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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
WOULD TEACH PURE ENGLISH

London Letter to the Christian Science
Monitor.
A association called the Society for
"A Pure English is in process of
\ formation. Its first publication
lately issued has the following list OF
members: DIR. e. A. Abbott, S. o. An
drew. B. Berenson, DIR. A. C. Bradley, DR..
Henry Bradley, DR.. Bridges, DR.. w. A.
Craigie. Thomas Hardy. DR.. f. Jenkinson
]. w. Mackail, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch'
L. Pearsall Smith and Mrs. Edith Whar-
ton.
In a preliminary pamphlet it is pointed
out that in most European countries men
of letters and the better class OF journal
lists are trained to observe the changes
of the language and to assist consciously
ir its development, but the English
language is subject to no such guidance
and to very little intelligent criticism.
The object of the new society is TO IN
form popular taste on sound principles,
to guide educational authorities, and to
introduce into practice certain sllsht
notifications and advantageous changes.
With reference to the spelling and pro-
nunciation of borrowed terms. 1t IS
pointed out that borrowings are more
and more rarely assimilated and even
words that were once naturalized are be-
ing now one by one made un-English.
1T would plainly be useful for writer's
to be acquainted with such matters; and
a list of all such words with their Eng
lish history would oe good example
of the sort of academic service which
this society might render" says the
pamphlet.
Word coining is also dealt with In the
pamphlet Until recent years Engfsh
writers, it says, were in the habit of ex-
perimenting somewhat freely in Ian
euage. and to their word coming activity
we owe many of our current and most
useful terms. But since Carlyle there
have been few experiments of this kind.
Many words are added every year to the
English vocabulary, but they are for the
most part the deliberate creations OF
writers on natural science, while the very
men who should concern themselves with
this matter stand aloof.
Believing the language is, or should
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
Japan, Huerta and United State,


Some newspapers of the United
States "jingoistically" inclined profess
to see an affront to President Wilson
in the offer of fifty Japanese officers
to serve in the army of Provisional
President Huerta of Mexico. To thus
construe the incident is making a
mountain out of the proverbial mole
hill.
The announcement is closely fol
lowed by the request of the japanese
government that the United States
I look after the interests of her subjects
tn the border towns where they have
Incurred the wrath of the rebels. This
clearly and beyond cavil indicates the
approval by Japan of the Mexica,
policy of the administration.
The offer of the Japanese officers
has no significance politically. 1t is OF
much the same character as was the
acceptance by a Tokyo arsenal of q
commission to manufacture munitions
of war for Huerta, which, by the way
is responsible for the trouble. Similar
offers have been made before with nj
attempt to make Of the incident 6
diplomatic episode.
Professional soldiers, whether Jap
anese or English, or of any other race
are naturally interested in any coun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
AIabama,s big Cotton Crnp

1.-THE preliminary report of the CEN
sus bureau shows that Alabama pro-
duced 1,444,297 bales of cotton in the
crop year of 1913, by comparison Ia
per cent more than the 1912 CROP" said
a former cotton man, "and the most
interesting part of the table of fig
ures by counties shows the march of
the boil weevil markedly.
"In the southern and southwestern
counties there is Enthusiastically evidence
of the work of the pest. For instance,
in the counties of Choctaw, Clarke,
Washington, Sumter and Baldwin there
is a decrease in bales of cotton ginned; /;
Monroe breaks even, and Escambia
fell off 800 bales from her last crop.
What a rich and fertile territory
are the counties that border upon the
Tennessee river. The banner of in
creased production, S700 bales. with q
total crop of 30,S34 goes to Madison
with Marshall 5000, Jackson 1900, Lime
stone 5000, Morgan 800, Colbert 4ooo
Lawrence 5400, Lauderdale 5000 bales
increase. These eight counties pro-
duced 173,24S bales, an increase of 40
per cent over the preceding crop.
1.-THE seven counties bordering on the
Coosa, from Shelby north, show an in
crease of "a per cent, with total crop
of 144,061 bales. OF these, the banner
county is Talladega, with an increase
of $500 bales in a crop of 36.1 bales
Etowah shows the heaviest per cent
increase-45 per cent-with DeKalb
and Calhoun even, with "a per cent
each Increase
"over in the valley of the Chatta-
e40O bales, Randolph 5000, Russell $780,
Chambers 1000.
I'm the 'wiregrass, Covington leads
with 5000 bales increase. Geneva is
next with $500, Houston 5000 and Cof-
fee shows 1000 increase over last year.
Geneva with 33,609 bales Is the third
largest cotton producing county in the
state.
Dallas county is far and away the
banner county in cotton production
with 45,136 bales. her present crop, an
increase of $500 bales. Lowndes is Sec
ond with a crop of 1854 bales. The
other coupties of the black belt show
a nominal increase only. Along the Ala
bama, from Autauga to Mobile coun-
ty, the season was not so fruitful, nor
was it back in the hills of Walker
Fayette, Franklin and, Pickens. And
along the Warrior and Tombigbee and
the Cahaba there was not so large a
yield as along the musical streams of
north Alabama-noisy with shoals but
whose soft winds bore on their wings
fruitful moisture
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
From the Philadelphia Telegraph.

