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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-29

that men are but little boys grown tall, but it is rare that a man recog- nizes the fact Possibly Governor Carlson has inadvertently stumbled upon a reformatory measure that will revolutionize the whole system of correction.
 It is easily forseen, however, that masculine voters will never institute such an effective punishment-and if it ever becomes nation wide, it will follow the acquiring of the ballot by the female of the species, who have known all along that some such method as employed by the governor of Colorado is necessary to persuade some men to the path of virtue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-29

Bartolomeo crstofori, an Italian, is credited with being the inventor of the piano. In its early ttages the piano was confused with other instruments of the Tyre type but Cristofori is responsible for the principles on which the modern piano is constructed. He was a harpsich ,rd maker of Padua. Prince Ferdinand, son of the Grand Duke Cosmo III, who was skilled harpsichord player was patron of Cristofori Ferdinand persuaded him to leave Padua and settle in Florence Two of his pianos are still in existence One is dated 172o and is now in the Metro politan Museum of Art, New Yorl. city The second piano. dated 1726, is in the col- lection of the Signori Kraus of Florence. Both pianos are bichord and have white, natural keys. Cristofori died in liS; aged 66 The fame of the Cristofori invention spread through Europe and many inven- tors followed in his footsteps Among them was Sebastien Evrard, who bccame famous builder of clavichords. He came to Paris from his native city, Stras- burg. and won the favor of many distin- guished persons by the instruments he made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-29
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Once in a while friend wife spends so much time making the dining room look cheerful that she hasn't anything fit to eat when friend husband gets home. If the married women in this country knew all of the things that their hus- bands keep secret, the newspapers would not have space for the rest of the war news
 The reason a man has time to sit around the house for six months and put some color into the cheeks of a calabash pipe is because he hasn't time to put some color into his wifes cheeks by taking her out for a six-mnute walk You can't always tell. May be the fel- low you imagine is grouchy is merely si- lent because he does not believe In talking when he has nothing to say. The reason why father always remem- bers to empty the pan under the ice box before he goes to bed is because mother gets mad every time he tries to make her accept enough money to purchase a new hat
 Any princess whose waist is as big around as her hips can tell you that large hips are vulgar.
 | The old-fashioned boy whose mother
  | his neck when he had sore throat now | has a son who pays a throat specialist 100 bucks and learns that he has laryn- | gitis and must spend the summer in the
 mountains.
 | Every now and then you will see a bis auto truck stop in front of a house and a big husky lad will climb out and deliver
 an envelope containing a spool of threae and cents wIrth of ribbon. And righ away quick the neighbors will know tha
 the lady of the house was out. shoppns yesterday.
 | The most unkindest cut of all came II
 Lukes mail yesterday, and referred t'
 Luke's rheumatism. It said: Booze Il
 funny stuff. After it gets through witt
 the head it gets the feet
 They say a chicken doesn't know much
 But any man with any cabaret experi
 enee can tell you that chicken Know
 how to feed when you are doing the buy ing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-29

