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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Returns from Abroad

Il. NJ. Allen returned home yesterday
after an absence of more than two
months. the greater part of that time
having been spent abroad. He was
heartily greeted by his club friends
and others.
Il sailed from New York on July -
on the Imperator and returned on the
George Washington" said Mr.. Allen.
My passage over was the Imperator's s
second trip. / had read a great deal
about the great ship, of course. but
its magnificence was even beyond my
expectations In addition to the usual
elegant appointments of the large
boats the Imperator had splendid
ballroom and other great features that
would do credit to the best of the pop
ulated modern hotels of New York.
Il have crossed the Atlantic many
times, but | enjoyed this recent trip
in some respects more than any Of
them. The summer weather in Europe
was ideal. We had balmy. pleasant
days but no hot weather. The temper
ature was usually bracing. Among the
great centefS l visited were 'JohuoH'
Paris, Milan, Venice and Berlin. l
spent some time in Austria Hungary;
was at Trieste for the first time and
found much pleasure in that we'll
known seaport city.
"One feels great benefit from Eu-
rope1n trip in the summertime. Aside
from the rest and diversion the
matter of escaping from the heat in
the United States is well worth while.
But the greatest of all benefits of
travel is the new aspects of life one
gets, the new points of view and the
contact with the progressive people of
the Old World"
Mr.. Allen said he was glad to be back
home and would resume his law prac
itce with vim.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
Proceeding in Order

It was a promise to revise the tar
nf laws downward that was mainly
responsible for a democratic victory
last November. President Wilson,
knowing that the people were thor
ouehly in earnest in their demands
zor tariff reform, called Congress
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
TRAGEDIES TOLD IN HEADLINE

From the Chicago Tribune.
Thought He Could Beat Train to
Crossing"
Moral: Don't Be Out at 2:30 a. m.
With s74 and a Gold Watch on Your Per-
SON
"Oyster Openers Union Chooses Sep
teinber / To Go on Strike"
prominent Sporting Writer Falls Heir
to His Grandfathers Large Theological
Library"
Prospective Bridegrooms Watch Few
Minutes Too Slow; Boat Leaves Exact
ly on Time
Society Leaders Disfguring Warts Re-
fuse to Yield to Treatment; Still in Re-
tirement"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
THE LADY OF THE CHALK PITS

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The fascinated scientists who have In
spected the skull which was found In Z
chalk pit in Sussex. England, several
months ago, declare the woman to whom
it belonged was at least 100000 years old
but. of course, the lady isn't here to ad-
nit it.
Now comes another momentous find.
Its = tooth this time, and was dug up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09

The Duke of the Abruzzi is reported 10
have won a prize as a tango dancer Ro-
mantle persons are shocked because they
think he ought to continue to mourn for
his lost love.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09

Mayor Gaynor's candidacy doesn't seem
to worry him much Immediately after
accepting the Independent nomination
for mayor of New York, he sailed awav
to Europe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09

The fact that Harry Thaw appeared
recently wearing steel gray suit. a p,,r
pie tie, green socks and fancy hat band
should not be held against him. He
nay have been trying to appear insou
Giant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09

Mr.. Bryan is TO receive $3.50 for each
lecture and half the gate receipts above
$500" Are Mexico and Japan so heart
less as to interfere with good thing
like that?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09

Advice to cartoonists: Draw picture
of railroad, call 1t the New Haven. and
draw a picture of Death with his cycl.
keen waiting 10 gather new crop Of
victims.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

No. he isn't afraid of a real bug. but
when be sees anything like that he likes
to have witness near at hand to eor-
roborate it,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
A CRYPTIC SHEET

From the Kansas Ciy tStar
In the Lindsborg Posten, Swedish
newspaper, the sentence over the date
line, .'Ad Astra Per Aspera," is about
the only one that Is written in plain
English.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09

Buffalo Bill will continue in the show
business as a ''headliner'' with another
organization, thus making his final fare
well'' more remote than ever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09

When City Engineer Kirkpatrick
urged tnat the sidewalks be widened, he
must have hal an inkling of the coming
of the slit skirt and the resultant crowds
of sightseers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09

Charles W. Morse is about to organize
an Atlantic coast steamship line. Tn,
pardoned inancier seems to have com
pletely recovered his health
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
THE PLEASURE SEEKER.

Let's go and see the birdman fly,
My heart is wondrous gay,
For something seems to tell me that
He'll break his neck today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
PUBLICITY SEEKERS.

