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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

OST everyone knows Hans" Wag- MI her or knows about him. "Hans'' ~ is a ball player and good ball player. Lots of folks say that he is the greatest ball player in America
 Being a man of brains as well as a splendid fielder and a hard hitting batter, Wagner knows that he is a good base ball player and a drawing card wherever the Pittsburg club appears. But he is not victim of a "swelled head" a mal- ady which is often epidemic among star baseball players.
 There was report that he was dis satisfied with the terms offered him to play again with the Pittsburghs this year. Asked about it, Hans said:
 Trouble nothingl Why. have no kick coming. I am getting more than I am worth. I wouldn't be worth cents as a drawing card if I wasn't a ball player for which the Pittsburgh club pays me handsomely. So don't figure that I have anything coming to me on the score. That's one reason why have always re- ]. fused to go on the vaudeville stage and take the peoples good money for seeing me make a fool of myself
 Gently, Hans" gently!
 Other ball players-and good ones, too have gone on the vaudeville stage and made good there not because they were - -actors-oh, no.-but because, the public was curious to see what it's baseball lead . CTS looked like off the ball field and were willing to pay money for the privilege.
 But
 Think over Hans |" the other prop osition--'I am getting more than I am vorth.' Possibly. The public is the best judge of that. But how rare and refresh ing a thing it is to hear a man prominent fin his business or trade or profession say that!
 For that alone Wagner deserves a place in the hall of fame even if he has not already earned one as a past master ot baseball.
 Suppose
 A lot of folks who think themselves Ill used were to admit honestly to them selves and to the world that they were getting more out of the world than they were putting into it and suppose furthur that they set themselves honestly and dil- igently to the task of making their Der formances square with their promises
 wouldn't there be lot more good work done?
 People of the United States and other civilized--more or less-lands. listen to this from the land of the Ekoi;
 "The Ekoi are devoted parents. They have curious beliefs as to the advent and death of their babies. One charm ing superstition forbids all quarrelins
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

tor the capacity of feeling and suffering, of rejoicing and sorrowing
 You and I cannot nullify the divine ordi- nance, however much we may be inflated with the pride of selfishness or indiffer- whatever tends to elevate or depress our fellow human beings affects us. for we rise and fall as our sister or brother, near or far, is uplifted or trodden down.
 When you pass another on crowded city highway or secluded country lane think to yourself, Here is another particle of the race to which I belong. He Is living his life as T am living mine. Amid what sorrows or joys he moves I may not know. for there are many of us, but I shall not be indifferent to him. for feelings and desires and aspirations as my own.
 'As pass him on this particular road, so am I passing millions of others on the broad highway of life. I will think of what can do. however little 1t may be, to improve their condition. Perhaps I shall set an example to others, and by so doing react for good on myself. who am bound up to these others by many ties of mutual interdependence."
 The chain of thought starts with con- sidering others as fellow human beings.
 "Is there one of us who does not some times treat a person like a machine?' asked a writer in the Atlantic. T have been striving for years to overcome in myself and in my medical fellows the professional habit of treating person as case or a walking disease.
 But the habit of impersonality persists, like original sin, in myriad forms and unexpected ways. Tn law courts we treat a human being as a prisoner at the bar. as the plaintiff or defendant to the exclusion of the fact that he is as real and sensitive as ourselves"
 Lord God, how many good and clever wits of children be nowadays perished by ignorant schoolmasters?"
 So wrote Sir Thomas Elyot, who died about the ignorance of schoomasters. and others in their impatience have voiced 1t.
 rant himself let the reader disagree with Elyot and the other wise men, old and new, and say:
 How many good and clever wits of children be nowadays perlshed by igno- rant parents?"
 For every ignorant schoolmaster there are a hundred or thousand parents too stupid, too wise in their own conceit or two negligent to supervise the educa-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
HEART TO HEART TALKS-By Charles N. Lure


