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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15
Valuable Publicity

"The recent sessions of the Alabama
Land congress, held in Birmingham, has
given Alabama some very valuable pub
licity,'' said a successful publicity man
yesterday. ut has been no less valu-
able here at home than it has been in
serving to waken interest among our own
people throughout the state.
II notice that number Of the interior
papers are giving considerable space to
the proceedings, while the papers in the
larger cities have given very fiattering
editorials as to the success Of the con-
gress. This is especially true of the Mo-
bile Register. which has had two edi-
torials in succession, in one of which ii
said, Every such influence helps to build
up a powerful force for state better
ment. The land congress, under its man
agement chosen in Birmingham, promises
to develop activities in many lines, and
their promises will be kept Such edito-
rials are of incalculable benefit, for they
indicate that there is a spirit of progress
being awakened that will build up the
state and such localities are being sought
by 1.-Two people"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15
THE TAI MAHAL

From the Kansas City Star.
Tai Maha1, pronounced 'Tazh Mahal,"
with the accent on the second syllable of
the second word, ie in India, a celebrated
mausoIeuIn in a beautiful garden outside
the city of Agra, about o mile east of the
fort 1t was built by the Emperor Shah
Jehan for himself and mis- tavorite wife,
Mumtaz Mahal, who died in 1929. Taver-
nier who saw the building in process of
says that 10000 Lien were
employed upon it continuously for q
years. 1t is an octagonal building 10 feet
high, with sides measuring 1870 feet. and
is surmounted by a dome giving an addi-
tional height of 12O feet; total height, 100
feet. At the four corners of the platform
centered by the mausaleum are minarets
1873 feet high. The whole is Quilt Of white
marble, and the interior decora tions are
of sumptuous nagnifcence. The screen
surrounding the chamber containing the
cenotaphs of the Emperor and his con-
sort, above the sepulchral vault. IS COM
posed of IL kinds of stone, chief of which
is the valuable lapis lazuli; the arabesque
mosaic and inlaid work Is described as of
unsurpassed beauty. The cost of the
mausoleum is variously estimated o have
been from S1O,00000o to s5o0JO,t90.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15

Meeting of School Superintendents
The annual meeting of the depart
ment of town and city superintend-
ents of the Alabama Educational as
sociation now being held in Birming-
ham is of distinct interest, as it has
direct relation to pedagogy and cul-
ture. The themes discussed are of
practical value to all persons engaged
in school work.
One of the most enlivening and
helpful features of the programme is
the ''Rount Table Conference" The
topic for that. conference today is in
dustrial education in the smaller cities
and towns. In the larger cities of
Alabama progress has been made in
manual training. In the Birmingham
High school the manual training de-
partment is not only attractive to the
average pupil, but to the most of
them it is alluring, and good results
are in evidence. All educators recog-
nize the value of vocational training,
and no argument should be needed to
stress the Importance of industrial
education in the small towns.
H. J. Willingham will review
last years. work, and this re-
view will not be lacking in
practical interest. Whenever educa-
tors gather in Birmingham the entire
school community here feels in closer
touch with the state field. The effect
is stimulating and the town and city
superintendent may always count on
a cordial reception.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15
The Iron Trade

The LOCAL iron market is quiet, but a
revival OF activity is expected before a
great while. Matthew Addy & Co.'s re-
port, just received, says that a better
feeling In the iron trade is beginning to
be apparent.
ut is evident" says tife report, that
the state of affairs which we have today
cannot long continue. The country cannot
get along for any extended period on
an under OF iron. The rail-
roads, which are the greatest consumers
of iron and steel products, have not
this year, nor for four years past, been
in the market to any appreciable extent.
They have not had the money to make
the repairs, additions and betterments
which In so many eases are absolutely
needed, and the majority OF shippers and
men of business have come to the con-
clusion that an increase in freight rates
is necessary to restore the purchasing
power and the prosperity of the railroads.
With the railroads once more able to be
liberal buyers, the wheels of industry
would begin to turn at a more lively
rate. The other business interests of
the country cannot flourish unless the
railroads flourish"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15
"LET THE MUsHER MUsHv

