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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
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General debate on the tariff bill is
,ended. The Smart Alecks have fired
off all their shots and the politicians
An the standpat and progressive
ranks have made their speeches for
lBuncombe. The bill will hereafter be
attacked in detail by amendments as
thection after section of it is read, and
the speaking will be confined to the
five minute rule.
Mr.. Underwood's leadership has suf-
fered no check. The party has not hao
isince the war leader in whom 1t had
leo,al confidence. His integrity and ca
nacitv stand unquestioned. His knowl-
bedge of the complex tariff question is
simply unapproached. Under such a
leader success becomes assured. Presl-
dent Wilson will lend helping hand
The sugar trust and the wool IN
terests and all the other interests are,
however, depending upon breaks from
the party in the Senate. No ruptures
of this nature will occur. The Baltl-
more platform is explicit, and any
democratic senator who bolts Will
cease to be a democrat. The eyes OF
the entire country will be focused or
the Senate, and the work that Oscar
Underwood has built up after years
of study will rot be undone IN the
Senate. The bill will go through the
Senate essentially unamended. The
party is committed to it, and the fierce
blight of publicity will beat upon any
senator who attempts to betray the
sdemocratic party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
DEATH OF DICKENS DoRRIr

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Mary Ann Cooper. the original Little
Dorrit in Dickens famous story, has
passed away at the age of 1907. The nov
elist and she were playmates together in
their childhood at Somerstown.
When Little Dorrit'' was issued serially
in 1855 to 1857 the readers eagerly awaited
the appearance of each installment, and
the description of William Dorrlt's prison
through the Indignation 1t evoked had an
effect that was far-reaching In bringing
about prison reform. But it must have
been beyond the widest dreams of Dick
ems little playmate that the boy who
skated, rolled hoop or entered with zest
into q game of blind mans buff would
one day confer upon her a literary immor-
tality comparable with that which has
been the portion of Dante's Beatrice or
Petrarch's Laura or Burns Jean. The poet
speaks proudly of his verse that "lmmor-
talizes whom 1t sings" and this woman,
otherwise unknown to fame has inherited
imperishable renown in the person of her
literary counterpart.
How easy it would have been for Mary
Ann Cooper to remain forever among "the
forgotten millions" What was she
among so many in the same street, viii
lage, parish or kingdom?, Yet by proxy
she is known around the world, wherever
an English book is read and the tongue
of Milton and Shakespeare is spoken. She
takes her place forever among a gallery of
types who are more real than living peo
pie. Her fame shall not fail, nor her
glory fade as long as David Copperfield
and Little Nell PiclSwick and Sairy Camp
and Nicholas Nickleby shall live. A re-
nown not of her seeking shall keep the
memory green of the little girl who was
the playmate of Charles Dickens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
Mr.. Dugan,s Visit

r. A. Dugan of Chicago, president of
the Calumet Foundry Supply company,
who is now in Birmingham, is being
greeted by his old friends here. When
he was assistant general manager of the
Southern railway he spent much of his
time in this city and no visiting railroad
official was more popular. Mr.. Dugan is
at the head of prosperous manufactur-
ing company and has a number of GUS
toners in this district.
Birmingham is growing and improv-
ing rapidly" said Mr.. Dugan. Il was
here for a day in December last. 1
noticed the handsome improvements then.
Strides seem to have been made within
the past three months.
Business in my line is very good and
l am expecting to see great deal of
prosperity during the late spring and
summer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

SAD CASE OF TRAYERS GREEN.
When Travers Green was feeling gay
He lightly sought some cabaret
And when 'F'leurette" began to dance
He'd give n copnnoisseurs glance,
As if to all the world to say,
Il know what's what in a cabaret''
Anon he slipped the sparkling wine,
Where countless lights were wont to
shine;
His dress was faultless to behold,
His manners easy, yet not bold,
And had you but observed him there,
You would have thought him free from
care.
Alas, alack for Travers Green
No more in gllded haunts is seen.
His dad who used his bills to pay
For motors. clubs and cabaret,
And costly clothes and chorus girls
And many, many merry whrls,
Has cut poor Travers off without
The wherewithal to roam about:
And since this youth has never toiled,
Nor felt his hands by labor soiled
What lies before / cannot say,
But he dimes no more in cabaret.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
Christmnn savings Club

