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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22
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alton. True. the rate had been reduced to
mills from ~. and the licenses taxes had
been reduced. The sinking fund had been
abandoned. The retiring governor could
recommend no further reduction of taxes
by law. but he urgently called for more
equitable and rigid assessments and mere
effective collections. Describing an
abused condition he said:
MANY millions Of acres of land as well
as large amount of town property have
been sold by tax collectors for taxes and
purchased by the state. and by pro-
vision of our revenue law, which think
should be repealed, it (the landD when thus
sold by the state is dropped from the
tax list and pays no further taxes unless
redeemed"
Passing under brief review the several
state supported institutions. the message
reported "the penitentiary under the
present faithful and honest warden John
Bass) had paid over and above all eX-
penses total of s54,921. 20 The profit
did not appear as cash paid into the treas
ury, but in the form of credits acquired
in the name of the state. Convicts had
been hired 20 Thomas Williams and pay
ment taken in agricultural land at fixed
valuation on the Tallapoosa river. Other
convicts had been hired to the Louisville
and Nashville railroad to build a branch
from Elmore station to Wetumpka and
payment taken in transportation over thar
road for persons and freights, employed
by or the property of the state. The state
militia had been revived and reorganzeo
The lunatic asylum at Tuscaloosa was in
the exceptionally competent hands of DR.
Peter Bryce. DIR. William Johnson had
made distinguished success of the school
for the deaf. dumb and blind at Talla-
dega. The Agricultural and Mechanical
college at Auburn was in most hopeful
condition. The university had responded
nobly to the fact OF the political redemp-
ton of 1874. The one state normal school
at Florence had moved apace.
The governor r-elect was inaugnrated No
vember 27. 1S7S in the hall of the house
before both branches of the legislature
| and crowded galleries. Justice A. r. Man
ming of the supreme court administered
the oath of office.
The incoming governor gave pronounced
evidence of a sound discretion. well re-
ceived by the public, in the appointment
at once of Col. Robert Mckee to the post
of ''private secretary" as the position
was then denominated. to the chief exec
utive. The selection was accepted as an
omen of vigor and industry In the admin
istration. The secretary had devoted his
life to newspaper work in the editorial
authorship line from his youth, except
the time spent in the confederate military
service He came with Gen. John G..
Breckenridge from Kentucky into the con-
federate army. After the war he rose to
the top of newspaper service at Selma. A
man of his capacity, his energy and
knowledge of public men and public af-
fairs had never before been invited to fill
the office to which he was assigned.
JOHN WITHERSPOON DUBOSE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22
PROSPECTS ARE DIM
FOR ENCAMPMENT
Unless More Money Placed
in Treasury There'll Be
No Maneuvers

MONTGOMERY. June 21.-(special Pros
poets for encampments of the Alabama
National Guard this summer are far from
being bright. Unless more money is
placed in the state treasury Immediately
there will be no maneuvers, according
to announcement of Governor ONeal to-
day.
Governor O'Neal said $4,000 would bs
borrowed to pay the semi-annual interest
on the state bonded Indebtedness July
and that he saw little to give encourages
ment to the state military department
and the Alabama National Guard.
Several days ago it was thought that
Alabama would get part of the federal
encampment appropriation and July q
was tentatively set the time for en-
campments at Montgomery and Birming-
ham, but announcement has just been
made that the money can be used for
transferring soldiers to joint encamp-
ments only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND
THE RECENT REPORT OF THE
RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION
By MRS. e. ID. THAMES.
President State School Improvement Association.

