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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04


Leonard Keene Hirshberg, M. d. in Har-
pers Weekly.
In women there are two chief kinds of
cancer, one of which has been mentioned,
namely of the internal organs. The other
Is located in the bosom. If a woman no.
tices a lump in her breast, she should con-
suit her family physician Immediately. 1t
may be only a fbrous little scar like bunch
of tissue and thus not dangerous. Then,
again, 1t may be cancer. In the latter
case it should be removed at once.
Internal cancer is recognized by hemor-
rhage. If the patient has a ilemorrhage
that cannot be clearly explained, she
should report Immediately to her physi-
sion. He will tell her whether her all
ment is simple one or cancer. If there
is evidence of a growth, an operation
should be performed forthwith.
This is the news to be disseminated
throughout the length and breadth of the
land; to be carried to every mother, wife
and sister. The United States is blessed
with many well equipped hospitals and
with many capable physicians and sur
geons. Women suffering with cancer will
not have to travel far from home to OBJ
tain the necessary medical advice or sur
gical treatment.
Just as soon as the women of the land
are as fully educated as doctors about
the first signs of cancer and about the
danger of delay, and will report promptly
to their physicians, just so soon from
20 to 80 per cent of them at least will be
rescued from this insidious disease. I'm
til a few years ago cancer was considered
absolutely hopeless; ignorance might have
made it remain so, but knowledge viii
free you from its dangers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04
GRAND OPERA IN Los ANGELES

From the New York Evening Sum-
They had grand opera in Los An
geles recently There are few cities
where music is more appreciated; Los
Angeles is the abode of art.
When they welcome art on the coast
they do not do it hesitatingly. We have
been interested in the fact that when
the curtain rose on the opening night
the singers were blazed upon by a
California lady who had put on $685.
400 worth of diamonds for the occasion.
The Los Angeles papers print modest
catalogs of the $4,000 necklaces, $780,
900 rings, ct cetera!
The singers, to their credit, after the
first few moments of alarm, did not
miss a note, singing the last three
acts of the performance in ''blinkers'
and smoked glasses. The diamonds were
In great voice and were accompanied
by the special orchestra carried by the
opera company The incidental music
was written by Wagner
One of the most enjoyable duets OF
the whole evening was pair Of dia-
mond drop earrings, rated at $4,000.
Among others present were seven rings
worth $9s,000 The taste for art, is
growing in the country generally; the
coast especially no longer accepts the
verdict of New York and Europe, but
forms its opinions Independently This
man Wagner is a favorite in Los An
geles, for instance. One Of the hair or
namepts was worth $4,000. :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04
THE cUBIsT ARTIST In BILLvILLE

from the Atlanta Constitution.
zone O. these new 'cubist' artists came
tc our town on Wednesday last, and
Colonel wilkins engaged him to paint
the picture of his mother-in-law. That
good lady, never dreamin' of what was
goin' to happen, took her place in her fa-
vorite rocking chair and told the artist
as he called himself-to go ahead, which
he done, with the folerin' result: He
made one of the good lady's eyes look
like black block on a patchwork quilt.
and the other showed up like new moon
hangn' low over a graveyard: and when
1t come to the mouth that had long lec-
tured the colonel, that artist made 1t look
like a crosscut saw gone wrong! No won
der she chased the artist two miles up the
railroad track, till he jumped off trestle
to save himself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

