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pioning the male postoffice officials. 1t
embodies in its statutes the principle that
men shall under no circumstances be put
under the control of young female per-
sons. Unless-say cynics--the young fe-
male persons are their wives.
Germany is worse off far than AUS
trit, Russia, and the Scandinavian
countries. That pleases the league but
just now the universities are spoling
everything by opening their doors to
women. Last year was a record year.
inasmuch as for the first time a woman
engineer and woman lawyer were
turned out. The woman engineer is
Fraulein Boutschitts, daughter of the
Servfan minister of justice, who has
been given the degree of "Dipl. Ind" by
Darmstadt Technical High school. This
degree gives her the right to practice
as an engineer anywhere in the Ger
man empire. Worse trouble was made
for the leaguers when Fraulein Margot
sehoebke. a pretty girl, 22 years old.
get the rank of Doctor Juris" from
Leipzig university. This degree does
not give the right to practice as a
lawyer, as, independently of degrees,
the right is restricted by German law
to men. But for woman to get a
complete legal education implies prog
ress Great progress is also 'being
made in Terminating" as the leaguers
say. the university of this city. Girl
students are even received as members
of the university theological "semina-
rfes." In the department of political
economy, Professor Max Sering this
year praised as the best three theses
the works of three young women.
Professor Rubner has appointed Frau
DIR. Lichtenstein to conduct alone the
meteorological and microbioloeical
work of his famous Physiological in
stitute; and in the neurological de-
partment Frau DIR. Cecilie Vogt works
on equal terms with her husband pro-
fessor Oscar Vogt
Against these feminine triumphs tha
league produces a whole flood of ar
guments as to the fatal effects of eman
cipation The leaguers are not CON
tent with the old anti-feminist arpu-
ment that participation in professional.
scientific, and public life will ruin
women as wives and as mothers. They
concentrate on the new theory of the
"masculinist' DIR. Gregorius. as to the
degeneration of men which results
form feminism. DR.. Gregorius made a
tour OF investigation in Scandinavia,
Where women are more emancipated
than anywhere else, and in Finland,
where they have for seven years en-
1oyd the vote. Fregoriuss conclusion
Is that the once manly and intelligent
scandinavian men are decaying as the
result of feminism; that they are "at-
tanning lamentable moral and physi-
cal hermaphroditism. which Is itself a
stage towards their degeneration
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TIL chapel is built in the Heidenturm
and is rigidly austere. 1t however is
not its decorations, but its associa-
tons which appeal to the visitor. for
here the proud Hohenstaufen was wont
to humble himself daily before his
Maker; here knelt in prayer the man
who humbled mighty monarchs yet
who found death in seeking to do serv-
ice for his God.
In the waters of the far off Kaly-
kadnos, river of musical name, he
came to his death and meath the tow
ering crest of Hyffhouser he sleeps.
The ravens continually fly around this
mountain and so long as their cireling
flight is indulged in. so long will he
of the red beard sleep, for to the Ger
man he is not dead, simply slumber-
ing. Every few years he arouses him
self and asks if the ravens still fly and
upon receiving an affirmative reply
returns to his slumber. Should Ger
many again need his services he will
forsake the mount and come forth to
her succor Indeed many simple peo-
pie believe that he really lived again
in the person of the late William l.
who was crowned at Versailles EN-
peror of Germany. His beard has grown
but has lost none of its ruddiness, yet
1t is of such length that the birds have
made nests in it's braids and 1t has
entwined the table upon which the
sleeper rests his head. Frederick is
still fond of music and delighting
strains of melody may often be heard
issuing from the cavern in which he
slumbers. Once he came out of his
retreat lured by the notes of a viol
of a benlghted minstrel and thanked
him for the music of his string The
man recited the strange story when a
hand of musicians in hope of a re-
ward serenaded the revered monarch.
Their surprise may be imagined when
woman appeared at the mouth of the
cavern and presented each member of
the band with horses head. All but
one cast the gift away with contempt,
but the thankful man carried his home
and slept with it under his pillow Next
morning the head had turned to lump
of gold.
