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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
Income Taxes the World Over

Graduated income taxes are levied
in just about all the countries of the
world. The death duties in Great
Britain bring in revenue of $780,
100000 year, and they range from
to Is per cent. The larger the estate
the larger the duty. The income tax
proper of Great Britain produces
1920, 100000 year. 1t varies from
pence in the pound to 20 pence. The
latter rate falls on large estates and
it is tax of about 8 per cent. In
Austria an income of $500,000 would
pay per cent, while small incomes
pay less than l per cent. The tax in
Italy rises on large incomes tos 20
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
Senator shafroth Of colorado has intI

Senator Shafroth of Colorado has intro
duced a joint resolution proposing to
amend the constitution fixing the time
for the convening of Congress and the
commencement of the terms of the Pres
ident, vice president, senators and repre-
seltatives. The proposed amendment
provides that the terms of the President
and vice president shall commence on
the second Monday in January following
the election of president and vice presi-
dental electors. The electors of the varl-
Gus states shall cast their votes for Pres
ident and vice president on the first Mon
day in December following their election.
The amendment also proposes that the
terms of senator's and representatives
shall commence on the first Monday in
January following their election. 1t is
also provided that there shall be two reg
uar sessions of each Congress, conven-
ing on the first Monday of January each
wear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
TELEPHONE
Bell (prIvate exchange connecthAe
ali departments), Ne. ASoe.
A CorInthian, a lad of mettIc,
II King Henry ~.
Regarding Official Bulletins

Pope Plus X, who has been ill with
influenza, is recovering his health and
notwithstanding the fact that he IS
nearly rs years of age he seems to
have a new lease on life and the
chances are, humanity speaking, that
he will live many years to administer
his exalted office.
His predecessor, Leo XIII, lived to
be 90 years of age. He was hard
worker up to the last, although
throughout his long pontificate he
seemed extremely frail. His Holiness
Plus X is, on the other hand, man
of strong constitution and he has en-
joyed, good health most of the time
since he was raised to the papacy.
The Pope's chief physician, Profess
ser Marchiafava, not only issued a
reassuring statement Thursday night
about his illustrious patients condi-
tion but he made it plain that the
custom in some countries of physi-
clans issuing frequent bulletins when
a famous parsonage happened to be
indisposed was absurd. The custom is
not common on the continent of Eu-
rope but it is in England and the
United States. 1t was only in view oi
the disquieting newspaper specials
sent from Rome about the Pope thai
Professor Marchiafava was induced te
give out an extended statement. II
is false" said the eminent physician
"that the Pope is afflicted with hear
disease. Bulletins regarding his con
dition have not been issued because
this is done only in cases of grea'
gravity. Nor is it justifiable to issue
such bulletins when the illness i:
slight in the case of a patient holding
exalted office. A few months age
Emperor Francis Joseph suffered
from an attack of influenza and no.
body thought it necessary to issue bull
letins of his condition, which would
have been absurd"
In many cities of the United States
physicians bulletin is issued every
few hours when distinguished citi
zen, especially if he be financier OF
a rich man in active business, has 6
cold or a headache. But like some
other customs borrowed from the
English court this one is being ridi-
culed out of existence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
The mother tongue frequently runs to
baby talk
Old bachelors either dodge women or
are doged by them.
But you can't always get inside infor-
nation from a middleman.
I In the human race the fat man has
more than slim chance.
y No, Alonzo, peroxide blonde isn't
necessarily light on her feet
To the right young man a girls plain
red hair looks like a golden halo.
Some women are so changeable they
never wear the same complexion twice,
There is no rose strewn path for the
coward who cannot hide his yellow
streak.
mans proposal is so sudden to a
girl because she has waited for it SO
Hong.
His Satanic majesty never bees any
body to give him his due. Nevertheless
he gets it. ~.
Occasionally you run across girl
who is afraid to go downtown by her.
self for fear some man will not try to
airt with her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
FACILITATING