Edgar Allen Forbes in Leslies.
The terrible hardships of the men who
have done all this cannot be appreciated
by those who think of the "musher''
merely as one who travels around on foot
or with pack mule. 1 am something of
a footman myself, for i have Travelled
afoot under many skies; but even the mer-
ciless jungle trail in the unforgetable
heat of an equatorial sun is u pleasure
jaunt In comparison with the hardshps
of the Alaskan ''musher." His is the
loneliest, most pitiles path that the pio-
neer treads today; mo spot en- the map
in so short space has hustled more souls
to hell"
This hardy pioneer, the fittcst OF the tit,
is still holding grimiy to the land which
his heroism conquered. There he has
built his little home and sat him down
to await peoples feet in paths that he
prepared" He expected the railroad to
follow him, as it has followed his Jana
dian brother from sea to sea and into the
frozen wastes all the way up 10 Hudson
bay. But the railroad does not follow. be-
cause the American government will not
make it possible; 'let the musher inush!"
is the country's message TO Alaska.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15
NOVEL THEATRE LIGHTING

lSrom the Electrical World.
A decidedly novel method of lighting a
London moving picture theatre is inter-
estins> as showing how the indirect method
of lighting can be introduced without
giving rise to the impression of flat
ness" of which some people complain.
The greater part of the light is derived
from the illuminated dome. This dome
has a blue and gold style of decoration
so that it gives, in a sense, the effect of
an artificial sky" 1t is lighted by IL
concealed electric lamps. Round the
dome is a ring OF 4s lamps above diffus-
ing glass disks The remainder of the
lighting is provided by concealed lamps.
which also serve to illuminate the decora-
tove painted panels in the background.
The objection Of something missing"
sometimes urged against indirect lighting
seems to rest on psychological basis
People are so used to the idea of having
a lamp In a room that when the room is
lighted without any apparent source there
is feeling that the installation is some-
how incomplete. The use of dome seems
to avoid this impression. The brightly H.
Illuminated dome surface is involuntarily
accepted by person entering the interior
as being separate from the ceiling and
itself constituting a source of light. The
feeling of fiatness is also skilfully re-
moved by the use of the concealed light
ing over the panels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15
The BOys' BAND

''It is hoped that the concert to be
given by the Boys Industrial school band
Sunday afternoon at the Orpheum will
be we'll attended, said club member.
'"rhe boys certainly deserve we'll of
this community. They not only have a
good band, but they have responded glad
ly to all requests to play on public oc-
casions. For some time the band has
needed new uniforms and Sundays con-
cert will be for the benefit of the uni
form fund.
''rhe boys Will be assisted by Miss
Emma Mitchell, the popular vocal art
list, and Mr.. and Mrs. Chalifoux-violin
and piano. AS the admission charge is
only % cents, the house should be
packed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15
SAN FRANCISCO FAIR

From 1.-THE Panama-Pac International
Exposition of 1916 by Elmer Grey, in
Scribner's Magazine.
The harbor of San Francisco, surround
ed as 1t is by hills, forms a natural. a
colossal, and wonderfully beautiful am
phitheatre. 1t is on the south side of this
amphitheatre, facing the hills of Marin
county and Mount Tamalpais, and lying
next to the water. that the exposition
grounds are situated. They comprise a
tract of 625 acres on partly level, partly
slopins ground, extending about two
miles along the edge of the harbor just
at place where most of the sea going
traffic passes. San Francisco's choicest
residence section overlooks them on the
south and east; the Preside, a United
with large trees and improved with wind
ing drives, adjoins them on the west.
Being thus situated, the exposition will
really consist of two totally dissimilar
kinds of attraction. One will be staged
on the water and will consist of maritime
pageantry, such as parades of the world S
battleships and the like, carried out on
gorgeous and world-inclusive scale. The
other will be on land and consist of the ex-
position buildings, sculpture gardens, land
pageants, exhibits, musical festivals,
amusement concessions, etc. When special
events are not taking place on the water
abundant interest will nevertheless be pro-
vided there by the many and varied kinds
of shipping constantly coming and going,
fishing smacks, full rigged ships, lumber
schooners, ocean liners war vessels, all
these and others will be seen passing fire.
quently and at close range
To afford ample opportunity for the
great numbers who visit the exposition
to enjoy these interesting water events a
wide esplanade planted with cypress and
euealypti, and literally provided with
seats, will extend along the waters edge
about half the entire length of the 'exposi-
tion grounds. On the south side of this
espanade the exposition city" compris-
ing eight of the principal palaces will ex-
tend in unbroken line for the same dis
tance. 1t Is the unusual treatment of this
portion of the exposition called the city
that occasions one of several ways In
which the San Francisco fair will be abb
solutely different from previous worlds
fairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15
TELEPHONE
Bell (priyate Exchange conhec'ihs "i'
departments), Mifn 4o0o.
But yet methiniks 1t is very suitry and
hot for my complexion. Hamlet
Conflicts on the Roads

