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The Washington herald., 1913-04-13

bridge in London society and among the
English clubs. Its vogue in the United
States is also on the increase
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13

career at home drives him to South Afri-
ca, where tragedy awaits MIN. This is
one of the cleverest things in current fic-
ton. full of deft and diverting portrait
ture. John Lane Company, New York;
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13

J. NJ. Ring, a recent probationary al
pointee, has been transferred from the
hand section to the monotype section,
night.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13

Vincent Marshall, skilled laborer in
the hand section. is not now in the
service.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13

William Mcfarland, ]. c. Gaulden, j.
NJ Thompson. and e. ]. Robinson, of The
had section. are on this weeks sick
list.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13

Mr.. Frank E. auckland, Of the clerical
force of the time room, returned to his
desk on Wednesday, after an extended
trip of several weeks in Panama. He
was accompanied by his wife, and speaks
in the highest terms Of the canal work.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13

Coon Can or Rum hippincott Com
pany), by w. Dalton, author of "Satur-
day Bridge" contains Instructions, rules.
hints to beginners and examples of play
of this latest and most amusing Of card
games, which IL now taking the place OF
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13

Frank Overman. compositor in the
hand section might. was given a most
cordial send-off by his shopmates on
Wednesday night last when his resigna-
ton took effect. He goes to Southwest
ern Alaska to accept a position with q
gold mining company. In which he has
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13

Emerson B. Swayne. of the job proof
room, has succeeded Charles F. Trogner
as press reviser, with an increase in COM
pensation to 70 cents per hour.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13

"a Pair Of Little Patent Leather Boots"
Gippincott Company, by Edith Stotes-
bury Hutchinson, sixty-three illustra-
tons, tells how the charm of pair Of
little patent leather boots enticed man
half way round the continent Of Europe.
is the theme of this fascinating little
story.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13

George Kraft, son Of Charles Kraft,
Of the bureau of Engraving and Print
ing, is Cornell pitcher on leave While
attending the public schools George de-
veloped good ability as player and was
for several seasons q member of the
noted Manhattan club
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13

rose for each of the years of her long
and useful life-the occasion being a
most pleasurable one to all concerned
She was noted for her many charities
and her funeral was attended by friends
from all over the Office.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13

paul Of Russia: Son of Catherine
the Great" Uippincott Company. by X.
Waliszewski, Is an interesting study of
the tragic figure Of the son of Catherine
the Great. one of the most enigmatic' char
acters In history. The author also dis
cusses the internal and foreign politics
of Russia at that time.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-13

WILDER L. Shipley has been appointed
a temporary pressman and Mrs. Louise
X. Roche a temporary pressfeeder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-24
Old Line Combination in the Senate

Let us hope the report is not true
that the incoming administration will
have to contend with a combine of
standpat republicans and standpat
democrats in the Senate when the tar
iff is taken up in that body. All that
is known is, that the old guard does
not want real revision Of the tariff
that each and every one of them has
some pet duty up his sleeve.
When it is known that the tariff re-
vision bills which Chairman Under
wood will report will not be drastic,
because a certain amount of revenue
must be secured, it seems almost in
credible that any democrat would en-
ter the much talked-of combination.
Not only the platform but the will of
the people plainly favors action on the
tariff in the interest of the consumer,
and it will go hard with any democrat
who stands in the way.
But there is much self-interest at
stake, and the new President may
have a hard battle with the combined
remnants of the interests. The air of
Washington is full of rumors of a hard
struggle in the Senate over the tariff,
and it is indeed fortunate that there
are some republicans ina the Senate
who will not sit still while real re-
vision is being slaughtered. The ru-
mored movement means the final dis
persion of the standpat element, now
well broken, for not one of them can
withstand public sentiment outside of
the state of Utah.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-24
Alabama as a Corn State

