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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
POPULAR NOvELIsT,s INCOME

Arthur w. Page, In the Worlds Work.
The financial reward of writing one OF
these far selling books is not SO great as
the earnings of the managers of great
commercial and manufacturing esta ablish-
ments, but 1t does not suffer IN comparj-
son with the incomes of successful men in
other professions which depend upon the
individuals personal effort without offic,
force, factory, or shop. Not counting the
income from serialization of the books IN
magazines, or their sale in reprint edi-
tons, the author of novel that sells 10O.-
COO copies receives in royalties fro-,, that
sale about $4,000. The retail price OF these
books ranges from 81 for small book
like molly Make-Believe" to l.5O for a
large novel such as Winston Churchil's
"A Modern Chronicle" Authors royal
ties usually vary from 10 to 20 per cent of
the retail price of the book. Naturally
the successful authors demand the high
est royalties. The minimum money return
from the writing of novel OF 100 600
sale is about s25,00O and occasionally
there comes along book with larger
sale on which the royalties amount to al
much as $4,000.
For a 100000 sale of the average novel.
for which the author receives approxi-
mately $4,000, the public pays about $780,
600. The retail bookseller takes about
s42,5O0 for his service in getting the book
into the hands of the public. The publish
er spends another $4,000 getting the books
into the hands of the bookseller, and in
creating a demand for them by adverts-
ing. That leaves to the publisher. for the
expenses of manufacture and for his
profit, about $42,5O0. In other words, when
a reader pays $l.s5 for a novel he pays
just half the price for the publishers and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
PROPER NAMES MURDERED

FROM the June Smart Set.
The Standard American pronunciation
of foreign proper names:
Bach-Batch.
Beethoven-Be-thove-'
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Carreno-Care-ee-no
Chopin-Shop-'n
Flaubert-Flaw-ber
Goethe-Goat-y.
Koch-Coke.
La Boheme-Lay Bo-heem
-Paddy-roo-ski
Tannhauser-Tan-h how-ser.
Tchaikovsky-Shay-c -cow-sky
Ysaye-I-say.
Nietzsche-Nit-ski
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

James J. Van Aliens $4,000 awning has
been put up for the season at his sum-
mer home in Newport. The awning or
which three years were spent, was i'm
ported from Egypt and is worked with
figures characteristic of the Orient Mr.
Van Allen personally supervised the
stretching of the awning. Its dimen-
sions are 6ox22 feet. and it completely in.
closes the veranda.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

Assistant Secretary of Agriculture DR..
b. t. Galloway has received a letter
from a correspondent who claims to be
the guy that can take the crow out of
the rooster" DR.. Galloway was SO re-
joieed at the receipt of the news. which
he thinks will eventually put the chicken
In every back yard, that he asked the
bureau of animal industry to experiment
at once with view to soft pedaling
growing rosters. The author of the let
ter says that by removing one of the
vocal cords of an ordinary rooster. which
can be done by simple opera ton, the
noise that wakes" people at the break
of day can be eliminated without iniurjne
the roster, except Lis feelings. The desire
to crow is left in the chicken, and he
goes through the motion of Tapping the
wings, arching the neck, and opening
the mouth, but the effort is noiseless
1t was suggested that absorbant cotton
be put in the neck of the rooster after
the operation, as a precaution The cot
ton, the correspondent said, not only
served the ordinary purpose, but pro-
duced, when the rooster tried to crow. a
pleasing, whistling sound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The I.nIe Mini. GOrmnn

Maj. w. p. German was good true
man and his death, resulting from au
accident in Chattanooga, where he was
attending the Confederate Veterans re-
union, will be sincerely mourned, said
an old citizen.
Major German had a war record as
tinctly honorable. He was always noted
Tor his courage-physical courage ana
the courage of his convictions. lie was
a warm-hearted steadfast friend ana a
high-minded, exemplary citizen. Peace to
his ashesi',
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
IN EVANGELINE'S LAND.

