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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
STYLES At THE CAPITAL,

From Affairs at Washington" Joe Nit
chell Chapple in National Magazine for
June.
curious request came to the editor In
the early spring months. THE next time
you so to Washington, wrote a sub
scriber, won't you make some observa-
tions and tell us what the real styles are,
as observed by man? We have fashion
books, of course, put what does the aver
age man observe in woman's attire?'
Tie letter was dispatched to Washing
ton with other memoranda, but lay neg
iected in it's envelope until one afternoon
stumbled in on a deputation from a
fashionable young ladies' school being re-
ccived by the President in the East Room
OF the White House They were a bright
lot of girls. laughing and chatting as be-
came young and pretty maidens. Every
hat seemed to have ribbon rudder veer-
ing out prominently astern. The mascu-
line mind was wondering what kept that
waterless rudder so steady in a breeze
Boat shaped" hats seemed the trend
Of that line of millinery. There were hats
with little lone aigrette popping up like
a lonesome try sail located we'll aft. Theie
We're sweeping hats, suggesting saucy
yachts, floating over dainty little shell like
ears. Other hats ooked like colored pump
kins, one-quarter size, tilted to the right,
and other had sweeping plume like 1.
sidewheel steamer. To the masculine Oh
server there seemed nautical turn to
most of the millinery Creations
4 .;4t
out breaking any of the commandments,
being utterly unlike anything either in the
heavens above or the earth tn. The
absence of birds on those hats would have
delighted the Audubon and Humane socie-
ties, for not bird was in sight in that
line of hat craft, although it looked as If
several birds nest lace creations were
slowed away in some of the crowns. 50
far as the editorial eye of the observer
could see, the hat bodies were made of
straw. This ! believe characterizes sum-
mer time headgear.
As the request was limited to styles,
nothing may be added or conjectured as 10
the high cost" of the various creations.
The dainty jackets. loosely worn, resent
bled in the upper story the lines of fancy
rajama, while the lower story was reefed
to preserve the nautical trend of the fash
ions.
The one thing that really impressed the
masculine mind was the simplicity in that
stylish gathering. 1t may be that votes
for women" has had its influence on styles
at any rate | am informed that later in
the season hats will be tilted 10 the star
board, or rather Ito the right as the
new ruling of the naval department has 1t,
and carry more rim and sail, as the
eouinoctial storms approach and the bills
eome>due for papa to consider.
There now-Ive done my best, but Mr.
FOX ought to keep his end up better, and
not require an editor in tan shoes to conf
ment on what seems to be another editors,
special and peculiar province.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
Office Seeking the Man

Cases have been known where high
office sought the man and not the
man the office. Such cases are rare
but one of them seems to be that ir
connection with the position of am.
bassador to France President Viii.
son has several times offered that
attractive post to William McCombs
chairman of the national democratic
committee, and Mr.. McCombs has
each time declined. 1t is said that the
President is still hoping to induce Nc
Combs to accept.
The Craftsmanship of a great ma
tional party is no small matter. 1t is
position of great responsibility and
honor and men especially equipped for
that sort of work are usually selected
The chairman, of course, is in the
spotlight from the jump and if his
party wins he deserves and usually
receives large credit for it.
Mr. McCombs managed the last
democratic campaign with real ability
and patriotism and devotion to his
party were his motives.
Such man was the late William F
Harrity of Pennsylvania, who was
the chairman of the national demo-
cratic party in 1892, when Cleveland
was elected the second time. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Cleveland offered
him high office, but the chairman
modestly declined to accept any gov
ernment position.
In this age of officeseeking and all
sorts of self seeking it is refreshing to
find men of the Harrity and McCombs
tVnp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
Forming House Budget Committee

