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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

Marcel G. Brindejonc des Moulinais. who
started from Villacoublay, near Paris, at
o'clock in the morning and reached tn,
Johannisthal aviation grounds outside OF
Berlin shortly after noon, went up from
here again and reached Warsaw, a dis
tance of about $50 miles, at quarter after
6 p. m. His intention was to continue ON
to St Petersburg, which is 1888 miles from
Paris. Another French aviator, Ernest
Guillaux, started from Biarritz on the
Spanish frontier and flew in a northerly
direction. The men are competing for the
semi-annual Pommery cup. which goes
to the aviator making the tlongest flight
across country from sunrise to sunset on
one day, during which period he may stop
as often as he likes oreplenish fuel Not
withstanding the warnings of the aston
ished experts at Jol,annisthal, Brindejonc
des Moulinais started again eastward In
high wind at $40 p. m. He alighted at
Warsaw at 6:i5 p. m. The total distance
Travelled was about 900 miles, which is a
record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
THEY SAY
Boston Transcrfnt.

From the Boston Transcript
Edison says that in hundred years
there will be no poverty. None for any
of us, certainly.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox says that "man
hasn't made good" Very sorry, madam
ELS bloomin' ard to fire.
Edna Goodrich says that blondes
must 60" Well. they are going. Several
we know are going abroad and one is
going to get married.
w. d. Howells says: Keep a note
book and put down all the clever things
you hear" One about the size of a
stamp book will last several years.
Fogg says that the Goodwin Hopper
version of the old motto seems to be:
III at first you don't succeed. try, try,
try, try again."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
TRAGEDIES TOLD IN HEADLINES

From the Chicago Tribune.
Man, Scorning Superstition, Walks
Under Ladder; 1t Falls on Him."
"Cleverly Fools Pickpockets by Con-
cealing His Wad But There Was Big
Hole in His Inside Vest Pocket"
stage Lover Puts Too Much Fervor
In Stage Kiss; Husband of Actress
Hunts Him Up After Play Is Over
purchaser of New Style Motorcycle
Starts 1t Off All Right, but Doesn't
Know How to Stop It; Will Be Out of
Hospital in a Few Days"
Court Decides That Woman May Be-
come Militant Suffragist without Fur
nishing Husband Sufficient Grounds for
Divorce"
Friendly Discussion on How to Dis
tinguish Mushrooms from Toadstools
Ends in Fight; One Man Loses Ear"
Rude Husband Plays Joke on Wife
by Concealing Corncob Pipe in Her
Vanity Bag. Subsequent Developments
Embarrassing.r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

President Marshall in an address to the
graduating class Of the Young women's
college conducted by the Sisters of Proyi-
dence at Terre Haute, Ind, declared that
a woman's mission is to coordinate tho
head and heart of man. you are goior
to quit making fools of yourselves alon,r
the dress line said Mr.. Marshall. "rhere
will be at least two breadths to your
skirt. You will take some fellow for bet
ter or worse, and il he turns out worse
you are going to hang on to him. Mar
riage is a sacrament that no man can pu.
asunder." Speaking of the Catholic
church as the mothers church, hi
said that if ne were member of it he
would accept what the church said he
should believe. He thought that too much
stress was laid on the doctrine of the die
tates Of ones own conscience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
WORLDLY HOPES.

I'm climbing from the lowlands,'
weary pilgrim said,
Far UP the hills of morning
Whose tops are tipped with red
see the suns rim blazing
Beyond the highest peak,
There lies the goal of all my dreams,
The goal for which l SEEK
He climbed up from the lowlands,
He scaled the peak he sought,
Through many whirling tempest,
Through many a battle fought.
High on the hills of morning
He faltered in dismay;
They were but foothills after all,
And darkness closed the day.
'Tis ever SO with dreamers
With eyes fixed on some goal.
For which they strive through many
years
And times of heat and cold,
And spend their lives and break their
hearts,
To find when all is past,
The prize is not worth half the toll
By which It's won at last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
Has a Broad ScOpe

