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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
THE NAVY

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
 These are the days when the small navy men in Congress are so small that a magnifying glass is needed to find them. There are some of them still at work, however in an attempt to prevent the government from making proper prepara- tion for preserving peace. The surest guarantee of peaceful settlement of the Mexican question is the American war ships at Vera Cruz. A righteous demand. backed by power to enforce it, will be re- spected twice where a nation like Mexico would disregard all demands whether righteous or not, unless so backed up.
 Not only should Congress vote the money to buy all the powder and shells that the committe on naval affairs rec ommends it should continue to vote money for the ships that are needed to carry out the programme of naval expan- sion prepared by the experts of the de- partment The millennium has not yet dawned and until that blessed time ar rives 1t will.be necessary to face the fact that the peace may often be nreserved only by fighting for it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
No Rastime Wanted

"Kryl's band was one of the most pop ular features of last years chautaqua, and it will be a popular feature again this month," said a season ticket holder. "Kryl has an excellent concert band and his programmes a year ago were
 made up of standard music, but his ex- tra numbers included much ragtime and trivial stuff No one would expect him to play pieces over the heads of the average amusement going audience, but
 it is mistake for him to think that there
 is a demand for trashy selections of the
 topical song class. There is no end to
 nausio that is at once light and artistic
 waltzes. gavottes, minuets and such, and
 it is hoped Kryle will play compositions
 of this class for his extras.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Con.re.monaI Elections

The progressive republicans in many of the congressional districts In the west will take an active part in the elections next November and we expect to have many representatives in the Sixty-fourth Congress- said John W. Peterson of Min neapolis.
 T am not a politician, but until 1912 l had voted the regular republican ticket. l was a supporter of Colonel Roosevelt, and hope to have the pleasure of voting for him again in 1916.
 Business conditions in the west are much better than they are in the east. In fact, they are very satisfactory, and we are expecting something like boom this summer If big crops make pros perity, we will certainly have it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
HOW DIAMONDS ARE MINED rom tbe Chicaoo To1rnal

From the Chicago Journal.
 Machinery and barbed wire have sup
 planted the crude methods of breaking up
 diamond bearing blue earth and protect
 ing the valuable finds employed 20 years
 ago in the South African diamond mines.
 The depths of the strange crater-s shaped
 hole in which the peculiar diamond-bear- ing earth is confined is now penetrated by shafts reaching hundreds of feet down into the earth, with 40-foot levels. The
 broken earth is removed In closed trucks to the surface, where, after season of exposure to sun and atmosphere, strewn on the ground, it is hauled to the mills. Here pulsators finally locate the dia- monds on grease-covered inclined tables. to which the diamonds adhere, while loose sand, earth and gravel are washed away by the water. Acres of ground, covered by broken earth brought up from the
 mines, contain possibly millions of dol- lars worth of gems, and these treasure troves are protected by high fences of barbed wire, with intricate arrangements at the corners and at the gates. About 40o0 miles of wire are used in the defense about the Kimberly mines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

far, for a number of years expert on rural schools for the United States bu- reau of education
 "The institution does not seek to com pete with the normal schools of the south ern states but to cooperate with therd by giving a sort of post graduate profess sional course. The students of Peabody must come largely from the graduates of the various normal schools of the south.
 ''Because of the effort to adapt its work to the peculiar needs of the south, not less than because of the calibre of the men on it's faculty, the progress of Pea body will be watched with interest throughout the south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
INVITATIONS BADLY MIXED
By BILL VINES

