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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09
ENGLISH IN NEW YORK
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
WI HEN the agitation in favor of
M equal pay for all teachers in
w the public schools was in prog
ress, its supporters used, as a means of
influencing public opinion in their behalf,
the familiar expedient of explanatory,
corrective and denunciatory letters to the
newspapers. The Sun received it's share
of these communications, and by them
our previous suspicious as to the lit
erary competency of some school ma ms
and masters were confirmed, To put 1t
badly, discouraging proportion of the
letters were wretchedy composed, SLOW
eny, and highly discreditable to persons
on whom lay the duty of instructing
youngsters in the rudiments of correct
English.
Because of this experience we are not
surprised that the board of estimate S
investigators have found some startling
examples of composition in the notes and
letters sent by teachers to the city pay
master. Nor do we believe that the su-
perintendents and other superior officers
of the school system will receive the dis
closures as revelation of unlimited con-
ditions. The teaching of English has pre-
sented for years a problem of great diff
Guilty in the New York schools. 1t has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

Victor Rousseau, in Harper's Weekly.
No nation is greater than facts. TO
talk about American prowess as though
we We're superior brand of mortals is
the cheapest and most ignorant claptrap.
No nation has ever conquered through
the prowess of it's soldiers, but always
through that in which We are the least
of mankind: national discipline evidenced
by preparedness for war. The proudest
nation has to bow before facts and If
Japan occupied the Philippines we could
never regain them. To regain the islands
by armed force is impossible, not because
of the superior virtue of our potential
enemies, but because of geography
Therefore, unless we are prepared to
augment our fleet until it is immeasur-
ably superior to anything that Japan can
bring against us, and to throw into the
Philippines a force of 100000 men to form
a permanent garrison there, let us evacu-
ate the islands before humiliation comes
upon us. Let us be frankly imperialistic,
for the sake Of empire, to our tremendous
loss and the imminent destruction of pop
ular institutions at home-for democracy
and empire are incompatible--or let us
exercise common sense and attend to our
own vast and undeveloped domains. A
Philippine republic is an unrealizable
aspiration, nor could it survive; nor could
we carry out our guarantee of protec
ton. To set up one would be to invite
reoccupation within a term of years. but
to approach Japan, offering her the pro-
tectorate over the islands, would con-
vert an inevitable enemy into a friend
and ally whose assistance would be of in
calculable value in the development of
our Chinese trade, the recognition of our
title to the Hawaiian islands and our
security upon our western shores.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09
Only the Healthy Should Marry

Public opinion is slowly coming to
che support of the proposition that
the unfit should not marry. The
movement is in its infancy, but 10
years hence the country will be full
of it. State laws will support it and
clergymen by the score will stand
firmly up to it.
But when all is said and done will
it be possible-when eugenics has laid
down the theory that only those in
perfect health shall marry-how is
the object to be really accomplished? ?
All turn to the family physician to de-
eide. Will he refuse certificate to a
member of family he treats when
any one in it is ill? The physician
without standing would arise ready to
hand out certificate to anybody. The
clergyman would be governed by the
physicians certificate. To tell the
truth it is not easy to see how the
effort to protect the home and better
the race can be fully accomplished.
And yet public sentiment is de-
stined to push stronger and stronger
in favor of the attempt to bring about
better physical mating. The theory
will grow apace, and it may outrun
the remedies and plans that can be
fitted to it. The New Jersey legisla-
ture has already considered the prob
lem, and perhaps half of the other
states will do likewise in the next
40 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

An official call by State Labor Com
missioner Brien has been issued for 49,
900 hands to care for the Kansas wheat
crop. Harvest will begin in a few days
in southwestern counties and in all coun-
ties by July l. Should rain fall in the
next few days an additional 5000 will be
called. Wages of from 81 to s2.5O and
board will be paid. yield of 100, 900 900
bushels is expected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

Edward Morris, the meat packer. has
replaced j. Ogden Armour as the largest
individual owner of Chicago bank stocks.
Armour has held the position for several
years and continues to lead in the actual
number of shares, but in the AGGREGATE
market value Morris. with SO, ,79e, 600, leads
him by nearly $150,000 A third packer,
Edward Tilden, holds bank stock amount
ing to s2,9o2, ,45O in market value.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09
HOW CALLED AND wnERr

From the New York Telegram
In Italy they speak of the cinemato-
graphia.
In England and France the term has
been abbreviated into the cinema.
In Germany they speak of the kinos
The Americans call em the movies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09
THE EFFICIENCY EXPERT
From Harper's Weekly.

