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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27
.aEreeu. POIiceman's Troubles

"Stories are being told daily at police
Headquarters of the doings' OF the green
policemen now on strike duty said i
man about town. "One of them is on De-
tective Jim DAILY. 1t seems that late
Wednesday night Detective Jim was
rather tired and worn out from the long
Is hour stretch he had been pounding the
sidewalks of birmingham in search of 1y
namtiters and other harmless individuals.
Picking out a comfortable doorway on
Third avenue. between Nineteenth and
Twentieth streets, he sat down to rest.
He had not been seated very long be-
fore one of the new policemen came in
sight, and at seeing Jim Daily sitting
there, his eyes frightened perceptiby, for
al least he was to make his first arrest.
'Here herer shaking Detective DAILY
roughly. WHAT are you doing; you'll nave
to come along with me- said the new Off
Ger.
Eth; what's that?' querled jim Why
should l go along with your
Because you're under arrest
" On what charger
"Of lettering in the streets
" Have you warrant?'
Why no; do you have to have war
rant?
Well, you can't arrest me without
warrant
'"Well. I hadn't thought of that, but
suppose If you say need warrant it
must be So, said the now thoroughly un-
comfortable extra policeman.
L most certainly do say So, beloved
Jim DAILY. Now you hustle straight to
Chief Bodeker and get me a warrant fer
my arrest; insist on having a warrant
Well, l wouldn't get too mad about
It, said the new one. I was only fooling
about arresting you anyway. But sure
enough, do you need a warrant to make
an arrest?'
Later in the night Chief Bodeker re-
ceived a written request for bunch OF
warrants, " which greatly mystified that
much harassed individual"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27
Tourist Travel Good to West

Business on the Frisco lines is very
good at this time said Jack Cornatzer.
assistant general passenger agent, yester-
day while in Birmingham. with no
special attractions to draw them the peo-
Pile are going west in gratifying numbers.
The Frisco lines will show, think, a very
marked increase in business this sum-
mer as compared to last, which should
convince people that the cry to See Amer
lea first is growing in favor.
"The western country offers every pos
sible attraction to the travellers, and there
are many sights and places of interest
In that great country that are not even
imagined by the average resident of this
country Europe has no grander scenery
to offer than have Arizona Colorado and
many other western states, while in Mon
tana there are located places that are
awe inspiring in their splendor OF course
Europe sounds fine and is attractive, but
on the Frisco lines and its connections
are many places and points that equal in
interest and romance the country across
the pond
Again, the receivership on our line is
not worrying anyone. Our service is being
improved and absolutely none of the Of
ficials have that depressed feeling that
usually accompanies real receivership."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27

which succeeded a remarkable word
picture of certain Utopian dreams
realized, and which was included in
his recent address delivered at the
Bijou theatre, it must be admitted
that there is reason for the belief
that the worthy captains ambition is
not limited, or abridged in any man
ner or particular which the most
visionary might imagine:
"Then the nations will listen to
propositions to develop the
Hague conference into an inter
national parliamentary legisla-
tive body, the Hague tribunal
into an international court, and
at last develop an international
executive that will protect each
individual nation without its hav-
ing to carry an army and navy
to settle its differences
International executive! All, there's
the climax.
If it is Hobson's ambition, as he
admits, to move from one sphere of
human endeavor to another, it is only
reasonable to presume that he hopes
to become in length of time an inter
national executive of arbitrary power
whose philanthropic duty it shall be
to preserve each nation in possession
of its inalienable rights. Some years,
however, must elapse. He must
achieve, first of all, the senatorial
berth for which he is famishing. He
then, with ordinary modesty, must
next aspire to a cabinet position in
which he could exert his splendid dip
lomatic talent. Then his entire sys-
tenn will be in tune for service as
President of the nation. Then, he
might advance another step, and
crown himself international execu-
tive, the lord high poo-bah of all the
land and sea.
Can any man dispute the assertion
that the gallant captain is no piker?
In promulgation Of the great uplift,"
he would move gradually forward and
step by step, or as Tennyson
so aptly and beautifully expresses it:
3In ever highering eagle circles
uni"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27

