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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
TOMORROW NEVER COMES

From Grabbed Age and YOUTH by Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson.
1t is customary to say that age shouldn
be considered, because it comes last. It
seems just as much to the point that
youth comes first. And the scale fairly
kicks the beam, Il you go on to add that
age. in majority of cases, never comes
at all. Disease and accident make short
work of even tie most prosperous per-
sons; death costs nothing, and the ex-
pense of healistone is an inconsiderabie
trife to the happy heir.
70 be suddenly snuffed out in the mi4e
die of ambitious schemes. is tragical
enough at best; but when a man has been
grudging himself his own life in the
meanwhile, and saving up everything for
the festival that was never to be, it be-
comes that Historically moving sort of
tragedy which lies on the confines Of
farce. The victim is dead-and he has
cunningly overreached HIMSELF a combi-
no ton of calamities none the less absurd
for being grim.
To husband q favorite claret till thel
batch turns sour, is not at all an artful
stroke of policy and how much more
with whole cellar-a whole bodily ok
istence! People nay lay down their lives
with cheerfulness in the sure expecta-
ton of blessed immortality; but that Is
a different affair from giving up YOUTH
with all its admirable pleasures, in the
hope of a better quality of cruel in a
more than pfoolematical old age. NO
should not compliment hungry man,
who should refuse a whole dinner and
reserve all his appetite for the dessert.
before he knew whether there was to be
any dessert or rot. If there be such
thing as imprudence in the world, we
surely have it here.
We sail in leaky bottoms and on great
and perilous waters; and to take cue
from the dolorous old naval ballad, We
have heard the mermaidens singing, and
know that we shall never see dry land any
more. Old and young, we are all on our
last cruise. If there is fill of tobacco
among the crew, for Gods sake pass it
around and let us have a pipe before ne
90
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
CALIFORNIA; Cold Wave

The year 1912 will long be a dark
year in CALIFORNIA; weather record.
Eight months of it passed without a
drop of rain. And then came the
coolest weather the state had ex-
perienced in 40 ysdrs. 1t remained
cold throughout several nights, and
these cold spells were repeated sew
eral times. The mercury went down
to 10 degrees Fahrenheit even in
Southern California. The damage to
the crop of oranges, lemons and
grapefruit on the trees will no doubt
prove to be fully s2O,OOO,OO0. What
the damage has been to young trees
to nursery stock-must be heavy, and
it may extend even to the bearing
trees.
It is reasonably certain that the
fruit farms of the state cannot be
brought up to the standard of 1911
in several years. Much depends upon
how many trees must be replaced.
Florida and California are running
a neck-to-neck race in the growing of
citrus fruits, and Florida's mild win
ter will give her a great start over
her rival. About D years ago Florida
felt similar cold wave and this
drove the citrus industry to the
counties close to the tropical line
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
SPANIARDS

From Harper's Weekly.
He is battling because he is so consis-
tent SO incredibly of a piece. You reduce
him to formula and he remains a mys-
terry. He Is always the same, and al
ways inscrutable. Who shall say what
a woman may think behind those provok-
ing and ambiguous eyes? To this day
Spanish women are the most beautiful in
the world; they have the little feet. the
long, white, wonderful hands, the incom-
parable walk, the supple Iberian figure
that sways in at the waist, precisely as
when Gautier went to Spain in 1910 or
Madame dAulnoy in 1879. Other women
wear a. flower detachably, and it is US
ually unlovely or -unbecoming; 1t falls off
or fades or sickens. A Spanish woman,
though she may come in to wash your
floors puts it on as she would put on
jewel. 1t becomes an essential part of
her dress, as much a piece of her person
as her curved dark eyebrow or the soft
tip of her ear. She is all put together
with protection no outsider can mas
ter; her embroidered shawl, smooth over
the arms and close across the 1.-THE,
sbapely back, never Slips under her lace
mantilla the smooth. brown hair is
dressed high, the tall comb planted firm,
and the cunning folds and falls are never
displaced. When a lady gets down from
her carriage to walk in the park for 20
minutes with her sister-in-law, while the
coz chman reins in his sleek pair and
crawls up and down in sight, her walk is
as free and sinuous as that of the girl in
l.. -,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
CURIOUS EDIBLE IN ECUADOR

