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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
FAREWELL DINNER AT LUcERNE

From Paris Edition New York Herald.
Lucerne, Saturday.-The retiring minis
ter of the United States to Switzerland
Mr.. Henry S. Boutell, left this afternoon
| for Strasburg on his way to New York.
The farewell dinner to the retiring min
| lister, held at the Hotel Schweizerhof, was
attended by about 80 Americans.
Mr.. E. w. Barrett of Birmingham, Ala,
proposed the toast of the evening. lie
paid tribute to the services Mr.. Boutell
had rendered as American minister to the
Swiss republic, and to his social qualities
which had endeared him to Americans
visiting Switzerland.
Mr.. Boutell in reply dwelt on his pleas
ant associations with the Swiss people.
Those present included: Mr.. Walker
Smith, charge de'affaires; Mr.. H. IL.
Mansfield, consul general to Switzerland;
Mr.. Charles Virgins, who acted as honor
airy secretary; Mrs. Virgins, Mrs. Powell
Frazer, Canon and Mrs. Kaltenbach, Rev.
Dr. and Mrs Kaltenbaeh, Mrs. Lockwood
Miss Stratton Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Hau-
ser, Mr.. j. G. Schmidlap. Mrs. Andrews
Judge Foells of Chicago Mr.. Louis Lom-
bard, Miss Tebbitt, Mr.. Davis, Miss With
ers, Mr.. Melville C. Day, Miss Scott, Mr..
| Morton, Miss Cornelia Armsby, Lieut.
Adolphus Andrews, U. S. NJ, Miss Eliza
beth Andrews. Mrs. and Miss Jenks Lieut.
| Felix X. Gygax, U. S. N, Miss Amy
Green, Mr.. and Mrs. Raper, Mr.. Gross
man, Mrs. Jester, Mr.. and Mrs. Holland
Miss Mary s. Garrett, Mr.. d. Hurlburt
DIR. Chance and Mr.. Mccormick, a grand.
son of Mr.. ]. d. Rockefeller.
Mr.. J.. G. Schmidlap gave a breakfast
this morning at the Grand Hotel National
Those present included Mrs. Schmidlap
Colonel and Mrs. Tyson, and Miss Tyson
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Virgins, Mr.. ant
Mrs. e. w. Bagrett, Mrs. Jester. Mr.. Louis
| T.omb hard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
MODERN DEFINITIONS

From the Smart Set.
The truly advanced are beginning to re-
wise the Bible, starting, of course, with
Eugenesis and Sexodus.
Only the good are never found out.
The original Missourian led the first vice
crusade.
If men were permitted to have two
wives one would surely have no resem-
blance to the other.
At the banquet of life women always
ask for that which is not on the bill of
fare.
Comedy-When he deceives her; tragedy
when she deceives him.
Remorse-Regret that one didn't do ii
sooner.
womans prayer is a rendezvous with
God.
Dramatic Critic-One who enjoys only
the intermissions.
An Englishman is one who bathes in
a dispan and eats pie with spoon.
Almony is the ransom that the wicked
pay to the devil.
ment the betting odds on his word OF
honor pass three to two
Virtue-A form of coquetry.
Cleverness, in women, means any men,
tai state superior to imbecility.
AS the arteries grow hard, the heart
grows mushy.
Tact-A college bred lie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
The Escape of Thaw

Harry X. Thaw constantly dinned
into the ears of his Matteawan keep
ers that he would never leave that
harbor for the criminal insane unless
he did SO by legal methods. This grad
ually led to felaxation of the sur
seillance under which he should have
been kept. Why vigilance was not re-
newed when the Russell -Anhut scan
dal came to light is inexphcable.
An escape from. the state of New
York practically means freedom for
Thaw. He is charged with no crime
for which he could be extradited. A
jury found him not guilty of the mur-
der of Stanford White. To return him
to Matteawan, after arrest outside the
confines of New York, it would be
necessary for a jury in the state in
which he is arrested to pronounce him
insane. With the expert" testimony
which his wealth could command, this
would be practically impossible.
Eveleyn Nesbit, Thaw's ex-wife
probably was semi-hysterical wher
she gave out the interviews which
have been published. She claims to be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
The Houses Lobby Probe

