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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-07
THE FLYING BOAT

From THE Flying Boat" October Outing.
There are three words often confused
and often used Interchangeable that must
be clearly distinguished before one can
speak intelligently of the new, almost rev.
dictionary development in mechanical
flight. They are "hydroplane," .hydroae-
roplane" and flying boat" The hydro
plane is high power motor boat. made So
as to skim over the surface of the water
at an extremely high rate of speed. The
hydroaeropane is standard aeroplane
fitted with floats SO constructed that it
can light upon, rise from, and skim over
the surface of the water as well. The fly
ing boat is a seaworthy motor boat hull.
with spray hood and cockpit for passen-
gers, to which is added planes and rud-
ders, so that besides doing all a motor
boat can do. 1t can also fly at great speed
and rise to great heights in the air.
Roughly speaking, the hydroaeroplane is
an aeroplane that can fly. The English
prefer to call the hydroaeroplane a
water plane" but though this does get
rid of two syllables In clumsy word, it
could as well be used for the hydroplane.
which is boat that does not get into the
air at ALL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-07

Of persons indicted for non-capital fell
onies by the grand jury that is now
in session. Eighteen of these cases
were tried last week before Judge
Fort and of this number IA were
convicted While some of this number
pleaded guilty, it is not unreasona-
BILE to suppose had they laid in jail
for months awaiting trial that they
would have framed up defense and
the county put to the expense of a
jury trial In contrast with this
record of new" cases, eight "old"
cases were mol prosqued, conviction
being practically impossible because
of absent witnesses for the state who
had moved out Of the jurisdiction of
the court.
The chances are that the eight who
were set free without trial were as
guilty as the IA who were convicted,
but they had been successful in
wearing out" through the instrument
tality of the claws delay
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-07
The High Art of Murder

at is a murder here and murder
there says Coroner Spain, "and," he
NIGH have added, "a few murders IN
between
Birmingham and jefferson county
never fall back When they establish
a record, they go out next year to ex'
coed it. And they do it. We murder
these days with a grace and gaiety, q
nonchalance and sang froid such as
we had never attained before.
"And the worst part of it is that
not l per cent of the guilty persons
are ever caught and punished the
coroner continues.
Why "worst" instead of best? Why
hold before our carefree and happy
band of murderers, pupil and past
master, fear of incarceration or other
punishment
Then again, it must be remembered
that the makers of guns and ammuni-
ton have got to live, as character
in play once popular might have re-
marked.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-07
visitors In October

october is a great shopping month
in Birmingham said merchant "and
in this october we are likely 10 have
more out-of-town shoppers than usual
Birmingham has long been a pop
ular center for the people of Alabama
and for people living in the eastern
part of Mississippi. This month the at
fractions are more numerous than ever
We have the State Fair, which will be
the best ever held in the south We
have Gypsy Smith, and many visitors
will be glad of the opportunity OF hear
ing this famous evangelist
The theaters are particularly allur-
ing this month, and theatre goers will
be able to see some first-class shows
The Bible Teachers convention will be
very important affair and will bring
many welcome visitors. And what is
to be particularly fine attraction foI
many youngsters and some grown-ups
is Barnum & Bailey's circus, billed fol
October 3d."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-07
Indicting the Doctors
NOR.

