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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-07-22
The Midsummer Musicale

1.-The orchestra which will assist in the
midsummer musicale to be held at the
Highlands Methodist church at Five
Points on Sunday night next, July Is,
said a layman, will be composed in part
as follows: Mr.. Davidson and Fred Hard,
violins: Messrs. Basil Manly, violincello;
Green, double bass; Elliott, clarinet Nay
lor. flute: Nappi, cornet; Homberg, from
bone, and Mrs. Charles e. bowman, Jr.
organ. They will play the overture &c
William Tell selections from Faust ano
the sextet from Lucia. They will also
accompany the chorus and the congrega-
tional singing.
"a rehearsal of the orchestra and chorus
will be held at the church at p. m
Thursday
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United States and the figurehead
position of King George. Yet radical
critics in England are as much
aroused over what would seem to
lockers on as a reasonable thing-the
King commanding" leaders to meet
in conferences if he were guilty of
treason.
The statesmen invited to Bucking-
ham palace arrived on time Such
an occasion was so uncommon as to
draw crowd of sightseers to the
streets around the palace. The gossip
of London brought out the fact
that Mr.. Asquith and Mr.. Law were
barely on speaking terms, that Lord
Landsdown and Mr.. Lloyd-George
two of the conferees, are bitter per-
sonal enemies and that Mr.. Redmond
and Mr.. Dillon had never before been
presented to the sovereign, it having
been fixed practice of the Irish
leaders to avoid all association with
royalty, even at state receptions. The
conference, therefore, was anything
but sociable or free and easy. 1t was,
in fact, a very chilly meeting, but 10
was brief, and the main business will
be taken up at the adjourned meeting
to be held today Although home
rule in some form seems to have
been as good as accomplished several
weeks ago, a real crisis is at hand
and the conference, therefore, may be
fateful
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-07-22

meanness, but to a Misunderstanding
of the mules nature. He can even
be taught to pillow, when hooked tan
dem. without lines and without a
driver
In the south there are estimated to
be 3,279,00O mules Kansas and ILL
nois are the only two northern
states with as many as 100000 mules.
New York has only 1000. Texas leeads
with 100000, but Missouri probably
breeds more mules than the Lone Star
State.
The mule is appreciated at his just
value in the south, where his ability to
stand heat and put in a full days
work has made him indispensable.
He deserves all the good things that
are said about him. He stands for
prosperity and advancement.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-07-22
The Importance of the Mule

In the last decade statisticans of
the department of agriculture esti-
mate that the number of mules in the
country has increased more than so
per cent There are now 4449, 900
mules in the United States, as COM
pared with 2,76S,OOO ten years ago.
The departments report also indi-
Gates that the mule is gaining on the
horse in point of numbers. Ten years
ago there were six horses to every
mule, today there are four horses to
every mule. The average price of
mules has also increased from SIS. 80
to $123.S5, a substantial gain of near
1y 60 per cent. This is considered an
exceptionally fine showing made by
the hard working mule, which is the
premier farm animal and has been in
valuable to the south in its agricul-
tural development
Stock men concede that the mule
is a much more useful and service
able animal than the horse. The mule
has many points in his favor. He
natures early and lives long. He
rarely If ever gets sick and at 20
years of age is practically no older
than a horse of 10 years of age. The
cost of his upkeep is less than that Oh
the horse. Two-thirds of the food
necessary to keep a horse in good con-
dition will suffice for a mule doing the
same kind of work. The expense of
shoeing a mule is much less than that
of q horse. His hoofs are hard and he
can wear shoes twice as long as a
horse can. When worked on soft
ground, roads or fields, the mule
doesn't need to be shod at all.
And another surprising claim made
for the mule is that he is the most
tractable of beasts when properly
treated. He must be coaxed and
Kindness must take the place of blows
but when he receives kind treatment
the mule reciprocates by doing good
work without being driven to it. Once
broken of a bad habit it is said that
he never reverts to it. His proverb
ial stubbornness is due SO one
authority declares. not TO innate
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OF Good Significance