iamation, and not far distant is Even
geiine's well, with its long well sweep
and oaken bucket. Other places. too.
are possessed of similar interest for
the thousands who make their wav
curing the summer northward into
Nova Scotia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

I will not choose what many men desife'
p.c,use I will not Jump with common
spirits
And rank me with the barbarous null
fitudes. -Merchaht VI 'e'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

Those who are fighting Governor Sulzer
because of his statewide primary plan
are fighting their own platform of last
November, even down to the standpatters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

Senator Root is disinclined to run again
before the people, but Penrose is ready
and preparing for busy campaign. Penn
sylvania is still held well in hand by the
bosses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

Uncle Joe Cannon congratulates him.
self that he is no longer the goat. He
refused to visit the reconstructed House
with its green benches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

The court that ordered a man to pay
$10O a month alimony out of a $500 yearly
salary rendered him guilty of contempt of
mathematics to begin with.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

A salesgrl in the millinery department
of r. II. Macy & Co., in New York.
picked up a woman's handbag containing
diamonds and pearls valued at s55 900
which had been left on a counter. lie
bag belonged to Mrs. William L. Walker
of 80 West Fifty-ninth street and it was
returned to her five minutes after she
missed it. Mrs. Walker was on her way
downtown to put Ahc Jewels in her safe
deposit box. She stopped in the store to
look at some hats ana left the bag on the
counter when she went out. A salesgirl
noticed the bag and told a f1oorwalker
He sent 1t to the lost articles department.
where Mrs. Walker found 1t when she
inquired. The management of the store
withheld the salesgirfs name on the
ground that the incident was not unusual
except in the matter of the value of the
contents of the bag
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

1t is safe to say that William Howard
Taft is opposed to any reduction in SOUTH
eln representation. He certainly was last
year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

When the fish from NE Pacific meet
the I.1r from the Atlantic in the Panama
canal the question as to which will eat
the other will naturally arise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

At I.loyds the odds are 399 to that no
war will occur between Uncle Sam and
the Japs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

Governor Sulzer is trying to take away
the jobs of both Boss Barnes and Boss
Murphy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

Turtle Germ Friedman has suddenly
become quiet and retiring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

The report that King George and the
Car Nicholas look like twins does not
fatter either of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

Uncle Sam showed his business sense
when he established the parcel post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
AN EMBRYONIC FINANCIER

Vincent Astor's yacht is said to be
capable of going So miles an hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

Prize fighting of the murderous sort
should be discountenanced and then pun
ished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

The birds are pretty good avators
without the aid of a gasoline engine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

Sarah Bernhardt started on the French
liner Lorraine Saturday. To the crowds
of French men and women, who invaded
her suite yesterday in a rush to speak to
her, Nine Bernhardt said with a smile:
This is the fifth time l have left Amer
lea. and still do not say it is the last
because l hope to come again and again,
if l live. and if my star is still in the
ascendant. Now l go to Paris, and shall
stay two weeks, and then to my summer
home Belle Isle-en-Mer, where 1 can look
out of my big windows on the stormy Bay
of Biscay, and beyond that the rolling
Atlantic. In September 1 return to the
Coliseum in London for four weeks, and
after that to Paris, where 1 shall rehearse
a new play, which Tristan Bernhard
has written for me-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

From time to time Broadway parts
with its landmarks with quite as little
concern as due the loss of old teeth,
but remarkable sentiment was aroused
over the passing of favorite old molar
the Astor House. Many old time Wis
itors to New York from Chicago, Wash
ington and New England points gath
cred in the corridors of the S0-year- old
structure to have a last look at their
haunts and to spend their last night in
the ancient beds. The stripping of the
hotel will be begun as soon as the
guests depart and rooms which have
been occupied by such famous men as
Lincoln Webster and Clay and scores
of other prominent men will be laid
bare for the wreckers who will begin
work in July. The demolition of the
structure is made necessary by the pur-
chase of the site by the city in connec-
tion with the new Broadway subway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
washlngton bureau. 2o7 Hibbs build