The Alabama Land congress, which
will meet in Birmingham next Novem-
Der, will be Of great Importance to
the whole state. The initial meeting
held in Mobile last year was success
full in a marked degree, but the or
ganization is now perfected and the
scope of the congress has been dis
tinctly broadened.
President N. F. Thompson is giving
his undivided attention to the forth
coming meeting. A very large num-
Der of distinguished men will be in
attendance, including United States
Secretary of Agriculture David F.
Houston. The presidents of all the
railroads operating in Alabama have
been invited and Mr.. Thompson has
received favorable replies from five
of them. There will be an immigra-
tion conference between the railroad
officials and leading land owners of
the state with view of securing CO.
operation in the work of bringing
more white farmers to settle ON the
idle lands of Alabama
The farm movement committee of
the Birmingham Chamber of Com
merce will call the real estate men
Of this city to confer with the immi-
grafton committee and assist in ar
ranging plans to be placed before the
railroad officials when they come.
AS President Thompson says, "the
state is now nearer ready for this
move than ever before" The trouble
with SO many conferences and move
ments heretofore has been that the
things proposed have ended in talk.
Well, talk is necessary, but the views
presented must be practical and dis
cussion must be followed by action.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

as was Curtis of the ancient world of
American politics. Indeed he showed
greater reach and was more successful,
for he actually made President of the
United States and saw him safely inside
the door of the White House. H asa5
Whatever may happen to George Har-
Vey, that is a distinction which cannot
be denied him. 10 take more or less
obscure scholar and college president by
the hand, to lead him from the far away
glimmer of suggestion into the limelight
OF the probable, to conceive and arrange
state campaign with this creation of his
single idealstic fancy at the actual head
OF 1t, proves two things. extraordinary
presoience in discovery and uncommon
genius for organization.
He made no mistake in the ability and
aptitude of his man. Neither did he mis-
calculate his availability. His error seems
to have been that Of the hapless swain
who
"Grieved for friendship unreturned
And unregarded love-"
His star showed himself equal to
every emergency, oven that of kicking the
stepiadder away from him when he re-
CURED an aeroplane. But, when the his
tory OF these times Is written, however
large the man may loom upon the page,
MS maker can never be made to look
small; not any more than the spot upon
the kinfly hand which the multitudinous
seas incarnadine could not wash clean,
VIII the neglect of the debtor be forgot
ten in the glory of the migrate?
ED bien, as we Irish say. 1t all goes in
a lifetime. Sic transit gloria mundi--to
quote expressive language of the folks
on Bitter creek-George Harvey may
thank his stars that he Is we'll out of II.
1T was tough on Harvey" says a pert
paragrapher. ITO have a rival publisher
preferred over him and sent as ambas-
sador to the Court of st. James" That
however. is as body may think.
Office is but a badge of servitude.
Greeley and Raymond were nnwse to seek
it and would have found 1t so. George
Harvey has made his mark even as they
made theirs; bold. strong mark; and
We DO not see that he could have added
much to his fame by prolonging what Is
at best but a grind from day to day to
the last syllable of recorded contumely,
travail and drudging. Even If his career
be behind him 1t is solid and brilliant. lie
Is his own master. not poorly off In this
worlds goods: what more could he want?
Weekly. in clean hands when he might
have had more for it from yellow hands.
He did not take the pitcher too often to
the WELL In short. henceforth he is a
free niger and not slave niger, and
can go a-flshing whenever he likes. anus
ing himself meanwhile with his North
american Review. Though the golden
bowl of politics be trifle fractured at
the fountain, what boots 1t to the pure IN
heart? We are passing through period
of probation. Public life is tentative.
With partyism the merest trade and party
| labels only trade marks we do not per-
ceive that George Harvey. or for the
matter of that any of those in the same
boat, has anything to cry about over the
milk that may be spilled, or the water
| that Is passed. There's lots. OF ale-and .
| few caSes-left in the cupboard, and .
| long life and a merry for those that serve
| God and love their fellow men!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14