In some of the encyclopedias and
other reference books Alabama is
styled "The Cotton State" But now
Texas, with its area more than five
times as great as Alabama's, naturally
leads the entire south in cotton pro-
ductiQn and for some years Alabama
has ranked fourth. 1t raises more
cotton to the acre, however, than all
except one or two states and the time
will probably come in the near future
when intensive farming will cause
Alabama to lead in this respect.
In view of the prevalence of the boil
weevil in some of the Alabama coun-
ties the cotton acreage will be reduced
this year. Intensive farming in cotton
production will be more intensive than
ever and with favorable season
large crop will be made. But the best
of it is that more corn will be planted
this year than has ever. been planted
in this state in any previous year.
Two years ago the marked success of
corn growing greatly stimulated this
branch of agriculture and each year
will see an increase in corn acreage
and in the amount of corn raised to
the acre. Crops generally will be di-
versified, especially in those counties
where the boil weevil is feared, and
diversified farming will mean a great
deal to Alabama. The farmers that
are here will profit by it and it will
be great inducement to homeseekers.
While some of the old plantations
have been divided into small tracts
and while truck farming has a good
start in this state, there are still too
many large farms; too much good
acreage uncultivated. 1t takes a
farmer raised in the cotton belt COM
bined with education and industry to
get the best results, but the farmers
of the north who wish to come south
on account of the genial winter eli
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-24
Cotton Mills in the South

The cotton mills in the south con-
sumo more cotton than do the mills
in the north, but the latter still con-
tinue to shelter more spindles. In
round numbers the south has 13,000,-
900 spindles and the north 1S,000,000.
The south is, however, steadily gain
ing on the north and in the course of
about five years it will have passed
the other section of the country in
the number of spindles as well as in
the consumption of cotton.
When the rivers of the south are
fully harnessed and hydro-electricity
is available in every cotton-growing
state it will be strange indeed if there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-24
THE CHAMPION oPrIMIsT

From the Boston Glope.
We award the championship diamond
belt for optimism to a resident of one OF
the rural districts Of Scotland.
As the story goes, an old man was sit
ting on the roof OF his house during a
flood, watching the waters flow past. when
a neighbor who possessed a boat, rowed
across to him.
Hello, Bill. he said.
Hello, SAM replied the other. pleas
antly.
"Ali your fowls washed away this morn
in, Bill?'
Eyes, but the ducks can swim
'.Apple trees gone, too, eh?''
..Well, they said the crop would be a
failure, anyhow
Il see the rivers reached above your
windows"
THAT'S all right saml. Them winders
needed washin!"
In the school of life many branches are
taught. but, according to DR.. Henry van
Dyke, the only philosophy that amounts
10 anything, after all, is just the secret OF
making friends with Our luck.
ELL is an AL philosopher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-24
ANTI-sUFFRAGIsTs ORGANIZE
BY BILL VINES

duct this campaign by travelling aloni
such spectacular lines. While they deligh|
in hiking we are satisfied in simply an
irving on the scene in an ordinary wan
and not even the notoriety of trayelinI
! on such a train would interest US"
Miss Bronson announced that she woeli
communicate with Mrs. Crane, vile q
Senator Crane; Mrs. Root, wife of SEM
ator Root; Mrs. Nagle, wife of Secre.
tary Nagle: Mrs. Wickersham, wife q
Attorney General Wickersham, and otheI
women who are interested In the NationaI
Association Opposed to Woman's sun
ftage, which is the name of her organzal
ton, in an effort TO have Congress MAXI
an inquiry as to whethet or not woma|
shall have the vote.
1t is also her purpose to have conl
ference with several members of h1
House of Representatives who are know
70 be opposed to equal suffrage, and wh1
nave had the nerve TO say SO, to discus
the advisablity of bringing a resolutioi
INTO the House providing for an inquirl
and report. 1t is quite likely, she sand
that joint resolution would be intro
duced at the same time in the Senate
and House, and she may ask Represent
tatfve EIeflin in view of his recent pas
| sage at arms with the suffragists. to in
troduce it in the House Representative
Hefin, it will be observed, is a hero viii
one crowd. whatever he may be termed
by the other.
III 1t can be proved" said Miss Bron
sen, that equal suffrage is all right vi
will retire from the field. If il is tru,
that the suffragists are working, as th1
claim, more for the coming generator
tl.an for themselves, we arc perfectly will
ing to leave the question to the comns
generation to decide, as by that time muef
OF the hysteria that surrounds this ques.
tion among the suffragists will have sub
sided. and it can be approached In mucl
more dispassionate manner than at pres
ent.
BY that time also, some definition vii
probably have been arrived at by the suf
fragists of what they actually want"
The antis propose to hold buster
anti-suffrage meeting on the evening ol
February 2S at the Belasco theatre, ant
the list of speakers. it is declared, vii
be most imposing.
With formidable ant-suffrage move
ment we'll on foot among the ladies'. oui
national legislators seem to be in for a
swell time. The matter might not be SC
hard of solution, and choice could bs
raade with less imminent danger if il
were not for the "other fair charmert
From appearances. life in Washington
until this important matter is settled, /.
destined to be zone swell chicken rigid
after another"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-24
wv YAsHINGToN, February 2s.-
AAy Special .)--Whateve the senti
ment may be among the ladie

