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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
Will Start Buying Movement

The railroads in every part of the country need more equipment; but they are doing little or nothing in the way of betterment at the present time and will not begin to buy rails, rolling stock or other needed material on a large scale until the interstate com merce commission acts on the peti- tion authorizing the carriers to ad- vance freight rates 5 per cent.
 It is understood that the commission will decide within the next 30 days and it is now believed that the decision will be favorable to the railroads. There have been many oral hearings, but in order to expedite matters, the commission from now on will hear both sides-carriers and shippers only through briefs. Not only are the railroad companies active themselves in endeavoring to have the interstate commerce commission see the situa- tion as they see it, but thousands of prominent business men who 'pay the freight" are insisting upon favorable action. Most shippers would gladly pay small advance in order to bring about an improvement in business con- ditions, and it is very generally con- ceded that nothing would so tend to revive commercial and industrial ac- tivity as brisk buying movement upon the part of the railroads.
 The iron market, which is extremely dull, would take on new life the very day that the railroads are authorized to advance their rates. Large orders would then come for pig metal; also for steel products and lumber. All iron and steel products would be in greater demand than they have been for many months past. Everybody would be talking prosperity, and the entire business world would look for ward to harvest time with high de- gree of enthusiasm.
 In the meantime the Birmingham district is in better shape than most other industrial sections, and when the iron market begins to jump this city will be starting on new boom era.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05

More than 10000 names have been dropped from the pension rolls during
 the past year, on account of death and other causes. During the fiscal year, which begin July l, pension disburse-
 ments will be s169,150,000 instead of
 $1s0, ,3o0000. which was the amount ap- propriated for the current year. How ever immediately following the report
 on pension budget the House passed a bill granting pensions to the widows and minor children of officers and en- listed men who served in the war with Spain, the Philippine insurrection and during the Boxer uprising in China The first year this law is in operation 1t will call for an appropriation Of s2,500.0 poo. Without supplemental leg islation of this sort it Is believed that the pension disbursement will continue to decrease. The Spanish war pension discharged soldiers and sailors who served in this war in the Philippines and in China. and s2 month to each child under 16, if the widow married the soldier or sailor before the law was approved. From the beginning of the government to the present time s4.557659S24 has been paid out for pensions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
The Lure of Light

Let your light so shine before men that they may be constrained to glorify your Father which is in heaven" Matt 5, 16.
 Last week we spoke of God in the programme of social service. Today we speak of the middle link-one's own self
 ! It goes without saying that man cannot serve long even as a hoe-hand if he is not moral. Sin, like vulture, eats out his vitals. He who protests love for fellowmen and yet throws away his life so he cannot serve them, is a liar or a weakling. And as with the body so with mind and spirit. They disintegrate without an inner and growing righteousness. The work man presently finds himself with job enough, but with no adequate tools.
 Until the worker has himself sur rendered to an awful "oughtness," he can take to others no terrible "Thou shalt" He cannot feel the conviction of it and the value of it, and his words are like air. He has not seen the depth of the pit because he has not climbed to the crags. Further, until he has himself fought with the dragon and overcome, he carries to others no prevailing "Thou canst.' The man who has not overcome thinks that no man can. The man who has, knows that any man can. Again, until he has himself breathed the new air of freedom, he has for others no wondering "Thou mayest." His very authority and his very lever and his very lure are his own righteous self
 The romance of righteousness, the adventure of battling the souls ene- mics, the achievement of exploring and subjugating new continents of character, the daring climb toward God Himself-all these must surround one with a halo of prowess and of charm before he can beguile another.
 God works through persons through personality. He stretches it, exalts it, beautifies it, breathes upon it, until it glows with His own like. ness. If you haven't any self to of fer-raw it may be, but ready for the ovens of God; green it may be, but ready for the ripening of God; dead it may be, but ready for the breath of God-if you haven't any self to offer, you can form no link between God and men. Many a man whines about the worlds slowness to embrace his cause, when the world is slow only because he is in the way, with his pride and jealousy and his self advertisement. If you would help your brother-whether you would or not, in any agony of humility whatso- ever-you must say: "Oh my brother, whom love as myself, come and be as am. Ydu may be more God grant it--but/ /you must pass through
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
Mir. Bryan's Self-Sacrifice