And there. behind screen in the rear
of her husbands fruit store in Main
street, Patchogue, L. l., Mrs. Samuel Cor
don had to stand end watch a thief rob
the cash register in front. To be sure, she
did shout, Stop thief.' but the thief ap-
parently was aware of conditions back of
the screen, for as he departed he laughed
and said: IT dare you to chase me-" Mrs.
Gordon did not chase. Back of the
screen she was taking a bath when the
thief entered the store. 1t was in the
slack afternoon hours and she expected
no customers. II thought" she said aft
erward, 'of wrapping myself in two Turk
ish towels, but ! couldn't find any pins.
And there he was emptying the money
drawer! And there / was. 1t was only
IS he got, but, dear me, it would have
been the same if it were $500. Indeed. I
wouldn't have run out to catch him il if
lad been 100000"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

Nearly $500, 10000 is spent annually by
Americans on music, according to detailed
figures submitted to the annual meeting
of the New York State Music Teachers
association BY John c. Freund. The re-
port gave the following annual expendi-
tures: Opera, 100000; concerts of all
kinds, sS0,0ooo0o; church music $4,000 0o9
TO $4,000, 600; odchestras in theatres, vaude-
vile and moving picture houses, $4,000. .0eo:
military and brass bands of all kinds, $780,
100000; conseryatories. schools, and private
teachers, s155.jtO, 900; American students.
expenses and suition abroad, 81, 500, COO The
expenditures in tile musical industries
amount to s2SO,0o0GDo annually, the SPEAK
er said. Analyzing these figures, Mr..
Freund said that this country spent every
year for music three times the amount
spent on the irny and navy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

less litigation and confusion and ex-
pense pending an appeal to the United
States supreme court. For it is safe to
say that railroad will take any rate
it does not like to the federal courts.
As a rule the decision is sound and
satisfactory, but it is certainly open
to the two objections named, and those
objections are both rather serious, the
one being threatening, and the other
vexafinns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
The West Optimistic

Il have spent some time in the west
within the past four weeks and have
never known that section when it seemed
more prosperous" said l.. T. Cantrell of
Chicago. every business man and every
farmer I met was optimistic.
Business conditions in Chicago are in
a satisfactory condition, and there is the
usual amount of activity in our city. l
am not in direct touch with New York,
but outside of Wall street trade condi-
tions are, / believe, very good in the east.
In Chicago business men generally are ex-
pecting a brisk summer and fall trade
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
An Announcement, that Pleased

The announcement in The Age-Herald
that orders have been given to build IS
houses at Fairfield at once to accommo-
date the employees of the wire mill pleased
everybody" said a business man.
II am not financially interested in Fair
field, but the fact that the Steel corpora
tion is making large expenditures in con-
nection with the completion of the wire
plant affects everybody in Birmingham
indirectly at least. Certain it is that
every dollar that the corporation spends
in this district strengthens property
values and adds to the stability of all
lines of business.
Il understand that another cheering an
nouncement will be made from the Steel
corporations headquarters in New York
at an early day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
EVOLUTION OF BATTLEsHIp FLEET

FROM the New York Post.
Perhaps you have watched the evolu-
tions of the battleship fleet in formation
and have wondered whether those great
ships, preserving that perfect alignment
ana distance must not be parts of one
single whole If you are on board one of
them the illusion is still more striking
Perhaps you will not observe the slightest
change in the line forward or aft in a
days time. One man especially will never
forget how, standing on the same spot on
the bridge of the Rhode Island, he saw
the sun set three nights in succession over
the Identical funnel of the Maine. follow
ing 1t behind. As the red ball sank into
the Pacific the stack split it evenly to
the watchers sight-three nights run
ming!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
4 MILE WITH ME-

BY Henry Van DYKE.
O, who will walk a mile with me
Along life's merry .way?.
A comrade blithe and full of glee,
Who dares to laugh out loud and free,
And let this frolic fancy play,
Like happy child. through flowers gay
That fill the field and fringe the way
Where he walks a mile with me.
And who will walk mile with me
Along lifes weary way
A friend whose heart has eyes to see
The stars shine out DER the darkcnins
lea,
And the quiet rest at the end o. day
A friend who knows, and dares to say
The brave, sweet words that cheer the
way
Where he walks mile with me-
With such comrade. such a friend,
!. fam would walk till journeys end,
Through summer sunshine. winter rain,
And then?-E'arewell, we meet againy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
M.ALODoRoUS.

