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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21

THE assortment of leather goods here at Bachs is far
above that which found its way to Birmingham be-
fore
The choosing Of gifts is made wonderfully easy here at
Blachs Christmas Mart-convenienty the first floor
center Prices the esser profit plan, therefore lower
than elsewhere All leather goods stamped in gold free
Collar Bag Set, $500 SIS $3.50
to $3.50. Poker $3.50 and $1,000
Set $500 $3.50. FIasks
Collar Bags $1.oo to $780, Drinking 25c $500
10 Dressing to
Manicure Cases, 81 to $5. Sewing $500 $500.
Playing o $1Oo Sewing to
Bridge $1oo and $3.50 $780, $780, $780, $4
PinochIe Sets, $780, Travelling Bags, 81 to $3.50.
Bill Leather Bill Folders
ton Coin Bill
Novelties, Military
Hair Brushes; all here and all underpriced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21
Senator Stone I'll

Washington. December Ex-senator
Stone of Missouri is i'll at his home here
He caught cold few days ago which
developed into pieurisy,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21

FANCY Vests ..nething ey'
J. cry man likes, but seldom gets
for himself, Express shipments of
advance Spring styles are in and
you can have them now at the reg
ular Blaeh's low prices.
Crepe effects In embroidered silk
figures and with silk braid edges;
variety OE M
VI Coioia iiffis sf,'f,,,f YOsVV
Veivets-green, brown and gray
satin stripes, notified grays and
mottied inlay figures in ca M
10 different patterns ;, spfsUO
Mercerized stripe effects that have
every appearance of silk, light and
dark effects, brocaded velvets and
velvet cords, either GO M
bound or plain edges :, DOsUU
Some of those at $1.s5 and $1.s5
still to be had. A full line of all
sizes, stouts, long and regular in all
Vests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21

If you filled stockings with
L nice Handkerchiefs and moth
ing else, the recipient would be
fortunate-doubly SO II the Ker.
chiefs came from Blach's.
y lNEN Initial Handkerchiefs
~ In boxes of six. 75c TO $3.50.
Cambric initials at 800 for boxes
OF six, Silk Initial and fancy col
or bordered kerehiefs at 15c and
POO, for regular sizes. aud extra
large ones at 25o, s5o and 500
each. Put up In holiday boxes of
six,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-21

Mt
OFFICES, ALSO
T SPACE THAT
DR DESIRABLE
BUILDING, 4'rH
fHEET. LARGE
'R AND SPLEEN
cS ON SECOND
10TH STREET.
CO., AGENTS.
WH STREET.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06
BY Mrs. John Hays Hammond.

TT VERY woman should study eugenics.
r. Such knowledge should not be withheld
until women have reached motherhood.
AT heart and soul are all mothers. The
instinct of motherhood is in US and II It Is
not exercised toward children Of own. It's
influence at least can be extended to those
who actually mothers
Those of us who see and feel the Importance
OF bringing home the plain truths OF eugencs
TO every woman in the land have also felt the
need OF examples and influence in the most
respected quarters. Thus came about the or.
sanizaton of class composed of women
who are politically and socially the highest
placed in the nation-a class virtually in the
White House.
This class includes Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
wife of the President of the United States;
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan, wife of the Sec
rotary OF State; Mrs. Justice Hughes. and
others in the Cabinet circle. All of these are
serious students of the ncience of eugenics
and were eager 10 extend and perfect their
knowledge. We met at my home in Washing
ton and arranged for series Of lectures By
DR.. Enora c. Folkmar. woman OF profound
scholarship clean mind and spiritual vision
For these qualities chose her as our guide
Each quality we deemed extremely important
but the greatest were the last two, for we
knew that unless guided it would be easy
to wander into perusal OF the morbid class of
works on allied subjects the study and dis
cusson of which would be time lost. or worse.
We adopted our textbooks the reports
pamphlets and more ambitious works-every.
thing we could CLEAN that they had written
by Dr. c. b. Davenport, DR.. Llewellyn Barker
DR.. II. b. Goddard, DR.. J. T. Jordan, Dr. Prince
a Morrow, Drs. Galston, Pearson Bateson
Saleeby Bell and Starr Jordan. Reports of
DR.. Davenports work at the Carnegie Institute
for Experimental Evolution, which is located
al Cold Spring Harbor, near Oyster Bay on
Long Island, we know to be among the last
words on the great theme OF how 10 make the
race better
For mothers and for fathers there is no
excuse for lack Of that knowledge Which will
guide their children into wise selection Of life
partners and the giving of q temple t. future
souls Parents who ignore this responsibility
who are careless OF it. ignorant of the
dangers in the path or neglect to flash the
signals of danger. should bow their heads In
Shame.
Women who wish 10 know more OF this
science can form in classes and clubs and
hear lectures by woman medical authority
] do not advise the selection of male lee
turer because there is inevitably the sex
barrier 10 frank discussion. high.minded
clean-souled woman Is the right guide for
women in these researches. ! glad to sea
that women's clubs in Iowa have arranged for
baby shows at their annual county fairs, at
which there lectures Standardization OF
infants, that all who attend will know the
good points OF raby we'll they know
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06