Five physicians engaged in research
work at the University of Pennsylva-
MIA have been indicted on charges of
cruelty to animals. 1t is alleged by
members of a women's society that
the doctors used animals for vivisec-
ton experiments and afterwards
failed to care for them.
The doctors may be culpable in this
instance, of course, but until all the
evidence is heard the public will be
inclined to believe that their arraign-
ment is another chapter in the hysteric
war which has long been waged
against vivisection.
Some persons fail to comprehend
that surgeons do not conduct expert
ments in vivisection for their own
pleasure or merely to make their sub
jects suffer. The surgeons are work
ing for the benefit of humanity, and
the grand accomplishments they have
already scored is sufficient excuse for
their methods.
While calmly awaiting death on the
rock of St Helena, Napoleon once re-
marked to Mr.. Balcombe:
l have no faith in medicines My rem
edies are fasting and the warm bath
At the same time. haze higher opin-
ion of the medical, or rather, the sur
gical. profession than OF any other The
practice of the law is too severe an
who habituates himself to the distor-
tion of truth and to exultation at the
success of injustice will, at last, hardly
know right from wrong. So with poll
tics, a man must have a conventional
conscience. The ecclesiasts become
hypocrites. since too much is expected
of them. As to soldiers, they are cut
Threats and robbers But the mission
of the surgeon is to benefit men, not
to destroy them or to inflame them
against each other.
Jenner, Pasteur,. Erich, Gorgas.
have they not been friends of humani-
ty? Are they not more deserving of
mankind's acclaim than ninety-nine
hundredths of those whose names
clutter history?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-07
CREDIT TO MIR. UNDERWOOD

From the Providence Journal.
The Association of American Painters
and Sculptors has fought vigorously for
free art from the very first, and its men,
bers are naturally greatly pleased at the
triumph of principles they have so stead
lastly proclaimed. In statement put
forth by Mr.. John Quinn, the counsel for
the association, this fact is duly empha-
sized. Mr.. Quinn points out that public
opinion was generally in favor of the
House provision and against that of the
Senate; but he adds that the main part of
the credit belongs to Mr. Underwood.
Having had an intimate knowledge of
the varying phases of the whole situation
from the time of the first House hearings
down to date" he says, II can state that
Mr.. Underwood, burdened as he was with
the countless details of a great revenue
measure-the biggest and most genuine
tariff reform measure Of our day and gen.
eration-never wavered for moment in
his determination to make art free" In
good many respects. In fact, the chair
man of the ways and means committee
measures up to the full standard of a
statesman.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-07

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Manila Bulletin contains. a
spirited description of the Bale en- Ia
Bombillav held by the Spanish conoly
in celebration of ''Dia Espanol."
Says the Bulletin:
1.-THE Bale en- la Bombilla in the sun
ny homeland is rustic affair attended
| by the farmers and other country folk.
Many of the dancers were attired In
the gay picturesque dress of the Span
| ish peasantry. The men wore brigand-
like hats and flaming red scarfs around
their necks, while the women in lace
edged, low-corsaged gowns with deli
cately wrought silk mantillas over
their shoulders added to the national
effect
Many traveller in Spain has strained
his eyes from the car windows at the
rural stations hoping to see the peas
ant costumes which he failed to find in
Seville, Granada and other prominent
cities, or in their envirous. Unfortu-
nately national costumes are giving
way in Spain. and in many other coun-
tries, to the unpicturesque garb of mod
ern Europe and America. The wide hats
which Spaniards invariably wear upon
the stage, and the wealthy Spaniard's
velvet trousers are harder to find in
Spain than in Mexico, which is said
nowadays to be more Spanish than
SPAIN" and it is asserted that the '.som-
brero' of the stage and the cartoon is
made only in America, although it finds
a limited sale in Spain.
Travellers who wish to see national
costumes in their purity must hurry
to see the dock lights fade" else they
will cross the seven seas in vain. find
ing the geisha girl of Japan in her
nearest approach to the attire of the
demi mondaine of Paris and the
China girl of high degree wearing
commonplace skirts instead of silken
trousers. 1t is a pity that propa-
ganda for the maintenance of national
costumes is not inaugurated as a
patriotic measure in many countries
where clothes that are, or were, worn
are much more becoming than the long
distance. or antipodal. conception of
European ctyles.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-07
The Laws Delay

