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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26
Shakespeare and "Oid Glory"

Ben Greet and his players are no
longer popular with the people of
Passaic, n. ]. An interesting situa-
ton has developed. The relations eX-
listing between Mr. Greet and the
Passaic population may be charac-
terized as strained" 1t all came out
as the result of an argument Mr..
Greets road manager had with the
lady president of the Passaic Teach
ers association, under whose aus
pices the Ben Greet players recently
gave performance in Passaic.
The play chosen for presentation
was 'The Merchant of Venice" The
rear of the platform on which the ac-
tors were to strut was draped with an
American flag. Realizing that the
stars and stripes, while never out of
place in patriotic minds, would be an
anacreonism in Shylock's Venice, the
manager of the company requested
that the flag be removed. The lady
president of the Passaic Teachers as
sociation conceded that the American
flag might be anacreonistic under the
circumstances, but she feared that
there would be a riot in the audito-
rum if anybody attempted to remove
it. She remembered that one of the
Greet players tried to remove an
American flag when the company ap-
peared in Missouri town and riot
ensued.
The eXasperated manager protested
in vain. Passaic patriots were not
to be trifled with. The lady president
stood pat and performance of "The
Merchant Of Venice" was finally given
with "Old Glory" looming grandly as
a drop. Whether or not the audience
was distressed by the Inappropriate
ness of the stage setting is not
stated, but the players and the man
ager in particular felt that they had
a grievance.
Mr.. Greet was not present himself,
but the matter was called to his at
tention by his manager. Thereupon
followed some correspondence be-
tween Mr. Greet and the lady pres
ident of the teachers association,
during the course of which Mr.. Greet
charged that "the people of Passaic
are narrow-minded and ignorant"
Let US hope that this painful con-
troversy will subside without further
unpleasantness. 1t is possible to love
"Old Glory" and admire Shakespeare
without inflicting one upon the other.
If the temporary removal of an Amer
lean flag in order that performance
of Shakespeare may be given with
some regard for the properties is
casus belli in Passaic, that town has
less common sense than it is given
credit for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26
Dove of Peace Plumes Itself

The recent ratification by the
United States Senate of eight arbitra-
ton treaties is signal triumph for
President Wilson's policies, and the
cause for unstinted congratulation.
The nations included in the compact
are Great Britain, Spain, Japan, Nor
way, Sweden, Italy, Portugal and
Switzerland, and it is almost as
sured thai ii additional nations will
enter into a similar agreement. Bry-
ans dove of peace is rapidly becom-
ing a bird of consequential impor-
tance.
The conclusion reached was also a
distinguished victory for diplomacy,
as it not only assures the domination
of international peace and fraternity,
but at the same time reserves to the
respective governments q maintenance
of national honor and independence.
ibis respect the autonomy of the
lpact is as nearly perfect as hu-
p integrity can make it.
The four exceptions to the submis-
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sion for arbitration are questions af-
fecting vital interests, independence,
national honor and the rights of third
parties; and while it is true that some
disagreement may arise as to desig-
mating what questions fall into this
category it is not likely that the ma
chincry for the accomplishment of
universal peace will be thereby ma
ts1lally retarded or deranged in its
operations.
Nor does the Senate surrender any
of its rights under the provisions of
the treaty as before any question can
be referred to The Hague Tribunal it
must be submitted to the Senate,
where a two-thirds vote will be es-
sential tn declare it subject to special
aibitfaf q agreement.
As the treaty now stands all ques
tions affecting the Monroe doctrine,
the Panama canal tolls, the immlgra-
ton of aliens and their admission to
American schools fall under its pro-
visions.
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon
made vigorous fight to exempt the
questions specified, but was over
whelmingly defeated, and the country
is TO be congratulated upon the result.
Senator O'Gorman of New York
declares that the struggle in favor of
the canal tolls is not yet finished, but
the President has been adequately as
sured by leading members of both
houses of Congress that the eXemp-
tion will be repealed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
< Husbands. like babies, are easily spoile
No gir! cares to be considered a match
less beauty
The easier It is to reform a man the
less 1t amounts to.
No artist can paint a self made man as
big as he thinks he is.
Many girl who is proud of her big hat
is ashamed of her big shoes.
When man falls in love he proceeds
to fracture all the rules of the game.
The man who has no secrets from his
wife has either no secrets or no wife
Some folks would look for happiness
with a lantern when the sun is shining.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26
HIS HAPPIEsT MOMENT