From Everybody's Magazine.
AT a dinner not long ago. Thomas w
Lawson was talking on the subject OF
success.
Success In finance" said Mr.. Lawson,
us due In a great measure to prompt ac-
ton. The doubling, hesitating, Hamlet
type of man had best keep out of finance.
He is quite sure to be swamped. The
street hasn't much use for him. l had a
boyhood friend of this type. named
Grimes He was a falterer, doubter, a
Hamlet of the most exaggerated type.
"One evening L stopped to-call on him
and found him in a deep study. bent over
white waistcoat lying on table.
Hello, Grimes, 1 said. What's the
matter?'
This waistcoat,' he replied, holding
the garment up to my view. It's too dirty
to wear and not dirty enough OF send to
the laundry. 1 don't know what to do
about it. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
American Cotton Manufacturers

Although duties on cotton goods are
provided in the Underwood bill rang
ing from 25 per cent to so per cent,
yet the American cotton manufactur-
ers say that they are on the point of
being ruined almost irreparably.
To hear them talk one would think
they were compelled to buy raw ma
terial in Egypt or India, and that they
were in the habit of paying their en-
ployes magnificent wages!
If the home mills amid the cotton
fields, drawing their labor from the
mountain people, among whom unions
are unknown--if they are not in po-
sition to meet foreign competition,
then who is in this country?
The clamor raised by the manufac-
turers' association is merely clamor
with nothing to rest upon. The duties
named in the Underwood bill are am
pie to keep off foreign-made goods,
but they are not sufficient to enable
the manufacturers to exploit home
consumers up to the full extent of
profits under the Payne bill.
The cotton manufacturers in this
country have all the advantages on
their side, both as to labor and raw
material, and if they are sensible they
will accept the duties named in the
Underwood bill and say no more about
II
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900. and at ST. Petersburg; $4,000. Russia
paws her ambassador at Berlin $4,000; at
London, $40 600; at Paris, $4,000; at Vien-
ma, $4,000 and at Rome. $4,000.
Three proffers by President Wilson OF
the most important ambassadorial ap-
pointments have already been declined
a circumstance quite the reverse OF CONF
plimentary to England and France. I'M
doubtedIy other reasons actuated Mr.. Oh
ney and possibly DR.. Eliot and Mr.. Nc
Combs, but the fact remains that any one
of the three would have been obliged, in
the event of his acceptance to draw upon
his personal funds. Despite the fact,
then, that most of those mentioned for
the bigger places either have plenty OF
money themselves or have wives VINO
have it and are willing to blow 1t in for
personal qualification. it is little wonder
that the President is annoyed and en-
barrassed by the restrictions In choice
imposed upon him.
ut is a great pity" he says, truly, that
the country has to ask such sacrifices OF
those who are invited to serve 1t abroad
q service which every year becomes more
exacting and more important The sacri-
ece of time. of means, and of opportuni-
tv at home is very serious for any but
men of large means and leisure, and the
Diplomatic service is unnecessarily ham,
pered."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
The Iron Market

Matthew, Addy & Co.'S Cincinnati re-
port, issued this week, says:
"It is difficult to do business these days
with the railroad. telegraph and telephone
services more or less demoralized. Mails
from east. west and north are still from
two to four days late. Commercial trav-
elers are put to all kinds of delays and
Inconvenience One scarcely realizes how
absolutely dependent business is on quick
communication until calamity like the
recent flood renders it impossible We
are so accustomed in this favored cen
trail location to reach the great iron
consuming districts overnight that a sud-
Gen dislocation of rails and wires throws
everything. into confusion.
But in spite of these unprecedented
handicaps trade is beginning to resume
it's normal course. There has been con
siderable buying of pig iron. The largest
melter in the country has made heavy
purchases and there has been scattering
buying all along the line. One nearby
malleable shop has bought largely
Cooke has been in good demand and
there is a great call for it, Naturally the
foundries that were left high and dry
by the waters are embarrassed by the
delays in moving freight on the rail
roads, Half the mail is made up of re-
quests for faster shipments The general
expectation is that now buying move
ment of large proportions may be ex-
pected any time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
sEEKING SENSATIONS

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
"A little of the philanthropic Interest
that ia now devoted to the morals of
working girls" says the New YORK
World, might safely be devoted to the
health of working girls. 1t is ridiculous
to say that a girl cannot be moral on
IS or s6 week Tens of thousands
of honest young women are daily
refutation of the SANDER; but can a
|self-supporting girl be healthy on $s
week." Don't get prosy. The yellow
philanthropist, like the yellow journal
is more keenly interested in morals, or
rather immorals, than in any such num-
drum subject as health.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

