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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-04
A OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES POEM.

A POST T-IdPRESSIONIsT POEM.
The shaky twilight crawls ana csarhs;
A scarlet shrek thrusts home;
The jig-saws snap among the planks,
Where, lush and loud,
Plump, plastic, proud,
The coupons crowd
Along the road to Rome.
Aerid, essential, winged with eyes,
The powdered plummet drops;
The beldam's bonnet drawls and dies,
And ioul or fair,
Calm Neverwhere
Inscrbes his square
Amid the malt and hops.
Oh, anguish of the slaughtered shaft
That skins the sullen looms.
Oh, vaguely vaunted overdraft,
OH savage spin
OF twain and twin,
While out and in
The shapeless secret booms.
Punch.
THERE MIGHT BE TROUBLE
"what should be done to the chauffeur
who is too lazy 70 blow his horn and Just
whistles with bis lips for you to get out +
of the way?'
IF | had brick and there was no po-
liceman near, 1 would know what to dols
OUR WAY.
Who checketh up
His laundry list,
Is apt to be
A pessimst.
The cheerful wight q
Will let 1t go,
And what is lost
He'll never know
PAUL COOK. )
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JOKE ON TWAIN

Resolve at once to be hereafter snug
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-31
HEROES OF OUR COMMON LIFE

Twenty Kansas City bank swept under by the
balanced depostors
Willard Holiness responsible
debt than others had through special fault his Times
they will simply had tight forced could
Holmes
had his wife
stranded nothing
mortgaged home.
By law Holmes could have into bankruptcy and thus
therefore, should be paid
The other Holmes repaid the
the brunt of it. AS Holmes "She helped all the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
st. Patrick's Day

Few religious festivals are SO gen.
rally recognized in English speaking
countries as that of st. Patrick, the
great apostle of Ireland. The large
Irish immigration to the United States
in years gone by caused March II, st.
Patrick's day, to be one of the con-
spicuous holidays in all the cities. For
a long time the day was celebrated
chiefly by Irishmen and the sons of
Irishmen but people of all climes and
races cannot fail to have feeling
of reverence for Ireland's apostle and
throughout this country the emblem
attic green will be worn today by
men, women and children of English
stock; will be worn, in fact, by peo-
pie of many nationalities and many
creeds.
st. Patrick belonged to the fifth
century. He found Ireland pagan and
lived to zee it "a land Of saints" Leg
ends and superstitions have centered
around the name of st. Patrick but all
historians agree perhaps that he COM
bined religious zeal with statesman
ship and accomplished more for Chris
tendon than any other one priest or
prelate of his time. Ireland's price
less contributions to civilization and
literature may be traced to the for
ward spiritual and intellectual move
ment that had it's rise in the splendid
apostleship of ST. Patrick.
This will be day of inspiration to
thousands and tens of thousands, and
to the end of time st. Patrick will
be especially remembered and hon.
ored on the 18th of March.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
IRVING WAS LOVABLE.

William Winter in Golfers weekly.
1t has been said of Irving that he lacked
feeling, that he was all mind and no
heart. Speaking to me, Miss Ellen Terry
said. HE is gentle, not tender" The
late Henry Labouchere wrote of him that
''he was always acting" Greater errors
could not have been made. Irving knew
enough of human nature to know that 1t
is frequently selfish and in many ways
infirm, and he realized that there is no
art to find the minds construction In the
face" but, essentially, he was one or
the most loving and lovable of men-when
and where he fully trusted. He was sin
gularly sensitive to kindness, and any
little token of remembrance that reached
him from friendly hand, If 1t were only
a trifle-as inconsiderable as a cravat or
a cigar case-was treasured by him with
a gratitude almost pathetic. But he did
not wear his heart upon his sleeve" and
he did not trust many persons. He had
suffered much, and he was lonely to the
last. He was one of the most intellectual
persons that ever trod the stage, but those
who knew him best could testify that his
sympathy was as wide as the widest ex-
perience of mankind and as deep as the
deepest feelings of compassion and ten
derness that ever possessed the human
heart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
EXPENSIVE GUN TOTING

