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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04

out his term With
out further trouble.
When it was COM
pleted he would 60
outside and lead an
honest life. He had
become a Christian,
in proof of which he
referred to a certain
Salvation Army lead
er with whom he
claimed he had been
working when in the
city. All that he asked
was that he be given an
opportunity to work
andpermission toread
his Bible at times.
This, coming from
Jim Hicks, was looked
upon as a huge Joke
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
CLEVELAND AS A hoy

From the National Monthly for January.
Over 60 years ago, before the country
was crossed by the gigantic network of
railroads, when stage coaches, canal and
steamboats, were the main facilities for
transportation. Grover Cleveland, then a
boy of IA, took a journey of 150 miles by
packet boat on the Erie canal, to visit
his uncle, Lewis F. Allen of Buffalo.
N. Y.
In going to this city, he was moved by a
spirit of boyish adventure, and the
thought that he was approaching the mag
nlioent arena wherein in after years he
was to meet the mighty OF his country
and solve the problems of the nation,
did not come to this boy as he made the
fateful journey, setting in motion con-
tributing causes that later lead to power
full results.
That journey of $50 miles was a big un-
dertaking for a lad of his years. His
home was at that time in Fayetteville. a
hamlet on the Erie canal, eight miles east
of Syracuse, where his father, the Rev.
Richard +. Cleveland, was pastor of the
First Presbyterian church.
To the youthful mind the Erie canal was
the unknown and was In that day source
of great curiosity to the adventuresome
youth living along its banks, and the boy
Grover Cleveland's playmates watched
him depart with envy in their hearts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12

awaited with interest and yet with
out great hopefulness.
The holding of Adrianople, distant
about one hundred miles from Con-
stantinople, is largely sentimental.
Its retention by Turkey would not
make Constantinople any more Sc
cure. When the time comes to take
the control of the Dardenelles and of
Constantinople from the Turks, Ad-
rianople will not cut any figure in
the situation. That city has been
bravely defended. It's ancient mosques
stand untouched, although the garri-
son is known to be living on short
rations. The defense of Adrianople is
the one glory of the war from the
Turkish point of view, and this adds
to the desire of Turkey to retain it.
The present week will determine
the Adrianople problem, and no doubt
the commandant in the beleaguered
city knows how important it is that
he should hold out at least a week
longer, even if his men are living on
quarter rations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
Prices of Foodstuffs

The department OF labor at WASH
Inpton has Just completed an investl-
cation of the cost of living IN 90
American cities, one of which was
Birmingham. Between August, 1911,
and August, 1912, it ascertained that
only two articles of food were de-
creased in price, namely, sugar and
potatoes. Everything else was marked
IN. In Boston sirloin steak had been
advanced "a per cent, in Buffalo ~
per cent, in Atlanta 8 per cent, IN
Chicago 10 per cent, and in Birmlng-
ham Is per cent. The figures, how
ever. showing the advance in prices
during the last 10 years, show the FOL
lowing increases: Sugar 6 per cent,
butter "a, milk 35, flour in barrels
35. potatoes 46, eggs AZ, lard 81, hens
SO. sirloin steak 81, ham 63, rib roast
63, corn meal "a, round steak 86,
smoked bacon 100, and pork chops
los per cent.
These official figures do but sus-
tain those of the commercial agencies.
The householder needs no evidence,
however. He knows the cost of living
is going up yearly, and he is puzzled
to know what proportion of this ad-
vance is due to the protective tariff,
which shuts out the products of other
countries of the world, and what pro-
portion is due to the combinations and
trusts that sprang up under the pro-
tecting wing of the republican party.
When the prohibitive duties are re-
pealed and the trusts are broken up
well, then the millennium in politics
will be near at hand. All trade af-
fairs would then be normal, and all
could then judge what part in recent
advances demand and supply have
played. AS things stand now the
consumer is the victim of artificial
conditions-of grasping trusts under
a tariff wall. Mr.. Underwood will
soon see that the tariff is revised
downward, and perhaps our new
President will send the trust mag
mates who deal in foodstuffs to the.
pen. He says he will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
MORE ICONoCLAsM