From the Indianapolis News.
The professor was talking of English
words that, originally harsh, had been
softened by a slight change In form or
in the elision of some letter. The profess
sor on this occasion gave rein to his fan
cy. Now, for instance" he said, here S
the word numerous from the Latin 'nu-
merus, number. What have we done
with that word? One may suppose that
originally it was written and pronunced
ntmberous.' Why not? But the b III
the middle of the word, in the abdomen,
as it were, was very awkward. 1t was
in reality of no more use than the appen-
dix verniformis. So an operation was
performed, probably without the use OF
an anaesthetic and the Objectionable b'
was removed. That operation was an en-
tire success"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
THE HOOK

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1t looks as if science was encroaching
or the amateur vaudeville field.
Among the 1874 inventors who have sent
devices for an automatic train stop, in ac-
cordance with an offer of $4,000 for the
most perfect appliance, one ingenious fell
low suggests a huge hook securely fas-
tened between the rails and. so arranged
that it will spring up after train has
passed and hook itself to an axle OF the
train following
Almost as funny as the hook Is one OF
the replies to the IS conditions of the con-
test.
'I accept your offer of s1o.00o" says the
writer, '.please send check"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
shinpins Rirmingham Good.

'T read in The Age-HeraId Lobby
statement about pianos being shipped
from Birmingham to distant points
one to New Mexico and one to China
and now 1t may be of interest to state
that J. Blach & Sons have recently
shipped two suits of clothes and an
overcoat to a man in Santiago, Chile, "
said representative of the clothing
firm referred to.
"The order came unsolicited and, of
course, 1t was much appreciated. Heavy
tonnages of articles manufactured in
the Birmingham district are shipped 10
different parts of the world and mer-
chants now and then receive orders
from far away countries"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
THE OWLS

From the French Of Baudelaire.
In the inky depths of the yew trees
shade,
In meditation, side by side,
The owls are sitting, fiery-eyed,
Like strange gods carved in wood or
jade.
There they wait, immobile quite,
That melancholy hour of day
when the suns last expiring ray
Is strangled in the grip of night.
Their attitude should teach the wise,
Who this world rightly would apprise.
Hurry and movement to despise.
Man drunk with dreams fieeting and
strange,
This chastisement forever bears;
The love Of movement and Of change !.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
sTEAMBOATING ON THE MISSISSIPPI
r,~ax, Az. c,rippfield RenlIblicar

The glories of steamboating on the
Mississippi are not wholly past There
are still fne steamers like the Queen
City, which the other day reached New
Orleans after quick run of but seven
days from Pittsburg, a distance OF more
than 22O0 miles This would not be fast
time for an ocean liner. but an ocean
liner makes no stops at way stations.
The boat car.Ad about 40 passengers,
and took about as many back on its re-
turn trip. The river journey is well
worth while. especially for, travellers
who dread seasickness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
To krnP MATCHES Day

novel method of carrying matches on
ones person in the wet without having
them become soaked Is described by Jack
Wolch in the April Outing. His prescrlp-
ton is to immerse box of safety matches
in paraffin until. solid cake is formed
out of which match may be broken when
desired. When the match is scratched the
coating of "waterproof'' is rubbed off its
;ip and also off the composition abrasive
IN the box. thus permitting the match to
ignite This il a simple expedient which
,,ll be sure to appeal to all woodsmen-
or amateur,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
uNpERpArD RURAL TEACHERS

Secretary Houston in Leslie's.
The statistician tells us that the aver
age salary of the teachers of the nation
In the common schools is less than s4O0
wear. and in the rural school districts
less than $500. Illinois reports rural sal
aries ranging from $3.50 to $40o; Kansas,
salary of less than $3.50; Missouri, Missis-
sippi and Tennessee, one of less than $2oo;
Vermont, Maine and North Carolina, one
of less than 5000. In urban communities
it ranges from $500 to 5000 to $500 or $1,000
or more. The annual compensation OF
rural teachers is less than that of street
laborers in cities. less than that OF brick
layers, plasterers, carpentefeS painters
and brakemen, and the superintendent
of Alabama reports that in that state 1t
is less than the average earnings Of con-
victs.
Everywhere these teachers are stranded
in one room buildings, for the most part
unsightly, devoid OF the ordinary COM
forts, lackingfn facilities, in unattractive
and unsanitary surroundings. They teach
all grades and hold from 30 to 35 or ~
recitations a day for four, FIVE, six or
seven months year, and do this With
out advice or assistance from competent
supervisors, or inspectors Illinois re-
ports 1860 one teacher schools, 1150 OF
them having less than Is pupils; Kansas,
7SCO; 425 with less than 10 pupils. 800 with
less than, 10; North Carolina, more than
1900 out of total of 540O; Indiana reports
1885 schools with less than Is pupils, and
2OoO with less than 20, and Missouri 700,
with less than 12, and 25O0 with less than
20.
A nation which is spending 900 a
year on war past and future, 100000, oOc
for tobacco and $500, 100000 for whisky
cannot afford to say that 1t will stop at
am expenditure of $33O00O,000 for schools
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
poMPEH LIKE a MODERN cry