Prosperity is breaking loose" said
an old citizen, who has large real es-
tate holdings. "This week a friend
showed me a letter he had received
recently from representative of east
ern capital, in which two propositions
were submitted-one of them a loan of
$175,000 on Birmingham realty at 5
per cent interest. and the other fsr
a loan of s25o,oOo on another nic.e of
property at " per cent irterest. This
gentleman remarked that those two
propositions were Significant He said
that he had bech trying for some
time to negotiate loans at less than 6
per cent. Gut had failed to do so. He
could n, get the money at any price. He
va that month ago such propositions
as he has now received and accepted
would have been simply out of the
question"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-07-22
King George and the Leaders

What little prerogative Is left to
the British sovereign in governmental
affairs is only nominal. King George
has no power, but like his father,
King Edward, he is tactful and by
reason of his tactfulness has some de-
gree of influence with men prominent
in public life. All his official acts are
merely in conformity with the wishes
of the government conveyed to him
through the prime minister or party
leader. Therefore, when King George
called certain statesmen to Buck
| ingham palace for a conference to
consider the crisis which has arisen
| over the Irish home rule question, it
was so unusual as to excite general
comment.
Whether the conference was called
on the Kings initiative or at the re-
quest of Mr.. Asquith does not matter.
The leaders were asked to come to
the palace and the invitation was in
the form of a royal command. The
conference was opened yesterday, and
| after brief formalities adjourned until
today, when it is hoped that the Irish
home rule measure will be finally
settled.
! The King did not open the confer
ence in person. After he had re-
ceived the statesmen who presented
hemselyes-Asquith, Bonar Law,
| Lloyd-George, James Lowther, speak
er of the House of Commons, the
Marquis of Lansdowne and Irish
Nationalist Leaders Redmond and Dill
lon, the right honorable speaker, who
had been chosen to preside, called the
conference to order. The King then
withdrew, his part in the proceedings
! being ended.
Long after Great Britain had de-
veloped a constitutional monarchy,
sovereigns there were who sought to
assert themselves now and then and
| to pose as rulers ''by divine right"
but since the aphorism, THE SOW
ereign reigns, but does not rule was
accepted as describing in a nut shell
the status of the throne, the principal
business of the sovereign has been to
accept the resignation of the prime
minister when his government was
defeated and send for the leader of
the opposition and ask him to form a
new government The conference at
Buckingham palace, therefore, has ap-
peared to the radical element in Eng
land as not simply reactionary, but
as an actual usurpation of authority
1t is of little consequence to the world
whether the King or somebody else
brought the opposing leaders together
for the purpose of Strengthening out
the Irish question. But looking at the
strict limitations placed upon the
royal prerogative Americans naturally
compare the power which the consti
tuition gives to the President of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-07-22

From the Washington Post.
Descanting on the meaning of thinga
in general, a writer in the London
Times advances the theory that moth
ing ever happens with suddenness
toward which 1t has not been slowly
working for years, and perhaps ages.
Thus. whether. 1t be the illumination
of the individual mind. or an unex-
pected blossominS forth of a general
movement, he argues the quiet and per-
sisten operation of underlying causes
whose latent powers may instantly
fash into view, but which have been
none the less existent all along, al
though unrecognized and ignored by
those who scan only the surface OF
events.
If this line of reasoning be accepted.
it explains most affairs in a far better
way than does the hasty generalizer of
superficial evidence. AS a basis froni1
which the pessimist may gain cour-
age, and the overweening optimist find
a graphing hook whereby he may be
brought safely back to terra firma after
one of his altitude flights, the nonsud-
denness theory ought to serve as an
effectual stabilizer
The real truth is that there is en-
| tirely too much of the "whoop EN- UP"
spirit in one quarter. and an excess of
the view with alarm temperament in
another. Things are neither SO good nor
so bad as they might be. The one fact
should serve as an incentive to further
effort. the other prevent the succumb-
Ing to hopeless despair Viewed thus,
the average student of matters political
will feel inclined to recommend to Rep
resentative Humphrey, for example, a
CHEEKY draught from the sunshine bot
| tie, while to Mr.. Heflin of Alabama the
same recognition of imperishable truths
would suggest a recourse to sedatives
calculated to cool the fevered magma
tion.
! All was not lost when the republican
party went into the discard. The mil
lennium didn't arrive when democracy
leaped into the saddle. Legislation may
be good or evil; yet the nation wags
on in spite of, rather than because of.
either kind. And this is on account of
the unseen. underlying Influences that
have been operative all along, coming
to the surface now and then as a great
reform' or the outburst OF an "Outrared
public conscience or settling back
into misrepresentation misrule," depend
ent upon which party one belongs to.
but really being the little hidden coral
workers. just the same.
There Is great gain in having right
ideas and right words to express them.
Noah Webster Ii said to have told his
lwife who claimed to have been surprised
on seeing him kiss the servant girl, "No.
my dear, you are astonished; it is /
that am surprised!'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-07-22
THE PRINCE OF MONACO