But he cannot die from too much ex- posture to the rays of human kindness. (Perhaps we know this because there has never yet been a case of the sort the phrase killed by kindness" rings true only as & jest)
 Kindness never kills. It always brings life, not alone to the giver, but to the receiver as we'll
 As the sun, father of all life, is the center of the solar system of great ex- tent, in which reyolve the earth and the planets, so may each human being, if he will, be the center of a universe of charity and benevolence and loving kindness. He may warm 1t with his rays to the outermost circumference Of his sphere. He may warm not only his nearer planets. such as ther earth and the Saturn and the Mars and the Jupltor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

of his system, which are his immediate family and his near relatives and friends. but also the outer circles of his acquaint- ance.
 Let the sun shine More. let your sun shine.
 The sun is great big dynamo. the biggest known. If we could harness the power of his rays. making real a dream which scientists have had for centuries. we could shut down our coal mines and let our rivers flow unhar- messed to the sea.
 And if we could draw on the immense, immeasurable power of kindness which lies untouched in the human heart we could shut down our almshouses and our 1ails. There'd be happiness enough to go around and to give each of us as many helpings as we wanted and to spare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
"Squatters, Club" Exclusive

c4udttCIS AluU EACIuBbVO
 'Tn the United States" said Gerald Fitzgerald of Dublin. at the Raleigh, the term sauatter' carries anything but an implication of dignity, says the Wash ington Post. It suggests the interloper. the fellow who Is getting the use of land to which he holds no legitimate title. But in Australia, where I spent a couple of months last fall, 1t has a vastly different significance. The landed gentry of the great antipodean continent are called squatters. They are the decendants of the original pioneers. They own the great sheep ranges of the interior and the vast cattle grazing areas which are called sheep or cattle stations as the case may be. The 'Squatters club of the beautiful city of Melbourne Is the most exclusive club in the whole commonwealth.
 "The term pulling ones leg has sig- nificance in Australia and New Zealand at variance with that in the United States. When one Australian accuses an- other of pulling his leg he does not mean that the party of the second part is bor- rowing his money or separating him from other property without sufficient cause or intent of restitution. He means that the other fellow is kidding him. if 1 may use a delightfully."- pointed bit of American slang which, in the course of time. will become a component part of the language we all speak and delight in.
 Tt will not be a great while until the Australians have adopted practically all your American slang. Hundreds of Amer ican tourists, attracted by the easy voy- age from San Francisco which rarely wit nesses & rough day. are making the Aus tralian trip. especially in the autumn. In order that they may take in the races at Randwick track. Sydney. and Fleming- ton course. Melbourne, and they are h. troducing your colloquialisms. Also your vaudeville artists are helping in the mis-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

who haven't read it are advised to do so. In it Twain tells of Jim Smi1ey's in curable propensity 10 bet on anything. Whenever and wherever there was room for a difference of opinions Smiley was willing to back up his with money.
 He had marc that seemed to De afflicted with all the diseases to which horseflesh could be heir and Jim used to bet on her. The others thought she would bc easy to beat and it really seemed 20 until the end of race. Then she would get herself together and would always fetch up at the stand just about neck ahead as near as you could cipher 1t out"
 She was "there," as slangy boys and men say. when the time came for the real effort.
 Smiley's dog. This animal-but here's Twain's description;
 "To look at him you'd think he warn't worsh cent but to set around and look ornery and lay for a chance to steal something But as soon as money was up on him he was dif- ferent deg" And when the end of the fight came it was Smiley's dog that was the victor-until one day mean trick was played on him.
 There's a lesson for humans in Smiley's mare and dog.
 It is the lesson of reserve power.
 Build yourself up, mentally and phys ically, so that when the time of un- usual str n comes you have the power to meet it.
 Consider that in you there should be reservoir of energy to be drawn upon when needed.
 The best way to do this is not to dissipate whatever forces you may possess in ordinary times. Then when the emergency comes and the money is up' on you, as it was on Smiley s horse and dog you will be prepared to meet 1t and come in winner. To the person of right thoughts the face of every one else is as a mirror. Therein he sees reflected himself-his thoughts, feelings, hopes, sorrow, joys. Therein he discerns brotherhood. He looks upon others as he does upon him. self, as a fragment of the great spirit which peryades the world. In some factories a man or woman is not a person, but hand numbered thing Beware lest your mind take this cast and blind you to your true relations to your brother man and sister woman. A person is not a machine to be tagged and numbered
 Every one has soul Every one. high or low, possesses by the gift of the Crear
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sionary work. No form of vaudeville en- tertainment is so popular at Sydney and Melbourne as the American kind. Tho Australians know your ragtime darky songs well you do yourselves. The invitation to have a 'snifter' or a high balf is commoner than an invitation to & whisky and soda albeit the drink is served by a beauteous barmaid, and Scotch rather than rye or bourbon is tho kind of poison dispensed.
 After the opening of the Panama canal. which will bring Sydney closer to New York by 1000 miles than 1t is today via the Cape Horn or Suez route. and Aus tralia begins to send to New York the millions -f pounds of beef and mutton which she is now sending to England. the process of the Amercaniza ton of Austra- lia will be accelerated. In 20 years time I expect to find Australia and New zea- land more American than English"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29