An observant man was commenting re-
Gently on the fact that often a truly great
man dwells in at least partialbbscurity,
and In some cases total obscurity, while
the near great have their names pub
lished in the newspapers every day. The
explanation is quite simple. The near
great" woo publicity as never a lover
ooed his mistress yet. They keep in
close touch with reporters. their arms,
their hearts and. we regret to say, their
purses are always open to newspal sr
men. who find stories In abundance FOR
the mere asking or taking. while the
great man hates blataney and as a rue
tries to keep out of print The ''near-
great" glory in it, but they overlook the
fact that the daily newspaper is not the
scroll of fame and notoriety is by no
means Immortality
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
Trade Becoming Active

I'm the later part of August and in
the first part of September general
trade is usually dull" said L. n, Grind
ley of Chicago. But If the fall is gc-
Ing to develop business on a large
scale trade will become very brisk
about the middle of September
The outlook is splendid. Crops in
most states are large and the prices
will be better than in previous years
as rule. 1t is generally felt that Oc-
tober and November will be especially
busy months. In some of the western
and southern states business will reach
new high records. The Alabama crops
are said to be large.
In Birmingham business prospects
were never better than they are now.
| am told A remarkable thing about
Birmingham is that even when cities
in the east were full of pessimists pros
perity was in full swing in this dis
trict Today | believe it would be prac-
tically impossible to find a pessimist
anywhere"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
UNBRIDLED NOW.

You used to say that lust to hold my
hand was like being in heaven"
Il know l did, but you held your tongue
them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
WHY HE TREMBLED.

WHY HE TRENTLED.
"Jaggs tells me he saw large green
1t frightened him considerably"
"Pshaw, You don't mean to tell Inc
that Jaggs is afraid of a bug?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
A hAILROAD TERN.

There goes Mr.. Dobbs. Arthur Dobss,
Angelica Dobbs and Augustus Dobbs, all
in a row."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09

The Theosopai7ts say they are evolving
new race in California If that's so.
they may be forbidden to acquire Rand
ender the anti-alien bill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09

The Chicago police are reported to have
killed the tango" but it is a kind OF
craze that is liable to break out again at
any moment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09

Chicago claims its population has ir-
ofeased62,o0 o00 in year. Even at that,
1t Will have hard time keeping race
with Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09

Charlie Ross thinks he has found him.
self. but he nasn't received much con
sieeratior from the news editors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
TELEPHONE E

q. what men dare do! what men may
do. what men daily do! not knowing =
what they do!
Much Ado About Nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
K1NsHIP LOST SIGHT OF.

When politicians talk about
Tie faults of one another.
Apparently they all misdoubt
That every mans their brother.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09

The aigrette WON by English women
in bathing seems to us quite supernuous.
What they need is a stitch or two OF
clothes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09

George Cohan insists his automobile se-
eident was not the work of lively press
agent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
A STRIKING EXAMPLE.
NEV-vER!


We love to travel far and wide,
But We will never take a hike
To any place If we must ride
The back seat Of motor bike.
Youngstown Telegram.
We love to travel far and wide,
When nature gives the call,
But WE could never ride upon
A motor bike at all.
-Paines7ille Telegraph Republican.
We love to travel far and wide,
But one thing is taboo,
So dearly do We love our hide
Wen ride in no canoe.
Grand Rapids Press.
We like to travel far and wide,
But with great frmness shall refrain
From ever going for ride
Upon limsy aeroplane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09

Well, Evelyn has been booked for four
more weeks in this country. Publicity
pays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09

ALMOST A sTRANGLE HOLD.
My good man, you seem to have felt
the pinch of poverty"
"The pinch sir? Great scott' I've felt
poyerty's ha1f-Nelson."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09

Thaw may be crazy, but Jerome was
sure enough mad when they put him in
iail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
THAT COULD BE SAID

WORST THAT COULD BE SAID.
Don't you think scribbers poetry is
very inferior stun?"
"0h, yes. Why, l don't believe Scrhber
could even write poem that would get
him out of Jail"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09

Yes. a string of empties."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09

That banjo signals number was "a"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
WHAT THEY CALL FOR

WHAT THEY CALL FOR.
Mr.. Wilson: Orange juice.
Mr.. Bryan: Grape juice.
Mr.. McAdoo Buttermilk
No hope for hops. Sorrow in Cincm-
natl, St Louis and Milwaukee.
LORD ALFRED AND TIL, NUDE"
Sir A. Tennyson caught the Cubical
spirit neatly, thus:
AS the staircase is the Nude is; thou art
painted by a freak,
And l think that ne has knocked thee Ia
the middle of next week.
He will paint thee (till this fashion shall
expend its foolish force,
Something like rabid dog-a little larger
than a horse.
Sem blance? Likeness? scorned of ;'u-
bists
This tn evange1 that he sings;
Any pictures crown of glory is to look
like other things.
SO thou art not seen descending in the
ordinary way,
But like fifty motorcycles. breaking speed
laws in Cathay.
From the order of the Literati. By Car
olyn Wells, in the bookman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
PROMOTED.

