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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-18
Miracle TAKES
place ON RHINE
OLD LEGEND SEEMS TO HAVE
COME TRUE IN GER
MANY.
MIX ART With POLITICS
In Order Not 10 Disturb the "Poliu-
cal Balance" Certain Pictures
Are Withdrawn.

BERLIN, May IA Wcstphalian
legend Of sunken cloister, swallowed
by the earth In night in punishment
for the sins Of the monks, appears
now very possibly founded on fact. The
legendary occurrence has Just been
repeated on the reputed site Of the an
cient monastery near Rheine. but this
time without involving modern sin
ners
Fifteen acres Of a wooded moor, still
called the Holy Lake, in commem-
Grafton of the waters beneath which
monks and monastery disappeared
and which In turn slowly sllted up
first into marsh and then into moor,
have dropped out Of sight, On the
spot is now lake thirty feet deep,
with only the tops of the higher trees
appearing above the surface.
The legend speaks Of "A rumbling
subterranean noise which warned the
population of the fate overtaking the
monks. and the same sound, accom-
panied by noticeable trembling of
the earth. during the night Of April 3
carried the news of the new wonder
to the villages around the moor. When
the spot was visited the next morn
ing 1t was found that fifteen acres had
sunk bodily some forty feet the sub
sdenCe occurring so evenly and grad
ually that birches and pines were still
erect in the soil, though already well
below the level of the surrounding
land. Streams Of water We're pouring
from the almost vertical sides of the
cavity, which soon filled to the depth
OF about fifteen feet and then, after
an interval to about thirty feet. The
flow Of water still continues, but the
waters seem to have found n conceal
ed outlet, for the level remains fairly
constant
Thousands of sightseers are visit
Ing the miracle" including many
geologists. who have already advanc-
ed their explanations Of the pheno-
mena The country here is underlaid
with beds of limestone, which, the
geologists assume, is subject to eros
ION by strong underground streams of
water. Into a cavern thus formed an
aera of stone corresponding to the new
lake has presumably fallen and the
present sinkage may be only the be-
ginning of further subsistence.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-18

His employer heard of it. and the
next day began twltting him when
he saw him absorbed in a dictionary.
what are you doing, SAM" he
asked. Looking up some more big
words for another speech2"
mo sah." he replied. "Taint
that. Abs jes translatin' the speech
all made last nlght"-Harper's.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-18

their home surroundings. The vast
educational and entertainment side
and scope of San Diego way over the
obsolete plan will be seen at glance
and the fact recognized that while
everything worthy Of the old way Is
retained, the exposition is given an
entirely new trend and theme.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-18
The Question.

Eight hours work is enough for
any man." said Farmer Corntassel.
Yes" replied his wife as she
dropped an armful of stovewood on
the floor; 'the question is how are
you going to get any man to do that
much work."
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-18
A Ilnguist.

negro porter in a barber shop
made a speech one night at the col
ored mems club. 1t was quite an eff
fort. creating sensation among his
brothers on account of the number of
big words 1t contained.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-18

A celebrated Irish counsellor rs
remarkable for his brogue as for his
bonmots. being retained against n
young officer who was indicted for
very gross assault. opened the cause
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-18

Il driving my second Buick Model 10 My first
Buick Model F. two cylinder which gave the very
best Of service and satisfaction The had been driven about
$4,000 miles before got it, 1t is always easy sell second
hand Buick sold mine for than paid for it, have
owned and driven several other makes of but did
what satisfaction until got my Buick drove Empora
and back 1877 miles, in 9 hours nine gallons of gasoline
little less than 81 miles to the gallon drove to Minneapolis
Kansas and back S3 miles in two hours and thirty five minutes
on four gallons of gasoline average 20 "a miles to the gal
lon The easy tires and repairs have spent
dollar."-P. G. Redman Abeine Kan.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-18

in the following manner: "My Lord.
l am Counsel for the Crown. and |
am first to acquaint your lordship
that this soldier"
stop sir.' said the military hero,
Il would have you know sir | am
an officer"
con. sir beg your pardon says
the counsellor, very dryly, TO speak
more exactly this officer. who is nc
soldier. Life.
They describe the baseball game
With the sizzling stuff
But in case we lose the same,
Words are tamc enough.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-18

