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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
ROMANCE OF A POOR GIRL

confiscated and the two women editors
found themselves in the Tombs for the
nisht-not, however before the story had
become known and the whole country
stirred at the gravity of the charges.
Public opinion was aroused against the
Claflin sisters. the weekly was on It's
last legs, the brokerage business was net
ering out, damage suits confronted then,
They were at the end of their rope in
America They sought the more congenial
atmosphere of England, and for a few
years dropped out of public view as far as
America was concerned. But both were
brilliant women and both were busy writ
ing and lecturing in London. and grad
ually they won following over there
and resumed the publication of week.
iy paper Mrs. Victoria Woodruff Blood
was fortunately freed by the death OF her
two former husbands and she met and
won rich banker, John Bddulph Martin.
with fine home in Hyde Park Money
and social position were hers at last
The progress of her younger, handsomer
sister was even more romantic and start
ling. Francis Cook. a millionaire silk
merchant. heard her lecture fell in love
with her and married her.
Through her wise direction of the plac-
| ing of his personal charities and benefac-
! tions he was knighted and became Sir
Francis Cook and Tennie became Lady
/ Cook Sir Francis was also Viscount OF
Montserrat, with a beautiful residence in
Portugal and a picturesque seat in Rich
mond, Surrey, overlooking the Thames,
called Doughty House. Tennie became
mistress of its beautiful lawns its stables.
conservatories, its ancestral halls. She
had at last reached, il not the innermost
circle of English high society, at least
a position so enviable that many OF the
women who had formerly known and
scorned her would have given their right
hands to have possessed it.
When her husband died at the good
old age of 80 he left her good part of
his fortune, dividing It with children by
a former wife. Victoria had meantime
lost her husband by death, so that the
Claflin sisters became wealthy widows de-
voted to suffrage. educational and chari-
table enterprises. So 1t is that Larry Cook
the Viscountess of Montserrat visits this
country occasionally now to lecture AL
together this story of these two unknown,
lowly born AMERICANS now living in state
like princesses after their long. uncer-
tain career. playing the part of grande
DANES at the English capital, sounds like
the pages of romance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
Causes for the Cost

A government investigator after
careful inquiry computes that the cost
of living in the region of Kansas City
has advanced SO per cent in the last
10 years, while the compensation for
skilled labor has, gone. up only little
more than 20 per cent. For unskilled
labor there has been little change in
the wage. The demand is not greater
than the supply.
No encouragement is TO be found in
these figures. 1t is the ambition Of the
American to live better and better
each year. What would be considered
luxuries in the countries of the old
world are necessities here. Each man
wants for his family the comforts and
conveniences possessed by the fami-
lies of his neighbors. A mother seeks
to dress her daughter just as well as
the daughters school girl friends. She
wants her child to have the advant-
ages of lessons in art, music, or what
ever is her bent or inclination. Who
can say that these traits of fathers
and mothers are reprehensible
AS Mr.. Trayer, the government
agent who made the Kansas City in
vestigation, says: 'The common school
has proved factor in increasing the
cost of living by teaching higher ideals
until we cannot live as we did several
Years ago. The 1s-year-old daughter
of man earning $3.50 day, if she
has had average training in the COM
mon school, wants a piano, and he
must buy it for her on the Install
naent plan"
Today there are home conveniences
available that each family thinks it
should not do without. And they do
add to comfort, SO why shouldn't they
be purchased? Fathers lot is a hard
one. The demands upon him are grow
ing constantly. And all the money that
he spends does not go to buy silk
stockings and French heeled shoes for
his daughters, either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
Job may have had his trouble, but he
didn't have TO use cheap fountain pen
when he wrote his lamentations.
Every now and then you run across a
man who has so little to do that he can't
sleep at night worrying because the
country has no national anthem.
If hard looks could kill, about 100000
women would be arrested for murder
every day in the year.
Women have been talking themselves
out of paradise ever since Eve started
the thing.
BE sure yor are right and then ask your
wife.
Sunday should be a day of rest, but lots
of preachers labor through their sermons.
one half the world can't understand
why the other half wants to mind its own
business.
One reason why we hold our political
campaigns in October is because the nuts
are all ripe at that time of year.
Every now and then mother calls spe-
cial session and father has to vote
''aye" on an appropriation bill
\ woman agrees with her husband
when she wants to- but man agrees with
his wife because he has to.
The reason daughter has to go to a
gymnasium for exercise is because mother
loves to do all the hard work around
the house.
II there are four children in the house
next door it always sounds like 4OoO.'
A green baby that looks like scalded
monkey is always the perfect image of
the relative who has the most money.
A woman can believe she is liberal
minded because she is always giving her
husband a piece of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
Street Naming Plans