The fountains of Nuremberg are
handsome, ornate and unique. Some of
the designs are what we Americans
might term a trifle risque, but if, as
is said in defense of the tango, we must
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
BY RICHARD S. SCOPE

ems suffrage. The feminist organ
"Frauenemanzipati ton boasts that in Ger
many greater progress is being made to-
wards the vote than in England even,
Where the subject is kept before the pub
lie eve. People do not realize this, be-
cause German women are still rigidly ex-
cluded from most professions and from
positions of trust, but "even England"
says "Frauenemanzipation could not
produce half out number of suffrag gist
male voters In this silent increase of
suffragist voters the new league sees the
greatest peril. Another peril is in the
action of the imperial government in ex-
tending the scope of women's employ
ment. The great offender is Herr
Kraetke, Imperial Secretary for Posts.
Herr krautke is a reactionary in every
thing. and his administration of the posts
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mellow the ceiling upon which gazed,
and discussed the wonders of the new
found world. l ordered my sausage and
my beer, served on pewter platter and in
copper stine and with my pipe that had
companioned me from Assouan and
Damascus to the North Cape and Mini
Novgorod, puffed away and dreamed
was breathing the atmosphere of six cen-
turtles agone.
The world had then not known Shakes
peare and Goethe and Napoleon and
Cervantes, Bulwer, Scott and Washington
were yet to come. All. this old world was
then marking time and happy era it
was Men sang of deeds of love and valor
and the voice of their strings was not
drowned by the rush of the locomotive
nor the whirl of the gasoline carriage.
Luna had not been vanquished by elec-
tricity and the heart transmitted the mes
sage of the telephone and radiogram.
Ihere were distant muttering of the
Reformation, to be sure, but they were
not comprehended and aroused but little
disquietude. AS for the Revolution, it
was further away than the millennium
for 1t was not even dreamed of. Then Z
shook the ashes from my pipe and sighed,
Yes, If you wish to know how men lived
and felt six centuries ago visit Nurem-
berg. Frederick with his flowing beard
and lordly mien is still there the humor
and melody of Hans Sachs yet lends light
ness to the foot of time that only falls
upon flowers: Durer is ever present in
the extant fashionings of his handcraft
and the institutions, the heightened
shadows of those grand old men of yore
haunt the streets, the walls, the towers
and the gates of that quaint old city and
In that haunting fall athwart your path.
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Mautgebaude, Nuremberg

regard it for arts sake, they are ad-
mirable and artistic. The Ganse
Mannchen (Little Goose NAM is de-
cidedly droll but the chef d'oeuvre of
these fountains is the Schone Brunnen,
over 600 years old. Its Gothic pyramid
portrays the Nine Worthless. AS an
interloper appears here we must pause
for moment to consider these Nine
WORTHLESS so beloved in the middle ages
and ridiculed by Shakespeare. In some
texts they are Joshua, David, Judas
Maccabeus, Hector. Alexander, julius
Caesar, Arthur, Charlemagne and God
frey of Boiu1lon, but this fountain
omits Arthur and substitutes Clovis
Both, however, observe the conven-
tional division of three Jewish, three
Christian and three pagan heroes. The
fountain is most exquisitely colored
and the manner of drawing the water
is ingenious. There is an ever flow
ing bowl, the water of which escapes
through a hidden outlet. Poised by
hinge upon the edge of the bowl are
IL metal pipes which for half of their
length are enclosed like a gun barrel
and for the other half open upon the
top like little troughs.
The open end is the heavier and when
not in use rests under the surface of
the water When one wishes to fill his
bucket or pitcher he simply reaches
up and draws down the pipe. The open
end, of course, raises the water with it
when it is lifted which pours out
through the nozzle or enclosed sec
ton.
In boldness of design and skill of
execution the churches of Nuremberg
are scarcely to be eXeelled Probably
the most impressive is that of st. Sc
baldus with it's wonderful tomb by the
celebrated Peter Vischer The tomb
rests upon IL snails surmounted by a
Gothic canopy of three domes which
encloses the silver sarcophagus. The
sides of the sarcophagus are en-
bellished with antique reliefs portray
ing miracles of the saint. Upon the
domes is a bewildering conglomera-
tion of pagan deities, classical myths
putt engaged in gamboling with dogs
and lions, the 12 apostles. prohpets and
Christus himself in His infancy Even
Nischer, with his apron and chisel and
Sebaldus in canonical habiliment are
represented.