From the Boston Transcript.
Iconoclasts nave long and vainly tried
to take that boy off the burning
deck" where Mrs Hemans posted him.
They have shown that the boy was seen
alive clnsing to wreckage when the ship
blew up, still Mrs. Hemans has the fioor
of the worlds sympathy.
The iconoclasts may rally again in their
effort to correct poetry, for cumulative
evidence has just been placed at their
disposal by the publication of the papers
of Sir Charles Tyler. one of Nelson's cap
tains. Among these papers is a statement
by one of the French officers who took
part in the battle Of the Nile. This reais.
Commodore Casabianca and his son
(only 10 years old, who during the action
gave proofs of bravery and intelligence
far above his years. were not so fortu-
nate. They were in the water on tie
wreck Of TORRENTS masts, not being able
to swim, seeking each other until three
quarters past 10, when the ship blew up
and put an end 10 their hopes and fears"
But If the lconoclasts have their way,
what are we to do for the pathetic
sublime?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
China's Great Changes

By decree from Peking the people
of China are adopting modern west
ern clothing. At first all cues were
cut off, and the adoption of the cos
tune of the world at large is the
plainest of evidence that China pro-
poses to become a part of the world.
Even the rank and file of the jap
anese cling to their ancient costume,
but China hopes by decree to ban
ish old ideas and to make the people
a part of the worlds popuation in
every respect.
Then, too, China is striving not only
to institute popular government, but
she is also determined to enfranchise
her women. The women of China are
to be given the ballot on the terms
that men can avail themselves of.
Equal suffrage in other words is to
be the rule in the new China.
The building of railroads is to go
on apace in China, and when the big
country becomes supplied with iron
tracks and steam locomotives govern
ment will become much easier and
much better in it. 1t is too large a
country to be governed without rail
roads. Japan's change and rise to a
place among the powers of the world
was wonderful, and it may be
equalled, and even exceeded, in China
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
THE coNaUERoR WORM

BY Edgar Allen Poe
Lo, It's a gala night,
Within the lonesome latter years,
An angel throng, bewinged, bedight
In wells. and drowned in tears,
Sit in theatre to see
A play of hopes and fears
While the orchestra breathes htfully
The music of the spheres.
Mines in the form of God on high.
Mutter and humble low.
And hither and thither fly;
Mere puppets they. who come and go
At bidding of vast formess things
That shift the scenery to and fro,
Flapping from out their condor wings
Invisible Woe.
That motley drama-oh. be sure.
1t shall not be forgot.
With its Phantom chased foreverrore
BY a crowd that seize 1t not.
Through a circle that ever returneth In
To self-same spot;
And much of Madness and more of Sin,
And Horror the soul of the plot
But see amid the mimic rout
crawling shape iRtrude;
A blood-red thing that writhes from out
The scenic solitude!
It vrithes-it writhes!-with mortal pangs
The mines become its food.
And seraphs sob at vermin fangs
In human gore imbrued.
Out-out are lights-out all!
And over each quivering form
The curtain. funeral pail.
Comes down with the rush of storm,
While the angels all pallid and wan.
Uprising. unveiling, affirm
That the play Is the tragedy, Man
And its hero. the Conqueror Worm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
THE PHILIPPINES
sident Shurman, in January National

fTCsluent Snurman, IN january NdtioAAi
Monthly.
These civilized Filipinos are the only
Christian nation in the Orient | have
often said that in culture, education, ca
pacity and governing ability the Filipinos
may be compared with the people of Latin
America. If they were granted their in
dependence they would not at once be-
come a great nation like the Argentine
republic, or Brazil, but they would, in my
opinion, take fair rank with the smaller
countries of Central and South America.
They have had the same sort of tutelage
and training as the South American peo-
pie. That is, they derive their civiliza-
ton and religion and ideas of law and
government from Spain. But in the case
OF the Filipinos there is the additional
favoring circumstances that for 13 years
they have had much experience in local
self government, and the blessings of edu-
cation have been widely dffused all over
the archipelago. The report OF the sec
retary of education for the year ending
June 30. 1911, shows that the pupltc
school enrolment for that year was 6lO, ,4SS.
While the number of public schools IN
operation was 4404 and the number OF
teachers 1856, of whom s4OS or over 50 per
cent were Filipinos.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
Birmingham's Industrial Expansion