From the Roman Herald.
In an address on Pompeii at the Victoria
institute, e. j. Sewel said as one stood
in the streets of the town and saw the
ruts worn in the stone pavement by pass
ing vehicles, the last of which travelled
there more than 1900 years ago, or spelled
out the inscriptions painted on the walls,
such as one calling on the citizens to
vote for a particular candidate as aedile
at the coming election, one realized with
great vividness the busy and varied life
that once throbbed in those streets, now
empty and deserted When one found in
wine shop notice that goods could
be had only on cash payment, or. on exam
ming some ivory dice found in q house
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
DELIGHTFUL MIR. PAGE

From the Cleveland Plain Deaier.
1t is related in the New YORK tribune,
and sounds possible, that genial Mr..
page. orr new American ambassador to
the court of St. James, on one OCCASION
said to a lady who had often attempted
TO write for the Atlantic Monthly: MY
dear madam. you take rejection ~
sweet,v that it is a positive sorrow to
he forced to tell you that your story is
accepted.
Even the grumpy Bernard Shaw
should be pleased with man like thar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
POSTCARDS FOR THE KAISER

From the London Globe.
AS Germany originated the sport OF
picture postcard collecting they rank
lit as a sport in the Fatherland), 1t
lis fitting that one of the suggestions
for the celebration of the twenty-hfth
anniversary of the Emperor's accession
shou,d he the sending out of 10000, 900
special postcards. The kaiser is not 20
receive them all, but 1t is proposed tnat
the postal authorities will inform him
of the exact number of loyal greet
lings' received by proxy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
The PotIatch Celebration

''The potlatch can be made big af-
fair and I hope 1t will be-" said pub
lie spirited citizen. 'As Alabama is an
Indian state-a state rich in Indian ira
dition and Indian romance-the potlatch,
which conveys the idea of an Indian
custom, and in a wider sense all that
was best in aboriginal life. should mean
celebration full of joy and color.
"Potlatch buttons are still being sold
and the committee will probably have
ample funds to carry out grand pro-
gramme. So long as we are to have a
potlatch it behooves every citizen to take
an interest in it and to do his part In
making it splendid success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
AFFABILITY THAT WAS NOT APRO-
pos

From the Popular Magazine.
Whenever Representative Richmond
Pearson Hobson of Alabama goes cam
paigning for votes, he puts all his heart
and soul into the work. Politeness, affa-
bility and enthusiasm are his long suits
On one occasion during his late political
fight he was given reception at which
he was introduced to a middle aged
woman who showed great interest in pol
itics.
"Thls is great pleasure. indeed said
the congressman. Il remember your hus-
band SO well. He is one Of the best
friends I have in the county He die
me a great service in the last campaign
and 1 know he's my friend in this. He
always sticks to me-"
us that so?" asked the woman haughti-
ly. He died in Georgia 10 years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
FOLK SONGS OF AMERICA