not deny that there cases where wisdom
suggests that 1t is better not to have family.
but the desire should exist. The healthy and
wealthy woman who prefers poodles to babies,
should be object Of pity.
l must add that the limited number Of chill.
dren saw in New York appeared strong and
healthy. They have fresh compilations, well
developed muscles, and energetic bearing.
Ihey have an air OF frankness in the eyes
that peases Everything about them be.
tokens strong will. One understands that they
are preparing to be business men from their
earliest years. They initiate the papa and fol.
low in his footsteps.
One of these little men, nine years old said
to me with a very important air: I'm going
downtown on business" Evidently he had the
ambition to make money at this early age
This manner of facing life gives the American
boy the assurance and independence of a
man. In France our boys remain under the
young men. We have too many mothers dar.
iinzs
Children brought up in the American way
are quite capable of travelling around the world
alone, when they are seventeen or eighteen
years old. In France the American method OF
education has already had its influence on
ideas from abroad Many French fathers of
families are now planning to send their sons
to the United States to complete their educa-
ton and cultivate spirit Of independence and
self-reliance.
am familiar with the adverse criticism.
which two eminent literary psychologists, NJ.
raul 3ouTget ana M. tienrS James, have dared
to pass the American child and do not en-.
tirely agree with them. They object to his
lack of politeness. but find that that defect,
which they greatly exaggerated is more than
counterbalanced by his fine qualities.
1t is sport that makes the American child
: what he is He learns the word baseball"
soon as he is able to walk. I appreciate the
visor Of the American boy from personal es.
perience, for I received n remarkably hard and
wellaimed snow ball in the neck
For my part, believe that the American
boy's view of life is the right one. The spirit
OF sport develops the ardent and competent
American youth into practical and successfuI
men, The American lives faster than the Eu.
ropean. and this haste makes him lover of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06
Mrs. John Hays Hammond.

to the lowest depths of depravity. Evidently
the lesson was vital one for when. two
years later, the time for his younger
brother to go to college and the mother pre-
pared FOR him the same plan the elder brother
begged off for the younger.
Don't make him go through that he
pleaded. "He Is SO imaginative"
Very WE'LL" responded the mother. III you
VIII promise to take him In hand"
Il shall" promised the elder brother. and
there is evidence that he has kept his word.
while | think this duty Of acquainting the
young with the terrors that Turk in wrong
paths is necessary do not believe in antlci-
pating by one hour the question In the mind
OF youth. AS well tear open the leaves Of a
but to hasten the blooming OF a rose. Vigi.
lance Is desirable but awakening morbid curl
osty is deplorabe.
Make the stock better" Is watch word.
BY informing ourselves go far in this
direction. and knowledge has ever been power
These are some principles Of eugenics which
should become part OF the common stock OF
knowledge.
The feeble-minded are increasing several
times as fast the normal
Babies inherit both the defects and excel
lences of their parents. mental and physical
There Is no recorded OF a normal child
being born of feeble-minded parents.
1t is becoming matter OF common knowl-
edge that one-ffth of the blind lose their eye
sight because of infection at birth.
Our institutions being filled with tho
blind. with Inconsistencies. paralytics and
tai detectives.
One hundred thousand babies die each year
because of the transmissbe diseases of their
parents.
The laws OF inheritance are not the only
agents In the rearing Of fine children. Condl
tions of environment promote or impair the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06

