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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
Another Dream Shattered

One night last April a gray-haired, distinguished looking woman ap- peared in the New York Telephone building and asked Frank Mahoney, an operator employed on a switch board at salary of S6 week, for a number in Pittsburg. Mahoney was courteous and obliging, but was un- able to get the required connection. The woman thanked him for his ef- forts and while chatting with him casually informed the youth that she was the widow of Henry M. Flagler. Mahoney was greatly impressed and his amazement increased when she said that on May 20, the anniversary of F1agler's death, she would come into possession of an estate worth $15,OO0,0OO. Her manner and appear ance easily convinced the gullible youth. When she said she was tenn porarily in great distress and did not even have money enough to pay her hotel bill, he took $35 out of his pocket, all the money he had at the time, and gave it to her.
 That was the beginning of gold en dream for the telephone operator. His mysterious benefactress assured him that he would become her private secretary at salary of $2O, ,000 a year. After "Mrs. Flagler" received her inheritance he would be given a bonus of $50,00O, and each member of his family would get S1G,000. Spurred on by such glittering promises, Ma honey gave the woman all his savings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
Even Greater Fair Next Year

AS attractive and educational as this years State Fair was it is the avowed intention of leading directors to make the 1916 event even greater.
 Not until midsummer was it def inately decided that 1915 fair would be held. It was conditioned upon the raising of guarantee fund adequate to pay all expenses regardless of whether the gate receipts were large or small
 The Fair was well attended--much better than last year-and it is be- lieved the executive committee will be able to report little or no deficit. Be that as it may, however, the associa- ton will begin early in the spring to arrange for an extensive fair next fall.
 The board is made up of public spirited citizens and they are about to inaugurate strong movement to arouse keen interest in the fair from one end of the state to the other; and especially to arouse interest among the people of Birmingham and Jef- ferson county.
 Larger and better exhibition build ings are needed, and it will not take more than two or three years of high record crowds in attendance to enable the fair association to make all de- sired improvements, including grand exposition hall-v-exhibition building and auditorium combined.
 Dallas, Tex, has the finest fair buildings in the south. A few years ago the Dallas association was fi- nancially cramped and the exhibit buildings there were no better than those seen at our fairgrounds; but spirit of cooperation was developed, the attendance increased rapidly, and it was not long before the Dallas fair property was the pride of all Texas. It will be that way here if the pur- pose of the present management meets with hearty indorsement. Just as soon as the executive committee is ready to make it's financial report for the fair just ended, then cam paign for working up enthusiasm for the forthcoming exhibition will be in. augurated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
MEDFORD RUM,s REVIVAL

From the New YOrk WOrlu.
 The revivins effect of the war on an- other languishing American industry is in- dicated by the large shipments of Med ford rum to Africa. According to a dis patch from Boston. the bark Ruth Stark, which sailed from that port on Sunday. bound for Sekondi. on the African west coast. carried 100000 gallons of rum, making shipments within six months of 100000 gallons.
 Thus the historic Massachusetts indus try which flourished for two centuries and became the source of much of Bos- tons Bfahmin wealth awakes afresh from the prostration in which it was reported to have fallen 10 years ago. It's opportu- nifty has come with the cessation of Af rican shipments Of liquor from Europe due to the war. and it blossoms out as new war stock. It's revival should bene- fit New England's merchant marine, though, of course, the old conditions of the African rum trade are sadly altered slaves.
 But are there to be consignments of Bibles to accompany these shipments of rum? It ia to be hoped that Puritanism has not been caught in a state of unpre- paredness. With boom times returning to Medford, something should be done at Faneuil hall or Fremont temple to counteract the new influences of evil in the dark continent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
Dr. William Stokes Wyman Dead