From the Washington Post.
1T is not a very difficult matter to
break the bank at Monte Carlo re-
marked DR.. Toohey Geddes former United
States government official in Paris, at
the Willard Breaking the bank does not
men taking all the money in the house.
A bank means one table, at. which
rorge-e t-noire or roulette. Is dealt, and
there are half dozen or more tables
Perhaps the banker at each table will have
500 900, and, when that sum is gone, the
bank is through for the night. True
enc might go to another table, but 1t isn't
on record that any one ever tried to break
the entire house.
1.-THE Prince of Monaco, who is the
ruler of the principally in which Monte
Carlo is located, is one of the most useful
men of Europe" continued DR.. Geddes
Il remember few years ago that on the
coast of France the sardne fishermen
ere suddenly shocked by the disappear
ance of the sal dimes The fish vanished
III almost twnklng and there was nc
accounting for it. All sorts of theorie.
Were advanced, but it was not until the
prince came along and made an investi
gation that the cause of their disappear
arce was discovered.
1.-THE prince is the foremost oceano
sIapher of the world. He set about to un
ravel the mystery of the Disappearance,
of the sa dine. His glass bottom boa
was brought into service, and it was foun(
IL at vast school of octopuses had mad,
their appearance off the coast and in
stantly the sardines took to- the deel
water. 1t wasn't for a year afterwart
that they ventured back
ITS all folly about the great numbe
of suicides at Monte Carlo added DIR
Gecdes. There are not a greater humble
of persons who kill themselves in Monac,
than In any other country. Gambling a
Monte Carlo is not permitted except b,
these persons who can afford it, and l
a PERSON shows by his appearance tina
he does not telong there he is politely blu
| fiji inly shown the way out
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toward the horizon line tells of liner
here and a tramp there; the one in
tent on well-defined purpose of traf-
fic and gain, like the masterful man
of affairs who knows his goal and
reaches it by direct route; the other,
in ballast perhaps with nose pointed
toward port where she may receive
cable order for her next destination
and cargo. and suggesting the eager
quest of the promoter or the inden-
mite hazard of the speculator or mere
ladventurer
A coastwise schooner. whose patched
and grimy sails seek the most available
tack in the lazy breeze. is all that is
left to remind us of the romance of
the high seas, of full rugged ships
with snow white clothes But the types
have preserved to us the splendid
stories of the sea of many great
writer's, and we may resolutely turn
the back to the smoke and read again
our Marryat, Dana Michael Scott,
Clarke Russell and other mssters of the
literature of the deep.
The people are in the surf by hum
dreds here and by thousands there
Either they are straighter of limb,
deeper of chest and broader of shout
ders these days than formerly or those
of the bowleg. knock knee and the fiat
bosom seek less public places. The
breakers dash over them and go cream
ing up the beach. Beware the under
tone of the surf! Yes; and of that daily
life But, vive-la bagatelle What care
we for the moaning of the bar? Shout
and laughter and choking splutter min
gle with the sob of the sea.
The trains bring in more hundreds
and thousands The bands give mu-
sic for the new dances and women
in the latest extravagances of fash
ion yield intimate touch to partners
Little children, some hardly beyond the
toddling age catch the step. No oc-
1casfon to moralize or philosopher; the
world is given to the dance and all
join a chorus of DUN vivimus. viva
fatle
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-07-22