The House intends to have budget
committe which will report early in
each session the sum total that can be
appropriated. A budget to be of value
must be a budget that will not be ex-
ceedcd. This budget must be respected
by the Senate as well as by the House,
and it may become the duty of the
House to trim Senate additions to ap-
preparation bills until the total amount
is within the budget.
Two plans are before the House and
either is good. The budget in this
country will not come from the cabi-
net, but from the House itself, and
the manner of organizing a budget
committee in the House now under
consideration, and the best features
of the Fitzgerald and Sherley plans
will probably be woven into the budget
reform which the House is about to
adopt.
A budget committee to regulate ap-
preparations, particularly, to name the
maximum amount Of the years appro-
priations, has long been needed, and
the House is prepared to do it's duty.
Mr.. Underwood is a budget reformer
and so for that matter are all the
other leaders in the House. Reforms
reach elimination slowly in this coun-
try, but action is quick enough when
public sentiment is fully ripe, as il
plainly is in the matter of having a
budget in this country before any ap-
preparations are made-a budget that
will be arbitrary and controlling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
kryIs Band

Music lovers, including hundreds of per-
sons musically educated and hundreds
who simply enjoy music when they hear
it, had a great treat in Kryrs band yes
terday afternoon and last night men,
Der of Birmingham's musical set said:
"Kryl has an exceptionally fine con-
cert band No band of it's size-29 per-
formers, not counting the conductor
ever gave such satisfaction, perhaps. to
discriminating listeners. Two reasons ac-
count for the excellence of the band.
One is the high quality of the perform
ers and the other is the marked ability
of the conductor.
1T is something of an orchestral band
employed, for there is only bass viol
and harp. but the phrasing is more
orchestral than used to be the case in
brass and reed organizations. The en-
semble is perfect and the brass instru-
ments are kept In perfect tune, which
is not always the case with some of
the celebrated professional bands.
Mr.. Kryl's interpretations suggest the
poetic mind and he reads into his light
encore pieces as we'll as the more pre-
tentious compositions soul and rhythmic
beauty. He accents his rhythms strongly,
which is as much as to say the play
ing of the band is never commonplace
or draggy Mr.. Kryl is himself great
cornetist and In his brilliant cornet num-
bers he was recalled again and again.
1T would be safe to say that the men
and women who made up the vast audi
ences would vote unanimously to have
Kryl and his band here again next sea-
son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
ALFRED AUSTIN'S SUCCESSOR

sound, and poetic revolutionary Is oY,e
Of place as laureate. One thing is certain.
that kipling as poet laureate would no
longer be Kipling to the great majority
of his admirers. Nor is II at all certain
that to the great, mediocre mass of tho
English nation his astounding nerve. his
audacity. the very brilliancy of his hetero-
dox genius would not be disconcerting.
In its corporate sentiments every nation
cings to the ancient forms and the an.
cient decorum
Ihe problem of the laureateship might
De disposed of by the liberals in another
way than by abolishing the office through
omitting to designate successor To Al
fred Austin. They might make an an
pointment of such a nature as to chanea
."e entire character Of the laureateship
instead OF being an office, whether party
OF national, the post might be made an
honor conferred for artistic merit. carrvin,
no obligations with IL. 1t would simnfv
De the expression of the opinIon of the
government in power that the poet tbut
nonored Is the greatest English poet of his
day. There would still be the anomaly of
such Judgment being rendered by,
- pohtieidus. Al tne same time.
treed from party claims. the cabinet mlght
Tor the time being regard itself as the
hatlons representatives for the enco,r-
aeement OF literature. If, for instance.
Mr. Asquith were to nominate Rudyard
hipiing, and Mr. kipling could be induced
70 accept, the change In the ature of the
iaureateship would be automatic Kin
ing nomination by a liberal ministry
would at once make an end of the par
t'san nature of the office. 1t would go
with the understanding that no ceremonial
ooes ana paeans are expected from the
new laureate. or that he is at liberty to
write against the government IL he 50
chooses
But II the liberals are determined upon
no radical change and set themselves to
ma e successor to Alfred Austin tho
party is better off today than 1t was Is
years ago William Watson is. unfor-
tunateiy, no. eligible, for ne,nonal reasons.
Eut there Is Stephen Phillips. and there
Is Alfred Noyes. The latter's uualfca-
tons rank high He has sung the glory
or England's past in his epic Drake
and the Mermaid Tavern tales. He is an
ardent apostle of international peace
Though this Is handicap for a poet who
may at any moment be called upon to
write the wal songs of his country. for tha
time being 1t would be factor In his
favor with the liberal majority.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07