of the gateway between the east and the
west died in exile.
What Ismail did in the interest of the
advancement of trade has been very near
ly duplicated in other countries for the ad-
yancement of the trade of war to a stage
at which a fortune goes up in smoke when
a battleship fires broadsde and naval
vessels worth kings ransom become
junk in a few years because of their not
being the latest model.
The simple unenlightened khedive OF
Egypt gave the world something of SUBJ
stantial value. and he put no country but
his own In debt.
The enlightened war lord'' OF Germany
will not create value of any sort with
the money raised by the 1oan.y He will
force other countries to increase expendi-'
lures without creating anything of value.
The penalty paid by Ismail, a man OF
peace, for his iinprovidence seems rather
disproportionate to his deserts when the
immunity Of such men of war as the Ger
man Emperor is considered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
President Wilson and Precedent

President Wilson's determination to
disregard tradition and red tape VIII
be applauded by the people wherever
and whenever it has tendency to put
the presidency on a business basis
If by going every weekday during a
session of Congress to the President
room at the capitol the business OF
the country be advanced and pro-
NOTED, then indeed it is fortunate that
a President has come who proposes
to conduct the public business as a
private business is conducted. No
possible harm will follow. The inde-
pendence of Congress cannot be in
fringed upon. 1t is wholly able to
stand on it own feet, and it will do
so whether the President occupies his
room once year or daily. The propo-
sition is good one and it should be
well tested.
Nor is there room for alarm in the
fact that Vice President Marshall is
to become trusted counsellor of the
President. He is worthy of it ALL,
1t is plain, too, that President Will
son has no intention of becoming a
hobo at the expense of the people,
and that he does not propose to waste
his time in appeasing society" in
Washington. Social and government
al tradition are to be disregarded
where they interfere with the dispatch
of public business, which is to outrank
all else in the new administration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
LIVING WAGE NONSENSE

From the New York Evening Sun.
Does anybody believe that policeman,
so tender hearted that the sight of minor
privation in his own home would send
him out on the highway to shake down"
a gambler, saloon keeper or a street
walker, could ever bring himself to de-
prive his family of necessities or even
modest luxuries purchasble with graft
money, just because the city had increased
his wage $500 annually? Yet this is pre-
cisely the argument that is now being
used as the basis of an agitation for the
increase of the patrolman.
1t is the common testimony of those
who have studied the question of the So
cial evil that it recruits almost exclusive
ly from the vicious, the lazy and that
smaller class made up of the weak or the
ignorant, whose helplessness makes them
unwilling victims. Yet today very gem
eral attempt is being made to establish a
notion that the payment of a larger wage
to working women would actually reduce
automatically and considerably the extent
of this social evil.
If the $500 paid to the local policeman
is not a living wage it should be increased.
This will not have the smallest effect
upon his honesty. The man who takes the
sort of graft money that is collected by
corrupt policemen in this town will not
stop taking it because he gets a compara-
lively insignificant increase in pay from
his regular employer. But he is entitled
to enough to support his family decently,
ud,iIa rarnainino honest
If s. or sS is not a real living wage
for the worlingwoman she should have
more. But it is necessary to remember
that too large an increase will defeat its
own object by making this class of labor
too expensive to be employed profitably.
| She should have 1t as a matter Of justice
not morals. The main argument for such
| living wage is that it will make life
more tolerable for the thousands of wom-
en- who will resist temptation up to the
point of starvation, not that it will pre-
vent an insignificant number from yield
| ing
| To pretend that the way to keep men
| honest and women virtuous IS to increase
their wages amounts to reasoning that
| nothing can do this. Such reasoning is
merely stupid folly. The sooner such
maudlin sentiment, discoverable in many
directions just now, is definitely dismissed
/ the better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
SUNDAY Concerts popular

