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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
ELEcrRIcIrY FOR THE BEDROOM

From the Electric News Service.
Very little care and attention is given
to the placing of electricity in the bed
room. Apparently the contractor just
sticks a wall fixture in wherever it Is
most convenient and the occupant OF the
room has to make the best of bad job.
Just as often as not the electric light is
located up against the wall where it ought
not to be.
Not only is it important that the electric
light for the bedroom be located where it
is most convenient, and where the entire
efficiency of the lamp is available, but
other outlets should be provided in case
an extra lamp is desirable during sickness,
or for reading purposes. Now and then
auxiliary electric devices, such as the
small electric iron, the electric fan, the
electric shaving mug. the electric lumi-
nous radiator, are desired, and where only
one outlet is provided the lamp has to be
taken out whenever anything else is used.
or course this is a great inconvenience
during the hours of darkness.
An electric shaving mug is very service
dDle III nOfleS NltIt nOt Ndltt 10 iOl al
ways on tap, and in connection with the
shaving mirror 1t is quite handy to have
an electric light that may be adjustedsto
render its best service. The electric curl
ing iron and the electric hair dryer ap-
peal very strongly to the ladies of the
house, the former having distinct advan-
tages over the curling iron which has
to be heated by gas with the accompany
ing SCOT and danger of excessively high
temperature. The electric vibrator is an
other apparatus which may be used In the
bedroom Fans, ozonatcrs, radiators and
other common devices may also be wanted
in this part of the house. To many per-
sons a reading lamp which can be placed
in convenient position at the bedside
is also a comfort and convenience. The
provision of a number of outlets is just
as desirable In the bedroom as in any
other portion of residence, and If the
greatest use is to be made of electric cur
rent the contractor or designer of an
installation should bear all these points
in mind when laying out his wiring
scheme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
From a Mine to the Cabinet

William Bauchop Wilson, first Sec
retary of Labor in this country, was
once a miner in the soft coal mines
about Blossburg, Penn. He has
served six years in Congress, COM
ing from district usually republican.
He is and all his active life has been
democrat. AT present he is farmer
near Blossburg; is married and has
nine children.
He was chairman of the House
committee on labor which reported
the bill to create the depart
ment of labor. This bill says that
"the purpose of the department of
labor shall be to foster, promote and
develop the welfare of the wage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

When Postmaster General Burleson had
been sworn in an elderly clerk entered.
This is the first paper Postmaster
General signs after he has qualified said
the clerk. ss.Please sign here" The
Postmaster General noticed the paper was
done up In a handsome wallet but he did
rot examine it closely. When Mr.. Eurle-
son started for home Mrs Burleson, who
was present, picked up the wallet and
tucking 1t under her arm said: well, /
guess I will take this along" On the way
home Mr.. and Mrs. Burleson examined
the contents. They found 1t was a rail-
read and steamship pass made out in the
name of "A. S. Burleson, postal inspec-
tor" duly signed and approved by "A..S.
Burleson, Postmaster General"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
The New Administration

MANY men who did not vote for Mr..
Wilson for President considered him
something of doctrinaire and felt that
If he were elected he would not fully
grasp the business situation of the coun-
try: but from the way he is starting out
he will be one of the best Presidents this
country has ever had,' said Philip J.
Yardley of Philadelphia.
I'm 1908 l voted for Mr.. Taft, but last
November l voted the democratic ticket.
Although l have never been politician
l have considered myself republican.
But / felt last year that the time had
come for change in party administration
at Washington.
"The pessimists in the business world
who predicted that President Wilson
would have a chilling effect on indus
trial activity and general trade are be-
ginning to see that their fears were in-
founded. Business conditions are sound
and trade is moving along well. see NO
reason whatever to think that there Will
be any slowing up of legitimate CONNER
cial activities this year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

Emilio Madero, brother of the murdered
president of Mexico, declares that he
would shoot down with his own hands any
member of his family that would try to
re-establish their power in Mexico. Sat-
urday 1t was understood Emilio and his
brother intended to hold a conference
against the Huerta-Diaz regime. This
Madero denied Sunday and said: None
of the Madero family will ever live in
Mexico again, each member will sell all
his property there and the family will
scatter all over the face of the earth.
We have renounced for all time the coun-
try of our birth, the country that made
our brother president, then allowed him
to be shot in cold blood. We will have
no connection with any revolutionary
plots"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
IN HOTEL L0BBIEs
Frce Aftrnctions Cor the Fnir

