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May Day Dinner

lu0 Idu16S OIL SC. Andrew S cnurch
will hold their annual sale and
serve their May dinner and supper
at Pythian Hall, Friday, May 2. Din
ner from 11.3O to 1 and supper
from $50 to 100.
Dinner Menu, So cents
Braised Beef, Brown Gravy, Mashed
Potato Brown Bread
Tunny Fish, Salad, Rolls.
Strawberry Shortcake, Coffee.
Supper Menu, 20 Cents
Cold Ham, Creamed Potato.
Egg Salad Rolls
Doughnuts. Cake Coffee
Extraordinary bargains just now
in every class of real estate. Some
unusually attractive and economical
trades just listed by Homestead
Realty Co. See ad.
Mrs. Belknap-Miner's trimmer,
Mrs. Hewitt will be back from the
cities Wednesday afternoon with the
latest summer styles in millinery.
Save Al cents on a $1.0O Friday
May 2, at Searles' Drug Store. A
$1.00 bottle of Hypophosphites only
Food Sale
The Women's Club House Asso-
citation will hold a food sale in the
basement of the Pythian Building,
Saturday, May 8. Entrance to the
basement is on Prospect street. The
cooperation of the members is
earnestly requested. Food will be
solicited from the members on Fri
day.
Madame LaFOntaine, late of Bos-
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FRATERNITY MEETINGS.

Passumpsic Lodge, No. II. F. and A. II.
.lled Communication Friday evening,
4y2. Work
Regular Communication, Thursday even
ng. May IS.
FRED H. DoLLoFF, W. n.
DELos NJ. BACON. Secretary.
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Palestine cOmmandsry No. s, K. T.

Palestine commaAdsry No. s, Z. T.
Special Conclave Tuesday, May g. The
Order of Knights Templar will be conferred
Special Conc1ave Tuesday evening, May
13. The order of knights Temp1ar will be
conferred.
Stated Conclave Tuesday evening, May
20.
HORACE A. KIDDBR, Em. Commander.
DELos M. BACON. Recorder
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17

from actual work being done by relia-
BILE citizens, there should be no longer
room to question the fertility and
cheapness of Alabama lands.
"But to eliminate this whole affair
and utilize the data thus obtained the
heads of all the railroads in Alabama
with the representatives of their inn
migration departments, will be present
to consult with land owners and busi-
ness men from all parts of the state
as to how they can best turn that tide
of emigrants now going from the
northwest into Canada into Alabama" !"
This is a great movement, indeed.
1t is well conceived and is certainly
worthy of the active support of all
good citizens. 1t is declared to be
free from any and all speculative in
terests. 1t is not to advance any given
locality, but is for every portion of
Alabama alike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
Auditorium Greatly Needed

"A few years ago visitors asked why
Birmingham did not have one or two large
fireproof up to date hotels of the million
dollar class and now that such hotels are
in course of construction, the question is
naturally asked why we do not have an
auditorium with a capacity sufficient to
accommodate large conventions" said q
business man. Birmingham is one of the
few important cities without an audi
torium.
a chance of expressing themselves In
favor of bond issue for the purpose of
providing this greatly felt need. Two
hundred thousand dollars will give us a
handsome auditorium with a seating ca
lpacity of 5000 or 10000. Five per cent bonds
would be readily taken by local investors.
When we get the auditorium such as is
now proposed we can so out. after great
national conventions.
"One of the most desirable conventions
is the Knight Templar triennial. 1t met
this month in Denver and adjourned to
meet In 1916 in Los Angeles. The Denve,
attendance was upward of $4,000. No city
has an auditorium large enough to seat
that many people, but 10000 seats would
accommodate perhaps those who cared to
attend the indoor meetings Birmingham
should try to get the Knight Templar Tri-
ennal in 1S19.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News
Be generous-but never give your
friends away
Any girl would rather be loved than be
in love.
A stingy man is not popular, but he
usually has the price.
Once in while bachelor has as many
troubles as a married man.
The self-made man should never forget
to make himself agreeable.
The mosquito probably mistakes the
slaps made at him for applause.
Blood will tell and time will tell-but a
woman usually beats them to it.
Inject common sense into a love affair
and it will soon cease to be interesting.
The chap who is born with a silver
spoon in his mouth may live to pawn the
family plate.
When you have occasion to fight, re-
member that the other fellow is probably
scared as badly as you are.
Life is not always one grand, sweet
song for the man who is married to q
woman who thinks she can sing.
Extravaganza is to take ones wife fol
a joy ride in hired automobile instead
of patronizing the street car company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
Men and Money

