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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
Will the Flag Return to the Sea :?

Many Americans heave a deep sigh at the contemplation of the differ ence between today and the time when our flag was supreme upon the seven seas. Hundreds of questions have been asked as to why the present situation in American maritime af- fairs obtains and as many answers have been volunteered.
 The fact has been greatly stressed that the United States pays no subsidies to it's merchant marine, but this does not afford solution. England never paid dollar in sub ventions to a freight line and but a very few second class nations pay subsidies for freight service. Eng land, as a pure military measure, sub sidizes a few rapid passenger lines which dominate routes to India and only one of the great German lines ever received a subsidy which compe- tition with Great Britain in the orient rendered seeming necessity.
 On the contrary, the United States has for 20 years been paying mail subsidies, and yet England is mistress of the seas. Others maintain that our commerce has been wrecked by legislation, and while there may be some portent to the argument it does not reach the base of the trouble. There is some force in the claim that railroads may withstand an indefinite amount of legislation, such as the FL kins or Hepburn laws impose, for the reason that all competing lines stand a chance of receiving an equal share If patronage, but that as Congress does not control all competing lines of ocean traffic our legislation has swamped the American flag under a too onerous burden. It is going too far, however, to assign this as the sole reason for the disappearance of our merchant marine. Unquestion- ably advancement in this direction has been impeded by an act which existed until recently eorbidding the flying of the American flag upon ship not built in the United States regardless of the fact that her owners by pur- chase were Amer .ans, but this did not kill our merchant marine.
 It would seem that the real cause of the situation is the fact that under a republican tariff men of wealth found that protection of American manufac- turing industries offered a more re- munerative investment for capital than was to be found in shipping in- terests. They abandoned their sea holdings and transferred their capital to manufacturing industries.
 It may be that now that the Un- derwood tariff act has in great measure done away with legalized robbery in such channels that the capital of our country, or great DOT tion of it at least, will find it's way back to investment in shipping in terests and ocean traffic; and it may be that in the near future the Amer ican flag will again be seen dotting the seas and flying in the ports of the world,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
NEW SCHOOL AT ANDALUsIA From the Andalusia Star,

Ten thousand dollars is insufficient for new school building at Andalusia. No plans should be drawn or accepted for the expenditure of that sum of money. Andalusia folk should profit by experi- ence. The present school house ought to furnish an example that is all sufficient. We are doing too much temporary work at Andalusia. Temporary work is eNpen- sive. No less than $5O,000 should be spent on a school building at Andalusia. This building should be erected in the center of the big school lot on East Three Notch street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
Enjoying His Trip Abroad

Mir B. F. Ezekiel is enjoying his travels in the. old world' said one of his friends. Few men are better prepared by reading to appreciate sightseeing in historic lands than he. Post cards recently received from him were postmarSed Cairo and were embelished with the pyramids of Egypt.
 MT. Ezekiel is in good health and we will look forward to his return with pleas- ure, for he will have lots to tell that will be entertaining''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
CHINESE VIEWS
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 In his book. '"The Chinese Revolution,' ,' Arthur J. Brown reprints a paragraph written by Chinese who had seen much of Europeans and North Americans at Shanghai.
 we are always told that the countries of the foreign devils are grand and rich. .' the Chinese observed ''but that cannot be true else what do they all come here for?
 'They jump around and kick balls as If they were paid to do 1t. Again you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

add to the entanglement of the ques- tion and the only manner in which the problem may be cleared of every doubt is to repeal the provisions of the act of 1884, should the administra- tion supporters succeed in repeating the exemption provision which car ries out plank in the Baltimore plat form.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
Canal Toll Entanglement

The fight upon the question of re- pealing the exemption of canal tolls for American vessels promises to be quite bitter, and the forces upon both sides of the controversy are being marshaled into line.
 However, it would appear that no matter what may be the outcome of the struggle the result will be fruit less to either faction unless an exist ing law upon the subject of long standing is likewise repealed.
 The statute in question was enacted in 1884, and it's most salient feature is section of the rivers and harbors act of that year. It is possible that it's construing may require judicial de- cision, but the mere existence of the act renders it possible for any owner of steamship, American or foreign, passi1g through the canal to inhibit for sometime by injunction the col lecting of tolls for such passage.
 /, The provisions in question declares Nthat no tolls or operating charges whatever shall be levied or collected upon any vessel, dredges or other craft passing through any canal or other work for the improvement of navigation belonging to the United States; and for the purpose of pre- serving and continuing the use of and navigation of said canals, rivers and other pubic works without interrup- Rn, the Secretary of War, upon ap-
 ton of the chief engineer in
 af said works, is hereby au-
 draw his requisition or
 \time to time upon the
 \Treasury; provided,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
MY LADY NICOTINE.

