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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
Enthusiastic About Birmingham

W. S 1artindale of Philadelphia, representing the Provident Lite and Trust company. has been spending a few days here for the purpose Of in speeting tle property upon which his company has loaned money. Such an inspection is mace annually.
 T am delighted with Birmingham, said MT Martindale yesterday. "This is my second visit. l made the inspec- ton year ago. another representative of our company, Mr. Weed having per formed this duty in other years
 Yes, Birm ngham Is all right. I was greatly impressed with the city On my former visit. but Birmingham has made marked progress since then. We make loans in mony states, out only 6 few in the south. Richmond and Bir- mingham a/ the cnly southern cities in which we have extensive loans We have placed loans in Norfolk, which is now growing fast, but of course it is rot in the Richmond or Birmingham class. Birmingham mas a great future indeed. IL has more natural resources than any city in the south and it is destined to have an immense popula- ton in the next few years"
 Steiner Brothers are the loan agents of the Prevalent Life and Trust company here. have already placed about $1.000,o00 on Birmingham buildings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
A QUEEN DETHRoNED

From the New York Sun. Wan and white at monday
 On the snows the moon looks down, On mart and street and the hurrying feet Of this new worlds marvellous town. Engine and screw are throbbing,
 Motor and wheel are sped; And wan and white like . ghost of the
 night
 The old moon swims o'erheadA Waning and waxing and waning
 Out there mid the circlng sphc es, And the ages gray are as yesterday
 When she measured the Maya years. When she guided the plastic nations
 Like waves of the waters of earth. That rose and fell as the great tides swell And break and again have birth From the night of the tropic forest
 And night of the arid plain She fades away in the new worlds day.
 But she visits old realms again. And the dewdrops shine on the cactus
 Like gems in her sparkling beams. And her soft light falls on broken walla Where the feathcred serpent dreams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

on. those Ulster suffragettes who for
 three-or was it four?-days and nights sat
 on the steps of Sir Edward Carsons s
 house, waiting for the great man to come
 out on his way to the House of Commons.
 Three nights and days-or was it four?-- that undaunted band waited, munching multitudes of chocolates" meanwhile. Many are the paths to game: Some ladies sit and munch. awaiting Carson.
 And some. of fercer breed insis. on arson"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
GREAT-TRIAIS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF LORD CARDIGAN

1 Hunt Damn, was first called. On Sat
 urday, September P, 1S40. about o'clock in the afternoon, he said two carriages
 stopped on the edge of the common, from | which Lord Cardigan and three other gentlemen alighted, after which he wit messed the duel He took all four into custody, but allowed Tuckett, having been wounded to proceed to his home on giving
 him his visiting card.
 But the prosecution suddenly found | themselves in quandary. No witness l, to the transaction could prove the real | Christian names of Captain Tucl<ett, the only Christian name of his they knew was | Harvey" A chemist knew him as liar vey Tuckett, and MT. Codd, an army l agent, knew him as Harvey Garnet Phipps Tuckett, but had not seen him at Ham,
 ilton Place or Poultry Place, and conse-
 quently could not connect him with the
 Harvey Tuckett mentioned by the miller and the chemist.
 Lord Denman was not the man, where a defendants liberty was in peril, to re- i fuse him the benefit of any flaw, however 1 trivial. There was, he' observed, 'an ab- solute want of circumstances to connect the individual at whom the pistol was l fired, and who afterward was seen wound I ed in Hamilton Place, with the half-pay officer known as MT. Codd as, bearing the | names set forth in the indictment. The
 mere fact of the wounded persons bear | ing some of the names used by the half pay officer is no proof that the former
 and the latter are the same.''
 The peers cGncurred in the proposal. strangers were readmitted>and silence proc claimed. Tho lord high steward thea l put the question individually to every
 per. calling the names from list. Ad- dressing the junior baron, he inquired John Lord Keane, how says your lord ship, is James Thomas, Earl of Cardi- gan, guilty of the felony whereof he stands indicted, CT not guilty?'
 Whereup Lord Keane, standing up in | his place uncove ered, and laying his right i hand on his breast, answered, Not guilty upon my honor." All the peers present concurred in this unqualified yer l dict with the exception of the Duke of | Cleveland, who answered, Not guilty l legally, upon ray honor." And thus Cardi- gan escaped punishment for crime of
 which he was guilty, but not technical l ly so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
IconOclasm Rampant

