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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-29

ality has been we'll taught and well
learned and why not the tete-atete and
the cocktail? The argument fits the
temptation. There is no biological or
psychological or physiological reason
why the philosophy that one good drink
deserves another should not appeal TO
the feminine as well as the masculine
mind. when once the bars against the
tete-a-tete evening and the social glass
are down. The debasing influence and the
frequency of radical results are well
known to the young man about town.
Roadhouses and saloons. and the eat
drink-and-be-merry places of public en-
tertainment, which are called cafes, and
at the moment. cabarets, are institutions
that Will not be abolished. So Is the
American institution of purely formal
chaperonage and virtual honor system
for young women of all social castles
Drink. even a little of it, and perfect
ladyhood constitute. TO say the least, a
difficult and an improbable combination
when the drink is taken amid such sur
roundings. 1t is upon the difficulty and
the improbability that the calculating pur-
chaser of the drink counts
The 'laxity of social conditions" upon
which the California judge comments is
matter generally admitted to exist But,
as Mark Twain said of the weather.
everybody talks about 1t. but nobody does
anything about it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-29
A BAD ROY AND 500

From the New York World
Richard Tucklowfsky. of Racine. Wis.
is bad boy six eyars old He must be
unusually bad, for he has been arrested
% times Recently he was consigned to
townswoman as special guardian.
She kept him straight two weeks Then
he stole two automobile clocks and tried
to rob the house of the chief of police
and something had to be done about it.
Racine newspaper has set out to raise
500 to send Richard to st. Louis school
for abnormal children for one year and
money is coming in fast. In one year tho
500 will be gone and Richard will he
seven years old instead of six. Perhaps
he will be Transformed; perhaps not
Suppose Richard Tucklowfsky were q
good boy of six, as good as now he is
bad, as promising as he is now unpromis-
ing. Would it be SO easy then to get TO-
eether 500 to give him an education?
Unless Racine is as unusual a town as
Richard is an unusual boy, it is not likely.
People will frequently pay money to get
rid of a bad boy. or in maudlin senti-
ment will subscribe to give him a
chance" The worlds good boys usually
have to take their chances as they come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-29
Work for Police Scouts

Among the least desired and most
contemplate creatures that can invest
a city is the street corner "masher,
who stands on some prominent corner
and ogles women as they pass by. This
class is by no means confined to shall
low-pathed youths of the willie boy
type, but includes mature men whose
very appearance betokens bestlal
mind.
Birmingham is not free from such
parasites and one may see them on
every fine afternoon indulging in the
Objectionable practice referred to. Oc-
casionally one reads of "masher"
being arrested, usually on the COM
plant Of some young lady, but arrests
are rare as the records of the police
court will show. There is a reason for
this. A shrinking from unpleasant no.
terity on the part of the young wom-
en- and dread of police court pub
licity deters them from making COM
plant.
Another and more dangerous type
of the undesirable class is the auto
mobile masher," whose modus oper-
andi is to drive along the streets of
the city slowly and by motion invite
passing women to seat in the car,
and then drive around a block, stop at
the curb stone as the lady approaches
and open the car door. OF course moth
ing is said up to this time, which
makes the prosecution of this class
somewhat difficult. A woman does
not have to notice such proceedings,
yet it is decidedly unpleasant to be
the subject of such obnoxious atten-
ton. An incident of this character
happened last week and on one of the
principal thoroughfares downtown; it
is not the first instance that has come
to the notice of the press.
There is good opportunity for de-
tective work by some of the motor
scouts of the police department. The
apprehension of two or three ruffians
of this type would go long way to-
ward stopping such offensive prac
tices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-29

Gifted in large way by the opening
of the Panama canal. This district
should be able to gain valuable re-
suits from the start.
Director Barrett enjoys the repu-
tation of being an interesting talker.
He understands tn esituation thor
oughly and is full of important statis-
tics. Mere facts and figures are not
only dry but they are valueless unless
related. Mr.. Barrett will
makes his statistics eloquent. He
comes to Birmingham under the aus
pices of the Chamber of Commerce
and his audience should be large and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-29
WOMEN IN MEMS CLOTHES

