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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-15
JOHN TOWERS HERE
 FEN ROUTE TO FLORIDA

John Towers, formerly of Brming ham but who now spends his sum- mers in the east and his winters in Florida. is here for few days be fore joining his family in Richmond whence they will leave soon for their home on Indian river in Florida.
 We have been in Richmond for sometime and it is a most delightful place to live, 4said MT. Towers Tt is unfortunate that more Birmingham people do not get to Richmond. During my two months there I saw only three Alabamians. Dr. l.. c. Morris, Robert Jemison, Sr., and Robert Jemisou. Jr.. and MT. Jemison told me it was hfs first trip
 We have some wonderful fishing and hunting in Florida and I am look ing forward to it this winter with the greatest zest.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-15
Municipal Politics Liven When Both Barber and
 Lane Get Down to Work
'cDntinued from Page FivcD

Sraith. Matthew H. Murphy. Erie Petit A Leo Oberdorfer and others will spea
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upcn Sammy told them in strong lan- guage to go to a warm place and bring back with them the bottle belonging to docs coon.
 The bottle did the work and the baby soon fell asleep, watched by the foster father, unmindful of the act of piracy perpetrated on the baby coon.
 Now the boys have put up a sign over Sammy's tent that this is a place to check babies free of charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-15

U What Gil Anderson is to the auto world, |G3obby Gold of the Con T. Kennedy shows is to the motorcycle fraternity This won derful young fellow. hardly 20 years of age does the impossible at the State Fair midway. and the accompanying picture shows him in one of his daredevil stunts. Here he is seen standing on the side of his iron steed, riding a perpendicular wall at speed of at least 70 miles an hour Imagine if you can q more thrilling or blood curding stunt.
 For years tens of thousands have gath cred at famous race courses throughout
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dence at the last state meeting of t United Commercial Travellers and was great assistance in making everybody e joy the convention at Anniston. He a sured members of Birmingham coun, No. 172 last night that they would enj, the meeting in Huntsville next year if l had to take them on to Nashville in o der to show them a good time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-15
McAIlister of Huntsville Here

A. w. McAllister of Huntsville was a visitor to Birmingham yesterday. being here for the purpose of attending the meeting of the executive committee of the United Commercial Travellers last night. MT. McAllister was much in evi-
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In orderins Goods Please Mention THE AGE HERALD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-15

1t is this that l am combating, and it is for this reason I am working so hard now and will continue to work until the beginning of the election Mon day. The opposition have said they will bring out 2000 new votes. If they do and my friends fail to vote because of my apparent strength. I'll look like 20 cents at the end of the day If the vote is not augmented by many new ones l am confident of success.
 "They all laughed at me when I made the statement that l would poll as many votes as all the other candidates previous to the election of last Mon day. We'll. I did what I said I would do. Now they are laughing at me be- cause l continue to work when it ap- pears that l will have walkaway. I will win, but l am not going to stop working for votes. My friends must realize that they must go to the polls and vote regardless of how strong I appear to be. It takes votes to win in an election, and l don't want my friends to forget it."
 Mr Barber did not say what his plans were for today
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smith Matthew II. Murphy. Erie Pettus, A Leo Oberdorfer and others will speak.
 Urges Friends to Go to Polls
 Tell them for me that if l win it will be done with votes and if my friends get the idea that l can't be beaten, and. on those grounds, fail to go to the polls and cast ballot for me, my chances of winning next Monday are lessened that much"
 The above statement by Arie Bar Der was made to an Age-Herald re porter late last night. Mir. Barber said he delivered an address in Ensley at o'clock yesterday afternoon, his ad- dress there being practically the same as those delivered in front of the Ledger and the News offices at noon yesterday.
 My great danger lies in my appar- ent strength" said MT Barber. and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-15
To Build Polo Field

New York, October ls.-The con strnction of the largest and finest polo field in the country was bcgun today on the grounds of the Meadowbrook club, the scene of last years interna- tional polo match at Nestbury, L. l. The field alone cost S20Q0v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-15
Aeronauts Killed

Lcndon, October 14.-Captain Arllwrigl and Lieutenant Hardy of the Royal Fl, ing corps were killed today near Mor trcse. Their aircraft crashed to tf ground when a defect developed in il construction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-15
NEWS OF ENSLEY