sidered the arguments pro and con
which have been produced in regard
to equal suffrage, and after consider
alton, has cast her silent and unosten-
tatious ballot against a political cru
sade in which she must play an active
part. The women of Alabama who
desire the ballot are Of high order
of intelligence. They believe, and
their conception is correct, that
women are mems equal in every re-
speet. They hold that woman should
bestir herself, and have her yea" and
may" in regard to those who shall
rule and exercise the taxing power.
The contented woman, on the other
hand, of equal mental development,
believes that woman's place is in her
home, with her husband and her
children. She is ambitious. Be not
deceived on that point. She would
see her husband succeed above all
other men in the world of business and
politics, and see him happy in the
evening in his home. She is of that
type which hopes, nay, believes, that
her son will be a President of the
United States.
No man in Alabama has criticised
the women who desire the right of
suffrage. There is no man who has
failed to take the movement seriously.
But it will prove disastrous to the
cause, it is believed, should (. con-
certed effort be undertaken to make
the woman who is contented, discon-
tented. If there is woman. or a
man, in all the broad world who is
happy in that station of life to which
he has been called, do not pity her, or
him. 1t would be better to initiate the
example.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27
TIGHTS OIIT Ole DATE

! Paris Correspondence in the New York
| American.
| | should think that one vast and
cherished Partisan industry would so
under very soon indeed, if present con-
ditions continue unchanged. l refer to
the manufacture of the much maligned
yet beautiful article known as tights.
Understand, please, that these are no
merely frivolous remarks for the
delectat tion of bald-headed enthusiasts,
but a serious lamentation on the ap-
parent passing of a picturesque in
stitution.
| If you want to realize the infre-
quency of tights, all you have to do Is
to go to three reviews-at the Olympia,
La Cigale and the Moulin Rouge. Then
you will know the truth in all Its in
timacy. Tights have-vanished.
At the three review resorts l have
just mentioned, while a few of the
girls still cater to the traditional de-
mand for tights the really popular ar.=
lists, the majestic and illumined ones,
wear simply-if L may say so-and L
cen must say so-and why shouldn't l
say so?-and how could / say it other
wise than saying it so?-they wear
simply bare legsl
There is no bluff about it. There is
no attempt to explain or even to COM
ment The bare-legged figurante In
Paris today is absolutely general. You
see her wherever you goat other
| reviews than those to which 1 have
alluded Personally, I am bound to con-
fess that the innovation is to me a
very pretty one.
l like it-really. When you come to
ponder on 1t, tights are, after all, a
more or less clumsy attempt to simu-
late nature-an attempt justified mere
ly by tradition There is no other eX
cuse for it. Moreover why should there
be an excuse? Women do not wear
fleshings over their arms in evening
clothes. Why, then, should it be nee
essary for them to cover the other
limbs?
The review at the Moulin Rouge is
very handsome one, indeed. 1t is called
"Vicieuse Var which means nothing,
and the gowns are particularly beau
tiful and costly. Nearly all the lovely
ones wear their limbs unadorned-
madf up, l imagine, but that is all. The
saving to the management-or to the
girls themselves-must be tremendous.
Moreover one mustn't forget that the
new idea is a singularly healthy one
for the poor little CELLS themselves. In
stead of being retarded, as to their cir
culation, In those dreadful tight tights,
that sometimes, like Tennysons ocean,
break, break, break-they are free and
easy and alive to cool breezes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Watching skyscraper Progress

To me it is most interesting to stahd
on the sidewalk and gaze up at the pigmy
son County Bank building said citizen.
My duties in the office, however, pre-
vent my standing on Twenty-first street
for more than five minutes at a time, and
have but little opportunity to indulge IN
sightseeing.
1t Seems to me that this building mas
gone up much faster than did some OF the
other large office buildings of Birmlng-
ham, / understand that it is now ~
feet higher than any other sEyscraper III
the city The brickmasons are maniuily
trying to keep in sight of the structural
steel workers and are but few stories
below them now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27
HObsOn No Piker

There is one significant point on
which the followers and opponents of
Richmond Pearson Hobson can agree;
one common ground on which the
sheep and the goats might come to-
gether in peace and amity.
The Sixth district congressman is
no piker.
When he admitted an ambition to
move in an upward circle from one
sphere of endeavor to another, and
when he added that his present as
piration was but a growth from
modest beginning which would con-
tinue to expand and extend, the gen.
eral impression prevailed that the
hero of the Merrimac was ambitious
to serve his people as President of
the United States.
That impression might be correct.
But from the following declaration
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27
WANTED. LEGIBLE SIGNATURES

