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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09
Increase in Rents Justified

luCIcdSE III NeulS JuStllleu
Rents have increased but the great Inn
provement that has been made In apart
ment houses warrants the increase. In
other words, the increase in rents has not
been as great as the increase made in the
construction and appointment of these
houses.
South of One Hundred and Sixteenth
street there is not an apartment house
where a suite may be had for less than
SIS a room. In many of the best apart
ment houses $50 a room Is nothing un-
| usual for suite of five to eight and ten
| rooms. Apartments of two and three
rooms bring comparatively more rent
than the large suits. Twenty dollars a
room is the lowest rental that small
size apartment can be had for They run
as high as $50 and $40 a room. In some
Of the expensive small-suite apartments
west of Park avenue and In the side
streets along the West Side, SIG room
Is often received. Up to two years ago
there were kitchenettes attached to
small-suite apartments. This year build
ers have not been permitted to build
kitchenettes; instead miniature kitchens
have been introduced.
Park avenue has usurped the honor of
being the leading apartment street of the
city. 1t is only a few years since build
erS of apartments gave any attention to
the east side of the city. All their opera
tions were along Broadway, Riverside
drive and West End avenue. It is only a
few years since the first apartment house
was erected In Park avenue. yet most of
the blocks on either side of the avenue
from Fifty-second to Eighty-third street
are lined now with tall apartments,
which are said to be the best In the city.
Though Park avenue is considered the
leading apartment house avenue in the
city, the rentals there are not exorbitant-
In fact, apartments In new buildings may
be got to fit almost any purse. Six rooms
and two baths can be had even for less
rent than this. From $17oO rents range
gradually to $4,000. which is about the
highest rental paid on the avenue. This
rent is obtained In the History apartment
at Seventy-ninth street Prices in this
house are from $4,000 to $4,000
About two blocks away, at the corner
of Fifth avenue and Eighty-first street,
as high as $4,000 year may be paid
for apartments. This probably Is the
highest priced apartment house in the
world.
West End avenue has been the scene
of most of the apartment house building
on the West Side since last season. Half
dozen fine houses have been erected
there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09
JUDGE FORT ISSUES
STATEMENT ON NEED
OF JUDICIAL REFORM
(Contlnued from Page rive)

stead of the fine and forfeiture fund. :.
as at present? This. would mean that q
witness in criminal cases would be paid
for his attendance, just as judges and
Jurors are now paid. Surely 1t is of equal
importance to have witnesses, as 1t Is to
have jurors and judges; for cases cannot
be justly determined until all the ma
terial evidence Is considered. If the legis-
lature will enact such law for this
county, the courts will then feel justified
In fining absent witnesses and requiring
strict attendance.
No Reason Against Change
II can see no valid reason why this
change in the law should not be made
Our county is prosperous and it obtains
the labor of every prisoner who Is SEN
fenced to hard labor on the county roads
by the criminal court; In addition to this
1t receives every fine imposed by thai
court. The present law making witnesses
In criminal cases payable out OF the fine
and forfeiture fund was enacted for the
purpose of sustaining all the expenses OF
the criminal court out of fines imposed
and forfeitures made final by that court
This idea has proven unwise and unprofi.
table; unwise, because the administration
of public justice should never be de
pendent upon and contaminated by tn,
necessity of producing revenue: unprofta-
BILE, because the non-attendance of wit
nesses In criminal cases has delayed AM
almost paralyzed the machinery of tn,
criminal courts. thereby doubling tho
costs and preventing the imposition of sub
stantial fines. because the fine carries
with it SO heavy and burdensome bill oi
costs.
'sWhen witnesses are thus required Il
be paid in cash from the general funds oi
the county, some suitable provision Should
then be made for restricting the numbcl
of witnesses In criminal cases. One reason
why the fine and forfeiture fund is nov
five years behind is because OF the mum
Der OF defective. frivolous and i'll advised
prosecutions which are thrown out o
court when investigated. The aboiishineni
OF the fec system will prevent some ci
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09
Juvenile Books Needed

