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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Popular Institutions

In New York the other day 100
young men held meeting and de-
cided to take two weeks off, begin
ming November 10, to try to raise
S4,00O,000 by subscription--$3, ,000,-
600 to Tbe used on buildings for the
Young Women's Christian associa-
ton and $1,000,000 ON buildings for
the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton.
The Young Women's Christian as
sociation of New York has planned
to use its share of the $4,000,000 for a
building on Eastside above Twenty
third street, another building in Har-
lem and branch buildings at various
points in the city where it is thought
they are needed. The mems asso-
citation will erect branch buildings
in the Bronx and on West Fifty-third
street.
The Young Mems Christian asso-
citation has long been recognized as a
potent factor in morals and religion,
and as its work has broadened it is do
ing distinct service of far-reaching
Importance in education through night
schools. The Young Women's Chris
tian association is comparatively new
but it has appealed to the public as
few institutions have, and it has the
cordial sympathy Of the better class
everywhere.
Among New York men who have
indorsed the undertaking to raise
$4,0O0,000 are George w. Perkins and
Henry P. Dawson of the J. p Nor
gan company. The amount sought
may seem large even for New York,
but is moderate sum when COM
pared with the money raised for Y.
NJ. C. and Y. w. C. associations in
the smaller class of cities. In several
southern cities, notably Birmingham,
"whirlwind" campaigns have been
made in recent years with great sue
cess. This city has raised for the two
associations something like 100000,
which, of, course, is relatively. much
larger amount than the New Workers
propose to raise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24

THE FIGHT no LIVE

Charles Livingston Bun In November Out
ing.
The leopard caught the vines and, in
stantly seeing what had happened, hurled
himself backward, clutching for the
branch he had just left. Scrambling upon
it, he raced away through the jungle for
his life, leaping from branch to branch
until he had put good distance be-
tween himself and the great serpent for
we'll he knew it could crush him even
as it had just crushed the cobego
The great serpent had beaten the cat at
his own game of hide-and-seek. His col
oring, backed by his greater power OF
moveless waiting, had given him the
leopard's prey and almost the leopard
himself. Leopard and snake and cobego
We're pursuing each their devious and nat
ural ways, but together they furnished a
striking example cf the skill and limita-
tions of nature, the master painter, in
fitting individuals and backgrounds.
The theory of protective coloration nat
uralists call it. and it is most interesting
to follow out it's wonderful developments.
No doubt it is partially at least an expla-
nation of the fact that some of the un-
armed creatures have not been extermi-
mated, but the most elaborate initiative
picture patterns are of little use, save
when the wearer is either asleep or. in
the case of the killers. when lying in
wait for prey, for the least movement
exposes the form to many watchful eyes,
and, of course, all creatures must move at
times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
TELEPHONE
He'll (prirate exchange connecting an
tepartments), Main 1900
And ii shall please you to break up
This. II shall seem TO signify.
Merchant of Venice.
Inafing on the Job

1t has come to a pretty pass When
tha business of the United States is
halted because persons paid by the
people to look after their affairs are
too indifferent, or too selfish, to stay
at their posts of duty. This telegram
is reprinted in order to impress upon
the voters the necessity of choosing
lawmakers who will attend to their
business:
Washington October 21.--Demands
that senators either resign or go TO
work: that absent members be brought
back to Washington under the use OIL
any force necessary, and that "the mis- :
cradle pretence of trying to do business
without a, quorum" be ended, marked
the opening of today's session OF the
Senate.
Leaders on both sides Joined in the
demand that the farce of recent SEN
ate proceedings be ended"
Il favor the exercise of all the pow
ers at our command to bring quorum
here" declared Senator Kern emphat-
cally. t'It would be most unfortunate
for us to surrender to absentees and
give up work. 1t woulc be confession
to the world that the Senate was unable
TO carry on the business entrusted
to it."
His figures showed 81 democrats in
Washin gton and II absent and 10 re-
publicans in Washington and 2S absent.
A double roll call brought in only 10
senator's and sergeants at arms began
to seek absentees at once
The habit Of senators and represen-
tatives of travelling around the coun-
try lecturing or electioneering while
their services are demanded at the ma
tional capital is getting entirely too
common. The people should see that
only men who are willing to perform
the duties of the offices they seek are
favored at the polls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News
The girl question: Is he married."
If a man would be honest he must keen
in training.
You cantsling the gong of success by
pushing a button.
Some women never worry over trines
until they marry one.
An ounce of boost more than discounts
a pound of obituary
Nearly all wise men are married That
is how they got their wisdom.
A bride thinks her husband unreason-
able if he expects her to be reasonable
The display of fancy hosiery isn't con-
fined to the shop windows on rainy days.
The man who eees after things gets
more than the chap who takes them as
they come.
If We could only get all the kickers ana
knockers together and compel them to
fight it out.
1t is fortunate fcr the young husband
that he is unable to see his wife as his
mother sees her.
The coat may unnake the man who is
forced to wear it when the mercury is
flirting with the 100 mark
There is something wrong with the
breinbox of an heiress who would rather
sasarry an empty title than real man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Mr.. Underwood Comes