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
An amused smile fluttered over the
features of Congressman Samuel ].
Tribble of Georgia, the other night
when the talk topic in the lobby of a
Washington hotel turned to the won
derful sayings of the kiddies. He said
he was reminded of recent incident.
A fond father was taking his little
six-year-old daughter to town in a
motor car, and on stopping in front
of a store he noticed that the drive
against the strong wind had made the
youngsters eyes water.
Just minute, Jessie said father,
wrapping corner of his handkerchief
around one finger and dabbing the lit
tile girls eye. Let me wipe that tear
away"
Say" was the rather amazing ex-
clamation of Jessie, what do you think
that is-a push button?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

Francis M. Purdum 81, of st. Louis, is
terri making and machine shop work in
the night manual training class at McKin-
ley High school there He is probably
tho Oldest regularly enrolled student in
the public schools of the United States.
The school laws of ST. Louis fix the min
a night school at IA years, but do not
set maximum limit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
Financial Review

Henry Clews, the prominent banker and
broker of New York, who has been an in
telligent and bfoad-minded observers of
the business world for nearly a half CEN
tury, is usually optimistic, but whether
optimistic or not, what he has written
has had the ring of sincerity He starts
his annual review tnus
mo intelligent observer taking men
tai stock of the closing year can escape
the conviction that we have positively
entered new era of great political. social
and economic possibilities. This remark
does not apply to the United States alone.
but to all Europe and to the Orient quite
as much as to the Occident. Civilization
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
LAUGH AWAY THE CLOUDS
From the Milwaukee journal.

From the MILWAUKEE, journal.
Mistakes are to be>laughed at. If
one were to take seriously every little
mistake he made life would become a
burden to him. Laugh at your own lit
tie mistakes and do not feel grieved IL
others laugh at them. Laughing will
help you remember to avoid them an
other time quite as well as giving
away to serious regrets. Some peo-
pie are forever taking themselves to
task for some shortcoming. They are
the overconscientious ones. II we act
foolishly on the impulse OF a moment,
II is no more fair to punish our :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

Mrs Josephine Smith of Pittsburg. who
weighs 300 pounds. was walking home
when thug seized her handbag and ex-
claimed. silence, woman! One word
and Mrs. Smith took her pocket
book back, knocked nira down and sat
on him as he howled for help. mercy or
anything which might relieve the press
ure. When a policeman came running
un half an hour later two of the thfef's s
ribs were broken and his others cracking
ominously. Both he and Mrs. Smith were
highly indignant with the officer because
he hao not comessooner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

A Minnesota prisoner who was found
frozen near the Jail wall is believed to
have died in an attempt to gain his lib
erty. Probably the poor fellow was
merely attempting to "Thaw" out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