The United States will never be asked to buy motor car for the of ficial use of Secretary of State Bryan. He made that announcement before the appropriations committee in re- gard to the legislative, executive and judicial appropriations bill. In his private capacity MT. Bryan "chugs'' about in the modern fashion, but a horse and carriage satisfy his modest needs as a cabinet member.
 However, one important point has been overlooked and Secretary Bryan gently called the attention of the ap- propriations committee to it. For 30 years Congress has failed to provide anyone to drive the state department carriage and one of the messengers of the department has acted in the ca pacity of coachman. Since 1884 John Barry has filled this dignified and honorable position.
 To make the situation even more complicated, no provision has been made for footman. You gentlemen, of course, know that you cannot get along with driver alone when en- gagged in the matter of returning calls" said Secretary Bryan, and it is presumed that the members of the committee nodded their heads saga ciously. As it is distinctly bad form for anybody to go about in carriage without footman, particularly for a gentleman who is chief custodian of the peace dove, silver-tongued chau- tauqua star and, according to snobs, the "American Premier" Secretary Bryan has been placing another mes- senger from the state department on the box. His time has been carefully deducted from the government pay roll and his services paid for out of the Bryan pocketbook, which is be- lieved to be fat one.
 A footman for the Secretary of State, by all means It is bad enough for him to miss lecture engagements which can hardly be prevented, but to be forced to pay the wages of his official footman is another evidence of the well known ingratitude of re. publics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
Rabindranath TagOre

When Rabindronoth Tagore of Ben gal was awarded the Nobel prize, the literary world at once turned it's con sideration upon the new oriental poet.
 The verses of Tagore are not only poetical gems of flawless fashioning, but in them one sees reflected the beauty, the sophistry and the subtle mysticism that lend a charm to all Indian literature and intensity the brilliancy of thought in which Tagore has interested the western world.
 One of his most popular produc- tions is a fascinating little conceit known as "The Sleep That Fits on Baby's Eyes," and offers play for the rich imagination and word pie turing with which the author is so beautifully blessed; but the poem that houses sweetest thought and appeals to the soul-side of ones nature is his "When l Bring to You Colored Toys"
 Here the writer reveals his deep study and infinite comprehension of nature and expresses the intense rap port which exists between himself and that nature. To the poet the delight of the child caused by the color of the gifts explains why colors are made to play upon cloud and water and why the flowers are clothed with soft tints of natures painting.
 Equally explanative is the singing of the poet to which the child dances and in it he sees why there is music in the whispering of every leaf and why the waves of the tenebrous deep
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
DOWN IN MEXICO

 Hurray. hurray we're going down to
 Mexico; Hurray, hurray, we now are on the
 way. We are the Texas grangers, We reckon not the dangers To fear we all are strangers Down in Mexico. Hurray, hurray we're going down to
 Mexico; Hurray, hurray, we now are on the
 way. We're sent by Governor Colquitt, Who thinks that we are all fit To every greasers ball split Down in Mexico. Hurray, hurray we're going down to
 Mexico; Hurray, hurray, We now are on the
 way. We do not mind old Bryan, We're going to cross the line And make Huerta resign Down in Mexico.
 A VISIBLE DIFFERENCE Women's fashions once were loud, But now it is inferred From present styles women believe They should be seen, not heard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
THE BACCA RAT TRIAL

