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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
EVIL Effects of Hot Weather

Nothing gives man a crouch like hot
weather. said Second avenue business
man yesterday, as he stopped to mop the
perspiration off his face and ushtened
up his neck tie to hold up his wilted
collar.
m thoroughly ashamed Of myself |
got up this morning and had a fuss with
my wife. came down town and had a
fuss with partner, an hour later | had
a russ with customer who has traded
with us for 10 years. and now I'm looking
for somebody else to start an argument
with. | know it's all my fault and when
] get it out of my system III take the
back track and apologize and make up
| got provoked at my wife because she
asked me what I wanted for dinner, |
pretty nearly kicked my partner out the
second story window when l asked him
where certain thing was that belonged
to me and he said he didn't know. Now
isn't that. simply awful I'm going to
put my head in an ice pack and when |
set cooled off I'll go and ask forgive-
ness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-25
The Leasing Of ConYicts

There are many indications that
the convict question will be one of the
livest subjects for consideration by
the next Alabama legislature. The
defalcation of Theodore Lacy has
helped to bring the subject to the
forefront as nothing else could have
done.
An organization was recently formed
in Birmingham whose object is the
removal of the convicts from the
mines and turpentine camps of the
state. 1t must be borne in mind also
that the interests which profit by re-
tanning the convict lease system are
very alert and are doing all they can
to discourage the removal of these
men FROM the mines and camps for
work on the public highways and
state farms.
The strongest argument in the
halluS OF tnoSe VINO oppose change
from the present system is the heavy
loss to the state that will be in
Cured by change. The first ques-
ton they ask is, where will the money
come from to meet the newly created
shortage? One Of the first things op-
ponents of the convict lease system
should do is to devise immediately
means of meeting this shortage and
thus at the outset rob the men who
lease convicts of their strongest
weapon.
Alabama has reached point
where it cannot afford o treat its
convict question on a purely mer-
cenary basis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-25
Quality of College Graduates.

Il was much interested in reading an
editorial in The Age-Herald calling at
tention TO the fact that 100 college grad
yates had accepted positions as dishwash-
ers" said a college man YESTERDAY.
1T seems this happened in California.
Il do not think that the records OF
Alabama, If searched from the time OF
the foundation of the University Of Ala
bama, would reveal such an instance.
While it may be true that the percent OF
iliteracy in Alabama is high, the schools
of the state turn out graduates who are
In demand not only all over the state. but
all over the United States.
Auburn does not turn out even falf
enough engineers and other professional
men to meet the demand for them. 1t was
only the other day that l read of bes-
semer boy who graduated this year at
Auburn being offered a position by the
government on the Atlantic coast, by Dig
drainage company in Pennsylvania and
large Florida city.
"That is merely one instance In many.
Go to the plants OF the Tennessee COM
pany the Woodward company, and you
will find that large percentage of tho
chemists. the engineers, both mechanical, :,
civil. electrical and mining, are graduates
of Alabama colleges. And the only reason
there are not more is that the supply mas
been absorbed.
TT speaks very highly for a school
when such great industrial corporations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-25

From the Indianapolis News.
The indeftencss of the term even
ing as applied to period Of time, As
disturbing 1t is a fructuating QUANTITY,
largely depending upon the section OF
country in which it is used. In the
southland the evening salutation and the
evensong may begin rs early as / p. M,
while in no small number of northern
cities the noon edition of a newspa per
which may appear as early as O'Clock
of the morning Is called the evening
this, that or the other. IF one is
pcetically obsessed he may even 20 so far
as to call the declining period of the day
the evenfall," and the twilight before
night has drawn down her curtain and
spangled it with stars, ''the even light" S
The dictionary says quite plainly that
evening is the closing part of the day
and the beginning of the night: in a
strict sense from sunset till dark; in
common speech the latter part of the
day and the earlier part of the night
until bedtime Then this authority adds
that it has a local use in the United
States. in which the period in question
includes the afternoon until dark
At Kokomo evening sometimes begins
quite abruptly and at an inconyeniently
early hour. The other day young man
had a holiday, a day off which H. has
since come to believe was his off day.
He called upon young woman. He says
Il was no later than o'clock in the aft
ernoon. Almost Immediately thereafter
plain looking young man in a handsome
then and there the young woman handed
the visitor his hat with a smile and the
words: Good EVENING"! Whether this
establishes the record for this SALVATION
In the Kokomo district he was not pre-
pared to say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-25
Profits of Sport

