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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-23
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Fifth avenue Buildings

'The added story on the Southern club
is now assuming shape and the building
will be improved in appearance said
a man who takes an interest in architec-
ture. The building as it stood was fairly
symmetrical and made a handsome ap-
pearance. Some persons thought it would
be masred by the addition of a story.
but now that the work has advanced suf-
ficiently to see how the new part appears
it must be, admitted that the club house
will look better than 1t did before.
THE 12-story Tutwiler hotel on the
southeast corner of Fifth avenue and
Twentieth street, the s-story Motion
apartment house on the northeast corner,
and the remodelled Southern club on the
northwest corner will be followed in a
year or two no doubt by a handsome
building on the remaining vacant cor
ner.
Fifth avenue WILL before great while,
be a business throughfare. 1t is now
mostly boarding house street, but In
four or five years we will see stores all
the way from the Terminal station to
the new postoffice, which is to be built
on Fifth avenue between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth Streets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-23
CHICAGo,s WOMAN IunGE

In the about People" department of
the September Womans Home Companion
apepars a short sketch of Miss Mary M.
Bartelme, who is a judge in the juvenile
court of Chicago.
Miss Bartelme was for Is years public
guardian for the children of Cook county.
She was graduated from the Northwest
University Law school in 1894. Years ago
at the suggestion of Judge c. C. Kohlsaat
she took charge of some probate cases
and in dealing with questions relative to
the guardianship of children showed such
a degree of judgment and sympathy that
the judge appointed her public guardian
of Cook county.
In this work she was the official mother
to never less than 400 children at a time,
| caring for their health. their education
and their finances. She has become the
child expert to whom divorce court Judges
turn for advice as to the disposition of
court orphans.
| Now, as Judge Bartelme, she deals,
more like a sympathetic elder sister than
judge with the many young girls who
are brought before her, giving them,
whenever it seems possible, another
chance, either in new homes or in their
old homes on probation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-23
anRAnrArIc CRITIC.

Julian Street in Harpers Weekly.
Fancy, if you will famous star on tour
in his private car, He arrives at city of,
lation. He is a national figure. His pres
ence in the city is a matter of news. I'M
agine, then. his Importance in the eyes of
the local critic, q young newspaper man,
and lacking even the sophistication of his
brother of the metropolitan daily. The ac-
tor has a glittering car to live in. The
critic rooms in shabby boarding house
and eats In quick lunch rooms.
He asks the press agent for an interview
with the star. Very likely that astute per-
son hands him canned interview from
a mimeographed sheaf But if he thinks
| it worth while to fix" the critic for life,
he tells the star to have him in for din
ner on the car.
What an occasion for the critic, il
whose life even good dinner is an event.
He dons his Sunday suit, clips his cuffs
with more than usual care, and appears
upon the car at the appointed hour. The
gerat actor greets him with what he aft
erward describes in print as "a delight
fully simple manner" He is not, we
learn, THE stiff. formal person he had
been made out to- be- He reels off stories
In his inimitable way" A steward ap-
pears and bids them to "a feast of delicate
viands cooked to perfection by a high
priced chef"
Then, full of champagne. coffee liouars
ana the smoke of 5o-cent cigars, the critic
rises to take leave. But before going h;
musters courage to ask for a signed nho.
tograph.
Certainly, my dear Mr.-ah-" The
great actor seems positively fattered nv
the request.
He takes q photograph from a pile
placed convehiently near the desk seats
himself. and. with pen poised. inouires
suavely:
Let me see. How do you spell your
name, Mr.-ah-?"
"S-m-i-t-h," says the critic. "Henry J.
Smith"
An, yes; to be surel quite So"
The star writes and hands the picture
TO the critic, who ,bleats his pathetic
thanks, and leaves in a dazed condition
Alone in his room in the boarding bouse
he looks at the inscription:
TO my good friend. Henry ]. Smith
with warm regards. Very cordially.
y. MONTMoRENCY FITzGIBBON.,
The critic Is deeply touched. He has
the picture framed, of course, and hangs
1t ON his bedroom wall along with photo
graphs of all the other theatrical friends
of his''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-23