Anton Won Werner. Germany's cele-
brated painter of battle scenes and
honorary director Of the Royal Art
school, contributes this month an in
teresting sdelight on the history Of
international relations during the re-
cent European crisis illustrating the
precautions taken in Germany TO
avoid sharpening the situation.
For some time rumors concerning
a withdrawal from exhibition OF some
of Werner's paintings for political
reasons have been in circulation.
These have now been confirmed by
the painter himself, with the addition
that the withdrawal was at the request
Of hte foreign office, which was anX-
ious to avoid anything which might
stir up hostility in France. Last aut-
umn Werner was invited to partici-
pate in the jubilee loan exposition of
German art, to be held to celebrate
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ac
cesion Of Emperor William to the
throne. He placed at the disposition
of the organizers number of his his
toric pictures, dealing with scenes of
the Franco Prussan war and with
events in later German history up to
the death Of General Count Won Molt-
Ike, the military genius of that con-
flict. At the same time he suggested
In view Of the strained political con-
ditions at the time, and the fact that
the pictures dealt with martial scenes
of perhaps provocative nature, that
the director secure the permission of
the Emperor to the exhibition of the
paintings.
He was told in reply that at the re-
quest of the Foreign Office the pic
lures would not be exhibited. The
fire eating section of the German
press naturally RACES at this interfer-
ence with German art, but the action
of the foreign office is generally ap-
plauded by the public as well as by
Prof. Won Werner himself.
Germans usually attribute to Ameri-
cans a craze for everything that is big,
but Germany makes some things big
ger than any other country in the
world When the lmperator starts on
her trial trip she will be the biggest
steamer on the ocean. Moreover, the
final work on the mammoth vessel
has been done with the biggest crane
in the world, which was completed
about the beginning of April.
Hamburg broke the worlds records
in cranes twenty-five years ago, but
1t later lost this pre-eminence. Now
a German firm has built there crane
that can handle loads to a maximum
of 275 short tons within radius of
113 feet. and 1870 tons within ia feet
But its working reach is even greater
than this, for the movable arm is
itself surmounted by small crane
that can lift ten tons at distance of |
230 feet from the center. Thus, for
weights of that size. the crane has a
total sweep Of 400 feet. The machine |
is operated by electricity and only two |
men are required to serve It. The |
chief operator in the central booth Is |
provided with searchlght so as to |
enable him to work at night
German manufacturers of cranes
claim that their machines excel those
made in other countries, and that of
140 big cranes In the world, more than
half were built Ivy single German
firm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

quired the duma to apologize for Ma.
Markoff before it will resume business re-
lations. 1t is the duty of the cabinet,
unless the constitution be the merest
phantom, to cooperate with parliament,
and il the present cabinet thinks coop
GRAFTON incompatible with it's honor its
constitutional duty is to resign and make
room for another, not to hold up the
work of the government
However, il is generally recognized that
Mr. Markoff's outburst is the excuse for.
not the cause of the boycott The duma
passed a vote of censure on the govern
ment for persisting in substituting the
arbitrary caprice of the official for law.
and Withholding the promised and long
overdue reforms. Under that vote, only
too well deserved the cabinet Is smart
ing, and it is considering various modes
of retaliation. Some ministers favor a
dissolution but most recognize that new
elections would certainly return more
hostile duma. After M. Stolypin's ex-
ercises in that art. the limits of gerry
Wandering have been reached. so that
other ministers suggest that the powers
of the duma already of the scantiest de-
scription, should be still further cut
down. Those who know how anxious the
Russian government Is to draw still more
heavily upon English capital will wait
with curiosity to see whether 1t will veu-
ture yet another coup d'stat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