State Senator Hobbs of Mississippi
pleads that he accepted a bribe in order
to trap Stephen Castleman in bribery
plot, which is the same plea that Bilbo
made in 1909. This calls to mind Lincoln's
maxim that you can fool some of the
people all the time and all the people
some of the time, but you can't fool all
the people all the time.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

According to the statistics of the Chi
cago court of domestic relations, per
cent of the cases in the court were
caused by the interference of mothers-in-
law, but only per cent by fathers. Hur-
rah for fatherl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
TAFTEsQUE. ARBITRATION.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat
Ex-President Taft, speaking at New
Haven, declared himself squarely op-
posed to compulsory arbitration of la
Dor disputes. Can this be the same Mr..
Taft who argued so eloquently a little
while ago for compulsory arbitration
of international disputes?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

1t was rather hard on the athletic in
structor at st. Louis military academy
who won over 800 for students by de-
fepting professional wrestler to be dis
charged by the faculty for permitting the
bout.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

Cincinnati judge gave man who con-
fessed to having robbed over 25 churches
two years in the workhouse. Religious
zeal must have unbalanced his mind he
commented in passing sentence Religion
is tlamed for lo@ of things for which it
is not responsible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

A New York woman 102 years old wa.
prevented from dancing the tango OF
Christmas Day only by the fact that sh,
had the grip. How insdious is thu
modern Dance" exclaims the reformer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

A New York physician devoted himself
so closely to a patient who was suffer-
ing from pneumonia that he became in
fected with the disease. Greater love
hath no man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

Gosh, that hit the right spot Give
me another plate,' exclaimed a New Jer-
sey man at a Christmas dinner. He got
it from the hands of a guest who dis
liked his table manners and is now in the
hospital
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

A Chicago man boasts that he ate on
Christmas a hen which had laid an egg
a day for nearly a year. The goose and
golden egg incident may now relapse
into quietude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

A passenger on transatlantic liner
protested nightly when she was in
formed by steward that her pet dog
could not be kept in stateroom with
hei, but must be turned over to the
butcher. So did the dog and so, doubtless
would the other passengers had they
known
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
oLp AGE 4 MAT.rER or CHoICE.

From the Louisville Courier journal.
The New York outlook says old age
is a matter of choice. oh. no, DIR.
Abbott. Everlasting youth is mat
ter of luck, like royal flush in poker.
We congratulate you upon your hand,
and may you sit long in the game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

The proprietor of a New York moving
picture theatre had % goldfish and a
goose. The goose devoured the fish and
there is considerable speculation as to
whether she will join the hen in produc-
ing golden eggs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

Probably some of the opponents of
the new currency law were of the opin-
ion that elastic currency was to be
made out of rubber
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
GOSSIP FROM THE PROVINCES

From the PhIladeIphia Ledger.
They all stick. For years Bryan was
told to get out of the democratic party.
Murphyswas commanded to leave Tam
many Huerta has been asked to let 60.
A hundred other instances might be cited.
Strong men hold on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

Governor Foss' Christmas present to
Massachusetts convicts came in the
form of an address. At least none can
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

take. 1t Is right to look for the er-
ror and acknowledge 1t. If one has
wronged another. he ought to confess
1t and be more careful; then put 1t
out of mind. To grow morose and SOL
emn Is to commit a second fault No
one Is doing any good to himself or
others by constantly eating the bread
of penitence.- The only time to remem-
ber mistake is when one is tempted
again to the same fault. Daily and
hourly keeping up self-reproach, one
Is worn out. This does not mean never.
to listen to the warnings of conscience.
but to see the fault, start afresh and
keep cheerful and hopeful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

One swallow may not make sum-
mer but several will warm things up
considerably even at this time of the
year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

If the present price of eggs continues
to soar it might be appropriate to spell
1T h-y-n-n-e.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

A st. Paul pastor preached sermon de-
ferding Ananas. Members of r. R. s
pet Organization should feel cheered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

Hobbling Hobbs Is the title of a
political drama which is attracting
widespread interest in Mississippi at
present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

A New York man was fined SO in the
police urt~for telling his son that
Santa Claus was a myth. At that he got
off pretty cheap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

Too many people are content to view
the game of life from a seat in the
grand stand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
PAPA,S HEAVY TOUCH.

