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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23
Transatlantic Flight

There is such SUR nowadays III Tie
world of aeronautics and so many
hopeful inventors making plans to fly
across the Atlantic, as if it were an
everyday sort of undertaking, that
when the momentous feat is actually
accomplished nobody will be greatly
surprised. wen the most conservative
men of scie. &c predict that transat-
lantic flight is a possibility of the
near future and some very serious eff
forts are now being made by reputa-
BILE inventors to furnish the craft that
will be needed.
Glenn H. Curtiss, who ranks along
with Orville Wright as an aviation
expert and builder of flying machines,
is at present engaged i'll building
flying boat for Rodman Wanamaker,
which it is proposed to cross the
AN from st. Johns to the coast of
landA The board of governors of
Aero Club of America have de-
ed to use the Langley aero
namical laboratory of the Smith
sonian institute in preparing for the
transatlantic trip. The laboratory is
well equipped for testing aeroplane
models and has the largest wind tun-
mel in the world, in which models can
be tested at any speed up to 81 miles
an hour. The laboratory is also
equipped for testing aeronautic en-
gines and materials. A model of the
Curtiss machine will be given a thor
ough trial in the wind tunnel, in diff
ferent air currents, before the large
machine is launched for its voyage.
If the Wanamaker craft makes the
transatlantic trip in To- hours or less
without alighting, except on the wa
ter, it will win a prize of $50, 900 of
fered by Lord Northcliffe, publisher
of the London Daily Mail. Mrs. Vic
toria Woodruff Martin of the Wom-
ems Aerial League of Great Britain
has offered a silver trophy and a
prize of $4,000 to the first aviator
who flies across the Atlantic. Mr.
Wanamaker will try for the prize of
fered by Lord Northcliffe, as well as
the trophV and prize offered bV Mrs
Martin.
Although it hasn't been very long
since most disastrous attempt was
made to cross the Atlantic in an air
ship, inventors have not been dis
couraged. Most of them seem of the
opinion now that it will be in some
form of the aeroplane and not in an
airship that the trip across the At
lantic will be made. 1t is significant
that the idea is no longer considered
either fantastic or impracticable.
1t is reasonable to suppose that be-
fore many years have elapsed we
whom the rolling of the waves have
caused acute discomfort will be able
to journey luxuriously across to Eu-
rope without missing a single meal,
on board an aerial liner whose perfect
appointments will equal those of any
hotel in the land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23
WHY HE QUIT SMOKING
From Judge.

Il see that Brinkerton has at last quit
smoking. His doctor told him more than
a year ago that it was bad for him, and
his wife has been trying for long time
to persuade him to give it up. Evidently
he has at last been willing to listen to
reason
Il don't know whether it can properly
be called listening to reason or not His
pretty stenographer complained that
cigar smoke hurt her throat"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

der at the present does the ''old New
Yorker that is, anybody who has lived
in New York, for, say, 20 years-see the
falngs and risings of hotels. In 20
years. sometimes in five years. New York
is metamorphosed and rebuilt. In 1894.
yes, in 1904, it was a provincial town.
which are hotels, restaurants, theatres,
clubs or Iordly lobster halls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

BEGINNING THE DAY-In enter
ing this new course, o God, give me
to rejoice as strong man TO run
rsce. Helm me to forget the things
which are behind and to press To-
ward the mark. And make me to
know that L cannot fail IL l do my
best and trust in God. In Cbrisfs
name. Amen.-H. NJ ".
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23
ROSELLA AND LOVE

Henry McHarg Davenport, in the Smart
Set.
1t was morning.
As the door slammed Rosella shiv-
cred and stiffled a weary yawn with the
soft pink of one small palm. A main
had just gone out. a man who worshiped
her; who thought her the most noble
and spiritual of women, to kiss whose lips
would be too great a sacrilege for any
man to dare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23
GOD BLESS YoU, DEAR. TODAY

By John Bennett
Ii there be graveyards in the hearl
From which no roses spring,
y place of wrecks, and old gray tomb
From which no birds take wing:
Where linger buried hopes and dreams
Like ghosts among the graves,
Why, buried hopes are dismal things,
And lonely ghosts are knaves.
If there come dreary winter days
When summer roses fall
And lie. forgot, in withered drifts
Along the garden wall;
If all the wreaths a lover weaves
Turn thorns upon thy brow
Then out upon the silly fool
Who makes not merry now.
For il we cannot keep the past
Why care for wha.'- - come?
The instant's prick IL lsf .inss
/, And then the place aah =
If Idfe's a lie, and ieat,
As ] have heard 'rcr
Then here's a health ,ceit--
God bless YOU. d. l-.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

bronze medal was presented to a dog
for saving his master by the New York
Womens League for Animals. We can't
help thinking that the dog would have
much preferred bone with a little meat
on IL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23
1t was afternoon.