Victor II. Schoffelmayer in the Bellman.
A MERICAN music has its future in
"a the development of the true folk
4 \ song, that will-o'- -tile-wisp whose
authorship is forever unknown but which
lives in the traditions of a people. Great
music of all nations is intimately related
to the legendary and romantic. 1t has
found it's highest expression in the tone
poems of a Wagner, to whom the legends
of the Holy Grail or the Nibelungenlied
were an inspiration, or in the pulsating
symphonies of Tschaikowsky,y who wove
into their fabric the pathos of the Russian
folk song.
In the forest wilderness of the Ozark
mountains, one of the little known but
singularly interesting regions of south
western Missouri and northwestern ar
kansas, dwells a picturesque race to
whom music is an essential expression.
The "Hil Billy as the Ozark NIL
dweller is called, is the truest counterpart
of the medieval troubadours or minne-
sanger to be found in the new world to-
day. He is both the originator and con-
servator of folk melodies containing the
germs of imperishable art. 1t is to
the Ozarks that American composers
should turn for national material. since
there they will find musical utterance Oh
primitive purity worthy of development
The mountain wilderness has long been
peopled by descendants of sturdy pioneers,
many of whom sprang from leading Vir-
ginia and New England families. uhe
best blood of the original colonies has con-
tributed to the population of the Knobs.
A mild climate, not unlike that of Greece,
has stimulated the tendency of musical
utterance as did the tempered zone of At
tica to poetical expression.
Greece produced the Arcadian shepherd,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
cnod pIantInn season

Cotton planting is progressing salts
factorfly in most sections of Alabama
said Al c. CARRIER. cashier Of the Mer-
chants and Mechanics Trust and Savings
bank.
.tOn my fathers plantation, which Hes
along the line of Hale and Marengo
counties, weather conditions could not
well be better. There was much rain
about two weeks ago, but since then the
ground has been in excellent condition.
believe the planting throughout the cot
ton belt generally is not only ahead OF
this time last year, which happened to
be bad. rainy year. but that 1t is fully
up to normal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
Judge Lanes Appointment Confirmed

Judge Lanes Appointment Confirmed
When Judge Lane resigned a seat
on the circuit court bench in order to
become commissioner of this city he
simply went from one judicial office to
another. He therefore violated no pro-
vision of the constitution, and he very
naturally says he will stick. to his job.
Associate JUSTICE deGraffenried de-
livered the opinion of the supreme
court That court seems to have been
unanimous. The commission act itself
declares that one of the commission
ers should be judicial officer, and
Judge Lane is the one in question.
When judicial authority is lodged in
an officer he becomes judicial Off
Ger, and the court proceeded to con-
firm Judge Lanes title to his present
office.
The supreme court is plainly friend
ly to the commission bill. Instead of
seeking to find defects in it it seeks
to uphold it and to render the new
method in the government of Alabama
cities effective. A commission gov
ernment which has the supreme court
behind it is indeed a big reform, and
in the long run it will no doubt be ap-
piled to all the cities in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
Uuderwood's Eminence

Next TO President Woodrow Wilson,
Leader Underwood is the most talked
about man in the United States, salo
l.. T. Crispi of Philadelphia.
1.-THE Underwood bill is being discussed
more than anything in national politics
at this time. Democrats, as a rule. are
applauding the chairman of the ways
and means committee and l have no doubi
that many republicans in the rural dis
tricts will be glad to see the Under
wood bill enacted into law. 1 voted the
national progressive ticket and I know
of many men not of the democratic fold
who want to see a downward revision
of the tariff.
"Three or four prominent eastern news
papers that 1 have seen discussed the
Underwood bill favorably. / am no poll
tician but it would not surprise me to see
Underwood the nominee of the democratic
party in 1916.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12
PRESIDENT AND HIS AMBASSADORS

Titiii IldIpti w Cchiy'
All of the important embassies in Wash
irgton are either owned outright or are
rented by the countries represented, am
pie funds are provided for upkeep, and
salaries range from $4,000 to $4,000. Eng
land pays her ambassador at Paris $45.
OO0 at Berlin, $4,000; at st. Petersburg,
$50 900; at Rome, $4,000, and at Vienna,
| $4,000. Germany pays her ambassador
at Paris $4,000; at London, $37, 800; at St.
Petersburg, $s7,5oO; at Rome, $4,000; and
at Vienna, $4,000.
The French ambassador at Berlin re-
$4,000; at St. Petersburg, $4,000. and at
Vienna. $4,000. The Austrian ambassa-
dor receives at Berlin sa1. 900; at Paris,
$4,000; at London, $4,000; at Rome. sss,-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-12

Mrs. Key Pittman, wife of the new Sell
ator from Nevada, is the only woman in
Washington society who ever went over
married. The future senator and BRIDE
groom-elect awaited her at Nome Mrs.
Pittman~ is a fearless horsewoman and
can rival Janet Allen in daring circus
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