People of the United States and other civilized-more or less-lands, listen to this from the land of the Ekoi:
 ''The Ekoi are devoted parents. They have curious beliefs as to the advent and death of their babies One charm ing superstition forbids all quarreling
Evening journal., 1914-02-03
IN AND OUT THE
NEW YORK SHOPS
By OLIVIA BELL

w ToMEN who find dainty corset
w covers a necessity under
transparent bIouses yet OBJ
iect to the straight ones without sleeves
will be glad Of pretty novelty It
consists Of a regulation corset cover
with the upper portion and sleeves
made Of lace houncing. the lower por-
tion below the bust Of fine white lawn
and the edge Of the flouncins is Joined
to the lawn on its own outline.
There are certain costumes that
bring an unequivocal demand for
smart belts. New and handsome ones
are made Of white kid with inscts o.
black patent leather and are held by
handsome but plain buckles Th.
belts are two and one-half inches in
width.
Mothers Of small children are apt
TO be constantly on the outlook for
toys that will be interesting as we'll as
amusing. There are new blocks on the
market from which houses and barns
and fascinating buildings can be made
and which are fastened together with
adiustible wooden pegs. A set from
which fifty different designs can be
made is offered for $3.50
There seems to be no limit to tn.
variety in foot wear Among new and
pretty slippers are those made with
vamps and heels Of black kid Will,
the remaining portions are Of silver
and gold brocade
No matter how many elaborat.
blouses one has there is always a
demand for simple ones. A Fifth
Avenue shop shows dainty waists made
Of striped white cotton ,oiIe with col
lar. vest and cuffs Of marquisette edged
with hand made Irish lace. The prics
the surprisingly small one Of S7.95.
The Southern season has brought US
some interesting novelties in Panama
hats. A smart and practical one shows
the straw woven to give a plaid effect
and trimmed with a simple band AMI
ornament Of heavy white Irish lace.
Tortoise shell is one OF the fads u
the season that is constantly appear-
ing in some form. New umbrellas for
spring show handles made thereof ani
thereare numberless Others Of exquisite
beauty. both the plain ones and thoss
showing inlaid designs executed in
gold wire.
Something different for the small
boy is the cry frequently heard whers
Young mothers are met. This spring
Evening journal., 1914-02-03
FADS AND
FANCIES OF
FASHION
n TID-wINTER is ever the season
MI Of brides and, consequently.

n HID-WINTER is ever the season
.W Of brides and. consequently.
Of trousseaux and the con-
.emplation Of trousseaux is certain to
bring about interesting and dainty
underwear while just now there are
lome noticeable features and notice
able novelties that seem TO invite
comment.
Il is, Of course, a foregone conclu-
sion that under garments must, to a
rertain extent, conform to the require
nents Of fashionable gowns and suits
and, with the tendency toward close
fitting gowns, not alone has the num-
Der Of garments been curtailed. the
material has grown lighter and thinner:
but, while all this is true. there is a
marked difference to be found in the
garments designed for women Of real
refinement and those bought by the
strugglers for fashionable place.
Judging BY the aspect Of the shops,
one would be led TO believe that all
the feminine world was color-mad and
that colored underwear was the very
newest demand. One Of our leading
dealers, however. has had the inspira.
tion to send TO France. that center Of
wonderful necdlevork. and 10 have
made Tor exhibition purposes a copy Of
Q trousseau such as would be designed
Tor a royal duchess and the contem.
rlation thereof in itself means lesson
There is undertaking designed Tor
every possible occasion. Tor sports
ioF country wear and for city wear
ici daytime and for Evening but ther,
absolutely no lace used. The trim.
ming is confined entirely TO embroidery
worked upon the material and tn,
material is fine white handkerchief
lawn. For one occasion. the garment
viii be simpler in embroidery and per
hsps in cut than for another but ther,
il not 20 much as a hint Of color to b
/ found in the entire collection and th
Effect Of exquisite necdlework oi
beautiful linen means daintiness an.
refinement itself By its side. the over
trimmed cheap garments. the colore,
, night gowns and the like. stand tortl
as hopeiessly vulgar, as. in reality
they must be. 1t is the province o
under garments to bear repeatei
hundefngs and white always can b.
x,AsLed 70 sustain the test.
Evening journal., 1914-02-03