The House has found a Roland fol-
Che Senate's Oliver. McMichaels al
least has Mulhall tied as a star wit
ness. This former chief of pages has
told story of corruption with a cool
ness and a cocksureness that are
amazing
James McDermott, representative
from Chicago district, has been the
greatest sufferer from the evidence
of McMichaels. The spectacle of law
maker and page sitting at meat with
q minion of the moneyed interests and
taking with gratitude the small sums
doled out to them, each deceiving the
other as to the amount he got, fearful
of a request for division; maintaining
a room in the capitol of the. nation
where "drunks could be slept off," is
"a nauseating one.
Watsons reputation has been in
'9ured by stories of his efforts to es-
ltablish a tariff board, and thus delay
the work of tariff revision. McDer-
mott is accused of having accepted
money from Washington loan sharks
for opposing bill designed to curb
their rapacity. The latter's dealings
with Abraham Bernstein, Isaac Held,
enheimer, Emmanuel Steinem and
Others of that ilk have been gone into
in part, and certainly show nothing
creditable to the congressman.
McMichaels, of course, will never
be able to get through without being
CALLED all sorts of liar. But it is an,
other case of the sure existence Of
some fire with so much smoke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
TELEPHONE
Bell (private exchange eonnectihe aaa
SHcpartmcnts), Main 1900.
,rhourh fond nature bids us all lament,
Yet natures tears are reasons merri-
ment. -Romeo anu JUNE.
Huerta's Latest Affront

Last nights developments in Mex
ico City indicate much more serious
state of affairs and come as rude
shock following the optimistic tone OF
the dispatches since the arrival of
John Lind in the Mexican capital.
Foreign Minister Gamboa had re-
iceived President Wilson's personal
,emissary with such apparent cordial
ity that the American people were led
to believe that Mr.. Lind's mission
would be successful.
Now comes the startling informa-
ton that President Huerta had given
the United States until midnight last
night to recognize him as the lawful
President of Mexico. What action the
United States will take is not known
at this time, but every American feels
that President Wilson will uphold the
dignity of the nation and meet the
situation as it should be met.
The present administration has
shown admirable patience and for
bearance in handling very unplea-
SAINT situation and even in the face of
last nights latest affront may con-
tinue to exhaust every possible re-
source for a peaceful solution of the
puzzling problem to the south of us.
President Huerta's latest act indi-
Gates that he is determined to seek
trouble and it may be that he will not
have to seek much farther before he
finds it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
Stocks Climbing Again

Ii there ever was any intention on
the part Of the big financiers of the
east to manufacture a panic it ap-
parently has been abandoned. When
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
announced that the money reposing in
the governments strong box was at
the service of the bankers of the south
and west for. crop moving purposes,
Wall streets scheme of a CONSTRUCTED
money market was punctured.
The downward movement of stocks
and bonds has been checked, and now
prices are on the upgrade. Specula-
tion on the New York stock exchange,
which had fallen off to an average
of a hundred thousand shares day,
has gone back to the half million
mark. The price of seat on the ex-
change is again ascending after
reaching a comparatively low figure.
Traders are optimistic, and talk of de-
preston has come to an end.
President Wilson had been warned
that the interests" would seek to
embarrass his administration by
bringing about feeling of appre-
hension in financial circles. He
promptly declared that any such eff
fort would result in its promoters
"being hanged as high as Hayman"
and calmly proceeded about his busi-
ness.
The country's prosperity is on too
firm a basis to be easily shaken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
DenYer.a PUBLIC shirt


'erhe knight Templar triennial con-
clave. which was held IN Denver last
week. was one of the most largely at
tended in the history of the Templar
ORDER" said we'll known knight.
II was not able to attend, but | have
been reading the Denver papers, and
from all accounts. the trlennial was the
most successful. all in all, ever held.
Between 10000 and 1000 Templars
were in cline of march. Denver was
gorgeously decorated and the plumed
knights were we'll drilled. As every
one knows. the Templar uniform is
black and white, with red belt and
few touches of red in the smaller
decorations but seen in body or en-
masse the Templars make the finest i'm
preston, l believe, OF any of the uni
formed secret organizations
Denver did itself proud in raising
entertainment money. The citizens
contributed to the general fund $780,
600. In addition to that the Denver
Templars raised $4,000.
The next triennial. which Will be
the thirty-third meets in Los Ange-
les. How would it do for Birming-
ham to try to get the thirty-fourth-
which will be held in 1892"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
Twenty-First Street Thoroughfare