It seems that something vital has gone out of the life of the university. And certainly, in some respects, the institution will never again be the same.
 The deceased was one of the great men of the state. He served in times of peril and of peace. He was active in the preservation of the honor of the south in the dark days succeeding the war. At one time he was power in matters of Legislation. He was also leader in letters and thought.
 Every former student of the uni versity knew Dr. Wyman. The great majority of them knew him intimate ly. And, despite his venerable years, the doctor remembered the boys, re- called their faces, expressed their names, and related incidents bearing on the college life of each.
 In letters, he was, perhaps, first in the state. He was the master of languages. He was fluent in speak ing Latin. And the older students re- call that sometimes in the classroom he would entertain by singing the Odes of Horace, especially delighting in the metrical beauty of that which described the delightful environ of the Bandusian spring, and that regarding the monument which the author had constructed and which he declared "to be more lasting than brass" And in this mood, he would tell stories and chant weird verses in the mellow tongue of the Creek and other Indian tribes which once infested the glades of the state.
 It is distinct loss which Alabama and its people are bearing in the death of Dr. Wyman. On younger men boys for some years have been depending. But venerable age could not put the university and Dr. Wyman apart, and of that institution the old master was always in many respects the vital spark.
 He died as he would have died-as so few men have died-deeply en- trenched in the affection of all those who knew him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
@rHATs ALI,

From the Chicago Herald.
 Please state to the court exactly what you did between 8 and 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning, said a lawyer to delicate looking little woman in the witness box
 Well" she said, after moments s reflection, T washed my two children and got them ready for school, and sewed button on Johnny's coat and mended a rent in Nellles dress. Then tidied up my sitting room and made two beds, and watered my plants and glanced over the morning paper. Then dusted my parlor and set things to rights in it. and washed some lamp chimneys and combed my baby's hair and sewed button, on one of her little shoes, and then I swept my outside steps and brushed and put away the children's 8 Sunday clothes, and wrote a note to Johnny's teacher asking her to excuse him for not being at school on Friday Then I fed my canary and cleared off the breakfast table and gave the grocer's boy an order, and then l sat down and rested a few minutes before the clock struck g. That's all''
 "All!' said the dazed lawyer. Excuse me. your honor, must get my breath be- fore I call the next witness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
UNKNOWN BENnrACTons

By Oliver wendell Holmes. What if another sit beneath the shade. Of the broad elm planted by the way What if another heed the beacon light set upon the rock that wrecked my
 keel Have I not done my task and served my
 kind?
 Nay. rather act thy part. unnamed un-
 Known, And let Fame blow her trumpet through
 the world. With noisy wind to sven a fools re-
 nown, Joined with some truth he stumbled
 blindly OCT, Or coupled with some single shining
 deed That in the great account of all his days Will stand alone upon the bankrupt sheet His pityins angel shows the clerk of The noblest service comes from nameless
 hands, And the best servant does his work un-
 seen. Who forged the molded metal to his
 need? Who gave the dragging car it's rolling
 wheel. And tanned the steed that whirls its
 circling round? All these have left their work and not
 their names- Why should murmur at fate like .z 4 .s ...S i.s A .ss. . T.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
pro.oerIty os New orlenp,

Notwithstanding the fact that the re- cent tornado was the must destructive in the history of New Orleans, the city recovered rapidly from its effects said W. w. Stine, general agent of the Gulf Coast lines. with headquarters in Bir- mingham.
 T was in New Orleans this week and was agreeably surprised to find that business there was not only normal but that the people were displaying more en- ergy than ever. New Orleans Is one of the busiest cities in this country, and like Birmingham, it has u great future Railroad business in the south, after a period of dulness, is now improving steadily. Business with my lines is very brisk"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
NO SUNDAY TOR aADnLA1Dr,