This is the day that Underwood
comes home. He will be given a well
come that will gladden. his heart; one
that to him must be sweet recompense
for the weary months Of exacting toll
through which he has labored; one
that will reiterate that the people
still esteem those who serve them as
ably as unselfishly.
No partisanship will mar today's
tribute to Alabama's most illustrious
son; he will be honored by people,
complex and divergent in their politi-
cal beliefs, but unified in wish to
convey to distinguished leader their
thanks and their congratulations for
the lustre that his deeds have cast
upon them and the state they love.
Mr.. Underwood's career has not
been spectacular Since the day he en-
tered Congress he has been in training
for the place he now holds. He has
studied the science of government
from its fundamentals. Close asso-
citation with men of long legislative
experience has, of course, been of help
to him. But his own zeal and innate
determination to master thoroughly
everything he attempted to master at
all have been his chief aids. He has
ripened gradually. When his oppor-
tunity came he was ready for it. To
dwell upon the remarkable record he
has made since the democrats gained
! control of the House of Representa-
tives would be superfluops here.
But it is the human side which ap-
peals most in Mr.. Underwood. 1t can
be truthfully said of him that those
who have known him longest love him
best. He is no spoiled child of for
tune. He has won his way by his own
effects, and today he is the suave,
tactful, forceful, kindly gentleman he
was when he won a nomination at that
Blount Springs convention years ago.
Ever calm and diplomatic, he pos
sesses a courage that has been put to
the test. 1t is natural that Birming
ham and Alabama should honor Mr..
Underwood, and it is natural that
they should gather today to give evil
dence of their high esteem. And it is
indeed splendid that these laurels of
respect and regard are to be placed
upon the brow of man who will wear
them so modestly and SO worthily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24

the celebrated working team from Day
ton, o., los strong. OF course, Pgthians
will come to Birmingham from all over
the state. There will be gathering OF
several thousand.
I remember about the time that the
order of Knights of Pythias was first
started-in 1862 believe. It grew rapidly,
and by 1872 it seemed to me there must
have been vast numbers of Pythians in
this country. 1 was youth in the early
seventies and was living in Cincinnati.
Every man l knew had either Joined or
was about to join the knights of Pythias.
The growth of the organization was not
confined to any section, but every city of
considerable size had a large number of
local lodges. 1t was quite the custom in
those days for one lodge to pay a fra
ternal visit to another. The uniform was
very SNOWY; and as these knightly. bodies
marched from one hall to another the pro-
cession attracted a great deal, of atten-
tion.
According to the last annual report of
the supreme lodge, membership in this
country had reached a total of upward of
1000,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
roRBEs-RoBERTsoN's HAMLET

From the New York Telegram.
Sir ]. Forbes-Robertson Hamlet will
always be his chief glory in the annals of
the American and English stage. 1t was
said when he played it first that he had
moved experience to enthusiasm
Those who knew the text by heart were
amazed to find that they could still be
moved to tears by Hamlet's death. And
it was Forbes Robertson who saw what
every other actor had missed-the perfect
fitness of the end as Shakespeare
wrote it.
The dead Hamlet. typical of all high
beauty, poetry and ideal striving. worsted
in the battle with the materialism of the
world-dead. but living with a life be-
yond the dominion of Death-victorious
in defeat, reverently borne shoulder
high upon shield by warriors in glitter
ing mail, the smoky light of torches glim-
mering on the beautiful dead face, the
inky cloak and the folded hands that were
SO eloquent of gesture
Tragedy had never higher moment
of hushed and breathless beauty and in
shakespeare's own country that was the
first time the public had not been cheated
Of It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