Mobile county is making the expert
ment of working its convicts on the
highways, and most excellent results
are being obtained, just as in Jeffer-
son. The cost of handling the pris-
oners is SIS cents a day per man.
At this rate, as the Register points
out, Mobile county is getting efficient
labor on it's roads, labor which il
employed would cost probably S1.50
a day per man. Furthermore, 1t is
labor that will do more work than
free labor, for the reason that it is
controlled, forced to conserve its
energy, and gets plenty of rest. The
men are kept clean and well fed, and
this makes for efficiency.
In the course of half a year or so
it is expected that Mobile county )
roads will show great improvement.
Furthermore, the county has the sat
isfaction of having adopted the most
humane and sensible method of treat
ing its prisoners. Dallas and other
counties also are now working their
convicts on the public highways, and
everywhere satisfaction is felt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15
Safety at Sea

Delegates from many nations are
in London attending the international
conference on Safety at Sea-" Many
subjects are to be discussed and
recommendations made which it is
hoped will reduce the number of ac-
cidents on the water, or at least
minimize the loss of life when acci-
dents occur. Among the topics to be
considered are boats and life saving
appliances, bulkheads and watertight
compartments, fire extinguishing ap-
pliances, efficient manning of boats,
boat drill, fire drill and bulkhead
drill, extended use of wireless teleg-
raphy, assistance to ships in distress,
ice warnings to ships and steamship
routes.
Boats for alp is policy upon
which all are now agreed. The fear
ful lesson of the Titanic has struck
home, and nearly every nation has
passed laws requiring that all pas
senger carrying ships have enough
lifeboats to care for everyone on
board. The compulsory use of wireless
also is being extended, but in some
quarters this is being fought by ship
owners on the ground of expense.
The better subdivision of ships to
make them as nearly unsuitable as
practicable is technical matter
which ship builders are watching
closely. Fear is felt in some quarters
that lawmakers will go so far as to
penalize and hamper the builders Of
ships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15
THE sPECKLED TROUT

Madison Cawein, in the Bellman.
Win rod and line l took my way
Ihat led ME through the gossip trees,
Where all the forest was asway
With hurry of the running breeze.
| took my hat off to flower
That nodded welcome as | passed.
And, pelted by morning shower,
Unto its heart a bee held fast.
A head of gold one great weed tossed.
And leaned to look when l went by:
And where the brook the roadway crossed
The daisy kept on me its eye.
And when ! stood to bathe my face
And seat me at great trees foot
heard the stream say, MARK the place:
And undermine it rock and foot"
And DER the wilirling water there
dragonfy its shuttle piled,
Where wild fern let down its hair,
And leaned to see the waters pride
A speclxled trout. The spotted elf.
Whom had come SO far to see,
Stretched out above a rocky sheaf,
A shadow sleeping moclkingiy.
And have sat here half a day
Regarding it. 1t has not stirred
1 heard the running water say.
'IIe does not know the magic word
THE word that changes everything.
And brings all nature to his hand;
That makes of this great trout a king,
And opes the way to Faeryland."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15
yON inflow WAS OBLIGING