It's Just about as bad to trife with
worries Ss it is to worry over trifies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
TELEPHONE
Bell (prfvate exchange connecting AL
aepartments), Main 4oOo.

Methinks, the truth should live from
age to nge,
As 'twere rctaird to all pOsteritY,
Even to the general Attending day.
RICHARD III.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

be, democratic both in character and
origin, and that it's best word makers
are the uneducated, and not the educated
classes. the society would prefer vivid
popular terms to the artificial creations
of natural scientists. AS to dialectical
words, it is pointed out that the spread
of education and the enforcement of a
Uniform and town bred standard OF
speech throughout the whole of the coun-
try is destroying dialects and local forms
with great rapidity. and the drying up
of these sources cannot but be regarded
as a misfortune.
The society will, therefore, actively
encourage educated people and especially
teachers in country schools to take a
more sympathetic interest in the forms
and usages of local speech. The Scottish
education board has recently ordered that
dialect should not be unduly discouraged
in Scottish schools. and advised that
children should be allowed some use Of
their natural speech In class. This ex-
ample, it is hoped. may be followed all
over the country. The society believes
that a knowledge of provincial pronun-
citation and familiarity with the rich
ness and beauty OF the vowel sounds
which it often preserves, especially in the
north, would lead to Some correction OF
the slurred and indistinct way of speak
ing which is now regarded as correct
English and deliberately taught as such
in certain countries.
Finally, with reference to idiomatic
pronunciation, involving speech rhythm.
1t is remarked that the literary taste of
The eighteenth century as typified by DR..
Johnson, consciously dscredited idioins
which it held TO be ungrammatical; and
this error persists. A simple error Is
the growing loss of enclities. The mega
tive not was encltic af.er the verb, and
this gave shant, don't. went. Again.
where propositions made a pronoun en-
clitic, the old accent perishing. For
it," which used to be pronounced for
rit." as one word. is now generally
spoken flaw it, as two. The society
would trust the general ear in such aues-
tions of syllable rhythm. and would pro-
tect as far as possible the old harmonious
cadences of our Traditional speech.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-03-22

wednesday. April 10. with Riski .
minetas
Saturday. April TO- with washing
ton Independents.
saturday. April 20. with Wavnes-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-03-22
WARWOOD WANTS
MARATHON RACE
ASK FOR ONE EVENT DURING
sEMLcENTENNIAL WEEK.
Claim Better Road and More Level
Track VIII BE More condu-
Give 70 Speed.

During Toe SomiCcntcunial annivcr-
eary in Wheeling tNo Marathon races
ara 10 he schedu cd. tho course Of the
runs 20 be- out tho National Road
s-vCrai ~ The local business men. 40
ter considering The matter. Expressed
the opinion that 10 would d. good
plan ~ endeavor to persuade ~ g..
Frederichs. who is conducting The
events. to have the course 81 ~ least
ono Of the races changed so as 90 pass
through Warwood
Win m. completion ~ tho small
amount 81 work on the Toy Mil road
q more ideal route for a race could not
be- found and The level. we'll paved
Boulevard extending along the river
bank. minus the long and stop hills
along the pike. would certainly De-
more conducive 10 faster time. Also.
The race would pass through the main
streets % Wheeling Ten miles. tho
proposed distance OF the runs would
bring tho runners north about ~ far
n7 Twentieth street Warwoud
Mr. Fredcrichs when conriltrl
about Tho matter. stated that DO would
seriously consider the PROPOSAL How
"Nor DO viii reserve h.s decision for
some time. 1F arrangements have not
yet been completed as to the smaller
details.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-03-22
BELLAIRE GIRLS ORGANIZE BASE
BALL TEAM FOR COMING SEASON