In several quarters opposition is re-
ported to the plan for remaining many
Of Birmingham streets and avenues
drawn up by City Engineer Kirkpat-
rick. These objections, it is under
stood, are based on the ground that
the scheme is complicated. But is it
nearly as complicated as the system,
or lack of system, now in vogue?
The present catalog of street
nomenclature is confessedly a hodge
podge. 1t is complex, confusing, exas-
perating. There are endless duplica-
tions, house numbers have no mean
ing, and the wayfarer when he sets
out had best know exactly where he
is going. All are aware that these
things are the inevitable outcome of
the amalgamation Of a number of mu
inequalities.
The city commission has shown no
disposition to rush through the Kirk
patrick ordinance. It's aim is only the
bettering of condition that is per-
picking and annoying. If there are
sound reasons for amendments to the
proposed changes, they will be given
the most careful consideration.
1t is peculiar that a scheme. con-
sidered studiously for months by an
expert with the sole purpose of sim
plification, should have brought
against it the charge of confusion. But
perhaps the chief opponents of Mr..
Kirkpatrick's report will not contend
that it is more abstruse than the ex-
listing arrangement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
Land Credit Bank

A feature of yesterdays session of
the Alabama Land congress was W.
P. G. Harding's presentation of plan
for a land credit bank of Alabama.
Members of the congress were most
favorably impressed with the propo-
sition, and it was adopted unanimous
ly. Mr.. Harding's plan is clearly ex-
pressed and can be readily understood
by the general public, which is cer-
tainly much in its favor. The sug-
gested capital is placed at S2,000,000,
the subscriptions to be opened first
to bona fide residents Of Alabama.
In Mr.. Harding's plan it is provided
that there shall be no commissions.
The land credit bank is not to re-
ceive deposits. 1t is proposed that
half of its earnings over dividends
will be paid to the state, the other
half to be set aside as surplus until
the sum equals % per cent of the CAPT.
tai, and then all excess earnings shall
go to the state. 1t is further pro-
vided that the funds of the bank shall
be invested Sn first mortgages on
farms in cultivation on a basis of not
to exceed so per cent of the actual
Inn 10 kA 80. i
equally as may be among various
counties in proportion to taxable
value Of farm lands and to be made in
periods of from 10 to so years at an
interest rate as nearly as possible of
6 per cent, the exact amount to be
determined FROM actuaries' figures
carefully checked-the interest cover
ing amortization and all other
charges. The bank is to have power
TO place its real estate mortgages in
trust and secure issues of coupon
notes or bonds to bear interest not
exceeding A or per cent, according
to money conditions, with interest
guaranteed by the state.
As Mr.. Harding's plan will require
an amendment to the constitution,
steps will be taken to submit the
proposition to the voters. President
j. o. Thompson of the land congress
will appoint committee shortly to
look after legislation needed for the
submission of constitutional amend
ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Birmingham,s solid Growth

birmingham is going ahead in 4
very solid way" said L. A. Wells of
Wells Brothers. the New York contrae-
tors engaged here in the erection Of
the Hotel Tutwiler and Major TUT
wiler's Iiidgely apartments. Since ]
first saw Birmingham there has been
marked improvement on all sides. This
is a very fine city now, and it will be,
of course. still handsomer within the
next few years. Birmingham's big
future cannot be well overestimated.'
Mr. Wells said that while the work
on the Hotel Tutwiler was slow at the
start, it was now going ahead fast. He
said that he expected to complete the
building early next spring. lie thinks
it Will then be ready for the installation
of furniture by March,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
Healthy business Conditions

are sound and as We have big crops
there is now much activity in most sec
tions." said L. n. Wosmer of Chicago
Il keep in close toucn vita the west.
and decided prosperity is in evidence in
all but one or two western states. The
south is exceptionally prosperous at this
time. Having spent a week in the cot
ton territory l will say that the south
was never so well off as it is today.
This is my first visit to tns south in five
years. The progress In that time has been
great indeed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
ACCOUNTING rs DUE