legislation. politioa, or labor agitation,
and brightens the way.
1T is not difficult to discover and
understand the causes of this healthful
condition of our Industrial field. 1t is
the same old story Natural resources
and surroundings, willingness of capital
to invest determination, strength and
energy of labor to accomplish; and
peaceful attitude between the two mu
tually dependent arms of Industrial
accomplishment-cap and labor.
Capital has learned that labor must
be protected an6 compensated equita-
bly,, to make efficient and strong that
very necessary element in industrial
development. and capital is responding
here to this demand.
Labor is recognizing this apprecia-
tion of Its value, and is responding
honorably, faithfully ana peacefully,
with strong arm, and helpful hand
Thus the two make possible the picture
ii is drawn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
From the New York Post.

From the New York Post
HNHE question has been raised whether
there will be a successor at all. A
= special dispatch in the Times de-
clares it possible that the government may
decide to abolish the office. Four years
elapsed between the death of Tennyson
and the appointment of Alfred Austin.
This long interregnum is not to be entirely
explained by the difficulty of finding a
poet worthy to step into Tennyson's shoes
During three years out of the four the
liberals were in power, and the nomina-
ton of poet laureate by liberal prime
minister presents peculiar embarrass-
ments. The party traditions are against
Imperialism and against the undue glori-
hcation of war. But what Is a national
poet without a touch of the lingo? The
laureateship almost demands a conserva-
tive, in an age of rapid transforma ton
ike the present. In addition to singing the
nations victories he is by definition ex-
pected to sing. as Alfred Austin did. of
those institutions which have been the
making or England's greatness in the
past, the throne. the aristocracy, the great
landed interests, that entire orderly sys-
TEN which presented itself even to Ten
nyson as embodying progress by broaden
ing down from precedent to precedent But
1t Is hard to ina gine any poet in whose
appointment Mr.. Lloyd George had a
share, chanting the praises of England $
landed gentry.
The difficulty Is one which even con-
servative imperialistic ministry must face
Alfred Austin's poetic qualifications ap-
peared all the more meager because SWIM
burne and Kipling were possibilities. But
the author of Atalanta was impossible for
nation with whom Purtanism Is not a
tradition. but a fact; a fact which may
be depored, but must be recognized. The
Swinburhe who sang of England's sea as
no other poet before him. could not atone
for the author of Dolores and Faustine
Nor could Kipling's Recessonal. In Itself
sufficient title for the post of national
poet, obliterate the. slang of the Bar
rack Room Ballads. 1t il. difficult to i'm
agne a laureate who has referred to the
Empress-Queen as the widow" however
affectionate the poets intention may have
been. kiplng's manner was revolutionary
even If his political views were nationally
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
COnvicts and Road Buildiug

The day will come when the high.
ways of Alabama will be constructed
and kept in repair entirely by the
convlcts. We need great state roads
and these roads should be built by the
state convicts and the county roads
should be built by the county con.
vlcts. Jefferson county is already
experimenting with the convict svs.
tenn and as this system has been tried
and proved highly successful in Geor-
gia and other states it is safe to as
sumo that it will be successful hero
A movement in favor of chano;ro
the state convict policy is now we'll
under way. AT a conference held re-
Gently to consider convict plans, Cant
Frank S. White was chosen chairman
and John w. O'Neill secretary. Thew
have decided to call general meet.
ing for June IA in Birmingham. and
they are receiving letters from repre.
sentative men in every section Of
Alabama strongly indorsing the move.
ment.
There are fewer convicts employed
in the coal mines now than in man,
years past, but the states polio,
should be settled and settled definitel,
against leasing the convicts to an,
corporation.
The reason that Georgia is SO ia,
ahead of Alabama in it's good road.
is because her convicts have for some
years been road builders. AS soon as
this state adopts the same plan fine
macadam highways up and down the
state and across the state will be the
rule.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
The Iron Market