The American Trust and Savings
banks Christmas club department,
which was opened yesterday. proved to
he decidedly popular. From . o'clock
until the closing hour those who want
ed to accumulate a snug holiday fund
by depositing small amounts weekly
opened accounts at the Christmas club
counter. Many of the depositors were
boys and girls but there were also
many grown folks, especially women.
Several depositors opened an account
with cents but more started with 10
cents. According to the progressive
payment" plan. starting with cents and
paying cents each week more than
the week before, thus. 5 cents, 10 cents,
Is cents, etc. the total on December
Is will bo s2s.05 Those who prefer
to make systematic payments, that is
to say, the same amount each week
~ cents weekly would total sS25 by
the middle of December.
Any white person can join the Christ
mas savings club by making the first
deposit and agreeing to make the 9TH
ers. According to the club rules no
Withdrawals are to be made until De-
cember 10. When balances amount to
IS or over 4 per cent interest will be
allowed. Another feature of the club
is that one depositor can have any
number of accounts.
The American Trust and Savings is
the only bank in Alabama that has the
Christmas savings club and with the
ey yception of the Whitney Central IN
New orleans it is the only one in the
south.
''The Christmas savings club has
started off we'll" said Assistant Cash
Ter e. B. Crawford yesterday after
nocn. "The number of depositors on
the first day was fully up to my ex-
pectation and believe that by the end
of the week the payments will reach
quite a large volume So mucR for
newspaper ADVERTISING"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
optim,,m in the Northwest

"The pig iron market is quiet and 1t
will probably remain quiet for 80 days
longer" said William M. Byrd of the
Hammond-Byrd company Consumers,
as a rule are only buying for immediate
needs In a month from now. however,
think we will have a brisk market
once more.
Il returned Saturday from a three
weeks trip, visiting the middle west and
the northwest | went as far as Winni-
peg. Going north, l stopped at Indian
ing visited Omaha, Minneapolis. st. Paul
and Missouri points. All through the
northwest l found a great deal of op-
timism. Every business man l met was
optimistic The great crops last year
brought prosperity and the prospects for
big crops again this year have had the
effect Of putting everybody in a good
humor, so far as 1 could see.
LAS to the tariff, the people with whom
came in contact had discounted in a
large measure the effect tariff revision
would have on the business situation.
Nobody was thinking that business would
be depressed by the passage of the Tn
derwood bill. On the other hand, every
body was expecting increasing activity in
business just as soon as it was settled.
Many merchants will delay, however,
heavy buying until the new tariff bill
becomes law This accounts for a tenn
porary lull in certain directions. But on
the whole I have never known more op-
timism in business circles in tho states
| visited than ! found the other day. If
crop reports continue to be good we will
soon have healthy activity throughout
the United States"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
CLouDING THE ISSUE
!. New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
If Mr.. Underwood emerges from the
House debates with prestige unimpaired
his stock as a NATIONAL quantity will rise.
He will still be on the safe side of GO In
192O.-Washington Star.
Why try to becloud the issue by drag
gins in 1920? What has 1920 got to do
with 1t, anyway?
If Mr. Underwood is elected to the
presidency in 1916-when he will, almost
inevitably, be his party's nominee-he
will be out of the race in 1920. lie will
rot then be eligible for reelection, for
the democratic party has gone solemnly
OH record in it's platform declaration
1--WE favor single presidential term
This declaration of policy makes Pres
ident Wilson ineligible for nomination in
1916. No second cup Of coffee for any
democrat!
So, il not Mr.. Underwood In 19l6-who?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
what n difference II Make.