New phases of the work of estab blish- ing the proposed hospital will be discussed at meeting of physicians and business men of this distrlst in the office of Dr Nat c. Clark over the Bank of Ensley this evening at 7:30 o'clock. The plans and specifications which have been completed by Architect Sidney NJ Ullman of Bir- mingham will be gone over by the build ing committee and will also be given out at the meeting. Arrangements will also be made to handle the donations which are being received and several other mat ters will be taken up and discussed All persons interested in this movement are requested to be present.
 The superintendent of the merchants department of the Alabama State Fair announced that the award for the parcel post exhibits of the United States post office department was made to the Ems ley postoffice. A diploma will be awarded the local postoffice by the Alabama State Fair association.
 All of the Boy Scouts of this district are requested to report in full uniform at the State Fair grounds this morning at o'clock. All of the Boy Scouts of the Birmingham district will be on duty at the fairgrounds today and will render assistance in taking care of the children as much as possible.
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Thus putting pertinent but disnuieting que.
lions to myself l presently found myself In the
main hallway Of Mount Vernon. gazing in rapt
amaZement at, Of all things-note the strange
conference.-the key to the BaStile!
You know the story, Ierhaps-how NJ. De
launay, Governor Of the Bastile, presented to
the Marquis de Lafayette that huge and clumsy
key, symbol OF an ancient, hideous tyranny
based upon his Majesty's assertion that %'letat.
c'est moi" ana how Lafayette transferred this
picturesque prize Of revolutionary endeavor TO
Benjamin Franklin in trust for Washington.
The mob that threw open to the sunlight the
dark dungeons Of the Bastile strove. as Lafa-
yette realized, for the triumph Of those basic
principles of human liberty to which Washing
ton had devoted his clear mind and lofty soul.
was finding. indeed, upon my patriotic pill
grimage In search Of a renewed Americanism
the stimulus to optimism that l craved, hut It
was coming to me In most unexpected ways.
At Plymouth not a famous rock hut n rope
walk Of which l had never heard had renewed
my enthusiasm for American ideals. Here at
Mount Vernon a rusty key. forged centuries ago
by a despotic kings locksmith. the existence Of
which ! had been In ignorance. had freed my
imprisoned spirit and 1t had scared skyward
that glorious afternoon upon new, strong, wide
stretching wings OF reborn confidence. Of faith
come back again. The tyranny Of hereditary
autocrats, the assumed divine right of a few
men to sit on thrones and direct the destinies
OF millions OF their fellow beings. the bloody
triumph OF reaction over prOgress-have not
these rernicious s~urvivals from the unenlight-
ened past made Of all Europe to-day a gigantic
Bastile for the unlocking Of which only our
great American democracy holds the key?
Is II strange that l should have set out pres
emily from Washington for Chattanooga in an
optimistic mood, in the conviction that my loyal
ty to the flag of my country, unjustifed to my
distraught mind at the beginning ~ my nil.
grimage, was founded upon Il solid, reasonable
and inspiring basis: The shrines I had visit.
ed recalling American Colonial and Revolution.
airy protests against ancient tyrannirs-Plym.
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made the world what it so unfortunately is-a
sanction that should justify to myself my own
illogical hut very real love Of cOuntry-Plym-
outh, despite the outward insignifcance of its
immortal rock. proved to he inspiring in a most
unexpected and what I may term thoroughly
twentieth century way. Strange as 1t may seem.
my loyalty To American ideals, somewhat chilled
that hot afternoon by the inadequacy of the
Pilgrim Fathers stepping stone to freedom. was
reanimnted by Il rope walk.
Plynouths world record was not made by
Alden, Brewster AMI Miles Standish. Other
pioneer Puritan names compete with theirs.
But plymouth Is now the largest centre on
earth of the cordagc industry. Its inhabitants
bring to the mind of the reading man not the
Antin.
Far he 1t from me to do any injustice to the
Pilgrim Fathers AMI that rock in a weary land
which, insignificant though it may be in ap-
Iearance, Ierpetuates the memory Of the ideals
and sacrifices and heroisms of those immortal
immigrants who fled from European civilization
to the American wilderness that they might
worship God after the manner Of their own
choice. The spirit that emanates from the rock
IL the same In kind that the rope walk repre-
sents.
The melting pot as 1t il to he found ut Plym-
Outh Is Il logical outcome OF the basic IDEAL for
which the towns historic rock has for 80 many
generations served as n symbol. As this thought
took shape In my mind, as l perceived the his
torlc connection between that puny rock and
that stuTendous rope mandatory, whose in
Vulnerable buildings surrounded me on all sides,
realized the tie that connected n Pilgrim Father
Of old with Il Plymouth immigrant OF to-day,
my pesslmism vanished and the hope came to
me that the pious pilgrimage l had essayed
might In the end serve the purpose underlying
It, namely to vindlcate to my higher intelli-
gcnce that love Of country upon which the MUIR
derous activities OF millions of European pa
triots, blindly devoted to the worship OF their
respective flags, appears to he based.
Already before l had left plymouth ! was
beginning to perceive vaguely that patriotism Is
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THE FENCED IN SHRINE


