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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-09-11
RHYME oflModern Mary.

Mary had a little calf,
And it was fat and fit;
nd everywhere that Mary went
The calf showed through the slit.
Triton (Ga.) Gazette.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-09-11

Letter carriers in Russia are PAID
from $3.50 to $3.50 per month.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-09-11
DR.. ALL orey
HAS FOR A E.

Three so, or two 70 feet lots on 4tkt
venue west-cement walks, water and
sewerage, four blocks from Main ST.
Also two-story 8 room house corner
9Th. avenue west and Church Sts., one
block from Main.
A 20 H. p. Ford Roadster, new set
of tires and tubes-but little used.
For rent, a fat OF 6 rooms, complete
n every detail, furnished or unfurnish-
ed, in my new building. Water furn-
ished.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-09-11
The Rainbow Chaser.

Farm and Fireside says:
HE who fails to see the opportun-
tiles where he now is will have the
same eyes in any other location"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-19

lieve in prayer and who long for the
coming of the kingdom of God to con-
tinue in grateful intercession on be-
half of that great and ancient people
who thus confess their faith IN the
one God and Father of all men.
A nation which we all have counted
heather, endeavoring to emerge into
national dignity as a democratic pow
er, recognised by America as the new
est republic on earth, asks US Chris
tians to pray that she may attain
those things for which other enlight-
ened nations strive. 1t is fitting that
all should fervently and continuously
respond. Men and women of every
Christion communion, who have con-
tributed by gifts to missions to bring
about this attitude in China, may well
join prayer to prayer, for as the great
Victorian singer puts it
$50 the whole round earth is every
way
Bound by gold chains about the feet
of God"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-19
No Hope of Coming Back

The republican party lived on a
dead past until it became utterly
bankrupt, and today the ancient or
der of reactionaries stands lower in
public estimation than it did in No
vember last.
1t cannot come back because of an
out-of-date record. Ancient history is
not and cannot be turned into living
issues, and the republican party has
nothing else to come back on. 1t
promoted trusts and built tariff walls
and monopolies until the cost of liv-
ing became serious matter in thous-
ands of honest families, and today il
has no real live political assets.
The progressive party is striving to
replace it, but the progressives are
tied to protective tariff. They either
dodge that issue or else they admit
they are protectionists. How can they
hope to establish themselves while
they evade the great issue of the day
The Underwood bill is considered q
fair redemption of democratic pledges
This is admitted by all fair-minded
men, and if the democrats remain
true to their pledges and to the people
neither the standpat nor the progress.
sive wing of republicanism need be
feared. Courage will be needed while
the Underwood bill is in the Senate
and it the Senate proves true to the
Baltimore platform the democratic
party will stand out even stronger ir
1915 than it did in 1912. To do thi.
1t must be true to its own pledges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
Some people run into debt and others
jump.
When man bottles up his wrath
there is trouble brewing.
1t is easier to love in spite of faults
than because of virtues.
The girl with three engagement rings
is having regular circus.
Give her what she wants when she
wants it and she'll want something else.
The pessimist seems to get lot OF
low grade fun out of being miserable.
Only a small percentage of the in
formation given confidentially is worth
anything.
Satan finds mischief for idle hands
to do. ~-Otherwise there would be fewer
popular novels.
When an ex-widow wants to name the
baby after her first husband she uses
poor Judgment
The reason so many young men are
in love with a girl Is because she has
vivid imagination.
How few are the female blacksmiths,
yet how numerous the women who are
expert wielders of the hammer!
Nearly all of the really great
thoughts have already been thought.
but cheer up! They have been forgot
ten, too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-19
A CIRCUS "SPIELER'S" SPEECH