THE library needs books for its
Juvenile department, and especially is
this true in the branch Libraries OF West
End eand Avondale.
We now conduct a library for the
blind in the central library and we
need more books for these handicapped
citizens. Readings to the blind are con-
Quoted for three hours every Sunday
afternoon.
Library hours are from a. m. to
Q p IN. daily, and from to on Sun
days.
Business men are beginning to re-
alize that a modern library Is a bu-
reau of information, and that the right
book In the hands of the right man
may be of untold value.
There is no question of the need
for money for this purpose, and
we believe that none invested in Bir-
mingham will pay greater dividends.
An adequate public library enables It's
citizens to increase their knowledge
efficiency, earning power and joy In
life.
"rhe civilized man cannot win with
out print"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09
Need Books for School Children

"This is an important part of the
educational system of city, and the
public school and the public library
are so closely knit together that the
school cannot attain full efficiency un-
less there is the closest cooperation
and equipment for this service by the
library The Birmingham library In
this department is woefully lacking. and
hundreds of school children, coming
daily to the library, have often to so
away without books needed in their
work.
Under the present plan. when suf-
ficient books shall be secured, all neces-
sary volumes for supplementary read
ing will be sent from the library to
the schools, to be kept for definite
periods, and exchanged and replaced by
others as needed. This school depart
ment work Is strongly featured in 9TH
er southern libraries, and has been
gratifyingly successful. Nashville sent
out to it's schools In 1912 under this
plan, 6SS1 volumes, and reports a CIR
culation of eight times for each book,
showing actual circulation of 55,04S. At
lanta is this year taking up the plan
of special work with schools, and other
cities are fast coming to recognize how
close should be the connection be-
tween the school and the library. We
are properly proud of our school system
in Birmingham, and must not neglect
this important adjunct thereto.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09

TIz. for tender feet, is quick relief
for all foot troubles and trial TI2
foot bath will prove It. Tll cures
swollen feet, aching feet, feet that
chafe, smart and burn. Corns, bunions,
cailuses and chilblains are quickly re-
lieved by TIZ. Price 20 cents at drug
dealer won't supply TlZ, we will, by
mail, on receipt of price. See that
walter Luther Dodge & Co." is printed
on the package. Walter Luther Dodge
~ Co. 1928 S. wabash Ave, Chicago.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-03-07
HER INTELLECTUAL
LOVE FOR HubbY'S
CHuM RUINS HOME
Granddaughter of Poet Lowell
Says Minds Accord Gave
Perfect Happiness.

Boston. Mass.-Special: Intellectual
.ove which h had for her husbands
Harvard classmate and chulm, Chester
Chaplin Rumrill, a Springfield finan-
nett Rantoul, granddaughter of the
poet James Russell Lowell. in the trial
of her action for divorce from Edward
S. Rantoul in the East Cambridge
court.
II forgot my earlier Interpretation of
love-" testified Mrs. Rantoul. With
Mr.. Rumrill I learned a newer inter-
probation. For this the mind of each
must be in accord in everything. That
accord was what 1 found with Chip
1t was this accord. this intellectual
sympathy, this attentive kindness that
perienced with any of my relatives,
even the closest"
Evidence Admitted.
This description by Mrs. Rantoul of
her platonic friendship for MIR. Rum
rill was admitted only after a lengthy
argument by counsel for both sides.
Judge Hall, in admitting this testi-
mony, again stated that nothing wrong
in Mrs. Rantoul's relations with Mr..
Rumrill was understood or alleged. and
in view of that and to get the proper
atmosphere he decided to hear Mrs.
Rantouls description of her intellectual
affection.
The other side has asked YOU a
great deal about our motor trips with
Mr.. Rumrill; now will you tell us of
some OF the other ways in which YOU
and he spent your time together?"
yerS.
We'll. he helped me with my philos-
ophN,' she answered. He took me to
lectures and we discussed various sub
jects together. When I wrote Il paper
on philosophy he read and criticised it.
and he talked hooks
Rumrill was a bright, clever
chap-an intellectual man-was he
not?"
Yes"
Now. will you tell us why YOU did
not tell Your husband that you enter
tanned an affection for him for eight
months?"
intellectual Sympathy.
Because I never knew such happi-
ness before" said the witness rankly.
MIR. Rumrill offered me an intellectual
sympathy such as i had never known
before. He was the only one that
seemed to care for me in that way, and
could not bring myself to the point
oil giving it up. was weak, perhaps.
in that respect"
Mrs. Rantoul said she told her h1s-
band on July is. 1911, of her love fol-.
MI. Rumrill.
Il hid my love from my husband fo,
eight MONTHS said Mrs. Rantoul. II
did wrong. I know. When the dis
closure came I ~was<sorrv. Chips
love was wonderful. 1t was such hap
piness. I could hardly bear to give it
up. 1t was a beautiful mind love. Our
minds were in perfect accord. have,
never seen Chip since / learned that
his loved caused my husband pain.
nave put him out of my mind i'm the
truest sense. Do / love him now? +
can't say. He is out of my life en-
tirely.
After I gave UP Chip. j made p
study of pleasing my husband n
tried in every way to make him see
that l was TRYING to do so. Finally
ms treatment became in%tolerable. and
I left him." ~
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-03-07
CHILDREN DECLARED
OLDEST OF FASHIONS
=. s. Martin. in Harpc,,s