Don't you think Blobbs carries himself
well for man of his years?"
Yes. and he has more of a military
bearing just now than usual"
why is that?" y
Mrs. Blobbs is out of the city,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-09
SHE WANTED A STAMP LICKED.

SIZE WANTED A STAMP LICKED.
"Postofflce clerks have to pass civil
service examination, do they not?"
Yes, but l suspect that the young man
1 just now spoke to must have passed
an uncivil service examination"
A STRIKING EXAMPLE.
PA, what is an optimist?"
An optimist, son, is man who tries
to do his own cooking when his wife is
out of town"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-13

ligious passions into political cam
paigns deserves the Reproduction of
all right-minded men. There is
no room in this country for the
Ulsterism of Ulster or the Cleric
alism of Portugal or the insane
hate incident to the ritual murder
trials under Cars patronage
which shames the civilization of
the twentieth century. In this
connection the Cincinnati Times
Star in a recent editorial we'll
says:
9 The Juggling in of religion
into politics is bad and danger
Gus business. 1t is un-American
and contrary to the spirit of our
free institutions. You can not
have orderly free government
with various classes, either relig-
ious or social, engaged in con-
slant warfare. Suppose for
instance, that the non-Catholic
majority should decide that no
more Catholics could hold office
or vote. A little later a majority
of the remaining portion of the
electorate might decide to pick on
the Methodists. Then the Jews,
the Baptists, the Episcopalians
and others would get their medi-
cine in turn, until finally only five
or ten per cent. of the male in
habitants of the country would be
left with power to vote. Then
there would come an armed revo-
luton and the whole idea would
be reduced to its logical limit of
absurdity. ,"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-13
AN UNFOUNDED ISLANDER.

According to the Editor Of the
National Tribune Of Washing
ton, D. c., there is not particle
Of truth in the statement made by
Norman M. Romano in one Of his
books that 70 per cent Of the
deserters from the ranks of the
Union Army were Irish Catholics,
and that most Of these assertions
occurred after the Pope recognized
the Confederacy. His statement
is as follows:
''This is one Of the absurd Ii
bells concerning the soldiers Of the
war, which has been given entire
ly too much currency. There is
absolutely no official basis for the
SANDER. In the first place, the
Pope Of Rome never recognized
the Southern Confederacy. In the
next place, there has never been
any collation. Of the deserters
from the United States army by
nativity, religion or otherwise.
The statement is the greatest pos
sible SANDER to probably 100000
as fine soldiers as ever carried a
musket, and who were born in
Ireland. These men served brave
ly and faithfully through the war
and allowed no men of any ma
tivity, religion or other classifi-
cation to surpass them in gallant
ry, fidelity and fortitude. Thou
sands Of them had been brought
to this country when children and
grew up among us as. thoroughly
American as those who were born
here, and those who came later
in life speedily assimilated with
the Americans and had no superb
ors in their patriotic spirit and
devotion to the country"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-13
THE APPEAL TO BIGoTRY.

The American Israelite makes
the following sensible and patri-
otic comments upon a feature of
the recent campaign which is
much to be deplored:
During the recent election it
was regrettable to see the part
played by religious hatred. 1t
cannot be said, however, that this
was displayed against Jews, who
were everywhere treated fairly.
The Catholics were the victims of
the discrimination that was dis
played at the polls. In number
of cities, notably Baltimore and
Cincinnati, circulars were dis
tributed indicating which of the
candidates were Catholics and
which were Protestants, and a
campaign was made throughout
the land to prevent the former
from receiving the votes of those
who were not members of the
Catholic Church. 1t is not clear
who is responsible for this out
rage upon the decencies of Ameri-
can life, institutions and customs.
but the attempt to interject re-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-13
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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-13
METHODIST TACTICS.

