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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
The Political Pot BoiIs

zone of the most interesting centers of
personal and political contact during the
past two days has been the lobby of the
Morris hotel" said man last night who
is familiar with the public life of Ala
bafna.
1T is true that the first day. Sunday.
had about it the restraint and decorum
necessarily incident to the great loss of
the state in the death or Senator john
ston; but today, Monday. the very atmas-
phere was charged with politics. In the
game of influencing. If possible the gov
ernor in the matter of a senatorial ap-
pointment. As the current of a compell-
ing stream turns the wheels of power
plants. so the onward sweep of the po-
ltical question of the hour, caught men
and bore them on it's tide. This was prob
ably more evident because the innovation
of recent years-the primary election-has
taken away that political fest the con-
vention. aad its te-conferences, wherein
tact. diplomacy and all the arts of the
political game were most to be brought
into play, in other days, in Montgom-
cry at the old Exchange hotel.
1T is good that the democrats of all
shades OF political opinion-wet or dry
should be gathered together once in a
while to touch elbows and exchange views
calmly and in good fellowship
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Business in Rirminghnm

Business in Birmingham and the Bir-
mingham district is very active" said a
bank official yesterday. In the indus
trial field activity was never more in eyi-
dence, perhaps. than 1t has been this year.
The pay rolls have been at the top notch.
Wholesale merchants and retail merchants
have been exceptionally busy and the
year 1913 will doubtless be remembered as
banner year in our history.
There was a temporary lull in business
all over the country in July, but that was
to be expected. There was much talk
about tight money In New York early in
the summer, but the situation in that re-
spect has been improving right along.
The New York stock market has been up
ward for several weeks and with August
came a feeling of optimism from one end
OF the country to the other. As for Bir-
mingham, conditions here could not well
look brighter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
RAIN WATER LOTIONS

From Affairs at Washington" Joe
Mitchell Chapple, in National Mag
azlne for August.
Investigations recently made have
disclosed the fact that Diane de Poitiers,
the famous beauty who was the envy
of Catherine de Medici, used nothing
more than rain water to preserve her
youthful beauty we'll into the seven
ties. This secret was wrested from
Oudard, her apothecary, surgeon and
perfumer. A bath in those days was
considered a luxury, and all the re-
cipes for beauty lotions handed down
generation after generation resolved In
the last analysis to the use of soft rain
water. The stories of Adalina PATHS
milk baths and white of chicken diet
and other prima donnars' famous re-
cipes and compounds show that the
secrets of beauty remain as fascinating
and quite as mysterious as ever. In
Washington society the preservation of
beauty is topic of er-ending dis
cussion, and in the present rain water
renaissance the old oaken bucket may
not expect poetic reverence unless it Is
hung over cistern where rain water
is stored.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
..Ann. AND aMAwnussn ON srAcr


From the Chicago Tribune
From the scene of the premiere of
Potash and Perlmutter' at Atlantic City,
Lou M. Houseman telegraphs that those
droll stories of Yiddish character were
translated to the stage Tuesday evening
with many evidences of success. AT the
first performance the identity of the plays
architect, hitherto assiduously hidden,
was revealed. Charles Klein now con-
fesses the authorship of the dramatiza-
ton.
Mr.. Houseman tastifies that the play is
free from offensive distortion of Jewish
type and that the two leading characters
are endowed by Mr.. Klein with many ex-
alting elements of heart and soul. The
play tells about their efforts to protect
an innocent young man from harm threat
ened him by foreign government with
which he has become involved in difficult
ties. Two betrothals grace the story's
terminus, and pinochle and politics, love
and law, contribute to the fun and pathos.
Alexander Carr was Perlmutter. full of
tenderness and self sacrifice, and Barney
Bernard was Potash. ditto. Miss Louise
Dresser played cloak designer, Miss
Elita Proctor Otis impersonated Mrs. Pot
ash, Lee Kohlmar buyer, Leo Dom
nelly a salesman, and Joseph Kilgour the
lawyer, Feldman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
Cross Examination

