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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
A SAW FOR NEWLYWEDS
m Popular Mechanics.

From Popular Mechanics.
Many of the small towns in Europe
have distinctive wedding customs which
must be observed, and of these the old
mountain town of Wildermann, in Ger
many, claims one that is particularly in
terestng and quaint. On the day before
the wedding the young men interested in
the couple place a saw-horse on the top
of the house where the bride is lodging.
usually upon chimney. and the BRIDE
groom has to take 1t down before the
wedding.
On the wedding day the couple and =
rope barring their way after they leave
the church, and they are not allowed to
pass until they have sawed in two the
knotty log lying upon the horse. The in
habitants of the town gather around to
watch the saving. which Is supposed to
show whether or not the couple will pull
well together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
Secondhand thoughts are sometimes
best.
Where there's a young widows will
there is marriage.
The girl who fully intends to marry her
ideal usually compromises.
Girls shouldn't marry until they are
old enough to say yes
A man without ambition is as useless
as a last years dog license.
A man plays the game of love for pas,-
time; woman plays it to win.
/ ManyAa mans soiled character has been
washed in a womans tears.
If street cars were to run backward.
how would women manage to alght?
Every marriageable woman believes
that a ring on her finger beats two at the
door.
Perhaps it is the house on the other
fellows lot that makes us dissatisfied
with our own.
1t sometimes happens that while a man
is watching his enemies his fool friends
get away with him.
Frequently you meet benedicts who look
as though their wives had caught them
robbing the ice chest.
Most men who live in city have a
hard time proving to their country ac-
duaintances that they are strictly honest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
The Cooling Rain

The downpour of rain yesterday
afternoon was most grateful to man
and beast and to the growing crops.
1t came as the goosebone prophet of
The Age-Herald had predicted. The
official forecaster who represents
Uncle Sam had been extremely eau
tious during the past few days as to
local showers and in Saturday morn
..ing's Age Herald the government
made no mention of rain. The Age
Herald forecaster, however, predicted
with an authoritative air that we
would have an electric storm within
"a hours.
The long hot wave was what the
growing crops needed. It was op-
pressive to humankind, but, in view of
the good it was doing to corn and
cotton, only chronic croakers COM
planned.
Yesterdays rain came in the nick
o time. 1t was needed and Provi-
dence sent it as a blessing
Alabama will probably be visited
by showers every day or two until
the earth becomes thoroughly soaked,
but if there We're no more rainfall
for week to come the crops would be
safe and the days and nights would
be cooler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
That $500. .OOO. 900 Music Bill

Few recent addresses have at
tracted more attention than that of
John c. Freund of New York before
the New York State Music Teachers
association at Saratoga in which the
well known music editor discussed the
"musical uplift" which has taken place
in America during the past decade.
Mr.. Freund dealt extensively in
statistics and with his keen analytical
mind drew large and important de-
ductions. His statistics, which were
as startling as they were illuminating,
have been reproduced and commented
upon by the press generally.
The people of the United States,
according to Mr.. Freund, spend in
round numbers $600,000,000 year
for music in some form or other, in
cluding, of course, the manufacture
of musical instruments. The largest
item which Mr.. Freund presented was
$3.50, 100000 under the head of "Musi-
cal Industries" Tuition came next
1882, 100000. People pay for admis-
sion to concerts $30,000,000 year.
Theatre orchestras cost a total of
$4,000, 900, and under the head of
operas is the item S8,000,000. Church
music has been costing more and more
in the large cities and during the past
decade, Mr.. Freund pointed out, some
thing like s55, 100000 year had been
paid for choirs.
In his address, the music editor,
said it must never be forgot that
from 70 to rs per cent of all the
money spent for music was spent by
women. He said that as women had
unquestionably formed leading fac
tor in the musical uplift in the United
States they would not only continue
to do so, but would, in the coming
years, "carry us to higher plane of
musical appreciation and culture" and
in this way prepare the nation for an
artistic growth which could scarcely
be prognosticated.
The facts presented by Mr.. Freund
are significant in showing what a
hold music has on the people; but
there is music and music just as there
are various grades of literature. 1t
may be generally admitted that those
who attend musiaH performances in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
RUNNING FOR OFFICE in JEFFERSON