cum Rock NNlnI"liZinG religious freedom ana
Mount vernon l"liilr1l ANA economic liberty
H'' '"i''''Il'u Win 'U' lh''tlh" l"l l"'."lteh by
Il rope walk L" arouse IN IN" Il new ana well
come enthusiasm Tor lll">" historic places that
c"nlhrm"rat" the struggles of our f"refhthcrS
~ illk" l'r''tlcih" me IotlN ld' ais underlying
our .N"'r''h EXPERIMENT III ser government. an
experiment upon the success of which depends,
as 'm' '"lIal>e "f European civilization has
c''''! S"o"h' tue iu'ur' welfare "t the race
Ut "'-''
As gaz"l one morning n few days after my
stimulating discovery that the key to the RaStlle
Is ON" Of our priceless "S>c>Sious-a relic that
year after year StirS the imaginationS and re-
anirAl"> III" .\mcricanl>ln IF thousands Of my
c'il1mtr"t>-ul"l that ma slliiic"nt panorama of
valleys AMI mountains and winding rivers, Of
"ltlts ana villages ami lonely hHmlctS that
makes Missionary lthdg" n point Of vantage
worth IL th"USlhl miles "f trlN"l, III" details or
u 'l'"hIr N'ruSs' nt'W''h III" FORCES or reac-
l'"', an" ii"-''>N' "''""'n hH'l'hl error ana
nI''lh 'n''-n''nilen'' came har'mlhs GLORIOUS
!! I'M" NY consciousness III IN" cal "t memory.
i"M im"n.'s $1,000 as Il rock NJ 'li'Nahlauea
~ r'i"sur"''' -" s., anu ''i"'''' l'N>ln' 'he re-
,l'"' w .N>''''"> 'I' N"> ,''''n '."! ~ tnc
- y. ,"' ~ :" ~ w "' ''o"r"'
oi,n, uiSsion,rr ptd,, AMI tnm ~, haa .hs
h,rTrr T,.,or,is t., nrao -" i ~ mu.n nou nv
n,nrnin, in Invan,hor Too JIool.nr ,n, he HE ,,nT
con votorons scoIod tho I,rtv h.i,h, - 7 on,nn,
Mountain and fon,ht , wiuning hat,ln ohove
tbe clouds how the next Jnv rho tr,,ns ~
Grant onl Sbarmon n,uraJ m Nissinnorv
Ridrn and Womb n,t lao ,leninl ali these heroic
fcots immortnI lr,.is dnnr in ,hr name Of Lin.
er,y. came lo my mind that reocrful summer
morning, and I seemed 10 see n vision on those
sun kissed hills Of victorious men in blue strik-
ing the shackles from black slaves and offering
quarter and forgiveness to the beaten men in
gray.
On this great battle field, and others. the
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not per So a virtue. Is flial devotion praise
worthy II ones father Is a scoundrel? Patriot.
ism is laudable only In so far as Its source is
praiseworthy. He who perishes on a battle
field to the end that a hereditary ~autocrat may
retain his throne Is, to my mind, an imbeclle.
To die for a flag that represents-but, wait! l
didn't get to that phase OF my problem until
after | had visited Mount Vernon. And the way
Of it was this:
\ late July sun beat down upon the ripping
waters of the rambling Potomac as l stood upon
the breezy PROV of a little steamboat that had
put out from the capital laden with a miScel-
laneous throng Of my comratriots bound, like
my companion and myself, for the home and
tomb Of our country's father. That l had lived
To be fifty years IT age without paying this
slight tribute to the memory Of Washington.
whose greatness grows more apparent as the
generations pass. struck me at the time as some
what astonishing and ! found myself In a mood
both relcntant and receptive.
l lOnged to be favOrably impressed by the
second shrine Of my little pilgrimage, recalling
with apprehension the disappointment that had