From "A Diplomats Wife in Washing
ton 1S75-7S," by Nine. Hegermann Lin
dencrone in Harper's Magazine.
NJ de Schlozer, German minister, is bub-
bling over with joy, for he has the IA
nous pianist, Won Bulow, staying with
him at the German legation. He says
Won Bulow is most amiable about playing,
and plays whenever he is asked. His
technique is wonderful and perfect. The
ladies In Washington are wild over him.
and figuratively throw themselves at his
feet.
He is giving two concerts here, and
everybody has taken tickets. M. de
Schlozer gave last evening one of his
memorable dinners, followed by music. l
know two people who enjoyed it-Schlozer
and myself. Schlozer was going to ask
Julian Sturgis, but Julian Sturgis had on
some former occasion crossed his legs and
looked distrait or had shown in some such
trivial manner that he was bored, which
SO exasperated Schlozer that he barred
Aim out and invited Mr.. Bayard instead,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Wholesale Lemon Trade


John Ris, Jr., Of New York, who has
been spending a few days in Blrming-
ham, is a member OF the long established
firm of A. NJ. Banks Sons & Ris, job
bers of Sicily lemons, Almeria grapes and
cranberries.
1.-The principal importers of lemons and
grapes are Italians said Mr.. Ris. This
business has naturally increased within
recent years. The importers sell their
cargos at auction, and the jobbers ac-
quire their stocks in that way"
Mr. Ris said he was in Birmingham
about eight years ago. and he was greatly
impressed with the growth of the city.
Birmingham is great business center
now said he, 'and it is plain to see that
the immediate future has much in store
for it,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15
Russian Government Acts

The Russian government has an
nounced positively that any anti
Semitic outbreak as the result of the
acquittal of Mendel Beiliss on charge
of having committed ritual murder
at Kiev will be put down with a
firm hand, and so far the enemies of
the Jews have been overawed. The
press of all countries has commended
the freeing of Beiliss, but regret has
been general that the verdict of the
jury took the form it did.
The jurors found that while there
was nothing brought out to connect
the defendant with the death of young
Yushinsky, it declared that the boy
met his death in brickyard operated
by Jews and that the wounds upon his
body were of such character as to
lead to the conclusion that he was
made a "sacrifice.' The truth of the
matter probably is that Yushinsky
was the victim of some peryert's hon.
icidal mania. The Washington Star
says:
No person not touched by fanatical
hatred believes that such practices as
were alleged in the Kiev case prevail
among the Jews. There are undoubtedly
instances of degeneraey, and crimes are
doubtless committed by persons who are
mentally unbalanced on religious ques-
tions, but this is not peculiar to one re-
ligion or another. 1t is a universal phe-
nomenon, fortunately infrequent, and by
no means to be accepted as character
istic of any sect or people. Indeed, the
Jewish people are on the contrary pecu-
liarly law-abiding and subordinate to
government and regulation. They have
suffered centuries of oppression with
patience that is one of the marvels of
civilization. In Russia particularly have
they endured tyranny and repression
and persecution, with an amazing forti-
tude and steadfastness and restraint.
. 1t is the prayer of their friends that in
this situation they may be spared from
outbreaks and outrages and that the
Russian government, alive to the sin
cerity and earnestness of the sympathy
which is felt elsewhere for. it's Jewish
subjects, will take every possible pre-
caution to protect them in their help
lessness.
DR.. Joseph Hertz, chief rabbi of
Z British Jewry, said in commenting
!. upon the verdict: 81 am indeed glad
land humanity rejoices that justice is
5 on the march and will triumph even
:. in Russia. Great is truth and it will
s.prevail." But there is more somber
: note in the remark Of Leopold de
Rothschild that the verdict does not
( mean that the court has also decided
I. that Jews do not practice ritual mur-
4 der. 1t is this phase of the jury's
= findings that makes for uneasiness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15

It was Sulzer's plea that he is wholly
impractical in financial matters, and
in his last race he thought it best
to let someone else manipulate the
purse strings.
John Purroy Mitchell, just elected
mayor of New York, also has sworn
to his campaign receipts and expendi-
lures. One item which has aroused
curiosity is that of $27O paid for box
ing lessons and a course in physical
training. Mr. Mitchel's campaign was
a most strenuous one, but fortunately
he had no occasion to display his
pugilistic talents. AS for Mr.. Sulzer,
he didn't need any boxing lessons. He
had just been put through a hardening
process at Alabany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15
) ALASKA IN THE SUMMER TIME