rade, and to honor the banquet in the evening with his presence, upon the occa- sion of the unveiling of the statue to the commodore
 The receipt of this invitation was precedent in Jeems life, and we might add also an event of no insignificant im- port. Upon enquiry he ascertained the full significance of the occasion to which he had been urged to attend, and that invitation increased in value in his esti- nation forthwith. In fact, it shortly be- came the pride of his young life. To cover himself with fine raiment and par ticipate in a peerade up Pennsylvania, avenue was a consummation that he had dreamed possible of attainment Here 1t was in his very grasp. Jeems could hardly credit his own hearing when in formed that in honor of the commodore and all the Barrys in general the Pres ident of the United States would speak. and that members Of the cabinet would be on hand, to say nothing of the lodges, po- licemen and the silver cornet band.
 Jeems drew heavily upon every avail able resource, including relatives and friends, to fit himself out properly for the occasion. He must have the proper regalia, plug hat and all that in the peerade, and low browed suit for the banquet
 But alas. As the historian of Jeems. we would think that at this point we might draw the veil; we would do so, too, but this is an unveiling story, and We must go on. Jeems was doomed to a bit ter and crushing disappointment. Invita- tion in hand he presented himself at the proper place where the peerade was form ing. He made known to the persons in charge that he was one of the Barrys that was the real cause of inspoorasion of de occasion In support of this as sertion he presented his credentials. But alas. as we have heretofore remark ed and then alas once more. The rude Irish man to whom Jeems confided this i'm formation had no sense of humor. He be- came enraged, and told Jeems to depart. More over he assisted him to depart Jeems did so, and we may say in the strictest confidence, that his entire after- noon was spoiled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
To Visit Europe

The Rev. Father Mueller, pastor of the Catholic church at Blocton, was in Blr- mingham yesterday. He and the Rev. Father Stahl of Gadsden will sail together for Europe in about three weeks. Both were born and reared in Germany, and both studied at the University of Lou vain Father Mueller is native of Co., logne.
 T am looking forward with great pleas ure to my visit to the fatherland, said Father Mueller. Both of my parents are living. My brother is to be married during the coming summer, and I am to have the pleasure of performing the mar riage ceremony
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
.OH! THAT WE TWO WERE
 NAMING

By Charles Kingsley ~ H! that we two maying N Down the stream of the soft spring breeze, N Like children with vioets playing
 m tho shade of the whispering trees Oh. that we sat dreaming
 on inc award of sheep trimmed down. wafchinr the white mist streaming
 over river and meadow and town Oh! that we two lay seeping
 Tn our nests the churchyard sod. F vyith ourt nnba reat on the quiet earths bFeast. And our soue ok home with Godl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
FLORIDA sUNsHrNr

From the Florida Times-Union.
 Don't fly high unless you know how to light
 The bathing suit is crime---but oh. such a little one.
 business will not push forward unless it Is we'll backed.
 Sometimes the black sheep in the family will get the old mans goat
 Yes. Angelica, the printer sets the time table but he doesn't wind 1t. Let us cease joking about the trans parent waist-it's 'threadbare" sub ject anyhow. Don't shout your virtues from ths housetop-somebody might happen t< look ln the cellar,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

Tas ss1 ss ws.s,ns,o1 asS sssss'' Ts. all
 " worked up last Saturday over
 the elaborate ceremonies in connection
 with the unveiling of the statue to Com modore John Barry, whoever he was, who did something or other in connection with
 sinking a boat back in 1776, which appar-
 ently has just come to the notice of the
 general public and everybody is all ex- cited over it, and John is just now getting full recognition.
 Anyway the clan of Barrys in the
 United States thought the occasion of un- yelling the statue to their distinguished ancestor. was one worthy of considerable
 note. and ought consequently to be made
 an occasion that would live green in the memories of everybody who saw it, to say nothing of those who participated in it.
 To this end, and to the further end. that
 all of the Barrys might have an oppor- tunity to do homage to the departed John, aforesaid, the clan at great expense, had engraved and embossed and em-everything else that cost money, an invitation
 which was sent to every Barry who could be located in the United States. City directories were searched and all the Barrys were duly invited to be in Wash ington upon this occasion. and take a part in the peerade, and attend the ban qIet If a Berry was overlooked 1t was
 no fault of the enterprising committeee delegated to send out invitations.
 Now there lives in Washington-exact
 address not known-one Jeems Barry, who had grown up to full manhood in complete ignorance of the deeds of he roic valor of Commodore Barry. Jeems, in all probability, has not enjoyed the full advantages of some of the more for tunate Barrys, hence his ignorance.
 Jeems, in addition to all this, is what we
 would call down south coon of a
 very pronounced brunette type. Up here 1 in polite society Jeems is designated as
 a "cul'urd gentulman.
 i Through some oversight of the invita- 1 tion committeeman not by intention
 Jeems was sent one of the highly per fumed and excessively expensive invita- tions to take a prominent part in the pee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
Educating Teachers

