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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-25
Edmund Burke, English Opera Singer, Got
Pictures Of Battle in Marine Valley

How an English opera singer. formerly
a member Of the Canadian militia. sang
and photographed his way In the wake
OF the French army after the battle Of
the Marine. H. told by Edmund Burke OF
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-25
BLAMES KAETHI SCF1RATT. EX-
ACTRESS, FOR EUROPEAN WAR

keen insight, and what he said about tho
general situation, it was, you must re-
member. after war had been declared
Of II ALL"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-25

Paris, who has Just returned To New
York from the war zone Nj. Burke Is
he man VINO Just for the fun of II"
smuggled himself inside the French lines.
without even SO much as war CORE
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-25
ny DIR. WOLF Won sCuIERBRANp.

NIENNA. Aug. 25.-Besid,s many war
stories which undoubtedly are true. there
are many which ! would not vouch for.
They SAY, for example, that Kaethi
Schratt an old friend of the Emperor,
was largely responsible for the unlocked
for energetic tone ~ the note and ulti-
matum to Sorvia which led to the present
deplosable war conditions Kacth. Schratt
10 now a woman OF 80, hut st.ll very
handsome. She owns beautiful man
sion, the villa Schrutt, within a stones
throw OF Schocubrunn and Is st.u in fire.
Quent communication with the aged mon
arch.
Twenty years ago she was a leading
member Of the leading playhouse, the
HofburE Theatre, playing by preference
lbsen parts. such as HCddd Gnbler. SC.
and then became reader 10 the late En-
press Elizabeth on the personally eN-
pressed wish oC her august patron
The American Embassy here is as busy
as a beehive Frederic g, PenN,ld, tho
Ambassador. has paid not less than
$4,000 out Of his own pocket during the
last ten days 10 relieve the urgent necrs-
stiles Of Americans who appealed TO him,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-25
OF EUROPEAN WAR
ON AMERICAN IMMIGRATION

A n important influence IL certain
~ 20 be eXcr;ed by the European
( war upon American immigra-
ttnn N(Iat.Vpr may ha the ra-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31
PLAN CENSUS OF ALL
 BIRDS IN COUNTRY
Department of Agrciulture Wants Volunteer Enumerators to Count
 il Areas of Forty Acres

census of all birds in the United States Is suggested for this summer, and the department of agriculture is inviting bird lovers throughout the country to cooperate in taking it, says the Washington Star The object is to determine how many pairs of birds of each species breed within definite areas By comparing these figures with those of subsequent censuses. it will be possible to ascertain whether the present state and federal laws are effective. and game and insectivorous birds increasing or diminishing In numbers. Voluntary observers are re- lied upon to furnish most of the de- sired data to the department.
 As a beginning the department has asked about 250 correspondents throughout the country, who have pre- viously rendered valuable service, to follow a general outline in supplying information. Anyone wishing to aid in this good work is cordially invited to send similar information to the depart. ment.
 The correspondents have been ad- vised that the census of the birds should be taken over some area that fairly represents the average charac- ter of the country in the immediate neighborhood. The area selected should represent average farm condi- tions, but without woodland; should be not less than 40 acres Ga quarter of mile square) and not more than 80 acres. and should include the farm buildings. shade trees, orchards, fields of plowed land and pasture
 It Is desired to take census of the pairs of birds actually nesting within
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31

the Justification for the rise in price of the stalls. to which at first so much excep- tion was taken"
 Plays of Present Day
 It was interesting to note that Sir Squire Bancroft in speaking of the play of the present day supports Sydney Grundy, the playwright. who recently complained that the new playwrights do not write plays.
 With regard to some of the plays pro- duced at the present day which fall to attract" says Sir Squire, '.the cause of the failure is that they are not plays at all in the proper sense of the term. They are simply series of arguments, and they would be better suited. with all respects for their clever authors. to the platform than the stage. Not that I am disposed as veterans are apt to be, to despise the new through admiration for the old There is an immense amount of clever ness in modern plays. while I frankly admit that the actors of the present day are in the main a more cultivated class of men than those of 50 years ago. But in my opinion it Is no good setting clever and accomplished Lctors, of whom there are so many on the stage at the present moment, to represent plays which do not conform to the requirements of the stage. And I particularly object to the adjective theatrical as term of re- proach when applied to play. for play must be theatrical or it Is not play at all"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31
ANTS DISEASE CARRIERS
Panama Bacteriologist Tells of His
 Experiments