I often sit at twilight
 When the lights are burning low, And watch the coalescence Of the dying embers' glow. As sunset fires at yesper
 On Alpen heights are seen; And then I start to dreaming With My Lady Nictoine. I note the blue smoke curling As screen or tapestry Ablaze with forms and faces That are very dear to me. l hear the soft bells ringing; The wild carillon and chime; The voice of ancient spinet That recalls the olden time. l hear sweet voices Hitting
 And their echoes on the wall Resound in elfin whispers
 My rapt spirit to enthrall. Those fond d-slhouettes are smiling From the tapestry and screen Again I live in Already
 With My Lady Nicotine.
 A MODUS vIvENDI Ulster in arms against England; Iris so the papers proclaim; And then I said to my best girl
 Suppose we try the same game.'' T don't understand you quite clearly,'' She said as she looked straight at me. You be the Ulster, my dearie. And l old England will be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
TO VOTE wATERwOnks
From the Camp Hill News.

The question of water works for our town is much discussed at present by very nearly every citizen of the town. Mayor Newell has ordered an election on the Eth of next month, to see whether our citizens are willing to a bond issue of s2o,oo0 for water works andl sewerage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

Bishop J. C. Hartzell. bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, in charge of African missions, says the language of the barbaric blacks could replace every language of Europe and America now in use without any loss in beauty of ex- precision or the power to convey thought. T am now translating the New Testa- ment," he announced, Into an African tongue capable of as fine shades of mean ing as the Latin" Some of these lam guages were first reduced to writing by missionaries and their study was taken up later by scientists. At present 130 have been reduced to writing and the Methodist church has established four plants for publishing this new literature. There are more than 800 languages and dialects spoken in Africa, which scientists have divided into four divisions. In course of time it is predicted that the various lan- guages will be reduced to three families and that when these are put into writing and the natives taught to read the dia- lects that now prove so puzzing to stu dents will disappear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
DIDN'T KNOW SHEEP

From the Educational Times.
 Now, Tony, if there were 19 sheep in q field and seven jumped over a wall, how many would be left?"
 None, Miss Stowe.
 NO, Tony. Think again. There were 1s sheep and seven jumped over the wall"
 Well, Miss Stowe. I think I know what you mean; but really. Miss Stowe, you may know arithmetic, but you don't know sheep.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

When Rouen's famous cathedral was given an iron spire in the last century, considered out of keeping with this mag nifcent structure. there were many pro- tests made by people of esthetic tempera- ment. It is said to be much more of an eyesore than pictures of the cathedral indicate. Flaubert describes it in Mad anne Bovary" as "truncated tube, an oblong cage, an openwork chimney, which thrusts itself upward 1grotesquely, like an extravagant effort made by a crazy tinker.' However, the people of Rouen do not object to the cathedral spire, and may even be proud of it, for they have collected about s12O0 to have it gilded. Writers and artists are beseech- ing them not to make the spirit more con- spicuous than 1t is already.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
Auditorium Badly Needed

''The Tutwiler and the Motion will soon be completed, and Birmingham will then have hotel accommodations represented by something like 9oo0 rooms" said a mem- Der of the Chamber of Commerce, ''and 2O00 rooms will be enough to accommodate 4000 or 5000 visitors.
 Not many cities of approximately Bir- minghams size will be better off in the matter of hotels. With apartment houses and boarding houses added, Birmingham can take care of a great crowd-10,OOO or more.
 This will become a popular conven- ton city just as soon as we have a big auditorium. I believe we will have on an average of six great national gather ings when we have an auditorium or con- vention hall seating 5000 or 5000. It is hoped that some way will be found to push the auditorium project. The voters of Birmingham has decided in favor of a S00,000 bond issue by an overwhelming majority. The amount proposed should have been s250,ooo perhaps. That would have covered the cost of site and a modern. fireproof building. But when the people voted on the bond issue last fall 1t was thought that the city would offer site in one of the parks. The commits sion, however. did not see it's way clear to have an auditorium built in the city park. It may yet be induced to take a different view of the question, But no matter, we must have an auditorium
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
sHAKEsPEARE AND THE TANGO From the New York World.