newspaper enterprise but il gave strik-
ing evidence of It's change of policy
toward the Emerald Isle on the home
rule qdestion. There was distinctly
sympathetic note throughout its col
umns. The Times Dublin correspond
enti under date of March II, gave this
account
"St. Patricks day in Dublin was
ushered in by cold easterly wind, and
snow fell lightly at intervals during
the morning. 1t was bank holiday
and business of every kind was sus-
pended. The city was filled with viss-
tors, who were. brought up from all
parts of the country by excursion
trains, and perhaps never has there
been. seen in the streets such a lavish
display of the shamrock Services were
held in all the churches, both Protestant
and Roman Catholic, and in some cases
|sermons were preached in Irish or
hymns were sung and prayers recited
lin the native tongue
THE principal outdoor ceremony of
the forenoon was the trooping of the
colour in the upper yard of Dublin
lcold weather, attracted large number
of the citizens. 1t was carried out by
the First battalion of the East Kent
regiment
'The procession of the Gaelic league
through the principal streets brought
out large crowds in the afternoon. 1t
was formed in Rutland square and was
composed of branches of the Gaelic
league in Dublin city and county, men,
bers of the corporation and other public
bodies, hurting and football clubs,
|school children, national boy scouts,
some. of whom carried rifles and bay
)onets, the Ancient Order of Hibern-
ians, the Foresters' society, and some
trade bodies. A large number of flags
were carried, and there were about 20
bands in the procession. Neaar the end
1t was joined by a group of woman
|suffragists, who carried large blue and
Yellow banners on which were the
words Votes for Women They were
protected by number of policemen,
and their progress through the streets
was marked by vigorous hooting on
the part of the spectators"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Railroad Traffic

ne traffic situation on our lines Is
asse E satisfactory" said Vice President
NJ Culp of the Southern Railway
mpany, who spent yesterday in Bir-
bingham. Freight traffic has been
neavy for some months past and here
In the Birmingham district / find con-
ditions very good indeed.
Reports from the Georgia peach belt
indicate a small crop. The orchards
were in good shape until the last cold
snap but that did serious damage.
There may be some good peaches in
Georgia and Alabama but it looks now
as if the volume would be a negligible
quantity Last year there was bump
er crop in Georgia and it taxed the rail-
roads to haul It, But other crops in
Georgia this year may be large enough
to offset the loss from the falling off
in peaches"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

The man who sang that graceful song
In life was never wed.
OTHER MATTERS FIRST
How many men would win great fame
And climb to heights sublime -
If they, who love baseball game.
Could only find the timei
WHAT HE DESERVES
The man who thinks he knows it all
Is apt some day to have a fall,
But when he does we shed no tears
In fact, his plight our bosom cheers.
SYMPTOMS
Sweet spring is here. l know 1t by
The blossoms on the lawn;
And also every morning, l
just yawn and yawn and yawn.
IN THE HOSPITAL NOW
.Binfkins, the bard, stood in the street
yesterday waiting for thought to strike
him."
well, did a thought strike him?'
mo, but an auto did,
NOT A GOOD CITIZEN
That man must be
Extremely narrow,
Who won't agree
To swat the sparrow.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
That man must be
Prepared to die,
Who won't agree
To swat the fly.
Cincinnati Enquirer
OUR FAVORITE "THRILLER,
In reading news
We're simply tireless,
When helpless crews
Are saved by wireless.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04
DOMINANT WOMAN IN FICTION

From the New York World.
An editorial critic writing for the
Rochester Post-Express Is moved to a
column of indignation over the femini-
zation of modern fiction. Wherever he
turns the pages of a new novel he
finds the study of woman-the narrative
discussion of her moods, her passions,
her tendencies, her psychological con-
lstruction. 1t was not so with the
stories of other days. 1t used to be
THAT men could write books about men.
THUS Fielding wrote "Tom Jones" with
Amelia as a pleasing incident, and
Richardson in "Clarissa" was able to
keep his heroine second to Sir Charles
Grandson.
This critic sees the novel doomed un-
less it can escape from the binding
|apron-strin But he might acknowl-
ledge a second sight as well as a Sec
ond thought if he would contemplate
the matter of his grief as one part
|of a manifestation instead of looking
lat it as a separate issue.
The larger truth is not that the novel
lis being feminized but that the world
particulars by the advance into place
and activity of a sex formerly sub
merged. Woman is coming into her
own in fact That Is why. for the hour
at least, she is dominant in fiction. She
no longer submits to having a place
pointed out to her and being told to
|stay there.
We have become measurably accum-
toned to the feminine invasion of what
used to be masculine fields of industry.
We are obliged to recognize the null
tiplying women in art. Undoubtedly the
day is close at hand when the last
political privilege will be extended to
mothers, wives and sisters. The ap-
parent Termination of the novel will
be among the small things automati
cally disposed of when the final great
results are obtained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04
RoOKs ron LOwBRo,Ns

