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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-05
THE GREAT M'GRAw
he Popular Magazine.

From the Popular Magazine.
McGraw, manager of the New York
National League Baseball club, is very
strict with his players, but they all
swear by him. for they know that he is
ION the level" with them. The same
thing is true of McGraw's old side
partner, Hughie Jennings. They may
"call" their players numerically, in
the heat of diamond battle, for some
bad mistake, but such castigations are
like a fathers reproofs to his sons. and
bear no i'll will. Let someone else offer
criticism, and these two managers Will
fight back just like a parent would
were his sons attacked.
There is nothing they resent SO deep
ly as newspaper criticism of their play
ers They assume that they can con-
duct their. own baseball households
without outside interference, and as
they are the parties responsible for the
showing of the teams, they propose to
do it,
Both are very hotheaded, and for this
reason their seats on the benches are
isolated and shiny-the former condi-
the players, and the latter to nervous
hitching about, melted by the manag-
erial view of various plays. If some
unlucky wight out on the diamond
happens to err, colleague roosting
close to the manager is likely to be the
recipient of a spontaneous and un-
thinking broadside for something not
his fault, simply because the mana
gers mind must be freed. The actual
offender generally escapes, because so
many things happen before he gets
back to the bench that his slip is for
gotten.
MrGraw strives eternally to drill his
baseball knowledge into the brains of
his players. The thing he most abhors
is ''bonehead" play. 1t is for sucl,
that he chides his Giants, not for the
sort of errors that go into the box
scores If his team should play ortho-
dox baseball. and yet lose the entire
154 games of a schedule, he would not
whimper. But If single game is lost
through mental inability to grasp A
that.
Fred Snodgrass received a raise In
salary for making the costliest muft
that ever marked baseball history. But
players coming under McGraw's COM
mand who display any symptoms OF
genuine ivory are palmed off on some
other unsuspecting manager before
their names have had opportunity tc
become associated with the term
Giants" And it is a notable tribute
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-05
HOW TO WALK.
William Brady, M. D., in the New Yorl
independent

William Brady, M. D., in the New York
Independent.
Were we barefoot race fiat feet would
wear, weakening the muscles and Iiga-
ments of the feet as corset or splint
weakens the muscles it supports causes
most of the pain and deformity of broken
arches.
The high heel the narrow toe and the
tendency to throw the toe of the boot out
ward instead of inward toward the me-
trouble.
A bunion is partly dislocated great toe
joint covered by an inflamed bursa or pad
1t is the price we pay for following the
shoemakers ideas about the shape of the
foot instead of natures. When the great
toe is forced away from it's natural pigeon
toed position the joint is inevitably pried
open as one might illustrate by pushing
the index finger forcibly toward the little
finger. Did the shoemaker adhere to the
straight inside line, and not try to divorce
the great toes, there would be no bunions.
The normal shape of the foot may be de-
termined by drawing an outline of the
naked foot with a pencil while standing
on paper. If the foot has not already been
deformed by bad shoes. the pattern will
be seen to be just the reverse of that con-
ceived by the average shoemaker. The
diameter at the great toe joint is the
widest part of the foot; the point of the
toe falls on. or even inside of the median
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-05

mount until the equilibrium is re-
stored by an increase in the produc-
ton of the necessities of life. Only a
few years ago a large per cent OF
the value of American exports was
made up of foodstuffs. Now this ma
ton needs practically everything that
its farms produce.
Our lands are the most fertile upon
earth. 1t is true that they have not
always been cultivated intelligently.
Country life in the past has pos
sessed few attractions. 1t was natural
that young men as they reached their
majorities should flock to the cities
where attractions, comforts and con-
veniences abounded. In town they
could make more than they could in
the country and living in some re-
spects was more pleasant.
With modern scientific methods, the
lot of the farmer has been changed.
The railroads, improved machinery,
cheaper motive power have served to
provide him facilities which before
had existed only in the cities. In ad-
dition, the farmer has learned the
advantages of diversification of crops
and intensive cultivation. His pocket
book has grown with his bodily COM
ford.
The successful farmer has the
greatest respect for "book farming" "
He knows that men such as those at
the head of the Auburn summer school
have studied the questions which must
be solved by their pupils. DR.. Cary
and his assistants are doing a great
work we'll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-05
THE FOLLY THAT MEN DO