honor and affecting the whole future
 career of a gallant gentleman with
 a hitherto unspoted reputation. He then detailed the circnmstances of the famous card party. In detail he ex- plained the mystery of the game. and in conclusion said that upon the oc- casion referred to the bank was linn ited to $500. and that when that was lost the game was ended.
 Then the solicitor general read the much-talked of document which Sir Gordon signed after the discovery of his alleged cheating at cards. and in which he undertook, as the price of his fellow players silence, never again to
 play cards. This document was as follows.
 Tn consideration of the promise
 made by the gentlemen who have signed this paper to preserve silence in regard to my conduct at baccarat, I on my part solemnly undertake never to
 play cards again as iong as live" This document was signed by the
 plaintiff. the Prince of Wales, and oth- CTS The plaintiff was the first to take
 the stand. He absolutely denied that
 he had cheated, and said that the only
 reason he had signed the document was that he placed such implicit confi-
 dence in Lord Coventry and General Williams. his friends, who drew it up and insisted he should sign to avoid a scandal.
 On the second day of the trial the Prince of Wales was placed on the
 witness stand. He detailed what had
 happened at the gaming table, and
 when he was asked by a juryman-a rather unusual procedure-to what was
 his opinion at the time of the charges
 made against the plaintiff, he replied
 They were so unanimous that I had
 no other course open to me than to believe them"
 Most of all of those who were pres ent at the Tranby Croft baccarat ramc testified. Arthur Stanley Wilson. son of the millionaire owner of 1ranby Croft. swore that he had seen Sir Cor ] don cheat and described how 1t was tdone. The greatest day of the trial
 was Monday, Juno .. when tho plain-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05

tiffs counsel, Sir Edward Clarke, scored the Prince of Wales, and said that if Sir Gordon's name was drop ped, as was suggested, from the army list, so also should be those of the Prince and General Williams. It was brought out that the Prince was jealous of the friendship of Lady Brooke. who was considered the most beautiful woman in England, for Gordon Cum ming. st
 The trial ended on June 9, and the verdict was against the plaintiff The audience resented the verdict with hisses and Sir Gordon was cheered by the mob on the streets. It was not only his end socially. but even his ac- cusers were ostracised for the way they had acted. The trial had made more trouble in the English social set than had ever before taken place, and Gen eral Williams. Lord Coventry and the Prince of Wales himself were cen sured because it was believed that they had acted under most scanty informa- tion and condemned their friend to ruin to stop peoples mouths and pre- vent scandal-smirching of their own characters.
 Tomorrow-Trial of Cronin Murderers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
Greater Birmin q ham

If one would get something like a cor rect idea Of the extent of Birmingham s area, he should take a trip to the top of Red Mountain neaA the standpipe of the Waterworks company said Col. N. F. Thompson yesterday. "I took walk on Sunday afternoon last to that local ity and had view of Birmingham that was a revelation to me, although I had prided myself on keeping up with the growth of this city.
 T have been a citizen of Birmingham fer over 30 years, ans while it is true
 ttat l have been absent for protractcd
 periods during that tune, I have had my family here and fsrained my citizen
 ship here. l have ever been its par tisan, as l was at one time it's paid pub
 licity agent. It was while acting in
 that capacity that I often predicted it's
 future greatness. but when I looked out over the broad panorama spread before
 lie on Sunday last felt that my prophe-
 ces had been realized Where only a wooded eXpanse existed when last stood
 on that eminence, there were now mag niicent residences approaching the very crest of the mountain and broad lines of streets stretching away towards the northern border until they were lost in the far distant hills on that side 1f Jones valley, with development visible almost from East Lake to Bessemer verily the half has not been told of this ciiys greatness.
 But If we could only awaken even a fraction of that enthusiasm and en- crgy which is. manifested in the field Of politics in the work of building ur Birmingham and Alabama, this city would soon be the metropolis of the south with million population, and Alabama the richest agricultural state in the union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05

breathe sempiternal chorus to the heart of the listening earth.
 Again the sweets which charm the little one and for the reception of which chubby, greedy hands are ex- tended, tell the writer why the cups of the flowers are honey-lipped and why sweet juices drip from the secret ly filled recesses of the luscious fruits.
 The poem is pot pourri of literay sweets and mental confections and in it's perusing there is no marveling as to why the author was awarded the Nobel prize.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05