been mine at the sight of Plymouth Rock. You
Of my readers who have visited Mount Vernon
will realize how baseless my apprehension
proved to he.
From the moment I stepped ashore from the
steamer until, hours later. ! boarded a trolley
car for Alexandria, Va, Mount Vernon thrilled
me, stirred my soul to a curious kind Of exalta-
ton, rendered real and living the glorious
epoch In which a nation Of freemen was made
possible, and, more than that, seemed to breathe
to me n promise that the dreams and achieve
ments OF Washington and his great cOworkers
might 80 influence the future Of America
as fully to justify that love OF country that
IL praiSewOrthy only when ones country Is
actuatHl by lofty ideals.
One striking contrast between my experience
at Plymouth ana my Illuminating visit to Mount
Vernon impressed be as having deep signif-
canoe In connection with the train OF thought
patriotism had set In motion. Surrounding
the little rock that perpetuates the memory Of
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the Puritan Fathers I hau found no crowd Of
reverent onloOkers paying that silent tribute
to a sacred shrine that devout pilgrims so SOL
EMMY render when they have reached the
Mecca OF their quest.
My companion and myself alone Of all the
hurrying throng In the streets OF Plymouth
that summer afternoon had paused beside the
fence surrounding that historic stepping stone
to religious freedom, to recall the names and
deeds. the sufferings and triumphs Of pioneers
who had furthered by their lives and deaths
the evolution of human liberty. Shades Of i'm
mortal Pilgrims, two pilgrims only to do ys
homage! Why Is thy glory faded, thy shrine
unvisited?
Long l pondered vainly for an answer to this
query. 1t came to me at Mount Vernon as, with
more than II thousand Of my cOuntrymen, l
passed the tomb Of Washington ON that memor.
able July afternoon and witnessed with aston
lsled but delighted eyes this eXhibition-daily
repeated month after month. year after year, by
patriotic .Anlericans-of devotion to the memory
OF him who gave to his countrymen not simply
religious freedom but liberty In Its broader ap
plicatiOns.
"NOt that we love Elder Brewster less" I
murmured to myself as i hurried forward with
the thrOng toward the coach house, the kitchens,
the banquet hall and library. the dining room
and music room and bedrooms Of Mount Yer
non. mot that we love Elder Brewster less. but
Washington more.
Religious intolerance to us Americans seems
to be a thing Of the remote past, but how about
'"N w" W 's'"uuy uHuiLSt WHICH, NuSuluk-
ton protested and fought? Does not taxation
without representation exist to-day?
us not this throng Of American summer tour
lists here this afternoon because they vaguely
realize that the struggle waged by Washington
against hereditary prerogntives, against the al
legged divine right OF the few to exploit the
many, against ancient European misconceptions
OF the relationship between government and the
governed, Is still being fought; that George
the Thirdism Is a hydraheadei monster whose
pernlcious vigilance Is the price Of liberty"
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CHAPTER wi.
,osn;no the Cafe Haul.
Copyright. 1913. by the Bobbs- Merrill Co.