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1t is not only the evil that men do, but
the folly also that lives after them. And
in nothing is this undoubted truth so well
illustrated as in the tyranical wills and
testaments executed by wrong headed, &C.
centric men of wealth. Society would be
better off if some law existed forbidding
the dead to wreall their vengeance impose
their penalties or exercise their mistaken
sense of humor upon the living.
Farce comedy world; to be sure, be a
heavy loser did not crusty old curmud-
geons die and leave immense fortunes to
incompatible persons on condition that
they marry, or to plighted lovers on condi-
ton that they refrain from marrying. But
real tragedy would be the loser, too. and
the sum of happiness would gain The
right of the testator to guard his legacies
right to dictate impossible or undignifed
uses for it should be.
An eccentric German millionaire died a
short time ago, leaving $250,O0O to his
nephew in America There was a string to
the legacy. The nephew is not to receive
the money until he is 80 years of age,
and then only on condition that he shall
have stayed continuously in the position
he occupied when he learned he was heir
to this fortune The nephew is now "a
year old. And when he learned of his good
fortune he was financing his summer out
ing by working temporarily as bartender
in a summer hotel in the Delaware water
gap
Did the uncle consider it virtue to
stick to the same job for six years, no
matter how humble that job might be?
Suppose the legatee had been picking
cherries when the news reached him? Or
driving snow plow? And anyhow, what
kind of training will six years in a bar
room be for the handling of fortune? :?
The only virtue in some wills is that a
clever lawyer can break them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-05
pERpETuAL MOTION AGAIN
ON the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Science has been so busy with practical
things that it hasn't found any time lately
to bother with perpetual motion. 1t
wasn't so very long ago, either, as you
may remember, that almost every neigh
borhood had it's perpetual-motionist.
Quite a lot of us have seen one or more
of 'en-hollow-eyed enthusiasts with the
fire of hope smoldering in their fusing
brains. Always on the verge of the great
discovery. Always failing.
Now a mechanician named Florio-pretty
name-who lives in Turin, over in Italy,
says he's got it.. The Florio device has
something to do with the contraction and
expansion of gas. It's a mixture of ca
loric energy and warm atmosphere and
cold water and basic principle-and you
don't have to wind it.
A lot of scientists have looked at it and
nodded approyingly, and Florio, that's his
name, said he was sure right along it was
the real p. m.
II it's something to do with gas, how
ever, all we've got to say is that W hope
F'lerio keeps away from it with 91lighted
candle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-05
CHINESE ANANIAS

From the New York Post.
The honesty and franl1ness of the Chi
nese has often been matter for travellers
tales; but according to Frank Wallace,
author of "The Big Game of Central and
Western China (Duffield), it is only the
! inhabitants of the coast provinces who are
distinguished for veracity. In the course
of his excursion to the Cobb desert to
supply takin and other rare mammals to
the British museum, he suffered much in
convenience and a few misfortunes from
the inability of the natives to tell the
lunvarnished truth
Two incidents he recounts have the saw
ing grace of humor. He came once upon
a region where pheasants were plentiful,
and if he had had dogs, he might have
enjoyed first rate covert shooting. When
he questioned his guides as to their num-
bers, a certain celebrated Ananias set
about recounting the details of a ride
where birds were plentiful
Suddenly" he declared, my horse
shied. My gun was slung on my back.
Both barrels went off. I looked around,
and there were three dead pheasants in
the road!'
1t was this same man who, one day
when the conversation turned on cele-
brated travellers, saw chance too good
to be missed. Marco Polo's name had just
been mentioned.
"Marco Polo" said the man in casual
manner flicking off the end of his cigar.
'Oh, yes, my old father was his guide. A
nice man. He came from Russia. How
old was he? Well, 1 never saw him my
self; it was before my time. About 40,
l should say. He had a grand horse he
brought with him all the way from his
own country. He gave it to my father.
but the poor beast died from grief when
the old man pegsed OUT
1t would seem that this was just the
sort of person ON whom Marco Polo, when
he Travelled in that part of the world,
actually depended for his information.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-05
The Castro FiascO