Rosela stood at her window, following
with amused eyes the fading figure of a
man in the street below. Beside her a
wealth of rare exotic flowers, bonbons,
costly jeweled trinkets-tribute of the
man Just gone A man who adored her
slavishly; who thought her the acme of
physical perfection, to kiss whose lips
would be too much happiness for one man
to- sbear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

We still shudder to think what might
have happened If Mrs. BRYAN had not
been there to seize the secretary's arm
when he thoughtlessly lifted that glass
of champagne from the banquet board.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

Three students at New York university
are paying their expenses by teaching tho
one-step, the tango, the hesitation, the
maxixe and other up-to-the- minute
dances. That's better than singing hash.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23
HABIT rs STRONG

From the National Food Magazine.
whats the price of this piece Of
goods?' asked the deaf old lady.
Seven cents a yard, ma am
Seventeen cents." she exclaimed. "Ill
give you 49,
Only I cents, ma am shouted the
honest shopman.
oh. cents. rejoined the old lady
sharply. well, I'll give you o..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

While Connecticut domestic was CIV
ing Ciree a bath the statue fell on her.
The domestic brought suit for damages
against her mistress and won verdict
for $3.50. Circe has ever been noted for
making trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

Dressed as q man, young wife in
Pittsburg helped her husband commit
burglaries. She probably has no patience
with women who stay at home and do
nothing all the time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

We know that President Wilson says
Tut tut' in the heat of anger. We
wonder how Secretary Bryan works off
surplus steam?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

According to plumbing experts, the in
closed bathtub is the last word in sani-
tation." We have always favored a GER
tain degree of privacy in connection with
all bathtubs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

A West Virginia man thawed out some
people are inconsiderate they don't
care how much trouble they cause the
undertaken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

Detective Burns says Blease is a bluff
we understand that the prudent detective
has decided not to lecture in South Caro-
lima
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

According to the present plan of Mayor
Joseph C. Armstrong, men and women
will be separated in the moving picture
shows of Pittsburg, A plan like that is
apt to prove as popular in Pittsburg as
prohibition would be in Cincinnati.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

When a man has to have a political
pull to get job as snow shoveler,
graft has reached its limit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

News comes from Youngstown. o., of
the dastardly work of thieves who used
the poison needle" on a woman's chick
ems and got away with over 50 fowls.
Something must be done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

A resident of California protests in print
against the name Frisco as applied
to San Francisco. Frisco is such a
racy. breezy appel1ation he shouldnt t
mind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

The irate suffragette who attacked Lord
to the ground says she thought he was
Premier Asquith. Some of those English
suffragettes are ineXcusaby careless.
Shouldn't be surprised to see an exodus
of Englshmen who Remotely resemble
Premier Asquith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23
LUKE M.LuKE SAYS

People who refer to a blizzard as
"bliz'' deserve to be ost-bitten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23
It was night.

II was nlSnt.
Rosella's eyes We're brighter than stars
of a wintry eve, and her cheeks like al
mond blossoms. but sad the heart with
in her for the sound of the slamming
door. Tossed to one side the flowers, bon
bons and jeweled offerings of the day. A
man had just gone out. A man who
thought her neither a goddess of snow
to be worshiped from afar, shrine for
sacrifices or a new literature-but wom-
an of flesh and blood, made to love and
be loved with all the passionate and un-
reasoning abandon of youth; TO kiss
whose lips was the most natural and de-
lightful thing imaginable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23
1t was evening.