By some attorneys it is considered
the height of talent to so bully and
browbeat a witness that he becomes
confused and contradicts himself. The
methods of such lawyers are we'll
known. They are used in Birmingham
as well as elsewhere. And with all
our pretended civilization, our mouthy
love of justice, they are permitted
Here is an excerpt from an account
of trial proceeding in Atlanta:
As he departed from the inconsequential
incidents of Conley's career and began to
torch ON the vital issues of the trial, the
attorneys benign manner vanished and
his questions We're rasped out in such
rapid succession that many times the
negro did not have time to complete his
answer to one of them before Rosser had
asked another. The solicitor pro-
tested strongly against the method he
declared Rosser was employing to I'M
peach the witness. The objections
for the most part were ovcrruled, and the
cross-examination proceeded along the
same line.
1t is safe to say that even Edward
Douglas White of Louisiana, learned
as he is in logic and the law, with
a mind highly skilled to note and re-
member, might lose both temper and
memory if heckled in such a manner.
Would the most ardent devotee of this
style of questioning contend that it is
done in the interest Of justice? Would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
WHERE He GOT IT

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.7
The honest farmer who took in sum
mer boarders greeted the new arrival!
with truly rural enthusiasm.
Il swan, I'm right deown glad t
meet ye," he cried as he extended hi
horny hand. "Heow's tn folks to HUMP
The man of the party looked at th'
enthusiast with some suspicion.
Farmer" he said. "your dialec
strongly reminds me of the stage va
riety."
The agriculturist grinned.
Its all right, amt it?s he asked. q
gave an actor Teller months boart
free to teach it to me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
MAD DOGS NEVER FROTH

A mad dog does not rushl
Amad dog does not rush
A mad dog does not attack
A mad dog does not froth at the mouth
A mad dog does not fight back even
when corneredl
The symptoms usually described as those
of rabies are only those of a simple form
oe epilepsy. or nervous disorder and they
are not contagious.
Hydrophobia is not caused by heat;
epilepsy is. Hydrophobia is only COM
municable by bite; epilepsy is not COM
municable at all. Dogs suffering from
hydrophobia do not froth at the mouth
epileptics do.
DR.. Wesley Mills says: Discrimination
lies between this disease and epilepsy, or
fits of various kinds. arising from the
heat of the sun as dogs run the Streets"
Again he says: Fear of water is pure
hypothesis so far as the dog is con-
cerned"
Let a poor little house dog, unaccus-
| toned to roughing it for himself, become
nervously excited by the din of the
streets, or overheated ON a hot summer
day, and some fool raises the cry of mad
dog and SHES brick. The dog runs and
| that is enough Men are but savages un-
der restraint and anything that runs must
| necessarily be guilty. and soon a bowling
mob is in pursuit and the dog is lucky
| indeed that escapes.
! Every large city has a dog pound hun
| dreds of men are employed as dog catch
ers. They are frequently bitten. Did any
one of them ever have hydrophobia?
| Hundreds of men in this country keep
nd ,tc1 e..
other hundreds make a business of train
ing dogs for field trials, hunting and por-
forming. They are frequently bitten. Did
any one of them ever have hydrophobia :?
Give plenty of water. Give the dog a
chance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
THE CAVE MAN.

Inc cave man was a lucky wight,
lie mad no cares from morn to night
NO tariff tinkers vexed his soul,
NO income taxes asked for toll
NO referendum hove in sight.
NO lecture problems brought their blight
Ihats where. devoid of care and fuss.
The cave man put It over us.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Inc cave man was a lucky SOUL
He paid for no supplies of coal:
His bosom never bulged with ire,
Because of an exploded tire;
He never had to save on grub,
To pay his dues at any club
In some respects, as you may see.
He put it over you and me.
Chicago Reeord-Herald.
The cave man led the simple life.
When so disposed he beat his wife
And, as the record now affirms.
He did not live in fear of germs,
But ate and fought and slept and played
By disinfectants never sprayed,
And though his stomach may have panied
His old appendix still retained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
HIGH PRICES IN HAVANA