spector has written a sacred communica-
tion to one of the members, explaining
that he ardently desired the job, not be-
cause of the rich stake entailed, but be-
cause in recent years he has grown TOO
fat for actual toll. Shades of Budweiser
no Falstaf Who does not recall how
that historic gentleman, despite beautiful
vibrations of his fatted cells, fought and
perspired four hours by the stolid face of
Tewkesberry's clock? And yet, In this
age when swords no longer flash spon-
taneously In the cause of honor, we find
men who would serve the country SIM
ply because a growth of surplus flesh has
ate county in that It's men grow so strong
in flesh! Fortunate county in that ahead
no stern breakers row appear
Sometime ago we read where young
man, having lost his leg in street car
accident. grew respondent that he cut
his throat. Suppose on the other hand,
hV ShV'io hdNC Wuisptitu W tllOSt NHO
came running to render aid:
Save your tears, my faithful friends
Announce me a candidate for coroner
Could he have been defeated? No.
Would any man have dared to stand
against him? No. Then what a prodisel
waste of glorious opportunity In the
before God and man as a worthy candi-
date for a long sesta beside the political
trough, he ruthessly drew a razor blade
through the quivering tissues of his
throat
Were all to follow his pitiable examrle,
the prospects of the county in the present
emergency would not seem half so bright.
great roll which annually nips its mill
lions from the United States treasury.
The great difficulty which stands in
the way of purging the pension roll Of
the United States lies in the fact that
pensions are splendid vote-getters and
vote-holders. The political self seekers of
both parties stand as man in defense
of those great abuses and thwart sue
cessfully every effort to publish the list
of persons who are drawing pension
money from the United States govern
ment The resolution to make the list
public is invariably lost in the scuffle
whenever the pension question is up But,
next to doing the right thing, is the effect
of doing the wrong thing so hagrantly
that all the world wonders. The pension
scandal in the United States is now such
"A screaming absurdty that reform is in-
eyitable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
THE LONGING

BY Arthur Wallace Peach.
From all the worlds unresting
Freedom comes at last:
Toll and ceaseless questing
End, and grief is past.
But though the sleep be restful
I'll hunger for the trail,
The old earthways or effort
Where bravest hearts may fail.
I'll yearn to hear the voices
Where ones / love abide,
Recall the hills at sunset,
Birdsongs at eventide.
I'll dream OF scenes Of action.
The cheering cry of friend.
And. feel the peace that follows
When days long labors end.
My rest shall know no stirring,
No part in strife Of men;
But, o, shall be longing
To live the years aSaini
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

A MAN made the statement the other
~ day that bald heads were caused
by a lack of religious faith. He
may have been talking for publication
and he may have been talking for fun,
the two processes in most cases being
identical. We do not know whether his
head is covered with a fine growth of
hair or not, but 1t is safe to assume,
without knowing the person and without
wishing to know him, that he has locks
that are truly "amaranthin." 1t is hard
to believe that the man means what he
says. Because man has lost his hair,
does 1t naturally follow that he has lost
his religious faith? 1t does not and no
proof worth while can be adduced to
substantiate such a charge. Some of the
were minus the covering nature intended
for the top of their heads. They were
not hypocrtes, either. Their piety was
deep and lasting, their faith the sort that
moves mountains. We conclude that
halo is not becoming to a bald head,
having a tendency to aceentuate the
simmer of the pate by reflection, but
that is beside the case That is a matter
of the future, of the hereafter. In this
world saints don't wear halos | there
are some sanity people who don wear
any hair to speak Of We suspect the per-
son who attributes loss of hair to loss of
religion is in love with that saying, "A
bald-headed reprobate' 1t fits, we ad-
NIT, In some cases, but not in ALL What
chance would a bald-headed villain have
in a play? And in real life the long
haired villain is a factor to be reckoned
with Enough Bald-heads sit in the
front row at church, as we'll as at the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
MISTAKEN FOR ONCE.