1t seems that st. Sebaldus was
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rather remarkable parsonage who
equalled his Master in changing stones
into bread and wine into water. He
once saved a poor family from freez-
ing to death by converting the icieles
which hung upon the caves of the
house into firewood so that they
burned brightly and cast warmth
around the room. At his command the
earth would open and swallow up
blasphemers and he frequently re-
stored dessicated eyeballs.
The gilded copper dome and superb
rose windows of the church of st. Law
renee form a conspicuous landmark in
the city. In the interior is remark
able ciborium of carved stone which
twines and convolutes as the spirals
of a graceful vine.
1t is 65 feet in height and Its apex is
bent in the form of bishops taft. I
know of nothing like 1t in stone carving.
1t seems strange that the German city
of Nuremberg should have as it's patron
saint that same Spanish martyre who
burned upon gridron an in commemora-
tion of whose death the EscuEial was
fashioned in the shape of such an odd
instrument of torture, but st. Lawrence
was intimately associated with the EN-
peror Henry, whose wife Kunigunda
planted the lime tree above referred, and
the city made him its patron saint. This
saint is known as al cortese Spagnuolo"
Che courteous Spaniard) from the legend
that when 200 years after his death his
coffin was opened to receive the relics
of St Stephens. he moved his body to the
left, leaving the place of honor on the
right hand to st. Stephen.
The rooves of the city are typical. They
were an invention of the painter AL
brecht Durer. He was at first severely
criticized and even ridiculed for entailing
such monsterous weight upon the walls
of the houses as his new style imposed,
but by an exact and exhaustive calcula-
tion he satisfactorily demonstrated that
the weight of his roof was no heavier
than than of flat room when covered
with the deep SHOWS to which the city
was subjected His rooves were so steep
that no snow could for an instant rest
thereon.
The steepest and highest roof in the city
is that of the Mautgebaude, which is six
or seven stories high above the walls
Originally corn magazine. it became
later the custom house. 1t was built Just
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II HERE never was a greater truth
than the declaration that the
institution is the heightened
shadow of the man and as the next best
thing to seeing the man is to behold
his shadow, those who are familiar
with the extant institutions of the past
are en- rapport with the men who
fashioned those institutions. Thus is
strolling through dear old Nuremberg
one is consorting with those who lived
and moved and had their being many
centuries agone. The very approaches
to the city are venerable with age and
impressive with the stamp of antiquity.
The great walls still ensconce the citi-
zens with sense of security and snug
ness and the low, dark gates breathe
an air of medieval sentiment that
must arouse the dullest soul that passes
beneath their shadow haunted arches
1t is a pleasant thing to know the
men of the past, especially when they
are individuals who builded higher
than they knew. I have never wished
for an acquaintanceship with Alexander
Caesar and Napoleon they are not only
two well known but the impulses which
inspired them We're sord1d and uncanny
ones. To me have appealed always
most potently such rugged personali-
ties as Charlemagne, Frederick Bar
barossa and Peter the Great, men who
uplifted existence, regardless of per-
sonal peeadillos, and whose reigns are
milestones along the great highway
of progress To me they have seemed
as silhouettes of the divine and what
dark shadows may have environed them
Ara hut tfa1e, In, ft,,rr
phasizing and perfecting the features
of those silhouettes.
Nuremberg was the home of Bar
barossa and the great castle there
which he occupied is permeated to this
with the spell of his lingering
ence and the charm of his per-
j influence.
he city, with its population of 800
is suggestive of all the wealth, i'm
ance and artistic taste of a "City
he Empire" and so influential was
the middle ages that nothing
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equal right for women in all domains
me other most progressive party, the
'freisinn,' is at present busily organizing
its women for political work, and more
and more of its members demand that
women shall be given an interest in the
party by promising to get them the
vote.