Washington bureau. 2o7 Hibbs build
ing.
European bureau, 5 Henrietta street,
Covent Garden, London.
Eastern business office. Rooms 4s 10
80. inclusive, Tribune building Ne"
York city; western business oIlice'
Tribune building. Chicago. The .. ".
Beckwith Special Agency, agents ior-
eign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

TELEPHONE
Bell (private exchange connee.i"S o."
departments), No. 490o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala,
postoffiee as second class matter under
act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
GRAHAM AGAINST
STEP PARENTAGE
Judge Thinks Persons With
Children Should Be De
MED Remarriage
Half Relatives Worse Than
Orphans, He Says, Attack
ing Divorce Evil

The evil of divorce. described by
Judge Graham as a growing plague
of society, is attacked by him In a
written opinion filed yesterday In the
superior court, when. against his own
desires, he was compelled under the
statutes to grant an interlocutory de-
cree of divorce to Mrs. Alice Ender-
son from Louis Enderson. carpenter.
new problem confronted the Judge.
for Enderson had two children by for
mer marriage. and one by Mrs Ender-
SON The husband declared that his
wife neglected his stepchfldren. She
charged him with cruelty.
MY experience IN cases OF this kind.
SAYS Judge Graham in the opinion, "has
been, except IN rare instances, that 1T
is impossible for a mother to look with
the same kindly eyes on the children OF
former marriage that she does upon
her own
"One OF the strongest arguments
against our divorce evil IL the appalling
condition that results from the parties
remarrying and bringing other children
into the world The family becomes q
labyrinth in which blood is crossed
with alien blood life with life, name
with name, q group of diverse psychol-
ogies and physiognomies, half brothers
and half sisters, relatives and strangers
at the same time.
And what becomes OF these chill
dren, demarcated by diverse paternity
and maternity? They are worse than
orphans, for they imbibe, with maternal
love. hatred for their father as the
evidence shows in this case. or they
take lessons from their fathers lips
in cursing their mother
For the sake of the children the
parents should be separated. but also
for the sake of the children the parent
should not be permitted to remarry."
Complaints filed:
Mabelle E. against Ernest c. Niete,
desertion; Mable against Charles A.
Campbell, cruelty; Kirstine against Jens
A. Anderson, desertion.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
TALLEsT sKYsCRAPER IN
WORLD FOR new YORK
Pan-American Association
Plans oo1 Foot Building as
Enduring Monument

NEW YORK. Aug. ga skyscraper
whose topmost tower will rise 9o1 feet
above the. curb Is planned by the Pan
American States association.
Unless ideas miscarry 1t will be built
in this city. constructed wholly OF ma
terials from the Latin-American re-
publics, will wrest from the WooIworth
building the distinction of being the
worlds tailest habitable structure, and
will be ready for occupancy with the
opening of the Panama Pacific expo
sition in California in 1915.
Such, at least are the tentative plans
of the promoters.
Specifications for the structure have
been drawn and will be given to a
building committee of the association
for review and acceptance. Francis
H. Kimball. designer of notable down
town skyscrapers, made the plans. The
estimated cost of the structure IL
s9,000,000. The site has not yet been
selected. 1t Is intended to erect the
building as an enduring monument to
Pan-American industry.
The Woolworth building. now the
tallest in the world. is 760 feet high;
the Metropolitan, its nearest rival, 700
feet.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
Births, Marriages, Deaths