The greatest stumbling block in the
path of justice is undoubtedly "the
laws delay" Hackneyed. though the
phrase may be it is unquestionably
true. In the several disvisions of the
several courts of the county are thou
sands of cases behind on the docket
and with the steady growth of the city
and county has come increased liti-
cation so that the courts are getting
further behind every month.
In criminal practice it is well de-
fined proposition and generally ac-
cepted as true that every continuance
of criminal prosecution is a point
in favor of the defendant, as it gives
him chance to "wear the case out"
in court. The more delay the more
chance for witnesses to disappear, for
"new" evidence to be discovered or
manufactured, and many other cir
cumstances to occur that after a
while make conviction almost impos-
sible.
On the other hand if trial is
speedily brought about, when the case
is fresh in the minds of the witnesses
and while all the facts connected with
it can be readily gathered, it is COM
paratively easy to determine the guilt
or innocence of the accused and thus
the ends of justice are served, the
state and county saved considerable
expense and instead of "rotting in
the county Jail" in monotonous end
lessness, the accused is given his lib
erty or sent to the penitentiary to pay
the penalty of his crime.
A striking example of the benefit of
speedy trials occurred last week in the
first division of the criminal court of
jefferson county. Among the numer-
GUS cases tried before Judge w. E.
Fort of that division were number
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-07
GOETHE
From the outlook Magazine.

From the outlook Magazine.
Goethe belongs with Homer. Dante
and Shakespeare. not because, like
Dante. he had a penetrating insight
into the moral order of the world and
the vision of the ultimate perfection
which has it's roots in such a vision
nor because like Shakespeare. nc saw
how inevitably the deed pursucs and
overtakes the doer. and how instinc-
lively life dramatizes itself through
laughter and tears when an artist has
mastered this great truth.
He belongs with these immortals be-
cause his mind had such breadth and
fertility; because, in his happiest mo-
ments. fruitful thoughts found noble
expression in his hands; because he
held philosophy and art in harmony
He was one of the greatest of lyric
poets. He was, and is, the foremost
critic of art. for he saw art always as
an expression of life. He had TT times
something of the eighteenth century
stiffness which made German Thought
and art initiative and mechapical wher
THE Sorrows of Werther" suddenly
opened fountains OF signs and tears
but he helped nightly to create the
German nation of today
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-07

From Chronicle and Comment in the
! October Bookman.
| Ten pounds apiece Is said to have
been the price that Rudyard Kipline
asked of American editors for some OF
the very finest of his stories at the time
of his first visit to the United states
He found very few editors VINO were
willing to pay him the 10 pounds Pos
sibly that may explain a little bit of the
intense bitterness of American Notes. =
kipling's case is not the only one show
ing neglected opportunity. When DR.
Conan Doyle was a practicing physician
at Southsea, and writing stories on the
side, it is probable that a downright
payment Of so pounds would have Sc
cured all the American rights to his
| literary work for four or FIVE years to
come.
| "a Study in Scarlet DIR. Doyle sold
outright for half that sum. The first
six or eight stories that make up 1.-THE
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes''-tales
like "A Scandal in Bohemia" "Jhe Red
Headed League" "a Case of Identity
and THE Speckled Band" earned him
approximately 800 apiece. They proved
| unusually successful, and the remain
ing narratives of that first collection
We're bought by the Harpers for an adj
vance price said TO have been S165
apiece. At one time the American rights
/ of the stories which made up The
| Dolly Dialogues" a book which, witt
THE Prisoner of Zenda," established
| Anthony Hopes reputation. could have
been bought for SIS apiece. Twenty.
five dollars story was the price pafc
for the tales that made up "rhe Anna
teur Craftsman" the first book TO in
troduce r.. w. Hornung's ''Raffles' to
| the. reading public.
| And, speaking of prices, what BIT oil
| literary work past or present has been
best paid? There are stories of this
novelist or that commanding 20 cents
40 cents, 81 work. But there is one
poem which needs no Introduction to
American readers. That is James Whit
comb Riley's AN Old Sweetheart OF
Mine" From the very best source we
heard the estimate the other day that
that bit of verse had yielded Mr.. Riley
more than $500 a word.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-07
Interpreting the Tariff Law