From the Pittsburg Dispatch:
 1" HE continued eruptions of Mount
 Lassen. one of the peaks of the
 A great Pacific coast ranges, would unquestionably have attracted fla more attention than they have. had not the world been excited by terrible human upheavals. So far as Is known Lassen is our one volcano of the United States, though at various times there have been reports of eruptions in other parts of the western ranges, never being wei, authen- ticated. In the beginning it was thought that the stories in regard to the obstrep- erous activities of Lassen were fictitious The place was remote and observations up to this time have neen inadequate to explain the true conditions. Within the last few days however, the disturbe nces have been of undoubted violence, and there can be no doubt that we have 'ln our midst" a real volcano, already de- structive to fertile valleys and giving promise that the worst is yet to come. Extinct volcanoes, evidences of ancient and tremendous volcanic action in that Pacific country, are voluminous. This is proof that at one time the structure of that part of the United States was prop ably much less substantial than Tor more recent long period. The great eey- sers are phases of volcanic unrest ana are doubtless proof that the crust or the earth in all that region of our toposrasny | is comparatively thin and the surface not far removed from very hot subtsrrhnean l fires.
 The conditions at Mount Lassen have naturally suggested to most minds scne intimate associations with the co1oit'ons that produced the San Francisco eafth- quake. The bases for that assumption are vague. Earthquakes accompanying vol canic eruptions are due to inconceivable 1 explosions of interior gases. or vapors which have been. liberated from rocky | confines by warping of the latter. and are brought into contact with internal fires
 which find vent from volcanic craters Earthquakes unconnected with volcanic eruptions are caused by great displace- ments, slides. faults, or rocky strata ir the earths interior. Earthquake regioni have been quite thoroughly mapped, the most threatening of the Americas being that of the Pacific coast. beginning ir the north in British Columbia and extend. ing along the California coast through
 Mexico and Central America, Ecuador
 Peru. Bolivia and Chile. It is only occa
 sionally that a severe earthquake Is ac
 companied by volcanic eruptions eveI
 when occurring in the region of volcanoes
 The recent destructive quakes n tn
 Abruzzis. Italy, had no responsive demon
 strations from vesuvius of Etna. so th'
 awful Messina convulsion of 1903. occur
 ring on the coast of Sicily and in tn Strait of Messina in proximity to Etna , had no apparent effect on that a'wny l, active burning mountain Such instance might be given to i'll a volume.
 In connection with the eruption Q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-29
Ideal Location for Shipbuilding

Alabama's Gulf City will prove an ideal location for great shipbuild- ing plant such as that announced by Edward M. Hyde through the news columns of yesterdays Age-Herald. MT. Hyde has been president of the ironworks at Bath, Me-, and the fact that he is one of the most successful shipbuilders in this country lends added interest to the announcement.
 Plans for the erection of drydocks and shipbuilding works at Mobile to cost about s4,OO0,OOO have, according to MT. Hyde, been completed. Con- struction will begin, it is said, almost immediately.
 A great shipbuilding plant at Mobile will not only give that favored city a mighty boom, but the whole of Ala bama and the far south will be bene- fitted. It is not often that an indus trial venture of this magnitude is undertaken except when prosperity is in full swing. But new era of good times is approaching and the fact that large capital is now to be invested in shipbuilding plant at Mobile is another evidence of restored confi- dence on the part of men of great means.
 Mobile is fat coming to it's own and all Alabama will be ready to ex- tend congratulations on this latest and most important announcement Birmingham is to be congratulated too, for this district will find in the shipbuilding plant new and steady consumer-in time a prodigious con- sumer-for certain of it's products. The open Warrior as a matter of course Will play an important part in the economic administration of Mr. Hyde's concern.
 The south is beginning to be wide | ly known as the Hand of oppor- i tunity" This $4,00O,OO0 shipbuilding plant will be in line with progress in Alabama and will be another fine ad- vertisement for the industrial poten-
 tialities of this section and it will surely impress young men and capital ists seeking opportunity.
 The completion of the shipbuilding works will be indeed red letter day for Mobile and for Birmingham as we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-29
OH, FER, THANK YOU

From the Anniston Evening Star.
 Much comment was caused by the first issue Sunday of the pictorial supple ment of the Birmingham Age-Herald The supplement is artistically printed with the photogravure process. In the first supplement were number of ex- cellent photographs which. with the new process, make a striking and pleasing appearance. The Age-Herald is to be congratulated on it's enterprise in issu- ing such supplement. which is in line with the progressive policy of the biG metropolitan papers. - Birmingham Ledger.
 The Anniston Evening Star joins the Ledger in its congratulations to The Age Herald on this enterprise. The Blr- mingham morning daily is also to be felicitated on it's having been selected by one of the Birmingham hotels for free distribution among it's guests an innovation that became effective last Sunday.
 In this connection, the growth ir spirit exemplified by the Ledger is as
 notable as the growth in influence and efficiency on the part of the morning paper. There was time when 1t was unheard of for a paper to congratulate a competitor in the same town on Its
 success. and in doing this in the present I instance the Dedger merely calls atten
 tion to the broader views and more gen
 uine fraternity existing today in the of-
 fees of daily newspapers than has evei existed before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-29
Gary's Animating Address