the agitation abated, but the harm
they do leaves its effects long after
they themselves are forgotten.
Against such men as these it is well
that the people should be on their
guard, and rather let us trust the
management and settlement of ma
tional affairs to those who are ac-
quainted with the full and true facts
in the case.
When the country is confronted
with crisis such as now exists be-
tween the United States and Mexico
the simple duty of every good citi-
zen is to confidently entrust the ques-
tion to the responsible ministers"
of the nation and stand ready cordial
ly to support whatever action they
may recommend. And that is the way
it will be. President Wilson and his
cabinet have handled the Mexican
situation wisely and the chances are
that the non-intervention policy will
work out with satisfaction to all in
the end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-23
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
Any man can be patient with woman
If he isn't married to her.
Some of these days the Hand Holders,
union is going to strike for longer hours.
When girl is engaged to a fellow she
has an irresistible impulse to boss him
around.
man can CAB around the house all day
and his wife won't pay bit of attention
to anything he says. But il he says one
word in his sleep she is all ears
A mean old cuss tells me that the chick
ems wear slit skirts so they can exhibit
their drumstichs.
When Father tells a good joke he heard
downtown Daughter shuts up with frost
and gloomy silence. but when Daughters )
fellow springs an old Joe Miller Daughter
laughs and screams until she has hys-
terics.
Single men have consciences to tell them
when they have done wrong Married men
have wives.
Anything that is hard to handle, like
ships automobiles and locomotives. is al
ways referred to as She"
1t is hard to imagine how people thought
of wearing underwear before the monthly
magazines were started.
When mans tongue is too thick to ex-
press his thoughts his latch key is too
thick to go in the keyhole.
1t doesn't take a woman long to get tired
of new hat or new husband.
1t takes more than grandchildren to
make woman quit feeling girlish these
days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-23
Alabama's Pensioners

Gen.. Fred S. Ferguson has been
named as a committee of one by the
state pension board to revise the list
Of those old soldiers who are drawing
allowances from the treasury. Many
months will be required for thor
ough checking of the rolls. 1t has been
discovered that probably fourth of
those now on the lists are not entitled
to be there.
Something approaching scandal
has arisen from Inspector Brooke's
Investigations in Washington. He es-
Inmates that upwards of 1000 men
who draw pensions from the state
treasury were not in the Confederate
army at the time the war closed, but
had deserted and enlisted in the Fed
eral cause. The national government
has been liberal in its treatment of
the men who fought under the stars
and stripes. The states of the south,
left PROSTATE and bleeding at the
end of the conflict, have done what
they could for the heroes who served
under the stars and bars.
1t is not just that those who suf-
fered to serve their state should be
compelled to share the small amount
set apart for them with others who
proved recreant in the hours of ad-
versity.
All pensioners against whom
charges of ineligibility have been filed
will be given every opportunity to
prove their cases. Prompt hearings
will be accorded, and it is the an
nounced intention of General Fergu-
son to give patient ear to all who
come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-23
TELEPHONE
Bell (private exchange connecting Aai
deparfments), Main 49OO.
Thou art not vanquished,
But cozen'd and beguil'd.
king Lear.
For an Auditorium

Year after year Birmingham has
seen convention after convention slip
from its grasp because this city did
not have hotels sufficient to accom-
modate the delegates. This reason has
been eliminated In a short time Bir-
mingham will have hotels which
would be boasts of any city in the land.
But another thing is required to get
the conventions we long for. 1t is an
auditorium where large gatherings
can be held.
A determined movement has been
set on foot to obtain an auditorium
commensurate with the needs of the
south's leading city. When the voters
go to the polls to elect a president of
the commission they will have an OPP
portunity to declare themselves for
progression or stagnation.
This time a bond issue will not be
NOIeu on. Inc NoterS, HOWSNeI, wall NC
asked to indicate to the commission
whether it is their desire that they be
afforded a chance to vote for bonds
with which an auditorium can be built.
The three commissioners are fully
aware of the advantage modern au-
ditorium would be to Birmingham.
But they are the guardians of a de-
pleted treasury, and they hesitate to
submit question of bonds without
a direct command from the people.
No hesitancy should be shown by
the voters. All who wish to see Bir-
mingham pursue steadily the path of
progress and advancement it has
chosen for itself will cast their bal
lots in favor of an election to decide
an auditorium bond issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-23
The Citizens Duty

