-it planted itself
on the rock where the Pilgrim Fathers
discovered the first clambake-then
swished off to Dakota. 1t even visited
,blue-biddled philadelphia.
Then 1t planted itself in the health
full climate OF Reno, where It has built
nm a flourishing, fashionable cottage
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24
Overdid 1t.

whats the matter?" asked the law
yer's friend Been in railroad ac-
cident?"
mo. | had jury case the other
day, and / argued so deliberately for
the purpose of making it appear that
my client was a fool instead OF a
knave that got him acquitted on that
plea"
What has that to do with your ap-
pearance?"
"He met me outside, after court had
adjourned. Judge.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24

glorious blue. About 10 o'clock Art
started for camp in the motor to bring
out a hot dinner. To pass what hun
ger was making an age-long hour,
Dave proposed swim.
The surface water was warm and
fine. Let yourself down to tread wa
ter and your feet would almost freeze.
At any time cold drinking water is Sc
cured by pushing jug, tied to the
end of pole, deep into the water, and
Jerking out the cork with q string.
One day a gig-head was lost in eight
feet of water. One dive to the bot
tom after the lost spear quickly con-
vinced the swimmer that Colorado's
law against spearing fish should be
strictly observed, SO far as he was
concerned Even at that depth the
cold is extreme. The cold water and
complete absence of mud in these
lakes explains the fine quality of the
fish
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24
STATISTICS OF DIVORCE

In 1857 there was an average
Of IT divorces in every 100000
Of population.
In 1907 the divorces numbered
72.C62. the estimated increases
in five years periods being 80
per cent.
New York furnishes only 20
divorce to every 100000 Of pop
ulation.
About 5000 men In New York
are paying alimony.
Figuring SIS a month as fair
average, the total alimony pay
ments > year in New York reach
$3.50, 900.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24
Not the Way.

An advanced" woman tells the
New York Tribune that women are
headed straight for trousers. We
beg to inform the dear girl that the
manner of approach must be reversed
before the effort can be successful
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24
Is 600 for Loss of Eye.

New York.--A verdict of $4,000 was
obtained by Herman Schwartz OF this
city against David B. Blustein'
druggist, who, 1t is alleged, made an
error in filling prescription for an
eye wash which cost Schwartz the
sight of one eye.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24

conception or that
great American in
dustry, divorce.
1t will be a fear
full thing-a rep
lillian mammoth,
hydra headed. of
course, with pink
eyes; h orn e d
fanged, bat-eared,
whiskered, ser
pent-tongued, with
dozens of snaky
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24

what are you doing in that cup
board, Bertie?"
Hush" said BERTHE, digging
spoon into a jam-pot, I'm pretending
to be hief."-Pearson's Weekly.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24
All a Means Of Advancement.

Apply myself earnestly to thy task.
whether it be small or great, for the
achievement of years is but the study
of many days-Simon de Bruges.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24
In the Same Game.

at seems strange that he could plum
der a great corporation like that for
years without being found out" We'll
you see, the corporation was pretty
busy itself"-Chicago Journal.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24
THE BEST HOT WEATHER tonic,
GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC
The Old Standard, General Tonic Drives out Malaria,
Enrches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System.
FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN.

form that wonderfully
withstand the effect OF the hot summer
GROVES TASTELESS for Malaria ChS and Fever
debility and loss of appetite Gives life and W to Nursing
Children Blounes without purgng Relieves
and low spirits Aoues the liver to action and phes the blood
Druggist We 1t
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24
For SUMNER HEADACHES

Hicks CAPUDINE is the best remedy
no matter what causes them-Whether
from the heat, sitting in draughts, fever
ish condition, etc lOc., Csc and SOC per
bottle at medicine stores. Adv.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24
Rrazlls Black Diamonds.

Black Diamonds come from the prov
ince of Bahia, Brazil. Twenty thou
sand dollars was paid for the finest
specimen known.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces lnhamma
ton allays pain cures wind collie ,25c bottle.AV
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24
Sure.

Gabe-Does absence make the heart
grow fonder?
Sleeveless, of your creditors.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24

One of these days some American
futurist will put in black and white a
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24

Sir Galahad Is Unknown at the Ladies
Clubs Today.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-07-24

two or three baths to fiat and maids
leashed to dogs, there it flourishes like
a bay tree
The Washington times., 1913-08-27
Shubert Theater Rushed to
Completion to Be Opened by
Forbes Robertson.

beautiful and brilliant wife, who viii
be remembered as Portia IN his last
seasons production of Julius Caesar"
Will play Lady Capulet in Romeo and
Juliet" and Emelia, the wife Of Iago,
In "Otheilo."
R. d. MacLean, who followed Tyrone
Power last season as Brutus, Will play
Othello. Those who were 50 fortunate
as TO have seen him last season, when
he played this role at the head Of his
own company, wfll have no difficulty
in believing that he Is the ideal Othello,
equally as to voice. physique, and train
ing. He has played this role hundreds
Of times in his own starring ventures,
and once told me that IL was his IA
yorite Of all the Sh7kespearean roles.
Mr.. MacLean will play the volatile Mer-
cutie In Romeo and Juliet" and con-
tinue as Brutus in Julius Caesar
Among the other members OF Mr..
Faversham's company will be Jane
Wheatly, Arthur Elliott and Ernest
Rowan
Mr.. Faversham yesterday announced
that he Is in the business of presenting
Shakespeare to stay. It Is his Intention
to add at least two new plays to his
repertoire each season, until he has ac-
quired a program OF at least nine pro-
ductions, thus permitting a change Of
bill nightly. He says that the same
high standard which he set in his pro-
ductfon Of Julius Caesar" will be
maintained In each of his future VEN
lures JULIA MURDOCH.
The Washington times., 1913-08-27
Personal Mention

Miss Emily Betz is a guest at the
Eagles Nest Hotel. Waynesville. n. c..
in the Land Of the Sky.
r
Among those from Washington who
will sail tomorrow on the steamship
Bremen, Of the North German Lloyd
line, from New York for London. is Las
sale Spiess.
Miss Rita Brown will entertain at a
lawn party this evening at her home in
Mt, Rainier, Md, In celebration of her
birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. NJ. Baer have re-
turned to tneir home in the Neither
lands from a fortnight's stay as the
guests of their daughter. Mrs. Henry
Strauss, OF Richmond, Va
=
Mrs. Emil West and son. Alvin
West, of Thirteenth street. are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Max Levy, of
Baltimore.
Miss Hazel Bornheim, of n street,
left Washington today to be the
guest of Miss Sylvia Sinsheimer, of
baltimore.
F.
Mrs. Goldsmith SigmUnd and son,
William Sigmund. who have been
spending the past month at Braddock
Heights Md, have returned to their
LONE in Pennsylvania avenue.
=
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kohner. of
Belmont road. have as their guests
their nieces, Miss Louise Gruber and
Miss Grace Gruber. of Baltimore.
r
Miss Celeste Goodman has return
cd to her home in Calvert street from
a three weeks stay at Far Rock
away and Shcepshead Bay. /. l.