From "Just Jaunt to Cuba and a Visit
With the New President" Joe Mitchell
Chapple. In National Magazine for
August
cisco wharf in Havana. we charter a
cab to the hotel, where a welcome Is
sure to be given, for Americans are
greeted as predestined victims of hap
py combination of Indifferent service
and altitudinous prices-$5, IS, $40, S12
and even $40 per day for a room. The
multiple of 10 is indicated when an
American tourist approaches.
In the luxurious breeze of a tropical
evening. the American business man
meditates In the dreamy delight of a
real Havana cigar--in Havana.
Since 1t has become possible to reach
Cuba by rail, save only the brief ocean
ferriage, the most timid sea voyagers
are soon recruited sufficiently to en-
joy 1t all. The Prado or broadway of
Havana. now paved with cement and
thronged with hurrying automobiles,
elegant equippages and gay throngs,
anu O9 tlctlIlC iiSHtS, Dt-
comes a veritable fairyland on balmy
evenings. The band is playing. and
listening Americans innocently sit down
in some vacant seats, when along comes
an attendant to collect fee Of cents.
The American resents 1t, and i'm
mediate1y hires an automobile at SIS
an hour rather than pay the pittance
for a seat which he feels ought to be
free. After all, it is the spirit of things
to which the American takes exception.
AT the hotel are American papers, mag
azlnes. and other home reminders well
come to the average American even if
he Is only away from his native land
for a few hours Perhaps this surplus
of American journalism leads him to
address cab drivers and policemen in his
own tongue, expecting them to speak
English-but they don't. The Cuban in
sists upon speaking Spanish, and for
the first time many an American has
his national pride punctured as he re-
alizes that there are other people on
earth besides his fellow citizens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
Backing the President

Says Coe l. CraNf ford, republican
senator from South Dakota, speaking
of the Serss>e committee on foreign
relations:
1t is the one great committee of the
Senate into whose deliberations par
tisan politics is never allowed to en-
ter
This should be true, even if it isn't.
William Alden Smith of Michigan has
been waging pop-gun warfare against
the White House and the department
of state ever since the Mexican situa-
ton has verged upon the critical. AS
Mr.. Crawford pertinently says: "They
(Mr. Wilson and Mr.. Bryan) should
not be embarrassed by partisan crit
icism. They are entitled to the loyal
cooperation and support of the Sen
ate without regard to party. Mis-
takes may be made, but the conse-
quencs should not be made more seri-
Gus by improper criticism at this par
ticular juncture."
Let us all hope that the Michigan
man will be silenced by this rebuke
from member of his own party. Mr..
Smith got taste of the spotlight
during the investigation of the Titanic
disaster and he likes it. But his desire
for notoriety should not be permitted
to hamper the government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
From the Chicago News.
When in doubt, tell the firth.

From the Chicago News.
When in doubt, tell the truth.
Every time girls heart is broken she
saves the pieces.
1t is easier to make friends than 1t is to
hold them.
Even the silent man is unable to keep his
Ignorance under cover.
Anyway, no man ever has occasion to
apologize for doing his duty.
Lots of men are willing to sell their ex-
perience for 10 cents on the dollar
Ordinarily. a woman manages to hold her
own-with the exception Of her tongue
If many people were to think before
they speak they would forget what they
were going to say.
Sometimes woman listens to a mans g
talk so she will be ready to start In when
he pauses for breath.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12

anyone deny it is indulged in for the
sole purpose of causing a witness to
perjure himself, and thus iniure the
cause for which he has been called to
give evidence?
The judges have full authority to
see that the cross-examination of wit
nesses proceeds along orderly lines.
But they seldom do so, for the reason
that custom sanctions the other
method.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
From Tit Bits.

From Tit Bits.
" HE most burdensome name ever
bestowed on child was that given
by Arthur Pepper. a laundryman
of West Derby. Liverpool, to his daugh-
ter, born in December 1882. 1t comprised
one name for every letter In the alpha
bet and was certainly ingenious in its
way. running: Anna Bertha Cecilia Diana
Emily Fanny Gertrude Hypatia Inez Jane
Kate Louise Maud Nora ophelia Ounce
Storlxey Teresa Ulysis Venus Winifred
xenophon Yetty Zone. p, of course, was
provided for in the surname, Pepper.
of parental wit occur in the entries for the
past few years. Noah's Ark Smith, Sar-
dine Box. Jolly Death, Judas 1scariot
Brown, One-Too-Many Johnson, Not
Wanted Smith. Bovril Simpson, Merry
Christmas Figgett Odious Heaton, Ammo
Donmi Davis, are the names of children
probably living who will have to bear
them through life unless they wash them
selves clean with subterfuge. How can
such children observe the Fifth commando
ment?
There was for long time a curiosity in
nomenclature on the Australian pension
list. His name was Through -Mueh-Trib-
ulation- w -Enter-the Kingdom-of-Heave
Smith," The officials of the pension de-
partment very pardonably abbreviated him
into "Tribbly Smith" Has any diligent
student of our pension list discovered any
thing that caps this?
1t is not surprising that the names of
It
should be found in real life, for it was
from life that many of them were taken.
Some. as we know were copied from the
names over shop doors, etc, but this was
not the novelist's only source of selection.
Among his papers John Forster found
carefully drawn-up lists of names. with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
p,rmingham's Rapid Growth

