davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-10
SCHOOL roR FIREMEN
From the Popular Mechanics Magazi

From the Popular MecHdhicS MdSa1ihe.
A motion picture theatre on wheels has
recently been inaugurated by the educa-
fional bureaus of several railroads for the
purpose of demonstrating fuel economy to
firemen and engineers. The demonstra-
ton coach is equipped with moving pic
ture machine which throws pictures oi
the proper and improper firing of locomo-
tives on a screen at one end of the car,
and the classes for instruction occupy the
regular car seats facing the screen.
Some of the pictures show the difference
between stiff back firing, where the coal
SCOOP is held tight with both hands and
a Jerking strain comes on the back each
time a shovelftn of coal IL fired. and easy
firing. where the scoop is Handled properly
and the coal Is fired with a swing The
nictures also show the ease with which
coal is placed where it is wanted when
the scoop is held properly; the proper
method of lining up the sides and corners
of the fire box: the way in which to turn
the scoop to put a fire directly under the
door. the proper amount Of coal TO PICK
IN In tba scoop. and the bad results OF
picking up too much
In addition to the proper handllng OF
the scoop shovel, the right method ol
,ronarinp the fire before starting upon
the trip is also shown by pictures ihoi'
eating how the fire SHOULD be pulit uI
gradually, starting long enough before
leaving time to get good, bright ped OF
FIRE on the CRATES.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-10
Birmingham and AtIanta

"a very amusing stab at some of her
neighbors, and probably at birmingham
in particular, nestled in the first mage
news columns of the Atlanta Constitu-
tion Wednesday morning." said a we'll
known Birmingham booster yesterday.
who is always ION the job"
''As everyone knows, of course Atlanta
is straining all the resources she has.
and some which she probably has NOT in
an heroic effort to beat the other towns
of the Southern league, and especially Bir-
mingham. in point of attendance at the
opening baseball game of the 1918 season.
In this mornings Constitution was a story
on the first page of what Atlanta boosters
are doing in this line, and in this CON
nection the comment was made that at
lapta merchants could not close IN their
business house for a half holiday. as
was being done in Chattanooga and other
provincial towns of the circuit
THAT may be all right from Atlanta s
viewpoint, but think it is merely an ef-
fort to smooth over a break in our
rivals boasted civic spirit. the merchants
there simply not being as public spirited
or not having sufficient civic pride to close
their stores as Birmingham merchants are
going to do Thursday in an effort to
boost the town, the baseball club and ali
have q good. sociable time. I have no
doubt that Birmingham will win the at
tendance trophy for the first baseball
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-10
NO LARGE HATS SEEN IN PARIS

From the Millinery Trade Review.
| There is no doubt that large hats have
completely gone out of fashion: they are
not even to be met with incidentally iE
the showrooms or the shop windows. All
| the same there is as much disinclination
on the part of the millinery authorities
as last month to negative the possibility
| that they may return to favor for mid
summer. It is quite evident that they
have no mind to shut the door irrevocably
against their revival later on in the sea-
son, if they should deem such a revival
advisable.
Meanwhile it is quite extraordinary how
the fashion for small or. at least smaller
hats has spread. 1t is not matter mere
ly interesting to those who are wont to
follow every fad, but a universally ac-
cepted fact. There was a case the other
day of a husband who absolutely refused
to escort his wife to some function be-
cause she had elected to put on big hat.
1t is no new thing for men to back up
La Mode, but in this matter perhaps there
is a double reason, as they have been so
of the broad brims of their own woman
kind and of others. too, that they hail
the new era as dellverance.
All this may not weigh In the balance
when it comes to deciding whether or not
small hats shall maintain their suprema-
cy for the summer Indeed, it is possible
it may tend rather against 1t than not.
However, for the present at least, we
have only to concern ourselves about
what is being done and not fash ourselves
about what. SO far as millinery matters
go, is yet but dim uncertain future.
From what has been said 1t must not
be supposed that brims are out of 1t alto
gether. On the contrary, many of the
new shapes have very decided brims,
only they are turned right up almost
from the base of the crown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-10
The symphony Festival