pleted by fourth, a fine parrot, who was not
The least talkative of the group
But alas!" said the father to me- I'VE shall
S So" De driven out Of our little home, because
selves too much" 'o' o
~ IN france. II we do not have many children.
h we would at least not dream Of showing such
n natshness TO them when they do come Public
O ny, In Paris. / am happy to say, would
roe permit landlord to close his doors to
people people guilty of having children Our land.
t tIius are less cruel Sometimes they forbid us
.ne possession Of cat or dog, or of any
animal which bites. scratches or howls. but
not of dear little baby
There are women in New York and also in
Paris, who prefer not to have children for
fear of spelling their figures. or losing their
freedom These are doubtless exceptions but
does not philosophy teach us that the excep
tons tend to become the rule?
:. Let us face this delicate question bravely
NO matter whose susceptbilities l may hurt
feel obliged to say that the wife who does not
wish to become q mother is unworthy the
name OF woman. Evidently she Is lacking In
a certain natural instinct. OF course I can
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06

action. Americans do not Seem to know the
WEAKNESS OF mind or body, Of which We see 90
much In Europe
The sporting spirit takes hold Of the Amer
lean child at the beginning OF his development
inspires confidence In him which increases
the instinct OF combat and the quality of cour-
age.
The enemies OF sport say that a man who cul.
tivate his muscles does 80 at the expense of
MS intelligence. That Is error. There is
q man must find
Are there fewer scientific men and artists
because we have become to-day so generally
addicted to sport7 Surely we have enough of
the former in France Sport, on the other hand.
has very great educational value 1t teaches
discipline and application. know that young
athletes In school make the best pupils. Their
games occupy them after the hours of study and
Keep them away from cabarets evil resorts and
harmful reading Athletic young men are
chaste. The experience of training makes them
lead careful life. watch their health avoid
excuses of all kinds, drink less alcohol and 20
TO bed early Such life will not. like excessive
book study. lead child into neurasthenia or
enemfnacy. Indeed. there is no better school
to form man than sport In France now wa
are undergoing the happy influence of the
Spirit Of sport
Good manners and courteous method of az.
preston facilitate good relations between indi
Vlduals, between political parties and between
hatons. Let me emphasize this-that polite
ness ls most necessary virtue to democracy.
nave observed with pleasure in New York
that many men are quite models OF polteness
They usually take off their hats in the pres.
ehce OF lady. Some of them even give up
their seats in a car, and others make profuse
excuses when they offer you gloved hand All
that is very we'll. but must insist on the neces.
sity Of regular education in politeness BY
nose who have the authority to give It,
In old times good manners we're the appanape
or an instructed minority. To-day they are the
privilege OF every man. We should therefore,
take care that every man enjoys his privilege
An ill-bred business man should not be allowed
to succeed. and we should help polite emnlova
to make his fortune. Politeness Is the araot
est proof of self-control that one can OFFER r.
oblises us to be moderate. and calm. n con
trolls instinct and trains tho will. It Is MOI =
virtue Of the weak.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06

we believe III warning the young against
.he scourges that punish the sins of youth
wat we nave dismissed as youthful follies."
we oelleve that men should as early as the
Years or going away to college acqualnt their
eohs with those dangers and In most i'm.
pIessNe manner. woman whom well know
.ook double means to this end. Before her
elGest son left his home she had an earnest
YAK with him. She told him Of the dignity of
parenthood' the duty of preparing for that
honor clean bodies and minds and souls She
said to him:
The dearest moment of my life will be
~nen child OF yours Is placed in my arms
amu see It is perfect. But If you descend to
waiiow In filth shall think of you with the
disgust with which regard swine"
49,, ms solemn duty done, she arranged during
nis nrst week In college. and before the in
$40 Jus spell Of temptation could beset him.
IoI MS visit to the Massachusetts Hospital
onoer guidance of conscientious physician. a
.rieho. she insisted that he spend day there
Seeing Seeing all the horrors Of the results of wrong
hVihg. He looked upon drunkenness and de-
eeneracy. He saw the dying He witnessed
major operations; men and women sunken
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06
Welfare in
Which ammon in movement with