More inquiry and more interest in
prices are the features of the iron
market" say Matthew. Addy & Co. in
their Cincinnati report. Demand for
steel-malling irons is particularly heavy.
AT the present time half a dozen of the
large Independent mills are ready to
buy and are simply waiting to be
tempted by prices that appear suffi-
ciently low. Buyers themselves are TAX
ing the liberty of making their own
prices. That is the popularity of the
present market. The worst of the thing
is-speaking from the standpoint of
the iron master--that the buyers have
been able to get away with 1t. OF
course, the time is coming-and 1t may
be here now-when the downward
course of the market will be stayed.
There is no doubt that when pur-
chasers hear the dull thud of prices
striking the bottom they will make a
Simultaneous rush to place their or
ders and history will repeat itself. To-
day southern No. Is $11.50 and
northern No. . is s14.75, with but few
furnaces able to figure out a profit.
Most of them must have more money
or hang up. their shutters.
The one favorable feature of the
situation is that most consumers are
busy and the prospects are good But
there is a universal hope that Wash
ington will not long daily with the
great vital questions of the tariff and
banking reform, for 1t is realized that
until these matters are definitely cons-
cluded business will be unsettled As
1t is now everyone is apprehensive and
a mood of timidity is not good for
trade"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
BEATS BRYAN's RECORD

From the Kansas City Star.
Arkansas has no politicians like
Bryan, Grant. Blaine and such men,
remarked a man in little hotel in the
Ozarks one night as the crowd sat
around the stove discussing the usual
topics threshed out in hotel office.
There's where you are mistaken
stranger said a native, who was IN
town tending cout." why, we have
one down in our township that can bea
Bryan all hollow.p
Il never heard of him." said the trav-
cling man in surprise WHO is he?"
It's Bill Haney," said the country.
man. why. man. he's run fer school
trustee six times and never come with
In so votes o. bein' elected.~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
ADRIFT WITH THE TINES
LIFEs ENDLESS WOES.

Full many a man
Does all that he ran
To walk through life contented,
But is apt to swear
And wrinkles wear,
If he lives in a house that's rented.
Down comes the rain,
But why complain
That the roof is badly leaking,
And the pipes are burst
And the steps are curst?
Ne use the landlord seeking.
And just at the time
When he might feel prime,
Both himself and the world admiring,
The electric lights
Won't burn o nights,
Cause there's something wrong with ti,e
wiring.
That's why. though a man
Do all that he can
To smile and appear contented,
He's apt to cuss
Like the rest of MS
Who live in a house that's rented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
ELECTRIC STOVES FOR POLICE

From Electricity.
In Glasgow the police on night duty
are being afforded facilities for warm
ing food and tea at certain street tele-
phone and signal boxes. To this end
the boxes are fitted with electrical hot
plates, which can be switched on to
the corporation mains and utilized for
warming food drink Twenty min
utes are allowed for supper, and the
circuit is so arranged that the heater
element cannot be left under current
when not in use. even II the user omits
to switch off. Each box is also fitted
with a telephone communicating with
the nearest police depot, and red
signal lamp controlled from the super
intendent's office. When glowing. this
signal indicates that telephone COM
munication Is required with the first
constable who see 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
Ru.y Times Heresbout

This news item. bearing Birming-
ham date, and published In all OF the
industrial papers this week. said a
business man. ought to prove very
encouraging to this community Every
mine in this section Is running full
blast, and the year promises to be a
record breaker Many new mines are to
be opened up at an early date. and
shafts long since idle have been put
in service
THE picture is truthfully drawn. IL
is an encouraging picture, and por-
tends continued and increased pros
perity in this district. 1t forestalls any
possibility of unrest uncertainty
paralysis or alarm over congressional
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
DIsTRAcTING THE MIND.

why do you suppose it is that a ;,,y
ride is considered Il sure cure for sorrow
full reflections?"
Chiefly, | imagine, because 1t is mpos-
sible for person to nope and run IN
automobile 40 or 20 miles an hour at the
same time.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
March OF Events Clouds Memory