Twenty First Street Thoroughfare
Since Birmingham has come to be a
great, metropolitan city it is more i'm
portant than ever to eliminate grade
crossings where this elimination can
be done without serious injury to
established thoroughfares.
Birmingham has secured special en-
gineering talent to work out the grade
crossing problem and it may be as
sumed that the city commission will
adopt such plans as seem feasible.
In all large engineering PROPOSE
tions many property owners are tenn
porarily injured. 1t often happens
that property owners who protest and
finally have to yield to authority and
make sacrifice are the first to speak
we'll of the engineering scheme later
that for little time caused them
trouble. 3
In Birmingham's grade crossing
problem care should be taken not to
disturb the Twenty-first street thor
oughfare. The Twenty-first street
bridge is the great passage-way for
automobiles, drays and pedestrians
between the north and south sides.
On the north side of the bridge
large and costly improvements are in
evidence, notably the tallest steel
building in the United States outside
of New York. Whatever the commits
sion does in the grade crossing matter
which is now SO pressing, there must
be no injury to property values on
Twenty-first street.
However, Commissioner Weatherly
in statement appearing elsewhere in
today's Age-Herald says it must be
borne in mind that all the suggestions
so far made for solution of the via
duct problem have been tentative and
that no final action will be taken with
out the most thorough and careful
investigation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
You can't satisfy a hungry man with
empty honors.
NTacks are also stubborn things-but you
can see the point.
He who waits for dead mans shoes
may get cold feet
The wise old owl never opens his mouth
except to hoot
After reaching the top remember those
who helped hold the ladder.
But the favors you do for your wife S
relatives. are they appreciated?
A jealous woman would be all right il
she could only keep the lid down.
Many man who growls all day goes
home and kicks the dog for barking at
night.
The boy who has too much pocket
money when he Is growing up never has
quite enough after he reaches mans es-
tate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
FABLE OF THE BRAINY GIRL

FROM Lie.
There was once a pretty girl who loved
brains. She was loved (among others) by
three men. Said the first man:
II cannot possibly live without you. In
less you say Yes I shall start for the
west coast of Africa and encourage a
fever to carry me Off"
Said the second man:
Life without you is a desert waste.
If you say No, and 1 still live, it will
be only from a sense of duty"
Said the third man:
"You cannot refuse mel For I shall
spend my life in making you supremely
happy"
Now the father of the pretty girl (fron
whom she had inherited her brains) hac
placed in the room dictagraph and
when they had gone, he said:
My dear daughter, l know you would
agree with me that these young mer
should be looked into. 1 will proceed tc
do so and will let you know the results
Later he returned and said:
II find upon careful inquiry and get
ting business rating that each one Of
them is all right They all have plenty
of money. good standing, and you cannot
possibly make a mistake
THANK you very much, papa dear
said the pretty girl (who had brains)
but while you have been looking uI
these young men l have gone off anc
married perfectly worthless fellow, who
- reckless, dissipated and cannot ever
support himself
Moral-You might just as well not have
brains when it comes to love affair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
MOTION PICTURES EXPENSIVE