The polo match recently played in
New York between an American and
English team netted the tidy sum of
$201, 900 for its promoters. With
such encouragement as that it is only
natural to expect that the experiment
will be repeated and most likely with
even better results from financial
viewpoint.
Sport in its various forms consti-
tutes a big drain on the earnings and
incomes of the people, and when it
comes to be considered what little
practical good comes for much of this
so-called sport the wonder is how and
why it exists.
Take pugilism as an instance. This
was one time known as the ''manly
art" and its profession claimed for
it the virtue of giving men the cour-
age and ability to defend themselves
with the weapons provided by nature
and thus doing away with the knife
and pistol, but these claims have not
been realized and the only good that
has sprung from the art of boxing
is to give an easy living to host of
parasites on the body polite.
Horse racing. once known as the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-25
What good sport is out of town today
Troilas l.. Cresida.
Storm Signal Out

The Mobile Item issues a warning
to the people of this state. Under the
caption Beware! Alabama" that pa
per, referring to Tennessee, says:
In the meantime republican
governor and his democratic adher-
ents in the Legislature, repre-
senting the prohibition minority
party, who are responsible for the
destruction of the states credit
continue to encourage the alb
scondence of minority members
from the legislature, thus pre-
venting the passage of legislation
which would restore financial con-
fidence in the state
The present conditions in Ten
nessee offer fine example to Ala
bama of what political elements
to keep away from in the forth
coming gubernatorial contest.
While the Item is not specific in
pointing out the man or faction it con-
siders the enemy of the public, there
is no question but that someone or
some political organization will con-
slider the foregoing gentle blow
scarcely half concealed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-25
WONDERS OF THE IMpERAToR

From the New York American.
a flower garden. with large mint bed.
a candy and toy store foe children.
A notion store.
A running track
An elaborate Roman bath, two stories
high, 65x41 feet. made of bronze and
marble.
A swimming tank slxsl feet, with a
maximum depth of feet.
Turkish, Russian and mineral baths, %
in number.
A Photographic dark room
The largest floating ballroom in the
world, 1O0x60x1s feet.
A rudder that weighs so tons.
A winter garden, filed with rich trop-
cal vegetation.
A Ritz-Carlton restaurant, with a YER
arfda cafe.
A gymnasium, with electrically driven
Zander apparatus.
A millanaire's apartment the size of IA
12 room New York fiat. 1t has a private
garden and deck and would perhaps bring
$50, 600 a year on Manhattan
a public stenographer
A florist.
Six BARRIERS.
A manicurst.
A gardener.
= tailor.
A printing department, witl three print
ers.
A hospital, with five physicians.
A cabinet maker.
Four elevators, running through five
decks
The Irnperator is nearly one-fifth of
mile long.
She can carry 5000 persons.
She has five captains.
She carries S3 lifeboats.
Her wireless is powerful enough to reach
land when she is in mldocean.
She has eight kitchens.
Two chief chefs and 116 assistant chefs.
For seven day voyage the following
quantities of food are carried:
Fresh meats, $3.50 pounds.
Eggs, $4,000.
Potatoes, 1000 pounds.
Fresh vegetables, 1880 pounds
Fowl and game. 1000 pounds.
Fish and shellfish. 5000 pounds.
Milk and cream, 1850 quarts
Tea, 400 pounds.
Chocolate and cocoa, 500 pounds.
Coffee, 1000 pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-25
Alabama Not Yet "HObsonized'