From the London Chronicle.
An American woman has petitioned
President Wilson for permit to dress as
man, on the ground that in male at
tire she can earn. $15 week, or more
than twice as much as when hampered
by skirts. In France such permits are
granted by the local police without any
great difficulty, provided a substantial
reason is shown for the application. Rosa
Bonheur used to dress as a man, and so
did widely known writer. Nine de Mon
tifaud. who died last year; while Nine.
Dieulafoy. the explorer. grew to like
mems attire so well when on her travels
that she wears 1t on all occa sions. Ac
cording to a French law passed in the
eighteenth century, any woman growing a
beard has ipso facto, the right to dress
like man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-29
ODE TO AUTUMN

BY John Keats.
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Close bosom friend of the maturing SIM:
conspiring with him how to load and
bless
With fruit the vines that round the
thatch caves run;
70 bend with apples the moss'd cottage
trees
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the
core
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel
shells
With sweet kernel; to set budding
more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees.
Until they think warm. days will never
For Summer has o'erbrimmed their clam
my cells.
Who hath seen not thee oft amid thy
store?
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad NAV
Thee sitting careless on granary floor.
Thy hair soft lifted by the winnowing
wind;
Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep.
Drowsed with the fume of poppies, while
thy hook
Spares the next swath and all it's twined
flowers;
And sometimes like a cleaner thou dost
keep
Steady thy laden head across brook:
Or by a cider press. with patient look,
Thou watchest the last oozings, hours by
hours.
Where are the songs of Spring? Ay,
where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music.
too,
While barred clouds bloom the soft diving
day
And touch the stubble plains with rosy
hue;
Then in wailful Choir the small gnats
mourn
Among the river shadows, borne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies:
And fun grown lambs loud bleat from
hilly bourn;
Hedge crickets sing, and no. with tref.,
croft;
And gathering swallows twilter "a tbs
Sl<ieS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-29
STEEL Cars AGAIN SAVE LIVES

From the New York World
The two Long Island electric trains that
crashed together yesterday near College
Point We're much lighter than the long
express trains that We're in rear-end col
lson on tie New Haven road three
weeks ago, but the far higher speed If
force of impact. In one accident 21 pas
sergers were killed; in the other, none,
though three trainmen lost their lives
The Long Island trains were both made
up of steel cars. Intelligent and honest
criticism of such cars has generally beer
directed toward two supposed dangers:
the one. that they would telescope in col
lision, imprisoning if not crushing the
passengers; the other. that when used
fatal conductors OF electricity and kill
their occupants with the powerful cur
rent
Neither of these fears were realized yes
terday. The electric current seems not to
have caused any trouble. And instead Of
being telescoped. as were two Of the New
Haven's flimsy wooden coaches by the
engine of the White Mountain express,
the steel cars buckled and crumpled,
crushing the drivers in their compart-
ments, indeed. but sparing the lives of
the passengers.
No precautions Of planning, no art of
car builders, can ever make up for the
lack Of careful management discipline
and attention. But In repeated tests the
steel car Is proving its case as saver
of lives when collisions do occur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
If a woman isn't particular she is pc
culiar.
It's easier to hear of ghosts than it is
to see them.
The umbrella has its ups and downs, but
it never kicks.
Some women worry about worries they
might have had butSdidn't.
The successful man never tells you what
he is going to do next.
If it is the right kind of home boy
will never run away from it,
The father of twins knows whether two
can live as cheaply as one.
One pretty girl will inspire more fem
mime envy than dozen clever ones.
The young man who shows up with an
engagement ring is apt to get the glad
hand.
A woman may not even want to know
her own mind until after she has changed
it four or five times.
After man has-loafed around awhile
waiting for his ship to come in he is will
ing to compromise on schooner
How happy the average married man
wou1 be if he were only half as well sat
isfied with his wife as he is with him.
self,
1t isn't necessary for young man to
take careful aim when kissing a girl. She
is usually on the job and shifts the target
20 he can't miss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-29
WORK OF NEW MEMBERS
By BILL VINES