results In the years 1912-1913 school i'm
provement was responsible for the ex-
penditure of over $4,000 upon the i'm
provement of Alabama schools and not
one cent of $4,000 OF this was derived
from the two sources mentioned above
state aid or outside philanthropy; it
came out of the pockets of the citizens
themselves, as a result of their co-opera-
tion and the application of the principle
of self help. Over so per cent of Ala
bama's population is rural and any eff
fort to raise our educational standards
must necessarily resolve largely about
the rural school.
In So counties therefore, the State
School Improvement association has ac-
tive county school Improvement organi-
cations that are occupied in forming
around each one of their schoohouses
body of men and women united in an
endeayor to raise the educational stand
ards of the communities by their own
efforts and that are known as school i'm
provement associations
These county organizations receive no
outside aid to finance assist them,
but are composed OF citizens of the
county in which they are conducting this
great altrustic educational movement.
The local associations in turn receive no
financial help from the county associa-
tions, but also depend upon their own
eUOftS. Wnat can be accomplished by
this aroused initiation and Independent
exertion? Let st. Clair that expended
S157042 upon the Improvement of its
schools during the last year, answer: Let
Jefferson, that expended $5SS6.95, Wilcox.
Tuscaloosa, Clarke, Crenshaw and those
whose annual expenditure approached or
passed the $1,000 mark.
The mere expenditure of dollars and
cents, however, is not the sole essential
to be considered in the upbuildng of q
desirable educational system: That ex-
penditure must be intelligent The State
School Improvement association is point
ing the way, therefore, to the removal not
only of the glaring faults of our rural
schools, but of those that at first glance
are not so obvious. Too many rural
schools in Alabama are without comfort
able, sanitary buildings, provided with
sufficient equipment but more of them
are inadequate to train boys and girls
to meet present day problems, because:
]. They do not teach health.
9 They do not give preparation for
parenthoed
3. They do not correate the activities
of the schools with the activities of rural
life and industry.
A. They do not give scientific training
in the preparation of food and clothing.
B. They do not give training in the
out of door industries that are carried
on in almost every rural home.
4. They do not give training for leisure
in the home
5. They do not give training for po-
litical citizenship.
School improvement associations have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22

sion in vtalizing rural life. The rural
school should in addition to it's customary
activities first give interest in civic prob
lens. Second inspire neighborhood in
dustry. Third, make itself social CEN
ter. Through the tomato corn, manual
training and sewing clubs fostered by
school Improvement associations a part
of this wider service is being performed
and through the music clubs in Clarke
and the county lyceum courses in Pike.
Jefferson and Calhoun their rural schools
are fast becoming genuine social cer%
ters
provement association has is its ultimate
aims; First. the provision of comfortable
sanitary buildings; furnished with ade-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22

clared government bacon no longer
carries elections in Alabama, arrests nor
threats of government officials deter
voters to keep them from the polls. The
state is congratulated and the country
ar large that soldiers of the federal gov
ernment no longer eject from the lesis-
latlve halls the representatives of the
people. Federal bayonets will never
again keep the members of the
Legislature out of their seats In
the capitol" said the message
sweeping confscation Of the remnant
or property. left from the ravages of an
invading enemy. had been averted by the
election of 1874, the departing governor de-
clared But great work was yet ahead
OF the state government. A system of
taxation must be devised and put In oper-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22

The publication of the report of the
Russell Sage foundation has been re-
ceived with many and various emotions.
In the main, however, Alabama has met
it with that finer courage which aclznowl-
edges its faults and omissions without
petty anger yet with no abatement be-
cause of an undisturbed faith in itself
and future victory.
That we are below every other state
in the union in the educational scale Is
d condition calling for sincere regret not
humiliation when we consider the OBJ
stacles which have confronted us in the
past. and that still tower before us.
Shame is not ours in being behind but
shame will be ours if we remain behind.
This is fully realized by those who are
earnestly interested in the welfare of the
state and it's advancement and on every
hand, therefore, we hear the questions:
"What do we need most? Where shall
we begin?' And in truth our needs are
so numerous and many that an answer
is difficult to give. One replies: "A state
board OF education" Another IAN amend
ment to the constitution permitting dis
trfct taxation" Others, compulsory edl-
cation, qualified county superintendent,
industrial education, larger state appro-
priations federal aid,' etc. All of these
save the last two are good, are neces-
our educational system can attain the
standard we desire, but strange to say,
the most vital, the pressing, the great
est need of ALBANIA along educational
lines has received scant if any recognition
and attention from the general public.
That is the awakening of our people to
the necessity of cooperation and making
use of the principle of self help.
Every Alert Educator Knows
To those Wl.o are familiar with the
history of the south, with the predomi-
nant characteristics of its people among
whom Independence stands out exceal-
ingly clear it is difficult to reconcile that
knowledge with the unacceptable fact that
In Alabama they have displayed in educa-
tonal affairs and effect lack of initia-
ton, helpless dependence upon the
state and failure to meet and make use
OF the responsibilities and opportunities
That abound in organized body has not
only recognized it, but is making a per-
slstent endeavor to remedy it and that
IS the State School Improvement asso-
cation. This organization has not lost
fath in the people of Alabama and it
believes that this inertia is the result
not of conscious intention, but of a fail
ure to discriminate between the educa-
tional duties of the state and t.ose of
The community and the citizen: also an
ignorance of the potential strength that
lies in both of the last two named.
acting upon this belief, therefore, it APP
peals not for federal aid, more state aid
or outside philanthropy. but to the peo-
pie themselves and what has been the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22
A COAST-TO-COAST
STRIKE THREATENED