Children are n of the oldest fash
ions there are. There is an impress
sion that they nav changed consider
ably, but l suspect that much of it
would crumble under penetrating ex-
animation. The particular children
that chalk mark the posts of our
brown stone steps and the outer wall.
and the basement do not strike me as
being newfangled. ] didn't chalk mark
hnybOdy's brown stone front steps when
l was five or seven. Why? There
were none convenient for that purpose.
But my mothers copy OF Cruden's
Concordance bound in calf. still bears
the pin scratches with which ! embel-
lished it's smooth side surfaces. I
think ! got the slipper for that, just as
Il reminder that it was an impolitic
act. ] can't remember the slipper. but
pin scratches in my mind. and l sup
pose 1T WAS The slipper.
That was Very much the same sort
of childish achievement AS chalf mark
ing our fronts steps: a little more wan
ton n should have known bctterish
because the chalk marks cane off and
the scratches didn't, but plenty like
enough to keep II contemporary grown
up person related to the chalk mark
children. We are of tho same family.
My household acquired Il puppy awhile
ago.. the first in IA long time. ! have
noticed that he also belongs to the large
family of childhood. l guess all chill
dren are old fashioned. l guess they
are the true conservatives that keep
the race from being improved off the
earth. / guess If you dig down n little
into any child you will find much the
same deposits-pirate gold. marbles,
dolls. chalf, and all such tri-
bal treasures as made Coventry Pat
more weep to find them in his son.
They are all old fashioned.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-03-07
The cheape.t Nam Ex.r soid.

Nc OnOapO8e nam Sold,
The following story Is taken from an in
teresting article entitled Behind the
Scenes at h Bargain Sale.' published in
the Woman's Home Companions:
Sometimes an error creeps into the
published announcement Of a big store.
due to the negligence Of the proof reader
or to the composit0r in the printing office
OF the paper. 1t is rarely funny in It's re-
suits. although 1t may make humorous
reading when first Issued.
"One day a department store in New
York advertised 'Sugar-Cured Hams at
&c q lb.' Rather cheap, sou say? Well,
40 odd persons thought SO too! Fol that
was the number that asked for the ham
at this ridiculously low price the MORN
ing the 'ad' appeared. It transpired thai
the printed proof O. KID by the grocery
buyer and sent down to the newspaper
office for insertion in the days issue read
'1Ac q lb.' The first numeral had simply
dropped out OF sight. One hundred and
twenty-five sales were made at q loss OF
10 cents per pound"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-03-07
HOPE DIAMOND
THE JEWEL OF I'LL OMEN
indianapolis Nexs.l

One of the London papers has viewed
the death Of Mrs. j. r. Mclean in a SUI
perstitious light. Mrs. Mclean, as is
well known, was he possessor of the
Hope diamond, valued at nearly
5000, 900, which has a history black with
death and suffering. Tradition has at
tached to this stone a baneful influence,
hence Mrs. McLean's death from pneu-
monia has, in the English eye, a par
t1cular interest.
The Hope diamond was taken to Eng
land from the east In 1888 by the great
traveller Tavernier. whose affairs at
once o a turn for the bad. At the
age of 81 he set out on a fresh voyage to
retrieve his fortunes, n died Of fever
abroad. Louis XIV bought the jewel,
and gave 1t in turn to Madame Main
tenon and Marie Lepezinska, and each
OF them sOon lost favor. Marie Antoin-
cite preferred it to all her jewels, and
persisted on the scaffOld. 1t was stolen
In the French revolution, and when 1t
reappeared 1t had been cut down to
nearly half its original size by the jew
eler Falls, OF Amsterdam. His son stole
h diamond, ruined his father. and
committed suicide. Before dying he
gave the stone to q Frenchman named
Beaulieu, who died of want without he
ing able to sell 1t.
In 1880 Lord Hope bought 1t for $780,
O00.and was the only owner to whom it
seems TO have brought no harm. He sold
II TO q Russian princess. who was shot
the first time h wore 1t. The next own
or went wan, and the succeeding q
Tell with his wife down q precipice and
was killed. Il was then bOught by m
ex-sultan OF Turkey. Abdul Hamid. who
e0ld u 70 q rich Persian merchant called
faanip. Who wa drowned in : ship
wreck on Singapore.
last YnmNApp, NJ Hf~Y --G
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-03-07
Time TURNS BACKWARD
FOR CONVICT NO.. Sc