Surely with Dr. Charles Eliot cut ting down our literary diversion to a five-foot shelf and the suffragettes daubing cathedrals and slashing price less paintings the days of the icono- clast are upon us; and yet it would seem that there is to be no limit to the onslaught upon the existing order of things.
 Now comes Dr. E. H. Bradford of the Harvard Medical school with a virulent attack upon the usefulness and even the sanitation of such worthy domestic institution as the chair-the ordinary household chair-which sup ports us when fatigued and has been supposedly up to this hour a sine qua non at our meals.
 Being from Harvard Dr. Bradford commands consideration in his ipse dixit and he seriously declares that enrly man needed no chair. Its use, it's standing as an emblem of stability and . smybol of comfort, are all gain said by the Harvard man, who exhibits s decided predeliction for the oriental custom of reclining at meals, at con- versation and at study.
 The early man needed no chair; if this absence of need is based upon an absence of possession, then humanity today stands in no need of fork, hair brush, a comb or razor, for he was minus such luxuries when with dub for . weapon he contested possession
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
More Biz Ships

Despite the efforts of Andrew Car negie and other workers in the peace movement, the construction of battle ships goes merrily on and no sooner is one dreadnought out of the way than a newer and more formidable ship is begun. The New York, the latest ad- dition to the United States navy, is now in the Brooklyn navy yard al- most ready to make her maiden voy- age. In 16 days she will be put in service. This vessel is the most formid- able that has yet been built for Uncle Sam, but there are more dreadnaughts to come.
 When the New York steams out to sea the keel of greater dreadnaught, which will be known as Battleship 39 until name can be chosen for her, will be laid in the same ways that were used in building the New York. This vessel will carry two more guns than the-New York and will be 52 feet longer. She will be more heavily armed than any other ship afloat and were it not for the limitations of the Panama canal locks, would have a wider beam.
 At present the New York seems quite formidable enough, to all intents and purposes. Three years were re- quired to built her and the cost is es- timated at $12,OOO,00O, the price of a Woolworth building. This floating
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
NIOSLEM CHILDREN
1m the Christian Herald.


 The problem of Moslem childhood has never before been seriously approached. The vast majority of these children arc stunted in mind and body as a result of the ignorance, superstitious practices. early marriage and licensed immortality which are incident to the Mohammedan religion wherever it has prevailed. Infant mortality Is ehormous-ranging from 5U per cent in Sierra Leone to 75 per cent in Morocco Seventy-four thousand chill dren were born in Egypt during the year 1911 In that same year, 22,000. or nearly one-third, died at less than 12 years of age. It is estimated that in Persia only one child out of 10 reaches the age of 20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
ylsAnE IN HUMAN HAIR

From tha Daily Consular Reports.
 The proprietor Of leading haiidressing establishment in Sima mentioned to me that there is an important export busi- ness from India in human hair Of native women. and that some or the leading bar bor shops participate in this trade, which amounts to many thousand pounds of hair per year. This human hair is not used locally, owing to tic lack of proper cur ing facilities. The best customers for the human hair exported are firms In Eng laad and Germany. A limited amount also goes to the United States. It is said that the trade with the United States would be much larger except that Amer jean firms usually require the hair to be 26 to 2S inches long, whereas most of the lengths available in India are about IS to 24 inches.
 The native hair Is said to be of good texture. being superior to Chinese hair. and, in fact, about the same as European hair It readily stands bleaching or dye ing to any shade required. Most of the native hair is said to be obtained by deal CTS chiefly during the especially "holy' months of January and February, when Hindu, women. particularly widows, come in large numbers to Benares and other cities the River Ganges, which is sa- cred according to their religion. and either because of being in mourning for their husbands or through a desire to make sacrifices to their Hindu deities cut off their hair usually throwing it into the stream. There it IS almost invariably picked up by persons less sentimnetally or religiously inclined, who sell it for whatever it will bring. It may be men toned that all Hindu widows are obliged by custom and religion to keep their hair closely clipped this applying even to young girls, who are affiauced, but not yet married. at the death of their in- tended husbands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
The Confederate Reunion

Much interest is being taken by the Confederate veterans of the district in the approaching reunion which is to be held in Jacksonville in the early part of May" said a son of a veteran.
 q understand that a very low rate has been arranged by the railroads and that the veterans attending vii: be cared for by the local committee But low as the rate will be it Will be more than many Of the old veterans can afford as the great majority of them have little more than the small pension allowed by the state. Those who have not been successful in life have no means of raising the necessary funds; old age and infirmity are tell
 ing on the fast thinning ranks of the old men who made history for the south This is the last chance that many of them will have to mix and mingle with their comrades from other states.
 "In view of these facts an appeal is being mace to the people of Birming- ham to contribute little toward de- freying the expenses of those veterans who are unable to pay their way. Surely they deserve to be remembered. They live largely in the past and these reunions are the one pleasure of their fast closing lives. I hope generous response win be made to their appeal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
MOBILE COMING INTO HER OWN
From the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register.
 The state has awakened to the import ance of Mobile. The people have heard at last that Alabama mas a seaport. They but they heard it; and now they know The candidates have heard also. They all know that we have seaport down here. Capt Frank s. White. candidate for short term senator, prints his platform, and says he is fin favor of securing the very largest appropriations from the United States government for the purpose of deepening the harbor at Mobile and for improving the rivers of the state" Others say the same in different words. Mobile is coming into her own!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
MOTHER INSTINCT