From Answers, London.
Every frequenter of the motion picture
theatrers must have been struck, at some
time or another, by the luxuriousness of
the stage setting of most of the society
dramas-the magnifcehce of the decora-
tions, the richness of the furnishing. and
the costliness of the dresses worn by the
performers.
Few, however, have any real conception
of the huge cost of these things, or APP
preciate the pains taken by the big film
producing companies to get the best Of
everything.
Take, for instance, thes costumes of the
principal actresses. The capitals of Eu-
rope are ransacked for the latest "crea-
tions" in millinery and modes. When
Miss Miriam Nesbit and Miss Mary Fuller
were last over here with the Edison conf
pany, they paid visit to Paris for the
purpose of purchasing a stock of such
things for future Edison productions, and
in two days shopping they spent more
than $4,000
Miss Lottie Briscoe, the Lubin star ac-
tress, recently played in film which me-
cessitated no fewer than IA changes cf
costumes, each costing on an average
about SIS, and she needs, when ON tour
20 trunks for her wardrobe.
Miss Gene Gauntier wears one set>of
furs in the Kalem films that cost $4,000,
and she has other sets almost equally as
valuable Miss Asia Nelson is credited
with being the most extensively dressed
actress in the pictures. Frequently her
costumes in the society scenes in which
she specializes will cost as much as $500
apiece.
1t might be thought that as the actual
dresses worn by the performers are not
seen by the public, but only the photo-
graphic representations of them, that CON-
mon material or imitation stuff would do
as well as the real articles.
But, as matter of fact, this is far from
being the case. Indeed. the very reverse
holds good. To get a really hrst class
photograph, first class properties must
be provided.
In the early days of the picture play
business this was not properly realized
and a company that laid out 5000 on col
lection of properties. although expecting
them to last for years, was considered ex-
travagRnt.
Nowadays. on the other hand. 1t would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
THE SEVEN AGAINST THl.BEs

From the Mobile Register
Many more than majority of the Ala
bama weeklies have not yet declared
them which have commented on the cam
raien there has been indicated opposition
to Mr.. Comer.-Montgomery Advertiser.
We note opposed to Mr.. Conner, the fol-
lowing named weekly papers:
Oneonta Journal.
Marion County News.
Collinsville Courier.
Athens Courier.
Thomasville Echo.
Scottsboro Citizen.
Brundidge News.
Seven! Are there any more?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
rnE Mosr nEHUTIFuL TuINe

William Allen White in the Emporia Ca
zette.
That's some dress you've got on, little
sirl-lt sure is. That delicate, clnging,
crinky stuff is the prettiest cloth on the
store counters; that silk Persian sash Of
many eolors so gracefully swathed about
the center section of your anatomy would
knock the spots off Josephs coat You
are corseted and Understanding to the
most extreme model in the advance Au-
gust fashion books
But your neck is too low and your
sleeves are too short, and your skirt is
far and away tighter than skirts ever
were meant to be- And that graceful slit
exposing your dainty left ankle shows a
stocking above your pump that is almost
transparent enough to read through. And
you haven't any, more petticoat than q
rabbit-you knows you haven't.
Oh, you're some swell, you are. Have
you notice how the loafers around the
grove rubber at you as you trip ,demurely
by on your way to the uplift lectures 4?
And have you been thinking, little foolish
one that they were rubbering out of pure
admiration? Ask your brother about it.
If he's got any, sense he'll tell you some
things that will be hard on your vanity
and good for your soul. And If you've got
any sense you'll take his word for it;
you'll lay that dress away and don some
thing that's wide enough around the bot
tom to allow room for two petticoats and
one pair of legs
For there never was a dress designed.
little girl, that is half so beautiful as a
young girls modesty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
ALABAMA JUSTICES SET ExAMpLp

From the Montgomery Journal
The Atlanta Constitution under the
heading, "A Judicial Moses" has this to
say about the action of the justices of
the supreme court of this state in adopt-
ing new rules which will do away with
technicalities
The state of Alabama promises to act
the role of Moses leading the other
states out of the wilderness of legal tech
nicality and quibble. Recently it's supreme
court announced that henceforth it would
be guided no more in its decisions by tech
nical considerations. The eagerness with
which the policy has been applauded by
the press is indication of the national de-
mand for judicial reformation
The Constitution calls attention to the
Following from the Newark IN J.) Even
ing Star:
An appellate justice of New York.
speaking of famous iurist of the higher
courts of the same state. now deceased,
remarked in conversation with a friend
that the late Justice So-and-So looked
upon jurisprudence as a game to be won
on points This hit off very aptly the
old spirit of the American Judiciary. That
there is new and better spirit appearing
Is evident from the ironical comment it.
self, and 1t Is showing concretely in the
announcement of the Alabama supreme
court that 1t will reverse no more de-
cisions on grounds merely technical. The
Alabama deliverance is epochal"
| In concluding it's article, the Constitution
| says:
| THE supreme court of Alabama has
taken the bit in it's teeth by summarily
discarding the irrelevant technicality.
There is no reason why the same process
should not extend to other courts of the
last resort throughout the land. Such a
movement would expedite, simplify aud
cheaper litigation almost inestimably,"
1t must make the justices of our SUI
preme court feel proud to know that the
menting and commencing them for chang
menting and comemnding them for chang
| ing the rules 1t was time something was
done and the Journal is glad that it played
an important part in having these rules
changed. The Journal has been insisting
discarded and that appeals be considered
on their merits. There are other changes
needed but some of them will have to be
made by the legislature and the Journal
will call upon that body to assist the JUS
tices in relieving the judiciary of a bur-
den, which will also work in the interest
of the state and the litigants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19