OF the national liberals, the south Ger
man section has of late shown a leaning
towards women's suffrage. When some
national liberals Joined the new anti-suf-
frafe league, the south German party
newspapers attacked them as bad party
men. Even the Reichstag has been quiet
ly invaded. Lately the petitions commit
ace, wehn discussing petition on the
subject of the MeciSlenburg constitution.
voted by 10 votes against with 7 center
men as seceders) in favor of local wom-
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to feel that the sins of the past ever recur
to haunt new found happiness
One day last spring she was walking
downtown on a shopping tour A man
with unlSempt beard and bedraggled
clothes slouched passed her. She did not
notice his sharp, peering glance. She did
not notice his exclamation of surprise,
but she did notice his tug at her elbow a
few minutes later when she emerged
from one Of the downtown stores
Her feeling OF horror and repugnance
when she recognized in the derelict her
betrayer of five years ago was terrible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
The Cost--By Richard F. Luss;er

fever couch where few months before
she had labored hours to bring back
the spark of life into the breast of
worthless human hulk. The snake had
bitten.
What was worse. after the little nurse
recovered from her fever, she realized
that not only her money was gone with
the gambler, but honor as we'll A few
months following her child was born
And so the years passed. Through the
vicissitudes of time the little nurse final
ly drifted to Birmingham. Here after
awhile she married an honest artisan.
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lawn; the flowers at the base of the
porch; the sweet peas and thig-a-ma-jigs
waving on sNings along the veranda
the few sscrawhy hens and the lordly
rooster in the little backyard; the cleanli-
ness of everything about the little house
its atmosphere of welcome and good
cheer; the rasping monograph; the pup
and the cat, and then her husband COM
ing In from his daily labor; his tolerant
smile; his smelly pipe; everything about
her nome passed as moving picture be-
fore her eyes in a few seconds and then
there remained before her-the thing that
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And for awhile 1t seems that happiness
smiled on the young woman.
Last May the nurse had nearly for
gotten her adventure of five years ago
only a tousled haired 4-year-old boy was
a reminder of the worthlessness of human
promise. She lived happily with home
and the love and respect of dutiful
husband. She felt that she did not de-
serve such happiness-that 1t was too
good TO last-that something was bound
to happen that would spoil everything
Her instinct was quite correct-something
did happen and happen quickly. She was
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Her soul seethed with varied emotions.
He spoke first.
His words sharp and rough were taunt-
ing. lie recalled the past and cast dire
hints as to the future unless something
was done to alleviate his penniess condi-
tion. He talked on garrulously, relent-
lessly.
She listened and yet heard not. Her
eyes were on the dilapidated human OBJ
Jeet before her, but the ocular vision she
was having was of a cottage in Woodlawn
home. She visualized the little white
house with green blinds; the well kent
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mas been failure. but he is an advocate
OF the employment Of women as officials
His motive is economy. He lately decided
to give positions in the third Glass; that
is, minor postoffices, to 5000 girls, paying
them from $3.50 to $3.50 month, which
10 enough to buy their hats. He arranged
the scale of promotion in such way that
in few years many of these girls will
be invested with authority over male
postoffice employees. This has almost led
to postoffice strike. The male Junior
officials hold indignant meetings of pro-
test. They point out that among them
are many cd soldiers, some of whom
have served their country in China and
South Africa. and say "it is an offense
against the sense of discipline and order
If young female persons are put in COM
mand of such men," The league is cham
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Copyright, 1918, by Curtis Brown.)
\ ERLIN, February 7.-(Special.)
\ Germany is making heroic eff
forts to maintain her claim
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1 UR1NG the last week of May, in
i 1913, a murder was committed
at Gate City, a suburb of Bir-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-29
LAST TO LINCOLN.


Lincoln. Neb.. June 2s-The Tigers
gave tho Topeka club 4 sound thresh-
ing here Saturday when the latter's
pitchers went bad and were inefective.
Barney Mc0rath. who held the Lincoln
club to one scratch hit only q week
ago. was ineffective and the locals
scored five runs In the second inning.
Paul Brown relieved him and one more
run scored In the inning and four more
after that period.
The Topeka club looked good at the
beginning and threatened to score in
the first inning but sharp fielding cut
on their runs. Cochran and Potts
started on and were thrown out ON the
fnfleld. Forsythe hit q two Dagger.
Koerner was hit on the wrist by n
pitched ball and was forced to retire
from the game. Bill Rapps beat out
an infleld hit and the bases were full
but Tallion went out to the infield
without scoring a run.