From London Tit-Bits.
 At the close of his talk before a Sunday school the bishop invited questions.
 A tiny boy, with white. eager face, at once held up his hand.
 Please sir" said he. why was Adam never a baby?'
 The bishop coughed in doubt as 10 what answer to give, but a little girl, the eldest of several brothers and sisters, came promptly to his aid. Please, sir she answered smartly, 1 there was nobody to nuss him."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
Birming ngham Leads

Nearly all the cities in the United States showed good gains in the last census, hut no city in the 100000 class had such phenomenal increase as Bir mingham," said B. R. Carson of Chi cago. "In 1900 Birmingham's population was only 3S,415. In 1910 it was 132,- 6S5-an increase of 245.4 per cent
 q was here two years ago and marvel at the splendid progress which this city has made since then. I do not think any city in the south is growing at such fast rate as Birming- ham,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
Favors sunday Movies and Baseball

You may quote me as favoring Sun- day moving picture shows and Sunday baseball" said J. F. Thomas. city pas- senger and ticket agent of the Southern Railway company
 Moving pictures are decidedly edu- cational and many of us who have to work ali through the week would be glad to go to see them on Sunday afternoons. As for baseball, many men like myself who need physical exercise have no time to take it except on Sun days. I therefore strongly favor anna teur baseball on Sunday; and I can see no objection to professional ball on Sunday.
 "I attend Sunday church services, morning and night, and thousands of other young men in 9 city as large as Birmingham do the same. This class would enjoy looking at Sunday aft ernoon game and I do not see how they could be hurt morally by so doing. It Is to my mind innocent diversion. But 1 am particularly interested in amateur baseball. I hope the commis- sioners will before long permit the movies to be shown on Sunday after moons and amateur ball to be played"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
BARGEs ON THE WARRIOR
From the West Alabama Breeze.

Barges are coming and going between Tuscaloosa and New Orleans. via Mo- bile laden with coal and iron. Thus is wealth of timber. iron, coal and cotton, put in actual water touch with the wide. wide world. Truly the sun Of new day has risen upon us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
TELEPHONE E
THE DAY-Give me

BEGINNING THE DAY-Give me gratitude, Lord, for my irieh"s' show me how they have pouren their lives into mine, when they have given me sympathy and encourase- ment and believed in me even when I doubted myself Make me worthy of my friends and worthy or Thee, Q Thou who hast loved me pest or nII, For Christ's sake. Amen'-h. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

A young woman in New Jersey bought was worth $l0. She had him arrested on the charge that the dress wasn't worth $l0. What are we coming to?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

An Alabama man who lived to be IA years old said his recipe for longevity was: Retire at sundown and arise at day break Following that rule may not all ways help man to live a long time, but it's first class way to cut down the light bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
MORE HEROINEs
From the Ne,

From the New York Sun.
 Add to the heroines and mighty women of history. Deborah and Miriam and Jael, Lucretia and ''veturia and volumnia gray" Cornelia. Charlotte Corday and 90
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

A Kentucky legislature has proposed a bill to tax maids and bachelors. Having al- ready turned down woman suffrage, it is plain to be seen that Kentucky is strong for the home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

MT. Taft has been attending so many he is living in New Haven but taking his meals in New York. And his meals don't cost him anything, either
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

New Jersey man was about to cut down a tree when a little girl said: "Woodman, spare that tree" or words to that effect The man spared the tree and it fell on his house. It will cost him s500 to repair the damage done and the poetry in his soul is at a low ebb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
GADsDEN EXTENDS CAR LINE

From the Gadsden Daily Times News.
 The Alabama City. Gadsden and Att talla Railway company is assembling ma- terial for an extension of its Walnut street line from Twelfth street to the southwest corner of the plant site of the Gulf States Steel company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

A bull held a teacher and 25 pupils pris- oners all day in a Pennsylvania school house. Marys little lamb never did act that way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

Young MT. Knox is charged with danc- ing the tango in his stocking feet. But there will be no international compli- cations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

Sitting on the floor will cure obesity, says pr. E. II. Bradford. The strenuous exercise of struggling to his feet is what reduces the fat mans weight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