otners taxing up the study and aigalng them
selves with the students and apostles of eu.
genics) conservative stand In eight States
measures have been taken to prevent the con-
unuance OF blood line of the unft-those
VINO are mildly termed the Socially made
quate, or, more brutally put. those who arc
unaole 10 earn their own living and have to
De taken care Of by the State or those with
.ne criminal faint. There is much to be said
LOT THIS. especially when we are faced by the
appalling tact that New York State for in.
stance, spends one-fifth of It's income In
caring for its unfit-unfit either through Grim.
maj bias or by reason Of feeble min ledness
YET IN such cases there are posi-. iities OF
succeeding viciousness that are amazing and
alarming. These measures are still in an ex.
perlmental state. 1t Is encouraging 10 learn
that In one institution In Indiana $50 of the
inmates voluntarily acceded to such a measure
Tor the good of the community. believing
themselves undesirable citizens. they pre-.
ferred that their traits should not descend to
posterty.
We believe that public sentiment land I,
that fail. the law should require that all
ciergymen performing marriage ceremonies
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06
Leaders of the Nations Social Life Join Mrs. John Hays
Hammonds Interesting Class, Designed Especially to
Guide Their Sex Throughout the Country in the Prn.
ciples of Race improvement
ciples Of Race Improvement.

nose OF dog or horse. Oregon is preparing
,or baby fair this Fall, preparatory to great
Daoy lar at the exposition in San Francisco
IA 1919 All these movements are pIacino an
ideal OF race before us-and individuals and
the race are better for ideals. aAN
we nave taken (and we would advise
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06

should first have a certificate Of health and
character Of both parties. If 1t be made
practicable to give also an abstract of the
health and character Of the parents and grand
parents Of both parties so much the better
IN Time, have no doubt, this can be made
quite feasible.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06
sy the chevaller Andre de FouquIeres.


RI and envy them! They lead life of
freedom, sport and open air. which Is
very different from that OF our French chill.
dren, VINO grow pale from long hours passed
in hard study.
American children are their best In the
country and country towns. have observed
them there with much pleasure. II | had only
seen New York, should have gone away with
a monstrous idea OF the American attitude
toward children.
Children are evidently unwelcome visitor.
IN New York ] cannot describe 10 YOU my
stupefaction finding that in many apart.
ment houses they would not receive children
and would not permit them 10 be born This
policy is absolutely unjust and immoral. The
divine ana human laws require US TO do our
best 10 found family here below.
/ am shocked at the thought that child can
be 4enied the right TO live anywhere love
children with all my heart They are the con.
ISOLATION Of our sorrows. the hope and the light
OF our existence. In a word they are the
reflect that a bachelor cannot know the
Joys OF family life. Nothing can be sweeter
and more beautiful than TO prolong ones own
existence in that Of ones children. TO bequeath
70 them ones traditions and ones sentiments
The child Is the sunshine OF the house I
realized this when ! visited the other day the
family of an employe who had shown mo eroa,
kindness on the ship going to America He had
three little rooms. neat pins In re-
spectacle quarter Of New York On cominy
home from work he found health. exercise and
happiness In playing with his two children
aged four and FIVE years. THIS trio was com.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06

NDRE DE FoUoulEREs. the Partisan

NDRE DE FoUoUEREs. the Partisan
~ arbter of the eieeances. who recently
O. On made memorable visit to the United
States has addressed the fashionable women
Of Paris, among whom were many members or
Of the American colony, on the manners and
appearance of American children.
III generously praises the spirit and courage
of American boys and delicatcly suggests that
regular course in manners would do them
harm. Here is the report Of his address, fur.
nished exclusively to this newspaper:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-12
SOUSA SAYS MOVING
PICTURES TO REMAIN
Completion and Exhibition
of Talking Movies"
Marks An Epoch.