1t was evening.
Rosella sank back slumberously against
the satin softness of her divan, happy
with relief the door had closed. Near
at hand a clutter of learned volumes,
the gift of the man just gone. A man
who loved her second only to his books;
who thought her the most intellectual
of women. to kiss whose lips would be too
much like mocking literature with life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

Suffragettes lost their fight in Mary
land, although that state was named
after a woman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

Speaking before the National Beekeep-
ers association, in convention at st.
Louis. Frank c. Pellet, state bee inspec-
tor of Iowa, said that all city fiat dwell
ers should raise bees. a small hive cost
ing Sc would yield enough honey, he
declared, to keep the. average family sup
piled for year If there are no yards
with trees and flowers surrounding the
fiat, the fat-dwel1ing bee farmer can
easily keep a few potted plants on the
window sills, which will add to the beauty
of his environment and furnish sus-
tenance to the bees. In the summer the
bees will be sure to spy out clover, grass,
trees and flowers in some areaway not
far distant from which they will return
at eventide with the regularity of COM
muters from the city, or chickens coming
home to roost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

1t never yet did hurt,
To lay down likeiihoods, and forms oi
hope.
Henry the Sixth,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23

An anonymous writer in the Saturday
Evening Post, who includes himself in
the class which he attacks, is of the
opinion that there Isn't much true philan-
thropy among rich people. He explains
his views by saying that if it were pos
sible to save human lives 'at much
a head" and the rescue required a per-
son of means to sacrifice any of his or
her luxuries, such as motor cars, dinners,
theatres and the like, hapless human be-
ings would be permitted to die very much
as they have always been permitted to
die. The contrast lies between Organ
lied philanthrophy. which many con-
slider a heartless, unsympathetic and
often ineffective machine, and individual
philanthrophy by which the giver comes
directly in contact with the recipient of
his bounty and is permitted to see suf-
fering in its most repellant forms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-23
SOME WASHINGTON WEA,,.D>
By BILL VINES

wv AsiliNofoN, February 22-(spe-
M cial.)-As we write this we lift
w am. hat IN, SiIa,+ bo,,,a,,a -, ~.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-05
FIREMEN CAPTURE ODD GAME.
seger OF Engine Company 2S2 he.
cides Issue with Homer.

one Of the biggest crowds that ever
squeezed into the Polo Grounds saw the
firemen defeat the policemen yesterday N
the final game OF the annual baseball
series by the score OF to 2 Mayo~
Mitchell threw In the bah which started
hostllities. and among the other city otfi-
Gals present We're Police Commissioners
Woods and Fire Commissioner Adamson.
The game was nip and tuck until Scgrr
broke the tie in the eighth inning with a
home run that placed the fire laddies one
run in the lead This hero of the iro
fighters belongs tn Engine Company 252
and Home Run Baker never received more
applause than greeted his winning clpGt
yesterday. Lynch, who twirled for .he
fremen, also pitched the other winning
game for his team the total tally hcing
. games 70 for the firemen. The score;
RHE
Police .............. 1 q = o-8
Flremen ....,,..... o 0 2 0 -
Batterie--Arnet and salg: Lynch and Moran
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NOTES OF THE DIAMOND.

Tho hes, world, series contests were be
tween the Giants and the Ked son. Ih ne
not by good deal but there's more 10 base
hail than cold. mechanical precision. Thr
excitement. color stirring Interest, the pre-
dominance Of the human equation. me
Giants Red sox srappies were the best oil
ali
Aiwavp IN worlds series games under the
supervision Of the National Comiul-slon NC
craftsmanship OF the contestants has been OF
a high standard not always above criticism.
but high on the whole. and there IL ntue
doubt that the Athletics. Braves battles WI
That Ia more important than victory or
defeat, Good sportsmanship and doing ones
who count losing as the only crime, but this
team can he disgraced that does us best ana
plays the game fairly
McGraw and hts Giants aren't in this
years worlds series. but they nave pten m
four ana won one and that's considerable Of
feat
During the Are, snlf OF this week the Ath-
ietics will serve as trial horses ior TIE NrW
Giants Thus does ouskertown serve a use
fu' purpose for the metropolitan champion
ship The scrap for Gotham .premership Is
oyershalowed IN Importance by tho worlds
event JUS the same One safe prediction
New york
'Grim,h once rad Connolly Of the Brave,
and returned him 70 the minors which, as
managers. II there's any manager in base
ball who hasn't made similar mistakes he
hasn't one Of tho frailties which beset mere
humans
one hit pitching doesn't insure success by
any means, The trick has been aCcomplishel
games los, by the pitchcrs doing it Doug
lass OF the Reds lost 10 the Pirates although
'wirling one hit game, Rudolph Crutcher-
the Cardinals. Griner 20 the Braves, Allen
70 the Cubs; Hagcrman OF Cleveland 10 the
New York Americana
II the late season form OF King Lear OF
the Reds Is mn indication OF what he's going
TO do next season, he Will be considerable
pitcher lie hold the Pirates TO six hits
day held the Boston champions 70 four hits
ana no runs.
Ruhc Marquard now hn- won two straight
The lhteness OF the season Will prevent him
from duplicating his nineteen straight
baseball history lacks one thing to make
u complete. i has had rs triple plays un-
triple steals and possibly six hits IN one in
ming without a run. but when IL II going to
hay, game with no hit pitching on each
The PLAYING Of the Braves in the last
Polo Grounds series was literally studded
sons md without he hup 1@' aSG eo M% GGTs
Ton OF their usual work But It wasn't
their real form ard no more 10 be looked
than was the work Of the Athletics In a
couple ~ games against Washington when
to win the braves showed What they could
90 The Poise' m" mental attitude Of the
Athlctlcs In worlds series has been big
factor in their success, and with the Braves
II IL largely question whether they can
equal the Mackmen In that psychological re-
gard whether they can keep from being TOO
Stealing extraordinary was dono by tho
Peoria club Of the Three League this year
was The nearert hc deerioot 'oo,h pfioe
could come to the pennant
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TOPICS OF THE GRIDIRoN.