wv WASHINGTON, February 3D.
M Special )-Whateyer the senti-
ment may be among the ladies
of Alabama or the western states re-
garding the ballot for womon. certainly
that they should be allowed to vote is not
unanimously agreed to by anything like
an overwhelming majority of the sex in
Washington and the eastern cities.
Little has been said concerning those
women who oppose women's suffrage.
They have not been as busy getting into
the public eye as have their sisters who
desire the ballot, and for this reason they
have lost lot of advertising. 1t is not
to remain thus, however They nave at
last taken up the gauge of battle in a
way that promises real action and perhaps
Developments which will tend to give them
a part of the limelight occupied by those
fair ones who pine for an opportunity TO
niuss UP an Australian ballot
The anti-suffragists are preparing to
make war on the suffragists in Washing
ton. and visitors to this city, If they Will
advance the date of leaving home a ut
tie. may be treated to both sides of the
Issue, as presented by women famous the
nation over on both sides of the con-
troversy.
The antis have leased for month
store in the heart of the shopping district
on + street, where they propose 10 fur
ther their plans and conduct their cam
paign against equal suffrage. They have
large show windows in this building for
the display Of banners, posters and other
presentations of legends and pictures ex-
pressing the belief that women should not
have the vote.
Miss Minnie Bronson, the anti-suffrage
organizer, who is in personal Charge OF
the campaign about TO be waged by the
ants, is occupied in fitting up these head
quarters
She is also busy denying a report TO the
effect that 200 or more we'll known and
socially prominent women from New
York, Philadelphia, Boston and the east,
are coming to Washington in what has
been called the millionaire special train"
Miss Bronson has not yet been made
general" but it is understood that
there is a movement on foot to promote
her to that rank in order that she may
have the equal diplomatic advantages en-
joyed by Gen. Rosalie Jones'
Whoever got the idea that we were
going to run a millionaires' special said
General Bronson, must have thought
that we were going to try to rival the
srffragists. We are not trying TO con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
business outlook for the spring

General trade has been unusually ae-
tive this winter said Carl J. Schwartz
of Philadelphia, eand the outlook for
spring is very bright.
Il was in the northwest recently and l
never met people more optimistic than
some of my business acquaintance in that
section.
In New York one may meet men who
are not cheerful, but when you come to
find out they have some connection with
Wall street speculative interests. In New
York and Philadelphia business men, as
rule, are as optimistic as l have ever
known any men to be. Business condii-
tions are certainly sound. and do not
think that the new administration will
do anything to make them unsound.
The west is thriving greatly on its
bumper crops of last year and the south
is in better shape than 1t has ever been,
although in spots there was a poor cotton
crop. Alabama is particularly prosper
ong at this time and the south as section
has glorious future"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-24
rELEpHoNE MANNERS