"The theory in education used to be, long ago. that the person who knew read ing, writing and arithmetic was qualified to teach school" said one of the Nash vile visitors yesterday. "As the subjects taught in the common schools increased, the same theory held, that person who knew just the subjects to be taught was competent to teach them. Later that came to be regarded as an educational fallacy. and a sort of arbitrary rule was fixed that a teacher should have ad- vanoed four years beyond he or she under took to teach That, now. has gone by the board and the educational world has come solidly to maintain that no degree of familiarity with text books qualities a person to teach school. Tn order to be a competent teacher. 1t is correctly main- tained one must have very thorough training in the art of teaching.
 "But the strange thing is that until very recently there has been no serious effort to adapt professional training to peculiar conditions. The same teacher training that would suffice for New York or Boston, under the system long in vogue, will not suffice for the rural dis tricts of Alabama or the small towns of | the middle west.
 "In this connection, the departure of George Peabody College for Teachers at Nashville. an institution endowed to the extent of $S,25O0oo. is interesting. It un-
 dertakes to give special teacher-train-
 ing to meet the peculiar educational needs
 of the south. To do this. it has estab-
 lished the Knapp School of Country Life
 the only school fin the world devoted
 wholly to rural life problems, and has
 equipped department of household econ.
 omy and domestic science to meet the
 peculiar needs of the southern housewife
 "Dr. Bruce R. Payne. president ol 1 George Peabody College for Teachers, has
 brought together for the opening of the
 institution in summer session. beginnins | June 25. faculty of . teaching experts
 declared to be the largest faculty of edu I.cational specialtists ever sought to bs
 assembled in the United States for 6 summer school. For the permanent facul ty. Dr,> Payne has secured men like Dr
 John Lee Coulter, who was recently sen to Europe by President Wilson to investt gate rural credits. and pr, F. B. Dress
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

Whoever started the discussion as to whether or not a woman reads newspa- pers overlooked the indisputable fact that If women didn't read newspapers the de- partment stores would never use them to advertise bargain sales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

While Surgeon General Gorgas says that the United States troops are in state of "hygienic competence,' that is condition of affairs hard to maintain when there Is any real fighting to do. .--f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

eral appropriations upon the part of Congress and that body will unques- tionably see to it that ample means for the entertainment are not lacking. It is the American spirit and Congress possesses that spirit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
TROUBADOUR AND JESTER
WHY NOT.

{, WHY NOT.
 silas: Are you in favor of taxing cats?'
 Hez: Sure Every polecat should pay poll tax"
 AT LAST. Say, can't you hear us shouting This is our hour of revel; Cole Blease on the scrap heap 1 At last has found his level. TOO SUGGESTIVE.
 Hostess: My husband never eats cur rant buns"
 Visitor: How queer; why is it?" Hostess; He's proofreader and he says they look too much like topographic cal errors" a | FASHIONABLE GRIEF. Husband: Our boy is becoming very wild'
 Wife: Yes, fear ne will bring my purple hairs in sorrow to the grave" SIGNIFICANT.
 sonny: .Pa, what do S. o. S. mean in message?'' Pa That depends upon who receives it. Now. for Huerta they would mean sa- lute or scoot' c. F. M"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
ONE LETTER WRONG

Stockings now the eyes must match If she on style relies; But 1t has ever been the style
 When stockings catch the eyes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

