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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19
MIR. PtGE'S LITTLE BLUNDER

From the New 1ork sun.
 II is a pity that the United States Senate should magnify the very post-prandiai babblinss of Ambassador Walter Hines Page ito an incident" The speech was made impromptu, late at night.s to a gath ering of men who had beein dining we'll It was received with shouts of laughter. The newspapers reported it only in the most casual way. They evidently regard ed it as wholly non-diplomatic, unauthori- tative, negligible. It was in a way to die unechoed when Senator Chamberlain un- happily discerned some political signifi- canoe in it and called for the text, chap ter and verse.
 MT Page asseverates that at the worst he was guilty only of a feeble pleasantly and that his hearers understood him in no other way. The speech will never be hurled at the head of future Secretary of State in the crisis of a diplomatic ne- gotiaton. It is much too flimsy for con- troversial use. It is only by attaching importance to it ourselves, by making it the subject of senatorial oratory and de- partmental explanation that we can turn it into weapon of any use to an ad- versary.
 The single point of view from which MT. Pages little spark of indiscretion is worthy of any great consideration is that of it's bearing on the question of the qualifications of diplomatists. It is one more trifle going to show that ambas- sadors are not made in a night. even from the best of raw material. The acute senstiveness, the unwinking alertness. the subordination of impulse to discretion are characteristics of slow and laborious growth, the products of a lifetime of habit and discipline. Mir. Page saw an opportunity for a pleasantly or two, to raise a laugh, to add to the good humor of a jovial hour, and he spoke without giving a thought to troubled Mexico or the free toll' irritation. It was quite natural in his case. It would have been impossible to a real ambassador, who would have preferred a myriad times to be dull rather than once indiscreet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19
Fashion Week Beneft. All

"The merchants of Birmingham m general are realizing that Fashion Week is a good investment" said g, prominent Second avenue merchant yes terday whose mercantile business is in no way directly connected with styles" or fashions"
 When the Fashion Week idea was first preached sometime ago there were many members of the Business Mems league who believed that none of the
 merchants would be benefited by the event except the clothing stores and the millinery shops. We have had it
 proven to us by actual demonstration, however, that we were wrong.
 "It is true that the prime object of
 Fashion Week festival as it is being dresses. suits, hats, shoes and articles of clothing in general. Those are the things controlled directly by fashion and which, of course. serve as the main for the Fashion Week event. But the rest of us merchants who deal in things other than articles of apparel and clothing are getting as much busi- ness from Fashion Week as the cloth iers We find that hundreds of people have come to Birmingham from all parts of the state and even from oth e- states, to see these new fashions in clothes. But while they're here they appear to be putting in a general stock of supplies They are fpatroniz- ing the clothiers but they are patronis- ing us, too. and we are doing ire mendous retail business. The Fashion Week has brought them to town true enough, and that's all that was needed.
 When people get into live, big, up- o-date town there are many things they want besides clothes, and there appears no doubt but what they are proceeding to get them much to our complete satisfaction. There is no doubt but what Fashion Week has come to stay and will be held every Spring in Birmingham from now on.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19
Fashions Ceaseless Change

From the time of the inception of $oshion bv the use of the allegorical fiq leaf in dress, changes in style have been constantly occurring, and doubt losslv will so continue for all time to come: so that Birmingham's "Fashlon Week. it but one of the brilliant cpl sodes resulting from new ideas in the matter of apparel.
 Thomas R. Gibson of the state ot New York is accredited as being one of the best authorities upon the muta- tions and history of the innumerable styles which have obtained for the past half century and his recent statement upon this subject cannot fail to interest.
 He says in part:
 These beautiful spring fabrics par ticularly the silks. tell the story or women's modern apparel; they show the whole evolution of women's dress and they emphasize the extreme changes of
  woven both in this country and abroad at an enormous width. =.
 Not 50 many years ago a woman could buy a silk dress if she purchased from 15 to 20 yards of material. To- day the width of the silk makes it pos sble for her to have dress from less than five yards. Consider, too, the revo- lution in the manufacturing world which fashion has made. Dantiest lin gerie, once womans pride, is now superseded by the harem trouser skirt and underwear as nearly perfect fitting as can be made.
 A few years ago the silk underskirt measured five yards around the bot tom, but today the beautiful blouse to be worn with a suit occupy the big factories where undersixirts were once manufactured. Look at the story Of the window display.
 It tells of dress accessories more i'm portant than, the gown itself, the string of beads the gloves, the shoes, the dainty hosiery, the handkerchief and the crown of beauty, the hat!
 But Mr. Gibson fails to mention the knee brooches, powdered wig and red 
 coats that were once so conspicuous in English and American history and also the reign of the hoop skirt and other strange articles deemed so es- sential to dress in the style of the past. The hoop skirt was in vogue when the Civil war broke out and their ample proportions rendered them available for concealing and smuggling contrabrands across the line. Clothing, shoes and even liquor were thus surreptitiously conveyed from one section to another by female sympathizers to the boys in gray. The skirts were four feet or more in di ameter and their expansion was main tained by metal wire at the bottom
 Probably the most ludicrous fashior was one which obtained as late as tho 70's and consisted of lengthy panta lettes worn by the women, reaching tC the tops of the shoes. Should Bir mingham's Miss Fashions promenad' the streets of the city clad in sucl styles as then obtained they woul( doubtless command even greater at tention than they do in the costume. of the present day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