Three Yale students were arrested for tossing peanuts to Gaby Desys. which is an unkind way of treating young woman who believes so strongly in art for arts sake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
Taii., of Brisk euzinesx

My business IS very brisk at the present lme, and has been for weeks past sai1 John L. Parker, druggist, florist. scotsman ard vender Of soft drinks. e. am doing a rushing busi- ness in seed and in my other lines trade is highly satisfactory
 - have heard many merchants say that their business was good. l believe trade here is going to be active light through the spring and summer We have the test town in the south and 1t is unqocstionably growing at fast CT rate TOW than ever before"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

Vice President Marshall says this is a good old world to live in. Is he just now finding that out?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

Mark Twain could have said what Am bassador Page said and there would have been a laugh on both sides of the water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

Three inebriates succumbed to a flag cure in a Chicago jail. There's no deny ing the fact that they are "cured."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
IN A GLASS BY ITSELF

From the Andalusia Star.
 The Birmingham Newspaper club is cer- tainly doing it's share toward advertising that city. Birmingham has press club that is in class by itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

The father of the free lunch is said to have been a New Orleans man. Whoever he was, he was a philanthropst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

Speech is said to be 1,000,0G0 900 years old. Now you know how old some of the jokes are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

A clubwoman says she is willing to let the men cook. They may have to do it some day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Sccrc;iy iR Ifouses

Tine local real estate market $ aniet, bua his ts true and it is significant of BirElinghaG's steady growth; houses for rent are extremely scarce" said s. |. Thompson.
 Someone who was familiar with bus mess conTiitiors in the south remarked the other day, '1falf of New orleans is for rent, one-third of Atlanta is for rent. opt it is very different Tn Bir- mingham.' There are practically nc vo- cant houses in this city, And the man did not overdraw the picture so far as Birmingham is cercerned.p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

A Glasgow police commissioner struck suffragette who dashed him. That's equal ity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
BIRMINGHAM TO THE FRONT

From the Andalus!a Star
 This is Fashion Week. at Birming- ham. Still, the Magic City is in style all the while.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

Daily and Sunday Age Herald. $500
 Daily and Sunday per month .to Daily and Sunday, three months.. 2.9o Weekly Age Herald, per annum.. ao Sunday Age-Herald .......-.... 2o0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
IN AMBUSH.

hard behind your car; have you a wendg,
 Silas (feeling above his ear): Well, I'll be swashed if it ain't my whetstone that's been lost since last harvest tilne'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
OVER THE COUNTER.

Customer; Thirty cents for. two boiled eggs. They are terribly high"
 Waiter: "Yes sir; they are Shanghai eggs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
HOCH DER KAISER.

HOcH DER KAISER. She: Why is Germany considered the home of the parcels post?' He: Because the Emperor always dis plays his mailed list, I guess''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20
Editor

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, nostoffice as second class matter under act of Congress March g. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose. Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald Will not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address,
 THE AGE E-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

A. J. Eaton, Jr., and o. E. Young are the only authorized travelling repr9- sentatives of The ge-Herald in its circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

Washington bureau. POT Hibbs build- ing.
 European bureau. 6 Henrietta street. Covent Garden. London.
 Eastern business office, Rooms 4S 10 50, inclusive, Tribune building, New York City: Western business olllee' Tribune building, Chicago. The s '. Beckwith Special Agency, agents loi- eign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-20

LOOKING AHEAD. John saved million lives today His like is rarely matched; lie swatted swift an early fly And now they won't be matched.
 BORROWED INGENUITY. We hrag about our parcel post, And deem it something new; But they've the same among the beasts; Just look at the kangaroo
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-03-11
Maryland Spoon Corn Bread.

Put one quart OF milk on the fire In
double boiler. When It comes to a
boil stir In four large kitchen spoon
fuls OF cornmeal and cook five min
utes, stirring all the time. Remove
from the fire and stir once or twice as
It cools. When cool add three eggs
well beaten, with two tablespoonfuls
Of -four. one tablespoonful OF butter,
one scant teaspoonfui OF salt. Pour In
a creased dish and bake 35 minutes.
Serve Immediately with a napkin
around the dish.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-03-11
smelts and Mushrooms.

One pound Of smelts (boned), one
fourth cup white wine or lemon Juice
and water. four tablespoons mush.
room liquor. onefourth teaspoon each
salt and paprika. Cook eight minutes.
place on hot dish and keep hot Take
two tablespoons butter. two of fiour.
brown slightly. add one cup stock:
when boiling, one cup canned mush-
rooms cut into halves. two trufiies
(minced). put In chsfing dish. boil nve
minutes, pour over smelts and serve