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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
From the Arthur Hopkins Bulletin.

I'm the ArlHur HOPKINS Bulletin.
NN September 10, 1853 years to a
day since the troops under the
Command of Colonel Winslow
sent the Acadians into exile, EVAN
geline,' Longfellow's famous poem.
which details the romance of two Acad-
IAN lovers separated forever by the
hasty deportation of the peaceful and
simple folk of the fertile Nova Scotian
| meadows, will be set upon the stage.
The dramatic version of the great
American poets familiar work departs
In no degree from the poem itself On
the contrary, the spirit of the recital
as Longfellow set it down. has been re-
tanned in every particular All the
characters, known to every school child
throughout the country and to every
adult who is familiar In any degree
with Longfellow's poem, make their ap-
pearance in the stage adaptation as it
has been prepared by Thomas Broad
hurst
1t seems strange, indeed, that though
'Evangeline" was written by Longfel-
low and published in 1S47 no stage pro-
duction of the famous poem has been
attempted in the years that have since
elapsed. There was, to besure, a musi-
cal version, much in the nature of a
burlesque production, presented some
years ago, but this had little to do, as
matter of fact, with the story de-
picted by the poet. And Longfellow. 1t
must be borne in mind, throughout his
poetical recital of the great banish-
ment departed but slightly from the ac-
tual facts of the expulsion.
The production under the direction
of Arthur Hopkins will be one of the
most elaborate scenicalIy that can be
devised. The scene painters have been
sent to Grand Pre- and. returning with
sketches of the country surrounding
/ the home of Jlvangeline. have con-
structed their models on the basis sup
piled by the sketches. At the same time
properties have been collected from
the same neighborhood. where, as thou
sands who have journeyed thither can
testify, conditions remain practically
unchanged from what they were in
Evangelines day. The costumes are
the same. the customs have undergone
io dPplcCldDle dlteTdtlOE with the
passing of century and a half. and
the old methods employed by the Acad-
ians at the time that Colonel Winslows
ships appeared in the offing and
brought to the simple dwellers OF
Grand Pre- the Kings proclamation, and
the banishment, with all its attendant
misery and distress, that followed show
no effort of the Improvement brought
by civilization. The spinning wheel and
and hand loom still prevail. To a great
extent the old Acadian speech con-
tinues unmodified by time, spoken to-
day as it was spoken by Evangeline to
her lover before deportation separated
them and the lifelong quest of the
woman for her deported Gabriel was
begun.
Visitors to the Evangellne land find
many points Of interest having to do
with the Longfellow poem. They see
for example, the old church in which
Winslow gathered the men of Grand
Pre- and read to them the famous proc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
DOES IT PAYY
From the New York Telegram,

From the New York Telegram.
II am all in, judge, and I want to sc
to Auburn prison for long time. There
amt nothing much for me and it's toe
late for me to try to get anything more
than a place to sleep and three meals q
day."
1t was a little old woman of Sc speaking
to Judge Swami, who was pleading guilty
to pocket picking in a department store
and asking to be sent to prison for the
remainder of her days.
Her name is Ellen Mccarthy, and she
was long known as one of the most ex
pert woman thieves in the country. She
admitted having been in prison more than
20 times, and the records show that she
was first arrested in 1886 for pocket pick
ing and sent to the penitentiary for one
year.
Outside of the sadness of the picture
and the inevitable answer to the question
Does crime pay?" the main point is why
Ellen Mccarthy was not, years ago, put
in some place where she would be pro-
tected against herself and the public
saved from her depredations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
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M al.)-The world is growing
w better. We say this after
mature deliberation and thorough in
vestigation. Other people have made
this statement. but they were not pre-
pared to prove it: they simply made
the broad statement that the world
was growing better and let 1t go at
that. But, when we, in this day and
time, when all men are viewed with
more or less suspicion because of the
tendency of politics; when great scan
dals and graft are known to exist and
when money Is used to corrupt men who
are trusted with the making of the
laws and the execution of them after
they are made, when we make the
statement that the world is growing
goods and prove it.
Two of the greatest men In American
politics have taken their stand against
the demon rum. One has declared for
grape Juice and the other milk, but
there must still remain some slight DIFF
ferences in politics. The day of the
statesman who makes speciality of
drinking himself into drunkard s.
grave has passed. 1t used to be that
those desiring the most prompt and
vigorous style of jim-jams would en-
ter politics, but it Is now discouraged.
The day of the old style convention
when the great political leaders would
gather from all parts of the state and
the rank and file would be on hand
to whoop them up Liza Jane, the most
effective persuader on the average dele
gate was to take him off in the corner
and pour oil OF joy into his system until
he was amenable to reason, IL he got
too far gone they would subtract his
proxy from him and send him home In
cart All this kind of thing is past
In the next great political struggle the
emblems OF the two principle conten-
ders. may be emblazoned upon their
panners-upon the one a bunch of
grapes. and upon the other the homely
but cheerful features of the good old
American COW.
OF course where the henchmen of the
great progressive leader, or the Peer
less One. gather in large groups, it will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