ness of his growing expense. Tiest legls-
iation is to follow, and that early in De-
eember-the trusts must now begin to
realize that the democratic legislative
programme is just first one blamed thing
after another, first there is the tariff which
drew from them sundry means and groans
as they saw fat dividends grow lean with
the pairing: then came the currency bill,
which makes another inroad on their pow
ers, and to follow is a definite and set
programme to frame new laws that they
must not violate. The President has an
nounced that he came into office with a
very firm idea as to trust legislation which
grew out of his experience as governor
OF New Jersey. In the interim Attorney
General McReynolds is paving the way
by getting rid as rapidly as possible of
all district attorneys in important places
who were political appointees, and put
ting democrats in their places who are in
sympathy with the democratic programme
against the trusts
But the legitimate business man need
not fear The barking of the violent agi-s
tator in Congress is no indication Of the
real course which will be followed. Great
railroad systems will not be crippled be-
cause they are great railroad systems
alone-there must be other reasons for
attacking them, if they are attacked
There are enough real vioaters of the
statute laws, and all other laws, to keep
the department of justice busy for the
whole four years OF the present admnis-
tration in pursuit of the people who have
elevated the cost of living lin the repub-
lie to a point where it takes a spy glass
for the common people to get close
enough to talk over the telephone to 1t,
without their disturbing those who are
even half way doing the right thing.
q The danger to Observation-Disclosures busi-
ness-comes from the violent and bitter
attacks without warrant and reason, often
INDUCED in, with perfectly honest inten-
tions of the new member of Congress who
House before he is fully dressed for the
party
No problem so far tackled by the adj
minstration presents more perplexing
difficulties than the trust problem. But
after witnessing the manner in which the
tariff and the currency measures have
been handled the country may very COM
placently allow the administration to pro-
ceed with the new question and need not
indulge itself in the series of perfectly
good shudders that made the financial
districts throw fits all through the pass
age of the former bills
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-29


check the development of excessive
weakness. Thus it is evident that g
traders market is still here. which offers
a favorable opportunity for alert and
we'll informed operators.
1.-The new currency bill Is. complex and
in many respects will prove a difficult
measure to place in practical operation.
1t contemplates radical change in
American methods of doing business and
the substitution iherefor of trade condi-
tions that have grown up hand in hand
with the antiquated systems of Europe.
Indeed, do not believe that the Bank of
England could be re-established today IL
for any reason there had been a lapse in
its existence. 1t Is of course so well
established and so well managed that 1t
will probably endure forever. But that
is not an argument that we should at
tempt to provide either a central bank
or a federation of central banks in our
own country. / am not one of those who
believe that the regional system Will
prove effective In spreading the financial
center throughout the country. In prac-
tice the regional bank at New York will
become the dominating bank. As long
as New York is to remain the financial
center of the country, 1t will set the pace
or name the conditions that will prevail
and be followed elsewhere. Merchandise
is sold in this country on an entirely diff
ferent basis than on which it is sold
in Europe. A manufacturer here, for
instance offers certain discount for
90 cb Low otI dc
according to the custom in his particular
line. He borrows from his bank on his
note to pay his bills promptly and secure
the discounts; and if it is found that he
is not taking advantage of these dis
counts, which are usually more remun-
erative than at which he can borrow. it
means that his bankers will become cau-
tious in their dealings with him. 1t will
take some time to change this system to
that of specific bills drawn against mer-
chandise such as are In use abroad.
"A simpler and I think more practical
plan for banking and currency adjust
ment is, I believe. the one l suggested
In these advices under date of August
%. We have an excellent currency sys-
tenn of our own that is defective in only
one important particular, namely, in re-
gard to its inelasticity. This is the fea-
ture that needs remedyng. There is no
need of finding a substitute for the pres
ent s700, 600, 900 national bank notes or the
1850, 100000 United States government
greenbacks. They are concededly both
safe and sound. We have also available
$500,O00000 reserve fund act to provide
emergency circulation as preventive of
panics The Aldrich-Vreeland act, under
which this $5oo.00o,0O0 emergency circula-
lation becomes available, expires next
June and should, | believe, be renewed
and continued purely as an emergency
measure But in addition, in order to
provide elasticity when neither panics
are present nor grave emergencies threat
en-, there should be made available say
$3.50, 10000 notes that are less expensive
than the emergency notes. The object
of these notes would be to privide funds
for crop moving purposes, especially for
the south and west, and be speedily re-
tired after the crop movement has cul-
minated"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-29
JOHNNY WAS NOT GALLANT