A large audience assembled in the JEFF
ferson theatre yesterday afternoon on
the occasion of the premier concert of
Memoli and his band of 10 men. 1t was
the largest Sunday audience of the sea-
son and, judging from the spontaneous
applause the music was greatly enjoyed.
''Mr. Memoli deserves great credit for
organizing a concert band of high quail
ity," said Oliver Chalifoux last night.
ut is hoped that he will give series of
Sunday concerts between now and sum-
mer. I think the patronage would be
liberal Interest in good music is steadily
increasing in Birmingham. All the con-
certs here this season have been well at
tended, and it is evident that hundreds of
people welcome the opportunity of hear
ing artistic performances on Sunday art
ernoons.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
Music AS A UNIVERSITY STUDY

II oiu MUSICAL Aifitritd.
There is a general idea prevalent among
people interested In musical work thae
comparatively few institutions of learning
offer any definite credit for the study
of music In the great majority OF tne
larger schools courses are offered III mar
mony. counterpart, and history and ap-
'preciation of music, but in few cases. as
the New York Evening Post reminds u.s.
can the student make any extensive ad-
vance in the different branches of the art.
Oberlin college, however, with the oper-
lin Conservatory as one of the afiiiiateo
departments of the school, Is now OF
fering a course that is interesting mu-
sical people throughout the country. AT
Oberlin music is not only allowed llperai
credit as one of the regular courses Oh
the college, but it is one of the SUBJECTS
in which a student may major Inc
majoring system at Oberlin, as at many
other colleges, is a comprehensive plan
of the entire course of study mapped out
by the undergraduate and his faculty adj
wiser. OF the 12O hours required for the
Oberlin degree, the major study must
comprise not less than 10 nor more thah
32 The regularly required subjects one
of which must be course In the hne
arts or in the appreciation of music, tena
to give a we'll balanced general educa-
ton, while the majoring system provides
an opportunity for reasonable specializa-
tion.
Thus a man who is interested In music
or who contemplates entering the con-
servatory after receiving his A. b., may
elect music as his major study. The re-
quirement in this major is Is hours Oh
theory, which includes thorough course
in harmony, counterpoint, harmonic ANAL
ysis, and the elements of musical form.
The courses in the history and appre-
citation of music are conducted by Prof..
Edward Dickinson, author of several
wsll known books, including "The Educa-
ton of Music Lover" Professor Dickin-
son is doing unique work for the un-
dergraduate body in general at Oberlin
and the influence of his instruction is felt
throughout the entire institution. ober-
lin was established upon a foundation
which recognized from the very beginning
music and the fine arts as an essential
part of a liberal education.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
THE SOCIAL SECRETARY

BY Isabel Joyce, in March National
Monthly.
Miss Hagner is a brilliant woman. She
is clerk in the department of state.
Nosition to which she was returned at the
end of the Roosevelt administration. She
belongs to an old and distinguished fam
ily in the District of Columbia and, in adj
ditiou to acting as private secretary to
several women prominent in the official
colony, she is usually called upon to edit
the list made up yearly of the Social Reg
lister of Washington. Her discretion in
this regard has frequently called for
much approval and has, also, caused
many heartburnings. She knows social
politics like her alphabet. She is skilled
In >arbitrating social differences and Is
exceptionally clever In knowing just what
to do on the many critical occasions
which arise without warning at many
state functions given in the White House.
Miss Hagner's first task upon taking up
her duties as social secretary to the Pres
ident's wife, will be to acquaint Mrs. Will
son and her daughters with who's Who"
in official and residential society. She is
the first woman to have occupied such a
position and served during the entire ad-
ministration of Mr.. Roosevelt. Mrs. Taft
ahd four social secretaries during her
husbands administration: Miss Alice
Bloch. now Mrs. Richard Wainwright, Jr.;
Miss Mary Spiers, Miss Catherine Letter.
man and Miss Laura Harlan, the latter
a daughter Of the late Justice Harland of
the United States supreme court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Prosperity In Evidence

