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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
AUTHOR OF FAMOUS BOOK

arrogant, almost megalomaniac, omnipo- tence of the old merchantmen master. By contrast Dana shows us Captain Faucon of the Indiaman Alert, quoting to him the virgilian Tityrus sprawled un- der the spreading beech tree. A dignified, venerable figure, Faucon, which passed from slight only a little over 20 years ago. Then there is the gigantic Rus- sian. Nicholas, man of wars man, pri- vateersifan pirate, who had been lucky enough to escape hanging.
 The falling overheard scene was read u George Bancroft by Samuel Rogers as a specimen of prose essentially more po- etic than most modern poetry But the merit the extraordinary and lasting merit of 1.-Two Years Before the Mast" is it's faithfulness to fact, it's truth. Dana was tremendously angry with the cap tains; all his life, indeed in justice and oppression were intolerable tcN him. At he Boston bar in the fifties he was just as ardent in the defense of fugitive slaves, and with no other fee than a dangerous assault, as he was for sail ors' rights. Writing, however, he doesn't mix subjective and objective. You see with precision. with d sort of sculptured outline, the event. You seem to be pres ent and hear the very words. the sound of the blows. St. Elmos fire burns your eyes. You are in the foes. the gallery. Italian sailors are singing parcaroles. The entertainments of Santa Barbara and San Pedro are at your rect.
 There is much butter iadied out over Joseph Conrad. Compare his highly cul- tivated. exotic English with all it's stops and f1ourishes to the plain, naked style ot Dana You might almost say the book is in words of one and two syllables. For that reason the oculists use parts of it as an eye test. There is no trace of the apoplectic purple of some of the moderns. A fine. manly. generous work. in souAd. simple English. To read it is to feel the brine salt on the lips and the large air again.
 Dana's professional and public career was in point of exterior success unequal to his merits. He was q learned and an able lawyer. in common. admiralty, church and international law. As a United States district attorney he did much to establish the prize law of the United States in the civil war He was the colleague or opponent of Rufus Choate in some notable cases. But his lofty. professional standards inpeGed him, and he never earned much money. A free soiler. an early republican, civil ser- vice reformer, the spokesman of reform republicanism at the nar.onai republican convention of 1876. he held no great of- f1ct. Democratic intrigue stimulated by General Butler prevented his confirmation as minister to the court of St. James, But what are such rewards" now? Ho had no luck in that way. For the copy right of Two Years Before the Mast ever the good offices of Mir. Bryant could get him but $250. 1t has been read by two generations. It is being read by the third It is one of the very few ''uni- vcrsar' American books.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23


 Der 2, 1874, in Booths theatre. She played Lady Macbeth before an au- dience that packed the theatre and contained a number of the most dis tinguished persons of the day. At the close of the performance William Gull len Bryant made an address and an ode written by Richard Henry Stod- dard was read by Prof. Charles Robert of the City college. Her journey from the theatre to her noted was tri- umphal procession. Four horses drew her coach, which was escorted by the Ninth regiment band and hundreds of men carrying torches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
WAR LIGHT
From the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. l Germany has it's war bread, war vege- l tables, war meat, war charities and war
 economies. Now war light has been added | to the war commodities. Owing to shortness in coal oil the bulk of the German population in the cities
 and practically all the country districts
 have been forbidden the consumption of
 petrol for lighting purposes. The many experiments by the govern
 ment with possible substitutes have finally l eliminated in a spirit lamp; and it's use
 has been made acceptable to the authori- | ties by a mechanic who invented an amal-
 gam not containing copper or brass-the two prohibited metals A burner of this kind Is sold by the gov- ernment for $1 -four marks), and the price of alcohol for lighting purposes has been reduced to 60 pfennig a liter. AS one liter will supply light for 12 hours. each light costs pfenning Ca little over 1 cent) per hour.
 In large cities the government Is using every effort to expand the use of elec- tricity.
 In the country districts the public halls will be lighted nightly at government ex- pense, to accommodate the steamstresses
 and other persons who are forced to work at night. s# The war light is of 50 candle power as
 against IS candle power in coal oil lamps;
 some burners are supplied on request with
 100 to 500 candle power strength.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
Optimistic Capitalists