SHAk -AND THE IAN0O
 From the New York World. The ,Nynical view that Forbes-Robert sons recent great success in his Shake
 spearian characters was due more to a popular desire to obtain last glimpse of prominent London stage celebrity on his farewell American tour than to real demand for classical dramatic poetry in the theatre is strengthened by the expe- rience of William Faversham.
 For having produced "Othello." and act ed Iago better than any other native player in 20 years, MT. 'Faversham has been sentenced to serve three months in in the four figures, he comes, of course, under the head of culprits who enjoy spe- cial privileges.
 A significant fact in his new departure cannot be evaded. More people crowded into the music hall to witness one of his performances in 8 scene from a once popular melodrama than could be lured in an entire week by Shakespeare's tragedy which poeticaiIx and technically Is the greates'pin the4anguase. The conclusion must be that Broad way does not want Shakespeare for its own sake. It prefers the revelations of
 modern iniquities which, as they are rep
 resented most popularly. do not exist The play with the punch is the real rival of the play of froth.
 Each year is heard the prophecy of a revival of interest in Shakespearian drama. The zeal of managers to preserve
 the monuments of classic literature varies
 inversely with .l their ability to secure
 promising plays of the immediate hour. Neverthellss. Droadway's vagaries of
 taste do not repF<pent the attitude of .
 large. substantial New York public that
 does not. howevefS % to the theatre as
 often as in other. Aaya How much MT.
 sothern and Miss Narlowe's success in
 shakespearian roles at popular prices has
 been due to their personal influence as
 artists is hard to determlne; the fact re-
 mains, though, that their Shakespea rian 1 productions never fail to draw large and
 appreciative crowds-providing they ap-
 pear at houses as distant as possible from
 the Broadway tango neighborhood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
ICE PLANT AT UNION SPRINGS

FT0rH BuIIUcK CUunty Breeze.
 Mr. Greenleaf, representing a strong firm of ice plant promoters, was in the city last of the week in conference with MT. J. A. Hough. planning to establish an ice plant here that will likely cost about N2,ooo. MT. Hough is favorably impressed with the enterprise and thinks the ar rangement for this important improve ment will be completed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
MID-oCEAN

From The Masses.
 Are there enough lifeboats for all the passengers
 ''No."
 Are there life preservers for every- body?'
 '.No."
 Well, hasn't anything been done in 1 preparation for shipwreck?" Well, the band has learned to play Nearer. My God, to Thee in the dark
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

The youngster emerging from the ruins of his first love affair, agrees with Kip ling that woman is only a rag and hone and hank O hair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

A woman who is mayor of an Oregon town had her husband arrested for selling liquor to a minor The husband of lady mayor is doubly watched.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

If the suffragettes could only do half as much to Premier Asquith as they threaten to do, the premier would be wiped out of existence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

A celebSated animal dealer keeps his captives inN an imitation jungle. How ever. their meals come arong so regularly that the animals must have their doubts about it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

Kentucky having postponed. a prohibit ton election for two years, it will be at least that long before the mint beds are turned into cabbage patches
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

When the newspapers are not describing the interior arrangements of a new ocean liner they are telling about the big guns of the latest dreadnought.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

If 1t were not for J. Ham Lewiss whisk- CTS and the Georgia peach crop the aver age pert paragrapher wouldn't be able to earn his salt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

Former President Taft recently fingered seven minutes in Milwaukee. Still, that's s long enough to consume two or three
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

Scandals at home and abroad show that human nature continues to be, on an average, just about the same.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
HANDSOME HOME DEsTRoYED

From the Athens Courier.
 Last Wednesday morning the handsome residence of pr. Ben 8. Pettus. located on Clinton street, was destroyed by fire. The ire originated in the kitchen from de
 fective hue, and was 70 far advanced before it was discovered that 1t was im-
 possible to save the building. The sur rounding residences were in great danger for a while, but fortunately the Ire did not spread.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

A contemporary says that a saloon is not John l.. Sullivans dream. Far bet ter than that, off stage the ancient glad iator and ripe philosopher is a farmer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

One of the meanest men on earth re- gently borrowed money from his fiancee to buy some teeth and then tilted her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

England has the largest fleet of sub marines in the world. and the worst lot of suffragettes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

A New York woman loses her memory when the moon gets full. The average man Is troubled the same way when he gets full.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

An automobile struck little Japanese girl the other day in an eastern city and for once jiu-jitsu was of no avail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
A Concert Orchestra

MT. William Gussen is rehearsing an orchestra of about % pieces for the con- cert to be given by the star pupils of the conservatory at the Jefferson theatre Tuesday night, March 31,'' said a mem- Der of the Musicians union.
 "Only classic music is to be played, and I know the audience will be glad to learn that the orchestra will acquit itself with high credit The personnel includes many of Birminghams best orchestral players" l"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

A lake out west has been named in honor of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. The girls are not going to get all the glory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
AWAKE FOR ONCE.

AWAKE FOR ONCE. Syndicate President: Did you get any movies of the Lacy trial?'
 Local Manager: ''No, we never dreamed there would be anything moving in Mont- gomery."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

When Colonel Roosevelt's boat was swamped he probably took a little water on the side.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

It is predicted that femlnism will make man dependent "Let the women do the work" has long been the slogan of some men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
LONESOME
From the Catholic Review.