Judge E. H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation and president of the American Iron and Steel institute, in his address before the latter organization at its semi annual meeting, which began in New York yesterday, spoke optimistically of the future of industrial business, as is his habit, and it is safe to say that never was wise counsel or help ful suggestion from his lips more gratefully received.
 The recognized leader of the steel industry is not only business man of rare acumen, but he is an intensely patriotic American and very much of a statesman. His judgment is mature and his mind is always guided by the spirit of justice and tempered with human sympathy.
 In his speech before the institute Judge Gary declared that after the war the nations engaged, or to be engaged in it, though terribly crip- pied, will take new start" and inn mediately begin to build on firmer and higher basis for successful high achievement in everything that adds to the national wealth, power, energy and enterprise" He said that from diversity would come greater pros. perity than ever before.
 In tke course of his remarks Judge Gary advocated a larger navy, bu he laid especial stress upon the neet of our international court of arbitra tion. The speech was animatin, | throughout and it's effect will be far reaching for good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-29
NATURES MYSTERIES

Mount Lassen some imaginative and unI scientific persons predicted that the disI turbanoe was prophetic of quaking on th{ Pacific coast, and that San FrarciecoI now the scene of the wonderful Par.ama| Pacific exposition, might have another treI mendous shaking. That is really liable td occur at any time on account of the gel ological formation of that part of thd country. but the action of Lassen in vomi iting vast quantities of mud, lave, sm 1k' and cinders Is in no way ominous of danl ger to the coast cities. The latter pheI nomenon Is merely due to enormous inI terior pressure, with accompanying explol sions which produce quakes of more oI less severity
 The San Francisco earthquake If Airi IS, 1906, had many premonitions. begin ming on the coast of British Columbia. ans uuakes extending to far South America All parts of that immense coast havI germs of earthquakes which may cu.nlil nate at any time in tremendous cenvull sions. Everyone will remember, however, that the great destruction in San Franl cisco was not the direct result of thl earthquake. put of the incidental connaI
 grafton which followed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-29
Demand for Motor Cars

Official figures of the United States government show that motor cars and trucks are being exported to the European belligerents In great numbers. From the beginning of the war there has been a strong demand for American cars, and with each suc- ceeding month the demand has grown. It is estimated that since the war be- gan Europe has bought about Sl6,- OOO, ,OOO worth of trucks in this coun- try and it may be said that American manufacturers are just now adjusting themselves to the need of greatly increased output. More than twenty large factories are at work on rush orders for Europe, some of them working night and day. England, France and Russia are the heavlest buyers. In all the automobile centers of the United States unprecedented activity prevails. The stocks of some companies have risen, following the closing of big contracts abroad, while practically all manufacturers of mo- tor cars are profiting enormously.
 The average motor car lasts but a few weeks in war, even if it escapes total destruction. A months use is all that can be counted on and it is there fore necessary to keep constantly re- newing the supply. These vehicles are playing an important part in the pres ent war. For transporting soldiers they have proved invaluable, while they have also made it possible to move artillery far heavier than has ever been taken with mobile armies before.
 The largest orders placed in the United States by the belligerent pow CTS have been for guns, rifles and ex plosives, it is said, but the motol truck orders have come next in siz' and importance, followed by orders for horses, mules, saddles, harness shoes and socks. It is estimated tha at least 15O,0O0 horses have beel shipped from this country to Europe since the war started and contract are now being filled for about 100, 900 more. Large numbers of horse are shipped from Montreal, Portland Me; Jersey City and Newport News Despite the demand for motor trucks 1t will thus be seen that draught ami uaals are still a necessity of warfare
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-29
PINXTER FLOWERS