FROM the Cincinnati Enquirer
Men trousers are to be closer fitting
this winter. The day may come when
father can take two of daughters hobble
skirts and make himself a pair of pants.
The singing souse Is a nuisance, but
he has 1t all over the jag who weeps all
over the bar when he realizes how much
he loves his dear old mother.
A woman would rather have a neigh.
Dor find the family skeleton in a closet
than have her see a bedbug there.
When widow marries the second time
she knows the honeymoon has ended
when her husband begins limiting about
what she did with the Insurance
money.
Any time man is good loser You
can bet he didn't lose much
Nearly every man believes that If he
didn't vote there wouldn't be anv cleo
ton.
When a man takes three hours Off to
figure out how long the worlds SUNNY
OIL coal will last, he feels thankful that
he isn't wasting any time teaching a dog
to turn back somersaults.
- iAif1li icliS SlpIleS ABOUT how
mean another man is. he is trying to
impress on you the fact that he is big
hearted and liberal.
Lots of men who wouldn't steal 10
cents from you will hang around when
you are busy and waste $40 worth of vonr
time.
we are all trying to get money, but
We like to abuse those who have ACQUIRED
that which we are seeking.
There are a lot of unborn geniuses And
one of them is barber shop who will
comb your hair the way you want it and
not the way he thinks it should be.
Many June bride who imagined she
would do nothing but occupy a throne. is
now down in the cellar trying to get the
clinkers out of the furnace so the blame
thing will work.
bald headed man has a supreme con-
tempt for long locked lob who doffs
his hat every time woman enters an
elevator.
A man who wouldn't lend you a dime Is
always willing to give you sure thing
in the next race that will win you SIC, 600.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
CATCH PHRASE IN panrs

From the London Globe
1t would be difficult to say whether
English or French catch phrases are the
most irritating and Stupid. The grea,
phrase of the moment-heaven knows why
lis, Thanks for the lobster" 1t is i'm
possible to get away from this "damnable
iteration" If you want to write a few
words on a picture postcard, it is the
formula par excellence. The words spice
conversation between all sorts of people
and you may even be rung up one the
telephone for no other purpose than tc
hear 'Merci pour la langouste." 1t will
of course, pass, like other would-be wit.
icisms of the kind, but in the meantime II
is devastating Paris like a plague
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Highway to Capital

Six counties, Jefferson, Shelby,
Chiffon, Elmore, Autauga and Mont
gomery, are most directly concerned
in the proposed highway from Bir-
mingham to Montgomery, but really
the project is one in which the whole
state will take an interest. The plans
for the construction of the road are
entirely feasible, and could be carried
out at cost that would be nothing
compared to the benefits that would
accrue.
The roads in jefferson and Mont
eomery which will be links of the
complete system already extended to
the county lines. Elmore has IL miles
Of modern roadway which would be
available, and this leaves 10 miles to
be built there. Seven miles would
cross Autauga at the most convenient
point, and only II miles would have
to be built in Shelby. The highway
would traverse practically the total
length of Chiffon, and this would re-
ouirc 81 miles of construction.
Jefferson and Montgomery may be
depended upon to do all they can to
further the proposed road, although
no construction work might be re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
The Trial at kieY

From what can be gathered from
The press dispatches telling of the
progress of the trial of Mendel Beilis5,
a Jew, at Kiev, on charge of mur-
dering Andrew Yushinsky, Christian
boy, in March, 1911, the prosecution
is failing utterly to make out case.
The arraignment of Beiliss seems
TO be the result of a feeling of fanatic
hate which has so often found express
sion against the Jews in Russia. The
murder of Yushinsky is alleged to
have been sacrifcial, and committed
as part of the Jewish ritual. This
sounds ridiculous to the western
mind, and little has been produced in
the Kiev court to give it any sort of
credence.
1t is generally suspected that the
"Black Hundred an organization of
atrocious assassins which in the past
has prosecuted the Semitic people of
sections of Russia, trumped up the
charge against Beiliss in the hope of
melting the people against the Jews
as race.
Beiliss' acquittal is to be expected
from the evidence. But when even
American justice so often takes Oh
weird forms and illogical shapes, it
would be unwise perhaps to predict
the outcome of Russian law trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
CHANCE FOR HERO WORSHIP