TN the June American Magazine appears
the Autobiography of Theatrical
Press Agent in which the story is
told of famous Shakespearean actor,
now one of the foremost and richest men
or our>stage. who in his early days was
scheduled by his press agent to make an
address at university in city where
he and his company were to appear. The
arrangement was made without the
actors knowledge or consent, and when
the day came for him to appear before
the university he sent word to his press
agent few hours before the gathering
that he would not be able to appear. The
press agent was angry at his employer.
the actor. and decided to resign, but be-
fore he resigned, he resolved to get
even,' SO he went to a 'spieler" for Bar
NUNS circus and hired him to go before
the university audience and impersonate
the actor. The press agent and the
''spieler' hastily got hold Of a second hand
copy of George Henry's Iewes Art Of
Acting and copied. extracts from it.
which the "spieler" memorized for deliv-
cry as his speech. The story goes on:
AT 2:3O that afternoon. In big motor
car, the spieler, tho circus press agent.
the dean of the university faculty, and
myself drove to the campus where we
found the biggest auditorium packed with
the intellectual flower of the state. and
most of the counties adjoining. / had
previously given out copies of the Grafton
to the local newspapers, and had sent
others to the leading journals In surround
ing cities The spieler turned nary a hair.
He was an old hand at almost any game.
but when 1t came to wind jamming' he
took off his high hat to nobody. Fol-
lowing out the instructions, he maintained
An impenetrable dignity, listened medi-
tatively to the organ obligato which start
ed the exercises, bowed his head modest
ly while the president of the university
uttered gaudy encomiums on the art and
artistry of the celebrated guest OF the
afternoon, and arose amid torrent of ap-
plause to deliver his speech.
"And it was some speech! Carefully
tossing back stray lock from his gray
wig, he shouted, Lad-ees and Gen-tel-
menv in way that gave me the cold
shivers, and then. quickly regaining him.
self, sailed into. The Art of Acting pre-
cisely as Dewey sailed into Manila bay.
He was a revelation and riot. A dozen
times applause interrupted his flow of
George Henry Lewee's diction. Once,
whom he let himself out : bit. he had to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-19

hold up his hand to stop the cheering; !;
and when he had finished the audience
rocked with wid-eyed enthusiasm and
pressed forward to grasp the great man s
fist.
None of my company was present at
the affair, and so the star was not tipped
OH to what had happened until he alight-
ed from the train Monday afternoon and
was handed bundle containing copies
OIL his speech In all the papers and a box
Office statement showing that his house
was sold out for that night and most of
the remainder of the week. Attached to
the statement was my resignation to take
effect Immediately. | went to the circus
that night. After the show the circus
press agent. the spieler. and / had a
blowout In the palmroom of the local
hotel. At an adjoining table sat my late
star, his leading lady, to whom he was
married, and his business manager He
eyed me gloomily, but uttered no word.
Next day headed back to New York.
1.-The Shakespeanean company did q
land office business throughout the state,
but although l have passed him scores
of times on the streets, In clubs and in
hotel lobbies, the head of it has never
addressed a syllable to me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-19

method of asking for and exnectinv .,..
work.
For sanitary as well as humane reasons
,"es snouid ne excluded from the draft
''is ioofh' In addition to being a menace
" 'he public health flies are a nuisance
which can cause more trouble than ona
would expect from so small a source
Last fall l worked in drafting room
which was located near stable. in con-
sequence we were in a position TO attract
all the flies which were hatched tbera
anu we had no screen to keep them our.
during the first frosty days of the fan
taey would come in swarms into Tho warn,
drafting room; there they would dras,
their half dead bodies through tho ,,at
INK; they would crawl with excruciating
,ichies over the backs of our necks. loy
ing the warmth they found there: and a
critical moments of mixing they would
puzz most distractingly in our ears With
out undue exaggeration those flies ea,sed
enough agony of mind and body. enough
loss or time and enoughsloss In efficiency
10 more than warrant the expense of ex-
Guiding them from the office
The furniture and equipment are also
factor In the problem of good working
conditions for the drafting office. In most
modern offices the kind and quality OF
the office equipment are usually of a
character and grade quite satisfactory.
Under these conditions the equipment is
less important than its arrangement and
mt. When the equipment is installed it
is important to bear in mind the comfort
of the plan of arrangement. as well as
ITS effectiveness. When co'nfort is lack
ing 1t is usually due to tile fact that the
furniture is Ill fitting. Craftsmen are tall
ana short, lean and fat, long limbed and
short iimbed and furniture is built to fit
men of average dimensions.
1t is not an uncommon sight to see a
tail man with his knees cramped under
table too low for him. or to find a short
man perched upon a stool too high for
him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-19
State Issues.