In tho light OF what tho Tufts eleven did
20 Rates, Harvard's ~ points against tho
Bates 81 TO :
Yale outplayed. but beat Virginia" Gays
a. hefin . Yale would like TO be outpiayed
pN harvard and Princeton the same way.
In order TO settle the question as TO which
r. me biggest ecoring team In the country
Washinston, and Jefferson ana washington
J smothered Dickinson. 1903 10 o. end W
ana L avalanched Morris.Harvoy. i6S to o.
pss T hs game asa 'H %as i npsn ss
rom accounts iaying much stress on varia-
S be suited Of the 70, iSorwsrd pass which plan may
nsoG Of eSoss With the line uncertain and IN
opponents from getting through.
The The Carlisle Indians go, a 3erranS ,or,
from from mehisa, and Their season 70 date hssn',
bern up TO the Carlisle standard
Eleven neid goals were made IN twenty
Aye games on Saturday. Most o, them We're
he drop kek Poin, nasers ' nv 1s . StN s SSf
ana J Smith, Hobart; Lamb. Penn s,ats
Marshail .Buckisy. WeStn,nstsr NV" warren snI
amherst; Barrett. Cornell; Tibbott. Prince
vnrd. p'a''' named Sr'ekley of Hs'"
Two forward pa sos for a touchdown ,nd..
e car mat the Navy hopes TO be able 10 nsht
played. eA''' "
.n The Pc Penn ,;freshmen made nyinr star,
aHu hhNe a NkcIy lot OF youngsters Thelf
hrst real test Will come next Saturday when
they take on Exeter.
II looks as 81 Colgate was going 20 have
another strong team. The eleven has made
o. points 70 far and beaten Cornell Web
ber Abel and Swarthout are SIN on hand
three players OF the first callhre. while a
prominent absentee IL Huntington hes, Of
last yeer's quarterback
Tho Springfield Training School plav.n.
made ten first downs to Harvard's seven
early seRson games. with tho strong play-
ing the weak, produce one sided scores ard
most OF SATURDAYS Victories were easy ana
WIN big scoring by the winners The to,a,
points Tor winning teams in sixty ganpq
was l,12n 70 HS for tho losers The average
the losers " - '''
Allentown Prep and Easton HIN were
PLAYING a game. Near tho end EastDn UiKh
maze touchdown which the other sIIa
contended wasn't legal hut which the ref
cree allowed, making tho score 6 70 8
AHentoWn refused TO continue hut tus, ther
Ihe Whlste blew, ending tho game That
the whistle '"' pa'' "
The Washington and Lee eleven. which
mas made 1877 points to opponents none mas
hronhlyn and New England men on tho
tean rs coach II from Dartmouth and Us
captain from Boston
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CORNELL LOSES TABER IN
CONTEST WON BY COLGATE
Penn Also Suffers Double LossOther Big Teams
UnsCathed-- Sanford Has Defence for
Aerial Attack