There is no man with such wisdom
that he could today forecast the re-
suit of an election to be held next
spring. But there is little question
but that should the senatorial issue
between Captain Johnston sand Cap
tain Hobson be submitted to the peo-
pie today, the hero of the Merrimac
would be defeated.
Captain Hobson found Alabama as
whole unresponsive. There is gen
eral disfavor as a result of the cap
tains position in regard to the ques-
ton of equal suffrage. Ills explana-
tion scarcely explained, and it is un-
Guestionably true that the candidate s
not as spectacular when he assumes
the defensive as he is when he car
RIGS the battle ito The camp of his
ene~y.. And his eAl lanation that his
absences from me sails Of Congress
were due to his habit of pairing with
a member of the opposition, have not
elected cries of satisfaction from the
people
Following the captains pleasing
phraseology in regard to the benefits
which will accrue from the bill which
he has prepared or is preparing to
prepare, there is a moment of wild
exultation in which the populace en-
tertain mental visions of the coming
of an Utopian period. And then with
a thud, the castles tumble. How can
the captain get those bills through
Congress? is the question each nan
soberly asks himself. Up to the pres
ent time, the measures for which he
st,td sponsor have not resulted in
general, statewide, or nationwide
good and there is grave speculation
as to whether or not ne could sue
Ceed with new utilitAlian measures
while following the circuit of the chau-
tauqua, flying from the humdrum of
Congress with mind and conscience at
ease in virtue of his having paired"
AT any rate, up to the present time,
Alabama is net "Hobsonized."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-25
JUBILEE EDITION

Houston POST The Birmingham Age
Heralds 126 page Silver Jubilee edition re-
by taking advantage of opportunities has
grown within IS years from a village to
a modern city of close on to 100000 pspu-
lation. On each page of this Silver Jubi-
lee edition is mirrored the Birmingham of
today, and 1t is needless to say The Age
Herald has been tremendous factor
IL the upbuilding of the city and in the
development of the states large resources.
The edition in all of it's details REJECTS
enterprise of a high order, and the man
agement of the paper is to be congrat-
ulated upon the quality and magnitude of
its achievement in celebrating it's twenty
fifth anniversary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-25
siNGAPoRE's CHINESE THEATRE

From the July Wide World Magazine.
Outside the fowefy kingdom the Chinese
theatre best known to Europeans is prob
ably that in the Chinese quarter at Singa-
pore. Her tourists may witness a Chinese
play performed just as it would be in
Peking or in any other Chinese city. Prob
ably the piece has been running for a
week and has not yet finished as these
plays often take fortnight or even three
weeks before the story is completed AT
this theatre the plays are presented on a
bare platform practically without scenery
The orchestra occupy seats at the back
of the stage, Immediately behind the ac.-
ors, who. to the western onlooker, appear
TO come on and walk off as they choose
There Is no drop curtain. and it is diff
cult to tell where one act ends and an
other begins Ii man is slain he merely
lies down for a little while. and then
jumps up and walks off. The setting.
however Is to some extent indicated by
the properties. An altars for instance, rep
resents a temple; a crude bamboo rod
with sign at its apex, a city: and pile
of chairs and tables.,a mountain. An in
teresting fact about these theatres is that
all female parts are played by the men,
no women being allowed on the stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-25
Regrets Baseball TRANSACTION.

'T am keen follower OF the national
game and count myself as a member OF
the bug colony, but it was with both
pain and regret that l read of the Zim-
norman transaction" said a baseball fan
yesterday. 1T seems that Jimmy has
been having trouble with the umpires
lately, had been put out of several games
and heavily fined. Some fan with more
money than sense cut $100 bill in half
and sent one half to Zimmerman and de-
posted the other half of the bill with the
sporting editor of a Chicago newspaper.
The latter half of the bill was to be de-
livered to Zimmerman in the event he
did not have any trouble with the UNI
pires in six weeks.
"Such a transaction is distinctly re-
grettable and l think that the national
commission should step in and put a stop
TO such proceedings. Since when was it
necessary for fans TO pay baseball play
ers to act decently while on the diamond?
think that the action Of the Chicago
fan was a blow TO the game and set an
exceedingly dangerous precedent.
'Rowdyism will not be tolerated on the
playing field and should not be. The
average baseball crowd is quick to yell
Kill the umpire when he makes a dis
pleasing decision, but should any player
attempt to carry out the injunction con-
demnation is quick and severe from the
fans.
THE great national sport has indeed
degenerated when 1t is necessary for a
fan to pay a player to do that which he
is bound by duty to do. 1t is more
serious matter than is apparent on the
surface and I think that the face OF all
true lovers of the game should be set
firmly against it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-25
NEW YORK IN THE SUMMER