A court of honor for women is being appointed. They will ostracize women who don't conform to the following code Wives must be faithful and above suspi- cion; divorced women and widows must abstain from tango parties and gay life generally; debutantes must not fiirt; women must never give money to men,, except their husbands, if married; women must not wear gowns slit more than six inches from the hem and must avoid ex- aggerated decollete. A number of society women, authors, actresses and women lawyers are said to be supporting this movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19
Col. George w. Bnin Speaks sunday

"The management of the Young Mems Christian association counts itself fortunate, indeed, in having recently se- cured the appearance of Col. George w. Bain, the silver tongued orator from Kentucky, for the Sunday meeting to noon at the central association build ing" said General Secretary Stallings of the Birmingham association.
 Colonel Bain is one of the foremost orators on the lyceum platform, for his wit, pathos and eloquence have won for him renown as lecturer through out the country. Prominent men in different parts of the United States unite in according him the distinction of being one of the greatest speakers on the platform today. Champ Clark speaker of the House. said recently in the Metropolitan Press: T had the exquisite pleasure of hearing. George w. Bain. The audience was splendid. For over an hour he swayed his hearers as the storm king sways the forest. The way he played upon the weird harp of thousand strings, the human heart, was revelation to me. l shall always remember that hour as one of the most ecstatic of my life Colonel Ban will take for his subject t Sunday afternoon, If 1 Could Live Life over Birmingham men are invited"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF CHARLOTTE CORDAY

of her intentions at assassiaton and that she had left Caen with the avowed pur- pose of killing Marat. On her person the guards discovered an address, drawn up by herself, and calling on the French peo- pie to punish tyrants and restore concord.
 Charlotte was placed in a cell and watched even during the night, by two gems darmes The committee. of general safety hastened her trial and sentence. The day following the murder the presi- dent of the revolutionary tribunal, Mon- tane, came to examine her She was re- moved to the conciergerie. The next morning at o'clock she was conducted before the revolutionary tribunal. When she had taken her seat on the bench of the prisoners the president assigned to defend her the young Chauveau Lagarde, afterward illustrious by his defense of the Queen.
 The widow of Marat wept while she gave her eviednce. Charlotte was cross questioned and Fouquier, summed up and demanded that sentence of death should be pronounced.
 Her defender arose. "The accused said he, "confesses her crime, she avows its long reconciliation, and gives the most overwhelming details. Citizens, this s her whole defense. It is for you to decide what weight so stern as fanaticism should have in the balance of justice. leave all to your consciences."
 The jury unanimously sentenced her to death. She heard their verdict unmovod; and the president, having asked her if she had anything to say, she made 70 reply; but turning to her defender she said: Monsieur. you have defended me as I wished to be defended;I thank you" sz44sTs s .s.ss.,..ssa
 On her return to the concergerie, Which was so soon to yield her up to the scaf- fold, Charlotte smiled on her companions in prison, who had arranged themselves in the corridors to see her pass. A priest was sent by the public accuser to offer the last consultations of religion.
 Charlotte was executed on July F. 1193. As she mounted the fatal cart violent storm broke over Paris but the lightning and rain did not disperse the crowd that had assembled. The sky, however, cleared up before she reached the scaffold. In the face of murder history dares not praise Charlotte Corday, and in the face of heroism, dares not condemn her. Hers was a deed of which men are no judges, and which courts, without appeal direct to the tribunal of God.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19
HAS STOOD THE TEST

From the Talladega Home.
 In all the fire centered upon MT. Un- derwood by his opponents, not one vulner- able spot has been found in his record as a democrat of the true blue type. The groundless charges made against him have peen repeated time and again, but they have failed to find lodgment in the minds of the clear-sighted people of Alabama who can distinguish between a fact and an empty campaign assertion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19
HILARITY IN BUGvILLE