No suspicion until lately has arisen that the industrious ant might upon occasion act as the transmitting agent of infection to man, says an article in The Lancet. It was known that some species. such as the white ant. had very destructive ten deneies in certain parts of the tropics, and that the bites Of some large tropical ants caused a good deal of general dis- turbance, being attended with faintness and shivering and sometimes with tenn porary paralysis. Il was also known that some savage races used the dried bodies or ants, beaten into d paste, as an arrow poison. but it is only of late that sugges- ton has been made that this insect might convey pathogenic bacteria to man.
 The ant is commonly found in and around the dwellings of people residing in the tropics It is. indeed, matter of difficulty to keep this insect away from foodstuks in such houses, and 1t is equally difficult to keep the ant away from human dejecta when these are not prop erly disposed of. So that 1t cannot be doubted that the ant has the opportunity of carrying from infected exereta the specific organisms of disease to the fooa stored in human dwellings,
 In 1908 pr. Andrew Balfour, in his Re view of Recent Advances in Tropical Medicine" discussed the suggestion that ants might be to blame for carrying cholera infection from contaminated fecal matter to human food and drink His experience was that at Khartoum ants were more In evidence than flies, and that from their crawling habits and scaveng- ing propensities they could play a con siderable part in the conveyance oi cholera and similar infections. Little oi no experimental work, however had beer done to obtain proof that ants were cap able of transmitting diseases to man. bu in 1912 Dr. l.. R. Bates. hacterioiogist {,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31

Ancon hospital, in the Panama canal zone. undertook Q series of experiments with the view of putting to the test whether or not the ant acted as trans hitting agent of sucn infections as en- teric fever and taciilary dysentery-
 His results were published lately In the proceedings of the Canal Zone Medical association. His investigations were car ried out with the large yellow ants which are found in and around the houses in the canal zons. He fed a number of these insects on bread soaked with cul- turec of F. typhosus for five days, killing and examining some of them at certain intervals. but in no instance was he able to recover the typhoid bacillus from the intestines of the ants. The experiment. was carefully repeated, with like negative results. He then tried to determine If the ant could carry the specific organism on Its legs or body in purely mechanical way to human food. A number of the insects were dropped Into a broth culture of R. typhosus and allowed aftcrward to crawl out and walk over Petri dishes. the bottoms om which were covered with fil- ter paper, at varying intervals up to 24 hours; after that they were placed on the media in Endo plates. The typhoid bacillus was easily found in every in stance. This experiment was repeated several times. and in the majority of cases positive results were obtained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31

the selected area. Birds visiting the area for feeding purposes should not be counted, no matter how close their nests to the boundary lines.
 It Is practically impossible to make this census on the scale of 40 to so acres in a single day. A plan which has been used with advantage for sev- eral years Is to begin at daylight some morning the last of May, or the first week in June, and zigzag back and forth across the area, counting the male birds of each species. Early in the morning at that season every male bird should be in full song and easily counted. After the migration Is over and the birds are settled in their sum mer quarters 1t Is safe to consider that each male represents a breeding pair,
 The census of one day should be checked and revised by several days of further work, in order to insure that each bird seen Is actually nesting with in the area, and to make certain that no species has been overlooked.
 May 30 Is about the proper date to begin the census in the latitude of Washington. In the latitude of Boston the work should not begin until a week later, and south of Washington an earlier date should be selected.
 The final results of the census should be sent to the biological sur- vey. department of agriculture, about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31