There is no discounting the NOV
ing picture" said Mr.. John Philip
Sousa, who with Mr.. Liebling, the H.
brettist of "The Glassblowers, which
will be seen at the Gennett this even
ing, arrived here this morning.
THE moving picture has come to
stay. And it's further development
will be viewed with interest and an
ticipation. The completion and exhi-
bition Of the talking movies marks
an epoch in this form of dramatic en-
tertainment and the future possibili.
ties are immense.
Recognizing it's artistic value !
have included a moving picture in the
action and setting of my new produc
ton, The Glassblowers,' and it has
met with the unqualified approval OF
the public.
'It is not introduced extraneously
however, continued Mr.. Sousa, but
follows the plot of the story and
comes in naturally.
1--WE have met with great success,
so far" said Mr.. Sousa In reply to a
question concerning the reception of
his new operetta, or lyrical comedy as
the great bandmaster calls it, land
are looking forward to the presenta-
ton In Indianapolis with pleasure"
This city does not often have the
opportunity of seeing the author of a
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-12
BATTLE OF THE KEGS.
A BloodIess Naval Conflict Of the Rev.
oIutionary War.

A 6loodIess Naval Conflict Of the Rev.
dictionary War.
All wars have their humors and
Jokes, and the Revolutionary war was
no exception. Jan. s, 1777. figures in
history as the date of the battle Of the
kegs. and, though bloodless, it has been
celebrated in verse. Six months after
the Declaration Of Independence, while
the British feet was stationed at Phil
adelphia. the Americans undertook to
destroy the ships by means of impro-
vised torpedoes, which, set afioat in
the river above the city, were to carry
death and destruction among the en-
envy.
The alleged torpedoes were haped
like kegs, and when the British land
forces discovered them floating down
the river they were drawn up and Or
dered to fire on everything that came
within range. The officers remembered
the Trojan horse and feared every keg
might contain an armed rebel. As the
kegs came floating down there was
great excitement and much firing. but
no casualties. The only explosions
were from the British guns. for the
torpedoes were a failure.
The incident furnished much amuse-
ment to the patriots and was cleverly
versified by Francis Hopkinson, n
prominent lawyer Of the day, one OF
the signers of the Declaration Of indie
pendence and the first district judge
of Pennsylvania by appointment Of
Washington. He was one Of the most
popular writers Of the day. and 1.-THE
Battle OF the Kegs" had a great run
among the patriots and distinct infiu-
ence In the way Of military inspiration.
Francis Hopkinson was the father of
Joseph Hopkinson, author Of Hail Co
lumbia. "-Indianapofis News.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-12
THE FUNERAL TRAIN
PASSED THRU CITY
Many Residents Remember
Day When Lincoln's
t.. Body Arrived. -.
WAS A GLOOMY DAY.
Frank J. Parsons Father
Well Acquainted With
Lincoln.
WAS A GLOOMY DAY.

Many persons in this city can still
remember the day the funeral train
came through Richmond and of the
gloom that hung over everyone, which
was increased by the tolling of the
bells. 1t was bad morning, raining
and cold. A number of the citizens
joined the train here and went on to
indianapolis where the body lay in
state. One of these was the late
Isaac Jenkinson, then a resident Of
FIT. Wayne, but who came to this city
to 60 to the funeral which was held
in Springfield, Illinois.
Lincolns birthday recalls the day
of the daguerreotype. for those pic
lures of the President most familiar
to the public are reproductions of this
obsolete form of art.
In the Photographic studios of F. J..
Parsons, of this city, hangs an inter-
esting picture of man CARRIED in the
style of the sixties. with the longish
hair and beard of that period, which is
an enlargement Of a daguerreotype.
THAT is a picture of my father"
said Mr.. Parsons. And great friend
and admirer of President Lincoln. My
fathers patriotism would have taken
him to the war if he had not been pre-
vented by an accident which ruled
him ont, making him ineligible for en-
listment on account of bad health.
my father ran a sort of business
school. Not on the scale that bust
ness colleges are run now. but a
small one where penmanship and 9th
sr branches Of that kind we're taught.
This school was just across the
hall from Mr.. Lincoln's offices in
Springfield, Illinois.
And my father was on the pleas
ATTEST terms with Mr.. Lincoln, who
sent his son, Robert Lincoln, since
ambassador to England, to the school
to be taught penmanship.
Robert LINCOLN studied with my
father for quite while and was, my
father used to say, very bright,
agreeable boy.
Lincoln, himself, was always, my
father said, the same. Always kindly
and whimsical and always ready to
stop and listen to the other fellow 8
story or his tale of hard or good luck
My father esteemed him highly and
bis assassination was a great blow