From the New York Sun.
kindly favor us with leglble sigma
ture.' is an appeal now often encoun-
many a lgal firm and is conspiciously
printed on contracts and other important
documents In hotels this request is
sometimes used as heading on each
page of the register printed on card.
1t hangs in plain vie wof the counter.
A room clerk in one of the big hotels
declares that the task of deciphering
signatures has reached a crisis.
1T has got to the point where we
couldn't bluff on names any longer" he
said. I'm these days of constant tele-
phoning and telegraphing we've simply
got to be sure that every guests name
is correctly entered on our books or
there's bound to be trouble.
"Of course a successful hotel clerk
must have a gift of deciphering bad
signatures just as he must have good
memory for names and faces, but when
a man we've never seen before comes in
and scrawls a long wavy line on the
register without single letter plain
enough to even guess at how are we
going to call him by name the next
minute? He may have important mail
waiting for him or he may be tele-
phoned for any minute, so our request
for a legible signature arises out of a
necessity.
Its usually men of prominence who
dislike being asked for a plain sigma
ture. One man who comes here often
evidently gives a good deal of trouble
to new correspondents because of his bad
signature. It's no uncommon thing for
letters to come here intended for him,
but on each envelope instead of a type
written address is pasted the mans own
signature, evidently cut from his lette.
Below is the hotel address as usual. lie
always treats these letters as a huge
joke and seems to pride himself on
writing his name so that no one could
guess what it was
A member of law firm on whose
letterheads is printed "A legible sigma
ture is requested" says that these few
words have saved his firm much trou-
BILE. Papers no longer have to be re-
turned for resigning, as was formerly the
case, because the first signature could
not be read. Before his request for a
legible signature was made important le-
gal documents often had to be entirely
rewritten because of the parties refused
to accept the signatures of some of the
others on account of their illegibility.
A large employer of labor has made
it a rule recenetly to have all applica-
tions for work brought to him. He or
ders each letter folded SO that the sigma
ture alone shall show. He goes over
these, picks out the signatures that ap-
peal to him and gives these applicants
precedence over the others.
"If a man doesn't know enough to
sign his name so I can read it, 1 don't
want him to work for me-" he says.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27
INFLUENCE OF BORROW

From Chronicle and Comment in the
July Bookman.
Some months ago reader of Jeffrey
FarnoPs The Broad Highway" came to
us with what he regarded as a dis
covery. "Do you know where Farnol
got that book?" he said. "He simply
rewrote Borrow's Lavengro.' Now, as
a matter of fact, Mr.. Farnol did moth
ing of the kind. He simply sensed that
the time was ripe for return to the
romance of the road. He borrowed the
Borrovian spirit. and produced "The
Broad Highway" and its successor,
THE Amateur Gentleman" and Mr.
A. S. M. Hutchinson followed In his
footsteps with his delightful The
Happy Warrior" To say that these
writers owed certain amount of their
inspiration to Borrow does not in the
least reflect on the originality of their
achievement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27
BULWER's DEAFNESS

From Chronicle and Comment in the July
Bookman.
If Byron was possessed of an enormous
vanity Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton was
quite his equal in that respect. There was
a medium oy the name of Home who in
tho course of an cventful life held spirit
ualistic meetings In the United States,
England, and on the continent of Europe;
was expelled from Rome as a sorcerer
married twice, each time to Russian
lady of rank, and published various
books. Home was particularly disliked by
Charles Dickens, who applied to him all
the hard names of which he could think.
Mr. Bigelow once remarked to Dickens
that Bulwer had faith in the medium.
Oh yes" Dickens replied. but you see
Bulwer is deaf and does not like to have
II remarked; so Home would say. Do you
hear those raps?' ard Bulwer would say,
oh yes, heard them perfectly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
The man had been accused of commit
ting an annoyance by flashing mirror in
the eyes of passersby.
You are quite mistaken he said to The
big policeman. II haven't any mirror.
What these people saw was the reflection
of my shining serge coat-Tm a married
man and the coat is four years DID,"
And turning hastily he threw the daz-
zlng reflection from his back and ell
bows into the policeman dazzled eyes.
And by the time the officer recovered lie
was well on his way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27
Thinking About vacation