1T was most gratifying to see larg,
audience at the Jefferson theatre Mon
day night to hear Ysaye, and 1 am GLAD
to learn that the Music Study club,
which brought the famous violinist here
came out financially ahead" said a local
musician.
II hope the symphony festival an
nounced for May and will be suffi-
ciently well attended to enable Miss
Adams and the other guarantors to es-
cape deficit The Cincinnati Symphony
orchestra, which has been engaged for
the occasion. is one of the best in the
United States 1t will give one or two
matinees and two evening performances
This series of high class concerts can
be made financially successful IL music
lovers, educators and persons of civic
pride will only bestir themselves.
The members of the Music Study club
Should, and doubtless will, get behind
the symphony concerts. The schools
should assist in arousing interest and
both of the large colleges here-Howard
and Birmlngham-shou arrange to send
their students in body to at least one
of the performances.
Ihe Jefferson theatre should be filled
to capacity at both of the night concerts.
If 1t turns out to be SO, and If there is
fairly good matinee attendance there
will be no deficit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-10
Sims In Arithmetic

1T have been struck with careless slips
that some educated men and women make
in arithmetic, especially the arithmetic OF
history" said professional man. II
was reading an interesting and ably writ
ten editorial in a southern daily on Presi-
dent Wilson pushing aside precedent and
addressing Congress In person and noticed
this slip made ncidently-'departure from
custom acquiesced in for more than a
century and a quarter The writer of the
article was thoroughly conversant with
American history. He knew and referred
to the fact that John Adams appeared
before Congress, but that no President
since had done so. Adams began his term
116 years ago and ended it 112 years ago
not a century and quarter ago. The
writer simply lacked an arithmetical turn
OF mind"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-10

In the Interesting People" department
of the April American Magazine appears
an account of George W. Fisk of Greeley.
Col, violin maker who has been called
the American Stradivarius.p Many mas
ter musicians have pronounced him the
greatest violin maker in the world. He
combs the world for the rare bits of
wood which are necessary for the perfect
violin, and yet he finishes less than eight
instruments a year. Following is an ex-
tract:
Every day he works in his little shop,
which has served his purpose for SO years.
He has now nearly completed his one
hundred and fifty-first violin. He tries to
make them all alike, and during the last
20 years he has not had to put one on
the shelf or take one apart for changes
after it had once been put together. He
is now in his seventy-fifth year, having
been born in Bennington, VT, in 1888.
Later he moved to Hoosick Falls, where
he became an expert patternmaker.
Mr.. Fisk eame5 from New York to
Colorado in 1870, with the Union Coonists,
headed by Horace Greeley and N. C.
has lived almost continuously since that
time and where for 80 years he led a
theatre orchestra. He can read music to-
day readily, and plays almost every
evening for his own amusement, mean
while amusing also the neighbors and
passersby, who are charmed by the sweet
ness and soulfulness of his music, which
ranges from grand opera selections to
simple, beautiful melodies. He says that
he cannot play as he used to; that his
right arm, once injured, does not carry as
steady a down bow as 1t once did. But
he can still coax tones of rare sweetness
out of the violins of his own make, into
which he works kindred qualities of his
music-radant SOUL which respond to his
loving touch with sweet alacritY when he
plays.
MIR. Fisk has made as high as eight
violns in one year. but does not usually
turn out so many; for he takes great care
in the manufacture of each one of them,
graduating them with wonderful precision
where the variation of a one -thousandth
of an inch might mean the utter unbal-
ance of tone, and might render the work
of foregone weeks unfruitful by bringing
about the ruination of the instrument. He
has no trouble in disposing of his vfolins,
having but two or three on hand at this
time. At one time in recent years he
was nearly two years behind his orders,
and experienced great difficulty in catch
ing up. sonnoisseur of violin wood, he
has pieces of material of rare quality
tucked away here and there on rafters
and in creyices of his little shop. He has
picked them up In various places, dis
cerning with keen, practiced eye ma
| terial that is well adapted to the making
| OF high grade yiolns Some OF these
pieces have been seasoned for many
| years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-10
. JAPANESE WHALE HUNT