1t has already been demonstrated
that Castro's coming to Venezuela did
not fill long felt want. Venezuelans
have had peace and prosperity since
the overthrow of the muleteer who
rose to dictatorship. They have no
desire to recede in civilization. Cas-
tro's was not return from Elba. He
had vastly over estimated his popular
ity. Only small part of the popula-
ton acclaimed him.
President Gomez, who has been in
power since 1908, has governed his
country we'll. The personal and prop
erty rights of foreigners have been
respected, and there has been an or
derby effort to develop the splendid
resources of the republic. Gomez has
shown himself the friend of the
United States, and this nation would
not sit idly by and see him over
thrown.
Adventures who seek to rise to
power in Central and South America
by rebellion and rapine will not be
countenanced by the administration in
Washington. Authority, to be recog-
nized, must be won at the polls. This
is the so-called rule of morality which
President Wilson has laid down.
The bombastic proclamation of Cas-
tro has fallen flat. Heroic Venezuela
acclaims me again to revindicate her
rights" he said. ~ am slave to hon.
or and duty and | accept the honor
Everybody in Venezuela should take
up arms and contribute to the saliva
ton Of the fatherland.." 1t is ridiculous
of course and nearly all of the Vene.
zuelan people seem so to regard it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-05
LONGEVITY OF ANIMALS

from Farm and Home.
Singular differences exist in the longev-
ity of the various species of animals.
Two such opposites in size as the crocodile
and carp live 800 years; the elephant and
whale come next with 200 years to their
credit The falcon takes the lead in age
for birds with 15o years, 100 being the limit
of the parrot and eagle. The lion and
the rhinoceros live 60 years; the goose,
common pike and pelican. so; the hart
and vuture, 40; the ass, bull and camel,
3O the horse, 25; the peacock, from 20 to
25; the pig, bear, cow, pigeon, cat, dog,
deer, wolf and the fresh water lobster, 20
years. Fifteen years is the average Of
the duck, nightingale, lark, fox and
pheasant; the canary and the cricket. 10;
the rabbit, s, and the hare and squirrel, q.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The KnoxvilIe EvposItion

Knoxville is entitled to be known as
the exposition city of the SOUTH said IL.
S. Jones of Clark & Jones. 1.-The exposi-
uons held in that city heretofore have
been highly creditable, but the National
Conservation exposition. which will open
on September and continue until Novem-
Der l, will be on very large scale. 1t
Will be one of the largest exposltions ever
held in the south, If not the largest.
Il am glad that the Birmingham Cham
ber of Commerce is taking an interest in
that exposition, and is to promote the
exhibits from this district. Considerable
space has been allotted to Birmingham,
understand, and it will all be filled. There
will be an Alabama day, and it would be
well to have a Birmingham day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
Dead dogs wag no tails.
When money fails to make the mare
go it gets the horse laugh
Men like to talk as we'll as women
do, but they want pay for 1T.
Some wives really believe that they
have faith in their husbands.
You may expect cold treatment from
others if you make 1t hot for them.
A get rich quick scheme is a bait used
for catching suckers without a hook.
Why is a baby nearly always good
natured in the morning when others
are Ill natured?
Some women lose faith in the ef-
ficacy of prayer when their compilations
begin to fade.
If an old soldiers story doesn't line
up with history he blames it on the
historian, who probably wasn't there.
After a man reads a newspaper joke
that appeals to his sense of humor he
is anxious to make an after dinner
speech for the purpose of ringing 1t in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-05