the people are no longer to be 'bam-
boozled' by platitudes. by the riders of
hobbies. by rock throwing or mud sling
ing at the other candidates. Prejudice
is not so easily played up as once upon
time, and I find myself changing, and
many others, on the proposition of fit
ness. SO the man who wants such an
important office as commissioner of Bir-
mingham, or that of governor of Ala
bama, has got to stand erect, fair faced,
and show by his record or his pronounce
mefits that he is the man best qualified
and not be whining or snarling and talk
ing about the other candidates. The
people certainly know what they are
about, and no stepchi1d will count for
getting votes; the suburbs know who is
best qualified to discharge the duties of
commissioner of Greater Birmingham and
will vote accordingly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
THE COMPOSER OF "FAUsT.

Klein Thirty Years of Musical Life in
London"
Gounod was one of the most fascinating
men have ever spoken with. His man
ner had a charm that was irresistible,
and his kindly eyes, soft and melting as
a womans. would light up with a smile,
now tender, now humorous, that fixed
itself ineffaceably upon the memory He
could speak English fairly well, but pre-
ferred his own language, in which he was
a brilliant conversationalist; and he could
use to advantage a fund of keen, ready
wit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19
WOULDN'T TRUST HIM

From an Exchange.
Although hot and exhausted, p. c.
Patrick OBroil felt not little pleased
with himself He had just effected his
first arrest since becoming member of
the force; and, moro than that. an arrest
certainly to be proud of. In short, after
long, exciting chase, he had captured
Tom crooke, the notorious. but elusive,
housebreaker.
While he was marching to the station,
however, with his prisoner, the latter's S
hat suddenly blew off and went scurryng
away along the street.
"Lawks" cried Tom. '"rhere goes my
at. Shall I run after it?''
"Phawt?" roared Pat wise look on
his face. You run after 1t and not come
! back again? No. my lad, you stand here,
III get your hat"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-19

Z
residents of New York city
= spend at least a portion of each
day underground. and many thousands
come to the surface so rarely that the
light of day blinded them when they reach
It," says Leo L. Redding in a profuse-
ly illustrated article in the September
Popular Mechanics Magazine. Discussing
this phose of modern city life Mr.. Red
ding adds:
$50 accustomed has New York become
to the idea of living underground that
only a few days ago public celebration
was held when a new underground pas
sageway was opened. This newest tunnel,
costing many thousands of dollars, was
dug to give the people who live near the
Hudson river and in the neighborhood of
One Hundred and Eighty-first street an
opportunity to pass beneath the hills from
their homes to the subway, by which
means they travel to the lower end of
Manhattan island, to Brooklyn, and, by
means of a transfer. to New Jersey. Until
this underground cutoff was opened the
same citizens had to walk about 1000 feet
up and downhill breathing the good out
uOOF air. NOW lHcS Will ihdNc Aht foi'AS
trip underground through damp, dingy
passageway, and because they save
few hundred feet and bit of exertion
consider themselves fortunate.
According to the best obtainable stalls
tics about 10000 persons in New York
city spend their entire working hours be-
meath the surface of the earth. These
figures include $500 employees on the two
systems of subways now in operation.
They include 1000 men who are employed
digging the new subways. This force
will be more than doubled in the near
future Also included are the 200 men,
most of whom are workin gseveral hun
dred fete below the street surface, driv-
ing that wonderful aqueduct which is to
carry throughout the Island of Manhat-
tan and over into Long Island the waters
that are being brought down by siphon
from the Catskill mountains. Then there
are more than 10000 men and women who
are employed in more private enterprises
that take them constantly below the street
surface.