After having been in operation 10 years. the New York subway will at last be equipped with safety devices between curved platforms and car entrances. The subway's reputation for speed is not based on quick adoption of safety de- vices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
BEGINNING THE DAy-Give me

BEGINNING THE DAY-Give me the honesty, 0 my God. to face my record. Deliver me rom seii-"eceP- tion. If fail today in any way bcIp me to acknowledge 1t to my self and to Thce-and to men, If they ,,,xe . right to know u. But teach me. 0 Lord, that l fail in order to succeed. In Christ's name. Ame"' HI. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
A MODEST MAN

From the Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
 Hon. Oscar w. Underwood, who was re- gently nominated by the democrats of Alabama for United States senator by a large majority, is unquestionably a mod est man. He does not care to appear conspicuously before the people This has been shown by him many times, but, perhaps. in no place is it more clearly indicated than in his personal sketch as it appears in the Congressional Direc- tory. Four and three-fourths lines in that book are all that. he uses in telling about himself. He tells where he was born, where he was educated and the different Congresses to which he has been elected. That is as far as he goes. He does not. as do some other members of the Con- account of his life. but he lets his career speak for him, which 1t does in no un- certain tones
 In the primary election held in Alabama April 6. ult.. Mr. Underwood received S5,09O votes and MT. Hobson s, ,499, MT. Underwood's majority being 3l,591. Thus was shown the appreciation of the dem- ocrats of Alabama of the value of Mir, Underwood to them and to the nation as United States senator. The National Monthly. Norman E. Mack. editor. com ments upon the incidents herein related as follows:
 Between this evidence of modesty on one hand, and this expression of appre- citation on the other, there is a connec- tion which tells the story of the life and the career of the man who has just been selected as one of Alabama's representa- tives in the upper house of Congress and whose term in that body will begin on March f. 1915. That story is too long to be told here in all it's detail, and only the high points can be touched. Nor is it necessary to do more than that for ot Oscar W. Underwood the man. and Os- car w. Underwood the statesman. the country is already quite well informed
 albeit there will in future be much more to tell for he is yet young man. But prophecy is not an exact science. Il need only be said, and this does not re- quire the gift of the seer to foretell, thai in whatever position he is placed he vii do his duty well, and whatever responsi bility is imposed upon him he will meet with honor and credit to himself and tt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
NOT THERE.

She: You look so unkempt dear, and your hair Is towsled awfully.'
 He: q have just received an invita- ton to attend the International Congress of Heliothalassotherapy and my dietion- ary is ten years old"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
R,chmond Man,. Visit

S. E. Cowin, for several years commer- cial agent of the Central of Georgia rail- road with headquarters in Birmingham, but for the past two years a resident of Richmond, is here for a short visit. He was always popular and was cordially greeted yesterday by many old friends. Mr Cowin represents a successful com pany of manufacturing chemists.
 T like Richmond, put shall never get over my liking for Birmingham" said Mir Cowin. My business has grown from a small beginning 10 be very large enterprise. Our products are in brisk de- mand, and the demand will steadily in- crease
 Until I went to Richmond to live | had not appreciated what a great city the capital of the Old Dominion had grown to be. It has population now almost as large as Birmingham's. It Is the wealthiest city in the south, and is in every sense metropolitan. Broad street. Richmond's great shopping thor oughfare, is five miles long and of this distance stores stretch at least a mile and a half The downtown district has been built up handsomely, and Richmond s commercial interests extends not only throughout the south, but far into the west.
 Birmingham is making wonderful strides. I think greater improvements have been made in the last year or two than any former period. I will never cease to be Birmingham booster
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

A Gotham judge who says musical peo- pie are cranks seems to forget that the man who has no music in his soul is fit for treason and other high crimes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

man in New. York who has been play readevetor 10 years is reported to have committed suicide H chad the sort of Job that inspires suicidal thoughts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

"charlatan," but the man who did it had an ocean between himself and T. R.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
pELusIoNs,

I love to see those Castles dance A graceful, floating pair. And in truth they seem to me
 As castles in the air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

