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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
Edwardes Ill

Judging by all that hear George Ed
wardes, easily the foremost English pro-
ducer of musical comedy, many of whose
productions have been seen In the United
States under the management of Charles
Frohman, is still far from WE'LL despite
the reassurng bulletins that have been
issued Edwardes has just returned from
Germany, where he went in the hope of
effecting cure and has now gone into
the country.
He has always taken the most minute
interest in the productions at his various
theatres, which, at the present time
number three-the Gaiety. Daly's and the
Adelphi- He has thus succeeded in Civ
ing them certain touch which, whether
the highbrowed like it or not, has cer-
tainly appealed to the British public
Then he has never failed to people his
productions with pretty and fascinating
girls and the number of stage celebri-
ties who have risen to dizzy heights of
popularity-and into the peerage-undep
his management is almost beyond count
OF late months he has not been able
to give much attention to his productions
and they have suffered proportionately
There has been some talk on the inside
of his taking over the management of the
Gilbert and Sullivan operas. which, since
the death of Mrs. Doyle Carte have
been sadly in need of directing hand
That, of course, is impossible in his pres
ent condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
English Soldier Gi0eS His Views
OF Present Situation In China

London. July -(SpeciaL1-Th alb
clifton of the pigtail in China is having
remarkable effect on the preservation
of order
At the revolution the Cantonese
and southerncrs. almost to a man cut
off their queues. and ever since the po-
lice have been complaining, that they are
understaffed. The reason was subtly
explained by Major General Sir Alfred
Turner. who has Just returned after a
five months tour in China and the east.
The complaint puzzled me, he said.
till / saw two patches of prisoners.
one lot had pig tails. and these had all
been tied together so that one police
man could look after the lot; but four
policemen We're needed 10 control the
others. who had cut off their queues
Sir Alfred had much that was very in
terestine to tell his interviewer about the
state of affairs in the new republic.
With Sir West RidgeWay he was ac-
tunlly present al the opening of the
first parliament, and had a private au-
dience of the provisional president
Yuan -shi-kai. The object of his jour
ney was 10 interest the Chinese govern
ment IN a scheme for the colonization
from the overpopulated north. Of Brit
ish North Borneo. which. in Sir Alfred S
opinion. only requires labor to make Il
a vast success.
In our scheme which the republican
government approved. we propose To
give a grant of 10 acres to each immi-
grant and his family. with house and
financial help till his crops nature
he explained.
The interview with the president was
a momentous affair
I'VE were padded across the lake to
the palace in The canoe of the famous
dowager empress Tea cigars, cigar
cites, and champagne were placed on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
Swat the Bedbug. Too

From the Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association.
The alleged humor of which the bed
bug, or to give him his dignified Latin
name, Cimex lectularius, has been the
subject should not obscure the serious
role played by the bug in common with
the fly. the mosquito. the flea and the
louise as a conveyor Of infection Re-
lapsing fever, bubonic plague, kala -azar.
smallpox and typhoid fever have been
transmitted by various species of the bed
bug. and possibly the Investigator might
find here the explanation of otherwise In
explicable endemics in uncleanly neigh
borhoods.
The bedbug hides during the day and
sometimes hibernates during the winter
When it lacks animal food, it feeds on
the juices of decayed wood or on the dust
in floor cracks and can go without food
for long time. 1t may continue it's ex-
istence under adverse circumstances from
season to season. In lumber camps In
summer houses, empty apartments anc
1 the like
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13

| sumter AT the present time, there are
$1,000 head of cattle in Sumter Every
succeeding year, there will be more
For the farmers are turning their at
tention to breeding fine stock, for
which they find a ready market, and a
market out of which they reap a rich
| harvest of silver dollars, What mat
ters 1t If the cotton fails so long as
there is beef and pork and chickens
and eggs and milk and honey, and
sweet potatoes in the land?
Sumter is the cattle county of the
state. 1t is probable that in Sumter
are as many head of cattle as in all
the other counties combined. At any
rate, more than half of the blooded
bulls shipped into Alabama last year
We're shipped to Sumter. The farmers
are offering their COWS as collateral.
whereas. according to the rule. the
farmer has nothing to offer in return
Tor borrowed money save cotton.
| THOMAS Tartt. president of the Me
MILAN bank of livingston. while in
Birmingham yesterday. stated that the
farmers of Sumter can now borrow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13