Chicago. June 21.-Threats of a coast-to-
coast strike in sympathy with the Chicago
union men locked out by the Building
Construction Employers association was
made today by Simeon ODonnell presi-
dent of the Building Trades Council.
According to O'Donnell, union men in
cnties throughout the country are await
ing his word to tie up the construction
work of the nation.
However, we will hold out" said
O'Donnell, until the last minute before
taking such drastic action"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22
, The Pith of Experience

Funny how the dear old gentleman whc
just has to pat child on the head un
erringly picks out the one with the pret
ty mother.
Beauty used to be skin deep. Now the,
are adding layer of kalsomine.
Almost any boob could grasp an oppor
tunity if a set of printed directions Wen
with 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22

quate equipment. Second, educational ad
vance by the passage of needed educa-
tional laws. Third economic service by
correatng the activities of the school to
the industries and activities of rural life.
Fourth, social service by making the
school social center.
Basing its conviction of Alabama s
eventual educational transformation upon
achievements already accomplished it re-
ceives the spur of the Russell Sage foun-
dation undismayed. This desired end
will come to pass, however. not by
means of outside aid or philanthropy but
by the efforts of our people themselves
who with school improvements will fight
it out alone if it takes 10 winters and
as many summers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22
Dent Names Steiner
to Go to West Point

Washington, June 21.-tSpecial.)-
Representative Dent has appointed to
the vacancy existing at the West Point
Military academy, j. j. f. Steiner, son
of Maj. r. E. Steiner of Montgomery
Armstead Gayle, who was some time
ago appointed by Mr.. Dent to the ma
val academy, has successfully passed
the examination mentally.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04
LAMBS ANNUAL GAMB0L
All Star Production at the
Metropolitan.

Practically every important star IN o.
near New York will take part IN the
Lambs Annual Ladies' Gambol ~ the
Metropolitan Opera House next Friday
afternoon. beginning ~ 1 o'clock. As
there are not enough leading roles 10 go
around IN even such a monster programme
as that announced by Tho club. men whose
names are spelled I'm big electric letters
In front of the countrys theatres Will ap-
pear as chorus men in Victor Herbert and
George Hobarts grand comic opera"
The Village Blacksmith Among these
eminent cboristers will be Otto Goritz and
4. De Segurola. De Wolf Hopper. George
MacFarlane. Edwin Stevens. Percy Ames
and Ernest Lawford-and some ~ them
VIII be chorus girls at that. Among the
principals will he Donald Brian. Lawrance
D'Orsay and Van Rensselaer, Wheeler.
THE Broadway Bellies" a singing and
dancing ensemble by RAYMOND Hubbell
and Robert IT. Burnside VIII be sung and
danced by such popular stage beauties.
bccominGlv ettlrcd. as Frank Moulan. Err
rest Truck. A baldwin Sloane. bingham
Pinto. David Montgomery. Frank Reicher.
I'D filIt ~ ilFaif Nal lf- NiIEs irfNlEt
Legucre ard Mortimer Weldon. escorted"
by Frank Deehon. Frank Talor. John WI
lard. Joseph KeeGan. Charles +. Evans.
Dr. Paul Evans. Joe Herbert. John Park.
Ernest Lainhart. Harry Williams. Den
man Maley and Morgan Coman--a group
OF names which assures more dancing tai
Ont than has ever been seen on a New
York stage az one time.
The closing number VIII be character
lstic Lambs Club skit. "A Wolf I'm the
Ford" written by Raymond Peck and
George V Hobart. II will show the in
terror OF the club in two scenes. and will
Introduce more than one hundred OF its
best known members. In addition 10
those already mentioned there will APP
pear in this number. together with host
OF others. David Belasco. Richard Hard
ing Davis George AIDE. Henry Blossom.
William Norris. Robert billiard, Brandon
lyman. Bruce McRae, Ernest Lawford
Edmund Breese, Edward Abeles. James
O'Neil. Frank Mcintyre. J. Clarence
Hyde Dustin and William Farnum, Will
lam Elliott. +. VI. Holland Eugene Pres
brey. Holbrook Blnn. Richard Bennett.
Vincent Serrano. Harry Woodruff and
Robert Edeson
Victor Herbert's orchestra will play. the
clubs shepherd. Joseph r. Grismer, will
deliver an address officially guaranteed to
be very brief" and between the four
playlets and the musical comedy. Mont
gomery and Stone viii dance. Nat NJ.
Wills will monologue. and there will be
so many other extra numbers that
space fails 10 mention them all.
This unique entertainment. be it added
In conclusion. is given for the benefit OF
the building fund OF the Lambs club.
which needs a larger home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04
BERNHARDTAT THE PALACE
To Appear for Two Weeks in
Her Famous Roles.