From the New York World.
 That spasm of activity on the part of the Sabbath society which has just pre- vented MT. Elephants projected Sunday performance of Beethoven's beautiful mu- sical piece, Adelaide" is added to the long list of things going to make the Sunday law repellent to the level minds of today's generation.
 There is nothing to be gained by de nouncing the society. The law exists, and any citizen has a right to demand it's en- forcement That this demand is uneven and uncertain, and that juggling compro- mise and vain discriminations come about in place of consistent enforcement of the statute are facts showing how the ad- ministration of the code, in this particu- lar, Is tempered by expediency. The fri volity of the Sunday dance of the ca- baret show, or of the vaudeville "sacred concert" goes on unchecked on the one hand on the other, the artistic and re- fining Adelaide" is put under the ban. That is the way the law works.
 Everything leads up to the conclusion that the Sunday law as it stands could not be placed upon the books as a piece of original legislation, today. True efforts to bring this statute up to modern req condolences have always failed. But that is the effect rather of tradition than of current and general conviction.
 In an age of many large and small hypocrses, there still are legislators and officials who think it better to split hairs ridiculously over irrelevant points-sueh as the question whether performers wear costumes or not-than to frame a Sunday law up to date. sane and, above all, wholly enforceable. It will not always be this way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
A WOMAN SHOT AS A SPY

From the Washington Star
 This war is bringing new developments and some startling changes of customs The latest innovation Is the execution of woman as spy by the German author ities in Brussels. Apparently the sex of this offender against the German reg ulations made no difference whatever in her treatment. She was an English woman in charge of a training school in the Belgian capital, and was charged with harboring British and French mili- tary fugitives and Belslans Of military age and enabling them to escape to the allied lines. For this she was shot to death so the American embassy now mo- tiiies the foreign office at London. There is no ground for protest, because tech- nically the woman was guilty of capital offense judged from a wartime stand point But her execution nevertheless will shock humanity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
Impressed with Birminwhan

T had visited Birmingham frequent 1y, but now that l have come here to live. l appreciate the greatness of the city more than ever," said o. H. Lar rowe, young business man reared in Chattanooga.
 "I have left good town--one of the best. It has developed conservatively, but recently large public spirit has manifested itself and its growth hence- forth will be at faster rate.
 But speaking of growth, Birming- ham has phenomenal record and the immense pay rolls-in some cases the largest ever known here-will cause the city to stride forward faster even than heretofore.
 There is scarcely a doubt but that Birmingham will far outstrip Atlanta In the next census"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 @ CONTEMPLATION and discussion of the great public issues of the
 O hour may be briefly suspended to give due consideration to a new the more accurately, about F'alstaff This is nothing less than denial of Shake speare's authorship of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" because Falstaff, in that play, compounded 80 largely of the qualities of Italian comedy of intrigue. is but poor imitation Of the real Fall saff, the fellow roysterer with Prince Hal, the companion of Poins and Pistol, the honored guest of Justice Shallow. That the Falstaff of '"The Merry Wives is indeed, less vital parsonage than the cautious soldier and genial rascal of the two parts of King Henry "" mentators have been at pains to ex- plain that the Fat Knight owes his ap
 pearance in boisferous comedy because Queen Elizabeth desired to see him lin love-" and commanded the dramatist so to portray him. This tale 10 well found" but no such explanation of the compara- tive weakness of ssauelb is required.
 It is remarkable. indeed. that the Falstaff of the first part of "f1snry ", should retain so much of his vitality and humor in the second part, but we must bear in mind that he does this chiefly in literary sense. In spite of the scene with the Chief Justice and the confabs with Shallow and Silence. LVo1 ekoA 1P Ao xnn~ ~t tss never possessed great histronic impor-, tAnce In the era of Shakespearean act- ing the few great impersonators Of FalBtaff were popular chiefly in the. first part of the chronicle and in "The Merry Wives" which was always es- teemed. on the stage. Phelps. one of the famous Falstaffs of the theatre, "dou- bled" the roles of the King and Shallow in the second part of Henry w" and gave the Fat Knight, in his last estate, over to a less renowned actor
 The new critic who has compelled discussion of the probability of Shake- speares authorship of "The Merry Wives" finds in that play no line of value excepting Falstaff's T have cer- tain alacrity in sinking,s but Is not that enough, and is not the judgment cap tious? There are other merits in The Merry Wives" though in these later. years of trivial acting it has been such a bore on the stage. There are surely other lines and phrases of the true Shakespearean ring. There is a Justice Shallow, to be sure, who is even a fec bier shadow of him who heard the chimes ring at midnight than the Fall stan ia of the registering soldier of Eastcheap and Gadshill. Falstaff who lis. indeed not even honestly in love. though Queen Elisabeth may have been sAtistied with hts imitation of passion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
EXHAUSTED.