Birmingham's Industrial Expansion
This Birmingham district witnesses
marked commercial and industrial ex-
passion every few years. Some years
ago when Alabama's annual coal pro-
duction reached 100000 tons, Bir-
mingham was disposed to boast a bit.
Now that it has reached the 20,000,000
ton mark we take it as a matter of
course.
This district mined nearly, if not
quite, 20,000,000 tons last year and
it will probably mine considerably
over 20,00O,000 tons this year; and
great strides may be expected within
the next two years. In 1915 our total
coal production will probably reach
% 100000 tons. -
There has been an unusual demand
for Alabama coal within the past u
or 18 months. Prices have been good
and the only handicap or only thing
that the operators have complained
of has been car shortage. There has
been much improvement in the coal
car situation since Christmas and it
is hoped that the railroad companies
will make an extraordinary exertion
from now on to keep the mines we'll
supplied with transportation facili-
ties.
There has been large development
in Birmingham's iron and steel in
dustry. Millions of dollars have been
expended on new construction recently
and millions more will be expended
in the near future. Every material
interest is prospering and the outlook
for 1913 issparticularly bright.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
HIGHBROWs
ponular Magazine.

From the Popular Magazine.
In the office of Brand Whitlock' the
mayor of Toledo, o., there is we'll sus-
tanned atmosphere of culture, not to mem
ton a subtle suggestion of literature and
high art. Brand is a great reader of
what the chosen few call the classics. Al
though he writes for newspapers and
magazines, he reads very few periodicals,
and the men who work for him have a
contempt for anything that was penned
later than the time of Confucius.
]. p. Coakley. who at one time Gov
cred" the mayors office for Toieoo
newspaper, had the Chicago Examiner
delivered to him at the mayors orice
every day. The time arrived when for
six consecutive mornings he could not
fnd his paper Finally, In desperation,
he went up to Henry Frisch. the guardian
spirit of the office, and asked If the paper
had been left for him.
Certainly, yes" replied Frisch' ele-
waiting his Teutonic nose.
well. where is it?'' asked Coakley an
grily.
"I've been throwing it into the waste
paper basket"
What for?"
why" said Frisch. contemptuously,
" taint literal A.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
THE "sERpENT OF THE NILE.

From the Kansas City Times.
Cleopatra was born In Alexandria,
Egypt, 60. B. c., and died there 80 B. c.
She was the last Queen of Egypt, daugh-
ter of Ptolemy Auletes. She was joint
ruler with her brother. Ptolemy. from 5l
to 40 b. c., when she was expelled by
him. Her reinstatement in IS by Caesar
gave rise to the war between Caesar and
Ptolemy. The latter was defeated and
killed and his younger brother was ele-
waited to the throne in his stead Cleop-
atra lived with Caesar at Rome from A.
to Al, and was the mother of one of his
sons She returned to Egypt on the muir
der of Caesar. Antony having been ap-
pointed ruler of Asia and the East, she
visited him at Tarsus in Al. She gained
by her charms a complete ascendaney
over him. On her account he divorced
his wife, Octavia, the sister of Octa-
vianus. in 49, Octavianus declared war
against her in 81. The fleet of Antony and
Cleopatra was defeated in the same year
at the Battle of Actium, which was de-
cided by the flight of Cleopatra, who was
followed by Antony. After the death OF
Antony. who killed himself on hearing a
false report of her death, she poisoned
herself to avoid being exhibited in Rome
at the triumph of Octavianus. According
to the popular belief, she applied to her
bosom an asp that had been secretly con-
veyed to her in a basket of figs. She had
three children by Antony Besides extra
ordinary physical charms, she possessed
an active and cultivated mind. and is said
to have been able to converse In seven
languages. Shakespeare's portrait OF her
in his Antony and Cleopatra" is one OF
the most extraordinary of his creations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
Adrianople the Key

Adrianople may fall at any moment.
If, however, it should hold out the
allies and the powers seem to be un-
able to induce Turkey to cede her
"Holy City," the oldest seat in Eu-
rope of Moslemism. No other serious
obstacle to peace exists. The confer
once is not exactly ended. The dele
nntes remain in London and further
lettings this week may take place.
AZ present an, appeal made directly
70 the Ottoman government by the
AMBASSADORS in Constantinople is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
Munsey's Amalgamation Scheme