the period between Easter and PentecostA Since the wild honeysuckle was, In fullA bloom at that season, it was doubtless
 the popular flower in the bodice of the
 Dutch maidens, who naturally christeneds it Pinxter flower, the name by which its is still generally known in those localities where the Dutch settled.
 It is a wonder someone did not indulgeS in the popular pastime and introduce into8 the recent session of legislature a bill 4 to make the wild honeysuckle the state
 flower. It is beautiful, thrifty, gener-
 ously dispersed upon the hills and noun 4 tains. makes a splendid show as it grows, striking bouquet, is hardy, bears trans-E E planting and has a host of other goodf qualities that render it justly favorite{
 The flowers radiate almost like wheel
 spokes from tEe end of the twigs. In1
 above gives the impression of a flaming,
 wheel, of which the rim is the outer lobesi of the corolla, the spokes are the fiowe1
 tubes. The flowers are in full bloom at the end of long. smooth twigs wonderfully adapted stems, and the yellow-gsSen leaves modestly come as the flowers fall This falling is unique. The stamens and
 pistil, the reproductive organs, protrude beyond the corolla tube and remain fast after the latter Is detached. The tubes | slides out and down over the pstil and stamins till the narrow tube will slide nc | farther. | The odor while rather faint, is refinedy
 and delicate. It will hardly attract you | in the woods, being too slight but the ! pink blossoms you will see from afarl
 usually near the location chosen by the | laurel. If you walk or ride home with
 a bouquet of these you will be conscious of the attention, admiring, perhaps cov1
 etous, but always of the conveyance oN
 of the highway, and in those clusters
 which have survived your generosity yoq ! will have a sevan-days' joy in your homet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-29
convicts as Private Servants

T notice references to the employment as house servants by wardens and other state penitentiary attaches, of conviets' said Frank V. Evans, d former examiner of public accounts, 'and l think 1t in or der for me to state that while l was ex- amining the convict department, was h. structed by the then governor co Neap to look into this matter. l did so, ana charged for each convict thus employed wage of $10 per month from the date 'he convict was checked out from the regular prison force, and the money was col lected.
 All of these convicts were women ana weak men, who were trusties and unAple to earn as much in regular prison serV- ice''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-29
A Versatile Governor

Governor Carlson of Colorado is not only forceful man, but he is original in ideas and in methods of handling men.
 The other morning, according to Denver newspaper, his secretary failed to show up on time at the office, and upon his tardy arrival showed un- mistakable evidence of too much hilarity the night before.
 The governor looked him over and then invited the young man into his private office. Inquisitive visitors in the outer office heard murmurs of ex- postulation, from which it was evident the governor was giving his secretary some fatherly advice.
 Perhaps the young ms~l did not take this in the right spirit, for, according to the Denver newspaper, sounds emanated from the inner sanctun which reminded them of the day. when father used to say:
 "Johnny, come out into the wood ohed."
 Shortly afterward the secretar! emerged, looking as if he had had al encounter with Kansas cyclone Those who know Governor Garrison we'll say they do not doubt he admin istered an old-fashioned spanking"
 Mothers and wives have suspected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-29
"sILLYv GAME CALLED

From the Sydney (Australia) Herald.
 There was a dramatic conclusion Il the baseball match, America >vs. Aus| tralia, played at the Agricultural Show ground on Saturday afternoon as al item on the programme of the polic| and firemen's patriotical carnival. Il America's second innings a player de fiected a fast ball straight for thI densest portion of the crowd. and scream was heard. The ambulance mel rushed to the spot, and found that { woman had been struck on the head b] the ball, but was not seriously injured
 Without waiting to see If any damag had been done the players procured an ether ball and continued the game as I nothing had happened. few moment later this ball also deflected to sthI upper story of the pavilion. striking man on the shoulder.
 Mir. Flowers. the minister for healtf who was present. rushed out on to th ground and called out 'stop this sillI game!
 Tho players promptly obeyed his or ders, and the play ceased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-29