The new tariff bill became law Fri
day night when President Wilson
signed it. Saturday officials Of the
treasury department announced that
they did not know what was meant by
one of the provisions of the statute
and that it might be necessary to have
it interpreted by the supreme court of
the United States.
The provision in question is that al
lowing a per cent reduction of duties
on goods imported in American ships
with the condition that the differential
should not be construed to abrogate or
impair any existing treaty between
the United States and a foreign ma
ton.
Construed one way, it would mean
an annual loss in revenue amounting
to $1O,O00,000. Read in another light,
it might mean trade wars with %
nations whose treaties with this coun-
try do not guarantee against discrim-
ination.
This is the first ambiguity found in
the new alw. There may be others.
But does America arise in its wrath
against such Fostering ridiculous
nesses? Not at all. 1t merely thanks
goodness for its saving grace of hui
raor
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-07
The Endless Chain

A citizen of Alabama City went
forth one day and slew fellow hui
man. He was arrested and duly tried
A Jury of his Etowah county peers
found him guilty and fixed the pun
ishment at death.
The case was appealed to the SUI
preme court and was there reversed
The grounds for this reversal were
that the records of the trial court were
incomplete. The question of whether
or not the defendant was guilty of
murder seems to have been to trivial
for consideration.
This Alabama City citizen has been
arraigned once more before the county
court of Etowah. Another jury has
found him guilty and fixed the penalty
as death. But the Alabama City citi-
zen has not yet begun preparation
for the shuffling off of this mortal
coil. His attorneys have given notice
of request for new trial. If this is
not granted, they will again appeal
the case to the supreme court.
The end is shrouded in the mists of
the dim and distant future. And all
those who would commit murder but
for the fear of adjoining gallows
tree may take heart.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-07
THE souTnERN EDITos

From the Cincinnati Times Star
We have heard many walls CONCERN
ing the passing of personal journalism,
of the days when a man did not have
a favorite newspaper, but favorite
editor such as Horace Greeley, E. l..
Godkin. Charles A. Dana or Murat Hal
stead. The truth is that journalism in
the south, headed by that renowned
wielder OF pungent pen, Henry Waiter
son. survived the movement that
merged the identity of the editor VITA
that of his newspaper. Marse Henry
still regalcs his reader with forceful
phrase and alluring ALTERATION. The
murder of former Senator e. w. Cor
mack was the result of personal jour-
nalism. And it was not so long ago
that you could pick up a newspaper of
a smaller southern city at random and
discover the leading editorial to be
provocation for little meeting of pis-
tolls and PAGES.
But il the Meridian CAIisse Dispatch
is to be believed. the editor of the south
has become like his northern brother.
No longer does his personality over
shadow the news functions of his paper.
The Dispatch attributes. this loss OF
individuality to the fact that tire six
shooter has ceased to adorn tie hip
pocket of the editor and the mint julep
has lost its position beside the ink well.
or course. it's all for the best. The
death rate among editors and subscribe
ers has grown less and the culture OF
adjectives, epithets. alliterations, super
latives and other flowers of rhetoric
has ceased to be a fine art. But those
were good old days. and as we rush
forward on our mad, but less personal
careers we shall look back with ever
increasing fascination upon the era
when the editor. sab. was willing to
punctuate his assertions with bit of
lead. Those southrons We're the real
journalists. who blazed their own trails
We who sail the trackless seas OF
anonymity are mere newspap srmen.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-07
PRINCE TO FAC AT ETON