Editor Munsey desires to bring the
republican and progressive parties to-
gether through the use of holding
company to be called "The Liberal
Party"
His plan is this: The voters of each
party in each state are to hold state
wide conferences. Each party would
hold its own conference made up of
it's own men, These state conferences
would appoint delegates to national
conference. The last. named would
consist of equal numbers of delegates
from the various states. The national
conference would lay down a new
programme of principles and policies.
Naturally" adds Mr.. Munsey,> 81
should not expect Barnes and Pen
rose and Gallinger and Crane and
others of their type to take kindly to
this plan, or to any other plan look
ing toward liberal and advanced
ideas. They and Wall street are con-
servative to the last degree and are
indulging in the vision of seeing the
republican party re-established on
ultraconservative lines, reactionary
lines. But it is not within the scope of
possibilities to do this. The spirit of
progress is in control today in every
phase of life and endeavor, and no.
where more so than in politics. 1t is
the veriest folly to indulge in illus
ions of reactionary triumph"
Here is where Mr.. Munsey writes
the story of defeat all over his plan-
Not only has Colonel Roosevelt re-
jected the plan outright, but every
standpater will do so also, when Ne is
told that he must first cease to be a
standpatter in order to be admitted to
the new plan. The militant progress
sives on the one hand, and all the
interests on the other and their de-
tenders will reject the plan, and not
enough will be left to make amalga-
nation a working possibility. Mr..
Munsey is trying to mix oil and wa
ter and it cannot be done. No two
men are farther apart than, say, Sen
ator Smoot, who simply wants to hold
what he has gained, and Gov. Hiram
Johnson, who wants almost number
less reforms. The one is iconoclastic,
and the other has swallowed the cana
ry and wants to be let alone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
SECRETS OF MAKEUP

From the London Chronicle.
The face should first be rubbed over
with good cold cream, which must be al
lowed to sink thoroughly into the pores Of
the skin. Next to coating of grease paint
is added and this, of course, can be OBJ
tanned in any shade to suit the part
which the actor is playing.
Then dust oyer with hare's foot, and
apply rouge to the cheeks, paint to the
lips and again dust over with powder in
order to take off any greasy effect. Aft
erward the eyes can be built OUT with
black cosmetique, but for drawing room
theatricals care must be taken that the
make up is not too heavy.
For a proper stage and hall much more
attention should be given to the details
of the make up. 1t must be remembered
tha, the footlights cast a glow upon the
face from below, where it is generally in
shadow, and therefore the shadows that
are accustomed to see, are reversed by
the lighting of the stage.
When this difficult but fascinating art
is understood, persons face may be ut
terly transfigured by the make up. For
instance, even a thin and bony neck can
be made to look plump and smooth If the
little trick is known. When the collar
bone stands in relief, making dark de-
pressions on either side, a line of white
paint can be put where these shadows
fall. and the prominent bone must be
toned down with flesh colored tinting
that will act as shading.
%
appear larger than it really is. is to draw
line of white down the center, from the
bridge to the lip. carefully blending it into
the general tone of the skin. When the
light strikes upon the lighter line 1t is
brought into prominence, and thus the
nose appears larger than it really is. If,
on the other hand, it Is to be made CO.
quettish and retrousse the nose should
be whitened underneath and around the
nostrils.
In order to make long. almond shaped
eyes line tof brown. blue or black ac-
cording to the tone of the hair and COM
plcxion) should be drawn from the QUEER
corner of the eye in the direction of the
crease of the closing lids. and allowed
to end at the inner corner near the nose.
Here little rouge may be worked in, for
this will not only increase the length Of
the eye. but give it a warmth Of tone.
Round, heavy eyes can be made by put
ting white on the lids, and large brilliant
eyes will be the result of a white line
drawn upon the rim of the lower lid, and
beneath this line of black to emphasize
the lashes.
iS a n6r-
formers (as a chorus, for instance), and
it is impossible to give them more than a
rough make up. care should be taken that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
The Use of Tobacco