Prosperity is the rule in my town,
said II. b. Leake of Jasper, who was
formerly a resident of Birmingham.
am engaged with the Bankheads in coal
mining operations, and our company is
doing well.
Il came to Birmingham in an auto
mobile. The distance by train is only
Al miles. but by the public highway
it is 46 The road between Birming-
ham and Jasper is one of the best in
the state. About two miles of the
road is yet to be completed, but work
on that stretch is progressing. We
made the trip in a car without trying
to speed in a little more than two
hours. One of my friends makes the
trip in less than two hours.
81 am always glad to spend day
in Birmingham. This city seems to be
growing at a faster rate now than
ever"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-07-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Real Estate Market

There has been much inquiry for
property In and around Birmingham
during the last two or three weeks
and believe we will soon have a very
active market" said a successful real
estate man yesterday.
Some good sales have been made re-
Gently, and there will be a great many
more before the summer is gone. In
many cities real estate has been toe
high, but 1t is not so here The local
real estate situation is ripe for a re-
vival of healthy activity. Birmingham
has great future. and the price
level of today will certainly seem low
five years hence"
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II like The Age Herald's suggestion
that Birmingham should have a mechan-
les institute no matter whether a full
fledged archaeological school is established
here Or not" said a member of Brming-
hams Virginia colony such an institu-
ton would be of great benefit to boys ap-
prenticed in mills factories and machine
shops.
Il was member of the organization
that founded the Mechanics institute at
Richmond about % years ago. That instf-
tuition had small beginning. We rented
a building which had been used as a
dwelling and our revenue was small. and
so. too. were our expenses. The city en-
gineer the late Colonel Cutshaw took a
lively interest in the work and contributed
his services as an instructor free OF
charge Other men well qualified for
teaching were employed at nominal pay.
They were all men of high standing and
technical training, but as they filled good
salaried positions they gladly did night
work at the institute, not by way OF
supplementing their income, but from pub
lic-spirited motives.
1.-THE night students We're all young men
from the shops They paid a tuition fee
of SO a year. AS the student body num-
bered about 100, the revenue derived from
that source was about $500. That, OF
course, was not enough to run the school
and to supplement the income we had 2Ot
or 800 associate members who paid 5;
year, For some years past the Rich.
mond Mechanics institute has been sit
uated on Broad street In handsome
building of it's own.
After the institute had been in opera.
ton for several years an endowment funt
was started, and substantial money gift.
were made from time to time. The lat,
Major Ginter gave $4,000. and finall,
the city council adopted an ordinance pro
viding an annual appropriation"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-07-22
SHIRT FRONT ADVERTISING
From the Wall Street Journal.

Advertising can go to some peculiar ex-
tremes. especially in New York city
where the bizarre soou becomes the COM
monplace. few nights ago broker,
who takes pride in being up to the latest
tricks of the trade, underwent a rather
new experience while en- route to a thea
ire. He had drawn a cigar from. His
pocket and found that ne had no matches
On the curb stood a man In evenins
clothes apparently about To cross tn.
street in the same direction
lave You match?'' asket the broker
Certainly" said the man. At the same
time his white shirt front became iEulni
mated with a flood of light aud q sigr
shone before the startled ewes of III,
broker. advising him to use a certain
brand of whisky.
II will match our whisky against an,
other in the market" said the man O
the emblazoned shirt front.
The broker says he is now prepared t,
see advertising on hosiery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-07-22
The west Booming