James, said the efficiency expert. an
noyed by the cheerful habit which his
chauneur had of whistling while at his
work. you should remember that the
greatest fortunes nowadays are made
from the by-products of waste. Here
after when you whistle. whistle in the
tires and save me the expense of pump"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09
EVIDENTLY

From the Houston Post
The colonel doesn't drink high balls,
Marse Henry doesn't drink juleps, Old
Billy Sulzer doesn't drink wine. the Sac
retary of State doesn't drink beer, Andy
Carnegie doesn't drink Scotch the Presi-
dent doesn't drink whisky. Welt some
body is drinking some where.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

The House of the Ewes of Gold" is
likely to be the name of the new home
that James II. Flood son of the pioneer
whose fortune was drawn from the Com
stock lode, is erecting in San Francisco
Built of steel, concrete and Vermont
marble, the structure will be set off by
a cornice of beaten bronze, over which
will be laid a thin plating of gold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09
The Convict Question

That was clarion call to the people
of Alabama in the form of an address
prepared by Capt. Frank S. White to
meet in Birmingham June IA for the
purpose Of discussing the subject of
yemoving convicts from the mines and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09
I<ryI's Popularity

"Kryl and his band gave great pleas
ure In the chautauaua course last Fri
day." said well known citizen.
"I have heard Sousa often and sew
eral other high class bands in this
country, but | never listened to con-
cert band of 30 or 80 men with great
er pleasure than did Friday night
when Kryl played Webers "Jubal' ov-
erture and Liszt's LES Preludes.' Kryl
was ready with encore pieces and he
gave a great many that were beauti-
full and some that were simply catchy
on account of certain tricks and GER
tain vaudeville flavor One of his rag
time pieces | enjoyed, but | believe that
the audience would have been even bet
ter satisfied with Kryl if he had re-
sponded with less frivolous stuff and
had played at least one more compo-
sition of the strictly artistic class
waltz. gavotte or opera selection. I
myself would have enjoyed more high
class music and | am not at all ex-
acting. 1t would have been a mistake
to have had the programme all clas-
sical but there is a happy mean and a
little more good music and somewhat
less ragtime would have pleased every .
body 1 believe.
81 read an editorial in the New York
Sun a day or two ago in which oc
Cured this paragraph: 1T would be a
pity to have the bands waste all their
sweetness on these desert airs. There
are plenty of good things in music
in the popular field. No bandmaster
need be afraid to treat his hearers 10
such light and melodious tidbits as
Rubinstein's BAL Costume" Gounod' s
Funeral March of a Marionette," Sc
lections from the delightful operettas
of Gilbert and Sullivan. Strauss and
Suppe or the admirable productions of
our own Herbert and De Koven.'
Many of us express the hope that
Kryl and his band will be heard here
again next summer. L believe that il
Kryl would play week or two at the
fair grounds, East Lake park or some
other local pleasure park where ad
mission could be charged he would
draw crowds every day at a small ad-
mission price, say 20 cents or so cents. :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09
so MANY CHAMPIONS

From the New York Telegram.
Statement that the champion woman
talker has separated from her hisb. nd
sis calculated to send innumerable men
chasing homeward to see il it's true.p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

Judge Walter c. Noyes of the United
States district court for the Second fed
eral judicial district has resigned. In his
letter to the President, Judge Noyes said
he had found the salary inadequate for
the support of his family and the edu-
cation of his children. The salary is
$1,000 a year. Judge Noyes has a wifa
and three daughters. He will open a law
office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