1--WE hear it frequently and unfortun-
ately too truly said that the art of read
ing aloud is becoming lost art and
that such is the case may be learned
any day by attending the courts when
LAWYERS are reading the law from the
books, or by listening TO the chairman
at a directors meeting read the annual
report of his company's transactions and
conditions, but on Sunday last" said a
man who attended st. Paul's church.
IT was pleased to learn that the art is
not vet a lost art and it never will be
SO long as the Rev. Father Dougherty
exists.
II never will forget the expressive and
impressive manner in which that clergy
man read the epistle and gospel. had
heard them read scores of times pre-.
yiously, but never with such an effect
Without gesture or any attempt at dra
matte intonation his words fell slowl,
and quietly as snowfakes, but yet Will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
IN THE WOOD OF FINvARA

BY Arthur Symons.
I have grown tired Of sorrow, and human
tears;
Life is a dream in the night, fear among
fears,
A naked runner lost in storm Of spears
have grown tired OF rapture and loves
desire;
Love is a. flaming heart, and its flames
aspire
TIL they cloud the soul in the smoke Of
a windy nre.
I would wash the dust Of the world In q
soft green flood;
Here. between sea and sea, in fairy
I have found delicate, wave green soli-
Here. in the fairy wood, between sea and
sea,
have heard the song of fairy bird in
tree.
And the peace that is not In the world
has flown to me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Prosperous Texas

'T have never seen Texas more pros-
porous than 1t is now" said Buford
d. Chenoweth, who represents nard-
ware interests Il was there last week
and found business good everywhere.
dallas is full of progress and the
people there are great optimists. Hous-
ton is also going right ahead. Fort
Worth Is a very busy city and San
antonio has made strides since the
last census was taken That popular
tourist city is now far over the 100000
mark. I think It is safe to say that
every town In Texas, large and small,
is enjoying unusual prosperity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

r. Coleman du Pont of Wilmington Del,
has bought for $s,ocoooo the site of the
months ago, and will erect thereon a 36
story office building. A mortgage of $2o,
SOC, 600 the largest within recollection of
Manhattan real estate dealers, was re-
corded on the property When completed
the skyscraper will represent an invest
nent of approximately $4,000, 900. The new
building will occupy the entire block
bounded by Broadway. Pine, Nassau and
Cedar streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

Mrs. Annie G.. Rogers, wife of a busi-
ness man in Leadville, Col, has been des-
ignated by Secretary Lane of the interior
department for appointment as receiver
airy of $4,000 year. Mrs. Rogers is a
widely known suffragist. IT am partc-
ularly glad to name Mrs. Rogers" said
Secretary Lane. because it is an estab-
lshed fact in the United States that
money can be handled more safely by
women than by men,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

II is a. cinch to sing lay
of nightingales and June.
But 1t is hard to make it pay
Without ragtime tune.
Milwaukee Sentinel
1t Is no cinch to build each day
a col. fand that's no sham)
Without Maud Muller raking hay,
Or Mary's little lamb.
Houston Post,
1t is no cincheto paragraph
Bout politics and graft,
from every line must come laugh.
That's why we thank Bill Taft
Buffalo Times
Some OF the stuff the singers write
Should oft be cIassed as screams
Particularly when bards live
In towns with tall end teams
st. Louis Times
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
Birmingham's Contribution

Alabama Methodism is to be trusted
ir an emergency. 1t is virile power
that never fails to respond to a just
appeal. The Birmingham college
asked the Birmingham district to
contribute $!50,00O towards an endow-
ment fund and new buildings, and the
sum was fully subscribed for ON Sun
day. The other districts of the con-
ference nromise to raise 100000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
TESTS.
DEPoNENT sAYETH NOT.

Mr. Bill Martin stayed In our commun-
ity Saturday night on the account of bad
luck" writes the Dry Valley correspond
ent of the Shelby County Review Won
der what happened to Bill?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

girl were the principal characters in a
love tragedy, enacted at Antwerp, Bel
gium, last week. Arm in arm they climbed
to the clock gallery in the tower of the
Notre Dame cathedral and from height
OF $50 feet leaped into space, falling at
the feet of passersby. Every bone in the
bodies of the boy and his companion was
broken. AS they hurtled through the air
the sight tainted. According to the po-
lice, the leap from the church tower was
in accordance with preuedtated double
suicide pact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