John S. Reed in the Metropolitan Maga-
zine.
New York in summer-oh, well, don't
say it. You know what l mean. 1t is
the city's visiting day. Hotel rates are
you can stay anywhere for $40 a day.
And the walters won't snub you if you're
not wearing evening clothes, It's SO
democratic. All you need is money.
This is. the season when Mr.. Peter
Sampson, the eminent farm mortgage col
lector of Kanawha, ILL.,, and his wife
emerge from Child's and stand a long
time upon the curb medtatively picking
their teeth and Mr.. Sampson says. Now,
whatll we do, mother?" The bride ana
groom from Niagara Falls (Oh yes. Ma
CARA Falls couples all come to New York;,
after stirring afternoon walking about
the contiguous streets, sit hand in hand
on a davenport in the lobby of the Hotel
Alpin waiting for dinner. The ladies
underwear buyers from Chicago embark
in body for Coney island. You read in
the paper that the Women Teachers as
sociation of Maunch Chunk, n. j.. are
stopping masseculino at the Martha
Washington, and that the II prettiest girls
of Des Mones, Ia, severely criticize ,he
metropolitan type OF beauty. The thrifty
Orientals of Chinatown are running on
the 3-plateau system; the Aquarium is
giving five performances a day. yep. |
went to the Metropolitan Art Mu
scum" announces Mr.. Horace Krumbein,
the well known furniture man of Grand
Rapids, Mich. Not that 1 know thing
about art . . Just SO l could say I'd
been there"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-25
NEEDLESS WORRY

From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telesraph.
n patient young angler was diligently
plying his rod and line.
do you know" howled the irate own
er. appearing on. the scene, that you
are fishing in forbidden water? Yes, sir
preserved water. And perhaps you Will
allow me to inform you that I have been
to considerable expense in we'll stockiaS 3
it with fish,
"Ah, yes, exclaimed the angler Ian
guidly And with what fish, may 7 ask,
have you so literally replenshed he
stream?"
with roach, sir, my favorite fish,
"Ah, we'll then, in that case" blandiy
observed the youth. there's no need for
you to worry further for am fishing
for trout
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-25
Zinc NeM PIann Housc

1T certainly is one of the incest and
best planned piano houses ! have ever
seen; believe it is the best in the south"
said George Blinn yesterday after going
through the new Cable-Shelby- Burton
piano store on Second avenue, which had
its formal opening or house warming
Yesterday and was visited by hundreds of
people.
I knew my friends, Shelby and Burton,
We're fixing up a surprise over here, but
| wasn't prepared to see this. Outside Of
the big stores in the large northern cities,
do not believe there is anything in the
country that win equal it. The arrange
ment OF these sales rooms. the great
concert hall and everything are ideal.
am proud of my friends but at the same
time | am proud it is Birmingham that is
the home OF such business. They are
bound to draw customers from all parts
of the south and no prospective piano
buyer, man or woman, who enters that
building can help but receive a very fav-
orable impression not only of the firm,
but also of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-25
Wants street Noises stopped.

1T was with a great deal of pleasure
Herald concerning the traffic ordinance
which Is soon to be adopted by the city
commission" said a well known Alabama
travelling man yesterday who makes Bir-
mngham his headquarters when he is
working north Alabama and neighboring
territory.
Il have been patronzng the Florence
hotel" he said, for probably the last 10
years, and heaven knows 1 have spent
many a sleepless night there for no other
reason than the unearthly noises which
are to be heard that corner at all
hours of the night. If there are not a
half dozen street cars banging by. there
is crowd of chauffeurs blowing an In
dian war dance song their sirens or
something else is going on to entertain
the man who is tired and trying to sleep.
"Once I thought it was the location,
SO the next time / came to town | tried
one of the other hotels. 1t was the same
old story. l moved again, and it was the
same thing. Any of the downtown hotels
is the same. For anybody that is the
least bit nervous or not so tired that he's
half dead it is almost impossible to sleep.
Birmingham is the noisest town l max ke
on my trips, and ] cover all of the south
ern states.
LAS to the other traffic regulations. l
know nothing about them, but if | can
persuade myself to part with the money
l IN going TO send the commissioners a boS
dirance stopping all this internal noise,
especially in the night time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
The closed mouth catches no insects.
Actions speak no louder than some peo-
pies talk.
A henpecked man is the silent partner
of his wfe's woes.
Why be a fool just because your neigh
Dor expects you to?
When you meet a man of few words
it's a safe bet he is married
We never heard of rich man who had
to advertise for long lost kin.
In times of peace the wise married men
prepare for the curtain lecture.
Cupidity is what enables the get-rich-
quick promoter to remain in love with
his profession.
A mother pats herself on the back when
her daughter faces the parson with the
man she selected.
1t may be difficult to convince man
that it is really heaven IL he finds any
of his wife's relations there.
When married woman begins to carry
weight for age she worries for fear her
husband may die and she will not be
able to catch on again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-25
is THE STAGE WORTH NHILEs