June 30. and should be accompanied by statement of the exact boundaries of the selected area. defined so explic- lily that 1t will be possible 25 years hence to have the census repeated. The name of the present owner of the land should be given. together with a careful description of It's character, in cluding a statement whether the area Is dry upland or moist bottom land the number of acres In each of the principal crops, or in permanent meadow, pasture. orchard, swamp, roads, etc, the kind of fencing used and whether there Is much or little brush along any fences, roads or streams. or in the permanent pasture.
 A second census desired Is one of some isolated piece of woodland com prising from 10 to 20 acres. In giving the results of this census the number and kinds of trees In the woodland should be stated as well us whether there Is much or little undergrowth.
 Still a third census to be taken Is that of some definite area-40 acres, for misunderstanding part of a much larger tract of timber, either deciduous or evergreen. While the number of birds on such piece of land will be far less than on an equal area of mixed farm land their correct enumeration will require considerably more care and time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31
BIRMINGHAM STOMACH SUFFERER
 CONVINCED BY THE FIRST DOSE

tell you how much good 1t has done for me. feel like a new man. Tho relief that your medicine has given me is won- derfu1. I have been to several doctors and they have only given me relief for one or two days"
 Similar stories are told by countless people in all parts of the country. Mayr'a Wonderful Stomach Remedy Is known everywhere Those who have used and praise 1t are numbered in thousands More than likely your neighbors know of It. This remedys success has caused many imitators. Be cautious Be sure It's MAYR'S. Go to Eugene Jacobs Drug Store. 1904 Second avenue Berney- Harrel Drug Co.,. Ensley. Ask about the great results 1t has been accomplishing. or send to Geo. H. Mayr Mfg. Chemist. 154-l56 Whiting St. Chicago, III, for free book on stomach ailments and grateful letters from people who have been restored. Any druggist can tell you of its wonderful results
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31
A NOTRE DAME LADY'S
 APPEAL

To all knowing sufferers of rheumatism. whether muscular of the jonts sciatica. lumbagos. back ache pains in the kidneys neuralgia pains. write to her for a home treatment which has repeatedly cured all of these tortures She feels it her duty to send it all sufferers FREE. You cure yourself at home thousands will estify-no change of climate being This simple discovery banshes uric acid the blood, loosens the stiffened jons pur- flies blood and brighens the eyes, giving elasticity md tone to the whole system. If the above interests rou. for proof address
 Mrs. NJ Summers Box R. Nore Dame Ind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31
H. R. DeLaye After Suffering for Nine Months from Se- rious Malady Finds
 Quick Relief.

IT. R. DeLaye of Birmingham, Ala, suf- fered from an acute stomach trouble for months He went to doctors and got only a day or two of relief.
 Mir DeLaye is head of DeLayes News Agency, and his malady meant both pain and less business efficiency. A cure be- came more and more imperative. He read an announcement of Mayr's Won derful Stomach Remedy. Now read what he says
 q received your trial treatment last week and I used 1t according to direc- tions. I am at loss to find words to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31
Fate of a Scorcner

From the Popular Mechanics.
 The Cannibal FSing-"See here. what was that dish you served up to me at lunch?"
 The Coolx-"Stewed motorcyclst, your majesty"
 Cannibal King-"It tasted very burnt"
 CoolS-"Well he was scorching when we caught him. your majesty"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31
CHICAGO MAY SEE LONDON COMPANY |NMAUGHAMP[AY Marie DOro to Play in the American Revival of
 Diplomacy BANCROFT TELLS OF
 EiF6 EARLY DAYS How He Raised Standard of Actors Wages in England-His Opinion of Modern Plays-Hawtrey
 Takes Holiday
By JOHN AVA CARPENTER