IN NE of the most sensational of O was that of the baccarat scan 1 dal, which stirred all Europe during | the summer of 1ssl owing to the l his royal highness King Edward VII. appeared in court and testified.
 1 London society had been rolling un- der its tongue as sweet morsel of gossip the adventures at the gaming
 table of members of the English aris- tocracy, which eliminated in suit for
 islander. The baccaret case was off, cially known as the suit of Sir Will
 liam Gordon Cumming against MT. and Mrs. Lycett Green, Mrs. Arthur Will ! son. Arthur Stanley Wilson and Kerke ley Levett for slander, in which Sir
 Gordon sued each defendant for s25,- 900 damages
 The case grew out of a lively little
 gathering at Mrs. Arthur Wilson s
 house at Tranby Croft. in September,
 1890, at which was present the Prince of Wales. Sir William Gordon Cum
 ming and Lady Brooke. Baccarat was
 the nightly amusement, and the accu-
 sation that Sir Gordon had cheated
 was made, and although suppressed, as
 it was thought, for all time, the "hor-
 rible scandal" came to light later on. l During the early months of the year
 the charges of his dishonesty came
 from time to time to the ears of Sir Gordon, and he decided to put a stop to | it. even if it meant public scandal, for only through that means would he
 be able to clear his name. Suits were begun as early as February, but the
 trial was not called until June l. in the court at Temple Bar.
 ] At the commencement of the trial
 the courtroom was crowded to suffo- cation by As distinguished a party as probably ever was present at a trial.
 The Prince of Wales was accompanied
 by his private secretary. No sooner was he seated than ths-jury was sworn
 and Lord Chief Justice Coleridge be- gan the case.
 l Sir Edward Clarke opened the case
 for the plaintiff He said the charge was most serious one involving tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
Fine Festival Chorus

''Mr. Rienzi Thomas, who has been re- hearsing sections of the chorus which is to sing the beautiful oratorio, Paradise Lost at the May festival here, will have full rehearsal within the next few days" said a we'll known musician
 Tt is not too much to say that Para disc Lost will please the average music lover more than any oratorio ever heard here. It is by Dubois and is strictly modern The orchestration is gorgeous The orchestra alone would be worth the price of admission, and with the great chorus and symphony musicians con- bined, and to say nothing of the solo quartet, Birmingham will certainly have a great treat in store"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
Go-to-Church Sundays

"A few Sundays ago We had the 'Go- to-Church' movement in effect, and I was glad to hear several pastors say that the results were marked" said an old lay man, Many a man who had been reared in a religious atmosphere but who had become indifferent to church services and rarely darkened the door of a place of worship was induced to respond to the appeal which the pastors made and the best of it is that evidence of tine 'Go-to-Church' movement is still being seen here. I am told that the congrega- tions at most of the churches have been unusually large this spring. An increas. ing number of people seem to be reviyine the church going habit. It is we'll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05

] the city by putting big signboards ur in front of all the alleys. He might get some advertising specialist to cover the streets in summertime with can vass awnings containing advertising This would also be profitable. 1 If Commissioner Ward is going into tile newspaper business for the city. he might likewise put Up big bulletin boards on which he could display his terse com mcnts and interviews each day. This would save the newspapers the space of printing them. George really might make Birmingham a profitable city by selling space on the shade trees for advertising signs.
 like George; that's the reason I talk about him with such freedom; but if had been editing his copy in his com ments In the afternoon papers on BIr- ningham not getting a regional bank I would, for his own protection, have con- signed it to the waste basket.
 He thinks the selection of Atlanta as the regional bank center is enough to make southern democrats vote the re- publican ticket, and he claims that Os- car Underwood and other Alabama con- gressmen permitted the bank to go to Atlanta He says, Tt looks like some body had been traded with" and adds that the contest was the turning point in the race for supremacy between At- lanta and Birmingham. He then advises that no citizen of Birmingham take a jcb on the regional bank. board.
 I had thought George would be good man for this job himself, as he has had much banking experience.
 Apparently Commissioner Ward had not taken much interest in locating the regional bank here until we had lost it. He was too busy to go to Atlanta with the committee ana lend his infiu- ence towards getting the bank here
 Rut with it all George is a good fellow and a good city commissioner. His news paper eagerness, and his desire to tam Per with the type merely leads him to go off half-cocked ocea sonally.
 But l don't think his interview will cost Underwood many votes. because everyone knows that Underwood exerted himself to the limit to get the regional bank located here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
LUKE M'LUINE SAYS
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.