From the New York Telegram.
To Subjective rooms furnished mod
ern elevator apartment on ST. Nicho-
las place. Address Christopher
Mathewson.
Chance for the hero woashipper Where
are the persons who are always aching tc
sleep in the bed once occupied by Ma
poleon, Daniel Webster. Mary Queen OF
Scots, Oliver Cromwell. DR.. Crippen OF
some other historic parsonage? Where il
the patriot who. some-yes. some 3O-years
ago was around clamoring to shake the
hand of the man who had shaken witt
Sullivan? Go to it,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24

CURED in these counties. The advant-
ages that would come to them from a
completed road, however, will insure
their cordial support.
A splendid set of men compose the
Birmingham Montgomery Highway
association. At its head is w. S. Kel-
Ter, state highway engineer, to whose
ability and enthusiasm is largely due
the revived interest in good roads
which now prevails in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
WILD LIFE IN OKLAHOMA

From the London Chronicle
entertaining visitor to London
~ just now is w: L. Johnson. who,
charged by the United States Con-
gress with the task Of suppressing illegal
drink selling to the red Indians, has COM
pleted five exciting years as chief Of
ficer. He told a Daily Chronicle repre-
sentative something about his life as In
dian service agent.
what led to my appointment by the
Roosevelt administration in 1906 said MIR.
Johnson, was that things had reached
an acute stage in the Indian Territory.
many people who had committed crimes
in the east took refuge in the Indian res
ervation and began selling liquor to the
natives. partly in order to make a profit
and partly in order to get the Indian
drunk and rob him. This led in turn to
reprisals by the Indians.
81 got together % or 80 froftier men and
we went out making arrests and burning
up drinking saloons. In IS months six of
my boys We're killed, and the outlaws had
started the general cry, Kill Johnson
But they did not get me- though they
killed another man, believing him to be
me, and had drunk half the reward before
their mistake was discovered.
II got the sobriquet of 'Pussyfoot'
owing to generally operating at night. |
never moved without my feather weight
rifle and magazine revolver 1t was a
continuous performance for five years,
and we convicted more than 3400 men of
everything from pitch and toss to MUIR
der.
MY instructions were to suppress the
liquor traffic, and we destroyed more
than 100000 bottles of whisky. We also
burnt out the gambling houses. You will
understand the need for this campaign
better when l tell you that an Indian
won't touch whisky unless he can have
whole bottle and get drunk and a
drunken Indian is wild, mad BEAST
'You must have had any but a dull
1ife?"
That's So" replied Mr.. johnson. II
remember one incident. though every mo-
ment had its incident. Just south of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
HonsoN.s ArrACk

From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
that in the attack made by Captain Hob
SON. ON the floor of the House of Repre-
sentatives., on Mr.. Underwood, he made
mistake. 1t was coarse, too coarse
to be effective. 1t fell far elbow the
standard of dignity. 1t showed a distinct
flavor of demagogism.
When he made the charge that Thomas
f. Ryan had made a large contribution
to the campaign fund of Mr.. Underwood
i.e was talking to the galleries. He is
angry because Underwood has announced
himself candidate for United States SEN
ator, a position to which Captain Hobson
aspires, and for which he has been as
sidiously working for year.
or course the candidacy of Mr.. Under
wood gives Captain Hobson trouble, for
he had built up strong hopes that he was
going to be elected with Underwood in
the field, his hopes are clouded, If not in
total eclipse. But that was a time when
he should have called upon his powers
of self control and self restraint. 1T was
his right to be candidate and to do all
in his power to be elected: but it was not
right for him to give way to his angry
passions. and to denounce the man who
had chosen to compete with him for the
high and honorable office.
If Thomas f. Ryan did contribute money
to the campaign made for Mr.. Underwood
for President, before the Baltimore con-
vention, he had right to contribute, and
if those who managed the campaign for
Underwood accepted the contribution, 1t
is not to Eis discredit, unless he accepted
it for corrupt purposes. Underwood was
not the only man voted for in the
Baltimore convention who had campaign
funds contributed by his supporters
Those who know Mr.. Underwood best
believe that he is above accepting money
from any source when contributed for a
corrupt purpose. Let it be repeated. Cap
tain Hobson made nothing by his attack
upon Mr.. Underwood, and Mr.. Underwood
lost nothing on that account
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
4 Richmond NIan