From Peru Today"
The above is life size photograph of
certain insects, resembling the northern
June hugs, which are found in great guam
titles in the high plains about Quito. ard
are tosated by the natives and eaten as
delcacy. They are also sold in the
streets, just as peanuts or other nuts
would be.
traveller tasted one and found that 1t
was very much like toasted bread with no
particular flavor. While this may seem
curious and Ierhaps repulsive form OF
food, it is really no worse than softsheil
or oyster crab Which last named is gen.
orally eaten while still alive. 1t is all
matter of custom
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

three coveys of quail. Yet this place is
peculiarly favorable for quail. Large
grain crops are grown upon 1t. It has
plenty of cover and IS amply watered.
This season, In those sections remote
from rabbit dogs and foxhounds. there
are plenty of quail In certain sawmiil
sections, where there are large areas of
lands uncutivated but covered with
broomsedge, there are plenty of birds.
1.-The pump gun and the Automatic
are playing havoc with the future pros
poets of quail shooting. A fine shot
can kill from three to five birds in
ragged covery flush of quail | have
seen as many as five birds killed by such
a marksmanh
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Business Conditions

Some people say that business will be
better after tariff revision is enacted into
law said John w. Sloane of Chicago.
Such remarks seem to imply that busi-
ness is not good now. but my observation
Is that commercial conditions were never
sounder than they are today, and l know
from experience that trade in most
branches and in most sections of the
country is very brisk.
Business was booming last fall. ard
1t is exceptionally good now. considering
we are barely over the holiday season.
look Tor a high degree OF prosperity this
spring. The Birmingham district seems
to be in fine shape. was here last in
1903. Birmingham has made strides since
them
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

The announcement that Helen Miller
Gould's wedding trousseau will be kept
within $1,000 astonishes even shocks, fash
ionable circles. In Chicago fair brows
were creased with puzzled frowns, pencils
We're seized and rosy fingers forced them
through complicated rows of figures to
test the authenticity of the report, then
the problem was given up in disgust "Ah-
solutely impossible" was the final YER
diet. 1T must he fabrication. Why, no
Chicago girl could think of doing 1t on
that"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
Thy IIfe's n miracle.
king Lear.
Burleigh and Weeks

The standpat leaders are to be sent
10 the rear. Penrose, Barnes & Co.,
are to be silenced, and it is reported
from Washington that Senator La
Toilette is to be selected to lead and
reorganize the old party.
This will not work in the teeth OF
actual contemporaries events. Last
week the republicans Of Maine elected
Standpat Burleigh United States
senator and the republicans of Mas
sachusetts elected Standpat Weeks
senator. Both belong to "the old
guard" and both are as reactionary
as Penrose, Barnes, Root or Lodge.
The effect of these elections has been
to stimulate assertions to the progress
sive party. Mr.. Walker, a leader in
Massachusetts, has gone over bag
and baggage to the progressiyes be-
cause, he says, the election of Mr.
Weeks shows that the inside influ-
ences of the republican party will
permit none but reactionaries to be
elected to office.
Any attempt at Washington in the
face of these elections to shelve the
old guard and to bring forward pro-
gressives will miscarry. Colonel
Roosevelt and his friends will not be
deceived by it. 1t means that Root
arr, q,secA ard -erras vii b
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
The most natural thing is how loud 1t
makes a tie for mans wife to buy II
for him.
The reason a man knows how TO pack
h;s trunk so well is his wife does IT Tor
hini.
Ii woman has two servants she can
accent the plural of it to make it sound
like dozen.
What a girl despises in the doctor is the
way he is anxious to have her disgrace
the family with a baggy waist.
The thing man can never understand
is how, when he shaves himself so quick
ly. his wife can question his Judgment
About good plays.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
WOMAN WHO STARTED BIG THINGS

In the February Woman's Home COM
panion appears an account of Mrs. Ju-
liam Heath and the Housewives league,
which today has more than half a mil
lion members-all housekeepers who
are banded together into protective
Organization, the object of which is to
teach women to reduce the cost of liv-
ing by studying more carefully the
prices of goods. The following story
taken from the article shows how the
plan was born:
"One day, less than two years ago. a
New York housekeeper, Mrs. Heath, laid
aside the morning paper which she had
been reading and started off to mar
had traded for long time she priced
eggs. They were fifty cents and sixty
cents a dozen.
"What kind of eggs are theyT asked
Mrs. Housekeeper
Fresh eggs was the grocer's reply
~ mean the fifty-cent eggs she in
sisted.
Fresh eggs repeated the grocer.
" No; l mean, are they cold-storage
eBBS OF fresh eggs.
II sell nothing but fresh eggs an
swered the grocer evasively.
Mrs. Housekeeper transfixed him
with a stern glance and remarked:
"'When I was in Chicago an expert
told me that cold-storage eggs would
not be more than thirty-six or thirty
eight cents all winter. Now, are these
fftU.nant -cto
are they not?
1.-THE grocer capitulated.
They are cold-storage eggs, and
you can have them for thirty-five cents
a dozen. You seem to know.
Yes, 1 do answered Mrs. House
keeper. read the papers! l saw that
you grocers were planning a furry in
eggs and then 1 recalled what the Chi
cago egg man told me, and l decided
that my family could do without eggs
until the. furry passed.
But her family were not denied eggs,
because she seemed to know and got
them at the right price.
THE more she thought of the trans
action and that little pharse, You seem
to know the more she wondered how
many times she had been overcharged
because she did not seem to know; then
to consider how many of her neighbors
were paying exorbitant prices because
of their ignorance of market condi-
lions.
To-day more than half a million
homemakers belong to the protective
organization which has been built on
that phrase of four words: You seem
to know"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
HARD TO ExpREss