'I am busy now considering offers
of attractions for the state fair SAID
President 3. B. Burton Many or the
offers are very tempting We are going
to have more free attractions next
October. and better. than ever. We VIII
have a great midway and altogether
the amusements will be ahead OF any
thing ever seen in the south before.
'As the state fair increases in i'm
portance every year 1t behooves us to
start on the preliminaries earlier year
by year. We are certainly getting an
early start this year and our pro-
grammes will soon be ready for
publication"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
IN SCHOOL. DAYS

By John Greenleaf whittier
Still sits the schoolhouse by the road
A ragged beggar summing;
Around it still the sumachs grow,
And blackberry vines are running.
Within. the masters desk is seen.
Deep Scared by raps official;
The warping floor, the battered seats,
The jack knife's carved initial.
The charcoal frescoes on the wall;
It's doors worn sill, betraying
The feet that. creeping slow to school,
Went storming out to playing.
Long years ago q winter sun
Shone over It at setting;
Lit up Its western window panes, -
And low caves icy fretting.
1t touched the tangled golden curls,
And brown eyes full of grieving,
or one who still her steps delayed
When all the school was leaving.
For near her stood the little boy
Her childish favor singled;
His cap pulled low upon face
Where pride and shame were mingled.
Pushing with restless feet the snow
To right and left, he fingered
As restlessY her tiny hands
The blue checked apron fingered.
He saw her lit her eyes; he felt
The soft hands light caressing.
And heard the. tremple Of her voice,
As II a fault confessIng.
I'm sorry that spelt the word;
hate to go above you,
Because" the brown eyes lower fell
Because. you see. love your
Still memory to gray haired man
That sweet child face Is showing.
Dear girl! the grasses on her grave
Have forty years been growing!
He lives to learn in life's hard school.
How few who pass above him
Lament their triumph and his loss,
Like her-becauss they love him.
The poem of James WhItcomb Riley en-
titled Last Night and This published
In this coh5yIsa FEBRUARY 25, should have
contained the following copyright credit:
From Afterwhiles. CopyriRhtd 1895; used
by special permission of the publishera
The Bobbs-Merrill company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

josiah V. Thompson, a banker of
Uniontown. put through business deal
last week that netted him profit of
100000. Thompson sold tract of coal
land to the Midland Steel company for
81. 10000. an average of $500 an acre. The
land lies in washington and Greene coun-
ties. Less than eight years ago Thomp-
son bought the same property for 500
900, and carried a large mortgage on 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

Gasene, the new fuel liquid, is the dis
covery of Henry B. Taylor, of warren,
Pa. According to Mr~Tavlor it will an
swer all the purposes of gasoline as far
as fuel is concerned and will sell at whole
cents for "A gravity gasoline. One Off
cial says he is using it in his own automo-
bile and it works successfully. 1t is adj
mitted there is considerable smoke with
the first few explosions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

Mrs. Ernest Lister, wife of Governor
Lister of Washington. literally kicked into
the street the bill appropriating 100000
for state roads when the chief clerk of
the House tried to hand her the document
at the executive mansion. Governor LIS
ter refused to accept the bill, which had
been rushed through two houses to get to
him before midnight so that be would
have to sign or veto IL before the legisla-
ture adjourned March IS. He refused to
come to the door and Mrs. Lister at a
late hour declined to accept the BILL 1t
was found lying on the porch when two
men arrived. They called Mrs.
Listers attention to 1t and asked il that
was the bill. "Oh, that paper she said
as she kicked 1t off the porch and into
the driveway, I'VE don't want their old
papers around here" The bill was left
on the ground.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
REASONS FOR REJOICING.

This is the philosophy OF correspon-
dent at Reserve, Kan: Don't kick be-
cause you have to button your wife's
waist. Be glad your wife has a waist,
and douby glad you have wife to but
ton a waist for. Some mems wives have
no waists to button. Some mems wives
waists have no buttons on to button. Some
mems wives waists which have buttons
on to button don't care continental
whether they are buttoned or not. Some
men don't have any wives with buttons on
to button any more than rabbit. KAN
sas City Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

Germany proposes to have graduated
scale of levels to pay for the increase il
the army. The heress to the Krupp es-
tate will pay under this plan 10000
marks a year. or 100000. She no doubt
Knows how to get this money back from
the government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
snr,ur weather Next Week

'In some years the backbone of winter
in this latitude is not broken until about
the last of March," said weatherwise
citizen, but as far as 1918 goes. winter is
past We will not have another freeze.
I predict beautiful spring weather from
the 18th or 10th until April. We may then
look out for a rainy season..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

Vincent Astor thinks more and better
oats should be grown to the acre in New
York and he proposes to show the farmer
how to do it, He is now farm demon
strator, in other words.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