ITO sacrifice the life of one soldier
for all the dollars which investors and
spectators have ventured in Mexico
would be the supremest folly" says
Charles w. Fairbanks, former vice
president. 1t would be great deal
more than folly. 1t would be GRIM
inal.
America owes protection to its citi-
zens, but it has no right to have its
soldiers act as debt collectors. When
order is restored in Mexico, those who
have suffered financially from the
troubles there will be permitted to pre-
sent their claims in an orderly way.
Risks were run by every citizen of
this country who put money into Mex
leo. Each knew those risks, and hoped
to profit in proportion to the chances
taken.
President Wilson and his advisors
are striving diligently to settle the
Mexican imbroglio. 1t is intricate and
perplexing. The situation must be
handled delicately, firmly, patiently.
The powers Of Europe seem inclined
to allow Washington to pursue with
out hindrance the policy which it
thinks best. Surely the people of this
country should be as considerate.
Such men as Senator Fall and others
who have a pecuniary interest in the
outcome of the negotiations should
keep quiet. Their attempts to embroil
this nation with Mexico are not pa
triotic; plainly, they are scarcely de-
cent.
The army and navy are ready for
any eventuality, and feel that they
could soon put things to rights. That
these facts are so is merely incidental.
Mr.. Wilson's aim is far higher than
to involve the United States in war
that would bring it no credit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
The Panama Canal Zone

Perhaps one of the last places that
person would guess if asked which
was the most orderly community in
the world would be the Panama canal
and yet, according to Mary Gay
Humphreys writing in a recent issue
of Scribner's, the conditions existing
there are such as to furnish a model
for all communities. She says:
In all this wide, wide world the most
orderly community is that of the Pan
anna canal zone. Here is the least
crime; here are the fewest misde-
meanors, the least exercise of the func-
tions of the courts, the most indus
trious, the fewest idlers, absolutely no
poor equally conspicuous the absence
of the rich.
With its steam-shovels working like
sentiment beings; its locomotives rush
ing about like screaming busy-bodies;
its cement buckets swimming over
the earth and riding the air to per-
form their varied tasks; with the long
dirt trains weaving and turning on
their tortuous tracks like pythons;
still the most persistent impression is
of beauty, orderliness, and pro-
priety.
The greatest public work the world
has ever seen is carried on not only
with unremitting diligence, enthusiasm,
and honesty, but with elegance,
high standard Of living. and moral
to which the oldest and most opulent
cities have never attained. These are
the words of truth and soberness. The
problems OF the engineer are greater
than man has ever before encountered
but in kind. The cubic yards Of dirt
and cement transcend experience, but
only in bulk. 1t is the organization
that is without precedent in the whole
history of public works-it Is this that
is the eighth wonder of the world.
In this organization there is no detail
so minute not to have received atten-
ton; from the most puzzling problems
in engineering to tho American
youths love of ice cream nothing
seems to have been left unconsidered.
This elaboration of detail has doubt
less been gradual; but to the visitor
coming upon it's completeness today
the impression is staggering, and not
unmixed with envy.
The great noticeable feature in con
nection with this great work is th'
entire absence of graft with it's at
tendant scandals, and this point il
worth remembering when the tim'
comes to reward and honor those wht
accomplished the great work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
o sovereign mistress of true meIan-
chOIy. Antony and Cleopatra.
Unique and Worth While