From the February Young S Magazine.
They were talking at a rehearsal-the
greatest producer" the greatest char
acter actor and j. M. Barrles And the
actor averred that anything and every
thing could be expressed facially. Il can
tell it TO the audience without speaking. >
he said "Then will you kindly so to the
bacl of the stage" said Mr.. Barrie quiet
w. land express in your face that you
have a younger brother who was born In
Shropshire, but is now staying Va .
boarding house on the south coast:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
Sensible Montgomery

From the Sheffield Standard.
The Montgomery Pastors union has de-
clared that it does not want the Rev"
Billy Sundays aid in promoting Chris
tianity in that city. A proposition was
presented at the union last meeting in
Montgomery and 1t was promptly voted
down. The Journal, in noting the action
OF the Pastors union, says: 1T was voted
that Sundays method of preaching in
his shirt sleeves and various other eccen-
trie moves were not conducive to the
betterment of the religious life of Mont
gomery."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

where they are secure against severe
freezing weather. Florida, too, has
an ample rainfall, and does not de-
pend at all On irrigation. The irrigated
lands of California produce large
fruit, but it is not as fancy and gen.
orally satisfactory as the fruits from
Florida. Florida's output of oranges,
lemons and grapefruit is now on a
sound basis,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
A Scarcitx of Quail

''The reports from many sections are
that quail are not so plentiful as last
year" said Percy Clark.
Il am quite satisfied that in many
sections the dog question enters into the
cause to a marked degree. My observa-
ton is, that when many hounds and cur
dogs are found. there will be cores
bonding decrease of coveys of quail.
Many owners of such dogs leave them
TO work out their own living, in part
at least, hunting rabbits and nests of
birds. Whenever there is a pack of
hounds on plantation you may count on
few quail. I know of a fine plantation
in Bibb county whose former owner kept
a pack of hounds. and for two seasons,
within my personal knowledge, it has
been difficult to find more than two or
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

From the Talladega Home.
Birmingham has asked that the Liberty
Bel be allowed to stop there while en-
route to the San Francisco exposition
The trouble in Birmingham now, from re-
cent Investigations apd so on. seems to
be too much liberty.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
AIabamn's Duty

From the Oneonta Southern Democrat
Alabama will never occupy the position
in the educational world that she should
until some method is adopted to get the
children in school. The big appropria-
tions will not educate the children unless
they attend school
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

From the Tuscaloosa News.
A young lawyer of Birmingham has ap-
pesred before the commissioners of that
city with the petition that the embryonic
barristers be relieved of paying the an
nual license fee for practice. Consider
ing the burden that the Birmingham COM
munity has to carry in the shape of young
attorneys and old. we should think that
a lively protest would result if the COM
missioners granted the request
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
IN THE LONG RUN

BY DR. w. T.. Evans.
Every dog will have his day,
In the long run;
Every year will have its May,
In the long run:
Therefore, sing your gladdest lay,
Hope for better things, and say
Fortune tide will turn my way.
In the long run
Every sorrow limos its smile,
II the long run:
Every path leads to a stile,
In the long run:
If the way seem lone and drear,
Struggle onwai,l.- do not fear,
All find home anc welcome cheer
In the long run.
Eastwood, DoswelI. Va
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
Crop out Again

From the Guntersville Democrat
Governor Conner says he never leaves
fight unfinished. 1t would be better for
him had he done SO. Some fights are like
plucSing a goose-they will not stay
plucked
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

Uncle Sam recently sold in London 1854
skins of Alaska seals. They brought an
aggregate of $li4, 725, or about $685. a piece
The advance over last year was about
$3.50 per skin, The skins were sent to
London because it is the greatest fur
market in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
Dothan's satisfied

From the Dothan Eagle.
We don't think 1t necessary for Will
son to wear label BY the time he gets
his mill running good, the people who
should know will know who he is. with
ous wearing any sort of an emblem, ex-
oept that double deck smile.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

There are $500 children in tie public
schools of New York city with defective
vision and the board of health has been
asked to bounce. the physicians who are
employed to examine the children attend
ing school, but who are really incompe-
tent TO examine any one.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
STATE PRESS
EnterprisinG Editor