there are oferei quaint littls suits
knoVu as the ton5ay. The troIssr,
are Of color. the bloIse Of waite with
collar AMI cuffs OF color AMI the two
are buttonel together with big bat
tons and button-holes.
This being the season for tn.
Southern exit. all sorts Of fascinating
warm weather costumes are shown.
With lingerie dresses are displaye fas.
cinating little coats. short ani loos..
Of silk AMI dIvstvn in bright colors
The development Of cotton fabrics
never ceases TO be a wonder. Among
novelties shown this season is a ma
terial known as gol6ne which is really
velvetlike stripe on a gauze founda-
ton. It is offered in all the fashion
able bright colors and makes fasci-
mating material for the fancy wrap,
and trimmings.
Among the latest accessories. to b.
offered are turneu-over collars AMI
cuffs Of white linen hem-stitched an
trimmed with tinv little buttons o.
colored linen There are also narrow
tics TO match
Fancy caps grow in number and in
variety New ones for the theatrs
and for the dance are made Of gold net
enriched by beads in brilliant Oriental
coloring.
Lovers Of outdoor winter sports will
eurely be glad Of new sweater sets
Each one consists Of a coat sweater a
cap and scarf and they are offered
both in lambs wool and in silk
The uses for tub silks seem ever to
be added to. Just now great many
women like the material for sleeping
garments and underwear and they
will surely be glad to know Of washabla
white silk crepe. thirty-six inches in
width. that can be obtained for IS
cents yard.
It is little curious that just at this
time when so many cotton goods re-
quire the cleaner and can not be sent
to the tub that washable silks are
constantly increasing in beauty. There
are new ones on the market this sea-
son showing two-toned effects that are
fascinating in color and in bnlIiancy.
yet can be washed as perfectly as a
linen handkerchief
Almost every fashionable costum.
shows some touch Of color. For white
gowns are shown pretty little guimpes
Of oolored batiste that are very dainty
and very attractive.
Evening journal., 1914-02-03
ADVANCE
STYLES FOR
SPRING
COSTUMES

hELTS make a somewhat import
ant feature Of new models. The
two accompanying costumes
show one q coat belted in Russian
ryle and the other a fascinating
title jacket that has b cit d
portions over the sides only
The latter shows the bolero front that
Is one Of the smartest Of all things
and waistooat for which the beautiful
'ancy materials can be used to ad-
vantage. As shown here. the materials
arc peau de soiris and brocaded silk
but. on plain broadcloth, the new
aotton duvetyns are much liked and
make a really wonderful effect. while
there is tendency toward the use Of
bright color for vaistcoats that Is
sminently picturesque. Dark blue or
hunters green broadcloth with waist
coat and collar Of duvetyn in one Of
the new yellows that are not aggres-
sive would be beautiful; or. II that Is
not liked. fancy silk showing bits Of
bright color can be substituted. For
the suits themselves. quiet tones pre-
vail but, for trimming, brilliant coIors
and a great many Chinese effects arc
introduced.
Stripes and checks both are to be
much used and the new checks often
show Just suggested lines that are
exceedingly handsome. The one
shown in the picture Is wool eponge
and the same costume Is shown in the
front view made Of one Of the new
MORE velours with trimming Of char
meuse satin. The eponge costume
can be used for general utility service
while the silk costume is adapted to
afternoon visits and occasions Of the
kind. and the use Of the same design
for the simple serviceabIe material
and for the dressy one make a rather
important feature Of spring styles.
Still further variety can be mads
hy using a velvet finished material for
the coat and a plain one for the skirt,
as duvetyn and hroadcloth or duvetyn
and tafeta, and there are almost limit.
less possibilities to be found in any
single design. for materials are un-
usually varied and unusually beautiful
and by a change Of fabrics and change
eitrimmine, the entire effect is altered.
For spring the important features
sfe japanese Sleeves. wide hips. open
neoks and waistooat effects. Sleeves
may be longer or shorter as each indi-
vidual likes and coats may be belted
cr worn loose as may be more be-
roming
Evening journal., 1914-02-03