K oNoLoG artists, to excel. need MI only bit of self-assurance and " some little facility in throwing the switches that guide our train of thought It is train not easily ditched, and the art consists in "shunting" it so that the passengers receive a minimum of lurch. Practice will accomplish this, for topics so ramify and converge, the one into many. the many into one, that we often shudder at the thought of taking up an encyclopedia with less than a whole even ing before us.
 To illustrate. One of our most attrac- tive blossoms, now in full bloom, is the wild honeysuckle. In some parts of the country it is called azalea. In New York and part of New England it goes by the name of Pinxter flower. It flourishes from Maine to Texas. It is really rhododen- dron, and though it's leaves drop off each fall, 1t is more nearly related to the noun tain rhododendron than is the sheep laurel which bears a closer resemblance in
 branch and leaf With a cluster of pale pink blossoms before me I am seized with sudden curiosity. Why Pinxter flower? Is not wild honeysuckle enough 1?
 Hence to the dictionary where I learn that Pinxter is Dutch for Pentecost, the feast falling 50 days after the Jewish passover. Reading further, I note that Pinxter was also used as a synonym for Whitsunday, which falls seven weeks after Easter. Now we have the connection,
 after switching our thought about from
 one track to another. The English feast of Whitsuntde was the occasion of much
 merrymaking. The settlers who came to | New York when New Amsterdam was no
 more brought their custom which found favor with the happy, jovial Dutch, who called it Pinxter because it fell within
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-29
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
A Fine Porfrait

MISS Edna Smith has recently finished portrait of the late Robert Jackson Wal crop, father of William Jackson Waldrop ana Mrs. J. D. Heacock of Birmingham. It was presented to Howard college dur Ing this weeks commencement and was greatly admired. MT. Waldrop was a prominent educator and a greatly esteem- ca citizen of the Birmingham district.
 n speaking of the portrait, man well known for his art taste, said: MISS smith is one of the best artists in the south. and in portrait work is unsur- passed in her ability to reproduce a ike ness of the original. And not only that tut her drawing is accurate and her flesh tlnts are singularly pleasing. Miss smith has executed many portraits of proml- rent people, but none has impressed me more faverably than this of MT. Wal drop"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-29
ALABAMA PRESS

Enterprise Peoples Ledger: All per- sons who wish their town well must do their part in promoting it's material and moral welfare, otherwise by furnishing their mite in energy, money or anything else that may be required. Let everybody be up and doing with heart for any fate.
 Hayneville Citizen-Exa miner: Prosperity is waiting for the smoke of battle to drift away. She has been banished from Eu- rope and hovers ever closer over the realms of Uncle Sam.
 Tuscumbia Alabaman- Dispatch: We have no objections to holding Italy's hat while she licks Austria, but we very po- litely refuse to hold the monkey and hand organ.
 Blount County Journal: Of course tho United States will become an international hcme for cripples but this is the lane where humanity never calls in vain. Troy Messenger: Some fine cattle beina | OToQ now III ihCs Oiio oOS~ "
 vence our interests
 l Gadsden Evening Journal Trying t'
 give an imitation of Billy Sunday Peek
 skill girl dislocated her arm. Fortunate lily. it was not her tongue
 Albertville Banner: Consider the straw lberry-it requires no expenditure Of none! nor no great amount of care and labor il the raising. Yet we tell you that it al ways finds ready sale and each yea brings to the producers in this sectiol many dollars. If you are not alread growing 'em, you ought to begin at once. Marion County News: Senator Bank head says the best way for Birmingham
 to take advantage of the great benefit
 to come from the opening of tho Warrio | river is to build . railroad to tho riveI
 The distance b 2 mileA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-29
DESPERATE.

There is evidently something wrong with your car'" said the meddlesome man, but I don't know just what 1t is."
 Don't let that bother you" answered the owner of the car, who had received about all the gratis advice he could stand. T prefer to find out what is wrong with it myself, even if I have to turn a somer- sault into ditch to get the information. ''
 WORSE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
 Human pride takes curious forms"
 For instance?"
 T know a man who never tires of bra e ging about his patent garbage can, for which he paid $650"