Nine Sarah Bernhardt and her com
pany OF twenty-five players begin n two
weeks engagement at the Palace Theatre
tomorrow afternoon IL may be the last
time the American playgoer will have an
opportunity 20 see this great actress In
the dramatic and tragic roles which have
made her fame so lasting. In all her
previous visits 20 New York the scale OF
prices FOR her performances was such
that many who desired TO see her were
unable 10 DO so. For the first week Nine
Bernhardt has arranged to present the
following performances:
Monday. Wednesday and Thursday
matnees and evenings. "A Christmas
Night"
Tuesday matinee and evening. "Iucretla
Borgia.' act &
Friday and Saturday matinees and
evenings. Camille" act s.
Sunday matinee and evening "Theo-
dora" act s.
The opening performance on Monday
will be OF peculiar interest inasmuch
as Nine. Bernhardt will present FOR the
first time IN this city a one-act playlet.
written by her son. Maurice Bernhard.
I'm conjunction with Henri Cain. "Une
Mutt de Noel Sous ia Terreur' "a
Christmas Night Under the Terror
This playlet is said 10 give Nine Bern
hardt splendid opportunity for a por-
trayal OF a wide range OF deep emotions
In this play she essays the role Of for
mer circus girl who becomes yivandisre
In the revolutionary army in 1929. AS
such she is enabled to save the lives Of
Comte and Comtesse de KeIsant and
their little daughter.
For the other performances Nine Bern
hsrdt has selected what she considers the
strongest scenes from the plays named.
Surrounding Nine. Bernhard at each
performance will be the usual vaudeville
entertainment which will include this
week a sketch adapted from the German
by Philip Bartholomae. called And They
Lived Happily Ever After"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04
KlPLING'S NEW PLAY
The Harbour Watch Pro
duced in London.

or Rudyard Kipllng's one-act play
The Harbour Watch" recently produced
1T the Royalty Theatre. London. The
Pail Mall Gazette" has this to say:
Mr.. Kiplng has always been SO joy
fully young and SO healthly original and
unconventional that no one would dream
OF calling him anything but modern OF
the moderns Consequently. when The
Harbor Watch was produced at the
Royalty Theatre yesterday afternoon. IT
was with an amused surprise We discov-
erod It's story TO be wholly conventional
and old-fashioned one OF a gallant sailor
lad who has outstayed his leave TO be
near a dying mother and a beloved and
comely young cousin; OF wicked old
money lender who also desires the cousin,
and threatens. n she will not marry him,
to get the sailor arrested as a deserter;
and OF genial old salt who takes the side
of the lovers and helps the young man
out Of his difficulties. Surely, said we.
Mr. Klpliug. of all men. was not going TO
fob us off with such ancientry as this?
And happily our anxietes were presently
set al rest with the entry OF an inebri-
ated but most engaging marine, who. as
soon as he had sobered himself by plung-
Ing his head into a pail OF cold water,
proceeded. under the direction OF the old
salt. TO give his hearty and intelligent as
slstance to the business OF the money
lenders discontinue. This admirable
creature. named Edward Glass, had not
been on the stage three minutes before
the audience recognized the authentic
touch OF the creator of Mulyaney In him,
and thenceforward the play became an
enjoyable thing. We hope, however In
his next play Mr. Kipllng Will give us a
rather less conventional story"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04
CARMENClTA RETURNS.