From an Exchange.
The topic of recent banquet turned
to the rising generation, when Gov. John
NJ. HIaines recalled how little Johnny
rather ungallantly classified the gentle
sex of the Indian tribes.
The incident happened in a school one
afternoon when the lesson was on the
American Indian, and the teacher asked
if any little boy or girl could tell her
what the leaders OF the various tribes
We're called
''They are called chiefs' promptly am
nounced a bright little girl in response to
the question.
Correct said the teacher, smiling ap-
provingly. Now, then, can any one of
you tell me what the women of the Indian
tribes are called?"
For moment there was silence. Every
pupil in the class was thinking hard.
Finally little Johnny Browps hand shot
up.
well, Johnny" said the teacher, what
are the women of the Indian tribes
ealled?"
Miss Chiefs, proudly answered
Johnny.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-29

M 7 ASitiNdlONs september 28
M (speeial) lit takes a brand new
~ congressman to hand the hot
stuff TO the trusts. When the predatory
interests gets slant at a new congress-
man they certainly have "wriggle' COM
ing to them, for they are the inspiration
Investigations inspired in the mind of
the late arrival in congressional circles
who feels it insumbent upon him to stand
between the people and the octopus
Now that the tariff bill and the cur
rency bill have practically disappeared
from the legislative horizon there looms
up large and ominous in the gloaming va
rious and sundry trust bills, ranging from
penal servitude for the man who is caught
with as much as four bones to the electric
chair for the interlocking director.
In the fevered brains of the hidebound
reformer there arises a natural suspicion
OF all business of more than ordinary size
and the firm conviction that no man can
be a patriot who is above want. In the
currency bill. new member--a man of
more than ordinary intelligence-in a pri-
vate conversation declared that the cur
rency legislation just passed by the House
was the most gigantic joke of the season.
Through a combination of crooked circum-
stances-according to his view-the big
banks of the country had falsely placed
themselves in attitude of antagonsm to
the currency BILL when as a matter of
fact they wanted it, while the small banks
who were protesting in favor of the bill
We're "doped' into assuming this position
when they really did not know anything
about 1t.
Trust legislation is the next step of the
administration. Remedial measures are
needed, but upon this question, following
so soon upon the steps of the tariff bill,
Congress must proceed with caution. For
IL an overdose of the kind of medicine
the late arrivals in the House want to
prescribe to the business interests of the
United States is administered. the country
is scheduled for some pretty severe
knocks, and the man who has any reason
to feels apprehensive on account of the
all over his system.
But the country may be congratulated
that it has leader in the White House
who has discrimination enough TO tell the
difference between legitimate and honest
competitive trade and an Illegal combina-
ton which seeks to hike the cost of living
till the harried ultimate consumer shrieSs
with perplexity over the problem of maxi
ing his meager income hide the naked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-29
Another Convict Scandal