According to former President Mellen the New Haven railroad has done nearly everything corporation ought not to do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

O'Shaughnessy says Huerta drinks to key himself up for the days duties A practice like that often results in a winding gait.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

The man who turns in a false alarm of fire has sense of humor that nothing short of jail sentence will affect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

MT. Bryan is an expert horseman. but there is no reason to believe that he cares about learning to ride llama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

There is just one automobile in Damas- GUS, but even that one may be hard to dodge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

Chicago is to have special court for gunmen It ought to do rushing busi- ness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
THE SECRET OF GREAT SUCCESS

I'll SECRET OF A GHEAI StCtEss
 From the New York World.
 A professorship of railroading in tho
 be named for James ]. Hill. He is q great railroad builder and operator. Ht
 has never wrecked a road. Tn his re
 tirement he is honored by the inhabitant' of the country that he did so much tt
 develop We have had other men of thu same stamp.
 How successful railroad management is to be taught mechanically it would 5'
 difficult to say, but a chair at Harvare endowed forever in the name of Jame'
 J. Hin can hardly fail to hit upon sonls
 correct purposes. A careful study of thu
 life and character of such a man nigh furnish the best groundwork for a caree of that kind that could be provided. Who taught MT. Hill? Born on Can adian farm and accustomed to sever' labor on the wharves of St. Paul. Minn. in his youth, he passed oy natural stage from the activities of steamboatmai to the control of a transcontinental rail road He mastered the transportatioi business in all it's branches, but at tn same time he made conquests in othei fields He gained the confidence of cap italists at home and abroad, The new Harvard professorship may not be able to teach the practicalities o such a career as this, bur 1t should hav1 no difficulty in impressing upon all in ouiring minds the courage, energy anI honor that made Mir. Hilrs triumph ! possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

The American Society for thrift has it's work cut out for 1t in a nation of spend CTS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
ELIMINATED.

Roosevelt: MT. Secretary"
 Private Secretary: "Yes, sir
 Roosevelt: ''The next time you have occasion to write the name s. Landor, please omit the period
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
Mir. Shaw and AIabam.

MT. Leslie NJ. Shaw's telling state ment about the opportunities which Ala bama offered in an agricultural way is being extensively copied,' said a mem Der of the Chamber of Commerce. Here is copy u Ietrer written by citizen of Baskerville, Ia to citizen of Br- mingham:
 Recently in looking over an Iowa newspaper I saw a report of an interview held with ex-Governor Shaw, who has resided many years in the same congress sional district that I have resided in. Copy of the item is hereto attached We have always held ex-Secretary of the Treasury l.. NJ. Shaw in the highest esteem, knowing his abilities. "I wish you would let me know where Governor Show selected the lands which he purchased in Alabama. Thanking you in advance for any in- formation you can give me bearing on this subject. am, yours truly "I think it is safe to say that similar letters will be received here. The tide o1 northern homeseekers is certainly turned well now toward Alabama"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

Ignorance Is the cur SC of God.
 Henry VI.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

those who repose their faith in him. Oi this there is no room for reasonable doubt. His past assures that. otherwise he would not have won the success whici has recently come to him.
 To judge the future by the past may no always be safe, but it is about the only rule we may employ with reasonable as surance. Therefore, in judging the futur, of Oscar w. Underwood, We look to hi. past record, which shows that he has a all times and in all circumstances beer faithful to the trust that has been placed in him, and we may say with reasonable assurance that he will continue to meas rlre up to the stature of a man.
 The tribute MT. Mack pays him in th' foregoing is well deserved one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19
PROMOTED.

First Citizen 'Is there any excitement ats the First National bank?"
 Second Citizen: Not that I know of. Why?"
 First Citizen: q see that they have put up the Barr"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

A. J. Eaton, Jr., and 0. E. Young are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald in US circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postofflce as second class matter under act of Congress March 5. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

KY WASHINGTON, May 1S.-(Special) Nf The city of Washington was all
 " worked up last Saturday over