A year ago when the president and other officials of the Illinois Central including the New York directors made their annual tour of inspection conditions throughout the country were greatly depressed, and in the cotton south business was paralyzed, but it is very different today. Pros perity prevails here and all along the line.
 In the party which reached Bir- mingham yesterday were men of great wealth and great influence in the fi- nancial world. President Markham, in executive control of the road, is never pessimistic, even when business hap pens to be at low ebb. Now he is one of the most pronounced of optimists He and all the members of his party are not only of buoyant spirit because of business recovery, but they are all prophets of prosperity for years tc come.
 Birmingham never fails to welcome cordially prominent visitors from other cities; and it is more than glad now to have had the privilege of ex- tending a friendly hand to men who are ardent believers in this district and who come shouting good times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
Judge Gary on Publicity

Judge Ebert H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation, delivered an address yesterday at Cleveland before the American Iron and Steel institute, of which he is president.
 His theme was "Publicity"-the policy of publicity which all business corporations should adopt, rather than follow the old-time practice of con- cealment. Like all of his discussions his speech on this occasion had the ring of sincerity. Judge Gary has long preached publicity and he has con- sistently practiced it. The steel corporation was organized in 1901 with Judge Gary as chairman; and from the beginning has made quarterly statements of it's business through the press and special state ments from time to time. The public was taken into the corporations con- fidence whenever this could be done without detriment to tho corporate interests concerned; and the public was quick to appreciate the fact that frankness was distinctive character istic of the official head of the or ganization.
 Judge Gary began his address by recalling the contemptuous attitude of some of the leaders in the business world in years gone by, and in the course of his remarks he proposed as substitute for the brutal idea em- bodied in the phrase, "the public be damned" this truth enunciated by St. Paul, the apostle, in his epistle to the Romans, chapter xiv:7, For none of us liveth to himself and no man dieth to himself"
 Publicity is now becoming the rule in all large industrial concerns, and this may be attributed in very large measure to Judge Gary's influence and his wise counsel.
 The address of yesterday will be found in full on another page of The Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
ON A DEAD CHILD

l By Robert Bridges. Perfect little body, without fault of stain on thee. With promise of strength and manhood full and fair! Though cold and stark and bare.
 The bloom and the charm of life doth awhile remain on thee Thy mothers treasure vert thou:-nlasl no longer
 To visit her heart with wondrous joy;
 Thy fathers pride:-ah, he
 Must gather his faith together, and his
 strength make stronger.
 To me, as move thee now in the last duty, { Dost thou with turn or gesture anon l respond
 Startling my fancy fond With chance attitude of the head, . freak of beauty. Thy hand claps, as twas wont. my 1 finger, and holds it: But the grasp is the clasp of death, l heartbreaking and stiff; | Yet feels to my hand as if
 Twas still thy will, thy pleasure and trust that enfolds it. So I lay thee there, thy sunken eyelids closing l Go lie thou there in thy coffin, thy last l little bed!
 Propping ethy wise. sad head, l Thy firm, pale hands across thy chest dis l posing.
 So quiet doth the change content thee? :! Death, whither hath he taken thee |? To a world. do think. that rights the disaster of this? The vision of which miss, Who weep for the body, and wish but to l warm thee and awaken thee?
 An! little at best can all our hopes avail 1 To lift this sorrow, or cheer us, when in the dark, l Unwilling alone we embark, ! And the things we have seen and have known and have heard of. fail us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
Charlotte Cushman

When the name of Charlotte Cush- man was selected for tablet in the Hall of Fame member of the thea trical profession was so honored for , the first time in the gallery of New York university. Miss Cushman is conceded to have been not only great actress, but a great woman as we'll, and eminently worthy to be placed with five women who have been pre- viously honored in the Hall of Fame Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary Lyon, Emma Willard, Farncis E. Willard and Maria Mitchell.
 Miss Cushman is still remembered by the older generation of playgoers. She died February IS, 1876, in Bos- ton, where she was born, at the age of 60, after having established a rec ord for farewell performances which, it is said, has never been equaled. Her portrayal of Meg Mer- rifles in "Guy Mannering" was one of her greatest and most popular parts She also won fame as Nancy Sykes in the dramatization of "Oliver Twist In Shakespearean roles Miss Cushmar was superb. Her gifts tended more tc tragedy than comedy, although hel versatility was very great. As Lady Macbeth, Ophelia, Katharine, the shrew; Viola, Pauline, Rosamond ant Juliet she won fame both in America and in England. Her association witt Macready, the noted English tra gedian, on his American tour in 1844 in Shakespearean plays, was tremen dously successful. It was Macready who persuaded her to visit England where she scored triumph that wal repeated on numerous succeeding wis its. She essayed three male roles Hamlet, Romeo and Cardinal Wolsey and in each won fame.
 Miss Cushman's last appearance 1T New York was on the night of Novem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
Luck in Leisure