London, May 30. = (Special) = Charles Hawtrey, who has had Is months of good fortune at the Apollo theatre, is about to take a summer holiday. In the fall. when he returns to harness, he will be seen in George M. Cohen's Seven Keys to Baldpate.' He thinks highly of the American comedy and his confidence is shared by Tom Davis, who is associated with Hawtrey in the Apollo management.
 Land of Promise" Doing Well
 'The Land of Promise" is doing good business here with Irene Vanburgh as the heroine and Godfrey Tearle as the hero. They make an ideal couple and Charles Frohman is so pleased with the combination that he is planning to intro duce it to American playgoers. At the termination of the run of the play at the Duke of York's, If nothing interferes, the whole show, cast and all will be trans ferred to Chicago for a run. Should the London company prove the success that Frohman expects, a tour of other Ameri- can cities will be arranged. You will all fall in love with Tearle, who is big
 manly, handsome, unaffected chap just coming into his own. And Irene Van brugh is regarded as in some respects the finest English actress. Incidentally, Somerset Vaughan has the satisfaction
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31

of knowing that his latest play is widely appreciated. The rights have been sold In France, Germany Austria, Hungary. Russia, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31
Didn't Meet Any

Didn't Meet Any Sick Ones Stella-Isn't it awful to think of the number of tuberculous cattle7, Bella-I don't believe 1t. never met one that was too sick to chase me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31
Bancroft Grows Reminiscent

'Ont1l began to act, ne Sdiu, nau never known an actor and rarely seen one fact that the same thing applies to many of my distinguished comrades. including Irving, Hare Wyndham, Kendall. Coghlin. Clayton, Cecil, Forbes Robertson, Ter riss, E. s. Willard, Tree, Alexander. Maude, Bourchier, Waller, Hawtrey, and Du Maurier. On the other hand, strange ly enough, I could cite number of dis tinguished actresses who were, one might say, brought up on the stage, among them Mrs. Kendall. Ellen Terry, Winifred Emery, Ellen Farren, Mrs. John Wood, and my wife"
 Sir Squire was and is one of the clever est of business men and when the Prince of Wales theatre became the rendezvous of all fashionable London he raised the prices of the best seats to 10 shillings Cs2.50) And despite the fact that there are many keen judges who believe that a deduction in the price of the best seats is advisable today, Sir Squire declares he Is not at all sure that further increase would not be the better plan.
 '"rhe fact is that the expenses of man. agement have risen out of all proportion to the increase in the prices of admis- sion,' he says. Salaries of actors have increased enormously. In the so-called .palmy days of the drama salaries were lamentably small. and even the rewards secured by eminent actors were, accord ing to modern ideas, pitable. Even at a ater period, when became connected with the Prince of Wales theatre the salary of John Hare, who was. as you know, member of our company, never exceeded 20 pounds (s100), which was then esteemed large sum. The advance was rapid. Four years later we gave George Honey 60 pounds ($300) a week to play the part in Caste which he had previously acted for IS pounds (s90) and Mrs Sterl- ing, when she played the marquis. in the final revival of that comedy received eight times the salary we had paid to the original representative of the character. When Charles Coghlan came to us to re- place Montague he had nine pounds $453 a week; on subsequent dates we gave him 50 pounds (s250) and then 60 pounds (300 l might give you many other examples of the kind And coincidentally with a raise in the salaries there was a greatly in creased expenditure on scenery and ac- cessories of the stage. That, in brief, is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31
Gillette in London

William Gillette Is man of business. Almost IS soon as he reached London on holiday" he was in consultation with Charles Frohman. The two Americans spent some little time with Sir Squire Bancroft over the details of the coming revival of Diplomacy in New York Also they paid a visit to Marie Doro, who played in the London revival and finally induced her to agree to travel to New York to take up the part of Dora Miss Doro demurred, saying that her roots were already too deep in England, but there never was a better persuader than Charles Frohman and he finally had his way.
 There is no more picturesque figure connected with the English theatre than Sir Squire Bancroft. For 70 years he and his accomplished wife, Miss Marie Wilton, first at the Prince of Wales theatre in Tottenham Court Road and then at the Haymarket theatre. just off Piccadilly Circus. held undsputed sway in London, and finally retired with what is reputed to be one of the largest fortunes in the annals of the British stage-Barrie ex- cepted. Sire Squire Bancroft, who was born the same year as the late King Edward, has just reached his 7Srd birth day and has been talking to a friend.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-11
JUDGE PHILPOT
A MODERN FARMER
State Experiment Station Refers to
County Judge as Example
for Others.