This city made such fine showing IN
the census of 1910 that the public VIII
not be surprised at any wonderiul ng-
ures in 1920," said L. P. Marston of ST.
Paul. Birmingham growth between
1900 and 1910 was phenomenal indeed, and
it is evidently growing at a rapid rate
now. About 20 years ago when was
here 1 did not imagine that Birmlng-
ham would become the handsome, metro
,litan oitv that 1t is today. 1t is one Of
the best advertised city in America"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
Important Feast of the Church

"Next Friday August 10, will be one
of the great feasts of the Roman church
the Feast of the Assumption of the Bless
ed Virgin into heaven" said a layman.
.It is known throughout the church as
a day of obligation when all the faith
ful are expected to hear mass. In the
Catholic countries of Europe it is cele-
brated on an elaborate scale ana with
great solemnity. l happened to be In
Antwerp on August 15. a few years ago,
and attended many services at the fine
old cathedral. I had the privilege of being
at evening devotions when Gounod' S
.Magnificat" was sung by about 125 voices
accompanied by symphony orchestra
of so performers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
Apn,ston,s GREAT pipe Industries

Joseph J. Willett one of the ablest of
the Admission bar, was in Birmingham yes
terday on business. He always takes a
general interest In politics. but just at this
time he is very much more concerned with
the development of Calhoun county and
Admission in particular Speaking of the
Model City, he said:
Admission has secured its seventh pipe
works plant. and this makes us the great
est pipe manufacturing city in the world.
Birmingham is interested because the
more than 800 tons of iron we melt per
day comes from the Birmingham district.
Our progress along this line is attributable
to skilled labor and generally favorable
conditions, which includes, of course. the
cost of the iron itself. The Morris plant,
the last one to locate with us, is an origi-
raj proposition, with 100000 capital.
Calhoun county is steadily advancing
in every line; good roads, good schools and
improved farming and general thrift is to
be seen on every hand"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
This inundation of mistemper'd hui
NOR. king John.
Cannot Afford Meat
NOR

A bankrupt butcher of New York
declares that his financial troubles
are directly due to the steadily rising
prices of meat The class of people
who once patronized him, he says,
cannot afford to eat meat at the pres
ent values, SO his trade gradually de-
clined until the bankruptcy court was
his only refuge. He supposes that
those who once fed upon steaks and
chops now subsist upon sea foods, but
he does not know. He is firmly con-
WINGED, however, that they are no
longer eating meat. This butcher
says:
Just compare these figures. Last year
at this time I could sell round steak
at 16 cents a pound and make fair
profit; this year I have to charge "a;
pork chops last year l sold at - cents,
this year I am forced to charge 20;
lamb chops ranged from 10 to to IS
cents. this year I am forced to charge
II to 25; soup meat I sold at 10 cents
a pound last August, now it costs 16
to is.
Such a condition is serious, but the
worst of it is that no relief is in sight.
Predictions are that the prices of
meats will continue to rise, and these
prophecies are given substance by
United States census reports showing
that the per capita supply of beef is
now smaller than ever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
UP TO HIS EARS

From the Ladies' Home Journal.
A small negro boy went to a physician
to be treated for a painful sensation in
one of his ears. The doctor examined and
found the ear was full of water
How did this happen?" he asked, after
he had drained the ear; "been going in
swimming ?"
Nav, sub" said the little fellow; "been
eatin watermelonI'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
THE BELL-BUOY
BY Rudvard xinling.