Nearly every section of the country is
now prosperous IN marked degree.
said c. I. Carroll. a prominent business
man of Philadelphia. Certain 1t is that
business in all lines with which [ am in
touch are in far more satisfactory shape
than they We're this time year ago.
I'VE have had now almost year Of
business activity. The second half of last
year Witnessed solid boom. Industrial
operations were carried on at full ca
pacity. New high records were made III
many branches of industrial enterprise
and general trade was wonderfully brisk.
The outlook is good indeed for the next
three months. and I believe for the bal
ance of the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
The Iron Market

"The pig iron market is dull at this
time and prices are lower than they were
a month ago, but the statistical position
of the producing companies is strong and
an upward tendency IN prices may be
expected shortly" said man connected
with the metals trade.
This time a year ago the iron market
was extremely low and inactive. 1t hpd
been weak for year or more, but in
May it started ON the upgrade and the
buying movement grew to be of high rec
ord proportions. All the iron companies
made money and they will all make
money this year. The market price is
now about $13 on a No. basis and, Of
course there is good profit at that QUOTA
tion. But If we have good crop reports
in May and June I expect to see a SIS
market before midsummer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
A RIP ROARING MELODRAMA

ness about sex relations as to bring the
1t is all scarlet-oh. such deep, deep
scarlet. AS for the poor heroine, she
had such hard life She was Spanish
beauty stolen by the pirate chief and
forced to wear jewels and silks and like
In wicked luxury with him for two years,
while her predecessor gnashed teeth and
elenched fists and muttered. "Ha." in
way to make any Spanish beauty quite
uncomfortable.
After all this unhappiness and other
miseries, tortures and evils that cannot be
mentioned briefly. it seems hardly fair
that she should be carried off by gloomy
Puritan TO live life of austerity and
hard labor in a New England colony. That
is how the dramatist disposed of her. He
Is a cruel man!
Miss Florence Reed was the Spanish
beauty in every sense of the word. She
acted so ably that she made even the
most impossible scenes sound plausible,
an effect not always achieved by her'fel-
low actors.
Charles Waldron as the Puritan lover
was straightforward and manly. Robert
Warwick looked fierce enough as the pi-
rate chief to make the audience believe
him capable of all the dreadful things of
which he was accc6sed.
Godfrey Stein as a faithful hunchback
servitor had several scenes which he act
ed with thrilling intensity.
There were many others in the cast.
They swore as dreadfuhy as a certain
army did in Flanders, they drank much
rum, drew many swords and were too-
wicked for words. And when the worst
was accomplished the Puritan lover tore
up the scenery, smashed tables and chairs
under the eyes of the captive Spanish
beauty, released her and carried her away.
Then the audience was carried away
into the night. tf1f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
HE GOT HIS DRINK

From Norman e. Mack's National
Monthly.
"uncle Tom.'' relic of "de days befoh
de wah,'' was an old colored man who
was always ready to ''hep out de white
fokes'' by cutting wood, working the gar
den, etc, and who was also always ready
for "leedle dram If any of his white
friends saw fit to invite him in and give
him a drink. In fact, his appetite for a
toddy was something marvellous. and he
never lost an opportunity for gratifying it,.
Colonel Jones, a<wealthy citizen of the
little village in which Uncle Tom lived,
and who had frequently called the old
negro in and given him drink, after a
hard days work, one afternoon he espied
Uncle Tom coming down the street In a
pouring rain.
where have you been, Uncle Tom?"
the Colonel CRIED as the old negro ar
rived opposite the gate.
Use been out huntin' de calves Massa
Gawge," replied Uncle Tom, as he turned
in at the gate and came up the walk.
His clothes were dripping wet, and he
was a very disconsolate looking old
darkey.
You are rather wet. aren't your" asked
the Colonel, as old Tom came to stand
still, hat in hand. on the edge OF the
porch.
"Yassuh, IT," answered the old man,
as he gazed up into the coloners face
with a pleading look. "I'se as wet as uh
dawg Massa Gawge, an I nevuh wuz ez
dry il nah lifev'
The old man got his drink.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
From the New York Telegram