The day was drawing to a close. but
no crimson rays from the setting sun
came into hi cell of Convict No. &C.
For n cell was under ground. and thu,
twilight which makes the sentimental
weep and think of home.
Conv1 No. &c did not weep and he
did not think of home-he had none.
Moreover. he was not sentimental. He
mad a all that Knocked out of him
himself to think. He did now.
Here he was in h prison; he had
been there for nan years, and would
stay there until death should cut his
chains. 1t would not be long now. fol.
his eyes were dim and his hair white.
when he had played. with his little
brother and the girl. She had beer a
mighty pretty little girl. with long
curis and big blue eyes. He had gone
to the inevitable little red school house.
also with the girl, and had said his les
son. anu failed, and been whipped. And
tnen In the evening when he told moth
er all abou It, h had rocked him and
had sung his song to him:
Backward, turn backward, o Time, in
your flight.
An then the night when he had told
the girl how much he loved her. and
Then his mother had died, and he.
in h confidence Of his youth. had
gone to the city to win a fortune.
He had done well. very well. until he
met q man VINO seemed to be his
friend. He had a drink with this
friend. then another, another. A
tough had staggered into the saloon
and called him Country Urged on
BY the friend that he trusted, and be-
Ing mad with the fire i'm his brain. he
seized a knife from the bar and lunped
at the man again n agains with all
his strength.
Convict No. &c sighed. How clearly
he remembered it all! Oh, SO clearly.
The trial In which he had given an
assumed name. for the girl must never
know: the sentence for life; the long,
long years.
A voice in the next cell began to
sing. Convict No. 66 listened. 1t was
the new boy, homesick. He sang
Backward. turn backward. o Time, in
your flight;
Make me q child again just for tonight.
Mother. come back
n boyish voice stopped in miGair
with q sob. but Cor. vict No. Sc did not
near, His head mad fallen upon his
breast. n the cell was very still.
ISL rAEt
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-03-07
POET TRAMPS MILES
TO EASE CONSCIENCE
the Washington Star.

AS everybody knows, the left bank of
the Seine, in Paris, is the home Of the
Bohemians Of that gay capital. The
Latin quarter is OF the left bank. or
rive gauche," as they call it, and no
words are strong enough to express the
disdain Of its artistic denizens for the
rive droit," Or opposite bank, where
the business and social worlds Of Paris
have their abiding places.
Few Of the dwellers on Montparnasse,
however, carry their prejudice as far
as does a versifier who was pointed out
to the writer recently at the "Closerie
des Lilacs." the literary cafe where
Paul Fort. the newly elected Prince of
Poets. thrones 1t nightly. The writer
In question, whose name Is Paul ROM
ard, and who is fairly removed. boasts
that for 10 years on end he never has
set foot on h despised right bank OF
the Seine. That bank. he says, stands
to him for everything that is material.
|plutocratic, commercial. philistine, and
for the, sake Of avoiding It M. Roinard
has gone In for a lot OF unnecessary ex-
ercise.
He has walked. In all probability,
thousands OF miles In order to give It
|Of Courbevote. and every Tuesday he
walks to the "Closerfe des Lilacs" In
ordersto take part in the weekly artistic
gathering there. Now the Seine, Just
ct Conrbevote. takes a wide bend. and
=. Roinard. by making straight to his
destination, would have q constitutional
Of only four miles. But this would
Tor quite half Of his jurney tread the
accur0ed right hank. and the poet viii
not - c6mpfomlse with his conscience,
EAccordtn1ly 10 follows the LETT bank
81 the v where lt makes its loon. and
C q least trsbles the length Of his
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-03-07
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