Il remember Colonel Pattee, who is
appearing at the Orpheum theatre this
week, very wel,' said a member of Bir-
mingham's Virginia colony last night.
''EIe was very prominent in financial and
business circles in Richmond some 80
years ago. and was one of the origina-
tors and managers of the Old Dominion
Building and Loan association, one of
the first to be organized in the state.
Colonel Pattee is a Union soldier, but
he married a southern woman after the
war and moved to Richmond, where he
made his home for plumber of years.
He was one of the first Union veterans
70 cross the Potomac and commence the
! work of upbuilding thes country in a
legitimate manner. and cementing the
friendship of the north and south.
Several years ago he gave little en-
tertainment in Virginia in which there
was some old-tinle fiddlng. 1t took like
wildfire, and he was requested to give
another performance, one of the first of
which was given in vaudeville in Rich
mond. He then originated the Old Sol
der F'idders act, and secured two other
Union veterans and two Confederate vet
Grams. They have travelled all over this
country in the past four years, and have
aided much in bringing about the spirit
burg last July, where the old fiddlers
had large tent and gave concerts all
day for their friends and comrades
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
LONGINGs

BY Charles Kingsley.
(From the Saints Tragedy.)
OH That we two We're Maying
Down the stream Of the soft spring
breeze:
Like children with violets playing
In the shade of the whispering Trees
oh. That we two sat dreaming
On the sward of some sheep trimmed
down,
Watching the white mists streaming
Over river and mead and town.
oh. That we two lay sleeping
In our rest in the churchyard sod;
With our limbs at rest on the quiet
earth's breast
Aud our souls at home with God.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
MIR. UNDERWOOD AT nrnm,NcuAn

MIR. UNDERWOOD AT BIRMINGHAM
From the Montgomery Advertiser.
That VIII be great outpouring of neo-
pie in birmingham when Mr.. Underwooa
addresses the Alabama Land congress
there on the subject of the High Cost II
Living and the Remedy" 1t will be an
opportunity for all Alabama to see and
hear its most distinguished public man.
Moreover, it will be an opportunity for
people from other states to hear and sec
that gentleman, and that they will take
advantage of the opportunity is Indicated
by the fact that special reduced rates
have been granted by every railroad on
sating in Alabama. These rates haye
been granted to include Atlanta, Chatta-
nooga. Nashville, Memphis and Merido n.
Arrangements are being made for strong
delegations from each of these cities.
These delegations will go to hear Oscar
Underwood.
1t will be Mr.. Underwood's first SET
speech before the public since the pas
sage of the democratic tariff bill of whic,
he was the father.
Mr.. Underwood Is not a Stars-and-
Stripes orator, but he has what boxers
call punch" He drives home his mes
sage with remarkable clearness he drives
entertainingly.
This will be good opportunity for the
people of Alabama to meet and hear the
gentleman from the Ninth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
HonSON.S EEARs

From the Louisville Courier-J ournal.
Richmond T. Hobson, who is afraid that
Alabama viii make a hideous mistake
If it does not elect him to the United
States Senate, was always person whose
fears We're disproportionate to the cause
for alarm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
NOT THE BEST WAY.

young man in the eastern part OF Bir-
mingham shot into a butcher shop three
times and polled a pistol against the alb
domen of a law-abiding citizen because
the religious sentiment of that community
was not up to his expectations suen
drastic methods make quick converts. but
will they last?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
MISINFORMED.

THE world is full of people who thiniS
themselves competent to give advice on
how to conduct newspaper"
"Quite So
and yet ran across one of those in
dividuals the other day who thought
space writer was a person whose chirog-
raphy was exceptionally bold and free