George P. Brett in the Atlantic Maga-
zine.
1t is said that many of our journals
are edited strictly with a view to in
creasing the receipts from the advertis-
ing pages, with what truth l do not
now; but it is certain that much of
the current fiction is written with a
view to supplying just the sort of
thrills the public demands Indeed, 1 am
told that the author of a long series
of "best sellers" Immediately after a
new work of his appears, sits in solemn
conclave with his publishers and their
editors and advisers, wherein the sub
ject and scenes OF his next effort are
outlined and voted on, with keen
regard to the supposed dreams and de-
sires of the rising generation of read
crs. Novels of merit and value, repre-
senting honest work and the real con-
victions of their authors, still from
time to time make their appearance,
but 1t is seldom indeed that one of
these finds it's way into the ranks of
the "six best sellers" Their appeal is
to that part of the public which still
discriminates in Its reading, smaller
of the whole, fear. at pres
ent, than in any recent period OF our
history. One is reminded of the remark
of one of our best critics, himself an
author of many books well known to
lovers of the best literature.
II should consider myself disgraced
if I had written a book which In these
days had sold 100000 copies"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
MIssING. .THE sIfN

MISSING THE SUN
No cloudless skies look down today,
The heavens lower, dun and gray,
And every vale and every hill,
And every gliding, glancing rill.
Rejecting natures somber mood,
Doth like the signing forest brood.
Whose gloomy arch puts joy to rout
And shuts the golden sunshine out.
A PROBLEM PLAY
"I have hew idea for a play"
Tell me about it."
"The villain is going to steal cublst's
picture"
"Umphl You'll have the dickens of a
time explaining why he ever wanted to
do that"
TIME FOR DIPLOMACY
do you suppose a demonstration by
the powers will have any effect on the
Montenegrins?
''Well, it ought to have a very pro-
nounced effect. If a giant so feet high
were to shake his fist at a pigmy,
should think it would be high time for
the pigmy to give the giant polite
hearing.
EXPLANATORY
II could not love thee. dear, SO much,
Loved l not honor more.'
Was writ by one who neer went out
And loudly slammed the door,
But do not form a false surmise,
And let this truth be said:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04
Postoffice Primaries

"The democratic electors of Gads-
den are to vote in a primary for a
postmaster; this by the consent of Con-
gressman Burnett" said an old demo-
crat. also I believe it has been de-
cided to have a postmaster primary in
Eufaula.
where vacancies exist in presiden-
tial postoffices the primary is proba-
bly, the most satisfactory way of pass
ing on the merits of aspirants for the
position. 1 have heard some persons
say that all applicants for presidential
postoffices should submit their claims
to the voters in a party primary but
do not see how this plan would work
except where vacancies exist President
Wilson has made it plain that post
masters appointed under the Taft ad-
ministration would be allowed to serve
cut four years unless charges of In
competency, negligence or other short
comings were preferred and proved. 1t
is safe to say that in most cases the
incumbents are efficient and that few
changes will be made until the four
years term Is out.
"There are III presidential post
masters in Alabama and about 100 OF
these are filled by republicans, some
of whose terms have yet something
like three years to run. Very many
have a year or more to run. In order
to establish anything like primary
system the President,S it seems to me,
would have a very important VOICE in
the matter. He would have to commit
himself to announcing some months
before the time he expected to make
an appointment just when a vacancy
in the office would occur-when the
republican would have to step down
and out. If the congressman is 20
be the referee in the matter of. post
masterships he would have to recon-
mend the primary plan before 1t could
be adopted no matter what the Pres
ident thought about it. In other words,
the President and the congressman, to
say nothing of the Postmaster General.
would have to be in accord on this
matter.
"In the meantime the Gadsden situ-
alton will be watched with interest
Throughout the state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04
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ONE ON THE CARDINAL