Seldom does it happen that SO many
complications arise at the same time
as the country finds itself presented
with today, but fortunately none of
them is of such a nature that little
patience and common sense will fail to
straighten out.
To begin with, there's no reason
why the United States should act
hastily or unnecessarily in the affairs
of Mexico. If the lives or property
of American citizens are endangered
we would naturally be expected to
protect them, but it is not safe to put
much reliance upon reports sent to
this country from sources that may
be prompted by personal interest. His
tory tells of many grave international
troubles being the result of panicky
or grossly exaggerated reports of
cruelty or confiscation. The better
judgment Of government officials who
are in possession of the true state of
facts is often thwarted and their
hands forced by expressions of public
temper which false reports have
aroused.
Times such>as these are very often
} used by cranks and takers to secure
attention and win the applause Of the
ignorant. Bellicose talk sounds very
brave, and is about the cheapest way
of becoming a popular hero. Men
have risen to fame on such tidal
waves only to sink to infamy when
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-23
No Real Basis for Complaint

Il noted some days ago that some
of the merchants and other business
men of the suburbs were complaining
of having to pay the same licenses
as those in the heart of the city" said
a business man, ''and L think it comes
with very poor grace
THE fact is. the business men of the
old city have for years. borne tax
that the suburbanite never hears of.
1t is the popular subscriptions and the
general contributions to all S sorts OF
public affairs, charitable and others.
Then, too, the suburban merchant has
in many instances, merely a nominal
rent to pay; vet others have very
low rental, as compared to the busi-
ness men in the heart OF the city Let
it not be forgotten that, although they
will not permit saloons in some of the
old municipal subdivisions, yet the rev.
enues from the same are used all over
the city of Birmingham. There are
some populous sections enjoying the
5-cent car fare rate by reason of being
in the city of Birmingham that prior
thereto, had to pay 10 cents. The sub
urbs haven't near the grounds for COM
plant they think they have. 1t would
greatly aid the whole city if there
should be more cooperation and a gem
eral spirit of all together and now for
a greater, more prosperous Birming-
ham,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-23
Can't. IL. w. Crook

The resignation of J. H. McEniry,
as postmaster at Bessemer, has been
asked for, and Capt. H. w. Crook, it
is announced, has been selected for
the place.
Captain Crook is an honored citizen
of Bessemer and has long been ac-
tive in all lines of civic endeavor. No
man of his section of the county is
better known or more highly es-
teemed. When he came out of the Con-
federate army, where his gallantry
had won him the rank of captain, he
Immediately took up the pursuits of
peace with the hardy courage and the
high faith that characterized his ac-
tions on the field of battle.
Long identified with the business
interests Of Bessemer and jefferson
county, Captain Crook has also found
time to serve the people in official
capacity. He was for two terms a
member of the board of revenue and
made a splendid record. His selection
as postmaster of the Model City is
well merited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-23
THE CAREER OF A SIREN