During thees days of hot weather and,
of course, inertia, il is hard for one to
reconcile oneself to the daily routine OF
irksome TOLL said resident OF the
east end
Ordinarily l am very energetic, but
for more than q week past nearly every
movement l make costs me much effort.
For some time | have been tired and
droopy and vacation thoughts occupy my
mind to the exclusion of nearly every thing
else. In my minds eye l see river bank,
a shady spot, a pole with reel on one
end and line on the other with cork
bobbing on the surface of the placid
water--but why go further?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27
FOUR BARRELED GUN

From the Popular Mechanics.
A formidable four barreled gun and a
stalking horse is used by an Oregon
rancher for goose hunting. The goose gun
was made from two old English elephant
guns winch came across the Oregon trail
40 or so years ago. Two of the barrels
are four-bore and the other two five
pore. charge of from 10 to II drains
OF black powder is used for each barrel.
rms gun and the stalking horse COM
prise the chief means of entertaining
eastern men who visit the ranch. The
morse known as Charley" gets the
hunters close enough to flock of the
willy. birds to make broadside possible
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27
No Weather Records Broken

Weather Observer Horton says Bir-
mingham has had longer warm spells
and higher temperatures in June than
has been the case during the past II
days when the thermometer has re-
corded above 80 degrees each day. The
present warm spell, however, is nota-
BILE for it's continuity, not even a
shower coming to bring relief.
Yesterday was the sixteenth day
since rain fell in Birmingham, which,
according to the local records, is the
longest dry spell in June since 1896.
The maximum temperature for the
present spell was 81 degrees, but 81
was reached on June A, 1911, two
weeks earlier than this months fig
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27
AN EASY LIFE.

The aviator scared aloft.
Upon his felloY men looked down.
Then murmured, This is pretty soft,
l win both riches and renown
And many a maids admirlng glance,
A thing that pleases much. by heck!
And all because l take a chance
On some day breaking my fool neck"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27

Andy Carnegie was visible in a moving
picture show in a Birmingham theatre
recently. He locked much depressed. can
derbilt has given the old gentleman a
pain?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27
ADRIFT WITH THE TINES
a CLOUD ON THE HORIZON.

A CLOUD ON THE HORIZON.
A CHICAGO broker has succeeded in
~ persuading a famous dancer to
say that she will marry him. His
entire system permeated by happy glow,
he forthwith talks for publication, telling
the avid reporters who gathered about him
that his future wife would heneeforth
dance for him alone. Did the ..morning
star of his existence smile coyly and
Il shall always respect my dear
husbands wishes. Now that love has en-
tered into my life the glare of the foot
lights no longer appeals 70 me and [ care
not for the plaudits of the multitude?
Did the lady speak in that wise? We wot
not! She simply said, when asked about
the matter, "Oh [ don't know" We scent
trouble there. We extend our coincidence
in advance to the broker We have an
idea that the fair dancer, having already
danced into his life. will some day turn
right around and dance out of 1t. smiling
a gay farewell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27
SONG OF THE WIDOW
BY Rudyard kipling.

Rudyard Kiping.
you the Widow Windsor
&With a hairy gold on er cad?
ships the foam--she millions at home
= n ehe beggars
poor beggars in redD
There's 'er nick in the cavalry 'orses,
er mark the medical
An you'll find with
takes us to various
poor Observation-Disclosures
ere's In guns
an the what upti the forces
O. Mrs Victoriers
(Poor beggars!-Vctoriers
Walk wide the Widow of Windsor
For creation
salted it down with bones.
poor beggars-ts blue with bones)
Hands off the goods in er shop
For kings the froW1
the Widow Windsor 'Stop" !
beggars-Were sent "Stop"
Then 'eres to the lodge O. the Widow,
the pole the tropics 1t
lodge that tile with an the file
n in with the guns
beggars!-its always them guns)
We ave O. the Widow Windsor,
It's to let er alone
For sentries the an the land
Whenever the bugles blown.
(Poor beggars-an' don't blownD
Take old O. the wings O. the mornin.
round the earth till you're dead;
But you won't away that they play
boomn old overe'eadD
Then 'eres to the the Widow,
Wherever, 'owever they
'Ere's all DESIRE they require
speedy return their 'ome
GPoor beggars!-they'H never 'omeU
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27