From Harper's Weekly.
bachelor of considerable wealth was
much sought after by many Of the most
charming young women of the town.
Minnie Rivers, very pretty maiden,
was sure she had brought him almost to
the point of a proposal.
What was the happiest moment OF
your life?" she asked, while they were
taking a moonlight stroll one evening.
THE happiest moment of my life,'' an
swered the bachelor. with a reminiscent
smile, was when the jeweler took back
ar engagement ring and gave me some
cuff-links in exchange"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A bride discovers SO much about a man
in the first three months of married life
that 1t wouldn't surprise her a bit il the
wedding ring left green mark on her
finger.
Daughter puts in the entire morning
trying to increase her hip measurem ant,
and then mother spends the afternoon
trying to reduce her hip measurement
Women may now become principals in
the public schools. But that won't pre-
vent them from getting off street cars
backward.
Why is it that boys hands and a
girls elbows always need washing?
The reason a knock-kneed girl is happy
is because she knows that if she were
bow-legged it would bulge out her hobble.
| won't believe the votes-for- women
crowd have a look-in until / see pictures
of some of the suffragettes in the safety
razor ads.
When the devil wants to make sure of
a man he sends temptation in the shape of
a good looking girl and wins his bet nine
times out of ten.
There isn't much class to INA sher. -.
But there are also too many women who
know that every man who happens to be
in the neighborhood is trying to flirt with
them.
There may not be any cabarets in the
jay towns where the favorite sport is to
go down to the depot and see No. come
In. But you can bet that nearly every
man in town owns his own home.
An alarm clock isn't much account at
getting boy up unless mother is on the
job to second the motion made by the
alarm clock.
Some women like to be operated for
high named ailments SO much that
it would pay the surgeons to fit them up
with a set of hooks and eyes.
They say kissing is unsanitary. But
| never heard of people kissing for their
health.
What has become of the old-fa shioned
man who used to wear squeaky shoes on
Sunday?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26
Uncle Sam Follows the Plow

Uncle Sam Follows the PlOw
If the farmer of the United States
ever doubted that he was coming into
his own, surely all such apprehension
must be dispelled by the agricultural
appropriation bill just reported by
Chairman Lever of the agricultural
committee, and carrying with it an
appropriation of $1S,947,000
Not only is the bill almost prodigal
in its financial dispensations, but it
is radical in it's proposition for
changes and reorganizations, and is
the most comprehensive measure that
has ever been submitted to Congress
in behalf of agriculture.
1t proposes to change the name of
the bireau of statistics to the bureau
of agriculture forecasts and increases
from $4,000 to 100000 the appro-
priation for the recently created office
of markets.
Special stress is laid upon road i'm
provement and of the total road ap
preparation of $3.50, 200 there will be
devoted $145,000 for investigating the
best methods of road making espe-
cially ordinary sand-clay and dirt
roads; $36,260 for Investigating the
chemical and physical character Of
road material, and 100000 for field
experiments in the building of high
class roads.
The opening of land to entry for
homes and settlement is to receive
100000, and lands valuable for farm
ing in the national forests $4,000,
while the improvement of alfalfa,
clover and other grasses is to receive
$175,OOo.
Among the many problems to be
solved are the elimination of powdery
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ginseng, obviating the death by thou
sands annually of wild ducks in the
Salt Lake valley and the importation
of sheep from New Zealand for
breeding purposes.
Migratory birds are to be protected
by expending $450,000; the sources Of
the supply of potash, nitrate and
other mercantile fertilizers are to be
Investigated, and laboratories are to
be constructed to study fixation and
atmospheric nitrogen by electrical
methods.
Forest fires are to be fought scien-
tifically, diseases of chestnut bark
are to be vigorously combated, and
over q quarter of a million dollars are
appropriated for investigation and eX
periments in the dairy industry.
The south gets nearly half million
dollars to fight the cattle tick, 100000
for testing waste, tensile strength and
bleaching qualities of cotton as stand
ardized by the government, and sub
stantial sum for Investigating the cane
syrup and beet sugar industries.
Meat inspection is to be scrupu-
lously prosecuted and free distribu-
ton of seeds, bulbs and plants is to be
continued. Even the reindeer is to be
cared for and every need of the agri-
culturist considered and his interests
conserved.
Verify, Urcle Sam is the man who
follows the plow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26
DIR. FisHER's sEts,oKNEss "cuRE'