From the Chattanooga Times.
1t is charged that Mr.. Hobson spent only
16 days in the national House during Pc
riod of more than five months. Under
wood was on the job all the time. The
people OF Alabama will make the ac-
counting.
THE STONE REJECTED
BY Edwin Markham.
For years it had been trampled in the
street
OF Florence by the drift of needless feet
The stone that Buonarroti made confess
That shape you know, that marble lowell
ness.
You mind the tale--how he was passing
by
When the rude marble caught his Jovian
eye.
That stone men had dishonored and had
thrust
Out to the insult OF the wayside dust.
He stoopt to lift 1t from its mean estate.
And bore 1t on his shoulder to the gate.
Where all day long a hundred hammers
rang;
And soon his chisels round the marble
Till suddenly the hidden angel shone
That had been waiting, prisoned in tie
stone.
Thus came the cherub. with the laughin,;
face
That long has lighted up an altar place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
"a MAN MUST LIVE.

From the Kansas City Times.
Socrates could have escaped with mis-
life If he would have agreed to give up
teaching the young men of Athens. lie
refused. Il know not what death is,p no
said. 1T may be good thing, and arm
not afraid of IL. But ] do know that it is
bad thing to desert ones post, and
prefer what may be good to what / know
is bad"
A modern expression of the same idea
is in Mrs. Charlotte Stetson Gilmans
verse. "a Man Must Live" which ends:
There are times when a man must die.
Imagine for a battle cry,
From soldiers with a sword to hold
From soldiers with the flag unrolled-
This towards whine, this liars lie
A man must livei"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
THE GEAR OF DIoNYslUs-

From "a Wanderer in Sicily" in the
November Wide World Magazine.
Sicily is rich in Greek antiquities. Some
of the best are clustered together on the
outskirts of the old town of Syracuse A
very popular one is the Ear of Diony-
sius," in the Latonia del Paradise, an
old quarry used as prison by the Greeks
The walls of this quarry are over 100
feet high, and lean inward, at an angle
of about so degrees. The idea Was to pre-
vent any possibility of escape on the part
of the hapless prisoners confined here, and
as a further precaution Dionysius had
chiseled out in the solid rock a vast cav
ity, very similar. as seen from without.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
Fine Tribute 10 Gorsas

When Col. w. l.. Sibert, an Ala
bamian, said while in Birmingham a
few days ago, that the mosquito kept
the French from digging the Panama
canal, he paid a magnificent tribute
to Col. w. c. Gorgas, another Ala
bamian. Both are members Of the ca
nal commission. Colonel Sibert is the
engineer in charge of the stupendous
Avorks about Gatun and Colonel Cor
an NJ. d., is director of the health
SXN mosquito has long been the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

said to have listened to the conversation
of the eaptives. The interior of the cavity
is in the shape of the letter s. and
gradually tapers until at the extreme
summit you may perceive a small hole
through which the daylight comes. 1t was
here that Dionysius did his eavesdropping.
Tie acoustic properties of this car are
extraordinary, the slightest whisper be-
ing distinctly audible. with a loud noise,
like the slamming of the door which gives
access to the "ear," produces a rapid
succession of deafening reports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
Nation Interested in Underwood

Few senatorial contests in any state
in recent years have attracted so much
attention as that in Alabama said W.
p. Durrell of Philadelphia.
Il have never voted the democratic
ticket, but L have como to believe in
tariff revision downward; and as an
American 1 feel proud of Mr.. Under
wood, the democratic House leader, who
is now great celebrity. My democratic
friends, as a rule, are hoping TO see
Mr.. Underwood elected to the Senate.
Should he fail to defeat his opponent.
Captain Hobson. people would generally
ask. What was Alabama thinking aboat q
But ] suppose Mr.. Underwood's election
is practically, a foregone conclusion.v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
RARE SPORT.