Early in the summer it was predicted by
many financers that new era of pros
perity would set in sometime during the
coming fall but it has arrived already,
said j. A. Arnold of Chicago.
II was in New York 10 days ago and
trade was brisk there. 1t has been active
In Chicago since the spring and In the
northwest business is booming. I under
stand that the entire west is on a boom
The feeling in commercial and financial
circles Is that the new period of prosperity
will continue for many years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-07-22
SUBMARINE MOTION PICTURES

From Consular Report.
A submarine motion picture camera re-
Gently invented by an American pho
tographer. has been successfully employed
in securing motion pictures of marine veg
citation and fish in the harbor at Nassau.
The apparatus consists of a flexible me-
tallic tube. 20 inches in diameter, which
is composed of a series of units, or Sec
lions, of overlapping hinges set in ver-
teal position, Trough the tube may be sus-
pended at any particular angle. The pres
sure of the water bends the joints inward
and causes the hinges J-iall downward;
thus the ucssit is increased, the differ
ent sections are easily lowered, and the
tube becomes automatically poised, even
when the float or barge above is being
rocked by the action OF the waves. A
strong rubber covering renders the tube
impervious to the water This tube de-
scends through the wellhole of the float
or barge.
To complete the device there is ball
shaped terminal chamber at the lower end
of the tube. In ii ordinary atmospheric
conditions are maintained as the upper
end of the tube is always open, and the
operator experiences no unpleasant effects
while working in it.
The results of the pictures taken in
Nassau harbor have been quite successful
The marine gardens. fish of many varie-
ties old rocks with divers descending
among them, anchors at a depth of ion
feet, and sharks and other monsters al
| their deadly work all show up with grea'
! clearness. 1t is remarkable that the pho
| tographs reveal nothing above the surface
| OF the water. The effect of picture of {
swimmer is weird if his head and a por
| ton of his body are out of the water
| The face of one looking down through 8
| water glass can, however, be photo
| graphed from below. 1t will prove o.
great interest to biologists and schoo
| children, as we'll as to the general public
| to learn that the son of the inventor o.
| the tube fought a shark II feet below thu
| surface of the water He fought single
handed, with only a knife for his protec
ton, and had neither helmet nor suit Of
protective material As this fight wa.
successfully photographed from within thu
tube, valuable information will be secured
on the methods of attacks by sharks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-07-22
IDLE OPINIONS.

A fat bride probably inspired the saying
that love is blind.
People who boast that you never hear
them complain often do a great deal of
complaining in private.
Nobody expects an optimist to keep
smile on his face when he is trying a
new razor.
Many a light and airy musical piece
owes its popularity to the fact that the
same adjectives apply to the costumes
of the chorus.
You can't blame man for not want
ing to look ahead when all he can see
is his finish
The person who is excessively grateful
is more annoying than the person who
doesn't thank you at ALL
The man who boasts that he is a man
of his word seldom promises anything
really worth performing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-07-22
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF Ex-CoNsUL WALLER

terms of the adjustment. and insisted
that our government should demand
compensation On February 20, 1895.
Waller was set at liberty at Mines and
the famous case was brought to a close
entirely satisfactory to the government
of the United States. Waller was sup
piled with means to assist him to get
home, and the Waller family, being
left in destitute circumstances. the de-
partment instructed it's representatives
to provide for the immediate necessi-
ties and to furnish them the means to
come to the United States.
TonprroW-Tria1 of Anne AsLew
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MIDSUMMER AT THE BEACH
From the Cincinnati Enquirer

FrOm the CIHcIHHHtI Enquirer.
Our coasts give opportunities for
midsummer outing and innings of ali
and surf to the millions fortunate
enough to take them. And as the soft
warm embrace of the sea will invig-
crate the body, SO also its phases and
surroundings may stimulate the mind
to unaccustomed thought. The tide
comes in with story of mans pur-
poseful strength and determination t.
"get there" 1t GIBBS. leaving its debri.
of shells, and tells of positions lost anc
hope and the physical life gone.
The pathos of the bleaching ant
crumbling ribs of the old wreck OF
yonder bar or .1Dck also bids the mint
revert to the derelicts and wrecks o.
purpose to the dark side.
The smoke of passing steamers ou