From the New York Sun.
A German physician, greatest of men II
his recipe works. has discovered cure
for seasickness,s about the second mil
lonth infaliable remedy for that cynical
waggery of the deep. A Harvard in
structor in physiology. celebrating Fisch-
er's conquest of the wine dark deep. feeds
us with the true truth
"seasiczness undoubtedly results from
overstimulation of the nerves connected
with the equilibrium and motion senses in
the ear. This has been proved almost be-
yond question"
And quite beyond question is the fact
that old DR.. Fischer injeets atropin,
thereby paralyzing for the time those
aural drunllards. VIII those strong
stomached charlatans or humorists the
curse of every steamer, who prescribe
lemons and champagne bottle of stout
or something equally nonlingerng and
humorous for the victims of this most
vicious of the ills that bite humanity
strain henceforth their pragmatical ad-
vice or unholy glee? AS for the tribe of
stewards and stewardesses. as for the cold
and grinning ships doctor, usually so fa-
miliar with the visage of these ealamties
that If you had appendicitis he would
probably insist that it's nothing but sea-
sickness-as for them, be it remembered
10 the shame of Dante and his 'Hell' that
he left out these inevitable candidates.
Atropin, Atropos is what you think of;
pllOrOfOrm Dr1Issio acid is what apnpa1S
to you in those hours of earthquake and
desolaticn How about the equilibrium
nerves Of the legs and sides? We know
personally at least seven post deaf, stone
deaf folks who are sick from dock to
dock Are they sick without overestima-
ton of ears?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26

y well known educator at the Carlisle
Indian school imparts some interesting
information about the latter day Indian
He ventures to say that there are 40,
000 voting Indians in the country All
told, there are something like 100000 In
dams in the United States, 10000 more
than there were in 1880. The full-bloods
are decreasing, while the mixed-bloods
are increasing. This is due to the fact
that white men marry Indian women be-
cause they have property. The red race
is gradually being absorbed by the white
race and in course of time the Indians
viii disappear. But in the meantime the
Indians are waking up and showing an in
clination to take advantage OF the oppor-
tunities offered them to become edu-
Gated The American Indian is no longer
parasite and a Vagabond. Indian
farmers are cultivating 100000 acres of
land in the west. The timber interests
of Indians on tribal and allotted lands
are yslred at sS4,OOO,OOO. and the tribal
funds in the United States treasury total
$41, ,000, Co.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF HERR MOST

NuRING the last quarter of the nine
i teenth century a trial that was
- very much discussed-on account
of the elements of sensation about it
was the prosecution of Herr Johann Most
and his German paper called The Frei-
heit. Most was the editor and proprietor
of the paper, which was printed in Lon
don, and it was claimed that he had en-
deayored to incite persons in Germany
and in foreign countries to assassinate
their rulers, and also with having pub
lished a false and malicious libel con-
cerning the late Emperor of Russia, and
with melting evil-disposed persons TO
murder the reigning soveregns of Rus
sia.
The case was brought to trial on May
25, 1881. The attorney general, in opening
the case, said the question to be tried
was whether articles of such nature as
that published by the defendant could be
printed with impunity. That Most was
the writer of the articles in the paper
was not disputed. Prior to the publish
ing of the articles in question attempts
had been made upon the lives of two EN-
perors of Europe. On the 18th of March
the Emperor of Russia was murdered,
and no argument could be allowed to
maintain the justice of the murder.
The court held that the editor had the
right to express his views in relation to
political matters, but the question for
the jury was whether the prisoner had
not exceeded the limit which the law
OF Germany allowed
The article complained of was in part
follows; "Triumph-Triumph- last.
The word of the poet is fulfilled-one OF
the most horrible tyrants of Europe,
whose destruction has long been sworn,
and before whose withering and revenge
full wrath countless heroes and heroines
of the Russian people sunk into the grave
or the prison-the Emperor of Russia is
no more. Could only one such cowardly
ragamufrln be destroyed per month, there
would be slight desire in the future to
play at monarchy"
There We're other articles published III
Most's paper, and the assassin Rousa-
koff was described as a person who ought
never to be spoken of but with reverence.
Another article commenced: who could
be scoundrel enough to bewail the death
of such beast?" And still another ar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26
SOUNDS LOGICAL
From the Mobile Item.