822s Mission street, and Lulu o'Connor, 22'
CovERT-vARNEY-Roy E. Covert. 2s 2I5
San Jose avenue, and Annie r. varney' 20
1885 Webster street.
DELUCCI-CEIONI-ca Delucci. 81, Clover
dale. and Carlotta Celoni. 40, 29oS twenty
DERGAN -HocEvAR-carl Derranc. SO, Val
lejo. and Josenne Hocevar, 10, 3017 Twentetn
GRAY-KANE-T Thomas J. Gray. Fl. and Kath-
crime Kane 49, both Of 454 Scott street
JOKI-LIEDES-Johan Joki. 30. 4l26 iwenty-
sixth street, and Mary $. Liedes, "a, zzo Rose
LAGoNA RsINo-vARN Iagomarsino.
81. and Amelia varni, 10, both Of San Fran
LIOyD-cHArFEE- Benjamin F. Lloyd. 2s. and
Alfredo II Chaffee. %. both OF Los Angeles o-o
CANN--SMITH-Eugere p. McCann. - Zo5
Hartford street. and Florence W Smith, IN
MITTTFR COOPER william w. sfutter. %.
bakersfield and Anna Cooper, 80. Denver,
RIE-cATLISG--George A. Petrie. "a, go
East street. and Florence e. Calling. s5 Fair
sH K-TEAGuE-Frederick shaddfck. 50,
St. Rsnhse hotel. and Nellie G. league, a.
sPExCFH- H-IINEGER-Avery J.. Spencer. 20,
1876 Golden Gate avenue. and Catherine L.
Lineger. IL 552 Willow avenue.
OAKLAND
The following marriage licenses we're issued
Saturday. August 23. 1918;
BLACKWELL = DIETZACH = Irwin Blackwell,
r. Oakland, and Augusta Dietzach 20, Ala
media.
DIcKIvsoN = PEPMILIER-Robert Dickinson.
q. San Francisco, and Meta Pepmiller, Oak
land.
-RArFn-william D. Ford. &c. Alameda,
and Fda A. Rane 80. Oakland.
MORTON-THOMAS-Jam b. Morton, Al, and
August Thomas. 80 both OF Oakland.
RANACCITTI - Observation-Disclosures Ranac-
ciotti. 2s and Fulvia Bianchini, 21, both OF
SonOma City
RILEA-sHocK-Engen r. Riea. 80. and Min
ME Shock. %. both of Oakland.
SHIEL LDS-CR0vALHO r. Shields. 21,
and Gcor~ia Crovaho. 10. both of Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
Midnight Sons Prima
Donna Still Has Her
Ambitions

From Madame Morichini to Zelie de
Lussan and Doctor Wullner the Or
pheum has. in the past. ranged the
sphere OF vocalists. and has always
been noted for Its devotion to the art
OF song. A. songstress alomst new to
San Francisco audiences will appear
today. She IL Miss Alma Youlin. prima
donna OF many light operas.
t.. singer told Call interviewer
tha Srer stay In vaudeville would be
brief. though she liked 1t while 1t
lasted. She is young singer with q
comic opera success behind her. q
present vaudeville vogue and ambitions
Tor q future In grand opera.
Indeed" she said, s1t was singing
in grand opera that obtained for me the
attention of Mr.. RAIDER, who was at that
time, about 10 years ago, in Chicago,
looking for musical talent I was
member OF an amateur grand opera
society. and we were giving Mascagnis
Cavalleria Rusticana. was cast as
Santuzza, and Mr.. RAIDER offered me
three year contract on the spot
I made my debut with Richard Carl
In The Storks." and was thus In
veigled into musical comedy by the
figures on the contract It's hard to
keep ones intentions to GO to Europe
and study grand opera when by stay
Ing at homo one can earn $3.50 per
week at once"
After Miss Youlin's appearance in
The Storks," In which musical comedy
she came to San Francisco, she played
with Carl In The Tenderfoot" and then
In Forbidden Land" The Land of
Nod" in which she was the prina
donna OF the original company, Comm
Thro' the Rye" Joe Howard's THE
Flower OF the Ranch" .'The Goddess OF
Liberty and finally Tho Midnight
Sons" IN which piece she returned to
San Francisco for the first time since
her arrival in The Storks"
What am now after" she says,
is the money. and as soon as 1 ac-
quire enough of it I am going to
Europe to study singing, for my grand
opera ambitions are not dead, and
hardly sleeping"
Miss Youlin's distinction as a vocalist
has additional emphasis In the fact that
she never was in the chorus" and
never whirled with "the merry merry.
Her f1rst step on the professional stage
was a. . prime. donna, for which work
her training and her experience in anna
teur grand opera fitted her, and she
has never been less than prima donna
in any comic opera or musical comedy
since. except when she became two
years ago, a vaudeville star.
At the Orpheum she will be heard In
| several ballads selected from her sue
cessful comic opera repertoire and from
current hits OF the day. Her voice Is
dramatic soprano. OF unusual timbre.
expression and range
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
ENGLISH SPARROW, FOE TO
WEEVIL, ALFALFA SAVIOR
Pest Shown by Savants to Have No
Connection With Seed Is Natural
Food for Despfsed Bird