1T augurs well, l think, that we are
said an old democrat.
There are several issues and each of
the candidates will stress one or two for
which he especially stands. The railroad
commission will handle the rate question
and no candidate for governor can be
elected If rate regulation is his principal
issue. There will be prohibition issue,
of course, but Alabama is a democra tic
state. and it would logically follow that
the majority of the voters of this state
favor local option instead of statutory
prohibition. The greater part of Alabama
is dry and only professional agitators and
extremists will try to stir up bitter fight
on the liquor question
THE live issues will be in favor of bet
ter rural schools and the abolition of the
fee system. Alabama needs more popula-
ton and 1t needs more capital. Every
thing should be done to build up the state.
Therefore, legislation friendly to capital
should be sought rather than legislation
antagonistic to capital, as some law
makers would have had 1t few years
ago.
There will be several candidates for
governor added to the present list, and
out of the whole number the people will
doubtless elect a safe and sane man who
is progressive enough and yet far re-
moved from radicalism."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-19
Modern Methods in Tuberculosis

Plain common sense has been ap-
plid to the treatment and prevention
of tuberculosis. Once it was thought
that cod liver oil and whisky were the
true remedies, but these have been
discarded to make room for fresh air
and better food. Patients are nursed
back to health by improving the air
they breathe and the food they eat.
The societies organized for the relief
and prevention of the dread disease
spend their money for eggs and milk
and supplies, and scarcely a dollar
goes for medicine-none for cod liver
oil or whisky.
Given money enough scarcely a
patient would die in modern cities of
the white plague, for the modern
lines of treatment cure all but those
to whom relief came too late.
Whether any cure or serum will
help remains to be determined. In the
meanwhile good food and good air
Will restore to health very consid-
cradle number of valuable lives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-19
HONEST OFFICESEEKERS
BY BILL VINES

political hide of some one whom, ,ha,,
believe put crimp in their aspra ations
but outwardly they are as cheerful az a
raise In salary.
only few nights ago some fvo or
SIN candidates for nice fat federal nIur,
which will fall to some one in Alaham.
pretty soon, were seated in a groun in tho
lobby of a prominent hotel in Wos,,,,,x
ton having the SWEETEST kind of tin,a-t,
al appearances. 1t looked more like n
pleasure party without care in the world
than like the contestants in a red hot
scramble for the same piece Of ME ,rha
only thing to mar the occasion was that
one of the candidates for the Job. who
was IN town, was not present His ab-
sence, while not commented upon. was
viewed with suspicion. He was probably
closeted with one of the senator's pourinp
into that perplexed individuals ear the
unimpeachable testimony of everv one
worthy of belief in Alabama as to his
qualihcatons for the place. and pointing
out with great attention to detail why the
governments service in that particular
department would suffer irreparable loss
and the party ignominious defeat. If hv
any chance any of his opponents should;
be preferred over him.
In this advanced age of rapid transit.
publicity and progress the people are ed
ucated up to the point where they no
longer take the politicians seriously. No
one nowadays takes the politician se-
riously except himself, and he does SO
only for publication.
There are many turns, crooks curves
and secret passages in politics, and some
crooks have for a while fourished in the
trade, and have been given preferment
by the people, but they are few and far
between. In the main, most of the Amer
lean politicians are honest and are pa
triots. They practice deception because
1t is part of the system; they will take
every advantage to soak an opponent i'll
the Stats, because il they don't he'll soak
them. Some OF them are selfish and self
centered, and half the stuff they hand out
Is pure and undefled rot but on the
whole they came from the people, and like
the people in the last analyss-if YOU can
ever get it-they are honest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-19
/ASHINGToN, May 1s.-tSpeeiaL)
M The one and particularly attrac-