From the Mobile Item.
They have Jailed man in Birmingham
for selling lands in Mexico fraudulently.
They should not detain him. They should
buy him a fine dinner. let him ride as far
as he liked in a taxicab and otherwise
honor him to the greatest extent. A man
who could sell Mexican lands TO Ameri-
cans at this time must be a genius of
the highest order
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| ticle spoke of the Emperor of Germany as
the cruel grape-shot Prince of Prussia"
and suggested that he ought to share tho
late of the Emperor of Russia.
AT the trial many witnesses were exam
ined, those who had read the articles
and those who had sold the papers. Most
claimed, when he was arrested and his
property seized, that it was not his exclu-
sive property, but that it belonged to an
association of persons of whom he was
one.
The lord chief justice, in summing UP
the case, said that the prisoner was in
dicted for having in effect done two
things-frst, for what was called a COM
mon law libel; second, for having broken
the special provisions of the act of Par
lament.
The jury retired at $50 O'Clock, and
after an absence of 20 minutes returned
verdict of guilty upon the whole of the
counts, the jury stating that they desired
to recommend the prisoner to mercy on
the ground that he was a foreigner. The
sentence was postponed pending argu-
ments on the point of law. These were
heard on June Is and tn econviction was
affirmed.
On June % sentence was pronounced by
Lord Coleridge. He said in part: Johann
Most you have been found guilty by the
jury of two separate offenses-one for the
publication of scandalous libel, which
is punishable by the law of this country,
because it is an attack upon the charac-
ters of other friendly sovereigns In amity
with the ruler of this country: and more
than this, you have been found guilty OF
a wilful, knowing deliberate intention to
incite to murder. and to that offense the
Parliament of England has of late years
affixed a graver punishment of hard labor
in addition to Imprisonment, or a period
of penal servitude." The sentence was
Imprisonment at hard labor for 16 months.
After he had served his term Most em-
igrated to New York, where he again
started the publication of Die Freiheit.
and in 1886 and again in 1887 he was tried
and imprisoned for melting to violence.
After President McKinley's ASSASSINATION
he was arrested for publishing a seditious
editorial and was sentenced to one years
Imprisonment. He was sent to the New
York pententiary in 1902. Most died while
on a visit to Cleveland on March II, 1906
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theatre or public place will prevent catch
ing ordinary cold.
THE children should be cautioned not
to sit down with snow-chilled feet. Far
better that a child should remain at home
missing a few lessons than that a heavy
doctor bill or perhaps a trip to the eem-
etery should be the result of carelessness
on the part of the young ones
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26
THE SCOTCH IN MIR. CARNEGIE

TiVff I UPuIdI 1IdSdIIIIV
Andrew Carnegie started in with a one
horse blast furnace outfit and built up
the greatest steel business in the world.
Shrewdness., that peculiar trait prominent
in so many of his countrymen, played the
important part of that great achievement.
trust for the sum of $780, 900. 900. stipulating
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26
EVOLUTION

By John b. Tabb.
Out of the dusk a shadow,
Then a spark;
Out of the cloud Z silence,
Then a lark;
Out of the heart a rapture,
Then a pain:
Out of the dead, cold ashes,
Life again.
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The Shakespearian Productions

Mr.. Benton is not star he will as
suredly become one for in witnessing
his Interpretations one forgets that he is
looking at an actor and really imagnes
that he is gazing upon n character who
lived and moved in centuries agone. Bir-
mingham was fortunate to secure the ap-
Eearance of the troop, and those who at
tended the performances were doubly
fortunate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26
WHO KNOWS.