a man of genuine democratic sympathies,
of broad patriotism and of far-reachins
vision. He towers up strong and clean
and able among the present day leaders
of democracy"
Credit for an intelligent and equitable
revision of the tariff, which must GER
tainly come, will be due largely to the
Jealous and faithful service of such men
as Chairman Underwood, who have la
bored hard and long to do in this matter
what the democratic party has been en-
trusted to do by the American people
In rs emphatic and positive instructions
as were ever given to a political party.
Among the many able and faithful
democrats who are standing with Chair
man Underwood in this fight is Judge
Cordell Hull of the Fourth district of
Tennessee. He prepared the income tax
feature of the tariff bill, which has
withstood the assaults of its enemies
and grown stronger with those who favor
this new and untried way OF raising rev.
enue for the federal government. He
has performed this service as he has per-
formed all his duties as public SER
vant-he has performed 1t faithfully and
WELL and the democrats of Tennessee and
the nation are proud of him and CRATE
full for his work as they are proud OF
Chairman Underwood and grateful fo1
his work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
,ixprnwoop HAS WON HIS SPURS

From the Nashville TennessedH.
Chairman Underwood of the House
wavs and means COMMITTEES. who has
shown great skill in his leadership ior
tariff revision and who has demonstrated
his ability and knowledge, has won ms
sn,,rs as the champion of democratic poll
cies and principles.
Never before has the democratic party
been so nearly a unit on> those tnings
that vitality effect the American people
as is shown in the unanimity OF senu-
ment and opinion respecting revision OF
the tariff on a revenue raising OASIS.
chairman Underwood has made good In
his leadership of the great cause, nav
ing fully met the expectations OF ms
friends and completely disappointed ms
enemies in THAT he has failed to do what
his enemies hoped he would do, and
done what his friends proclaimed "ouio
be his course in Congress
zone of the democratic figures wnich
stand out in fine and high relief In the
battle for tariff reform" says the baiti-
moer Sun. '.is that of Chairman Under
wood of the ways and means committee.
His explanation of the principle on which
reductions in rates have been based
emphasizes the same point which Presi-
dent Wilson dwelt on in his message to
Congress-the advantage of competition,
not only TO the consumer. but to the
manufacturer and the producer. Its
wholesome influence In the development
of commerce. and the extension Of busi-
ness as well as in the relief of the peo-
ple'
In commenting further. that paper pays
Chairman Underwood fine tribute. say
ing:
During the campaign for the demo-
cratic nomination there were suggestions
from time to time that Mr.. Underwood $
heart was not wholly given to tariff re-
form. and that when he reached certain
crucial items he might finch. There was
really no basis for these suggestions, for
Mr.. underwood's course has been singu-
larlv frank. straightforward and manly
at every stage OF tariff revision, and he
has shown himself during former as well
as present discussions of the subject In
line with popular sentiment and absolute
lv independent of sectional or business
interests or Influences. The statement
which accompanies the tariff bill just
submitted to Congress confirms the fine
public impression Of MI. Underwood a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
sURE!

From The New York Telegram
Biography of Representative Under
wood in the congressional directory
takes five lines. His fame Is secure
ithout footing any horns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
THAT ROCKY ROAD.

Reading anything these days, Dublkin?'
YES, I finished high-brow novel just
yesterday, and now, confound the luck!
have new list of words to look up in
the dictionary"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
WORRYING SENATORS.

Paul Cook in The Age-Herald utters
this truth: "It must be painful and ar
duous for a senator Of the United States
to keep his ear 10 the ground. but he'll
have to do 1t in tho future IL he wants to
hold his job Methinks I hear several
sedate senators exctedly inquire, whats
that?'-Pine Belt News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

books" prepared by the department of
agriculture, have been issued since this
line of government activity began BY far
the largest number published was of a
bulletin on the Economic Use of Meat
in the Homes" which ran up to 2,235, 900
copies. Congress itself printed 100000
copies in addition to those distributed by
the department. OF the bread making
pamphlet nearly 100000 have been dis
trlbuted, and of the cheese leaflet almost
sCc, 900 have been sent out. OF the mutton
bulletin. just out, $1,000 copies have been
ordered printed for initial distribution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
TOUGH ON THE BARDs

TOUGH ON THE BARDS.
'Tis very hard TO be bard,
AS everybody knows.
And never praise the nightingale
And never sing the rose.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
'Tis harder still to pen rhyme
With nary word of June,
With no thought of the summer time
And ne'er a shining. moon.
Youngstown Telegram.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
CAUTIOUS.