While engaged in scientific research
along the coast of Japan for the American
Museum of Natural History, Roy &. An
diews, curator of mammals in that insti-
tuition, accepted an invitation to make a
trip to one of the small whaling steamers
which hunt the Sci and blue whale OF the
Pacific. Here is an extract from his story
of the hunt as told in the April Outing:
II was clinging to rope behind MN
trying to focus the camera but the fy1ns
spray and rain made it well nigh I'M
possible. Suddenly I was the captain S
muscles tighten as the tip of the har-
poon dropped an inch or two. and caught
a glimpse of the gigantic. phantom shape
rushing upward through the sWirllhg
green water Almost on the instant
cloud Of white vapor shot into our very
faces and a great, dripping body rounded
out under the ships bow. The click Oh the
camera was followed by the deafen1ng
roar of the gun, and / saw the ponderous
fukes whirl upward, pause an instant
and fall in one tremendous, smashing
blow upon the water. There was a mo-
ment's stiffness as the giant figure >quiv-
cred, Strengthened out, then righting itseit
with another crashing blow of the hukes
swung about and dashed away, tearing
through the water partly on the surface
partly below it,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Good business Conditions

''while there is slight recession IN
business, due to some extent to the losses
from the recent floods. trade conditions
throughout the country are, generally
speaking. good,' said \. w. storrs of st.
Louis
Business was very active during jan
uary. February and March and by the
first or middle of May, We will prob
ably have a marked revival IN conditions.
I'VE used to hear a great deal about
the injury that would come 10 the busi-
ness world If the tariff were revised down.
ward; but 7 predict that If the Under
wood bill is passed in any Athing like its
present form this country will start on
an era of great prosperity. Bumper
crops this summer and the tariff legisla-
ton out of the way. healthy boom will
be due. It will come"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-10
SANITATION IN PANAMA
From the Journal of the American Me
ical Association.

From the Journal of the American Med
ical Association
Since Uncle Sam started to dig the Pam
ANA canal, every ono has known that
cne Of the most<1mportant problems to
solve was how. to keep the workers alive
and well until the work was finished
Sanitary work in Panama has always
been considered very important From
the first discovery of America. this point
had been the place of crossing between
the two oceans in the western hemisphere
and therefore there has always been at
Panama large number of unacclimatized
Europeans These unacclima tized Euro
peans were food for tropical infectious
diseases, particularly yellow fever. Pan
anna has acquired the reputation of being
the most unhealthy spot known. When
the United States commenced the building
OF the canal in 1904, this fact had been
sharply accentuated by the recent exper-
ience Of our immediate predecessors, the
French. The French company kept a
large force on the Isthmus for eight
years. Their losses from tropical dis
eases, particularly yellow fever, startled
the world But between the time of the
failure of the Fernch company in 1889
and the undertaking of the work by the
Americans. two great discoveries had
been made in the field of tropical medi
cine which revolutionized sanitation in
the tropics. The first was the discovery
In 1893 by Ronald Ross and others that
malaria Is conveyed by the bite of the
female of a particular genus of mosqui
to. The other was the proof by Walter
Reed and his confreres that yellow fever
Is conveyed from man to man by the bite
OF the female of another species of mos
quito. Walter Reed was surgeon In the
United States army and announced the
achievement of his board In the year 1901.
The discovery that yellow fever was con-
veyed by a mosquito was of even more
Importance to tropical America than the
discovery that malaria was conveyed in
this way. At the time that Reed an
nounced the discovery, the United States
had control of Havana. Methods were
worked out whereby Reeds and Ross dis
coveries could be made of practical utili-
ty. Unexpected success was accomplished
as to both yellow fever and malaria.
Within "a year yellow fever had disap-
fore that time this city had never been
free from yellow fever. Malaria disap
Feared more slowly. But now. after 10
peared from Havana. ror $50 years be-
years of mosquito work, the deaths from
malaria in the city of HaYana have
dropped from an average of $50 per year
to an average of abone ten The success
in Havana having been so marked, the
United States determined to apply the
same principles at Panama. Work was
commenced in May, 1904; in May. 1906,
the last case of yellow fever occurred on
the isthmus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-10
..oxv1cT SELLS CURIOs