"I see where certain couple in the
English nobility have decided not to air
their domestic affairs in court
'I think l know to whom you are re-
ferring and since they have so decided,
the court Will doubtless be spared the
necessity of holding its nose"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
CANCELLED ORDER

From the National Monthly for June
An old German started to order o.
couple of bags of peanuts Of a Gin
cinnati firm, but in order to be sure
that he needed them, he sent his little
grid down into the cellar to see if
he had any on hand. The little girl re-
ported that there 'wuz two bags down
there" He Immediately mailed the let
ter with this postscript:
2. S.--Please do not send the pea
nuts. Found some in the cellar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
Normal Conditions

"One runs across a pessimst now and
then, but as far as general trade con-
ditions in Birmingham are concerned they
are normal, and in some branches of bus
iness there is very marked activity" said
a member of the Chamber of Commerce.
"a prominent coal operator told me the
other day that his business was simply
splendid. The coal trade as a whole may
not be as brisk as it was a few months
ago, but it is by no means dull. The
iron market is looking up, and in manu-
featuring lines there is d great deal of
briskness.
Building operations in and around Br-
mingham are remarkably active. This
years crops promise to be immense, and
with bumper crops the railroads will be
overtaXed with traffic
II feel quite confident that Birmingham
will have a prosperous summer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
ENERGY EXPENDED IN WALKING

From the Philadelphia PUBIC Leuse''
London.-Hopton Hadley an Enghsh
scientist, has lately given some interest
ing facts, pointing out what TREMENDOUS
amount of unknown work we are doins
every minute that we live. For instance
the muscular work performed in the SIM
pie act of walking is much greater than
most of us have any idea Of WaiNhs'
be says. at the moderate rate OF tnree
miles an hour is equivalent to lifting the
body perpendicularly through one-twen-
tieth of the distance walked. II the per-
son walk one mile at the rate men'ioneu
the amount Of work done would DC equiv
alent to lifting the body perpendicu'ariy
through a distance Of 26i feet
Supposing person weighing l'V pounus
walks five miles, he is doing WORK "h'c"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
The Iron Market

There is a decidedly better feeling in the
iron market. Prices are tending upward.
Rogers, Brown & Co.. known as very
conservative firm, are optimistic in its
Cincinnati report issued this week. They
say in part:
I'm the eastern and Pittsburg markets
the buying and sentiment is much i'm
proved, and indications point to continu-
alton on the up grade. In the west and To-
cally conditions are still rather quiet with
some favorable indications which point
to realization later. AS is always the way
in markets of this kind, there are many
wild rumors of price reductions which.
on careful investigation, are found to be
without foundation. The general senti-
ment, however indicates that buyers have
about reached the end of the waiting
period and as 1t Is well known that ma
jorty of contracts expire on July l, only
small amount of tonnage having pre-
viously been arranged for the third quar-
ter and last half, if, as buyers state, their
commitments for finished material arc
satisfactory. some effort to cover for raw
material must be made soon.
"The crop reports on the whole have
never been more favorable for this time
of the year and through the central and
middle west prospects for immense agri-
cultural output are most satisfactory. The
beginning of June sees some IA less blast
furnaces in operation than on May /,
which would indicate gradual reduction
in the great rate of manufacture which
has been proceeding"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
OVERHEARD.

Il fear Mrs. Gadders rather affects the
double entendre."
well, I can't say that 1 care much for
calisthenics myself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
THE FRENzIED MAID.


The butter had refused to come.
And, with an angry CLEAN
In both her eyes. the dairy maid
Got mad and whipped the cream
schenectady Star
And when she found the punished cream
Would neither scream nor beg,
Elsewhere she turned her cruelty
And beat feeble egg.
Scranton Tribune Republican
And still on cruelty intent
The plot begins to thicken-
When hunger's pangs began. to gnaw
She smothefed her chicken. sss
Houston Post
Driven to such dire despair,
This maid-oh, such a fate, oh
She madly grabbed a rolling pin
And mashed a hot potato
Lake Charles Times
And not content with all this crime
This servant maid so brazen
Walked over to the table and
Commenced to stone al raisin
Florida Timos-Cnion
But even this iniiuman act
Did not, it seemed, suffice,
For picking up a rolling pin,
She crushed lot of ice.
st. Louis post-Dispatea
And after that the cruel maid
A sight ones heart to break.
Because the meat was tough, she said,
Rose up and beat the steak.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
SOME OF YOU DID.