From the Pine Belt News.
We suspect that Pensacolas black eyed
beauties and brown eyed bellies will be
our in full force during Mardi Gras. We
may go down and see
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

Mrs. Alice Mason, former wife of Sem
ator Charles sumner of Massachusetts,
died recently of jaundice at her London
home. She married Sumner in 1866, and
in 1878 they were divorced. Sumner died
in 1874. Mrs. Mason's daughter is the
wife of Edward Balfour of London and
Scotland.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

Ardent suffragsts who are well to do
are expected TO either hike or pay. Tile
CT substitutes, .tnd Gen. Rosalie Jones ex-
poets to lead real army to Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

self hoarse without attracting any atten-,
ten"
That's true. About the only kind OF
reformer vino is sure of an audience at
present is one who flourishes fountain
pen and a check book
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
Might BE Worse

From the Colbert County Reporter
If the county officers of Jefferson
county rushed into print every time they
were criticised by the Birmingham news
papers an extra stenographer would have
to be employed to write the defenses
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

From the Admission Star and Hot Blast.
THE Simple Art of Telling Fortunes"
that little game, the Pujo committee are
past masters
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

Heat records up to SO degrees prevail
in New York. The Hudson river is still
open TO navigation. Not since 1873 has 1t
staid open so late. In 1873 it was open
until January 80.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
Why Not Hubbyf

From the Sylacauga Advance
Wonder who prepares supper in Seattle,
Wash, when the suffragettes are out
mixing it up with the police?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
WORK.

WORK.
The cup of life
May brim with voc,
But drain it fast
You'll never know.
The busy hand.
The active mind
Contend, though fate
Be still unkind.
The sluggard, lost
In fretful dreams,
To him each day
Intending seems,
But he who tolls
From sun to sun,
Too soon will find
His task is done.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

The members of the house of commons
are seeking costumes of chain armor and
coats of mail as preparation against the
sunragettes whom they will soon have 70
meet
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

From the Hartselle Enterprise.
Chicago is going to have an egg parade.
Never knew those Chicago eggs were old
enough to walk.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

The entire country outside of Washing
ton subscribers to the Inauguration fund
approves the Iresident-eect's condemna-
tion of the inaugural ball
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

The Pacific transeontinentar trains are
encountering huge snowdrifts in the
Sierras. In many places the snow is nine
feet deep on the level
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

Old New York street cars with the New
York signs on them are running in Cape
Town, in South america. and in Mexico
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

The tongue of William Rockefeller has
been examined-the tongue that refuses
to wag.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

Every hen that lays an egg in this open
storage crowd of heartless spectators.
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Bread Decision by supreme Court

Bread Decision by supreme tour'
II noted In a journal devoted to the
milling interest that the supreme court
of the United States in decision just
handed down had upheld the right of the
board of aldermen of Chicago to regulate
the matter of a shortweight loaf of
bread" said a man of family.
1.-THE case came up from the United
States districts court of Illinois. and also
involved the question of labelling the
loaf The court held that, as a police
power, the board had a right to require
the labelling of the loaf and its correct
weight
1T is also interesting to learn that
in ST. Louis an ordinance has been en-
acted requiring each loaf of bread to be
wrapped. The publication, / also notice.
states it as a fact that the American
Bakery company spent $4,000 trying to
popularize the wrapped loaf by adver
Using, but that there was a falling off
of 70 per cent in the sales as soon as
the publicity campaign was concluded.
"A friend who has recently visited Gin
cinnati tells me that good bread retalls
for 3 cents a loaf In that city. All of
these matters are. to say the least, in
teresting and instructive to heads of
households.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

Turkey will be asked to give up even
its gobble in Europe IL war is begun
again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

All the crops are good except the ice
crop, which is far below standard.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

Chairman Eusts has been relieved of
the great questiun-to tango or not to
tango? The ball has been called off.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

Ex-Judge Archibald has gone back to
Pennsylvania TO lose himself in the
crowd.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

The Archbold Standard OIL letters
brought almost as high prices as those
of any other known man of letters.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

Governor-eleet Dunno of Illinois ac-
cepts the situation with patience. The
vote cannot be counted and the result de-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

If Mr.. Pujo examines william Rockefel-
Ter he may be called on to act as his
trained nurse.
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party that is tied TO the trusts anu
magnates by a hundred strong cords
The elections of Weeks and Burleigh
show that the party has not changed
its real makeup even though it is
trying to change its skin at Wash
inpton,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

If the Kaiser is really busy promoting
peace, he should change the angle of his
moustache.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-01-21

The time honored inaugural ball over
stayed its welcome.
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EN- ROUTE.

o harki o bark, the poets lift
The Tyre throbbing song to sing;
BY which we know, spite winds that blow,
We're on the sunlit road to Spring!