FFU1ll judge.
During visit In his churchly capa-
city through southern Maryland. Cardi-
nal Gibbons was entertained by the or
der of Jesuts at Leonardtown. That
part of the state is famed for its dia-
mond back terapin. canvasbaclS duck
oysters, crabs and fish, and a sumptuous
table was spread before the cardinal.
During the repast, the cardinal turned
to priest near him and said. with a
twinkle in his eye,
$50 this is the way the Jesuits dine,"
mo, your eminence,'' replied the
priest: this is the way the cardinal
dires!''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04
THE TIME I'VE LOST IN wooING

BY Thomas Moore.
The time I've lost In wooing,
In watching and pursuing
The light that lies
In woman's eyes.
Has been my hearts undoing.
Though wisdom oft has sought me
l scorn'd the lore she brought me.
My only books
Were womans looks,
And folly's all they've taught me.
Her smile when beauty granted,
Z / hung with gaze enchanted.
Like him the sprite
Whom maids by night
Oft met in glen that's haunted,
Like him, too, beauty won me,
But while her eyes were on me,
If once their ray
Was turned away,
Oh! winds could not outrun me.
And are those follies going?''
, And is my proud heart growing
Too cold or wise
For brilliant eyes
Again to set it glowing?
No--vain, alas! tn endeavor
From bonds so sweet to sever:
Poor wisdom's chance
Against glance
IL now qs weak as ever.
l..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04
Peaches Hereabouts

'I do not know how 1T is in other
sections of the south, but around Bir-
mingham the peach orchards are in
fair condition-some of them in ex-
ceptfonally good condition." said w. NJ
Lindsay.
'The little freezing weather that we
have had did not hurt the buds. This
week 1 have noticed on some of the
trees peaches of considerable size I
believe that in Jefferson county we will
have a normal peach crop, if not a
crop above normal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04
THE IMMORTAL CLOWN
From Harper's Weekly,

From HarperS weekly
Was it Catulle Mendes who asked, once
upon a time: Where are the roses of the
faded April? We do not know; we must
like Dr. Johnson in Boswell's account of
the lady who interrogated him concern
ing future life, leave the matter in
obscurity." But as to the circuses of all
the faded Aprils of the past, we enter
tain no doubts; we can say with perfect
and serene confidence that they have all
come to life again in the delectable show
that everybody can now see at the gar
den. Here Airil of the Young, of whom
we have been speaking, has taken shape
as the creator of many wonders, in the
composite person of the Messrs. Ringing,
who wear with such grace and aplomb the
mantle of the halowed Barnum.
Never, surely, were there such clowns as
you can see disporting themselves In the
garden arena. We make no apology for
speaking first of our pleasure in them; for
we have always regarded the clown as
completely reassuring symbol of the joy
of life. So long as the clown endures, 1t
is possible to heed the adjuration OF the
tent maker and in the fire of spring your
winter garment of repentance fling. The
clown is challenge flung in the teeth
of mortality Omars reminiscent moon
will doubtless
hereafter rising look for US
Through this same garden-and for one
in vain;''
but the clown will ever stand. unim-
peached and unimpeacnable, as symbol
of Immortality; and at this seasons circus
his charm and vitality are unabated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04
BuRGLAR,s TOUGuIJrck

From the New York Telegram.
Hard working burglar of Pittsburg be-
lleves he is the victim of jinx. He stole
a case of shoes. and after Juggling the
burden mile found. on breaking the bulk,
they were all lefts-a lot of drummer's
samples. Then he got SO mad he report
ed the matter to the police as q swiudle
and was arrested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04


The appointment of Walter II. Page to
his daughter, who is on the threshold
anyway, OF her debut, finishing, as she
is, her last year at Bryn Mawr. The new
ambassador is also new grandfather.
The latest congratulations now pouring
in are only second deluge, the first
being occasioned by The birth of a daugh-
ter about two weeks ago to Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Page (nee Mary HalD of Boston.
Arthur Page, Harvard, '05; Ralph W.,
Harvard, '03, and Frank c., Harvard, 10
make up the remainder of the family.
Frank and Ralph are on the Page cotton
plantation in North Carolina.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04
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TRAINING AN ORIENTAf,