Ihe youth who wears a flaming tie
And socks to match and .rah, rah''
clothes,
Should not arouse your ire. And why ?
You once wore garments just like those.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
FRANKLY SPOKEN.

FRANKLY SPOKEN.
There are some scrubby specimens
of humanity in this world"
fright you are, Simpl1ins, but you are
the last man in the world whom | would
suspect of having made a critical survey
of himself in mirror
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
AN IRRITANT.

public eye
Eyes, and nc invariably makes the pub
lie eye water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
The Pay Of Ambassadors

Secretary of State William Jennings
Bryan was quoted the other day as say
ing that he was in favor of the United
States owning houses in foreign countries
as residences for our ambassadors and
ministers, but that he was not in favor of
increasing the salaries of our diplomatic
representatives" said a man who at one
time held government position in Wash
ington.
II think there is a very general sentl-
mcnt in favor of this government provid-
ing its diplomats with residences, and
believe there is also sentiment In favor
of a moderate increase in pay. Our am
bassadors now receive s17,5OO a year IN
salaries, but s25,oOo a year would not be
too much. But no matter whether the
pay is increased or not am opposed to
picking out rich men simply because they
are rich for foreign posts.
president Wilson and his Secretary OF
State seem to have made good selections
thus far Some of the men appointed or
about to be appointed happen to be
wealthy, but the majority of them are
men Of only moderate means"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
A GREAT COMFORT TO HER.

Little Miss PerlSer has married Jack
II presume she is very proud of him.
il it ever becomes necessary to fire the
cook, she knows he can do it,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

There are IS states and if we had As bat
tleships we could keep half on one side of
the country and half on the other after
the water flows 10 feet deep in the Pana-
ma canal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

II am the happiest man In the United
States" says Mr.. Taft, and he carried
only Utah and Vermont.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

That annual educational paradox, COM
mencement, at the end of the college
term, has nearly run it's course.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

The Presidents attention has not beea
called to the city Of Winona-at any rate
he has no engagement to deliver speech
there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

Our new ambassador at the court of St
James is househunting, but he has a good
big town to hunt in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
HOW WE FEEL.

The man who mounts motor bike.
And goes so fast he's soon speck,
In that his sort we do not like,
We hope will some day break his neck
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
ADMITTING AN ERROR.

YES I'm wrong. must cry .peccavi .
You must, eh? Well. since they found
you out, ! would at least cry sonetbing
that your neighbors can understand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

Give the automobile credit for one thing
Its garage doesn't breed flies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

Washington gained but 361 in population
this year. although the insidious lobbyists
had settled down in it in large numbers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

Those who take an outing this month
should take an oil heater along.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

Tho Kaiser is convinced that peace hath
her victories no less renown'd than war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

One thousand registered aviators live
in Paris. 1t is inodern city in that re-
spect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

The lobby is not standing together and
1t Is destined TO fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

Can there be a lobby when senators do
not recognize it when they meet it at the
capitol?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

The cold snap is discouraging to those
who began their summer vacations early.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
HE AND SHE.

woman likes to travel with bright new
baggage, but a man wants his suitcases
to look sadly battered so everybody will
think he Is a confirmed globe trotter.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
IN PROPORTION

From the Baltimore American.
rs aviation expensive?'
Il must say it mounts up,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
NO MAUDLIN MARTYRDoM

No cold snap can lessen the crop of June
brides
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

YOU KNOW HIM.
The man always will revle
And whom ] hate to meet,
Is he who can forget to smile
When it's his turn to treat.
Cincinnati Enquirer
Another meaner man we've found.
on him we'd like to fall:
He lets us pay for every round
And never buys at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14
RIGHT BACK.

"Well, sir, what are you doing for the
good of your fellow man?'
For one thing l am not asking my
fellow man impertinent questions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala,
postoffice as second class matter under
act of Congress March 8. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-14

w. II. Overbey and A. ]. Eaton, Jr.'
are the only authorized travelling repre-
sentatives of The Age-Herald in its cir
culation department..
The Washington herald., 1913-05-06

There are 56,5g7,0OO cattle on United
States farms.