the table In the room where we We're
received, but no one partook Of any. i is
a curious point in etiquette. If we had
taken anything the president would
have risen at once. and the interview
would have ended, for to take refreah-
ment of any kind is a sign that YOU are
tired"
This is Sir Alfreds impression of
Yuan-shi-K
Absolutely fearless, and with the
most penetrating eye I think ] ever
saw Evidently a man of enormous
strength of character. and one can
readily believe after seeing him that
he is the one man who can put order
into the tangled sSein of Chinese adj
ministrration. He has an absolutely
open mind and sees that it Is impossi-
BILE 10 Keep china purely for the chi
nese.'
What struck the visitor most about
the 100 members present at the OPEN
ing of the first parliament was their
extreme youth, and that with few eN-
ceptions. they We're in European dress,
only wearing a pigtail.
The nationalist party has a majority
of about three over all other parties
combined. and it's wish. according To
Sir Alfred, is To destroy the power Of
Yuan-shi-Kai. Bur the latter. he re-
marked. has the army at his back.
and though ii does not seem that he
has any desire to be forced into the no-
sition of nominal and actual ruler of
the country It may be that he may be
compelled TO do so in order to save
China from chaos.
With regard to the opium trade. Sir
Alfred said the most tremendous and
honest exertons were being made 70
suppress it entirely. IT would be to
our profit now to suppress it he de-
our profit for there is no doubt that our
participation in the abominable trade
has not tended to improve our prestige.
and is now doing a great damage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13

money without mortgaging their crop.
They put up their cows for security"
said he. Cattle is security sufficient
The example of Sumter will be fol-
lowed by other counties, On every
Alabama hill, there should be a herd.
When there is. there will be no possi-
bility of money stringency The farm
ers have for too long time paid eX-
elusive attention to cotton For that
reason, the number of poor farmers in
Alabama is exceeded by the number
in no other state of the union.
Import fine bulls. Eradicate the
ticks, even though it does be-
come necessary-as 1t was in
Sumter-to fall out with your
neighbor as to the best plan of eradi-
cation. Improve your herd year by
year. Then send your beef to Birming-
ham, where there is always ready
and cash market
Sumter is setting a splendid example
for the people of the state There
are many who smile over Sumter's pol
itics, but none who attempt to deride
its internal industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
"The Perfect Cure a. Failure

Stanley Houghton. the Manchester
playwright whose first play, "Hindle
Wakes was so successful, and whose
second play The Younger Generation"
did we'll, must understand now some-
thing of the difficulty so many authors
have found in following an initial sue
cess Arthur Bourchier tried to carry
through Houghtons third attempt, but
couldn't. and now the personality of
Charles Hawtrey, one of the most popu-
lar of London actor managers, has
failed to make a success of the north
country playwright's latest play, The
Perfect Cure" Indeed 1t almost es-
tablished record by running for only
four nights. SO frosty was the recep-
tion that Hawtrey lost no time in re-
viving Gen. John Regain" in which
he had been playing for some months
previous to THE Perfect Cure" We
are assured that the drawing power
of Gen John Regan" is by no means
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
FRENCH COME TO
LONDON IN WAKE Of
AMERICAN PLAYERS
George Moore, the English
Novelist, Talks Interest
ingly Of the Drama
COME OVER HERE" is
STILL GOING STRONG
French Stars Are -"Officer
$685. To Be Revived-George Ed
wards Still Very Ill-Eve-
lyn Thaw Dancing
by JOHN AVA CARPENTER

London. July 12.-(Special) )-Dear old
London is becoming delightfully."- cosmo-
politan in its theatrical fare. Following
upon the best season American shows
have ever had In this city comes what
might be called a French season. Much
to everybody's astonishment the all
French revue which Stol of the Coliseum
brought over from the Ba-Ta- Clan to the
Middlesex theatre of varieties has been
a big success and has emboldened man
ayers in the legitimate field to present
more solid affairs from Paris. This move
ment has reached its height in this the
week of the visit of Poincare. when every
hotel and almost every store and house
boasts the republican tri-color, and even
the newspapers are printed partly in
French
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13

bring its price in Birmingham, there
will be more prosperity in the rural
districts. And when the people of Bir-
mingham arouse the farmers to the ne
cessity of raising other crops than cot
ton. then will the cost of living be
materially reduced
During the year 1912 Birmingham con-
sumed 34195 cows and calves consid-
cred as "Wholes," as contrasted with
pounds" OF the cows and calves,
only 15,969 were slaughterd in Bir-
mingham. All those slaughtered in
Birmingham We're not produced in Ala
bama, for many were shipped from
Tennessee. 1t is estimated by local
dealers in meat, that in Birmingham
each year are slaughtered only $500
cattle bred and raised in Alabama.
There should be slaughtered here ev-
cry year 10000. The market is ready.
Only one county of the state is do
ing its share toward furnishing Bir-
mingham with beef. That county is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
To Revive "Officer 666v

Percy Hutchinson, who for many months
past has been touring the English prov
inces in "Brewster's Millions" George
Barr McCutcheon's play. is just now
concerned in the revival of another
American play which scored a recent sue
cess in London. He will produce Off
Ger 666'' at the New theatre by arrange
ment with Mr.. Charles Frohman. 1t
will be remembered that the American
play had limited run at the Globe the
atre, where it met with an enthusiastic
reception from all those who like a good
laugh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
Talks of the Stare