Il see where English gunners have been
shooting at target that cost S5.oo0, ,oOo.s
THE gunner who takes aim at an ex-
,pensive target like that must have the
same luxurious feeling a small boy has
when he throws a rock through stained
glass window"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
PREFERENCE
the Columbus Enauirer-Sun.

From the Columbus Enquirer-Sun
The Montgomery Advertiser says "the
colonel says we have only changed from
cannonlsm to underwoodisni." Most of
US would rather be Underwood than Cam
non
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A FAITHFUL. ALLY.

How dear to my heart is the old type
writer,
In newspaper parlance described as a
mill"
Though work on a new machine might be
lighter,
Affection remains for the old rattler
still.
1t may make a noise that is truly dis
tressing,
The keyboard so battered no novice
could read,
But when we're behind and the printers
are pressing,
There's nothing like the old ''mi1l'' for
getting up speed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
ISEEII.
From the Annisl

From the Admission Star and Hot Blast.
Mr. Underwood may be a tool as
by his opponent, but Woodrow
Wilson evidently believes that he's a
pretty handy one to have around when
Congress is in session
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
THE IDEA,

I've had fifty arguments with that pil
headed Bloster, but I've never been able
to make him see things my way yet"
well, has he ever succeeded in max
ing you see things his way"
"of course not!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

The evangelist who talks about hitting
the gravel for heaven, might perhaps
choose a more elegant metaphor. but If lie
means that the road 10 heaven IS one
where a mans footing is never certain
his words arc quite appropriate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
PALS.

Who'll shed a tear for Murphy,
Now humbled In the dust?
w no II shed q tear for Murphy?
Mccall will, il die must.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
A SUGGESTION.

Gabrielle D'Annunzio threatens to COM
NIT suicide in order to experience s.new
thrill" While common sense is never
thrilling. if Gabe would try being sensi-
BILE for half an hour he would find the
sensation decidedly novel.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
TOO FASTIDIOUs.

Women are inconsistent creatures,
How about men? Don't they do things
to get themselves put into prison and then
complain about the accommodations"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
MEN OF NOTE

From the Washington Herald.
Oscar Underwood is almost as big a
man i'll Alabama as Ty Cobb is in Geor-
gia.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

Uncle Sam seems determined to fix the
paternity of the Harvester trust on Cyrus
Mccormick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

Alabama is now paying more than two
ffths of its entire revenue for the support
of the schools. Money could go for no
better. purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

1t is a famous victory for the militants
whenever they break the law and escape
arrest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

King Otto has been deposed, some
thing that should have been done a long
time ago. Royalty is still a fetch in
some lands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

The Tammany tiger, in the opinion Of
all observers, won't need a manicure in
a long time. its claws having been effec-
lively clipped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

suffragette Emerson was knocked down
in London the other day. It's dull day
when something strenuous doesn't happen
to Sister Emerson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

Some fellow in Cohoes is charging that
the election there was fraudulent. Such
charges are bound to arise, and they may
as well come from cohoes as anywhere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

First reports of the finding of the Annie
NJ. Parker put the fate OF that vessel il
the class with the Marie Celeste as a true
mystery of the sea. But part of the crew
of the Parker have been rescued and the
Marie Celeste remains the real riddle of
the deep
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

1 do love my counfry's good with
respect, more tender, more holS anu
profound. corieinans'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
uNDENIABLE.