duced Count kamarowski to insure his
life for 100000, naming her in the poll
cies as beneficiary. Then began an
insidious intrigue to put Kamsrowski
out of the way for the life insurance.
Holding before Prilukoff picture of
ic life they would be able to lead
together If she but had the 100000
life insurance, the countess tried to in
duce the lawyer to kill KamarowskL
How near he was TO doing her bidding,
he told the jury later at the trial. But
his nerve failed him. he said. and he
faltered
To Naumoff. then, Countess rarnow-
ski turned. Naumoff had visited at
Kamarowski's house as a friend of
his fiancee. the Countess Tarnowski.
She worked upon the student phys-
clans sense of jealousy, telling him
that she was bstrothed to Count kamr-
rowski. but that with the count out
of the way she would marry him. Maui
moff was visitor at Kamarawskis
house many times when she was there.
and on these occasions she eunningly
/. excited Naumoffs Jealousy to madness
| by openly making love to the count in
| his presence. Finally through Prilu-
koff- she caused telegram to be sent
to her which read:
Il know all; Naumoff is cade and
you are good for nothing. l regret my
sentiments for you.
PAUL KAMARONSKI"
/ The telegram, cunningly esised ac-
complished its purpose. Naumoff be-
came furious. He went at once to
Venice. entered the villa of Count
Kamarowski early one morning and
shot him four times with a revolver
The fifth bullet he intended for HIM
self. but the cartridge failed to ex-
plode. The police unraveled the tan
| Sled skein. They got confessions
finally from Naumoff and Prilulloff that
showed how the conspiracy had been
set in motion by the countess. She,
too, was arrested. Naumoff went to
prison for life, Prilukiff got a long
sentence and the countess STAYED two
| years in an Italian penitentiary before
she was pardoned She died as she
had lived, surrounded by mystery, in
trigue and deception. Perhaps Nau-
moff and Prilukoff could throw some
light ON her tragic end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-23
LIES A MIRROR WILL TELL.

In the September Woman's Home Com
panion, Grace Margaret Gould. fashion
editor of that periodical, writes a. splendid
article, entitled, THE Deceitful Mirror. y
an extract from which follows:
THE mirror has few fayorItes If is
actually remarkable how the wicked thing
can beguile most people into thinking
they look fashionable when they don't.
1T will tell the woman whose waist
measures 35 inches, that she looks too
stunning for anything in one OF the new
broad sashes, one that is actually Is
inches. in width and is so gaily plaided
that 1t makes the futurist's tones seem
subdued.
1T will fiatter the woman with enor-
nous feet into thinking they look their
smallest and best when encased In white
shoes. 1t is symphony in white she is
fond of and she attains it, but to those
who see her approaching her feet look
like two of the white squadron emerging
from fog at sea-
"And the mirror deceitfullv annroves
again. This time it is the woman who
pedecks herself with ratificial and natu-
raj flowers. The flower fad is in favor
and she overadopts it for her very own.
not seeing, and the mirror never giving
single hint, that she looks like the
decorations ON dead soldiers grave.
The mirror is specially spiteful to the
woman who believes that rouge, and a
plentiful amount of it, adds to her
charms. A glance in the mirror and this
woman thinks she is a beauty Others
at her appearance are suddenly reminded
of the gay colored totem poles''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-23
HIS MORAL SENSE
From an Exchange.

L rom an exchange.
Apropos of another scandal in the New
York bar. Bishop Winton C. Rutherford
said in Mobiles:
1.-The morals of the New York bar seem
to be like the morals of Colonel Byrne, nc
better and no worse.
Colonel Byrne, Kentuckian, defended
a man for murder. 1t vas testified that
this man murdered woman on the night
of August 90 Two or three witnesses saw
the deed. 1t was committed under the
milky light Of full moon.
The witnesses were able to identify the
defendant on account of the briIIiance OF
the moonlight. The defendant could moi
prove an alibi. and things looked pretty
bad for him.
But at this point Colonel Byrne pro-
duced an almanac showing that on the
night in question there had been no moon
whatever. Thereupon great laugh re-
sponded through the courtroom, and the
defendant was speedily acquitted.
+" Colonel said the defendant after
ward, how much do owe your.
"'You owe me- the colonel answered
$780,
".Ain't that pretty Steep?
'No-not when you consider that ]
only get 500 out of it,
Why, what did you do with the other
$400. Colonel? Brlbe the jury?'
No, sir!' shouted Colonel Byrne hotly
No. sir! Do you think I have no moral
sense? 1t cost me $500. sir, to get that al
manac printed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-23
Coal business I'm Fine Condition