my wife is rather clever at cross.
examination, but yesterday she guessed
wrong"
"Ho wwas that?"
II told her | had met an old college
friend down town. Before | could con-
tinue she interrupted, And he suggested
that you adjourn to a convenient place
and imbibe certain stimulants as an aid
to "Reminiscences Then told her that my
old college friend was a celebrated
preacher now and she didn't have any.
thing to say for nearly 10 minutes"
UNUSUAL CASE.
An indolent boy
is Johnny FitzRay-
touch of spring fever" | take it.
And I'm sure that if he
Found sugar plum tree.
He'd be just too lazy to shake it.
DOUBTFUL.
"of course your ear is the latest
model?'
I'm afraid to say. Motor cars are al
most as soon out of date as womens
hats. You see. I've had my car MONTH"
PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
A SUMMER DIFFICULTY.

correspondent complains that he
can't wear belt without being forced at
frequent intervals to hitch up his trous-
ers. Being built for speed ourself, we
know exactly how he feels and where the
trouble lies. The only sensible thing to
do in a case of this sort is for one-mea1-
to pair of good suspenders Then they
will stay hitched
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Capitol Park

Now that it is settled that park con-
cefts VIII soon begin in Capitol park.
1t is hoped the park commissioners will
have the broken lamp post, which stood
as one of the night guards on Park ave-
nue., replaced said a clubman.
capitol park is very beautiful spot,
and is as well kept as the limited means
of the city will admit. But a new lamp
post can be purchased for ss or 80. The
park lamp posts were made by the Ma
tional Foundry company of Admission, and
1t might be that General Manager Sehu-
macher would make concession or make
the city a present out and out. But as it
is the broken lamp post on Park ave-
nue. at the head of Twentieth street at
tracts attention and causes unfavorable
comment.
Someone called attention to this broken
post in the columns of The Age-Herald
two or three weeks ago. As the initial
concert will be given on Sunday, July 6.
will it not be possible to have all the
lamp posts in good order?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
As to Tariff Revision

while in Pittsburg recently | met many
prominent men at the DuQuesne club and
naturally heard some talk about the Tn
derwood tariff measure" said W. L.
Leake, but the references were chiefly
iocular The business men of the country
have discussed the effect of tariff revi-
sion and one hears little adverse discus
sion of it in the east
president Wilson's determination tC
have the currency reform bill passed
meets with hearty approval in financial
circles Practically the only thing that
is worrying now is the fact that Con
gress will not be able to adjourn befort
September. If Congress could adjourn
within the next few days the effect on tht
business world would be most excellent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
Wonderful Development at Boyles

The people of Birmingham who travel
northward over the Louisville and Nash
vile only occasionally can have no idea
of the great development that is in pro-
gress at Boyles, a few miles distant,
said Arnold Masberg. "A year ago Boyles
was scene of development of far-reach-
ing Importance, and today it suggests
marvellous things for Birmingham.
THE very fact that the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad company is making
such large expenditures in its Birming-
ham yards at Boyles gives ample proof
of the future of this city.
Recently there has been a very active
inquiry for the building lots of the Wash
ington Park Land company, of which l
am president. Many lots have been sold
within the past two weeks, and as there
are only 27 of these lots all told few,
If any, will be left unsold at the end of
the present year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
NO HARM DONE.

young man read an exquisite poem
the other day and then exclaimed, '"That's s
bear.' Fortunately the poet has been
long dead so 1t didn't really matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
NAME, PLEASE?

NAME, PLEASE?
Jim Ham Harris, who lives in Chicago
greatest permanent color scheme that
walks on two legs He has very pink
whiskers, which are charming contrast
to his very blue eyes-especially as the
whiskers grow close to his eyes.-The
Popular Magazine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
Remarkable Historical Coincidence