Alabama is bound to suffer from
the undesirable advertising sure to
come from the investigation of sensa-
tional stories of mistreatment of con-
victs in the turpentine camps of the
southern part of the state. 1t may be
that these accounts of brutality are
exaggerated; it may be that the truth
is worse than has yet been disclosed.
In either case Alabama is not going
to be benefited.
Charges of cruelty and inhuman
treatment of the wards of the state
have been heard often in the past and
will continue to be heard as long as
the existing system of leasing con-
victs is maintained. The state is dis
graced in the eyes of it's own citizens
and in the eyes of the world at large
However evident it may be that only
. few brutal guards are responsible
for the outrages, the state as whole
is pilloried, and, it must be admitted,
there is justice in the verdict, for the
state as whole is responsible for
system that makes such practices pos
sible.
Removal of prisoners from the
mines and the lumber and turpentine
camps would mean notable reform
The people are becoming educated re-
garding the evils of present methods.
They are going to demand change.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-29
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The reason a bride promises to love.
honor and obey is because she doesn't
know the fellow as well as she will about
a year later
What has become of the old fashioned
man who wore reversible paper collars?
The man who used to holler "Ah. there
my sze1 when he was a boy, now has a
son who says, oh you kidr
You can always tell when a woman Is
fond OF dress by the seanty amount of
it she wears.
A woman hasn't much use for her nus
band when she doesn't get any pleasure
out of quarreling with him.
No married man can ever Understand
why bachelor needs vacation
If the fool killer would stay on the Job
"A hours a day, about half the lawyers
would have to go out of business.
It takes the germ of suspicion to put
the microbe of love on the fritz
A man can have a fine crouch against
his wife when he gets home because he
didn't get seat on a street car.
Lots of men get to the top. but only a
few can stand the high altitude.
Lots of people who can recite the story
of Gains wife can't remember the Ten
Commandments
A good deal of the patience we hear
about Is nothing but lazinesO
If married man doesn't know that
he is fool it isn't because his wife
hasn't told him so often enough
You can't get any medicine in man
when he gets sick. But when woman
gets sick she wants a whole drug store
woman knows you can't make an
omelette out of bad egg, but she will
marry man to reform him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-29
The Rotary Club

Birmingham is a great club town and
one of the livest of all the clubs is the
Rotary club" said a man who has just
been elected a member.
"The rotarians are evidently band of
brothers, for one feature of the organiza-
ton is a cordial welcome extended to
new members. Within the past few days
L have received letters from a score or
more of rotarians welcoming me into the
order This l take it, is a form of ini-
tiation. 1t is, at any rate, very grace
full custom.
"The Rotary luncheon Wednesday Will
doubtless be notable event. | wouldn't
miss it,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-29
FRANCES BIG VINTAGE

From the New York Telegram.
In 1912 the total supply of wine
available in France was 60,990 175 hee-
tolitres-1 7,724,9oO gallons-as com.
pared with 47.200931 hectolitres in the
previous year.
The area covered by vines was 1871.
$50 acres last year. or 10S,655 acres less
than in 1911. The average yield pei
hectare Ia hectare is just about y
acres) was 1000 gallons as compared
with 7S4 gallons for 1911 and .504 gal
Ions for 1910.
In Algeria the production amounted
to 1S6, 6,79s,O6s gallons, and the stock il
hand is put at 2,722,6OS gallons.
The British consul general in Paris
who gives these figures in his annual
report states, with regard to the vint
age that the qualities of the wine will,
no doubt, vary considerably, but are ex
pected on the whole to be fairly sat
isfactory. 1.-The red and white wine,
from Algeria, which are largely uset
for blending purposes in France, have
been exceptionally good. though the
crop has been smaller as a whole.
"The production of claret has been
plentiful an dof good quality. The yield
of Burgundy has been fair, and it has
turned out to be better than could b.
hoped for last summer. The want OF
warm weather during 1912 affected
sauternes. and they will consequently
be drier than usual. Brandy is of ex-
cellent quality, and will probably be
sold for higher prices than last year.
with regard to champagne, tn,
warm autumn had a beneficial effee
after the bad weather, and prevented a
failure of the crop, which was general
ly expected. Good sparkling wines OF
a light kind are reported to have beer
produced in large quantities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-29
Birmingham-south American Trade

The business men of Birmingham
will have the opportunity tomorrow
night of hearing the Panama canal
and South American trade discussed
by John Barrett of Washington, di-
rector of the Pan-American union.
This well known authority on Latin
America and it's relation to trade with
the United States will make an ,ad-
dress at the Chamber of Commerce
and will point out>some Of the excep-
tional advantages that Birmingham
will have when the great canal is in
operation.
Every city in the south will be ben
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-29

Because an American heiress who mar
ried foreign count was observed push
ing her own baby around in a perambu-
lator, instead of letting a nurse do it.. the
cables fairly sizzled with details of the
exciting event.