Nine. Letizia, who was "a when her
famous son was born, had always been
complete mistress of her household.
Even when her son was emperor and
ms word was law, willing as she might
nave been in public TO do him honor,
IN private she insisted on the privileges
or her motherhood. Baron Larrey, in
ms historical essays, writes: zone day
there was family meeting and Napo-
icon gave his mother his hand to kiss;
put Nine. Mere moved aside the prof
Tered hand Napoleon then took his
mothers hand and kissed 1t, and she
said to him: Sire, you know quite
Wei that in public l must treat you
with due respect, because | am your
subject; but in private am your
mother"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

The late Congressman Konig did not
learn to read until past 3d. and he soon
became a leader of men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

Ambassador Page did not wear kIiick-
erbockers at the first levee he attended,
but he proposes to wear them at all SUBJ
sequent ones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09
The south,s Progress

"The man who reads the history of
the south during reconstruction days
and reflects upon that dark period
marvels at the wonderful progress of
this section" said well known up
builder
"Alabama's reconstruction experience
was particularly distressing. From
1867 until 1874 were years when all
but brave hearts felt crushed. | was
a youth in 1874, when native white
people regained control of the south
but | was old enough to appreciate the
terrible struggle that had been going
on since the close of the war.
ut is needless to say that l have
been reading Col. John Witherspoon
DuBoses graphic and instructive mar
ratives in The Age Herald. Those pa
pers are valuable contributions to his
tory and should be preserved In book
form 1t is now nearly 40 years since
reconstruction, and what mighty
strides this state has made' But 1t is
a safe prediction that it's progress in
the next 10 years will be greater than
in all the years since the war"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09
MOTHER OF NAPOLEON

From the ArgOnaut.
The relationship between Napoleon
Bonaparte and his mother, the Nine.
Mere of imperial times, was peculiar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

The independence of the Philippines
would relieve this country of all danger
of war with Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

1t cost Editor Newett but 6 cents to
get his picture in every newspaper in
the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

Eugenics do not interest the people until
they are so years old Most anything
will answer before that age is reached.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

Alabama made 179,203 tons of coke pig
promises to be close to two million tons
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

The White House artillery is still
trained on the lobbyists and they may
yet be driven out of the capital
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

The best means OF preventing a business
panic is to refuse as an individual to get
scared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

The lobbyists are talking about organ
izing a mutual protection association.
They want protection from attacks from
high sources.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

The body of Alfred Austin was cre-
mated at Golder's Green without cere-
mony, but by permission of King George
memorial service was held in the
Chapel Royal, St. James palace, at the
same hour. This service was attended
by the members of the Austin family
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

Former President Taft, Kent professor
of law al Yale, has been honored by the
Yale Baseball association, which award
ed him special baseball chair 1t is
in the grand stand, directly back of the
home plate. There was not seat in the
grand stand of proportions ample for
the comfort of the one-time President.
When this was learned there was a tear
ing out in the first row of the big
stand, an aisle seat was extended by the
addition of another seat, everything se-
curely bolted to the floor and a REIN
forced wire screen put in front of the
seat to turn aside foul tips. The seat
was then presented to the distinguished
new member of Yale's faculty. 1t was
accepted and Prof. Taft expects to see his
alma mater whip Harvard In the COM
mencement game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Crops md Business

In recent trip through the nofth =,
west | found business conditions soou
and people generally talking optllfls-
tically." said s. T. aDlton of St LOUIS
The outlook for crops is particu-
iarly bright. There will be new hlsh
records in the west from all accounts
and the south will doubtless raise
Dig cotton crop. II there is any pusi-
ness depression in the east il Will van
ish as soon as the booming west Is
heard from. With bumper crops there
Will be prosperity all over the eouh-
try"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

Doc Friedman is even less talked about
than Doc Cook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09
BALLADE OF DREAMLAND
BY Algernon Charles swinbur ne.