 There are one or two ways to keep a husband home at night, but a wife soon learns that buying him a smoking jacket that looks like a horse blanket with the hives isn't one of them.
 We can't all be millionaires. But there is no man so poor that he can't cheerfully give you a cure for cold.
 When most men wear silk hats they look like they were doing 1t on a bet. But an undertaken makes his shiny lid pay him dividends.
 The diplodocus isn't the only extinct animal. It is in the same class as the husband who never told a lie to his wife.
 The great trouble with pretty girl is that she is always too busy admiring herself to admire you.
 When woman has face like horse she planes the prevailing styles in mill linery fer the fact that she can't find a becoming hat.
 When girl begins calling you by your first name. look out for your last name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
RHODE ISLAND FAME
From Harper's Magazine.

From Harper's Magazine.
 It was geography lesson and the teacher had been asking what some of the different states were noted for Looking at one of the little girls, she asked:
 Tell me. Florence, what Rhode Is land is celebrated for?'
 For moment the child was silent then an inspiration apparently came to her.
 Rhode Island" replied the little girl. lis celebrated for being the only one of the United States that is the smallest"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
After Fifteen Years

progress since my first visit about | years ago. said George B. Steth of Chi cago. T was frequent visitor during the early part of the last decade, but I had not been here since 1911, and the strides recently have been amazing, indeed. Bir- mingham's greatest rate or growth seems to have been since the last census was D0,0o0, and I do not hesitate to predict that it will cross the 300,0o9 line before 1920 t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
Tomorrow-Trial of Cronin \
IN THE STREET CAR

By Julia Neely Finch. Just a meeting and a greeting Amidst the city's din, May hap not cen word Just look to look replies. Some little kindness shown To someone near, unknown Makes all of us akin. Two meet whom shame and wrong Have severed, long. too long. "Ah! We have wandered wide" Have you forgotten. dear" Those days? Thou golden ways?" She turns great tears to hide," Yet womanly obeys" Her heart and to his side. Leans closer as in fear Who the whole world over But dearly loves a lover? Here not a word is heard Just shyly to her place She shrinks in maiden grace. And yet with sweet surrender In every lfssome line He passionate and tender Adoring with his eyes, An, me! Loves Paradise! And there the little Mother Was over such another As sleeps upon her arm! An. Mother Mary. Thine Too slept. as soft as warm And sleepins. chance He smiled As does this little child! And 70 with greeting, meeting: Chancing wind and weather We tourney on together. xinpman. qtraueer ffiendy Qafe our loyfneys eaA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05

Paul Heyse, the famous German nov elist, is reported to be critically ill Heyse holds distinguished place among modern novelists. In 1910 he
 was awarded the Nobel prize for liera- = ture. His best known novels are "Chil-
 dren of the World" Tn Paradise. " Merlin "The Birth of Venus" and
 "Brea sting the Current" Heyse has
 also written dramas Rnd volumes of
 poetry. He was born in Berlin March
 15, 1890.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
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WELL POSTED

Mrs. Hopkins: How is your. little nephew that was sent to you through the mail?Y
 Neighbor: "First rate. The doctor says that spot on his back is not a ring worm but just where the parcel post man struck him with the cancellation stamp"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05
THE DAY-Teach me

BEGINNING THE DAY-Tench me today, 0 my God, that nt small tnsN and in small place I can yet De great. Give me consolation In that sIorifed company of those who have been great in Thy sight, but whom men have never seen. Make me sat isfied. Q Thou Rewnrder Of the faithful, to work for Thee and await Thy recOmpense. Amen.-H. M. E.