The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-13

pt f1Se entafled by the necessary pro- curing of war news. Much is happen ng in this city which the newspapers are not even attempting to cover" The newspa pers don't like 1t, and certainly the Journalists who are idle are dis pleased. but Mars is supreme and the end of his reign Is not yet. Summer time a-slippin by, Autumn soon a-comin'
 Butterflies'l1 have to die
 Bees'll stop a-hummin'. Leavesll with. fade and fall,
 Green'1l turn to yellow,
 But the sweetest fruit of all Has to age and mellow. Summer time of life as we'll, Slippin' swiftly by us; Distant echo of a knel
 Soundin' strangely nigh us Yet the autumn. gold and brown, Calls to us, and roamin' Onward We go gently down, Toward the silent gloamin
 Peace and quiet find we there.
 Where life's green is yellow; Tender heart and silver hair
 Love--all ripe and mellow.
 The real launching of the New York theatrical season Is supposed to take place annually when John Drew opens at the Empire. This year this opening oc- cured last Monday night his vehicle be- ing 'rhe Prodigal Father" Six other new plays opened here this week, and the autumn season may now be said to be fairly under way. Conflicting opening dates. however, have resulted in a loud howl from both managers and the local press.
 An embryo suffragist riot to which the local press gave no heed, occurred on upper Broadway this week. A factory girl was the speaker, but her audience in- sisted upon taking her too lightly and one of her sisters in the cause undertook a sideline of argument with some of the auditors.
 She soon had more attention than the chief speaker and heated argument or two started which promised something al- most English but the ubiquitous police man was lon the job and the entire gathering was quickly dispersed No ar rests were made. Suffragettes frequently speak from automobiles and other ve- hicles upon the streets of New York. New York bonifaces and theatrical managers are arranging with the rail-
 
 southerners and others in the form of a trip to this city which. for the mere pur- chase of the railroad ticket, will include hotel bills and tickets to several the atres.
 The saoutherner who comes here and endeavors to affect the hard Yankee twang" of the New Yorker, deliberately deprives himself of an asset. New York CTS like the way southerners talk-espe- cially the southern women-and they do not laugh at them save when they try to initiate the unattractive twang of the metropolite-
 circular traffic system is the latest Gotham development. At intersections where traffic is heavy everything moves in circle to the right. dropping out of the circle when it arrives opposite the point from which 1t desires to proceed. September IS will mark the departure of all straw hats from New York streets.
 THE CYNIC. ''Oh, for one hour of bIIssful long ago! For one brief dream all clad in purest
 faith,
 To look into one heart. at least, and
 know
 That Honor lives and Truth is not a
 wraith." Thus spake the cynic through the lips
 of Sin: None answered him. and Virtue stood
 apart, But Truth held up the glass. and there
 within, He saw the black reflection of his heart Pride led him then into . treach'rous
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