is THE STAGE WORTH NHlLEs
Julia Marlowe in the Strand.
IF any girl considers that in becom-
ing an actress it is necessary for her
to give up the fundamentals of exist
ence. / would say that it is not worth
while Personally l would not recog-
nize any art that interfered with the
genuine things of life.
.lt is because / know that the stage
does not make any such demands that
I have never discouraged it as a pro-
fession, either for man or woman. An
arts. and especially that OF the stage,
must contribute to the beauty and
charm of life; but they must not do
so at the expense of its votaries.
II cannot bring myself to think that
any actress could possibly attain great
distinction in her art who had cut out
of her life those essentials which are
SO necessary for the full development
of a woman. When | hear of an actress
making any such claims, / feel that II
is but the expression of mood, ana
that she has expressed it publicly is
regrettable.
TO a woman are love and affection, ana
these can but help to make her better
actress. The life of the stage teens
with examples. Our best actresses have
beeen women who have had a happy
home life.
"It is one of the greatest of fallacies
that the public ceases it's interest In an
actress when she becomes a wife ana
mother 1t is only necessary, IN TINS
particular, to cite the cases or Mrs.
Siddons. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams,
Mr.. and Mrs Florence and many others.
"If it were necessary for woman
to choose between n happy home life
and the greatest triumphs that the
stage can offer, l would choose the
home.
I'VE are constantly Informed that the
stage is beset with pitfalls. Those who
make this assertion do so inadvisedly
II is because the fierce, bright light OF
nublicity beats upon the stage and
ma snifies every little incident that the
nublic has come to think that the stage
door is the entrance to an inferno.
Were the same interest and atten-
tion focused upon other professions. il
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-25
THE PHlLOSOPHIC FISHERMAN

From the July Lippincott's.
Commend a certain type OF fisherman
for a real phiosophic point of view as
regards the fates," says well known
congressman. "On one occasion at home
I was passing mill pond wherein a fat
individual had thrown his line and was
patiently awaiting results.
Pardon me, my friend, / said to the
man. but you won't catch anything in
that pond
Why not?
For the simple reason that there are
no fish in it
Dear. dear. murmured the fat person.
why did you tell me? Now, you We
spoiled my whole afternoons fishing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-25

From the Chicago Tribune.
Inc record for marriage licenses was
broken one day this month. June there
fore still holds to its proud title of the
north Of brides. 1t is doubtful, however.
If the figures of the license clerk will have
any bearing on the problem of delayed
marriages which is coming more and moro
to the forefront in this country.
When everything has been said about
the economic conditions responsible for
the growth of bachelorhood among both
sexes in the United States there still re-
mains one explanation for our DELAYED
marriages, delayed often until it is too
late, which has less to do with economics
ards.
The girl of today all too frequently ex-
poets the impossible from the young man
who proposes marriage. She expects him
to give her as good home as the one
from which he takes her. She expects
him to keep up a standard of living, and
especially Of entertaining, in her new
home such as she has been accustomed to
in her fathers house. BY all the laws OF
o'oiohiics anu colnilon sense tnlS Is I'M
possible. A young man, say, of 25, with
business experience of half a dozen
years or a professional experience of
three or four cannot be expected to set
up such an establishment as it took the
girls father a lifetimes perhaps to build
up.
| There would be more brides in June and
all the year round IL more girls today
were willing to enter the married state
for better or worse" as their mothers
did; If more were willing to ~ help
meets, and less willing 10 oe para sites.
| More true self respect and unselfishnesg
are needed and less snobbishness and
pleaure seeking. And the parent of this
| generation are chiefly to blame.