''The remarkable coincidence of names
in the Gettysburg campaign, and certain
notable battles of history is rather strik-
ing." said Percy Clark.
General Lee had his headquarters al
Bunker Hill on the movement to invade
the enemys country Gen. j. 4. b. Stu
with him.
Then there is Waterloo, Pa, about five
miles from Carlisle, which latter place
the Confederates occupied, and where
Stuart burned the Federal barracks.
General Stuart says his movements
were predicated upon a concentration OF
the three army corps either at York. cf
Carlisle, or in that immediate section;
that when ne reached York he had no no.
tice that Ewelrs corps had turned toward
Gettysburg; that no information or guide
was left for him and that therefore he
had to make the long and useless march
to Carlisle ana return on the movement
to join the army at Gettysburg-a retro
grade movement.
Although General Lee met his Water
loo at Gettysburg, it was more the resul;
of poverty of supplies and ammunitio1
than the prowess Of Meade's overwhelin-
ing corps, many of them fresh troops, and
intrenched upon hills and ridges; yes
mountains, such as Round Top. Think OF
troops, over "A hours without food. march
ing barefoo,ed, many of them, miles IL
the July sun and bravely charging the
heights of Seminary Y Ridge and the steer
front of Round Top, as Lees men did July
g Then consider cavalry and artillery
horses, mere skeletons, thousands of them
only fed on grass for weeks. 1t is nc
wonder that Lees army. travelling rough
roads, did not move in unison and be-
came scattered, comparatively speaking
During the very critical and crucial houl
of Pickett's charge, many confederate bat
teres We're forced to cease firing for laci
of ammunition.
Gettysburg, the greatest battle all IL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

Lillian Russell is still one of the most
popular women on the stage, despite the
fact that she is telling people how to live
100 years at a time when the high cost
OF living is almost insurperable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

The reviews of some new musical shows
in Paris is highly interesting, but not on
account of the manrfer in which the cos
tunes are described. The chorus. in par
ticuar, wears practically nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

In a Kansas town the commissioners
cut down the mulberry trees because the
berries fell on the sidewalks and soiled
womens skirts That's what they get
for trailing EN-.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
CHEAP PHILANTHROPY

MY heart goes out to you, poor man."
Old Titefist softly said,
But kept his grip upon his purse
And did not offer bread
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

A man who was once mayor of Rich
mond wants to poison the editors and
owners of a newspaper or blow up the
plant, because he was indirectly criticized
for some of his public acts. We under
stand now why 1t is that he is no longer
holding office
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

Picture of James Montgomery Flagg
holding a model in his lap and adjusting
Gus if the model in this case were a
young woman instead of a dummy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

Bet you don't even remember the name
Of the man who succeeded DR.. Wiley?
He is Keeping out of the newspapers with
considefa BILE SUCCESS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

A Wisconsin senator is taking boxing
lessons. Maybe he plans to whip lobby
ist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

The town that hasn't terminal prob
town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

Twenty men were executed for the as
sassination of Scheflet Pasha in Turkey.
Twenty for enc looks like extra good
measure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

Nerve specialists say that pretty clothes
ruin women. Not half as soon as their
husbands
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

Professor Taft says Elihu Root is a
true friend of the people. Ominous 81
lence at Oyster Bay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

The bones of a camel have been dis
explanation while we leak at every pore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

Only 1900 people attended church when
Harry Lauder preached, although it is
pointed out that many more pay good
money TO hear him sing songs Oh, we'll,
that isn't surprising. The chances are
about leo to l that Harry is a better
comedian than he is preacher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
MEAT YOU DON'T GET

He weighs his hand
"DIXIE' IN MOVING PICTURES.
A black face lowering above huge slice
of watermelon.
A darkey with banjo.
A cabin door
A steamboat.
A shuttle on the levee.
Moss.
Moonlight
B1ossom-covered stiles.
"Plantahs."
Old-fashioned girls
Sentimental rubbish.
Although tbs warm
And even hot
They still perform
The turkey trot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

President Wilson is trying to keep cool
in white duck. If his office were more
private ne might sit around in his "ath-
letics."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

Some of the more recent one act plays
are guaranteed to make the hair stand up
on the Uranium of the old ia ashioned per-
son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

theatre. There is no use knocking the
bald-heads. They are too numerous.
MEAT YOU DON'T GET.
he butchers smile
Is wondrous bland
But all the while
He weighs his hand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29
CONCERNING MIR. THRAsuER