James E. Watson of Indiana says that
Prof. W. II. Taft of New Haven will be
the next republican candidate for Presi-
dent. This means four years more of
democratic rule. Shake, James.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

The New York Evening Post thinks the
south should be satisfied with a President
in the White House and an ex-President
on it's golf links.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

DIR. Fredmanns mock turtle serum Is
greatly distrusted by the old line doctors
in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

Secretary Garrison will, let us hope, be
a friend to our undeveloped waterpowers
and rivers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

Some begin to think Joaquin Miller was
not a real poet because he left an estate
of 10000,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
HIS WORD OF REST.

l.
He said. whilst they all was tall>in
Abusin' him, high an low:
"Thar's rest somewhere in the quiet
Where Gods white daisies grow.
Under the cool, kind grasses
The storms of Life II cease;
Safe in sheltered harbor,
The dead, at least. are at peace,
II.
Thar was the place of his longin-
Thar's whar we sigh to be
When the ship can't stem the tempest
Over Lfe's trouble sea.
Never a soul but felt that way,
Yearnin' for release
Meath the kindly shade by the green
trees made,
Under the daisies of Peace
Frank l.. Stanton, in the Atlanta Con-
stitution.
HOW COULD THEY?
IT'S blooming shame,''
still. you can't blame her parents.
why not?'
when they bestowed the name OF
Fairy on her they didn't suppose she
would ever weigh over POO pounds"
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

DR.. friedman need not stop TO resent
q chilly reception in New York. He
should get right down to the cures them
selves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

Messrs Lewis and Sherman are brevet
senators and both are clamoring for the
toga itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
HIS CLAIM TO FAME.

"A newspaper paragrapher passed away
the other day, after many years of SER
vice. What do You suppose was his dying
request?'
It can't imagine
HE asked the members of his family to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

The army of Gen. Rosalie Jones will be
mustered out as soon as the police iil-
vestigation is completed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
THE POOR ". p.

THE POOR V. p.
lie has been found.
To whom do we refer?
To the man who talks about the DC
cultation of Tom Marshall"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
HOME OF JOHN D. RooKEFELLER


From "A Day with John D. Rockefeller"
Joe Mitchell Chapple in National Maga-
zine for March.
Up the hill. past Sleepy Hollow. lying
heights of Pocantico Hills. In the green
Kent House, with square tower and goth
ic decorations, lives Mr.. John d. Rookie
feller, on the border of his estate. while
the new gray stone house on the summit
is being completed.
The home was in keeping with the sim
pie tastes of the man. In the corner of
the hall were fowers-just the old fash
ioned, late flowers of autumn; hollyhocks
and chrysanthemums. There was the
usual hall rack with hats and caps A
photograph Of group on the golf links
showing Mr.. Rockefeller in his best golf
fettle, was near the entrance, and In the
adjoining room pictures of Lincoln and
Washington made it seem like an old
fashioned American home. A CHEEKY fire
was glowing in the CRATE inside. and on
the table were magazines, books and
newspapers in friendly array. 1t was all
cozy and homelike, such as any man of
moderate means might enjoy. Promptly
at the hour appointed Mr.. Rockefeller
came downstairs. He was attired in a
gray outing suit, trousers rolled up. and
was wrapped in a gray sweater, with
a golf cap set squarely atop, as though
ready to eclipse his best record. AS the
single guest of the golf gallery was
armored with a paper vest to keep out
the chilling wind. while waiting to watch
the solitaire game of golf
Nov we're ready" quoth the host,
leading the way TO the green. '.Loucy."
the Italian caddy, with heavy nous
tache and genial brown eve. pInched the
sand and perched the ball After one or
two. sweeps with the club. Mr. Rockefel-
Ter sent the ball circling through the trees
toward the green, like a bird seeking its
nesting place. 1t was a prime drive, and
Mr.. Rockefeller turned to me, his eyes
cleaning with the satisfaction of a man
who mas accomplished his purpose. Henry,
the colored man, as the advance guard
held up the targets showing the location
of each hole.
where is 1t going, Henry?" called Mr..
Rockefeller. after drive. rs 1t all
right, Henry?"
Yaas, sab. guess It struck the green
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

Mrs Mary Pettigrew Keyes, one of the
nine real daughters of the revolution, Is
dead at Princeton. ILL.,. at the age of 100
years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

The moving pictures of the inaugura-
tor cannot reproduce the colors and the
voices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

erect simple monument In his memory.
with his full name, the date of his birth
and the date of his decease on the shaft
and a brief statement to the effect that
he had never written a pert paragraph
about the matrimonial experiences Of Nat
Goodwin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