l wonder If a queen chews gum
When she is quite alone;
And sticks her gum, while resting some.
Beneath her gilded throne
Louisville Courier-Journa
often ownder If a queen
For warmth doth ever lack
And sticks her feet of ieicles
At night in the Kings back
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
Messrs. Troubadour and Jester,
Enclosed find a dime.
For which you'll kindly send US 3
a yard of your rhims.
Our inkstand is frozen;
Dry is our paste cup.
And that much slush is needed
Simply to fill up.
THE SUNNY SOUTH.
With winter in the frozen North,
And violets down here,
We'll, L can't find those violets
Till the snow doth disappear
DUAL IMPERS
Digby: WAS Miss Footlight badly
hurt yesterday in that auto accident"
Sprigby: Not at all. She appeared
last night in two parts and that was all
her repertoire called for"
THEN YOU MAY CROW.
If YOU wish to live consistent
From Sunday until Sunday,
You must cockadoodle-do
As you'd be cockadoodle-done by.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26
TROUBADOUR AND JESTER
A FROZEN DEMoIsELLE.

A FROZEN DEMOISELLE.
My Lady February
Again is all bedight
In opera cloak of ermine
And satin slippers white.
Upon her bosom throbbing
With scintillating glow
She bears a shimmering Jewel
Fashioned out of snow.
Upon her forehead classic
A lover to entice.
a coronet she's wearing,
A diadem of ice.
But when her blanch-ed shoulders
I'd rapturously enfold,
find that my fair lady
Is very, very cold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26

Puccini says modern music lacks mel
ody We hope ne won't get into a con-
troversy with Irwin Berlin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26

Having been visited this season by Anna
Held, Gertrude Hoffman and Evelyn Nes-
bit Thaw, Birmingham's shock absorbers
are beginning to get slightly frayed
around the edges
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26

Futufist roses are to be seen in Bond
street, says a London dispatch. Some of
the roses, a harsh toned pink in color,
have violet centers, or hearts of brilliant
peacock green Another type, of an in
tense mustard shade, has a brown center
while scarlet rose has an orange CEN
ter. The leaves are extremely unnatural
and have dark metallic sheen. These
artificial flowers are labeled 'Nuances
futuristes."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26

'Eugenic marriages mean degeneracy, 3"
says Rex Beach. 1t seems that Dan
Cupid has routed out another friend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26
INHUMAN ANATOMY.

INHUMAN ANATOMY.
Brown: II hear that old Mrs. Thomas
slipped in The snow on the pavement yes
terday and broke rib"
Jones: Yes, but 1 understand it was
an umbrella rib
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26

Secretary Bryan is winning half-hearted
encomiums from his former detractors for
the persistency with which he stays on
the job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26

The mosquito fighters of New Jersey
have formed militant body to fight
the pest. Gentle spring must be on the
way,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26
A REALIsT.

Neighbor: "Well, silas. did you see the
st. Gotthard pass when you were in Switz-
erland last summer"
Silas: mo, sir; sat at my hotel win
dow two whole days and a night to see
it pass, and the blamed mountain never
moved an inch'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26

Whats the use of art to Amerlcans?"
asks an esthetic Londoner. who see.as to
specialize in leading the anvil chorus.
Well, for one thing, we need 1t for our
billboards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26

Felix Diaz is a candidate for the presi-
dency of Mexico, but we have an idea
that it will be sometime yet before he
makes any speeches from the rear end
OF a train.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26

BEGINNING THE DAl.--o Lord,
bring To the light this day some of
the shining things which Thou hast.
hidden In me. Surprise me with my
own power. Let me tell to Thee this
secret Of my new capacity for gen
tleness, for courage, for achieve
ment. And may I be quiet; but
ready for Thy miracles. For Ghrist's
sake. Amen. II. VI. r..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26

Young Indians at Ely, New, are learn
ing to dance the tango. The red man
has always shown a willingness to adopt
the less desirable forms of the white
mans civilization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26

a college professor, speaking of ''best
Sellers" says that the man with a mes
sage is missing Either that or he is un-
able to make himself heard, which
amounts to the same thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26

Woodrow Wilson's attitude toward wom-
an suffrage is that of a man who doesn't
wish to be disturbed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26

The Sunday newspapers print glowing
accounts of the doings of the idle rich
along the Florida coast, thus develop
ing socialistic tendencies in the married
worries along on SIS a week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26

Emperor Francis Joseph wanted to
shave off his whisl1ers, but public senti-
ment was so much against it that he de-
sisted. Just goes to show how much per-
sonal liberty Emperor has nowadays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-26

We are inforccd to farm our royal
realm.
Richard II.