Cooney was strong throughout the
entire game and the Cooleysox got but
two runs.
When Charles Mullen, manager Of the
club went to the bat in the first in
ming. he was presented with q diamond
ring. gift from the fans of the city.
Mr.. Mullen will leave this week TO join
the New York American League club.
Meyor Zehrung made the presentation
speech. Mullen then followed by hit
ting a long drive to center and was
caught out by Wakefield.
Tho score:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-29


Summary: Two-base hit-Tallion. Sacri-
flee hit-King. Stolen bases-Cochran.
Lattimore Bases on balls-0n Reagan.
/: by King. s. wild pitch-King. 3. I'm
pire-Mr. Stockdale.
Sioux City S, st. Joseph 2.
Sioux, City. June 29.-Sioux City
and st. Joseph broke even in Sum
days double bill, the locals winning
the first game and the visitors the
Sioux city. ..o1o oso 1916 .
st. Joseph. ...O10 900 10O-2 3 /
Batteries-Gasper' and Crisp: Pier
cy. Duffy and Grifith.
Summary: Two base hits-Patter-
son. Kane, Baird. Home run-Le-
bases-Clarke. Crisp. Smith. Baird.
Kane, Lejune. Double play-Cooney
to Smith to Kane; Patterson. (unas-
sisted); Kane to Smith to Kane. Hits
or Piercy in z; or Casper =.
Bases on balls-On Percy 4. struck
Passed ball-Grimth. Hit by pitched
bill-Lejune, Williams. Time. o..
Umpire
Second Eame-Score: r. H e
Sioux City. =. 900 900 22o-4 10 s
Schang; White. Riley and Crisp.
Summary: Two base hits-Smith,
Lejeune, Stoloff. Bramble. Sacrifice
hits-R. Watson 2. Innings pitched
BY White 4. Sterxer Z =. Thomas =.
Riley s. Hits-On White 8. Sterzer
3. Thomas 1. Riley s. Bases on balls
--On White 2. Sterzer 2. Thomas I.
Riley 2. Struck out-By White =.
Sterber 5, Thomas 2. Riley I. wild
pitch-White. Time-2:20. Umpire
-McCafferty.
Dies Moines 2-8, Omaha 1-G.
Des Mones. June 2s.--Des Moines
won both ends Of . double-header
from Omaha The pitching Of Mo-
gridge@and KinDella featured the CONF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-29
JURY FIXING RING.
Indictments Are Followed by Discov
cry Of It's Lair.

Chicago. June 17.-C1ose to the
criminal court building and within a
stones throw Of two hotels where over
night jur1es are lodged the lair Of an
alleged jury fixing ring was pointed
out to agents Of the states attorney
here today. The house has been under
surveillance at odd times for four
years Every overnight jury has been
Compelled to pass the house on the
way to one or the other Of the hotels
and 1t was easy for occupants OF the
house to keep watch over the Jurors
or with the connivance Of friendly
court clerks aud bailiffs to commune
cate with them, 1t is said.
Detectives informed MacLay Hoyne.
the states attorney, that Frank p. Nc
Mahon, q court hanger-on. otherwise
known as "Slick." who with five 9TH
ers was indicted yesterday charged
with conspiracy to thwart justice: lived
in the house for four years. James
Mccarthy, another Of the indicted
men, alleged to be q professional wit
ness, IL said to have been another oc-
cupaUt.
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ner. Ta1lion and baltimore singled.
the former scoring. The Cooleysox
were blanked in the third and fourth
innings and they BANKED the Noun
taineers until the sixth. In the fifth.
the Cooleysox started when Reagan
beat out an infield hit. Cochran. For.
sythe, Koerner and Rapps followed
suit and Tallion doubled. -Four runs
resulted and the game appeared to be
on ice, which eventually proved to
be true. This was the last for the
Cooleysox but the Denverites threat
ened.
In the sixth inning. King. Faye.
Cassidy, Coffey and Eddington singled
in succession and but two runs count
ed. With one out. Faye was hit by a
batted ball and Butcher ended the
inning by being thrown out at first.
After that, there was nothing to It
but. one, two, three and take your
place on the bench. The score:
First Game.