Nv HoiaiN1io ioN, May B.-tSpeclal.) J
M The one and particularly attrac-
tive thing, which recommends
American politics and politicians TO the
people is the perfect freedom, frankness
and candor with which a candidate for
office-particularly an appolntive office
can and does recommend himself to those
with whom he is seeking influence. or
whom has the appointing power. He as
sumes no false modesty; in fact, false
modesty is not on his list of virtues. He
freely and candidlS admits that he is es-
pecially fitted for the place he seeks.
He then proceeds to get all his friends
to admit it, But while he is SO frank and
open in all these things, he is marvel
ously secretive in everything else. HE
shuns publicity. He lodges a newspaper
reporter with the same punctlious care
and caution displayed by prominent
member of the British parliament toward
a militant suffragette parade When he Is
finally cornered. as he always is, he lies
like perfect gentleman, and wraps him.
self up in the supreme security of his
belief that he is getting away with it." N
Another thing about the American poll
tician which is attractive-if there can be
anything attractive about a politician
| and while this Is denied, it is still debat-
able, Is the fact that almost without ex-
ception they are game losers. To be a
successfM- politician one must be a game
loser, for in politics there must be many
more losers than winners Therefore,, If
one sticks to politics he must make up
MS mind to lose many times perhaps to
win once. In Washington right now there
are hundreds of candidates for various
places in the government service which
are to be handed out some time in the
sweet bye and bye. For each and every
one of these places there are at least six
or seven candidates, and in many in
stances more.
VI course. majority must lose. Only
one can win. But when the appointment
is made the fellows that lose never
"nimper-that is, not in public. 1hev
may Immediately, and they often do
sharpen knife to be slipped into the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-19
HYGIENE FOR DRAFTSNEN

III WERE is very prevalent notion
mat drafting is an unhealthfu oc-
cupation. Just why reasonable peo-
PIE should cling to such an unwarranted
neiief is difficult to explain. vet 1t is not
an uncommon experience to hear men
Voicing a dislike for drafting for no good
reason writes F. G. Higbee, chief IN
siuctor OF descriptive geometry and
drawing, State university OF Iowa. in the
current issue of American Machinist. So
strong is the belief that drafting is an
unheal'nfui business that l have actually
known of college graduates turning down
offers of good jobs in first class drafting
otfices; yet so far as anyone can dis
cover such belief is warranted neither
by facts nor by conditions.
ihere are few simple matters of COM
tort, and convenience, and sanitation
which every craftsman and every en-
pioyer OF craftsmen should bear in mind.
and these matters relate to parts of the
drafting office and its equipment which
are sometimes given scant attention. In
these enlightened days no man is obliged
10 work under unreasonable conditions OF
iapor, ana III craftsmen will give some of
their attention to the essentials of hy-
gienic working conditions in the drafting
office they will have every right to ex-
pect long and useful career at the board
One of these simple matters is cleanli-
ness; 1t Is desirable not only because IL
makes for sanitary conditions, but be-
cause 1t is essential to good drawing
Many drafting rooms are so situated
as to make this not only difficult prob
lem to solve. but an expensive one; yet
the constant effort which may be re-
CURED to keep the office free from dust
and dirt will prove a good investment. 10
provide clean quarters and clean toilet IA
cilities is to set before the men a stand
ard to which they will quite unconsciousIy
conform; and to provide them with COW
ers for their work and to assist them to
keep their work clean is an effective
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-19
MADISON SQUARE TOWER IN SPAIN