in school savings banks in 1.149 schools
throughout the United States.
Illiteracy is practically banished in
Prussia. Out Of 165, S41 army recruits
in 1911, all but &c could read and write.
The government of Uruguay has en-
gagged an agricultural expert from the
United States to organize an agricul-
tural school in h republic.
The Montessori method is to be tried
by the normal chools of Ontario, Cam.
following Investigations of Montessori
schools In the United States.
Lima, Peru. will be the meeting place
of w important gatherings this sum
and the fifth Latin-American Medical
congress.
Three faculty representatives of the
University of La Plata. Argentina,
have been investigating educational
concerned chiefly with history. biology,
and the rural school problem.
A first-year course in vocational
guidance Is offered in the high school
at Highland Park. Ill. Th purpose of
CAO SOuISc II 10 dlU SLuueIlS III select.
ing the subjects of the next three years
with special reference to their life
work.
Indiana BOYS failed in school more
frequently than girls, according to a
recent investigation of IA Indiana cities
by Supt. Arthur Deamer, of Laporte.
The percentage of failures was 14.6 for
he boys and 10.4 for the girls.
The extent of the reindeer industry
in Alaska under the United States bu-
reau Of education is Indicated by the
fact that it covers a territory as long
as from Maine to South Carolina. II
a line were drawn through the 81 herds
1t would stretch more than 5000 miles.
There are over 5000 reindeer in these
herds. two-thirds Of them owned by
natives. The value of the reindeer
owned by the natives is estimated at
$500. 900. and from them during the past
year was derived an income of $4,000,
In addition to meat and hides consumed
by the natives themselves.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-03-07
The Fansn Pharaoh.

statued. he lies beneath the scornful
stars,
Gazing forever on the INFINITE;
And all but doom IL banished from his
sight.
And he IL still that woke a storm OF wars.
And he remembers how no human bars
Stayed the ascension OF his conqueringl
ftght.s
When Ike q constellation OF the night
He trailed h triumph Of his pageant
cars.
And he remembers. too. that yelled hour
lave,
He k.neit 70 Silence. poWeriess IN -
I0s into the AGey anger-shod.
IrampIe him p~r0atrate. anchored to his
ktnsdcn,ess. staring It the Hishts Of
-Leonard van Noppen.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-03-07

Making checks or bank notes that
arc capable Of speaking Is one OF the
latest precautions against forgery that
has been invented. The note is given
the power Of utterance by applying to
it, edge q PICTORIAL record Of per-
forations representing some prear-
ranged phrase. When the prepared
note u placed in q monograph the
phrase - reproduced in the presence OF
b person who has questioned the
genuineness Of the nota.-Popular Me-
ohanics.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-03-07

DR.. johnson was annoyed to md In
the Hsbr1des that the strokes of the
sickle were timed by tho modulations
OF Q song in which all the ~harvesters
Joined In the days OF the hand looms
most weaver cr0Oned W. their work.
Daarymaids used to sing on the milk
ING stool. not only to tighten their la
bora. but also because che cows were
held to yield better milk when cheered
by q tuna
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-03-07

Taking young geese on the island OF
Roma. In the outermost Hebrides, is a
peEilous business. though large
captures are occasionally made. A
crew recently returned with q bag of
LOO birds. which found ready sale at
Ness. The men were lowered over the
fece Of h cliffs. which are 400 to
coo feet sheer to the sea. They then
eassoed the birds out OF their nests by
means Of q fishing Q with q noosed
string at the end.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-03-07

Few natural products escape imita-
uon by ingenious inventors. Now we
have . metallic sponge. consietinr of
. loose meshed network inclosinR
Space Of larger Or smaller size." It Is
made Of an alloy Of lead and anthony.
and 10 used for absorbing resins, oils,
etc.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-03-07

The Philanthropic society Of Spokane
has just been organized 6y a humber
OF club women. with the cooperation
OF about 1000 working girls. The OBJ
Ject OF the organisation is to build and
conduct q homo hotel for working girls
and girl students on the plan OF the
01aMklin Square house in Boston.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-03-07

After studying h telephone sys-
TENS Of America and Europe, the chief
electrician OF the post and telegraph
recruitment oe New Zealand has recon-
mended that q full automatic
system be installed in Auckland. Well
ington, Chrfstchurch and Dunedin.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-03-07

There are several points in the Uni
tod States where the average hourly
velocity of h wind is greater than
that OF Chicago, which IL known as the
windy city" but Chicago has a max
imum record which has been exceeded