, probably see a scrubby, shabby, top
hated little prince rushing through the
street about C o'clock at night, carrying
from the tuckshop.
And when the prince Is resting from the
, above duties in his armchair in the pri-
vate room, which every Etonian has in
his tutors house. and he hears a raucous
scream of "Boy-oy-oy-o he must rush
headlong to the fagmaster who calls.
lest he should be the last flag to appear
on the scene, and so have to do the job,
whatever it be-
This tagging probably will continue for
five 'halves," or terms, and then, after
another weary wait. the prince will taste
of a delight far sweeter than being a
coming fagmaster at Elton.
The privilege of Gaming is at the dis
erection of the upper boys. and, although
abused on occasion, the masters prac-
tically never interfere
Prince Henry, moreover, will endeavor,
with all the other new boys. to pass a
swimming test. Until he does so he will
not be allowed on the river. He will
have to swim and float, and make a pre-
tense at diving.
He will SO to chapel once a day, and
twice ON Sundays He must be in bed
by 10 O'Clock. will have three half holidays
week, and whole holidays on saints
days, and he will soon be initiated into the
long hours OF puppy -hole, where he will
do what is commonly known as "home
work" under the eyes of long suffer-
ing tutor AS an upper boy, he will be
supposed to do this work himself.
1t does not seem to be known what his
schoolfellows will call the prince. but the
one thing that is quite certain is that
they will treat him just as if he were the
son of quite humble folk. If he is a
good fellow, he will be liked. If not he
won't. Elton will soon tell him its opin-
ion. which. doubtless, will be the former
He will not be called your highness,"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
bal the chicago Record Herald.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
Many rich girl makes a poor wife.
The less a man knows about women the
more wisdom he mas.
And many good husband hasn't the
nerve to be otherwise.
Some men never weary of talking about
the things they use to do.
Few folks look in mirrors to see II their
morals are on straight.
Anyway, the man who wants the earth
gets lot Of mud thrown at him.
Some people act foolish and then get
sore because their neighbors find it out
He who reads will run against a lot Of
information that lie who runs will never
read.
A woman seldom hits anything she aims
at-especially when sch throws herself at
mans head.
The giddy old world laughs openly at a
man and wife who are In love with each
otler-but secretly 1t envies them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-07
From Answers, London.

From Answers, London.
I"HIS month will see Prince Henry,
his majesty's son, a new boy at
i Elton, where he will receive the
pleasant title of "Scug" This is the name
given to all the lower boys, its lack of
dignity being intended, perhaps to i'm
press upon the young aristocrat a due
sense of his own utter Nunimportance.
As the King has decided that Prince
Henry is to have no privileges apart from
no doubt, do its best to keep him properly
humble. Elton is the slave of custom, and
the prince will at once be taught by his
fellows what he may and what he may
not do.
He will speedily learn to turn up the
bottoms of his trousers, to leave undone
the bottom button of his waistcoat, to
wear no braid on his Etons, and to see
that his Elton coat Is square at the back,
not peaked. Again, the band on his top
hat must be of black cloth, not of rib
bon-all unwritten laws made by the boys
themselves ana never Nloldteu.
The prince will find that certain priv
ileges are reserved, amongst the boys
themselves, for the few. and as scug'
he will not dream of walking arm in arm
with another boy, or even walking on the
west side of the High street, or wear
ing buttonhole. Whistling also is strict
~ forbidden, save for the great ones of
the school.
Again, only the leading boys in the
school-members, indeed, of select So
ciety called Pop" are allowed to turn
up the collars of their great-coats. This
habit is extremely weakening for the
throat. and a few years ago DR.. Ware.
the great headmaster, forbade It, The
boys ignored his orders and the head wise
ly held his peace. Nothing is so sacred
as custom at Elton.
AS to tagging, Prince Henry win soon
learn that the Gar. the Kaiser, the Sultan
and the Shah are but most humble indi-
viduals as compared to his 17-year-old
fagmaster.
Besides being al the beck and call of
every fagmaster in his house for ordi-
nary tagging, the prince will have his
own special fagmaster. for whom he will
be valet. butler and slave in one. He
will have to prepare this great person s
tea, for him every day, toasting his toast
and, IL it be burned, there is cane.
Football boots will have to be taken off,
so that the mud may not soil his master 8
fingers. He will have to light the great
mans fire, prepare and empty his bath,
and let not the prince fail in any of these
things. or the cane will appear.
The good folk of Elton, in fact, will