The Farm Bulletin, issued by the
college of agriculture and experiment !
station of theuniversity of Arkansas
in cooperation with the United States
department Of agriculture, says of
County Judge c. NJ. Philpot:
County Judge c. NJ. Phlpot of JEFF
ferson county, is one of the most earn
est advocates of farm demonstration
work in the state. Not only does he
urge the use OF demonstration meth
DDS in his county but puts them in
practice on his farm. He has 400
acres in a square on which there is
not slash or patch of timber or
weeds that is not in cultivation nor
a growing tree to sap the land around
it. Every acre is cultivated accord
ing to farm demonstration practices.
He has a regular system of crop ro-
tation and grows a variety of crops,
one OF which this season is fifty
acres of soy beans that are particular
| ly fine. He is now building two
silos, one of wood and the ether of
metal that will have capacity of
about 800 tons. He keeps accurate
book accounts of his operations and
at some future time statement will
be made of the results he has OBJ
tanned and what he regards the dem
onstration work has been worth tc
him in dollars an dcents."
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-11

TO too many small units increases
the cost of distribution. If there are
twenty provision stores in town OF
5000 people, many of them must De
small affairs, in which overhead
charges and clerk hire are relatively
large. Having but a narrow income
the smaller merchants often lack the
courage to spend enough in adver-
Using 50 that the public can know
what they have to sell. Supplying
twenty small stores involves an
enormous amount OF work, for the
wholesalers to solicit and fill all
these little orders.
The barrel of second grade apples
that is worth nothing as 1t lies
under the tree in the country, is PROB
ably worth from one to two dollars
in tn. city. Whether through the
marcel post, open air markets, supply
depots. or other methods, American
enterprise must find some more d.
rect access from producer to con-
sumner.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-11
GETTING WASTE .GRUlT TO THE
CONSUMER,

One of the common sights at this
time of year in rural sections, is the
large amount of fruits and vegetables
that 60 to waste nearly every year.
In apple producing neighborhoods. in
particular, it is common to see the
ground strewn with fruit that has
very considerable value. Similarly
in other products, if there is large
crop or if the quality is little off, 1t
proves Improbable to market the
whole supply.
1t seems pitiful to see barrel OF
apples beginning to rot under tree
in the country, whi,e only 100 miles
, away there are poor people who can
afford no fruit to brighten up their
meager table
sometimes the trouble is the lack
Of farm help. More often it is simply
q breakdown of our oyer-elaborate
y methods cfs distribution. YET MID
49,. y ~
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-11
WAR AFFECTS FIRE INSURANCE

Fire insurance companies all over
this country are now in great fear OF
a big fire, because Of the situation
In which the war places them IN
every city and town, the companies
are sending out stern warning ~
policy holders, advising them to exer-
else extraordinary precautions to
guard against fires.
A costly conflagration Would
bankrupt the fire insurance compa-
MES and perhaps by straining all
their resources, they coud not pay
the claims against them.
The reason the war in Europe Is
worrying fire insurance managers Is
that it has paralyzed stock trading.
Stock exchanges all over the world
are closed, and the market is entirely
out of business.
The funds of the insurance COM
panies are invested in securities ana
it would be utterly impossible, under
present conditions for the companies
to turn over their stock and bonds TO
raise ready money to pay fire claims.
Their security holdings at the mo-
ent are worth not much more than
ment are worth not much more than
ed.
It is generally known that the in
surance companies are enabled to 40
business by investing the money paid
in for policies. By banking the
money or by loaning it at small inter-
est, the companies could not pay their
losses, much less make any profit
With their investments tied up be-
cause of the war, therefore. tie COM
panies could not get )Sld of enough
ready money to pay claims of any
great amount. A fire like that which
destroyed the heart of Baltimore sew
eral years ago, therefore, would
bankrupt the companies, and the
policy holders would not even then
get their money.
Under such circumstances the fire
insurance companies are natural!
worried, and are impressing on thei1
patrons, the necessity of using the ut
NEST precaution.