From the New York Telegram.
NO o you remember the late Howard
Pyle's colored pictures in the pop
- ular magazines of the Pirates Of
the Spanish Main, in brilliant yellows,
scarlets, blues and greens?
Last night there was an attempt TO re-
produce all that wealth of rollicling color
on the stage of the playhouse in the new
play, 1.-THE Painted Woman" by Frederic
Arnold Hummer.
All the color was there in the group
ings and stage pictures of this story, set
ON the island of Jamaica, in the days
when Morgan and other flyers of the black
flag are said to have fiourished.
Unfortunately pirates and gypsies have
been the subject of so much burlesque
treatment on the stage, not alone in that
unfortunate group in Peter Pam" but
in the broader ''Pirates of Penzance'' and
innumerable musical comedies. that a
sophisticated audience has hard work to
take its pirates seriously.
There were moments when the audience
In the playhouse did not try to be Sc
rious. In the more lurid scenes-and
there were several that were as fierce as
an old fashioned chromo--the audience
shouted aloud in sheer joy.
When Portugee and One Eye calmly
threw the dice to see who should be lead
er of the pirate band the audience found
much more food for laughter than the
dramatist intended.
Again, when Portugee bought the
naughty Spanish beauty for "a score of
doubloons'' and clanked them down on
the floor with all the clatter of stage
money, the audience rejoiced in such prod
igality.
For the rest, there are more 'battle,
murder and sudden death in one act of
the play than in any recent melodrama.
There are plenty Of pirate oaths, no end
of piratical misbehavior. and such frank
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
THE DOG AS MANS FRIEND
BY BILL VINES

that what / might say later would not
be misunderstood.
With all due respect and with no inten-
ton of making any harsh observations,
and with due appreciation of what the
human race owes to the dog, am lit
tie inclined to the opinion that there ought
to be line drawn somewhere. When our
mothers and sisters. wives and sweet
hearts begin to get doggy" l think it is
high time to call halt. When see :
fashionably dressed vision of feminine
loveliness riding around in one of these
six cylinder lmousines holding in her
arms a brindle bull pup with face on him
like an interrupted revolution, and a lot
of gold and diamond studded harness
on him, | have feeling of just resent
ment which almost borders onto disgust.
When society gets to lighting over in
vitations to swell dinner which some
misguided woman, whose reason is tot
tering on its throne, is giving to her 5000
French poodle. and at the same time dif-
hcuty is experencedin getting up fare
well banquet for Uncle Joe Cannon
five bones per plate. it seems to me our
affection for the, dog being overdone.
Besides that, the dog does not appreciate
1t. No self respecting dog likes to ride
around in an automobile and sleep in a
downy bed He'd rather trot along behind
and associate with other dogs, and sleep
in the stable. He prefers to take his
meals from the cook. rather than have
them served at table by dignifed coli
ored person in full evening dress. A dog
will fight for his master or his mistress,
but 1t is against his nature to be turned
into mollycoddle. When one looks at
some of the DANES one sees every day of
his life in the cities parading around the
streets on one end of a cord with bench
legged animated bologna on the other end,
If he has any sympathy at all it is for the
cord.
Some rich women have maids for their
dogs, and they are daily bathed, combed,
powdered ana aired. But we will refrain
from saying anything regarding this prac-
tice, for what we would say would be
prejudced and might pi the type.
The dog is a noble animal and deserves
consideration at the hands of every one,
but when woman begins to shower the
affection and attention on one of them
that she ought to give to her rschildren or
her husband, or some one ese's husband,
it is but natural that man should lose in
terest.