Carmencita. the Spanish dancer. who
was the sensation OF New York season
several years ago, will be seen at the
New York Roof Garden next week. where
she will take part I'm the first OF series
Of international dancing contests. Car
mencita, who last appeared in this coun-
try at Hammerstein's Victoria Ave years
AGO. claims that II was she who intro
duced the turkey trot and the tango
though not under their present names
She explains that the turkey trot Is a
modification Of an old Spanish dance
called La Pomeletlcia." and that the
tango Is essentially classic Spanish
dance. which she popularized in the Ar
gentine Republic. whence it has reached
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04

THE Master Mind" at the Harris The
atre.
Years OF Discretion" a comedy. by
Frederick Hatton and Fanny Locke Hat
ton. at the Belasco
May Irwin. in Widow by Proxy" by
Catherine Chisholm Cushing. and Mrs.
Peckham's Carouse." by George AIDE. at
George NJ. Cohan's.
Laurette Taylor. in peg o. Ny Heart, &"
by J. Hartley Manners. at the new Cort
Robert IIilliard, in The Argyle Case,
at the Criterion.
Within the law" at tho Eltinge Thea
ire with Jane Cowl I'm the leading part.
The Poor Little Rich Girl" play OF
fact and fancy. by Eleanor Gates, al the
Hudson Theatre
Arizona" by Augustus Thomas, at the
Lyric Theatre.
The Five Frankforters. from the Ger
man OF Carl Rossler, at the Thirty-nlnth
Street
The Princess Theatre The Switch
board" Fear" Fancy Free" ANY
Night and Food"
THE whip" Drury Lane melodrama,
at the Manhattan opera House.
Romance" a drama. by Edward Shell
don, at the Maxine Elliott Theatre
Sardou's "Dvorcons," AZ the Play
house.
The musical comedies and plays are:
The Lady OF the Slipper" at the Globe.
with Elsie Janis and Montgomery and
Stone.
Julia Sanderson. in the musical comedy
Tho Sunshine Girl at the Knicker-
booker.
The Purple Road" musical romance.
al the Liberty.
THE Honeymoon Express" musical
review. at the Winter Garden
The Geisha." at Weber & Fields's Hth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04
NEW MUSICAL COMEDY.

my Little Friend" n new comic opera
by oscar straus. the composer OF The
Chocolate Soldier" is now in final re-
hearsal and will be presented AT New
York theatre I'm the very near futuie by
the Whitney opera Company. The book
Of MY Little Friend" is by wilmer and
Stein. Harry y. Smith has made the
American adaptation OF the libretto and
Robert y. Smith Of the lyrics. The elabo-
rate scenic production is already COM
pleted, and an orchestra OF forty-five Is
I'm rehearsal under the baton OF a. De
Novellis. In the cast will be Fred Wal
ton, Leila Hughes. William Pruette.
Harry Macdonough. Craufurd Kent. Edith
Sinclair, Juanlta Fletcher, Lionel Hogarth
and Charles Angelo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04
A PLAY FOR THE BLIND.

The special performance. previously an
nounced. OF within the Law" before an
audience exclusively composed OF the
blind OF New York. will take place at
the Eltinge Theatre tomorrow afternoon.
No tickets will be sold for this occasion.
The seating arrangements for the blind
guests are being looked after by the
Matilda Ziegler Magazine for tho Blind"
within the Law" Is now I'm It's thirty
nth week. with no indication OF a wan
ing OF public interest In the WELLER melo-
drama An extra matinee will be given
on Memorial Day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04
THE HlAWATHA MASOUE.

The picture masque OF "Hiswatha."
presented for the first time In this city
at the Berkeley Theatre yesterday after
noon. will be continued there for two
weeks Each Saturday there will be
three performances for school children
a 10 and 80 a m. and at / 30 p. m.
when each child Will receive an Indian
souvenir. Although the price OF admis-
sion will be reduced for those occasions.
the performances Will be given exactly
like the regular ones, which take place
daily. Sundays excepted. at and $50
D. m
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04

nounced very shortly. Not only is the
strain OF seven or more performances
week with different plays very severe on
the actor. but he has other engagements
10 fulnl. and, with an arduous autumn In
prospect. must needs rest. Tomorrow ne
VIII make his first London appearance az
Shylock in The Merchant OF Venice
with Gertrude Elliott as Portla. Basil
Gin has been specially engaged as Bas-
sanlo and Audrey Ford Mrs. James
Welch "a Nerlssa. II is Interesting TO
note that Mrs Kendall has commissioned
a well known sculptor to make bust OF
Forbes Robertson. while Lady Scott has
also been approached through another
source with the object OF making bass
relief OF the famous actor.