a ccEssoRIEs and the finishing
IA touch ofa gown mark its sue
cess So am giving you a
few new ideas that are being introduced
into the smart early spring wardrobes
brought over from Paris. On some Of
the frocks that show long sleeves. small
buckles are used at the wrists. appar-
emily to hold the fulness or the frills
about the hands snugly in place. One
gown. made Of deep blue duvetyn. had
sleeves that reached almost to the
neck at the shoulders. and ballooned
out at the elbows They we're shirred
IN about the wrists and ended in little
frills over the hands. under which we're
deep frills of fine white tulle. Silver
buckles we're clamped through the
duvetyn at each wrist.
One big velvet flower is the thing at
present. A huge purple velvet rose
with many petals. or huge red name
less flower with four squared petals
either is striking and in good form.
With the increased use Of velvet flowers
their beauty has increased Perhaps
their price has increased. too. but they
are really worth every cent that i,
asked for them; for they are carefully
made and they are in good style and
color.
Jet is increasingly used as the season
advances Black leather bags are now
trimmed with small jet beads. embroid-
cred in intricate designs on the leather.
The band Of embroidery is often in-
ished with dangling bead fringe. Bags
are made Of Jet beads strung together
and mounted over colorcd silk. The
beads used in these bags are round and
smooth and somewhat dull.
On white satin evening gown there
is a tunic of white. beads. strung in
long strings that reach from the waist
almost to the hips, where they are
looped under and held firmly to the
skirt Of the gown. The strings are
placed so close together that only
when the wearer Of the gown walks do
they separate to show the skirt
beneath
Net and chiffon arc much used in
combination with fur for collars and
muffs. Huge mulfs Of black or. .colored
fox have rufflcs about the hands Of
wide plaitings of cream or pure white
net mounted over chiffon. Some
times the collars worn with these
muffs are finished at the ends with
vide. fichu-like frills Of tulle or chiffon.
Tulle and chiffon sashes are made
with the bead-edged ends. One. Of
black and white tulle used together.
has a deep bead ornament at the end
made Of beads Of gray, green and
silver. The ornament ends in long
bead fringe.
Evening journal., 1914-02-03

and exceedingly smart skirts Tbs
6ounced model is made Of broad
cloth and the blouse that is worn
with il is Of chiffon in the same color.
If lighter effect is wanted. il could
be made Of net or chiffon with good
results The drapery shown in tn.
skirt on the next figure takes exceD.
tionally graceful lines and the blouse
shows very novel sleevcs-
Evening journal., 1914-02-03

tifuL No matter what your natural
figure may be. your waist must appear
TO be large but the hips are larger and
the tendency to dropping shoulders
somewhat disguises the fact at ths
FIRST glance.
The new blouses are all soft and
full They fall about the figure n
the most attractive graceful folds.
The central figures show new designs
Evening journal., 1914-02-03

every possible way For between
seasons and for early spring there
will be great many bodices Of thin
material worn over skirts Of heavier
but. to be quite correct. there must
always be matching note Of color 20
give evidence Of the costume idea.
Cuimpe effects and Vaistcoats maks
important features. too and gifdles
'nd sashes are both varied and beau
Evening journal., 1914-02-03

THE FIRST models shown for spring
are always Of deep interest
In this group are shown most
attractive costumes that can be made
from any Of the new suitings. For the
all around useful suit, serge. gabardins
and materials Of the sort are in demand.
For the dressier costumes, VIC will wear
a great deal Of broadeloth. peau de
soiris. pcau de peehe. tafeta. char
Evening journal., 1914-02-03

meuse satin and the lovely velvet
finished fabrics that are to be found
in silk, in wool and in cotton willis
there are also MORE effects and other
novelties.
The young girls costume thar com
bines belted coat Of soft taffeta with
gabardine shows the verv latest lines
and is so essentially youthful in efecr
that it makes an especial appeal