--IcKEy and Wallingford and
Blackie. gathering up Henri
IL . Duio's s., IN 's s,ro 1Sss' back ss the to
the lining room just ahead Of the
dress suit brigade. and as soon as the
souare faced waiter saw them ne
made n break for their table.
.Umberto say to leave IT to him. ne
announced.
RlackIe smiled and nodded his head
theoretically. bat pointed to his neck.
and Wallingford took compassion ON
him
..Signore Mntteo has a sore tnrent
and cannot talk. but be will be happy
10 have Umberto go as far as he likes"
Blackie heaved n sigh OF RELIEF when
the waiter was zone IF ! hadn't been
smart enough to invent a sore throat
I'd be I'D against IT," he said.
.If It's Il new laugh. hand II TO me.
requested Hickey
This IL vittoreo Matteo. the world
famous chef. from the kitchens OF
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was so successfully launch
ed that the directors were half intoxi-
Gated with animal spirits before they
had touched a drop of alcohol.
Grand. gloomy and peculiar. the
pseudo vittoreo Matteo. in the uncom-
Portable role of n chef too far advanc-
ed to cook. infested the floor of the
Cafe Haut In Il state of torment.
which began In aggra vation and end
ed In downright savagery. and with
each man who loftily called him Victor
and demanded a service his hatred OF
the human race increased.
To add to his discontinue Blackie
discovered among the diners an unex-
pected guest. He had just been called
to the table of Charlie Secretary. who
was living at n five thousand gait on
a three thousand salary. but had
cheerful hopes of making his income
catch up to his expenditures.
"Waiterr' had been the sharp call of
Charlie. as Blackie. finally convinced
that time stretched into eternity. pass
ed his table on the way to change
Mrs. Smelling Works order for the
fourth time.
Walter repeated Blackie to the
nearest foreign ~servitor.
mo. you" insisted Charlie. not un-
kindly by any means. but still with a
trace OF %sternness. Look here. cap
tain. can't ! induce you to hurry up
our order a little bit?'
There were three young ladies' with
Charlie. and n of them. the one with
the brightest eyes and the most Jaw.
less shoulders and the most perfectly
arranged complexion. glanced up al
him roguishly- In a soft and mellow
voice she issued a few limpid remarks
In musical words. each OF which ended
with a vowel.
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Blackie. adding Hickey to his list Of
future massacres. but determined
since he was In IL TO bear all and beg
for more. with u submissive Yes. SIR"
hurried over to Hickey.
Il wish you'd have your drink mixer
put up a bottle of those cocktails for
me-" he gently requested. And at the
same Blackie felt something
slipped into the hand which hung be-
low the edge Of the table.
In the first shock be thought 1t was
money. and his face Redeemed. but be
fore he had decided how he could meet
this particular ~atrocity his sense Of
touch advised him that Hickey had
slipped him a precious pin. and his dn-
gers closed Over 1t.
Thank you. sir" he said gratefully.
and. looking up. met the eye Of Wal
lingford. who was chuckling and whose
huge round face was pink with the joy
Of the occasion.
Blackie returned Immediately to his
station behind Wallingford's chair and.
with his hand resting lightly In the
middle of Wallingford's broad back,
leaned over o~bsequiousiy.
rs there anything else | can do for
monsieur" he softly inquired
mo. | think not. V~ittureo.' returned
]. Rufus grandly. and felt in his waist
coat pocket.
Blackie leaned still lower. Don't
vince. you fat slobi" he Kissed In Wal
lingford's ear. You feel this pin
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against your coat: Well. I'm going to
jab II in to the hilt and leave it there!'
Wallingford paled and shrank.
Don't" he begged in low. agonized
tones.
III you vince or boiler you're a mig
yindictiveness as a coiled rattlesnake.
Now. n two. three. bing" and the
bony piano pounding fingers. which
could crack hickory nuts. performed
their violent duty well. without the aid
Of any movement or twitch Of his body
farther back than the wrist.
Wallingford half lifted himself from
his chair. and two big tears dripped
from his lower eyelids and splashed
down over his cheeks.
us there nothing else ! can do for
monsieur" asked Blackie anxiously.
Wallingford shook his head and
reached back for the pin.
Blackie. his rage only whetted by
this taste Of revenge. a s a trium-
plant glance at Hickey and strobe out
into the anteroom for a whif of fresh
air. There the fates were again kind
to him. They sent him Umberto. who.
his dark countenance crimsoned with
fury. wagged a stubby foreinger un-
der Blackie's nose.
"Royalist.' he Kissed. You know
am a Garibaldian. and you desptse
me! You say you have a sore throat!
Maybe you will talk English. at least.
to me. when | tell you that there are
500 Garibaldians In this town. and no
accursed royalist stays here more than
one day. Royalist.'
The eyes of Blackie glistened with
joy. .'Um-m-m-beerto. you are a gift
from heaven" be observed. ineffably
soothed. Il have been waiting for you.
Come outside with me-" And. clutch
ing Umberto by the convenient whisk-
ers. he dragged him out into the hall.
missed his footing. and they bumped
comfortably down the marble steps
together.
The great vittoreo Matteo sat placid
" through the called meeting OF the
Cafe Haut company and listened with.
out the CULVER OF an eyelash to the APP
palling financial report of the secre-
tary.
I'm concluding this report" read the
palely concerned Mr.. Carter, Il beg to
call the attention Of the board to the
remarkable fact that. while the lunch
con and afternoon trade Is quite up to
expectations. the dinner and. supper
trade has dwindled to next e moth
Ing" The secretary lowered his ba-
per. Now. I've made some private
inquiries about this and have COM
pared notes with several members Of
this board and have discovered a curl
U thing. Men won't go regularly
where they are compelled to wear
dress suits. but they will year dress
suits In places where they are not
compelled TO do so"
President Thomas nodded his head