There are press clubs and press
clubs but no press organization exist
ing anywhere will approach in scope
or elegance of domicile the Birming-
ham Newspaper club, just now in the
public eye. 1t will occupy the entire
twentv-fifth floor of the Jefferson
County Savings bank building-the
tallest building outside of New York,
not including towers in few other
cities. 1t will have also exclusive lease
of the roof garden. The club will spend
$4,000 in furnishings and the owner
of the building, the Jefferson County
Savings bank, will spare no expense In
the permanent appointments of the
newspaper club quarters.
Among the attractive features OF
the club will be a roof garden cafe for
active and associate members with
provisions for ladies who may be
guests of the members in the cafe.
The actual newspaper membership
of this new organization is only about
100 in round numbers but it will have
an associate membership made up of
business and professional men-the
same class of men who make up the
Il 40 n
Commerce and who are known as Biz
mingham upbuilders. The associate
membership is being enrolled rapidly
and few movements in Birmingham
have been accomplished with more en-
thusiasm than this, which seeks to
bring the business men of the district
into close touch with the newspaper
fraternity.
This Birmingham Newspaper club is
as worth while as it is unique. Like
the Birmingham Ad club, it will ad-
vertise Birmingham in a legitimate
way and it will increase immeasurably
the dignity and the prestige. of the
city of Birmingham as great pulsat-
ing civic as we'll as industrial and
commercial center.
But what fills every member of the
Newspaper club with pride and joy is
the alacrity and ardor with which the
associates are responding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
MIR. Melzer's Philanthropy

Indiana animals, other than the hu-
man kind, may lie down each night
serene in the knowledge that in the
misty mazes of the future their
progeny will be assured contentment
and luxury never dreamed of by their
ancestors-that is, if A. Melzer's S
proposition is taken up.
Mr.. Melzer, it will be recalled, has
offered to Governor Ralston GER
tificate of deposit for $4,000 to be held
for period of 18 years at per cent
interest, compounded semi-annually
At the expiration Of that time the
$4,000 and compound interest would
amount to $1O,199.13.
This sum is then to be divided into
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17

rally the responses are somewhat in
dignant.
The new law provides series of is
or 20 questions which must be answered
under oath. 1t could hardly be expected
however, that even an imbecile would
admit his deficiency in the presence OF
his sweetheart. An epileptic, under
the sudden shock of the questions
might throw fit for the benefit Of
the license clerk, but it Is hardly
likely that the questions would bring
out the truth in any circumstances
The law merely gives the applicant a
choice between perjury and admitting
humiliating facts about himself or her
seem the lesser of the two evils. es-
pecially as the admission of disease
or imbecility means a refusal of the
license to marry
Wisconsins law providing for a doc
tors certificate is really much saner,
because 1T permits certain degree of
secrecy. There is an opportunity for
an imbecile to consult his doctor first,
and IL refused certificate he might
then excuse himself from marrying on
| the ground that his salary has been
reduced.
The trouble with all this eugenics
business is that it seeks to do for hui
man being what has been done for
horses and pigs. Human beings, how
ever, are not horses or pigs. Animals
can be mated scientifically" because
they don't know any better" With
reference to human beings, eugenics fails
to take account of that indefinite quail
ity in mating known as affinity. We fee
| physical and mental attraction and phys
ical and mental repulson. Horses
and dogs can express their likes and
dislikes. and consequently man mates
them according to his will.
| The apostles of eugenics. however
might just as well make up their minds
that they can't breed supermen as hne
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17

two equal parts and deposited in two
banks of the state at the best rate OF
compound interest obtainable for an
other Is years. This scheme is to be
kept up until the year 2111, when mil
lions will be available for the estate
Animal Relief fund"
The completed sum, according to the
plans of Mr.. Melzer, would then be
turned over to a commission of six
residents of the state to be appointed
by the governor at the time, and this
commission will FORMULATE rules and
regulations for its expenditure.
1t all sounds mighty nice for the
progeny of Indiana animals other than
human. But there is a rift in the lutte,
a fly in the ointment, as there usually
is in such schemes of pure philan-
thropy. If animals other than human
continue to decrease in numbers at
the present ratio, there will be no
progeny on which the income of Mr..
Melzer's multiplied money can be ex-
pended. 1t would be possible, however,
to employ it for the relief of decrepit
automobiles and homeless aeroplanes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
Land Congress Plans