From the Catholic Review.
 Her second husband had been buried during the afternoon, and as the dewy shades of evening were gathering over the landscape she sat by the open win dow waiting and watching the shadows deepen Into night. What are you watch ing?' asked a sympathetic neighbor. T am waiting" said the weeping widow. flor the cats to begin fighting in the back yard. This thing of going to sleep without a quarrel is so novel, so unusual, it is too hard to bear. Leave me alone with my grief to gaze on the ever changing Yon- ders of the starlit skies. and when the cats begin I'll dose off gently"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
MIGHT BE WORSE.

And now they've bugs for ear rings; A style that woman hugs;
 But 1t would be more foolish To have earrings for bugs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
TROUBADOUR AND JESTER
AS IN A CIRCLE.

AS IN A CIRCLE. silas: 'Hez Browns wife surely is trying to make both ends meet" Jonas: ''How's that?' silas: Don't you see how pigeon toea she is?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
TELEPHoNl

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord, thank Thee for my work. thank Thee for the ruddy glow 1t gives, the ready mind, the singing spirit. Give me strength and skill and zeal sufficient to make me the master of my tnsk and not the slave. And may Joy make my labor beautiful. For Christ's sake. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
CONTAGIOUS,

She; 'I see that London carried 17ayooo,- eco tubers last year.
 He: .fYes; the number is tuber colossus, isn't it?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

L.- AI bureau. Henrietta street Covent Garden. London.
 Eastern business office, Rooms AZ 10 50, inclusive, Tribune building, New York City: Western business oItlce' Tribune building, Chicago. The 5, C' Beckwith Special Agency. agents TOT eign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABIES

From the Chicago News.
 Mamma-Where have you been, Lis- beth?
 Little Lisbeth-I was in the kitchen watching cook take the shingles off a fish.
 Small Eva-How old are you, grandma? !? Grandma-How old do you think I am? Email Eva-Well. don't know, but you don't look awfully new.
 Small Edgar had been spanked for pull ing the cats tail. The next day he was found doing the same thing.
 Edgar" said his mother. severely. do you want another spanking?"
 'No. thank you," he repliedy T don't really care for any more."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26
NOT A MYTH.

NUT A MYTH. l tell you fashions mighty smart, And the proof thereof herein lies; She did not make these slit skirts when Old Argus had a hundred eyes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

at the Birmingham, Ala, second class matter under IS March 3. lSt9.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-28
THEATER CENSORING
MAY BE DROPPED
Commissioner Gillespie Peeved
Because EstimatOrs Cut Out
Appropriation

Police Commissioner Gillespie
threatens to discontinue the police
censorship on motion pictures and
burlesque house productions because
the board of estimates has disalloM-
ed a $4,000 appropriation for the
establishment OF censor bureau IN
police headquarters. Officer Lester
Potter, the present police censor,
who has had several years eXper-
ience In the work will be assigned
TO other police work, according to
the commissioner.
Detroit now bears the reputation
OF having about the most rigid mo-
tion picture. censorship OF any city
In the country, and through the
efforts OF the police censor, the bur-
lesaue .theater shows are, also, gen.
.erally speaking kept reasonably
clean.
The commissioner declares he VIII
insist on every man in his depart
ment doing the work he is hired 10
do. Potter draws patrolman's sal
AIRY IT the TTtm rOT rn5 CrUsUr bur-
eau Is not restored the commissioner
intends 10 ASSIGN Potter 10 regular
police duty and discontinue the CEN
sorship OF the theaters.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-04-28
SAYS HUSBAND
BEAT HER WITH
KN0TTED ROPE
Mrs. John Hage's Tale of Fiend-
ish Cruelty to Judge COdd
Wins Her Divorce
LASHED INTO WORKING
IN FIELD, SHE ASSERTS
Children Made To Suffer in the
Same Way-Weeps AS She
RecOunts Story

A story of cruelty that might have
had its origin in darkest Siberia was
told Tuesday morning, in Judge Codd $
court, when Mrs. John Hage, 60 years
OF age, took the stand in her own be-
half in a divorce action she has
brought against her husband, a
farmer
She swore that long knotted rope
hung on the wall OF the home, and
that her husband time and time again
swung its coiis against her back un-
til, fainting from the agony OF the
whipping. she would stagger out into
the fields and put her hand to the
plow and toll all day as a. strong farm
hand might
She said the same rope was used
without mercy on the backs OF their
ii children. and they, too, were driven
into the fields TO work often when
they were too small TO see over the
backs Of the horses.
The aged woman Wept In court as
she told OF the beatings she had re-
ceived, and her withered hands often
went 10 her shoulders and she
crouched as IL she were again feeling
the sting OF the lash
The decree was granted and Judge
Codd took occasion TO express his
opinion OF a man whose actions were
those described by Mrs. Hoge