FfCfn JuuBe.
A. Canadian woman wanted to show
her Chinese servant the correct way to
announce visitors, and one afternoon
went outside her front door, rang the
bell, and made the man usher her into
the drawing room.
The following afternoon the bell rang,
and not hearing him answer It, she went
to the door herself To her surprise, he
was standing waiting outside.
"Why, Sing she asked, what are
you doing here?"
"You fooec me yesteddy. / foolee you
today was his reply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

A deal with the j. p Morgan firm, con-
cerning the proposed new Union depot in
Cincinnati. will not be affected in any
way by the death of Mr.. Morgan, as it
came up and has advanced to it's present
America. The negotiations have been car
ried on by Mr.. w. w. Green of Cincinnati
and Mr.. II. p. Davidson of j. p. Morgan
& Co. Mr.. Green has endeavored to in
duce the Morgan house to advance S2O,-
000, ,00O purchase the franchise now held
by Mr.. Archie White and associates and
finance the Construction Of the terminal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson
is serving without pay, Congress having
failed to provide any for the new head of
the department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

Secretary McAdoo says all applications
for office made to him must be filed
in writing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

Mexico and the Turco-Balkan country
are chronically at war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

Near Henderson, Ky, John Crawford,
a farmer who was washed out of his home
by the high water, is now living with his
family on raft which was constructed
with the expectancy of this flood. He
has cows. chickens. fodder and provisions
ON this raft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

Germany declines to stop the building of
warships. Her latest appropriation is sa7,-
100000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

Peaches no longer come from South
Africa, for the Argentina crop is coming
In.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

Cape Cod is now an island, and in DC.
tober South America will be one too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

This is the closing week of baseball
prophecies, and any one who feels like
winning the pennant should do so at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

baseball expert says the last curve in
a pitched ball has been invented. There
is not another one to come, but then modi-
fications Of the old curves are still pos
sible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

Even the Illinois legislature is going
out of the deadlock business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

The checks of famlnlne apparel are
very large, but. still it is not very ex-
pensive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

March was full of wind, fire, flood and
blizzard Let us hope April will be con-
tent to be simply normal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04
High Glass Music

There is a rapidly increasing inter-
lest in high class music in this coun-
try" said e. A. Stavrum, who repre-
sents the Cincinnati symphony or
|chestra-
I'm great cities like New York, Phil
|adelphia and Chicago music lovers may
crafty their taste twice day and
choose between several orchestras and
bands, for it has become the custom
for proprietors of pleasure gardens to
|engage large organizations for sum-
mer music. Even in the cities smaller
than those mentioned one may hear a
|symphony orchestra play every day for
weeks, If not during the whole sum-
|mer.
The Cincinnati orchestra is engaged
for the entire summer, two weeks at
one place, three weeks at another, four
weeks at another, etc Our southern
tour in May will be limited to one
week.
II am on my first trip south and /
find in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Bir-
|mingham and other cities great inter-
est in the better class of music. There
Is much greater percentage of musi-
cally educated people in every southern
city, as in every northern city, than
therefore more discriminating and are
therefore more discriminating and are
more eager to hear the best'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04
THE PREVENTION OF CANCER

Death is no respecter of a mortal,s
wealth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04
st. patrick. Day in Great Br,..,n

according to the newspapers pub
lished in England and Ireland, last ST.
Patrick's day was observed in the old
country with even more enthusiasm
than usual. The London Times UP TO
a few years ago was anti-Irish and
bitterly opposed to home rule, but this
year II issued st. Patrick's day num-
ber which vas not only a marvel Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-04

Taken III with typhoid fever wh =
years old and stiH in bed at so -
record of Mrs. sybila schnatz o
she has done for 50 years will caIeo SO
her birthday today in St. Josepht horuIa
in Philadelphia. She holds al aasnlt
time records. Since her typf d at .s
Mrs. Schnatz has been unala Is moee
without assistance. She has asea aa 81
dent student of scientific Hf eia. she
has telephone at her b. 80 IA AS
seen trolleys and autom sfss 81 heri
window. Her greatest a. 81 Ito aae ays,
is TO see an aeroplane.
--.s--
The President upset HH by CO.
ing to the Union ste oH hngton
TO meet Mrs. Wilson b. merican
wife is real sovereign and the President
did just right.