Charles Swinbur me-
r heart in nest OF roses,
OF suns hidden apart:
In a than the soft white is
Under hid heart.
would it sleep not? Why should 1t start,
When a of the rose-tree stirred?
What made sleep futter his wings and part?
of secret bird
Lie the winds wing closes.
And muffe the keen suns dart;
Lie still. the warm dozes,
And the wind unquieter yet than thou art.
Does a thought thee still thorns wound
Does the fang fret thee of hope deferred?
What bids lips of thy sleep dispart?
of secret bird
The green land that charm encloses,
It never was the travellers chart
And sweet the fruit that grows is,
It never sold in the merchants mart
The swallows of through its dim fields dart,
And sleeps the tunes in Its tree-tops heard
No hounds note waSens the wildwood hart
Only of secret bird
:, ENvoI.
In the dreams have chosen
sleep a season and hear word
OF o truth Of light loves
Only the of secret bird
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

England has lost its poet laureate, but
Indiana still has James Whitcemb Riley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

The office boy on the Commoner may
be promoted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

Railroad travel quickly cures the ap-
petite for it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09
Hollands Letters

"I am glad that The Age-Herald is
publishing Hollands daily letters
said a member of the Chamber OF COM
merce. II have been reading his let
ters in New York paper Tor sew
eral years. He is an exceptionally Clear
headed writer, and being a man Wen up
in years, his personal opserVaeiohs
count for much. He Is naturahy op'i-
mistic and always gives sound rea-
son for his conclusions.
II was particularly struck win these
paragraphs in Saturdays Age-Herald; ;
George F.. Bakers views are similar
to those which J. Pierpont morgan
held at the time of his departure from
the United States for Egypt, IN Jan
uary. One of Mr.. Morgan's personal
friends met him, either in Egypt or on
THE way back from Egypt to Rome aud
began conversation with him 70 tne
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09
The Court Of Claims

II understand that Chief Justice b
X Campbell, recently appointed as
head of the United States court of
claims, is making, as might be ex-
pected. an excellent impression in legal
and official circles in Washington,
said layman.
Considering the great Importance o.
the court and the talent required In
the justices of that bench congress
should increase the salaries. AT the
time the present salaries were fixed
they were deemd adequate no doubt
but thy seem entirely too small now
Each associate justice gets $4,000 when
he should get about $4,000. The chief
justice receives $500 but he should get
$1O,50O. On the supreme bench the chie'
justice always receives $500 more than
his associates and the same rule holds
in the court of claims
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09
JAPAN AND THE PHILIPPINES

A lobby is as good hobby as any other
subject
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

been impossible to enlist a teaching staff
of ineorruptible purists in the use of the
written word, and il has been out of the
question to exclude those whose pronun-
communications was not up to not very
exacting normal standard. The supervis-
ing authorities, their ideals neglected
while they devoted themselves to the ever
pressing business of keeping the machine
for schooling three-quarters of million
children from coming to a full stop, have
sighed and done their best with a COM
plete and distressing knowledge of the
fact that their best was twice as far
below the mark of their own ambitions
as it was under the aspirations of the
public.
Unhappily, good English. spoken or
written, Is the exception, not the rule.
even In temples of learning higher than
the grade and high schools. The effect
of the precept of the conscientious and
talented instructor I'm languages is not
infrequently destroyed by the class room
English of his colleague in physics. The
associate professor and his superior have
their pet sins. The slang of the street
is heard in the lecture room. Business
men dealing with colleges could tell
strange tales If they would.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09
TELEPHONE
Bell (privnte exchange connecting al
departments), No. 40Oo.

Much Is the force of heaven-bred
poesy.
Two Gentlemen of Verona.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

In the world of dreams have chosen my part
To sleep for a season and hear no word
OF true loves truth or Of light loves art,
Only the song of q secret bird.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-09

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala.
postoffce as second class matter under
act of Congress March s, 1879.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-21
Peter Grogan & Sons Co.
SI7 to S25 Seventh St.
ELECTRIC SHOCK FATAL.
Would-Be Rescuer of Live Wire
Victim Nav Lose Arm.