by the girl students ~ the Harnrs.
vile. Ohio school and 80 is said that
several Others viii be- Organized in
this vicinity during the next few
weeks. The Heliaire Varsity team
VIII have two pitchers 10 start with
and 10 - said that they are able 10
curve the bail over the plate Thoy
are practcing regularly and expect 10
master several ~ the famous throws
nov being successfully used by we'll
known pitchers
The Lineup.
The Bellairo Varsity team Lineup
Uill be- 49, follows Henrietta Wallace
pitcher and manager Myrtle Wallace
catcher and captain. Eudino NEGRO
ha. fire. base. Marjorie Phillips.
second base. Hcssie schiller. center
field laviu.a Foster. third base
Regina ki'eore. loft held Cora
nuny. short stop Eta Loveioy. riebf
field. Francis Nult pitcher
Suits Tor The players uiIi DO order
% within n few DAYS and 60 81 expect.
Cd that the fret game will be- played
on tho neiia're baso ball nsld within
% couple Of weeks
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-03-22
WASH-JEFR BASE BALL SCHEDULE
HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR SEASON

burg college
Tuesday. April 20. with Pittsburgh
Pirates.
Wednesday. April so. with Bethany
college
Wednesday. May Il. with Univer-
sity OF Pittsburgh.
Wednesday. May rs. with Chinese
University of Hawaii.
Wednesday. June 4. with West viz
gfria Wesleyan university.
Monday. June ls. with Pittsburs Col
legfans
Tuesday. June II. with Pittsburgh
CoIlegians.
"Wednesday. June IS. with Alumni.
Abroad.
Friday. May .. Duquesne university
At Pittsburg.
Tuesday, May 6. University OF Mich
igan. at Ann Arbor. Mich.
Wednesday. May Z. Michigan Agri-
cultural college. at East lansing.
Mich.
Thursday. May $. Notre Dame uni
versity. at Notre Dame Ind.
Friday. May .. Ohio Northern uni
versity. ut Ada, o.
Saturday. Nay 10. Wooster Univer-
sity. at Wooster. o.
Saturday. May II. University OF
Pittsburgh. al Pittsburgh.
Thursday. May %. West Virginia
university. at Moreantown. w. Va
Friday. May %. West virginia uni
versity. az MorEautown-
Saturday. May -. West Virginia
university. at MorRantown.
saturday juno :. WaynesburE col
lege. at Waynesourg
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-03-22
Pitts5uraher Suicides.

NEW YORK. March 21-After de-
siroying every mark on his clothing
except the perforated initials &C. H.
in his hat. a man who had been regis
tered as Charles Hirsh. % Pitts-
burrh.' committed suicide today IN
the room o. an uptown hotel. By
shooting himself through the heart
His clothes and a suit case no carried
were new The name Of the maker
ot the case had been ripped out and
the tailor's labels clipped from his
suit
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-03-22
BEING COACHED BY PROF. LOOM.
IS, or BELLAiRE HIGH SCHOOL.
Expect 20 Meet Other Girl Teams In
THIS Vicinity During the Summer
Months on Local Diamonds.

IlOys and men have nothing on tho
r.ris Of Bellaire. when BE- comes 90
PLAYING and talking base ball ~ they
are genuine fans and like the
great American game. base bali
The game appeals 90 the young
ladies n Bellairc and this year
they are going tO show 10 the
world that they can plav the game
and have issued 90 challenge 10 meet
al' corners ~ their ~er
Those Who compose the team are
noted for their ability 90 throw and
catch The ball but 90 Far as hating
ia concerned very little is known. but
1s they ere very optimistic and say
that they can do that thing doubtless
there will b. aomc'-'ugginr during fhc
season The girls Who compose the
team are students BOZ the tollirp
HIN school and they will be coached
and taught the rudinenfs ~ bali piat.
INK by Prof J. 81 LOOMS. physical
director OF the school
The team will be known a. the
Uclllrc Varsity team. and in addition
to this team another will be- organized
10 b. known a. the Bellaire Hlgh
school second team. and they too. VIII
be- drilled until they can become uiasf.
ers NJ the game ~ IL expected that
several fast and interesting games
Uill DO played by the teams during
fhe season.
GAINESVILLE Organizes
a similar team 10 being organized