In the fierce fight for the mastery of
the splendid herd of buffa1oes in the game
park of Col. Harry c.. Trexler near
Sehnecksville, Lehigh county, Pa, Co
manche, the king of the herd, was killed
by Roaring Frank, his younger rival.
Comanche weighed 5000 pounds, and was
rated by Prof. William T. Hornaday, of
the Bronx zoo, who Is president of the
American Bison society, as the finest
buffalo in the world. Colonel Trexler
got the animal from Pawnee Bill's ranch
in Oklahoma, buying him at the advice of
Buffalo Bill. The two buffaloes never
were good friends, and Frank was al
ways nagging Comanche. No alarm was
felt for the big bull. as he was thought
capable of taking ca re of himself against
the younger one, which weighed about
400 pounds. One day last fall the game
keeper caught them fighting, and when
he tried to separate them they turned
on him. They were both in an ugly mood
on Friday last, and the younger buffalo,
being much more spry, thrice gored CO.
manche in the side the full length of his
horn. They fought all night, their roars
and snorts being heard at the game lodge
mile away The big bull was found
dead
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
TRAVEL IN 17gO

From the Grub Street Problem, by Alger
non Tassin in the June Bookman.
When Dr. johnson tok his Journey to
the Hebrides, all Londoners thought he
was foolhardy to risk his life in SO bar
barous and remote a country. In splte of
the coaches established almos. a century
before, there had been little genera,
travel in England on account of the dis
comfort of the roads The inns on tha
whole were excellent but the business
of travelling, even as late as the time If
charles III, was exposed to the creates,
hardship and danger. Posting on horse
back cost Id. mile. coach fares averaged
21sd. to 3D. mile. Pepys in 1861, had
found travelling with his party very ex
pensive, although he took his own wine
with him and didn't seem to mind what
he paid. He seemed, indeed, to have
learned Touchstone's lesson that travellers
must be content. When in one little town
he was charged Is cd. for just bread and
beer, however, he rebelled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
Banty In the LimeIight Again

"Banty seems determined to keep him.
self in the limelight, and this time he
has emulated Nat Goodwin and taken
unto himself another wife, said Frank
Wade of Wade Bros.
TT will be recalled that some weeks
ago Banty was eulogized in the Hotel
Lobby column of The Age-Herald, and
that an obituary to his wife was also car
ried' in that column. And, by the way,
1t is wonderful to see how many people
read the Hotel Lobbies in The Age
Herald. The day that the article about
Banty appeared nearly everyone who
passed by the store dropped in to see the
little chicken and all had something to
say about The Age-Heralds interview.
But let's get back to Banty. As I said
before, he has secured another wife, and
1t is very laughable to see how courteous
he tries to be. A day or two ago he kept
scratching around in the back of the store
and in few minutes he came up front
clucking and looking generally pleased
with himself. He finally persuaded the hen
to come back with him and l noticed thai
he had made a nest and was trying to
induce the female of the species to get
into it. Failing in this. he hoped up into
the nest himself and sat there for five or
10 minutes.
His devotion to his new found mate is
extremely amusing when compared to his
very apparent detection at the time of his
first wife's death. l have been wonder
ing what he would do if his present In
amorata were to shuttle off this mortal
COLL"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
POntIlar ODera