The man who aspires to write his
eountry's songs has a laudable ambi-
ton."
10 be sure but the man who aspires TO
syncopate his country's songs is an unmit-
igated nuisance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

The London Graphic thinks the re-
suits Of last Tuesdays elections are in
dieative of this country's warm approval
Of President Wilson's Mexican policy.
Yes, his Mexican and other policies.
\ new island has been found in the
North Atlantic. but since it win be only
about three feet out of water at low
spring tide. colonization projects will
have 10 be held in abeyanee.
A Chicago visitor says Birmingham
people must work more with their
muscles and less with their jaws. Mast
have attended public dinner where the.
speeches were too long.
Some fellow in Cohoes is charging that
the election there was fraudulent Such
charges are bound to arise, and they may
as well come from cohoes as anywhere
else
King Otto has been deposed as mon-
arch of Bavaria, but doesn't know it.
Huerta is about to be deposed as dictator
of Mexico and knows il only too well.
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The high cost of living in Kansas City
has actually gotten into the papers. Stnl,
that isn't the sort of advertising that
does a town any good.
Mrs. Pankhurst says the women Of Chi
eago must make good with the ballot
They are quite capable of doing so With
ont Missus P's help.
suffragette Emerson was knocked down
in London the other day. It's duh day
when something strenuous doesn't happen
to Sister Emerson.
The Tammany tiger, in the opinion OF
all observers, won't need manicure in
a long time. its claws having been elfec-
lively clipped.
Alabama is now paying more than two
ffths of its entire revenue for the support
of the schools. Money could go for no
better. purpose.
King Otto has been deposed, some
thing that should have been done a long
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

Mrs. Pankhurst says the women of Chi
eago must make good with the ballot
They are quito capable of doing so with
ont AIissus Ps help.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

King Otto has been deposed as mon
arch of Bavaria, but doesn't know it.
Huerta is about to be deposed as dictator
of Mexico and knows it only too we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

Chicago visitor. says Birmingham
people must work more with their
muscles and less with their jaws. Must
have attended a public dinner where the.
speeches were too long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
MODERN EDUCATION.

How is your little boy getting along at
SCHOOL,"
"Oh, were very proud of his record.
His mark is high in the nose blowing
drill and his teacher says that there is
not another little boy at school who excels
our Bobby in the tooth brush drill"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

The high cost of living in Kansas city
has actually gotten into the papers. stnl,
that isn't the sort of advertising that
does town any good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

\ new island has been found in the
North Atlantic, but since it will be only
about three feet out of water. at low
spring tide. colonization projects will
have 10 be held in allegiance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
RATHER HOPELESS,

IF Opportunity should knock on your
door, do you think you would profit by
her visit?n
I'm afraid not. Somebody else al
ways steals my newspaper. What chance
would [ have with Opportunity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

After three victorious campaigns for
governor of Massachusetts as democrat.
Eugene Foss running this time as AN in
dependent, gets only about 2O,o00 votes
out of approximately half a million. And
yet Mr.. Foss thinks the Underwood Lin
is going TO prove ruinous 10 democracy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

The London Graphic thinks the re-
suits Of last Tuesdays elections are in
dicative of this country's warm approval
Of President Wilson's Mexican policy.
Yes. his Mexican and other policies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07
A WOMAN OF PARTS.

Here is p newspaper account of a
servant who cooked for the same family
more than 40 years"
DO you suppose she could get a vau.
deville engagement?
s Perhaps not, but the woman who man.
aged to keep her that long ought to make
fine lyceum lecturer"
ONES ENOUGH.
Sometimes we merely
Take one look
Into widely
Boosted book
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-07

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-17
sy Frances Chesterto

When was young girl dreamed great dreams
Of giant castles fashioned hill of gold;
The gold is but gorsebush and haply it seems
My castles but cottage, now that am old.
Now that am DID, dream small dreams
Of tiny feet that fater, and tiny songs unsung,
Tho heard the trumpet blare and red CLEANS
From the flying feet of Cherubm, when young,
When was young girl dreamed long dreams
OF over flowing rivers and earth and sky unroled;
My skys window square, the rivers but streams,
And the earth is hedged meadow, that old.
Now that I am old, dream short dreams
OF small woods and little paths among;
who stretched shadows and the suns long beams
On the cedar trees of Lebanon when young.
And youth is a memory with its long deep dreams,
It's venture unadventured, the glory still untold;
But can keep for ever, unashamed it seems,
The small dear dreams of comfort, that old.
Westminster Gazette.