went up to an official of the lord cham
berlain's department in Piccadlly one
morning, addressed him by name, shook
him warmly by the hand, reproached
him for having neglected her so long"
and made him promise he would call
upon her on the following Thursday.
This done she tripped away, leaving the
courtier gazing after her in amazement,
since he had not, and has not to this
day, the slightest idea of her identity.
1t is not often that an official of the
court is so directly approached with an
offer of monetary reward for his SER
vices in getting a royal warrant as was
the case a few months ago. He was
written to by firm of cigarette mer-
chants hailing, 1t is almost unnecessary
to add, from the other side of the At
lantic forwarding him samples of their
goods. together with the cool intiina-
tion that they We're well aware that
the cigarettes were just the thing the
king could smoke and enjoy" and that
for every 1000 that his majesty ordered
the official approached could have 60
per cent. of the account as paid. The
reply was curt, but deserved. 1t was
to the effect that the samples had been
handed by the courtier to his chauffeur
who pronounced them rubbish. and that
in those circumstances he did not feel
justified in pressing them upon his
sovereign.
1t was due to the late King Edward
one of the finest connoisseurs of wine
who ever lived, being served with a very
indifferent brand of champagne one
morning that the grayest case of cor
ruption that has ever been proved
against the officials of the British court
was brought to light. He asked the
name of the firm who supplied it and
what on earth it was doing in his cellars.
He pursued this matter to some length.
and ultimately found that one of his
most trusted servitors had been SUBJ
stantially bribed to introduce this wine
into the bins of the then Prince of Wales
preliminary to an application for the
royal warrant in the ordinary course.
1t is on record that the offender In this
case was continued in his position just
under half an hour after King Edward
was Informed of his identity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
HOUSEKEEPERs HAVE MANY PROBLEMS
ny MRS. J. b. REID

rious the race problem than anything
else In the south. because as en-
counter this type of negro so frequently
we feel the mothers are raising them to
be a burden and annoyance to the COM
munity, rather than an Industrious, USE
ful citizen. If they are worthless through
ignorance, why not demand a training
in domestic service, and refuse to hire
them until they can bring you written
evidence of their worthiness to undertake
the service of your home? We recall
that Booker Washington told us once.
several years ago, in a public address
that we would never have a better ne
gro until we demanded more of him
that we would indiscriminately employ
our neighbor's cook. even if she had
dismissed her 15 minutes before. and often
without asking of her reasons for leaving
or dismissal. Again, he said most of
the cooks and nurses in this city lived in
"Buzzard Roost or Scratch Ankle''-these
two important centers have, we believe,
been marked off the maps of Birmingham
today, but their influences remain among
many of the servants who are looking
for work
If we would demand a higher standard
for our servant girl or do without
awhile we would soon see a difference
in their desire to render better service.
There was never a time more opportune
tnan now. Whlle the cost OF nigh living
is being talked and written about all
over the country There is a much
greater danger to the financial condi-
tions In waste, than in the high cost-with
the one, somebody is being benefited, but
with the other II is a shame.
We speak from experience family of
six can almost live on the waste of a poor
and careless servant. We have figures
to prove what we say. Another phase
of the situation-you cannot keep cook
if you lock up"-she did not have that
with Mrs. Jones, and she never stole
nothing" and yet you know you can see
the materials carried off in buckets al
ways cooked-when we employ one unre-
liable servant we know little of how many
we are feeding.
However, we cannot lay all the blame
of poor housekeeping on the negro. There
are many housekeepers who have no idea
of quantities needed of each material for
the week or month. We asked one about
that not long since, and she indifferently
said she Just knew when she was out
and just told the cook to order some
more The bills were payed at the Of
f1ce. and she could not tell just how
much it cost her to live. She had no idea
of how to cook meal herself, and just
let the "hired girl" look after that, but
she said right pitifully. Sometimes she
cooks mighty bad; the other day she made
lemon pie with a merangue, and in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