Waiter do you guarantee these eggs?
mo, sir. I'm very optimistic about
those eggs, sir. but I don't guarantee
en-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

Senator Hoke Smith denounces profess
sional baseball as a bold trust, but Pres
ident Wilson hurres away to attend the
games Just the same.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

Considerable diplomacy can arise from
fresh grape juice and cold water, and
Secretary Bryan stands firmly by his
original formula.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

In six years more than 1000 judgments
have been recorded under the pure food
law against food aduterators. Their pun
ishment has never been severe enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

No barber is warranted to use perfect
IN fresh towel on every expressive coun-
tenance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

The crushing of little Montenegro by
Austria Hungary will shock an honest and
decent world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

1t is to be hoped that Secretary Daniels
will make no change in the name of plum
duff
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
Col. s-aa Mrs. George S. schermerhorn

Col s-nN Mrs. George S. Schermerhorn
celebrated in their home, No. 81 West
Fifty-second street, New York, the fifty
fourth anniversary of their marriage.
During all their welded life Col. and Mrs.
Schermerhorn have never been separated
from each other a single evening. Neither
has ever written a letter to dhe other
The celebration consisted principally of
the gathering of their children at the
house for dinner. Maj. Edward G. Scher-
merhorn, Governor Sulzer's military sec
retary, son of the aged couple, came
down from Albany especially for the cele-
bration. The Schermerhorns were mar
ried in 1859 by the Rev. DR.. Muhlenberg
founder of ST. Luke's hospital.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

There is now no baseball trust-peace
reigns now, for Tyrus Cobb is back in
the fold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

No industry has gone down faster in
this country than that of standing pat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

SHOULD DO BIG BUSINESS.
We note the presence of the Bald Head
Barber Shop" in Birmingham. Probably
a place where hair tonic is not recon-
mended PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

Real tariff revision looks we'll on paper
and it win work well in practice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

Dope and hope is the diet Of the base
ball fan at present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29

From the Philadelphia North American.
oCTOR DE MELVILLE, a French
physician, who has specialized on
- the medico-legal aspects of his
profession. has been telling some true
stories of detective work by physicians
that equals the mythical achievements of
Sherlock Holmes. There are several sides
of the law that bear on medicine and sur
gerv. and there are various specialists
who devote themselves to one or all OF
these important relations.
The specialist who receives in the United
States a good deal more attention from
the newspapers than from medical jour
nails is that useful adjunct to the police
force who is known as the police surgeon.
Here his duties seldom, IL ever, go be-
yond the office of diagnosing ailments,
attending Illness and preventing the
spread of contagion. But in France he
oftentimes brings to bear upon mysterious
crimes the acumen of his trained intelli-
gence and the knowledge Of his practical
profession. lie is likely to act as an as
sistant to tie detectives along the lines
of his expert observation.
Four years ago one of the legal doc
tors of the police force received his noti-
fcation. to accompany gendarmes to the
scene of a death-that of woman inn
keeper. The apartment where the woman
had been found dead had not been dis
turbed; the legal doctor had full play for
his faculty of observation.
He went all over the room and used his
microscope at various places and Oh sew
eral objects that appeared to interest him
particularly. At last he inquired the
name of the last vessel that had come In.
1t proved to be the Donna Maria, from
Sicily. He delivered his opinion, then,
without a moments delay or a sigh OF
uncertainty.
"a left handed man wearing shght
n,ustache murdered this woman. He Is
probably a sicilian, who arrived on the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
A LETHAL DOSE.

Behold the pampered poodle pup,
Disgusting sight to see;
If he'd lap what I'd give him up,
He'd shortly cease to be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
THAT'S NOT BUsINEss.

Tis true that advertising pays
I've tried it out, you see;
But don't believe the man who says
He'll give you something free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-29
UNDERWOOD NOT WORRYING

From the Kansas City Star.
Mr.. Underwood. having the votes. is
willing to let the other side have the
talk.