AS the fall approaches lively inter-
est is being felt in the Alabama Land
congress, which is to meet in Birming
ham the first week in November. A
circular letter to the newspapers of
this state has just been sent out by
the land congress management in
which the plans and purposes of the
congress are set forth in detail. 1t is
hoped and believed the press will give
these plans consideration and keep
them before the public.
AS has been pointed out, if the
newspapers do their part this congress
will mark the beginning of new and
greater era of progress for Alabama
than had been even dreamed of few
years ago. The plans outlined in the
circular letter may be summarized as
follows:
"The soils of the state will be dis
cussed and their adaptability to speci-
fic crops explained. Then the various
crops that are being produced on these
soils, with those to which they are
adapted, will be presented by those
who are doing the things they will
talk about, so that there will be gath
cred reliable data from every branch
of agriculture, horticulture, citrus
fruits, nut growing, cattle raising,
dairying, poultry, hog raising, horses
and mules, together with discussions
on rural schools, rural living condi-
tions, good roads and rural credits,
such as will give an epitome of Ala
bama, designed to answer every want
of the homeseeker rthe investor and
all up to date in every particular.
"It is believed this congress will be
a revelation no less to great majority
of our own people than it will be the
source of surprise and conviction to
those on the outside.
"It has long been one great draw
back to those who were trying along
individual lines to attract settlers to
Alabama to convince these that lands
which were claimed capable of such a
wealth Of products could be bought SO
cheaply, and now when a great gath
ering Of our own people presents facts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
THE MYSTICISM OF THE EAST.

Ed w. Howe in his Travel Notes.
You hear great deal of the "Mys-
ticism of the East" This mysticism
is as foolish as the doggerel used by
children when they count the buttons
on your coat: "Rich man, poor man,
beggar man. thief; DOCTOR lawyer. mer-
chant, thief" and so on. Mysticism
never means anything. The west solve /
riddles and discovers how to produce
hundred bushel of corn to the acre !;
the east pays great attention to mys-
ticism and has more poor, dirty and ig-
norant people than any other part OF
the world When the plague breaks
out in the east, as a result of foolish
pilgrimages to Mecca or Benares, the
pilgrims says the plague is a part OF
the mysticism of the east, and continue
to drink holy and dirty water. But
the men of the west have a better doc
trine. It's chief tenet Is "Clean Up"
and the plague disappears before 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
THEY PRESERVE.

From the New orleans States
Karl Hutter the millionaire inventor
of the porcelain beer stopper, whose
unfortunate death. due to melancholia
was recently reported in New York
could bring his perennial humor q
bear even upon his own malady.
Thus. at the New York Athletic
club, discussing the difficulty of es-
Gaping from melancholy and low spir.
its, Mr.. Hutter said one evening:
TROUBLES are like misdeeds. and you
know how it is with misdeeds, Ell?
''You may rest assured that il your
misdeeds find you out. they will call
again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
University Free p,spensarv

Attendance at the University free dis
pensary at the Birmingham Medical COL
lege is steadily increasing" said DR.. H..
S. Ward. president of the Birmingham
Medical society yesterday. "and new men
are being added to the faculty of physi-
clans almost every day
I'VE are now conducting daily clinics in
medicine, surgery and diseases of children,
and in spite of the crowded condition OF
the dispensary the list of patients is in
creasing. There is no doubt about the
projected campaign for new dispensary
building meeting with success, for the cit
liens of Birmingham and vicinity cannot
help but realize the Importance of the
work being done there.
The old building has long been too
small, and new and more adequate quar-
ters must be had as soon as possible. Ev-
cry one VINO is interested in humanitarian
work or doing good and giving help to
those who need it should visit the dispen-
sary and see for themselves what is going
on there"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
SOFT Hazy August Nights