The report that certain epicures are din
ing on scented food reminds one that
scented food is nothing new. 1t is usually
condemned in this part of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27

Although 4 French bacteriologist found
100000 germs in n pie, we expect short
ly after writing these paragraphs to con-
sumo an extra large slice of blackberry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27

Maybe it was the way that fellow Of
fered Senator MARITIME a cocktail, more
than the drink itself. that made the sem
ator want to fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27

Kansas City school children deposited
more ~than $4,000 in banks during the
school year just closed. That's more
than teacher did.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27

Water is reported to pe scarce in Illi-
nois, but the breweries are working over
time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27

President Wilson drinks a bottle of cold
milk about the middle of the morning.
Might as we'll grow turnips in the White
House mint bed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27
BASHFUL.

BASHFUL.
Perhaps I'm old-fashioned
And overly shy,
And with women my speech
May be dreary and dry:
But when married or single
Girls call upon us
Eugenics is something
/ never discuss.
Detroit Free Press.
Perhaps I'm old-fashioned
And shouldn't be so;
Perhaps l belong to the past
| don't know.
But, honest, find
I'm unable to blurt
10 strange woman: Madam,
You're losing your skirt
-Johustown Democrat.
1t may be I'm backward
And quite out of date,
But when I'm out walking
And run across Kate,
And see what's she wearing,
I'm forced to admit
I'm not very strong for
The skirt with slit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27

The hydro-aeroplane may appeal to some
we still prefer the old-fashioned Pullman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27

The man who takes his wife with him
on motorcycle doesn't really love her as
he should.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27

Our idea Of nothing to read is a news
paper article entitled. Summer Hygiene
for Poodles''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27

There are a great many people who have
never thought very highly of Sing Sing
as a place OF residence. The statement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27

ragtime composer says he can't write
a note of music. Give him credit for be-
ing truthful, at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27

The boy on farm thinks he has to
work hard. He ought to come to town
Joxr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27
THREADBARE

An elevator boy who saved mans life
was bequeathed 100000. ''Going up!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27

postal clerk who was arrested had
12 dollar watches on his person Still, he
didn't seem to know that it was time 20
skip.
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Mr.. Horton continues:


There were 20 days in June,
1897, and % days in June, 1899,
when the maximum readings
ranged from 80 to 101. The high
est temperature did not drop be-
low 90 or rise above SO from June
20 to 20, 1901. Readings were above
80 degrees on all but six days in
June, 1902, but as no day had
higher temperature than 80 degrees
the average maximum for that
month, 92.6 degrees, was two
tenths of a degree less than June,
1897, the highest mean maximum
reading on record at this station
for June"
There is some consolation in know
ing that it might be worse and
Birmingham citizens will consult tn
daily weather map, published in Th
Age-H Herald, they will see that Biz
mingham is faring we'll in compariso
with some of the northern and easter
cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27
NOT AT ALL PROMINENT.

~ -f1111 Z iNe71iI4N114N I.
He's never worn a tall silk hat
lie never has addressed the crowd,
HIS tongue quite glib, his language pat,
His voice at times extremely loud.
lie ne er took part in street parade
Applauding lhrongs beside the way,
Unto the press has never made
A statement almost every day.
He never has been seen as yet
Hot-footing 1t to Washington,
To tell Woodrow, as soon as met
The way the nation should be run
He's never ranted. never posed
And never fooled his fellow men,
Nor pulled the wires" when doors were
closed
les just simple citizen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27

Nat Goodwin says he will retire from
the stage and devote himself to holding
kis wife. In view of tfie fact that the
present Mrs Goodwin is extremely good
looking, if Nat should get a cramp in his
arms, or ANYTHING like that there would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-27
PLAIN WORDS.

What l admire about you, Plimson is
your self-assurance."
Thanks, Coiawk"
considering how little you have to back
1t up with, the showing you make is re-
markable."