line; the toes form a moderately rounded
cone, not a narrow point.
In buying shoes-it is good plan to take
along such a patterns of your unham-
pered foot. The clerk will smile at your
crude craftsmanship. but don't mind the
clerk. Select the shoe which most nearly
conforms to the outline of your foot, and
you'll draw dividends in subsequent satis-
faction.
Contrary to common belief, going bare
foot is an excellent thing for the feet. It
will strengthen pronated, or weak feet
wonderfully. Teh old fancy that it tends
to produce fiat fleet was part and parcel
of the ancient notion that women had to
ures. Does 1t weaken a growing girls
muscles or spoil her figure to go without
stays? Certainly not
The foot weary should never wear the
arch props or ankle braces exploited in
the stores without the advice of the doc
tor. They are splints, and as such fire.
quently do more harm than good to fall
ing arches. One would hardly apply a
spiint to an arm without medical super
vision.
The first thing for the victim of tired
feet to learn is to toe in. 1t requires un-
remittng attention to the feet in walk
ing, for with the onset of arch weakness
there is a pronounced tendency to toe
n. N. e. by s. S. E., like the fiat footed
street car conductor The tracks made
by the feet in walking should be inter-
rupted parallel lines, not a series of diver
gent lines. Be bit pigeon toed and your
feet won't fail you. Watch the graceful
gait of the well poised athletic girl OF
today. She toes straight ahead. Her ner-
vous, anemic mother toed mincingly out
ward.
Five minutes of "heel and toe drilP'
night and morning will save many a foot
from the tortures of arch supports. OBJ
viously this exercise should be taken
barefoot. Rise slowly on the toes, toeing
in, then sink slowly to the floor, still toe
ing in, and rise slowly on the heels-and
toe inl Repeat until slightly fatigued.
Then put on properly shaped shoes and
keep toeing in all day long. The exercise
strengthens the muscles of calf and instep,
and incidentally cures much spurious
rheumatism" of feet, knees, hips and back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-05
Active Fall Trade

There is a general feeling in business
circles I think that fall trade will be ex-
ceptionally active this year." said S. L.
Wheelwright of Philadelphia.
There was some pressure among large
interests to have Congress postpone tariff
revision until the regular session. The idea
was that If we had no long drawn out ex-
ira session of Congress and no live is
sues under consideration business would
be benefited. But President Wilson made
no mistake in calling the extra session
early and urging prompt action on the
tariff. If that issue had gone over until
winter we would have had some business
unrest at the very time when there would
naturally be a business revival. AS it is
tariff revision has been discounted by
manufacturers quite generally. The coun-
try at large will accept the Underwood
bill as good measure. A currency re-
form bill will also be passed at this ex-
ira session, and it will probably give sat-
isfaction.
1--WE are having bumper crops, and when
Congress adjourns prosperity will be in
full swing all over the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-05
School for Farmers

The eleventh session of the Auburn
summer school for farmers has begun.
Already the attendance is most graft
tying, and it promises to be larger
than ever before. Experts are on hand
10 instruct the pupils" in lessons that
are eminently practical, and the
splendid work of Alabama's college
of agriculture bids fair to be meas
urably widened.
To check the movement toward the
cities is one of the largest problems
that America faces. The cost of living
already has reached high point that
is menacing. and it will continue to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-05
Sleeping i'm the Parks

The public parks of st. Louis have
been thrown open as sleeping places
for the women and children of the
tenement districts. The tenement
dwellers are allowed 10 bring their
own bedding, and watch is kept
throughout the night by details of
police. Thousands are being accom-
modated.
This is privilege extended through
motives of humanity. The plight of
the dwellers of the congested districts
of the large cities is deplorable. In
the heated term, often women and
children are found sleeping on the
sidewalks, on the roofs and in alleys
to escape the sitting atmosphere of
their squalid dwellings,.
The st. Louis plan will bring some
relief to hundreds of weary mothers
and feverish children. The open air
is tonic; the closed room is inimical
to health. City parks are designed to
be breathing places for the people.
What more natural than that they
should be utilized as sleeping quarters,
in preference to the stuffy, insanitary
abodes of the poor?
Many lives might have been saved
had st. Louis plan been adopted
years ago. Because it was not is no
doubt due to the fact that no one ever
thought of it. Other large cities
would do well to follow it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-05