'Housekeepers have now several very
serious problems confronting Them but
probably the. one most affecting the
manipulation of home affairs is the
servant problem. There are plenty for
hire, but few competent, and fewer still
who are willing to be trained into the
methods of the individual system" said
a woman who tells us she has tried and
been tried by luckless numbers. And
we assure you she is not alone, in every
gathering you will hear discussions of
the cook problem.
Not long ago we were waiting for a
car. and nearby stood two old negro
men, bent with age, and scarcely able
to carry their burden of garden i'm
plements, but they were talking of how
things were with them, one said he did
his own cooking and the other asked
why he did not marry-stating he had
his fourth wife-and the disgruntled
partner said, "Oh, no. 1 done tried dat,
and desc niggers dey just move out and
take everything l got; no wife for me
any more" He had suffered like some
of the housek eepers, and he had profited
by his experience. but we are still vic
tins of a rowing, grasping class of SER
wants who would just as soon leave and
take everything you possess with them.
OF course there are exceptions to the
rule. in this instance as in all others.
There are many good servants yet, who
are interested in their work and their
homes. but the vast majority that call
at your door and ask, 'Does you want
to hire a lady?" are not worth their
bread, and could hardly eat it, If they
made it themselves. Yet when you ask
for whom they have cooked before, they
always give you the names of the cele-
brities among sthe housekeepers. The
question confronting US is what are we
going to do-are we willing to bear
the ills we have" rather than by some
mutual house wives cooperation formu-
late some system whereby the worth
less specimens we bring into our ser
vice are not going to continue to prey
upon our premises and we remain VIC
Tins of their treachery and incidence
We believe there is a solution to this
question, and we believe there are
enough good negroes in this community
who would willingly come to our res
cue and thrash out this low class that
is destroying the kindly feeling between
the races.
This specie has done more to make Sc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

undertake that they should receive the
necessary Commands The lady in
question possessed great influence in the
political world, and openly promised the
official baronetcy If he would do this
for her. When he declined to take part
in this scheme he was then threatened
with the lady's grave displeasure, and
was bluntly told that she would make
it her business to see that he was re-
moved from his position. His retort was
prompt and surprising. He went direct
to his official chief and laid the whole
incident before him. with the result that
he continues to hold his position in the
household and the lady in question no
longer receives invitations to court.
Lord Stamfordham once remarked that
zone never knows how popular one is
until one is appointed to a position at
court" This is certainly true, since in
vitations from people of whom one has
had no previous knowledge simply pour
in from all quarters upon those whose
good fortune 1t is to serve either the
king or queen. An amusing story may
be told in connection. About the time
last year an extremely wel-dressed lady
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~1~~-~->@-~>-S>>->r-
August l for a western trip. In River
side, Cal, they will be guests of Mr..
and Mrs o. f. Gregory, the latter for
mcrly Rosalind Jones of this city, and
returning will spend two weeks in Colo
rado. They will return in September.
Mrs. NJ Landau and her daughters,
Miss Josephine Landau and Miss Isabel
Landau, will leave Tuesday for New
York, Boston and points in Maine. They
Will return home in September.
Mrs. Rose wellington owen and two
children have returned to Florence, after
a visit to Mrs Ned McDavid, Mrs Grover
Thaxton and other relatives.
Miss Dolly Madison owen and Miss
Helen Bowie of California, who have been
guests of Mrs. Ned McDavid. are now
with Mrs q. p. Rosamond. Miss Bowie
will leave tomorrow for a visit to New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Winslow have gone
to New York by boat.
Miss Lucy Lyman Powell and Miss Lii
liam Powell left yesterday to visit Mrs.
Polk at the Alabama Power company's 8
dam on Lock 1. In Clanton they were
Joined by Miss Jettaieen Farley Miss
Florence Harris and Miss Julia Morgan
of Montgomery.
Mr.. Phares Coleman, Jr., Mr.. Jack
Thore, Mr.. Robert Thach, Jr, and Mr..
Leroy Percy are spending the week end
at Lock z, where they are members of a
house party.
Miss Sara Collins has returned to this
country after a years study abroad, and
is at present visiting in Seneca. N. Y.
She visited friends in Newcastle, Brighton
and other points in England and was also
with friends in Scotland, besides touring
Italy and Holland before returning to
America. She will be in Birmingham the
latter part of the summer.
Miss Virginia Dowdell of Montgomery,
who is visiting friends in Birmingham,
will sing this morning at the Church OF
the Advent. Her selection is "Oh, Thou
My Redeemer"
Judge Alvin M. Douglass is spending
the week end at his country home in Dali
las county.
Miss Pearl Ratterman's friends will be
glad to learn that she is improving after
her recent illness.
Mrs. G. w. Reid of Albany, Ca, is the
guest of her mother, Mrs. ]. M. Mason,
Sr. They returned Wednesday from
Montgomery, where they attended the
Mason-Steiner wedding.
DR.. and Mrs Courtney Shropshire plan
to begin building at Miner Heights next
month.
Mr. and Mrs. Tidwell. Miss Russell It'd
well and Marion Tidwell are occupying a
cottage at Cook Springs.
Mrs. Charles Leeper expects to go to
Shelby Springs the last of the month to
stay some time.
Henry Francis Beaumont w., son of
Mr.. and Mrs Henry r. Beaumont, of
West End. left yesterday for Oak Noun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
TEMPTATION OF
OFFICIALS AT COURT
Those Who Serve Royalty Frequently
Offered Brides to Aid Some Pri-
yate Person or Firm