Washington sadly needs a police force
a police chief and city commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

Tie selection of ambassadors from on
army of multi-milionaires is no easy
task.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

1t is not Dr. Friedmann's peculiarties
but his vaccine that interests the people.
Never mind the former.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
DARN THE FAMILY.

so you want to marry into my family,
do you?"
Not at all, sir. I want to marry your
daughter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
NEW CHAIR At YALE LAW

There are still bones in the shad, ac.
cording to the latest accounts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
COSMETICS oN OLD souTm

FTOn1 INC BUStOlI IfdIISVIIPts 7 !
when passing Old South It is wise to
turn up ones coat collar, for liquid
compound for the purpose Of removing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

A SAFE PREDICTION.
Ere long will backs
Begin to ache
OF those who would
A garden make,
And they'll observe,
With loks of rue,
A mighty crop
OF blisters, too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
NONE TO STAR

When Bella doth a novel read,
She has to prop her feet up high;
But then to blush there is no need,
Because no wicked men are nigh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
A TRIFLE SEVERE.

Miss APeacher, you look so sweet |
could bite YOU said Mr.. Shippers, with
his most fatuous smile.
pray don't" answered Miss Peacher,
in well simulated alarm. Il had a friend
once who was bitten by an insect and
nearly died of blood poison"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
NEVER SATISFIED.

NEVER SATISFIED.
We want so much
Well never get,
This world Is filled
With vain regret.
And when we've passed
Llfe's journey Ger,
We're just as wistful
AS before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

NO NEED TO WORRY.
She gazes on herself the while
Her mirror doth reflect the truth;
And judging from her happy smile,
She still has beauty, grace and youth,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
OYERWHELMEn

OVERWHELMED.
"This officer testifies that you were GO
ing 40 miles an hour when he arrested
YOU" said the judge, sternly.
Your honor" answered the prisoner at
the bar, II am flattered to tears"
What do you mean by that, sir?"
My automobile is a 1911 model and |
bought it secondhand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
UNGRAMMATIcAL pRuE.

Her face it was lovely,
Her figure superb;
But, heavens, how could she
So misuse the verb?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11
EASY ENouGH.

Il know a man who writes hundreds of
letters and never uses the pronoun of the
first person, singular
How does he avoid that?'
He refers to himself in the third per-
son, singular"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

Extract from an essay by Joseph Miller,
published in the Independent.
TIME poem of "Evangeline" is a
succession of pictures. l never
1 read Evangeline but once---it is
a waste of time to look twice at sun
set; but l believe I can see every pic
ture in that poem as distinctly as If l
had been the unhappy Acadian, for here
the author has called in all the ele
ments that go to make up a perfect
poem. When the great epic of this new
solid Saxon tongue comes to be written
it will embrace all that this poem en-
braces. New and unnamed lands; ships
on the sea; the still deep waters hid
den away in deep and voiceless con-
tinent; the fresh and fragrant wilder
ness; the curling smoke of the campfire
action, movement, Journeys; the pres
ence, the inspiring presence of woman;
the ennobling sentiment of love. devo-
tion, and devotion to the death; faith
and hope and charity; and all in the
open air. under the bent arch of heaven.
For no great poem has ever been or
ever will be confined in parlor; or
even fashioned from city. There is
not room for it there. You might as
well try to grow a California pine in
the shell of a peanut Homer's "Odys-
sey," out of which have grown books
enough to cover the earth, owes 1t i'm
mortality to,al1 this and its outdoor ex-
ercise.
When this land Is once more. a will
derness and our language has perished
from the earth, so far as l can guess.
there Is no living Saxon poet will en-
.dure the consuming fire of translation,
like the old Greeks, except perhaps
Walt Whitman. He cannot be made
more rugged or more rough than he Is,
and there is for him large probability
of polish in translation.
l was once riding alone over the
mountains of Durango, in North Mex
leo, when ! was overtaken by what l
thought to be band of robbers. There
was no escaping them-there was but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

Daily and sunday Age Herald -. $500
Daily and sunday. per month. 70
Dailv and SUNDAY. three months. 200
Weekly Age Herald. per annum.. DO
SUNDAY Age-Herald ........... 200
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

all right" shouted back the good ma
tured advance scout. "and hits still
goin' yit."- "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

T. r. Morgan and W. G. Wharton are
the only authorized travelling repre-
sentatives of The Age-Herald in Its
circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-11

Entered at the Birmingham Ala
postoffice as second class matter under
act of Congress March 3, 1879.
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-23
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