tied or when there is doubt as to the SPELL
ing of word
Tie dictionary habit. once formed, is
constant and positive source of pleas
ure as well as of profit.
10 reach its greatest usefulness the die
tionaiy must be available at the cost of
mihirnum expenditure of energy. In the
library II should be at the readers ell
DOW, ard, preferably. where it is not
necessary to lift its weight. Upon it's
availability depends to a large extent the
readers requirement of the habit of con-
sulting it not merely to ascertain the
meaning of a word in order that the sem
tenee containing it may be understood,
but to discover dervations and shades of
meaning.
The rabit of consulting encyclopedias
and other reference books is profitable
and possess cumulative interest. II de-
velops a faculty for amplihcation that
gives vitality to great deal of the his
tory Of today and yesterday that has lit
tie meaning to those who confine their
reading to headlines and cablegrams. and
the further ones acquaintanceship with
reference books progresses the further he
gets away from the idea that they are
published mainly to give an air of dignity
and solidity to the library. But ahead
of all reference books in general utility
is Il good dictionary. When buying a die
tioaary at a bargain be sure that it is
not sold at a bargain because 1t is printed
from old plates. An abridged dictionary
that is UP to date is better than one that
is unabridged but out of date.
Don't use the dictionary to make a high
seat in law chair for the youngest child.
Use 1t for the benefit of your mind and
your vocabulary. 1t viii pay for itself 10
times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-05
August Trade

July was not as dull month in gen.
eral trade as previous Julys have been,
but there is lull now" said ]. j. Dow
man of Chicago. But probably by the
deal of activity again.
There will certainly be much briskness
in September. The crops will turn out as
well as the most optimistic person had
predicted. The railroads will be overtaxed
in hauling crops. l think 1t is safe to say
that the coming fall trade will be even
larger in volume than that of last year,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-05
The Auditorium Proposition

'The chances seem excellent for a large
for an auditorium building" said well
known taxpayer. THE proposition will
be for bond issue not exceeding $500, 900.
A building with a seating capacity of
10000 can probably be built and furnished
for $175,OOO.
"Atlanta's auditorium, where the grand
opera festival is held every year. seats
1900, but while we are at it we might
seat 10000
Church people and Sunday school peo-
pie should take lively interest in this
auditorium proposition. for many large re-
ligious conventions will be held here If we
have an attractive building"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-05
ADRlr / With THE TIMES


Cooking at some beach resort?
youngstown Telegram.
twinkle, twinkle, little star,
once so near and now so far;
Are you, as the mean ones say,
singing in cabaret?
Denver Republican,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
Do not give our faith a Jar,
Saying you're where duty bids,
Looking after your six kids.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
Ill bet you're longing for your car,
As you with bargain hunters clash,
Selling pans and yelling "cash!"
indianapolis STAR
Twinkle, twinkle, little STAR
Calmly putting his cigar,
The producer let's you fune
In his stuffy anteroom.
Chicago Record Herald.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
Slipping highballs at the bar
Every time you. boast to me
You increase your salaree
well, did Bibbles enjoy his fishing
.rip?"
yes. He says he had corklng good
.ime."
"Umph! I know BIBLES. He means he
had an uncorlxing good time"
CoRNERED.
You wouldn't rock a boat?e
NO"
you wouldn't look down the barrel OF
an 'unloaded' gun?''
Certainly not"
"And you wouldn't try to do fancy tricks
on a motorcycle?"
II should say not"
Would you take Just one more thai
you didn't want simply because some mis-.
guided individual insisted on buying an
other round of drinks?"
"Stopl Every man has his weakness"
OUR HARD WORKING PRESIDENT
Tis very warm in Washington,
AT morning, noon and night,
But Woodrow stays upon the job
And wears a suit of white.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-05
PLANT BLOOMS UNDER SNOW

From the Springfield Republican.
The Alpine flower called the soldanella
we are told, provides heat sufficient so
that it grows even under a considerable
covering of snow. If the snow is not too
deep, the plant sends it's stem up through
the snow, which is melted by the heat. II
the snow is deeper the heat melts little
hollow chamber out about the plant, thus
giving it room to expand and blossom.