Henry" said young Mrs. Dubson, you don't love Ire as much as you used to-"
 "Why not?" asked Dubson, as he laid down his paper with an air of reslgna- tion.
 Because you treat me in such mat ter of fact way
 "Umph. For three years before we were married you made me jump through hoops. fall over and play dead and do all the other foolish tricks a man in love is capable of doing, while you alternately raised me to the seventh heaven of bliss and plunged me into the depths of de- spair. What you see now, my dear, is the natural reaction. I'm simply enjoying much needed resi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
The south,. NatursI Strength

While the south's natural re- sources have been considerably devel- oped within recent years only the sur face has beeen scratched, so to speak," said s. J. McClinton of Chicago.
 This is undoubtedly the richest ag- ricultural part of the country and as for Alabama 1t has a wide variety of minerals and fine timber lands.
 With cotton climbing for 15 cents and pig iron selling for s13 or more. no wonder one hears so much prosperity talk in this neck of the woods"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
NEWSPAPER WITH NO EDITORIALS Eron the Mont tpnmarv Advertiser

Where formerly even the country week lies carried from one to several articles expressing editorial views. today even some of the metropolitan papers have no editorial page.-J. E. R., in The Editorial.
 No newspaper in America that is known 10 miles from its home postoffice is with out an editorial page. The more respect able and serious the showing of the edi- torial page the better known Is the news paper. No newspaper,is is interesting, im- portant or respectable without an edi- torial page. What metropolitan paper' has abandoned its editorial page? We have never seen or heard of one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
Business in Atlanta

Conditions in Atlanta have improved very much since last spring, and in busi- ness circles buoyancy Is tne rule" said Hervey w. Laird, formerly a well-known newspaper man of Birmingham and then of Montgomery, but a prosperous insur- ance man of the Georgia metropolis.
 "The high price of cotton has had a fine general effect throughout the south; but the trouble is, the farmer is holding his cotton. If he had sold a good part of it when it got to 10 cents he would have made a fair profit and vast millions would have been in circuIar,on not in cir culation today. Since the cotton grower can borrow all the money he needs he VII, be inclined to hold on until cotton goes up to 15 or IS cents. Yet in spite of the comparatively small quantity of the staple being marketed in Georgia. business has become very active and the cities are prosperous once more"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
HELP WANTED.

Can I do anything for you?' asked the passing motorist of an exasperated man who was trying to change a tire while his wife. woman Of commanding appearance, stood by and gave numerous directions.
 man, as he mopped his brow. My wife here is an ardent suffragette. I wish you would talk to her about the Cause until I get this tire on."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
HARD TO GET.

You say this town is constructive,y dry, l" remarked the visitor.
 "Yes," replied the bbulous citizen witt a mouEnful shake of his head.
 Just what do you mean by that?"
 Just this: A drink here costs twice a much as it ought to and a fellow whti knows good liquor when he sees it seldom has the plea sure of proving it.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
HIS VIEW OF TT
he Chicago Herald,

From the Chicago Herald.
 A story is told of an American travel ing in Europe.
 While in Paris he went into jeweler's shop and asked the price of a pin on the counter. He was told it was 20 francs
 "That's too much" said the tourist; tits a present for my siester. I'll give you francs for it.''
 ''zen it would be zat gave ze present to your sister," said the Frenchmans with . deprecatory shrug, and I know not xe young mademoisells."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
A CoRPULENr ONE.