Edgar Allen Forbes, in Lesles.
Speaking again from an experience of
more than 100000 miles travel on sea and
land, it is remarkable how many things
you Sc in Ala slSan waters which you have
seen nowhere else in the world. 1t was
a novel sight to have a whole school of
whales spouting at one time, with some
of them cruising up near the boat and
rolling over like submarines pitching in
a heavy sea. And the herds of Alaskan
fur seals. hoarsely believing as we ap-
preached, added to memory's repertoire
of barking monkeys, groaning camels and
trumpeting elephants And as for such
commonplace features as fish-big fish
and plenty of them-listen to my fish
story. 1t has at least the merit that it
can be proven by 100 people, which is
more than can be said of most fish stories.
Another unusual thrill that comes to the
summer traveller in Alaska springs from
the eternal daylight of that wonderful
country. Whether you actually see the
midnight sun or not depends upon the
date and the latitude to which you ascend,
but darkness is a thing of the past after
the second night out of Seattle. A dusky
cleaning takes it's place until you get still
farther north, and then you may read a
newspaper on deck at midnight without
straining your eyes. This phenomenon is
one of the strangest In Alaska. 1t gives
you a shock to leave the club at Dawson
or Fairbanks at l o'clock in the morning
and find yourself in broad daylight when
you come out on the silent streets!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15

obsta = and that a high rate of prog
ress can be attained with the assistance
of modern tunneling methods, machinery
and proper organization.
In the Jura mountains no fewer than
five tunnels, from two to five miles III
length, have recently been driven. The
Pyrehees, the natural barrier between
France and Spain. have likewise been
pierced by several long tunnels, and the
Caucasus mountains are to be tunneled by
a bore which is to be not loss than 1913
miles long.
In this country several large projects
are now being elaborated and it is but
a question of a few years before the
Rockies and other ranges will be pierced
by long and deeply overlaid tunnels,
serving the purpose of eliminating heavy
grades, sharp curvature, and the neees-
sity of reaching high attitudes under most
adverse conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15
THE WONDERS OF THE CENTURY

BY Hon. Chancey NJ. Depew.
and it's infinite application, unifying the
world by railroads and steamships; cleo
tricity. betting the earth in instantaneous
communication by the telegraph and cable
and the wireless. the Suez canal which
united western Europe with Asia and the
Panama canal which will bind the North
and South American hemispheres in NUT
ual interdependence and immensely pro-
ductive, political and commercial relations
and make the Pacific ocean the highway
of nations; the inventions and discoveries
which have multiplied power SO that pro-
duction can take care of increasing popu-
lations better than ever before, and the
advances in medicine and surgery which
have found out the sources and removed
the terrors of plaques, diseases and frac-
lures which for ages have devastated and
tortured mankind. Education has been
popularized and brought within reach OF
all at the expense of the state with in
creasing liberty and opportunity. But
the greatest wonder of all is the United
States of America which has passed its
one hundred and twenty-fifth year un-
changed in its constitution and institu-
tions, a light for the guidance of other
peoples and a home for millions who
have been absorbed in it's citizenship and
assimilated to it's IDEAS OF liberty and civ
ilization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
If YOU mean no, say no--uniess you are
a woman.
He Is a near-thoughtless man who
thinks only of himself.
The memory of a witness is usually
either too good or too bad.
It's tough luck when a man marries
an heiress and has to support her.
In after years a barefaced lie grows
whiskers and becomes tradition.
No woman would care to let the world
see her as she really is when off guard
1t is no sin to be 30 years old, but it is
a shame to ask q girl of 80 her age.
Nowadays when a man makes a fool
of himself he claims that he was hyp-
Noticed.
No man can waste valuable time in an
argument. If his time Is valuable he
doesn't argue.
No, Alonzo. you can't always judge by
appearance. A girl with eyes like a dove
may have an appetite like an ostrich.
Joy is the peculiar feeling experienced
by the man who counts his money and
discovers that he has all he thought he
had and a few dollars more.