From the Popular Mechanics Mas saAiie'
Before Louis v. Eytinge, now serving
life sentence in the Arizona state
prison, entered that institution the pris-
oners or at least the Mexicans, Indians
and cowboys among them, sold TO tne
visitors for a few cents the nat panus'
watch fobs, and other trinkets' they
wove out of horsehair. At present
through the business ability OF Eytinse'
who was struck by the commercial pos
sibilities of this craft, regular pusi-
ness has been organized which brings
in an annual profit of 5000. Eytinse
share of the profits as business man
ger Zoos bv his own wish to the state
[of Arizona. and he has in this manner
repaid the costs OF his trial and is now
paying on the reward given Dy tHe
state for his capture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-10
One OF Taft's BIunders

"No thoughtful person approved of
Presidents Taft's efficiency and econ
omy commission and of course Presi-
dent Wilson will be too clear headed
to repeat his predecessors blunder,"
said member of the Chamber of Com
merce
while Mr.. Taft did some commend
able things no. chief magistrate in
my day has made SO many blunders.
The New York Journal of Commerce
and Commercial Bulletin in an editorial
on the line referred to says: The ef-
fort to get President Wilson to extend
the life of Mr.. Taft's so-called effi-
cheney and economy commission should
receive no favorable attention from the
executive. This commission has been
extravagant and ineffective, and much
that 1t has recommended has been pos
itively unwise and injurious. With the
desire to get economy and efficiency
in government. no one can differ for
moment. but the means recommend
ed by this body will not attain that
end. The employment of few not
very well qualified men at exorbitant
salaries and with practically unlimited
facilities for spending money is not a
good way TO bring about the improve
ment of other branches of the service.
The ablest members of President Taft s
cabinet recognized the worthlessness
and even danger of the work done by
the economy commission and sought
to keep the President from becoming
entangled with the scheme, but he had
already committed himself too deeply.
1t is to be hoped that Mr. Wilson will
not fall into like error
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-10
"wELL HATH HE CHOSEN"

BY Matthew Arnold.
Well hath he done who hath seized happi-
ness,
For little do the all containing Hours,
Though opulent, freely give,
who, weighing that life well
Fortune presents unprayd,
Declines her ministry and carves his
own;
And Justice not infring'd
Makes his own welfare his unserv'd from
law.
He does well, too, who keeps that clew
the mild
Birth-goddess and the austere Fates
first gave.
For from the day when these
Bring him, weeping child,
First to the light, and mark
A country for him, kinsfolk, and, =
home,
Unguided he remains,
Till the Fates come again, alone, with
death.
In little companies,
And. our own place once left,
Ignorant where to stand, or whom to
avoid,
BY city and household group'd. we live;
and many shocks
| Our order -ordained
Must every day endure.
VOYAGES, exiles, hates, dissensions, wars,
Besides what waste He makes,
The all-hated, order breaking,
without friend. city, or home,
| Death, who discovers all.
Him then praise, who dares
To self-selected good
| Prefer obedience to the primal law,
Which consecrates the ties of blood; for
! these, indeed,
| Are to the gods care;
| That touches but himself.
| For every day man may be linkd and
1oos'd
| With strangers: Int the bond
| Original, deep-inwc;fnd
OF blood can ha rot nr~ -
Nor. II Fate biIts, rot heAT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-10
Under the Seventeenth Amendment

The Connecticut legislature has
made amendment seventeen part of
the federal constitution. Thirty-six
states have ratified it, and Georgia
and Delaware lonesomely stand on the
opposition side.
But the adoption of the amend
ment puts this solitary quadrennial
state in hole. The next session of the
legislature is to take place in jan
uary, 1915, and senator must be
elected before March 4, 1915, in or
der to maintain the states represen-
tation in the Senate. It is true, the
Legislature could authorize the new
governor to appoint senator until
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-10
The Bull Moose in 1916

i have voted the straight repubIIcan
ticket ever since I was old enough to
cast a ballot 20 years ago, but If | am In
the land of the living in 1916 I will vote
the national progressive ticket" said C..
V.fLandum of Philadelphia.
L wavered between Taft and Roosevelt
last November and only voted for the
former in order to be regular But the
republican party has outlived its useful
ness and !, like thousands of other repub-
licans, Will gladly vote for Colonel Roose-
welt next time. President Wilson will
greatly strengthen the democratic party,
and it may be that the democrats will
win again in 1916 but the national progress
sives are going to be wonderfully strong y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-10