Its rather curious about the Gads. bys."
 "Yes?"
 They have a family skeleton"
 Nearly all families do."
 "But the funny part about it is thai the Gadsbys' family skeleton is a rela- tive of Mir. Gadsby, who once travelled about the country as fat woman in a side show"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
TINTED PoLY0AMY

From the Case and Comment.
 The old negro had been arrested for having more than one w:re." the last woman being the complainant. He hap peried to be well known locally and an orderly character.
 How many wives have you had?" de- manded the judge.
 "Six, yo honah,' was tho reply.
 Why couldn't you get along with them?'' the judge insisted.
 ''wel, suh--de fust two spired the white folks clothes when they washed um: de thud weren't no cook; dc 10th was des nacherally lasy-en de ff--I'll toll you. jedge-the If, she"
 'IncompAtibility? the court suesested
 'No, yo' honah," said the old negro slowly. "it worn't nothin' lak' dat. To jes' couldn't get along wid her uniess yo' wuz somewhafs else''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
SUCH STUPIDITY

From the Knickerboclser Press
 woman in Philadelphia got tired of living on 15 cents day. She appealed to the court and was awarded S25 a week. Now the ponehead husband knows what a fool he was for not coming across with another jitney.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22

The perfection of the moving picture has almost been reached in Carmen" which is on at the Strand theatre this week. Farrar puts up fight in the cigarette factory scene which would indi- cate a physical development equalling her voice culture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
He, that would have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grinding.
 --Troilus and Cressida.
BEGINNING THE DAY-Great

BEGINNING THE DAY-Great God. I rejoice in the sunshine. l thank Thee for the death 1t deals and the life it fnvOkes. I thank Thee Tor it's revelation of shapes and colors. l thank Thee for the rainbow and the heavenly sky-hues which sleep In 1t. I thank Thee for it's reminder of the abiding miracles and the love of God. Amcn.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
HOTEL LOBRIES
Passenger Traffic

"The Seaboards passenger business centering in Birmingham is increasing right along said District Passenger Agent w. B. Gresham.
 With high degree of prosperity ad- vertising this section, I expect to be able to make fine reports during the winter and spring months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22

facturer of safety razors get a photo graph of soldier in the trenches scrap ing off a weeks growth with one of the handy little tools and use it for adver- Using purposes?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22

The modesty of King Alcohol prevents him from claiming the credit for ma jority of the marvellous cures attrib- uted to certain widely advertised rem edies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22

The pride of the expert who can tell valuable diamond from cheap one is as nothing compared to the pride of the man who knows genuine pork sausage whe1. he sees it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
HOLAND,s. NEED

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Holland has fired upon four leppelns returning from bomb dropping foray. They flew over the little kingdom in an audacious fashion and failed to stop when warned. What Holland needs 10 few vigorous traffic sky cops
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
A Great Fair Again Next Y..r

We had great fair this year and we will endeavor to make next year. 8 event greater still,' said Celman Blach, a member of the fair assoclation's execu- tive committee.
 We need larger and better buildings, such as one finds at Dallas, Tex; but what we must first do is to arouse the people of Birmingham and Jefferson county and get out enormous crowds of home folks not on two or three days, but every day of the fair. The spirit of local pride in our State Far should be In evidence all the year round. We should talk the 1916 fair now; talk it all winter and all spring. That is the way Dallas does that is the way to work up en- thusiasm and keep 1t.
 When I visited Dallas was told that the merchants always reaped a harvest during the two weeks of the fair The trade was bigger, even than 1t was dur ing the holiday season.
 Tt can be the same way with us here in Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22

The rejoicing in Mexico City when Car ranza was recognized by the United States did not find an echo in the heart of "Pancho" Villa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
HIS AMBITION

From the Kansas City Star.
 A number of prominent citizens of the Fiddle Creek neighborhood in the Ozarls were talking widely. Said one: If had $1,00000O bgud, I'd buy me red wagon and the best team O mules in 6hellback county, and haul more damn ties to the cfeek!"t q. v. l---N .t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22

The charge that President Wilson has a fine tenor voice has been revived Looks like an attempt to hurt his chances in the election next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22

0adsden Times-News: The allies may talk about Russias reinforcement to the Servians. but eventually the little Jap will be landing at Saloniki