II have read the book which some one
in Hotel Lobby interview alluded to-
A Young Mans Questions-and l agree
with him when he criticises the author
for condemning in such sweeping terms
the use of tobacco and theatre going re-
marked a member of the Chamber of
Commerce.
1T has been my experience that most
of those men who condemn smoking are
cranks-either cranks or very selfish per-
sons. 1 know many men who do not use
tobacco, but l nsver envied them Young
boys should not be allowed to smoke
cigarettes or to smoke at all, for that
matter, but for inen. to use tobacco is as
defensible, according to my way of think
ing, as for men and women to drink cof-
fee or tea or coca cola. While the excess
sive use of tobacco is Injurious to the
health, so is the excessive use of other
things. But the majority of men who
smoke are not appreciably hurt by the
nicotine, and they get a great deal of
pleasure out of this mild form of stimu-
liant.
"A few years ago an anti-tobacco So
ciety was organized In one of the large
cities, New York, I believe. Its members
not only took a pledge to abstain from
tobacco but they were to 'agitate for
laws making it a misdemeanor for
smokers to smoke in railway stations and
other public places. That society has not
been much heard FROM 1t is safe to say
that the members were fanatics or
cranks.
$50 long as we know that people are
indulging in vices which are sinful in
themselves it Is only the busybody or the
crank who tries to agitate' against such
soacing small vices as smoking"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
THE WORST YET.

The surest way of killing time
Although we hold such deed a crime
Is not to twirl ones thumbs and sit
In idleness while moments fit,
Or stand upon some corner where
The danes trip by with naughty air:
Nor yet to play those countless games
The dilettante lightly names,
Nor sunk in slothfulness to Sleep
Nor In a trashy book to peep
All, mol A deadlier method still,
In sooth, poor helpless time to kill
Is with some one to argue why
The '.wets" are wet" the "drys" are
dry"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
IN WRONG.

IN WRONG.
"a Little Mediaeval Thing)
By feudal castle strong,
In the sweet nocturnal air,
Sat knight and sang a song
To his love, a lacy fair,
Who was fast asleep
In the donjon keep.
Surely you will heed my song"
tAl1 his chant was of this sort),
Or | shall explode ere long,
With a deafenng report,
Not a help, [ fear.
In mans eareer.')
Surely, darling, to the brm
You will fill coiltentments cup
erhis he SANG with such a vim
That he woke The lady up)-
What's that noise?" she called.
Louder still>he bawled:
Surely you will be my wife,
Fill me with ecstatic bliss
Beautify my empty life
With an 1S-karat kiss!'
Surely not!' said she.
MY mistake" said he.
Thomas r. Ybarra in the New York
Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
What makes a man satisfied with the
world is to be satisfied with himself.
Everybody seems to keep his charity In
cold storage so it won't spoil.
What makes girl feel man mas a
good heart is he wears his hair that way
A woman has such an imagination she
can write to her friends and describe
her new gown before her husband mas
given her the money to buy it..
The knowledge a girl is going to have
when she is a wife is like a bank deposit
waiting for her, and she draws most all
OF it out before she is married.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
DIBBLES.

No matter what poor Dibbles did,
Some one would always ask him why,
Until at last, life's woes amid,
He said he wished that he could die.
In TRUTH do not mind the shocks
That fate bestows, time and again.
But even when | change my socks
Somebody wants me to explain
With these sad words he poison took
And crossed unto that other Shore"
Let's hope by some Lethean brook
He walks in peace forevermore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Tribute to DIR. Evans

Il regret very much indeed the de-
parture from the city of my good friend
DR.. Evans" said Father Coyle, speak
ing to another close friend of the for
mer rector of the Episcopal Church
of the Advent
Some of the most pleasant even
ings that have spent in Birmingham
have been spent in his eozy study.
where we discussed our favorite au-
thors, Tennyson, Dickens and the writer
l called Shakespeare and he, with an
enlgmatic smile that left me always in
doubt as to whether he was in jest or
in earnest. called Lord Bacon I hope,
however, to read from time to time in
The Age-Hera1d contributions from his
facile pen"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12

Adams express quotations have dropped
from 217 to $50; American express from
225 to 100; the United States from 100 to
CT and Wells Fargo from Isl to III. They
are just beginning to see that they have
a big fight on their hands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
'.............s...."

to locate the suburbs of 0neonta \
rural correspondent described some such
sensational event as the sudden outcro,-
ping of measles in the suburbs" of OH
eonta. If you have never seen onecnta
you cannot appreciate the humor of on
eonta's suburbs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12

Arkansas has developed a politician
who has or wants all the big plums in
sight. His name is Joe I. Robinson and
he is at present a member of Congress.
He is also governor-eect, of his state,
and besides he is also an applicant for
the seat of the late Jeff Davis. The won-
der is that he does not aspire to seat in
the next cabinet