audyard Kiplng.
HEY christened my brother of old,
And sanity name he bears
They gave him his place to hold
At the heaa of the befry stairs
Where the minster-towers stand
And the breeding kestrels cry
Would change with my brother league inland?
(Shoal! Ware ShoalD Not l.
In the flush of the hot June prime.
Ger sleek nood-tides afre,
l hear him hurry the chime
To tho bidding of checked Desire,
Till the sweated ringers tire
And the wild bob-majors die.
Could 1 wait for my turn in the piping choir7
(shoa! Ware ShoaDi Not l.
When the smoking scud is blown,
And the greasy wind-rack lowers,
Apart and at peace and alone
He counts the changeless hours
He wars with darking towers;
| with darkng sea.
Would he stoop to my work In the gusty mlrkY
(Shoal! Ware ShoaDl Not l.
There was never a priest to pray,
There never hand to toll,
When they made me guard o. the bay
And moored over the shoal
I rock and reel and roll;
: My four great hammers ply
Could 1 speak or be still at the Churcns VIII!
(shoa! Ware shoaD Not l.
The landward marks have failed,
The fog-bank glides unguessed,
The seaward lights are veled,
The spent deep feigns her rest;
But my Is laid to hersbreast,
/ lift to the swell, cry
Could / wait in sloth the Church's oathf
(Shoa! Ware ShoaD Not l.
At the careless end of night,
thrill to the nearing screw
| turn to the nearing light,
And call to the drowsy crew;
And the mud boils foul and blue
AS the blind bow backs
Do they give me their thanks II she clear the banksf
(Shoal! Ware ShoaD! Not l.
The beach-pools cake and skim,
The bursting spray-heads freeze;
/ gather crown and rim
The gray grained Ice Of the seas.
Where, sheathed from bit to trees,
The plunging Golfers lie.
Would barter my place for the Churchs gracev
(shoal! Ware ShoaD! Not l.
Through the blur of the whirling snow,
Or the black of the nlSy seet
The lanterns gather and glow,
And look for the homeward feet.
Rattle of block and sheet
Ready about! Stand by!
Shall ask them fee that they fetch the quay?
(Shoal! Ware ShoaDi Not l.
swoop and I surge and I swing.
In the rip OF the racing tide;
BY the gates of Doom sing:
On the horns of death ride.
shp-length oversize
Between the and the sand,
Fretted and bound. ! bide;
Peril whereof cry.
Would change with my brother league inlands
(shoal! Ware shoaDl Not :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
RorHERMEL sECRETARY

From the Industrial Index.
X. A. Rothermel has become secre-
tary of the Chamber Of Commerce of
Ocilla, Ga. Mr.. Rothermel is sue
cessful newspaper man. He resigned
from the city staff of the Morning
News, Savannah. Ca. to go to Ocilla.
and before going to Savannah was a
member of the staff of The Age-Herald,
Birmingham, Ala. He Is well fitted for
the duties of his new position, in which
he undoubtedly will do effective work
for Ocilla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12

The 1tinerant Workers association, in
annual convention in Cincinnati, las
passed resolutions calling for more luxu-
rious box cars The hoboes complain they
a'e Disseminated against in that passen-
ger coaches are more palatial than eve,
bur the steel fods beneath the box cars
are not even padded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12

John Schrank, who shot Theod, -e
Roosevelt in Milwaukee in the fall of
1872 is now bankrupt. For those who
have forgotten whatever became of John
1t is here mentioned that he is in Wis
eonsin insane asylum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12

Victor Hugo's best known affinity is
said to have written him 1900 love let
ters. Although fairly busy man, there
is no evidence to show that he ever
skipped "a single page of those glowing
missives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12

Theatrical managers are making ambi-
tious plans for next winter, but the pie
ture shows continue to rake in the nickels
and dimes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
BE PROGRESSIVE. E.

BIZ FROGRESSlN Y E..
Rise up, good friends,
And hit the gravel
What though the road
Be hard to travel,
There's nothing else
This life can fill
With more hard luck
Than standing still
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
No. YOU NEVER DO.

Women are the inferior SEX" declared
Mr.. Pompers. with an air of fnality.
on. I don't know about that said
Mrs. Pompers. "You never see two women
waste lot of valuable time arguing
about the respective merits of their
Watches
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
TANGO.

"Noli me tangere,
Is no more the style,
Now it's Grab me, deary!
Paw me for a WHILE"
Though remarks invidious
Greet the vulgar show,
We In postures hideous
Caper to and fro.
"Noli me tangere,"
Is tale that's told.
Maidens once were chary,
Lads were not too bold.
Now things with a bang go,
Nothing's too profane.
Now it's 80 you Tangol
Slosh me round againi"
Chicago Tribune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12
QUITE SO.

1.-THE trouble with you. Differs, is tina
you are too easily discouraged"
''Pshawl That's the kind of talk tina
usually emanates from people who bav'
never been caught under a steam role
themselves"
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12

Another day laborer has fallen heir to
few millions. This should encourage the
street corner loafer to go to work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12

Seventh Day Adventist says that
women wear the "X-ray'' dress deliberate
~ for the purpose of Turing men. Which
Shows that a preacher can be as extreme
IN his language as a woman is in her
costume
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-12

Bulgaria will now have an opportunity
to think it over and realize what an idiot
1t has made of itself.