The Aborns are starting a new ven
ture in New York-grand opera at pop
ular prices,' said a man who takes an
interest in musical affairs.
These enterprising mpresarios GER
tainly deserve success but it remains to
be seen whether their project will pay.
Throughout the season standard opera
The first night it is to be sung in the
language in which the libretto was writ
ten and at the other performances Eng
lish versions will be used
THE chorus will number about 100 and
the principals will be artists, but not $1,000
night stars The most expensive
feature will be the orchestra. 1t will
number 60 men.
This is a great advance in opera out
side of the Metropolitan and few other
fashionable houses in the larger class of
cities. An opera orchestra of 25 used
to be considered large, and when a trav-
cling company carried as many as So in
the orchestra much stress was laid on it.
with an orchestra of 60. AS orchestra
players are better paid now than they
were few years ago, it can be readily
seen what an expensive feature an or
chestra of so men must be. The concert
m eister and other principals receive large
salaries and the average of the whole
body will be something like $45 a week"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
KIPLING,S ENGLAND

From the Literary BaedelSer. by Arthur
Bartlett Maurice in the June Bookman
Following Kipling into rural England,
there is the watering place of the opening
chapters of ''The Light That Failed" the
watering place of "Baa Baa, Black
Sheep" the scenes of AN Habitation
Enforced" and rising somewhere above
the Yorkshire moors, Greenhow Hill,
where Lleroyd buried forever his first
youth and took the Widows uniform
upon his shoulders. Nor can one over
look Holt Hangers, the residence of the
American millionaire Wilton Sargent, who
had almost become an Englishman when,
over the question of a scarab. he made
the mistake of tagging the Induna. If
you would find Holt Hangers all that is
necessary is to find the line of the Great
Buchonian railway. for it is yery definite
ly stated that Holt Hangers was just 40
miles from London on that line
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
The Home Rule Bill

The debate on the second reading of
the Irish home rule bill will begin TO
day in the house of commons and will
probably continue for a week or IL
days. The bill was formally reintro-
duced and read first time on May 7,
after which parliament adjourned for
the Whitsuntide holidays, thereby af-
fording the unionists ample time to
prepare their second attack on the
measure.
There seems to be no doubt about
the house of commons passing the bill
with as big, if not bigger, majority
than that of January IT, but whether
the house of lords will again reject it
or attempt to amend it, or swallow it
are questions that time alone can tell
One thing is plainly evident and that
is, the opposition of the unionists will
not be as bitter or vigorous as it was
on the former occasion; in fact the
general feeling throughout England
is one of apathy due to the belief that
the success of the bill is a foregonc
conclusion. The attempt that Sir Ed
ward Carson is making to arouse the
passions and prejudice of certain peo-
pie in Ulster is unworthy a man of
his recognized ability, and can have
no other result than to place him on
level with the militant suffragettes.
Under home rule Ireland will have
many and difficult problems to solve,
and it will require, especially at the
very start, harmonious working to-
gether of it's leading citizens of all
shades of religious and political be-
lief. To the credit of John Redmond it
must be said that this is the spirit he
is trying to infuse into his countrymen
and he is succeeding to a marked de-
gree
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
THE MILK AND GRAPE JUICE FRA
BY BILL VINES

be somewhat difficult for n wbile to
gather and retain a great deal Of ran
uine enthusiasm with no other bevaraya
put grape juice and milk. Every fell
low will want to treat and will call fo,.
one more round of milk until the crowd
VIII nave no further desire to live. Ont
IN the country your farmer host instead
of taking you down to the barn and d,y-
s1ng round in the hay and bringing
forth the little brown Jug. with its
corn cob stopper, filled with pure white
corn germ destroyer, will saw "como
ooWn to the barn and I'll call old Roxsy
III and you can have one on me-
After all this is better. Many a man
mas drifted into politics and tried To
make his living on free booze and popu-
lar approval. When man does tbis
and consistently keeps it up for anv
length of time, the time will come whom
ne has nothing to lean upon but his
oreath' and while he Will doubtless have
managed to create a breath at great
expense to himself or someone else of
some 40 horsepower and of vast pos
slbilities If it could be harnessed. still
II would be of little value in the omen
market.
At banquet where nothing tn drink,
Is served except grape Juice and milk.
there is no danger that the guests will
remain until or o'clock in the MORN
ing, and when they leave. some bired
man Will have to come and pick them
out from among the furniture and otbe,
remnants of the repast On the con.
trary spread of this kind will brea,s
up early and everybody will get homo
at decent hour. Provided they don't
stop on the way.
Anyhow 1t is refreshing that This
example Is set to US all by the two
great leaders. Those who insist unon
soaking themselves with rum and Of
1ering as an excuse that Daniel Web
ster used to absorb enough to float the
North Dakota just before making a
speech can be coldly informed that This
custom has passed out with wigs. knee
trousers, and other eccentricities prac-
ticed by our forefathers and point with
equal right of proof to our modern
statesmen who harken to the rattle of
the milk pail and the smell of the rrapa
when 1t is ripe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
The Court of Claims