legislation could be perfected provid-
ing for the direct election of senators,
but this action would not be a very
hearty acceptance by the people of
this state of the terms of the new
amendment, which is as follows:
when vacancies happen in the rep
resentation of any state in the Sen
ate, the executive authority of such
state shall issue writs of election to
fill such vacancies. Provided that the
legislature of any state may empower
the executive thereof to make tempor-
ary appointments until the people fill
the vacancies by election, as the leg
islature may direct"
The legislature of 1915 could no
doubt authorize the governor to fill
the gap until laws can be devised for
direct popular selection. Were it not
for this authority an extra session of
the legislature would become almost
imperative under the new amendment.
The spirit of it really calls for an ex-
ira session of the legislature, but ex-
ira sessions are expensive, and one
can be avoided, especially if the peo-
pie will remember that the next gov
ernor would in that case have the
naming of senator No doubt the
new governor would appoint the choice
of the people in the preceding No
vember primary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-10
LORD KITCHENER IN EGYPT
Clayton sedgwiclS Cooper in the Chris
tian Science Monitor.

Clayton Sedgwicx Cooper in the Chris
tian Science Monitor.
~ AFRO, Egypt.-No explanation of
the government of Egypt is ade-
~ quate without the presentation of
the name of Lord Kitchener. who since
his appointment as British agent In Oc-
tober. of 1911 has been increasingly the
unique and dynamic force behind all the
government agencies, alike the protector
of imperial English interests and the hu-
manitarian regenerator of the land he
loves
He came to Egypt to assist in the COM
pletion of the splendid work of regenera-
ton commenced by Lord Cromer lie
himself had before contributed to the
problem as the soldier leader in Khartum,
the conqueror of the Khalfa, sweeping
out of the Sudan the fanatical dervishes,
nor did he arrive one moment too soon
to arrest the tide that was surely carry
ing Egypt backward from the high and
superb craftsmanship of Lord Cromers
regime.
The presence of an iron hand was needed
and not a few of Egypts leaders were un-
consciously turning in their minds toward
Kitchener. AS the conversation of a GER
tain Egyptian officer who commanded
brigade at Omdurman infers: Lord
Kitchener is a soldier. He is a man oil
iron. He made clean sweep OF the
Sudan. He is just, but he Is not to be
trifled with. There is not nationalist In
Egypt who would not bury himself IN
the sand If Lord Kitchener came to
Cairo. He is the man for the job"
After an interview with Lord Kitchener
in Cairo l realized that he was the man
for the Job" l also realized why the peo-
pie of the Nile country, when asked why
the nationalists were quiet, why the
schools of agriculture and commerce
were thriving, why thousands of acres
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-10
DEATH RATE OF NINE REscuERs

From the April Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Two of the "a experienced mine res
|cuers of the United States bureau OF
mines lost their lives while attempting
Ito save imprisoned miners during the
past year, and seven others were over
come by poisonous mine yapors and
We're rescued only after the most heroic
efforts, according to a report issued
by the government. In the period of one
year 40 entombed miners have been
rescued directly through the efforts of
the bureaus men and perhaps as many
more by individual miners who were
trained in rescue work by the bureau
lof mines. Although the death rate is
80 out OF 1000 men employed by the
bureau, the high mortality does not de-
! ter miners from entering the dangerous
business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-10

II have brought no legislation or other
concealed weapons with me-" said Law
renee Y. Sherman, one of the new sena-
tors from Illinois, after taking the oath
of office. II am moderate projections
ist, but have no sympathy with the rea-
sons given in support of the so-called
Payne-Aldrich bill. l think there are
some schedules that might in all fairness
be reduced. I am a republican, and ex-
pect, to work in the Senate with that type
of republican represented by Senators
Kenyon of Iowa, Borah of Idaho and
others. I had no sympathy with the
methods which prevailed in the last re-
publican national convention, and sup
ported Mr.. Roosevelt in every way, ex-
cept that I refused to bolt my party. ]
have always believed in taking my medi-
cine when I got licked, and working with
in the party for it's reform. Mr.. Roosevelt
eoeivedreverythipg the republican party
had to offer, from the kindergarten up
and should have been satisfied