ITHACA, oct. cornell not only lost
the Colgate game yesterday. but she lost
Taber. one OF her most promising half
backs. 1t became known to-day that
Taber's leg injury will keep him out Of
practice for such a length OF time that
he will be lost to the team. He had
proved tho best ground gamer so far Of
all OF the backs.
There is no use denying that Cornell is
much disappointed over the defeat at
Colgates hands, which was the second OF
the year. 1t makes the undergrad uates
fear repetition OF last years wretched
early season. The coaches hope however.
that the team will develop more rapidly
now. Except that the regular line men,
who did not play yesterday. will be back
this week there will be no shift IN the
team.
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More
Toss of Coin May
Haze Sayed Kibiat

DERHAPS Abel Kiviat may thank
L the toss Of a coin for the fact
that he retained his one mile tit lie in
the Metropolitan championship track
and field meeting on Saturday. Tho
Gordon brothers Of Yonkers have
become the greatest rivals Of kiviat
in the past year Will Gordon is
the better of the two and defeated
Kiviat In the race for the Baxter mile
last winter. Both Willie and Free
land Gordon work for the same en-
ployer. Ono has to work while the
other runs. They tossed coin on
Saturday and Freeland won the toss.
He was beaten only twelve yards by
Kiviat.
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PHItApELPHiA. oct. 4-Dr r. TAFT Nc
Kcnze. physical director Of the Penn
sylvania University, who was called TO
attend Don Carter. the husky centre. who
had his knee dlsiocated In "A scrimmage
Saturday. says Carter will he out OF the
bame for at least three weeks and posi-
bly, the whole season Capt Journey Is
also suffering from a badly sprained arm.
of which he gave no sign yesterday dur
ing the game. Balou Is In bed with n
high temperature and Moffett Is llmping
from a bad knee.
The game lost 10 Franklin and Marshall
Saturday was almost Identical with the
game with the freshmen on Thursday Just
as though II had been a rehearsal for
yesterdays defeat. The Penn varsity
PLAYED the same loose and ragged game
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CAMBRIDGE. oct 4.--The Harvard var.
sity team came out from It's strenuous
game with Springfield without any serious
injury. although the regular players who
were kept in the game so long were abou,
all I'm at the finish and Will do little hard
work for day or two The Crimson's
backfcid and regular ends performed sat
isfactorily. but the middle of the rush line
displayed unlocked for weakness, part.cl.
larry on the midneld defence. Of the
tackles Sweetser showed up to the best
advantage OF the newcomers. while
Weatherhead on attack was the most
brilliant OF the new ends.
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Wilson only Ell Injured.

New HAVEN. Oct. with the exception
Of Quarterback Wilson. who sustained a
slight Injury TO his knee, the Yale foot
ball team IL In fine shape after the hard
game with the University of Virginia
Saturday. Coach Hnkley has planned a
stiff workout for Tomorrow. when the
entire squad will be put through scrim-
IMAGES
The Virginia backs circled the Ell ends
for long gains in yesterdays game, and
Yale seemed poweress 10 stop them. maxi
ing Il necessary TO devote special atten-
ton TO the defence this week The back
field men and the ends will be drilled I'm
tho forward pass. as Virginia broke up
many OF the attempted passes In Satur-
days game. Unless n change liz made NJ
right guard the lineup viii remain tn,
same
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ANNhPoLrs, oct 4--The following
schedule has been arranged for the eleven
of the Naval Academy fourth class: Oc-
tober II, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute I:
october II, Central High School OF
Washington October 81, Gettysburg Re-
serves; November 7. University OF Penn
svlvania Freshmen: November 90, will
hanson School A game will be arranged
for November II, All OF the games. will
be played on the Academy grounds
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Lehiph supporter. Pleased.

South BETHLEHEM. Pa, oct 4 Ex-
ccpt for a few minor injuries all the
Lehigh team came out Of the glorious
struggle yesterday against the Carlisle
Indians in good shape. Resident Coach
Ready is satisfied with the work Of the
men in their second contest Of the season.
although he realizes that the Indians are
wofuly weak this year. But what rloasos
Lehigh most is the victorious showing
Franklin and Marshall made YESTERDAY
against she University OF Pennsylvania,
the i2 to defeat LehiEh gave
the Lancaster lads the week before