The Stage society has given two pro-
ductons of play named Elizabeth
+ Cooper by George Moore, the novelist.
II Is barely possible that the play will
be put on at one of the West End houses
for a run. Its chief interest perhaps,
is the fact that it has been the occasion
for some views on existing stage condi-
tions by the novelist which are worth
quoting in part. Speaking of the claim
often made by managers that few good
PLAYS are ever refused Moore says:
That is absurd. 1t is mere confusion
OF words. manager talks about a
good play. and in his mind Is a con-
fusion between a well written play, with
good characters, and true humanity, and
play that draws for 600 nights. That
is what he really wants, and it is quite
impossible to tell. He might as well go
to Monte Carlo and set there and bet on
the public taste-a perpetually varying
thing.
What chance have dramatic authors
got? They must follow varying fashions,
pursuing the wind, and what must in
evitably fail They write for a run of
300 nights without sincerity of purpose.
Writing, literature, is to write from inn
pulse and to please oneself There is no
such thing now as writing to please your
self. If you do you can't get produced
and indeed there is little that is worth
producing.
Is Wrong Idea
'There is a widespread belief that in
writing a play you must write parts with
an eye on certain actors, and that cramps
and hinders the playwright
i can see nothing in that. Indeed,
II might be better to try to fit parts
to actors; there might be at least char
acters in the play No the whole thing
Is this: It is impossible to know what
the public likes--only what they did
like The manager tells his author
one morning he wants comedy. bright,
light dialogue, pretty dresses, titles,
wit, etc. etc. Then somebody writes a
play in which a husband kills his wife
puts arsenic in her coffee, and imme-
diately the manager sends for the au-
thor and tells him what they must
have is stuff, something strong. The
author is a little puzzled. He remem-
bcrs the manager has just produced
his twelfth consecutive failure: so how
can he know what people like? II he
had produced IL successes the author
might say; Well, you don't know good
literature, but you do know what the
public wants
1T is easy to know if play is good
But 800 nights. There is the con-
fusion. The difficulty is to know if
a play will please enormous masses of
people who run after the fashion of the
moment
Just fancy Synge handing round
the Playboy' among London managers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
Foreign Stars Helm Play

Come over Here" at the London Opera
House is still doing good business. thanks
to the Importation of new artists. The
weekly pay sheet must be a terror. With
Cleo de Merode, Polaire, not to mention
May Yohe. in the cast some fat envelopes
are changing hands on treasury night
al the big Kingsway house.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw has attracted lit
tie or no attention in that other most
successful revue. "Hulloi Ragtime." She
makes attractive little figure on the
stage but her dancing will never threaten
the sway of PaVloVna or Genee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13
Deserves the Title

From the Springfield Cnion.
Muggins-"Your friend, Dulwitz, is the
king of optimists."
Guggins-"How do you make that out ?''
Muggins-"He's advertising In the
morning papers for an umbrella he lost"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13

1T requires no degree of talent to
compute the number of pounds of
n meat which Birmingham in the
course of 12 months consumes. 1t
serves no specific purpose to speak of
the appetite of this or any other city
made up of thousands of people to
which other thousands are added every
year But 1t is fact significant that
Birmingham is not fed by the people
of Alabama, that though the soil of
this state is peculiarly adapted for ag-
ricultural enterprises and for the
growing of cattle, the chief center of
the state is compelled to go into for
eign markets for the purpose of obtain
ing food.
When the farmers of Alabama real
ize that every cabbage they grow will
fetch a price in Birmingham and that
every calf they breed and develop Will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13

exhausted. but that Hawtrey was under
contract to produce the aHoughton play
before a certain date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-13

They'd have thought him mad. Not
merely would they have refused it,
but they'd have written to his parents
about il. 1t took all Mr.. Yeats cour-
age to do il. And the same with Lady
Gregory. Where would she have found
a manager TO take her plaYs?"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-30
CANADA BEEF FOR THE L. s.
Toronto Globe.)