THAT was a most luminous and in
structive account of the United States
court of claims published in Sunday S
Age-Herald,'' said a layman. This is
the court of which my friend, E. X.
Campbell of Birmingham, becomes chief
justice.
II lived in Washington at one time and
| got the impression somehow that the
justices of the court of claims held some
thing like sinecures. But Mr.. William r..
King, one of the best lawyers of Wash
ington, who writes interestingly about
the court of claims shows that instead
of having sinecures the justices have very
difficult work to perform and great
deal of it, I doubt if many lawyers not
rracticing in the court of claims We're IA
miliar with the province and jurisdiction
of that tribunal until they read Mr..
Kings article.
"One thing that impresses me Is this;
The justices are not paid well enough.
The chief Justices salary is $500 and the
associate justices receive $1,000. Congress
ought to increase the salaries to at least
slO,5oO and SIC, 600 respectively"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
Two Master Builders
gree.

Henry M. Flagler was born in west
ern New York and H. H. Rogers was
a native of New England, and yet
when the Standard Oil had made both
very wealthy, each turned to the south
to find an ample field of investment
Each invested just about 100000
in the south, and each lived to see his
great enterprise practically completed
Mr.. Rogers put his millions into a
railroad stretching from the West
Virginia coal fields to Norfolk. The
coal of that section had other outlets,
but it did not have a direct rail line
to the sea from which heavy grades
had been eliminated. The tidewater
line. that Mr.. Rogers built offers op-
portunity for the transmission of long
trains, and on it coal can be trans
ported at minimum cost. The distance
to the sea is about 450 miles.
M. Flagler's plans were even
broader, for he proposed to turn a
swamp about 600 miles long into a
prosperous and productive section
stretching all the way from Jackson
vile to Key West, or at any rate to
the keys that lie about the southern
end Of Florida. He, too, lived to see
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
Rattleships Are ShOrt-lived

There is talk of breaking up the
Oregon, but a protest ARISES because
of her record in the war with Spain,
and it may be she will be retained as
practice ship at a Pacific port. In
a short time the Missouri and the Ala
bama, both built since the war with
Spain, will be declared out of date.
The life of a battleship is but 10 or
IL years from launching to condemna-
ton. That length of time soon elapses,
and it is said that our battleships are
going to the scrap heap faster than
they are launched.
The building of larger and still
larger dreadnaughts and superdread-
naughts goes on unchecked. Each new
one outranks its predecessor. The new
ships are more heavily armored, carry
bigger guns and more of them and
are faster. This country is compelled
to keep up with the movement, and
this leads to the speedy condemnation
of vessels of the Oregon type which
has tonnage of 10,2SS only and car
ries but four 13-inch guns and has a
speed of II knots. She is now thor
oughly antiquated, but her record is
still something to be proud Of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

Arkansas Game and Fish Protective asso-
citation, is in Eureka Springs with view
place for birds on their migratory trips
e. A. McElhenny of Avery Island, La,
has expressed a willingness to donate
100000 toward this cause if the Arkansas
legislature can be induced to aid The
bill was killed at the last session be-
cause the legislators did not thoroughly
understand the proposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
Regarding Railroad Rates

Henry Clews in his Saturday review
says among other things bearing on the
business situation:
THE dilemma of American railroads
is still one that requires serious con-
sideration. Our railroads are not getting
fair play from the hands OF the govern
ment An enormous increase OF expenses
has been forced upon them by the de-
mands of labor, but the heavy hand OF
the interstate commerce commission pre-
vents them from securing the compensa-
ton which other Industries have secured
by passing on the burden to the buyer.
The strong roads will be able to pull
through emergencies although their finan-
cial status has been somewhat weak
ened but the situation for some OF the
weaker roads-St. Louis and san fran
cisco for example-will be really grave
unless relief is forthcoming. The Union
Pacific dissolution is still an important
element of uncertainty in the market, and
no recovery in the securities thus az
feoted can be looked for until solu-
ton is in sight"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
Camp wilcox