Friday night was out OF the ordinary
in these August days and nights of almost
insufferable heat, said a suburbanite
1T threatened all sorts of things, wind
electrical storms and heavy rainfall, but
how calmly and peacefully it passed into
a cloudy morning with pleasant temper
ature. l was particularly struck with
the foggy night and the hazy moon. The
air was delightful, and / fell asleep in
the early part of the night-just to take
nap, but l slept-deep slumber-for an
hour and a half. How different the ef-
feet of such nights and such rest, upon
the individual. We feel so much better
hImored and are less easily perturbed
over the vexations of real life. with it's
ever recurring disappointments, and some
times unexpected happenings that try all
the mettle of our nature"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
A "FIRsT NIGHT" CROWD ON BROADWAY

fore his getaway. Evelyn Nesbit Ihaw
was there and did stunt as Sunshine.
the Home Girl'-her lines Rags are
royal raiment when worn for virtues
saken knocked e mout."
"rhere's Bob Edeson--he's up from
his place on Long Island"
Staten Island
rs ii? Well, they tell me it's swell
hangout. How do they do 1t? He amt
had a big hit since 'Strongheart.'
Search me! There's Jack Rosenthal.
He's manager of the new theatre In
San Francisco that G. NJ. Anderson,
Bronco Billy the guy who made
million as cowboy in the movies, built
out there on o'Farrel street"
"Yep, I hear Jake is going to give a
big two dollar musical production out
there for dollar a throw and down.
Nothing too big to produce, nobody too
high priced to hire
'It can't be done. But introduce me,
gotta idear--''
There's Berthe Hartman and Max.
They got place at Sea Gate. That's
Morris Gest with them-he's starring
Gertie and Polaire and Ldy Constance
Richardson. Two of the danes is fight
ing already about how they'll be billed
and featured. but Gertie don't care"
Sure. she don't care. 1 heard she
says 1t amt how you come on, it's
how do you get overt"
Il hear Lady Constance Richardson
is going to do a September Morn
dancer"
Sure. but 1t can't be done without a
makeup
"whaddya mean. it can't be done
without a makeup?"
We'll, she's got to make up her mind
whether they'll stand for 1t west of tho
Ohio river"
Sure, they'll stand for it, if she says
she's dancing in the Ohio river"
'The show will carry two carloads of
scenery"
yep, but the costumes go by par
eel post. There's Big Bill Edwards .
'Who. the fat guy? What does he
play in?"
White Wings, they never grow
weary. He's street cleaning commits
sioner."
| Inat OLD stutf. But maybe it's
to be done over for a big moving pic
ture production. l hear they're going
to do Ben Hur' and The Round Up. .
Some of them are going to get their
bumps doing those old theatrical sue
| cesses in the movies. Don't you know
the ideas have all been stolen and put
on the screens years ago?"
who are those two everybody
shaking hands WITH"
That's Rube Marquard and Bios
som Seely. That guy gets over In vau-
deville, too"
"Well, Eddie Foy is a good ball
player. There's Eddie now. He's got a
sore heel"
| HE got sorer than that when the
hot spell dried up the box receipts OF
Over the River in Calgary Can"
Just the same, Eddie Foy Is a sue
cessful father. He's got enough boys
| to make a ball team"
Lucky he wasn't dippy about
cricket; that takes IL to play it,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Optimism in business circles

while the cereal crops are not quite
as large as they were last year they are
large enough to stimulate business and
heighten the spirit of optimism through
out the country" said T. f. Newton Of
Chicago. I'm the south, taken as a
whole, the crops will bring more money
this year. perhaps, than ever before. This
years crops in Texas alone are esti-
mated to be worth in money about $780,
900, oOO
Alabama, understand. will have very
large crops. Its cotton yield will prob
ably surpsss that of last year which
vas next to that of 1911, the record break
ing crop in this state. Alabama has not
been attracting attention as q corn pro-
ducing state, but I am told that this
year 1t will make new high record in
that crop. ] learn that great attention
is being paid now to alfalfa, and that the
alfalfa belt in Alabama Is going to add
untold wealth to the state. 1 do not see
what can keep Alabama, with its great
mineral and agricultural resources, from
being one of the richest states in the
union"