w. d. Howells, in Harper's Magazine
l have kept the unique wonder of Seville
waiting too long already for my recog-
milton, though in its 500 years it should
have learned patience enough for worse
things. From its great antiquity Alone
III nothing else, it is plain that the
Giralda at Seville could not have been
studied from the tower of the Madison
Square Garden in New York, which the
American will recall when he sees it. 1f
the case must be reversed and we must
allow that the Madison Square tower was
studied from the Giralda, We must still
recognize that it is no servile copy, but in
its frank imitation has grace and beauty
which achieves originality Still, the Cir
aida is always the Giralda, and. though
there had been no aint-Gaudens to tip its
summit with such a flying footed nymph
rs poises on our own tower, the figure of
Faith which crowns it Is at least a good
weather vane. and from its office of turn
ing gives the mighty bell tower it's name.
Long centuries before the tower was a
belfry 1t served the mosque, which the
cathedral now replaces, as minaret for
the muezzin to call the faithful to PRAYER.
but 1t was then only two-thsfds as high.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-19
TELEPHONE
BELL (private exchange connec'"s "''
Saepartments), No. 49OO.
Such a wnnt-svit sadness makes VI '
THAT 1 have much ado to know myself
Merchant of Venice
Low Tariff in the Senate

The seventeenth amendment pro-
-s,.s foy a new and reformed Senate
e elected by the direct votes
,s he .e.5'e. and not by cliques or
ial intesss in legislatures. But
tf amenfutn- cannot become effec-
tive psls Z period of six years
NAV elaoss .fore the Senate is fully
put on the basis of popular action.
In the Senate of, say, six years
hence, there will be great changes.
Elihu Root with all his mental equip
ment will stand small chance OF re-
election at the hands of the big New
York electorate. There will be no Pen
rose or Lodge in the reconstructed
Senate. In fact, none of the standpat-
ters seem secure of reelection except
the senators of Utah, who are IN the
hands of an all-powerful hierarchy.
The Underwood tariff must, how
ever, come from the Senate as IL
stands at present. It's passage Is a
matter of two or three months in
stead of six years. This is unfortunate
but any adverse action by the old
guard in the Senate will be resented
by the people who have been promised
a revenue tariff in the interest OF
consumers instead of coterie Of
manufacturers. The people know how
to get what they want, and the Pen
roses and Lodges will but invite the
Judgment of the electors whenevel
they get in the way of the Under
wood bill. The country wants it, ant
the country never fails to get wha1
il wants,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-19

attitude of the President of the United
States on great questions. In every
succeeding administration added pres
sure is brought to bear upon the Chief
Executive of the nation to secure his
Intimate views. No President has had
to face this demand to a higher degree
than Mr.. Wilson. 1t is fact that to
this day the President may not be
quoted without his personal consent. A
bona fide Presidential interview is a
rare thing. Nevertheless marvellous
progress has been made in securing the
personal views of the Chief Executive
and his advisers.
When the President is personally con-
suited. the interviewer knows by the
time he has finished the discussion what
he may safely print. In fact the public
often gains by the President not being
quoted; for 1t allows an absolutely free
eatment of the subject, without in
volving personalities, Presidential or
otherwise, as a source of information.
President Wilson was somewhat over
whelmed by the number of newspaper
correspondents which greeted him In
200 special press men at the national
capital and they represent almost every
principal newspaper in the world Mr..
Wilson appeared to be chary about ex-
pressing his Views in their presence.
A great change was noticed after he
mad attended his first Gridiron dinner.
That is an exclusive organization of
about so active correspondents which
has made history by its famous din
ners. No guest, however high his sta
ton, Is immune from it's jibes and good
natured stunts. President Wilson was
made no exception of. He took kindly
to the idea and realized from the tact
which was used in printing an account
OF the affair the next day in the news
papers of the eountry that the Wash
ington newspaper men We're exceptional
1t did much to break down a natural
reserve which he had felt in their
presence.
Inc press arrangements at the White
House are most pleasant President
wilson personally sees the correspond
ents twice week. They gather in his
onice and ask him all sorts of aues-
lions. 1t sometimes seems to be piti-
less fire. but the utmost good humo,
prevails and thing which impresses
the observer is the informality of the
proceeding. Mr.. Wilson gives and
takes like any one of his inuuisitors
he plays no favorites among the indi.
Vldual correspondents, whether the pa.
pers they represent are big or small