In an article on Telephone Courtesy,
in the March Woman's Home Companion,
the author says in part:
"Mr. Palmer, pencil in hand, studied the
rough diagram of her dinner table. 1t
was to be a dinner in honor of the new
rector of their church, and rather formal.
eff I send Margaret Norman out with
Mr. Wilbur, they will talk the new library
from soup to coffee, and ignore everyone
else. / think it had better be Betty
Henderson. By the way
Mrs. Palmer turned over a little heap
Hof cards and notes.
81 haven't heard from Betty. 1 Won
der if she's coming?'
"Mr. Palmer started guiltily and cleared
his throat apologetically.
Speaking of Betty Henderson? Why,
/ forgot to tell you, dear, that she
phoned last evening while you were out.
Said she hadn't time to write-was in
town for few hours only. The MERGERS
have new six cylinder car. and they're
taking her to Summitville for the week
end, and
MRS. Palmer tapped the desk with her
pencil.
What I want to know, Henry, is
whether she accepted or declined my in
vitation.'
Bless my soul, Mary, ! can't recall!
oh, yes, she's coming. / remember now,
because she said that If the car did hap
pen to break down she could take a troll
ley
She had time to talk automobile with
ycl, but not to write an acceptance, COM
nerted Mrs. Palmer severely.
Her daughter glanced UP from her en-
broidery. M
Mother, dear, nobody writes notes in
.llis day of the get-there-quicker tele-
phone More than half my invitations
come over the wire
(which is why the average hostess
wastes time figuring on the number of
her guests. Telephone messages are not
delivered; or the guest forgets to make a
note of her acceptance. ana finds herself
face TO face with two engagements for
the same evening. A womans desk and
pen mean little to her in this day. The
telephone is responsible for the passing OF
polite correspondence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-24
Twilight Rests for Highbrows

A Harvard professor, we are told'
has not slept for 20 years. He has
taken his rest in the so-called "twi-
light" state. This state is declared to
be a scientific relaxation more salts
fving than sleep. 1t is said to restore
the bodily vigor in half the time re-
quired by sleep. Prof. Hugo Munster
berg; director of the psychological
laboratory of Harvard, assures the
outside world that it is scientifically
possible to sleep without complete loss
of consciousness.
This will be bad news to the burg
lars who go about this city a-burgling,
for sleeper who does not lose con-
seriousness may prove to be quick on
the trigger. But the trouble is that
only professors seem to be fit sub
iects for the twilight state" and 1t is
not even known that it is feature
of institutions other than Harvard.
Prof. Boras Sidis, also of Harvard,
presents in his book on sleep, theory
that calls for a peculiar sleep that
shuts out all the world except "the
special stimuli whose thresholds are
very low" The sleep of Professor
Sidis is also confined to Harvard, and
we are led to conclude that the sleep
ing done in that institution is very pc
culiar. 1t it not adapted to worka-
day world. 1t is a sleep that only high
brows can summon or indulge in. Pro-
fessor Munsterberg says in fact it
grows out of concentration and sharp
suggestibility," and all are not
equipped with those qualities. He that
has them, says Professor Munster
berg, can sink a part of his conscious
ness below the threshold but may still
remain constantly alert and active.
Let US hope this complaint will not
spread to Alabama, where all are ex-
pected at night to sink their respective
consciousness plumb below the thresh-
old until they become oblivious to all
but clumsy burglars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-24

| hallway. Every day. during the RI
hour, between ~ and | o'clock, | wo4Il .
find a half-emptied bottle of beer on ths |
bar or course men frequently leave pail
of their beer; but this happened SO resH.
larly, my curiosity was aroused. Ii
thought it over, and concluded someoife
was getting free beer and lunch posted
the watchman near the pillar at noon.
and waited. About 12:So, when the bar
was lined, a man hurried in, ordered a
bottle of beer, drank half OF it, started
as Ii to pour the rest into tho glass, then
put down the glass and went to the lunch
counter. ! signaled the watchman, who
spotted the man and then went out into
the hallway. The man stopped at the
lunch counter, slipped around the pillar
and out the door into the arms Of the
waiting policeman, who brought him
back. He confessed that he was a member
of we'll known family, and that his
relations We're keeping him without
money in order to prevent him from
drinking. He invented the plan to satisfy
his craving partly at least, and admit
ted that he had seven saloons within a
short distance of each other from which
he could escape by side doors. Every
day he made the rounds of those seven
saloons, ordered a bottle of beer in each,
drank half, leaving the rest to make the
bartender think he would return and pay.
and thus he secured seven glasses of
beer without attracting attention or sus-
piciou.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-24
The Wenther Prophet