Harvest hands are treated with distin-
guished consideration at this time of year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

ASSISTANCE,
oh. friend wouldst my
Sad heart uplift?
Come help me buy
A. wedding gift!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala,
postoffice as second class matter under
act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-29

Popular Magazine.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-02-20
A TRIP TO cocoANuT GROVE
Delray, Florida.
Dear Home Editor:

DelTdv, fIOTlud.
Dear Home Editor:
VIII you kindly allow space in your
paper for a brief description Of two
enjoyable mid-winter picnics here In
the Sunny South?
On February 2nd-CandlemaD day
while the festive grounding Is sup
posed to be watching for his shadow
in the home land, we Brookings and
Lake Benton folks who are s%ojourning
in the "land Of flowers" were where all
good people should beat the house OF
worship. We had visited about all
the places of interest in and about Del
ray: the wonderful rubber tree; the
natural orange and lemon groves
growing wild; the orchai s of grape
fruit, oranges and lemons; the pine
apple fields; the acre. Of gardens;
seer car loads and boat loads OF fruit
and vegetables going northward; had
bathed in the ocean, taken a trip or
two on the canal, fshed for hours
with the usual luck, until we lOnged
for pastures new; so on Monday morn
ing, February Sd, eighteen souls were
gathered on the banks of the canal
%anxiously awaiting the starting of the
two gasoline launches our good men
had chartered to take us to the Cocoa
nut Grove on beautiful Lake Worth.
The following we're in the party: w.
ii. Bradley, w. NJ. Gle, G. T. Mork, w.
F. Mann, f. l.. Williams and wife, OF
Minnesota; f. II. Williams and wife,
G.. A. Sanders and wife, X. II. Bushnell
and wife, OF Brookings, South Dakota;
Mr.. Stoltenberg, OF Iowa; T.. f. Brad
shaw and Miss May Bradshaw, with
little sister, Sadie, of Delray.
The day was perfect. The banks of
the canal were bright with blossoms of
oleander, hibiscus and other Towering
plants. Mocking birds sang sweetly,
fishes leaped high above the water for
insects but paid no attention to the in
nocent looking hooks being trolled be-
hind the boats.
We were told We would probably see
alligators along the lake but we be-
lieved 1t not. We northerners had
been led to believe that the alligator,
like the American bison, was nearly
extinct and could only be found in
captivity in parks and on ranches and
had we not carefully examined the
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-02-20

q full-blood African. The father was
an educated man and encouraged the
boy to study the violin at the age Of
six years. This instrument has re-
NAMED w since his favorite. In
1898 he brought put his cantata
"Hiawatha's Wedding Feast" and from
then on his name was known through
out the musical world. Critics all
agree that he was one of the best and
most original composers that England
has ever produced. There is strength,
a rich Instrumentation and a glowing
effect in his music in the Indian Can
tata, and its success encouraged Mr..
Coleridge-Taylor to compose a year
later the second part of the cantata
called "The Death of Minnehaha,"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-02-20

while in 1900 he composed the last part
'Hiawatha's Departure"
The Literary Digest of October 9Th,
1912, published the following: mot
only did the music world lose a dis
tinguished member, but the negro race
lost its most gifted musical genius on
September 1st in the death of Mr.. Col
eridge-Taylor. His carer was brief
but brilliant, for he began to write
music when no more than a youth
His age was thirty-seven, and a long
list of musical compositions stand to
his credit. Those based on the songs
Of 'Hiawatha' are universally acknow
lodged his richest achievement. 1t Is
interesting to note that the primitive
race of America vas the inspiration Of
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-02-20

race was in the bonds of slavery, and
no music that was more joyful than
that they were freed, by the immortal
Lincoln.
Mr.. Coleridge-Taylor has used this
tenderness in his composition Of this
masterpiece of modern work, using
the words of Longfellow's Hiawatha.
Today this work is being sung in all
parts of the world where choral music
has an existence.
The following Is taken from a bio
grphical sketch taken from the Amer
lean History and Encyclopedia of
Music: Samuel Colcridge-Taylor was
born in London, England, in 1875. An
original figure in music. His mother
was an English and his father