THE matter of memory as to details
of incidents happening years ago, par
ticularly at such trying times as great
battles. should not draw caustic and cap
tious criticism said a son of a confed-
crate veteran, land a half century is a
long time.
II note the press comments of the ques-
ton as to who was commander of Will
cox's brigade at the crater Now, in
those days, very rarid changes took
place, sometimes for various reasons
other than the casualties of the war. 1t
is true that Col. j. G.. C. Sanders of the
Eleventh Alabama commanded Wilcox S
brigade at the crater in front of Peters,
burg July 30. 1864 At Gettysburg Will
oox's brigade consisted of the Eighth,
Ninth, Tenth. Eleventh and Fourteenth
Alabama regiments, and also at the
crater.
Gen. Cadmus NJ Wilcox was a ma
tive of Tennessee and entered the con-
federate service at the age of 80. After
his brilliant record at Gettysburg he was
appointed major general August 13, 1868,
but was not confirmed by the confederate
congress until 1861"
There is glory enough from Manassas,
Gettysburg, Chickamauga and many other
ensanguined fields for all confederate vet
Grams. never mind who commanded at the
time under discussion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
Death af n Veteran

u. Foster Marshall who was recently
admitted to the soldiers home. died sud-
denly at that institution last Tuesday
morning and was buried in the soldiers
cemetery on Wednesday" said Gen. F. S.
Ferguson.
Several friends of the deceased asked
me about him over the telephone. ana !
take this method OF informing them that
Captain Simpson, commandant of the
home. has conveyed to me the sad intel
lgence. Foster Marshall was In quite
feeble health when he entered the home. y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The SnclIiny l,cc

i recall the spelling bees tina. were
quite popular in the cities ana small
towns of this country some years ago, anu
think 1t would be well to revive them
said an old citizen Those spelling
matches We're both divertlng and to some
extent educational They were decidedly
educational in their tendency because
Young folks who took part or who were
In the audience were led to discuss things
pertaining to education and to general
culture. In other words. the atmosphere
was educational
Il was glad to read in The Age-Herald
a Washington dispatch giving an account
of an old fashioned spelling bee con-
Quoted by the National Press club The
President of the United States and the
Secretary of State attended the bee anu
the contestants were distinguished states
men and newspaper men. Congressman
Frank B. Willis of Ohio was the winner
Some of the words missed by the next
best speller, Senator PoindeNter, we're
familiar, every day words. but some were
technical words seldom met with OUTSIDE
Of scientific publications or the die
tionary
II was surprised at Senator Poindexter's s
misspelling words so familiar as canta-
loupe. daguerreotype. ecumenical anu
6esuetude. Also | was particularly sur
prlsed that the able senator missed odel-
lium. | happen to know Senator Poindex-
ter and | regard him as a man OF fine
culture, but when he showed that he
was not familiar with bdellium it led me
to suspect that he had not been much of
a Sunday school boy.
in my young days, every boy UNI
less his parents were out and out heath
ems, went to Sunday school, we had TO
read passages from the Old and New
Testaments. Every child. as l remem-
her, was furnished with a Bible and the
reading was by verses. in the second
chapter of the book of Genesis the word
bdellium occurs. 1t occurs again in the
book of Numbers The teacher ex-
planned that bdellium was some
kind of precious stone-a ruby, | believe.
The pupils In the class called II be-
dellium, but according to the accepted
authorities the is silent. BY reference
to the dictionaries 1t seems that bdellium
in todays commerce is a resin gum.'
"As to the word ecumenical. which
Senator Pcindexter missed, it used to be
spelled with the diphthong oe, but 1t Is
usually spelled now simply with the e.
The average lay reader was not familiar
with the word, perhaps, until 1869 when
the Ecumenical Council of the vatican
was held. Since that time the word
has been quite common, as it has been
used by Christian bodies holding interna-
tional meetings."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
Crops and Politics

This country is blessed with good
crops and good government. Every re-
port that comes in points to great
crops, and the winter wheat crop is
nearly assured. 1t is to be very large.
To big crops is added confidence in the