London, July s.-(Special)--O those
who have had the privilege to serve in
the kings household can realize the
temptation that is thrown in the way of
those who are known to be connected
officially with the court. To the credit
of the members of the royal staff, it
has to be said at once that these temp
tations are nearly always treated with
contempt A recent incident, in which
two officials of the lord chamberlain's
department were implicated, shows, how
ever, that sometimes the temptations
held out are more than can be resisted.
Punishment in such a case Is swift and
severe. So soon as anyone joins the
royal household it is made perfectly clear
to him or her that any attempt to gain
personal profit by reason of their posi-
tion means instant dismissal, and this
rule is never departed from, no matter
how important their post may be. No
mitigating circumstances are taken into
consideration in such case, and the
mere fact that the confidence of the
sovereign has been betrayed is regard
ed as sufficient to have the culprit re-
moved from court.
1t is safe to say that scarcely a day
passes but what anyone known to be
connected in any way with the royal
household, or possessed of any influence
there, is approached with suggestions
that he might benefit his own pocket
by falling In with schemes propounded
to him. 1t is not many months since
one of the best known officials of the
lord chamberlains department was Of
fered a cheque for f6G0 If he could get
a royal warrant stating that the firm
in question had been specially appointed
to supply certain article to the king
1t was known of course. to those who
made this offer that the official in ques-
ton had access to the blank forms upon
which these warrants are drawn up, and
that it would not have been a matter
of the least difficulty to get one of these
signed by the then lord chamberlain
among his daily pile of documents. The
offer was Indignantly rejected, and the
whole matter reported to Viscount Knoll
lys, his majesty's principal private seer
tary. with the result that the firm who
made the proposal is Still without the
royal patronage and is probably won
dering why no orders from Buckingham
palace comes it's way.
1t is not always money that is the
bribe offered to court officials. Social
advancement is often the bait dangled
before them. case in point may be
quoted. One of the principal subordi-
mates of the master OF the horse was
approached two or three years ago by
lady Of title with the suggestion that
she cauld obtain handsome fees for pre-
Aeuting young ladies at court IL he would