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 An English medical man has announced that ants are germ carriers and danger ous to humanity.
 Just try to imagine the wild hilarity of the .sluggards and the grasshoppers who have so long had this model insect held up as an example for them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19
THE ENGLISH SPARROW

From the Mobile Register.
 Birmingham is planning war on. the English sparrow and purposes to pay a bounty of l cent each for dead sparrows A very good idea; the sparrow not only is a noisy nuisance, but runs other birds away. A widespread war on the creatures would be sensible. They serve no good purpose and are very destructive to fruits and gardens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19
In TnIInnoosu county

T spent Tuesday in Tallapoosa county and while it was business trip, 1 made inquiries about the relative strength of certain candidates for high office" said Charles Sumner
 The only thing that the people with whom l talked seemed to be certain about was that Underwood would sweep the county. That he would beat Hobson to l Was said to be a conservative esti- mate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19
NOTED BANKERS TO SPEAK

From the Decaturs Daily.
 MT. J. NJ. Smith of the National City bank of New York, and sor Wexler, pres ident of the Whitney Central National bank of New Orleans. will be among the speakers at the convention of the Ala bama Bankers association which meets hsre in May.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19
A PIECE OF DOVE.

This poor old dove of peace of mine Seems upon his last peg; The feathers of his tail are gone And wobbly is each leg. His bill is bent. his left wing broke, One eye has lost its sight: And just when he'd cooed Huerta down, Old<Colquitt bobs upright Without my friend John Bassett Moore The problem quite perplexes; 1 hate land or state that shells Its name with those darned KS Don't talk to mes about X-rays; such subjects truly bore me Old Mexico and Texas have Enough of X-rays for me. And then to think that this poor bird Of mine is no more use wonder why; perhaps it's had Too much of that grape juice. It greatly grieves me thus to knoV That what l dearly love No longer is a dove of peace
 But just a piece of dove
 MUSIC OF THE SPHERES First Wag: What is .moonstone?" Second Wag: "A moons tone is a luna tick"
 A PIPE DREAM. No lips that touch liquor shall ever touch
 mine
 Said a prohibition miss; So I used watchmaker's blow pipe Whenever l gave her a kiss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19
TROUBADOUR AND JESTER
A USEFUL KICKER.

USEFUL KICKER. Jonas: "IIez corntossle is the laziest man in the country Silas: What makes you think so?' Jonas: "when he wants to ehurn he puts a bullfrog at night in a crock Of milk and next morning there is the green back sitting on hunk of butter"
 SCRFEIT Friday the thirteenth of Feb, Friday the thirteenth of March. Both out of sight have hove. But joy it does smother To find we've another, Friday the thirteenth of Nov.
 PATRIOTIC ECONOMY. Tuesday was St. PatrclS's day; Its joy my memory joggles. I could not afford to purchase a tag So l wore a pair of green goggles.
 A QUESTION OF TAXES. Escort; T fear our taxi has broken down."
 Young Lady: Dear me, is there no taxi- dermist near here?'
 AMBIGUOUS. Wife: John. how fany cigars is that for you today?" Husband: "This is my seventh" Wife: You do nothing in this world but smoke, smoke; and I am sure that's all you'll do in the next
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

An aviator at Marblehead, Mass, suc- plane with both hands off the steering gear. That fellows neck is not worth cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

New York man, who is suing his wife for divorce, says she told him if he did not stop working at night at home, play ing the piano and reading novels she would cut his throat or shoot him. This is what is liable to happen to any man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

Two citizens of Rome fought a duel while police looked on calmly, thinking it was moving picture combat. Since the movies became so popular it is hard to tell what is real life and what is inn itatinn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

The suffragette who slashed the Roke- by Venus got only six months in prison and is proud of her deed There is no hope for that woman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

Two citizens of Itarod, Alaska, were caught playing poker. One was fined s9S5 and costs and the other was fined s425 and costs. It costs money to fatten the kitty in Itarod.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

"A girl is not to blame for anything she does to get husband" said lady lecturer to a feminist audience. It is what girl doesn't do that is more apt to win her a husband
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

The next time Ambassador Page starts to wax mildly facetious at the expense of the grand old Monroe doctrine he is going to think twice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19
DEAD OR ASLEEP

FrOm tIt INeW 1UTk DUH
 Picture chopper May Richardson is right in saying that "the English nation is dead or asleep" If it were awake or alive. 1t would have put the fear of God into the PanlShurst Yahoos long ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

often visit scenes they delight to ire quent. We may sometimes hear them, If our ears are keen and attuned to the small sounds of nature. They have been accused of upsetting pans, twealling peoples noses and commit ting other offenses, but just as there are good and bad people, so there are good and bad fairies. Persons of cheerful temperament will tell you that the good fairies are quite numer- ous, but cross grained individuals will assure you that there is not an aver age of one good fairy in 20.
 The stage fairy is only make-be- lieve, of course, and hardly worth considering. It is always a source of great consolation to people who are kindly disposed toward fairies to know that their stage prototypes are not at all like the originals, who have ever been indispensable to poets and romancers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19
IN HOTEL IOBBIES
Juries Rolled