garded seriously by intelligent men, there
is a reason why it is discussed every year
by many people, said weather prophet
1T is this way: Whenever February or
March comes in with dreary skies or
wintry blasts that month goes out spring.
like. And vice versa If the month be-
gins with sunshine and balmy breezes, it
goes out cold or raw. These signs rarely
fail. And as grounding day is February
2, the general sign holds good. Who has
ever known March to comes in like a lion
and not go out like lamb? The second
of February was cloudy, and barring a
few freezes and several days of rain,
we have had delightful weather this
month";
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-24

is not at least one cotton mill in every
county. Twenty new mills were built
in the south in 1912, but at least
80 should be built year in order to
enable the south to turn fair share
of its raw cotton into merchantable
products.
At present cotton milling is largely
confined to Georgia and the two
Carolinas with about million spindles
in Alabama. There is no reason why
the manufacturing of cotton should
not be extended to the other cotton
states, or rather there will be none
when the rivers of the south are
equipped with dams and other power
equipment. The cost and supply of
labor may pull the other way in some
sections, but all other advantages are
ON the side of the mills amid the cot
ton fields.
Cotton manufacturing is of slow
growth in Alabama, but there are in
dications that English capital will be
brought here to spin and weave the
fibre even if home capital be not
available. The south needs at least
100000 more of spindles, and way
will be found to get them when we
have hydo-electricity at hand to drive
thar,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-24

mate would reap rich harvests in corn
and alfalfa.
The alabama Land congress, organ
lied at Mobile last year and we'll at
tended there, will be even more large
ly attended when it convenes in Mont
gomery next fall. It should be able
to accomplish much in advertising this
section. In the meantime, with favor
ing weather conditions, the farmers as
whole will make a new high record
this summer and that will give the
land congress exceptionally strong
ground on which to set forth our great
resources.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-24
SMALL BoAr WHALING

Frederic A. Fenger In the March Outing
could see the whole of the action. The
three whales were .swimming abreast,
blowing now and then as they rose from
a shallow dive. Only one of us moved,
and that was Caesar, and I noticed that
he pushed the oar little to port in or
der to avoid the bull and take the year
ling, had guessed rightly about the
yellow streak.
But even tho yearling was no plaything
and as he rose close under the bow the
sea slid off his mountainous back as from
a ledge OF black rock, a light green in
contrast to the deep blue into which it
poured The cavernous rush of air and
water from his snout almost sprayed
Bynoe in the face as he drove the iron
down into him. He passed under us, our
bow dropping into the swirl left by his
tail and could feel the bump OF his
back through Caesars oar.
wondered for the moment II the boat
would trip. There seemed to be no turn
ing, for the next instant the flying spray
drove the lashes back into my eyes and
I knew we were fast. Blinded from the
moment, l could feel the boat going over
and through the seas, skittering after the
whale like a spoon being reeled in from
a cast When finally succeeded in
wiping the hairs out of my eyes there
was nothing to be seen ahead but two
walls of spray which rose from the very
bows of the boat, with Bynoe still cling
ing to the stay with his head and should
ers clear Of the flying water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-24
REVISED REvERIES OF A BACH
ELOR
From Judge.

From Judge.
One mind with but single" thought
may easily prevent two hearts from beat
nS as one.
Love is blind, but there are generally
plenty of oculists hanging around, offering
their services free.
Some women look as If they had taken
their beauty sleep in cat maps.
Laced makes waist.
After a maiden passes 3o all her pin
money goes into wedding presents for the
other girls. {5
Figures don't lie, it's said. But now and
then naturally scrawny womah's fairly
pcrjures itself.
Sometimes, thank God, when love comes
in at the door, poverty flies out of the
window.
An American Beauty rose by any other
name might not sell as steep.
Pity is not really akin to love; love is
but a step farther.
ii speech were actually silver and ST
lence golden, there are women you
couldn't bribe to exchange a dime for a
double eagle.