Some Of the Methodists down
East are up in arms against Presi-
dent Wilson. They think he is
showing too much favor to Catho,
lies. At recent meeting of the
New Brunswick Preachers s4Asso-
citation held at Ocean Grove, N. j.,
the Rev. j. w. Marshall scored
President Wilson for his appoint
ment of Catholics to official offices
He said that $50 per cent of Mr.
Wilson's appointees were men OF
the Catholic Church. +" This
criticism was concurred in by
other ministers, although one OF
two Of them doubted that this per-
centage was correct. DR.. Marshall
also scored the President for his
"vacillating policy in Mexico, .
and said that the reason he was
so tardy in taking action" was
because Mexico was a Catholic
country.
The Methodists must be hard up
for something to kick about when
they accuse President Wilson OF
undue favoritism for Catholics in
his official appointments. If they
look over the roster they will find
that the contrary is true. But
when it comes to bolstering up a
case against the Catholic Church
the Methodists seldom fail to
make a formidable showing. 1t
matters not that the so-called facts
are manufactured out of whole
cloth. They are obsessed with
the idea that whenever two or
three Of them get together in con-
vention the proper thing to do is
take a fling at the Catholic
Church. President Wilson will,
no doubt, be surprised to know
that he has offended the suscep-
tibility Of these Methodist preach
ers by giving Catholics a few
minor offices, and by furthering
the alleged aggressiveness of the
Catholic Church by his attitude
towards Mexico.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-13
NO WONDERS!

In a late issue of this paper we
referred to the action Of the
postal authorities in barring from
the mails the lectures on Sex Hy-
giene given in the public schools
Of Chicago. Since then we have
seen a synopsis of these lectures
and we are not surprised that
they were considered unavailable.
No other course was open to the
authorities. The lectures are not
proper reading for the ordinary
person of mature years, and GER
tainly should not be placed in
the hands Of school children I'M
less one wishes to corrupt them by
filing their minds with improper
thoughts and their imaginations
with impure pictures.
To say that these lectures are
suggestive is to put it mildly.
They are positively obscene. How
supposedly reputable physi-
clan can stand up before a class
of school children, whether boys
or girls, and speak so plainly and
with such detail on the matters
dealt with in this course is be-
yond comprehension. If his pur-
pose were to corrupt the morals
of his hearers he could have
chosen no more effective method
for attaining that end.
The whole series does not con-
tain an uplifting thought nothing
but sordid details about vice and
direct encouragement to an evil
life by plainly -worded instructions
as to the means Of escaping or
curing the physical consequences
of immortality. No incentive to
right living is held up before the
children. Religion and its salu-
tary influence on human life is en-
tirely ignored The law of God
is set at naught. As far as the
speakers are concerned, morality
founded on divine sanction does
not exist. Everything is of the
earth, earthly. The crudities of
sex hygiene are substituted for
the refining influence of the COS
pei of Christ.
What is to become of the chill
dren brought up in public schools
where such a travesty on educa-
ton In morality is tolerated /?
What justification can parents
allege for allowing their children
to be debauched in this way bv the
vagaries of certain class of so
called educators? The teaching
of sex hygiene in the public
schools is a crime against child
hood and should be prohibited by
legislation.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-13

secured university charters, az for
example, Georgetown, Fordham, st.
Louis, and Notre Dame universities;
while the Central Catholic University
which serves to unity the whole Cath
olic educational system of America
has shown that it is worthy of the con-
fidence of the country. It's complete
success is already assured. In the
great struggle of Capital versus Labor,
the position of the Catholic Church is
clearly understood.
She is not the enemy of the work
man, nor the patron of revolution. She
recognizes fully that the laboring
classes have many grievances, and she
is prepared to assist them in securing
redress, but she can offer nothing but
the most answering opposition to the
irreligious schemes of those Socialists
who would seek to deprive the poor
of their greatest consolation, namely,
their religion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-12-13
RUSSIAN INTOLERANCE
CAR REVoKES DECREE GRANT
ING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TO
CATHOLICS.

The re-awakening of hostilities
against Catholics in Russia is mani
tested by further measures of oppres-
sion. Scarcely a month ago the Cath
Ollie Society of Charity, st. Petersburg,
was suppressed and the works of the
Good Shepherd and the Misericordia
brought to an end. Now the Emperor
has signed a decree revoking all the
stipulations made in 1895, when he
came to the throne and granted lib
erty to Christians dissenting from the
Russian Church, and especially to
Catholics. In consequence of the toll
erance then shown, thousands of
Uniates returned to the Catholic
Church, from which they had been
separated. This conversion en- masse
seems to have terrified the heads Of
the Holy Synod and the Old Russian
Party, and the ukase just published is
the consequence.