T have boiled the circuit court juries since January l as to the United States senatorship contest, said Deputy Sheriff rom Patterson, "and I find the average has been about to for Underwood.
 T do not know of any surer indication of how an election is going in any given section than the result of jury poll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

John Wanamaker started business win a push cart, and now, at the age of 53, is one of the greatest retail merchants in the world. Get busy, son
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt Jr., actually refused to hire special train in El Paso, Tex. All our people of wealth are not spendthrifts, by any. means.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

So many Jews are returning to Je.u- salem and the city is expanding so ran. idly tha tradical changes have been made necessary There is now larger popula- ton outside the city walls than within them. Jewish colonies are to be found to the north and west of the old city where there are populous residential districts as well as convents, schools, hospices and various institutions In the past decade remarkable transformation has taken place in the appearance of Jerusalem. The old walls and towers will be pulled down to make room for expansion. trolley cars Will traverse the holy streets and the city will glow with electric lights. Four separate car routes will be laid All four will start from the Jaffa Gate. the principal entance to Jerusalem and will traverse the newer parts of tine city. One of the lines gill run from the Jaffa Gate to Bethlehem. a distance of about six miles, and will traverse what is considered the most sacred thoroughfare in the world. Another of the lines will give ac- cess to the business district and one will encircle the old city, embracing many of it's most historic sites The ancient walls. which have a circumference of about three miles and rise in some places to height of 3S and a half feet. have been offered for sale as building material all though It IS expected that an effort will be made to save some sections of the walls. including Davids Tower. which may be converted into museum An adeouate water supply is also being provided .or Jerusalem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

English suffragettes are not content with kicking John Bulls shins. They want to blacllen both of his eyes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

The King of Italy says he cannot en- dure artificiality. In that case it is safe to assume that he is opposed to green wigs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

It is as plain as a pikestaff that the Britons don't know how to take little ambassadorial joke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

If the modern skirt has shocked Paris, it has done all that its designer could reasonably expect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

BEGINNING TIE DAt-i thah'> Thee, e my God. for childhood; for my own, which in memory fioh's over me like jasmine breath; TOT
 . oht,drcp sround me. with ii> l,pbt and life. May I bathe in th'S fountain of yonth that my soul ma! he young even when my body Is n,d. For Christs sake. Amcn'-H' VI. F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19
FASHION WEEK

From the Macon News.
 This Is Fashion Week in Birmingham. Are Alabamians in style only one week in the year?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

A New York woman has tried to com nit suicide in 23 ways. Some day that woman is going to succeed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

Condolences to the other man, who was engaged to Miss Eleanor Wilson and went west"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

Opinions but q fool. that makes "s  The outward habit Tor '"e man.
 Periciss, Prince or tyre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-19

Entered at the Birmingham, Aia' postofficc as second class matter under act of Congress March 3, 1879.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-10-01
A College Boy OF Mercer
University.

Mercer University, Macon, Ga, Sept. a. 1914
II EAR MIR. WATSON 1t is with pleasure
- that | read in this weeks Jeff your intention
OF making a series of public speeches. The coura-
geous manner with which you rise, after each
seeming defeat, and renew, with increased vigOr
your glorious exposure of the weakness and
hypocrisy of the leaders in both Church and State
is source of inspiration and encouragement to
thousands of Georgia boys Who like myself are
trying to secure that training and knowledge
Which is so essential to success and usefulness
Each time [ read your great publications. | am
caused to render deVout thanks to God for having
placed in our midst man who is a true advocate
of the principles Of Democracy a man who is
ever ready to uphold and defend the rights of the
oppressed masses; man, who has never hest
tated to sacrifice his political ambitions, rather
than desert the cause of Truth and JUSTICE and
last but not least, who deserves the title,
'The Guardian of American Liberty, and Greatest
Statesman of the Twentieth Century,
Well, Mr. Watson, | student at this place.
Last Thursday it was my pleasure to be received
into the Phi Delta Literary Society. I caused
to rejoice, when of the members in his
speech of welcome, referred to you as one of the
great men, who had gone out from this institu-
ton and won famous place in the world.
The present term promises to be one of the
most successful in the history of the University.
The entire faculty seems to be working for
great session.
If we, as students, take their advice with re-
gard to our work here, will be greatly bene-