MADISON. Wis. Aug. IA new
use for the despised English sparrow
has been found by T. II. Parks OF the
Idaho Agricultural college and James
c. Sanders of the University OF Wis
consin.
The scientists. working together
against a pest known as the alfalfa
weevil, have demonstrated that the
pest is not spread through the seed OF
alfalfa, as the weevil feeds on the
leaves and stem of the plant 1t thus
becomes a natural food of the spar
row.
The weevil is OF foreign birth. but
since its Importation has done great
damage and at one time threatened
the alfalfa industry In Utah, Idaho and
southern Wyoming. 1t caused great
alarm among the growers OF the mid
die west also.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
PLANS FOR COUNTRY HOME
The De Guignes VIII Build Pretentfous
House at HillsborOugh
(Special Dispatch to The CalD

Especial Dfspatch 10 The CdHJ
HILLSBOROUGH, Aug. 23.-Plans arc
being prepared for a new residence of
more than ordinary pretentiousness for
Mr.. and Mrs. Christian de Guigne Jr. In
the foothills of Hillsborough, known as
"the city of country estates" 1t will
be erected on a wooded knoll back OF
Mrs Abby PARROTS home and south
of the Thomas A. Driscoll residence.
The De Guignes have As acres there.
and 1t Is an exceptionally attractive
site for home, having fine view of
San Francisco bay.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
MUNICIPAL BAND AT
YERBA SCHOOL TO-DAY
Leader Keogh to Direct Concert I'm the
Grounds Of Greenwich Street


Institutfon
The Municipal band, under direction
Of John A. Keogh. will give a concert
this afternoon at Yerba Buena school
in Greenwich street. The program:
The star spangled Banner.''
March Under One Flag. "..........E Won Blon
Italian. waltz. La Serenata" t''The Sere-
nsue y -. ID Arcy Jaxone
Cornet solo, romance. '-Call Me Thine Own
william Mahood.
Overture. 'sThe Beautiful Galathea".
Intermezzo; al Fresco'. .....-....v Victor Herbert
Soprano solo
lal Sunshine and Roses" .E. Van Alstyns
(b) Down in Dear Old New Orleans. Conrad
Miss Anita Heymans-
Selection. der Freischutz'' z''...................
........-........-....-.C Carl Maria Won Weber
(a) Gavotte, .L'Ingenue" ......... Luigi Arditi
(b) Patrol ''The Blue and the Gray. ........
s..-. 49,. u. w. DalOey
Medley Of popular airs (new), arranged by VIII
liam Schulz, introducing "Anna Liza's Wed
ding Day." when Lost You" Take Me to
Roseland," 'tIn Ny Harem.'' Smoky
Ookums." Welcome Home, .'As Long as the
Shamrock Grows Green" 'San francisco
Bound, When the Midnight choo-choo Leaves
for Alabam''
March, '.The Whip. Abe Holtxman
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
BAND CONCERT PROGRAM
VIII BE Given Today I'm Golden Gate
Park
The program for the band concert in
Golden Gate park Sunday afternoon
will be as follows:

Anthem, ''Star Spangled Banner
Triumphal march. Cleopatra" (frst time)..
....................-...- .Mancineli
Waltz, 'Ammoretten Tame" ............. Gungl
Overture, Marina II flot0w
Suite. Courts OF Granada" Chopin
1-Introduction- 2-Medltation. 3-Serenade.
4-Finae.
Mosaic, .'Un BaIo in Msschera" (by request)
...............-...-... ..-........G. Verdi
PART ii
Excerpts, "Phflomen ct Baucis". "............
.....................C. Gounod, v. Nessler
Song, ''The Trumpeter Won sackingen''
~. fhcneCo
Selection, "Reminiscences Of the Emerald
Isle ...s-.-...- .ooulrey
Paraphrase, die Loreley". .Nesnadba
March, Second Connecticut Regiment.
..-...................-. Reeves
America"
There Will be a special concert at bandstand
Labor-Iay. Monday, September l.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
BIRTHS

PROLLE--In this city. August %. 1918, to the
wife OF William r. Proe. son.
Observation-Disclosures 21. 1913. to the wife OF
Lawrence II. Westdahl.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24

JeweIry worth $40 WIS stolen from
the room Of r. L. France, 334 Stockton
street
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
BISHOP WILL DEDICATE
NEW PALO ALTO CHURCH
Structure COSTING $4,000 Half Com
Dleted-Wm Have Seating Ca
paclty Of 76o

PALIO ALTO. Aug. ssy-work on the
new $4,000 Palo Alto Methodist church
IL progressing rapidly and the building
II now half completed.
It occupies . large lot at the corner
Of Hamilton avenue and Webster street
and will have q seating capacity OF 760.
Rev. Carl M. Warner. the pastor, re-
ccived letter today from Bishop Err
win Holt Hughes. who says he expects
Ito return to California in time to pre-
side at the dedicatorya ceremonies.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
FLORISTS


Brown O. Kennedy aesi s1sTal isss a5fls5.; ss.;
VAL; union: funeral work spec TEL Market 5725-
UNION FLORISTS. phone Market 32s5-Funeral
PARK FLORAL 1437 Haght ST.; phone Park
836-Cut flowers. plants. etc. r. Groves. prop.
Sutter: Franklin 2094. Frank Shibeiey, mgr.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
PENINSULA BAND CONCERT
pispatch to Ths oalD

Especial Dispatch to The OallD
SAN MATEO. Aug 7a.-The Penin-
sula Worlds Fair band has announced
this program for the free open air
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
CARD OF THANKS.

herewith desire to extend
heartfelt thanks to the many friends and ac
quaintances for the many floral offerings and
for the kind expression OF sympathy and kind
ness rendered during the hours Of our recent
bereavement in the loss Of devoted and low
ing brother, David A. Newman.
MRS. H. STRASSER, PHILIP NEWMAN,
SYLVAN NEWMAN. HENRY NEWMAN.
WILLIAM NEWMAN.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
Marriage Licenses
SAN FRANCISCO

The following marriage licenses were issued
Saturday, August e. 1913:
ATKIN-RAYNER-Frank Fl. Atkin, 21, 1901
Pine street, and Hazel c.. RAyner, 20, 1901
Pine street
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24

CARU THANkS.
KUHLKE1The family Of the late john H.
Kuhlke herewith desire to express their heart
the officers and members Of the Independent
Rifles and the Veterans, N G. c., for the
many acts Of kindness. comforting words Of
sympathy and the beautiful floral offerings
extended to them during their late bereaye
ment-
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24

Anthem, ''Star Spangled Banner
march. cleopatra" (first timel