MAIDEN. Mass. October 2l.-Samuel
Peters of Providence was killed and John
L. Hurley former Bowdoin College
foot ball captain. probably will lose an
arm as a result of contact with live
wire last night.
Peters, "a member of the crew of the
steamer George +. Hawley, running be-
tween Providence and Savannah, was re-
turning from visit to friends when he
grabbed a dangling wire. Hurley shouted
a warming but too late Using rubber
shoe as "a non-conductor. Hurley tried
to pull the wire from Peters grasp. but
he came in contact with the current and
was rendered unconscious. His right arm
was frightfully burned.
Another death from live wire was re-
ported last night, Ralph Boutilier. aged
seventeen. Boutilier. noticing blaze in a
pile Oh leaves in front of his house.
kicked the debris aside. struck the end
of a fallen wire and was knocked to the
ground. He was hurried to hospital.
where all efforts TO revive him failed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-21
A Neglected. Cod Often
Affects the Lungs

Many serious eases Of Throat or Lung
Trouble can be- directly traced to a cough or
cold which has been neglected II you notice
that u cough persists in clinslng To you take
warning. IL you neglect trying TO stop this
supposed trivial trouble the throat aud lungs
later become affected. In many cases Eek
mans Alternative has been the means OF
bringing permanent relief. Investigate this
case Saratoga n Y
Gentlemen; For five or six years | was
( troubled with cpH-h and expectOration. |
also had high fever. My declared
Lung Trouble by nay physician. ! was given
Cod Liver Oil. Creosote and other medicines
all without benefit. At Christmas time 1906
not expected to live. Calling DIR. r.
J IL. Mccarthy. he advised the use OF Eek
lent results. ] have gained in weight. go
out IN all weatherS and have had no cough or
\ cold whatever. ! give these facts 10 encour-
agp Others To use Eckman'S Alternative"
athdavin JAS. W. kANALY.
( lAbove abbreviated; more rcquest.)
Eckmaus Alternative has been proven by
J many reurs' test 10 be most eitcacious for
seve-e Throat and LING Affections. Broa-
I chltis. Bronchial Asthma. Stubborn Coils
aud upbuilding The system. Contains no
ns rcoticS poisons or habit forming drugs
Sold by o'DonnPll's Drug Store and leading
{ druggists. Write the Eesman Laboratory.
philadelphia. Pa. for booklet telling of
coveries aud additional evidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-21
REPORT ON DRY DOCK.
Congress May Finally Determine as
to Pearl Harbor Project.

+ The fate of the big naval dry dock at
Pearl harbor, Hawaii, will depend upon
the disposition which Secretary Daniels
makes Of the recommendations submitted
to him by Alfred NJ. Noble. the engineer
ing expert who Inspected the damaged
dock and suggested methods for its COM
pletion. A question to be answered is
whether the considerable change In plan
of construction found to be necessary
can be carried out within the limits OF
the existing appropriation. III more money
is necessary, as seems probable. Secretary
Daniels will submit to Congress the whole
proposition.
Another question to be determined is
whether the contractor or the govern
ment must meet the additional expense
involved in the change of plan. and that
will be referred to legal officers of the
Navy Department and perhaps eventually
to the Attorney General.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-21
THE COURTS.
United States Court of Claims.

Present-Chief Justice Edward X. Camp
bell, Judge Charles B. Howry. Judge Fen
ton w. Booth, Judge Samuel S. Barney
and Judge George w. Atkinson.
-Winton ct al. agt. the Mississippi Choc-
taws; w. w. Wright was heard for Ches-
ter Howe ct al; argument begun by
George II. Anderson on behalf of the
United States.
Defendants motion to dismiss in GER
tain Indian cases will be called for trial
Wednesday morning.
The following cases are posted for
Wednesday,:
No 1906. W. II. z. King; on remand;
L. A. Pradt for claimant and B. w. An
drews-. for the United States.
Calendar numbers Ii, H. 10, So and 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-21
Museum Accepts Altman Art.

NEW YORK. October 21-The trus-
tees OF the Metropolitan Museum of
Art. at meeting yesterday, accepted
the collection of paintings and ceram-
les bequeathed to ii under the will of
Benjamin Altman, the late department
store proprietor. MIR. Altman's art pos
sessions, estimated to be worth more
than s15.000.0O0, formed one of the
most important private collections in
the WORLD
The trustees elected Robert W. De
Forest president of the museum MIR.
DE Forest succeeded TO that office upon
the death of j. Pierpont Morgan