''The coal business is in the very best
condition have known of in the past five
years." said Simon Levy of the Gaslight
Coal and Coke company, which operates
mines.
1.-THE trade is good, and the demand
steady at fairly renumerative prices. AS
to our business, we have sold four months
ahead. l think the Panama canal means
much to the coal business OF Alabama,
but we are selling all of our output. from
the Carona and Black creek seams. to
Mississippi and Louisiana, as that is a
nearby territory. comparatively speaking.
1.-THE coal operators of Alabama have,
most of them, been putting in all the very
latest improvements of machinery and
equipment and necessarily, this has en-
tailed heavy expense.
'The railroads have done fairly well in
car service, but still there is much de-
sired. which 1 think will come our way
by and by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-23
CHICAGO HOLDS TRANSFER RECORD

j. " Sullivan in the Aera
Chlcago has more transfer riders and
more transfer points than any other place
in the world. This is due partly tn the
topography of the city, the arrangement
OF rotues unfavorable court decisions and
too generous ordinance of the city coun-
ell requiring transfers. In the city's terri-
tory of 1874 square miles, there are 1856
miles of single track of the two principal
surface operating companies The fran
ehise requires these companies to build
16 miles of single track each year dn-
side the city limits, the only restriction
being that new routes cannot be required
within one-half mile of existing parallel
lines of the company A study of the
latest city map will show how rapidly
these new lines are being extended. And
each extension means more transfer PRIV
ileges. The privileges are so used at pres
ena that last year. on the Chicago Rail-
way company's lines alone, " .12 per cent
of the revenue passengers used transfers.
That eis, there was a total of 256. .4oS S91
transfer passengers during 1912, as COM
pared with 137,42,191 in 1907, when the
predecessor of this company had : per
cent of the total transfer users in the
United States. This company not only
has to issue transfers between the va
rious lines of its own, but also between
lines of the other company where both
connect or come within 200 feet of each
other (outside of the central or loop dis
trict).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
He who sneers at success is a chronic
failure.
Fussing with the neighbors will not
right your wrongs.
1t is no compliment when a woman says,
oh, all men are alike,
A bachelor guesses that most OF the
women haters are married men.
Nothing pays a bigger dividend on a
small investment than politeness.
Deliver us from the sympathetic man
who always sympathizes with himself.
But it isn't fair to Judge a girl by the
company she is obliged to entertain
Some men would rather meander along
the crooked path than go home sober.
II men had to do the house work they
would live in tents and use paper dishes.
/. The man who travels on a pass does the
most kicking about the roughness of the
road.
If the flashes from an angry woman s
eyes were fatal there would be few men
left on earth today.
"a young man is doing the right thing
when he begins to think seriously of mat
rmony, for matrimony Is anything but Z
Joke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-23
In Honor of Verdi

'Mr. Memoll is preparing a beautiful
programme OF Verdi music for next
Wednesday night in celebration of the
ono hundredth birthday anniversary of
the famous composer" said a we'll known
music lover.
"All people who have any love for
music are familiar with II Trovatore'
Traviata' and 'Rigoletto' and many have
heard Aida. but neither 'Otello' nor
'Falstaff' have been performed here and L
think I am safe in saying that no selec-
ticn from either OF these great works
has been given in concerts here. 1 un-
derstand that Mr. Memoli will give Sc
lections from Otello.'
Verdi was q wonderful man and one
of the most remarkable things about him
was his intellectual force and virillty In
old age. 'Otello,' which is very Wagner
ian and one of the greatest operas ever
written, was composed when Verdi was
in his 70s. and Falstaff,' the greatest of
all his works. when he was S0."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-23
HINTS FOR HALL ROOM LopcERs

In the September Woman's Home Com
panion is a page called 1.-THE Exchange .
which is given up to household sugges-
tions sent in by contributors. Following
is suggestion showing how substitute
for closet can be prepared In a crowded
bedroom:
"A girl who rented small room with
no closet asked the landlady If she might
use the back of the high headboard of the
bed, which cut off one corner of the room,
as closet. When consent was given she
bought two dozen large gilt hooks and
put two rows neatly across the heavy part
of the. back Of the headboard. Above
these, at each side of the bed, she
screwed in a bracket to hold a curtain
rod and on this hung pink chambray cur
tains with a wide run at the top. so they
could be easily slipped to one side At
the bottom OF the headboard she put
hooks on which to hang her shoe bag.
Her dresses and skirts were hung neatly
on the hooks. and the curtains pulled over
them. Then the bed, which rolled easily
ON casters, was pushed back into place
cornerwise and the room was in order"