(Toronto Globe.)
The United States has come almost
to IAN end of it's career as a food-ex-
porting country. In the report of the
Ways and Means Committee of Con-
gress yesterday on the new tariff
measure it was admitted that in some
foodstuffs the United States must have
the products Of its neighbors. So re-
Gently as 1907 the United States ex-
ported 250,000,000 pounds of meat In
1912 this had shrunk to 100000 In
five years more there is no doubt at
all that the meat imports will be
many millions of pounds.
Where are they to come from. There
are two possible sources of supply
Canada and the Argentine. From New
Zealand and Australia may come NUT
ton in very considerable quantities
but in all the world Canada and Ar
gentina are the two possible sources
from which the United States can
draw large quantities of beef. IN
Canada, and especially in Ontario, We
are doing very little to get ready fog
the huge consuming market about 10
be opened at our doors. The slaughter
of calves continues with a shortsight-
edness that is nothing short of Grim
inal. This province ought to be pro
ducing stockers by the thousand and
| turning them out in the fine grazing
lands of the northern countries. Their
will be heap of money in cattle be-
fore long, just as much as there has
been OF late in hogs. Up and at it, On
tario! There is no reason why Argen-
tina should get hold of what will soou
prove our best export market for cat
tie an dead meat.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-30
MILLIONS FROM RAILROAD SCRAP
(Harper's Weekly.)

The wreckage of hundreds Of thous-
ands OF tons of steel and iron that was
piled up after fire and earthquake had
de 9astated san Francisco was called
the biggest scrap heap in the world
Yet it sinks into insignificance in COM
parison with the amount of scrap ma
terial that the railroads of America
accumulate every year.
The scrap heaps of the railroads
grow larger and larger every year,
owing to the steady expansion of bus
mess. They are composed Of usedup
locomotives, machinery and material
of every sort and description. Even at
the small prices a ton or a pound at
which this metal waste is sold it brings
in millions of dollars every year.
OF all the vast amount of material
that a railroad purchases every twelve
months 80 per cent. eventually finds
its way into the scrap heap, In no
other business are the odds and ends
that ore no longer seryiceable collect
ed with SO much care. Everything,
from the frames Of tin lantern to the
ponderous driving wheels of locomo-
tives, reaches the scrap dock in the
end
But before anything is "scrapped" It
has to be passed upon by about a
dozen experts. They look it over to
see if there is a possibility of its be-
ing used in any other way before It
is sold to the junk man On one Of
the Eastern railway systems few
years ago large quantity of steel
freight car holsters were found to be
for the type of car for
which they were originally intended.
One by one the mechanical experts
shook their heads and voted that they
be sent to the scrap heap. But one of
the examiners suggested drilling an
extra hole in the condemned bolster
and using them on a different class of
truck than that for which they were
This was done at little cost
and their journey to the junk pile was
delayed
Nowadays the Railway Storekeep-
ers' Association is as wise to the value
of the scrap as the dealers. The men,
bers Of the association, have been
studying it year after year and discus
sing it at their annual meeting. At
present scrap is classified into more
than hundred different grades and
varieties. Each has its market price.
There is no longer a chance for spec
ulation or guessing. The railways are
getting more for their waste material
today than ever before. The average
is between SIS and SIC a ton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-30
THE SLEIGH OF THE DESERT
Scientific American.)

A corporal Of the French army IT
North Africa has devised a peculiar
machine particularly adapted fol
travel over the sand wastes of th(
Sahara. The machine is a cross be
tween an automobile and an aeroplanc
and has been dubbed the sleigh OF
the desert. The construction is
very light, indeed. 1t is mounted Oh
broad-tired pneumatic wheels, but ia
driven by an aeroplane propeller 1t
is so light and its bearing surface is
SO great that it will ride over the
sands without sinking, leaping over
light depressions and climbing the
steepest sand dunes. There is a decid-
ed advantage in using an air propell-
Ell, for then the drive of the machine
is Independent of its traction. In the
loose sand of the desert it would be
rather difficult to propel machine
after the maner of an automobile. The
peculiar vehicle is named La Sauter-
elle,' or the grasshopper, because of
its peculiar hopping fight over the If
Irregularities of the desert.
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-30
MUST LAND THE ATTENDANCE
TROPHY

Baseball looms large in the public
ieye to-day, as the time for the open
ing of the league season approaches.
The fans here are becoming more AMI
more enthusiastic as the days pass. 1t
is time when the entire population,
both old and yong, are vitality inter
ested in the national game.
1t behooves Americas to bestir IL
self and to make sure of the attend
ance trophy, after which there will be
more time in which to land the pen
nant for the local camp. This may
sound like a pipe dream, but it may
by the earnest support of the people
of Americas be made a pleasing and
delightful reality.
Every fan within fifty mile radius
of Americas should come to see tie
games that will be played here next
week, beginning Monday Americas
is to be the Mecca this summer for
all the fans of this section. There is
no better time for these fans to make
good on their support of the local
team than to give it a good send-of
at the opening of the league season.
There is probably no city in the
Empire State League that is moro
enthusiastic over the national game
than is Americas. There is a record
back of the local lovers of the game.
II is a record that should be maintain
ed and even bettered when the season
opens.
This is the clarion call to the fans.
could make no better entry
into the league than to win the at
tendance trophy With the attendance
trophy, the local team could soon get
squarely on the trail of the pennant
and land that necessary adjunct of a
holly contested league season.