Camp Wilcox the recently organized
camp of Confederate veterans, was named
for Gen. Cadmus Wilcox, who command
ed a brigade of Alabama troops IN Ma
homes division. Speaking OF Genera!
Wilcox, D. l.. Bridges, lieutenant COM
mander of the camp, said:
"I was with General Wicox's COM
mand at the taking of the Crater In
front of Petersburg. / never have seen
cooler, braver man in action. re-
member when we were ready to charge
the negro troops entrenched behind the
breastworxs, which proved the fearful
mine known as the Crater. General VIII
cox ordered us to hold our flre until we
were right at them. And we did 1t was
hand-to-h hand bayonet contest. The
negro troops hollored, No quarter; re-
member Fort Pillow!' We accepted the
terms, first and last. The dead were
piled high. A negro wounded me in the
back of the head with bayonet; COM
rade drove his bayonet through the ne
gro and threw him over his head.
Speaking of the Chattanooga reunion
would like to say that Camp WILCOX
carried 10 men. paving, through the gen.
erous aid of citizens, all the expenses OF
railroad fares and sleeping car accom-
modations for 65 men during the three
days stay. Some went out 10 camp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
AN ALABAMA GARDEN

BY Samuel Minturn Peck.
LONG pine-cad hill it lies.
O'erlooked by lmpid southern skies,
A spot to feast fatry's eyes,
A nook for happy fancies.
The wild bees mellO W monotone
Here blends with bird notes zephyr-blown,
And many an insect voice unknown
The harmony enhances.
The roses shattered splendor flees
With lavish grace on every breeze,
And lilies sway with flexile ease
Like dryads snowy-breasted;
And where gardenias browse between
Rich curving leaves of glossy green,
The cricket strikes his tambourine,
Amid the mosses nested.
Here awn-fushed myrtles interlace,
And sifted sunbeams shyly trace
Fran arabesques whose shifting grace
Is wrought of shade and simmer;
At eventide scents quaint and rare
Go straying through my garden fair,
AS IL they sought with wildered air
The firefiies ftful glimmer.
oh, could some painters facile brush
On canvas linn my gardens blush,
The fevered world it's din would hush
To crown the high endeavor;
Or could a poet snare in rhyme
The breathings of this balmy cline,
His fame might dare the dart of Time
And soar undimmed foreverl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

his railroad enter Key West, but ne
did not live to witness the develop
ment of the long east coast of that
state. to say nothing of the possibili-
ties of traffic from Cuba and the
Panama canal.
The two men had strong wills and
clear heads and they drove their i'm
mense enterprises to a point where
nothing remains but development in
accordance with the growth of the
country and the flight of time. Both
enterprises stand as remarkable ex-
amples of individual effort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02

From Answers, London.
Mrs. Jordan had ideas on the way
children should be reared. Her young
hopeful, Tommy, caused her little
anxiety in this respect Now and again,
therefore. a serious '.politeness" lecture
was administered.
Now, Tommy, dear" she started,
'supposing you accidentally stepped
upon a gentleman's foot what would
you say?"
II would say, Beg your pardonn"
That's my own little son!" smiled
the pleased mother. "And If the gen.
tleman gave you penny for your
politeness what would you do?"
The innocent look passed from Tom
mys eyes as he quickly answered
why, I would stand on the other
foot. and say Beg pardon again, of
course"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-02
THE ACTORS REFERENCE

From June Lippincott's.
Here is one of Raymond Hitchcock S
new stories of a fellow actor:
While on a motor tour of the White
Mountains, the young men who formed a
touring party stopped at village hotel
Tor dinner. One of the party gazed at his
second course for a moment, and then
asked the waiter:
what do you call this leathery stuff?'
That is filet of sole, sir,' replied the
waiter.
well, you may take it away" said tht
man, after attacking it with his fork, .and
try and get me nice. tender piece of the
upper, with the buttons removed