Here is new theory in regard tc matrimony. It comes in press dis. patch from Sudbury, Pa, where Miss Martha Powlus, at the age of 59, has just become the bride of Phillip Ora. ham, 72. And now for the theory. The new Mrs. Graham is quoted as saying
 Rome was not built in a day and any undertaking involving a great amount of responsibility should be given plenty of time for consideration Marriage is not only the greatest re. sponsibility but likewise the greatest lottery of the world, and in my judg. ment the reason so many marriages terminate unhappily is because they are contracted suddenly without time for proper thought on the part oi either principal. I have had many chances to wed but realizing the i'm portance of the step, l have deliber. ated until now. At last, after becom ing convinced that MT. Graham wal the man for me, I consented to wed and feel absolutely certain that oul partnership will prove to be most happy one."
 Speaking of luck in leisure, if there be any such thing certainly this couple ought to have ample measure of it.
 Waiting beyond the half-century mark for matrimony looks at surface glance to be putting a tardy tag upor bliss, but after all, perhaps the slow. going Pennsylvania lady is right wher she says that nasty marriages are 2 prime causes of contested divorce dockets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
According to the United States public

According to the United States public
 health service. more than $50,000, 600 worth UT cosmetics, most of which are worth less, are sold annually to the American people In a recent bulletin the health service warns the public against using impure cosmetics and advocates the en- actment of federal and state laws to pre- vent their sale. The federal and many state food and drugs laws do not amply to preparations sold as cosmetics, unless they are claimed to have curative proper ties, and as a result the business flour isnes practically without restriction There are nearly 1000 firms engaged prin- clpa'ly in manufacturing "beautifying agents Among these preparations arc hair washes, hair tonic. hair dyes, sham poo powders. complexion powders. freckls lotions, face channels, toilet waters, toile. Vinegars, grease paints, face creams. liquid enamels, beauty washes and "skin oieach- There are only five states and the territory of Hawaii where the defini- tion of a drug Is broad enough to include preparations sold as cosmetics. Even in these states. the bulletin says, there is no provision for warning the purchaser of harmful or deleterious substances they may contain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 n ICHARD HENRY DANA, JR., was
 TX born in August, 1915, but the for \ A mai celebration of his centenary, under the direction of the Cambridge His torical association. comes today. Cam bridge boy. son and namesake of the poet and editor of the North American Re- view. a weakness of the eyes, fortunate for his fame, forced him to leave Har- ward college in 1884. It must be sadden- ing to the parents and guardians of soft Campanian undergraduates or these days to know that Dana, member of one or tho most distinguished of "colonial" fam ilies had an allowance-and that only for emergencies-of 25 cents term, and always walked into ana out of Boston. It was in August that he doffed "the frock coat, silk cap and kid gloves of the Cantabrigian for salt water togs and set sail on the brig Pilgrim, Sc feet and inch or long, if we remember for the voyage around the horn that was. to make him immortal Is there any better sea story. and this true one, than 1.-Two Years Before the Mast? Of Dana and another American. Herman Melville forgotten or neglected in his last years but since restored to somerning like his rightful place, Clark Russell and the other writers of "sailor tales to sailor tunes" have been warmly appreclative.
 Dana tells straight story, with no ron ance or flubdub. He tells it both as sailor and as an educated man, who in that period of life at least was a man of broad and cordial sympathies, who associated impartially with men of many races who saw the good points of Kanakas and mulattoes as well as the beauty and grace of the Spanish se- norltas of old California. whose seaman shnp was perfect,' according to one of hi, messmates, who did his work for every ounce of strength and will in him. whether he was studying spanish. picking up Kanaka, pulling rope or curing sides. His book is full of fine. finished portraits and telling sketches. George Harris. for instance. the uneducated sailor man with so powerful an intellect and retentive a memory that Dana had to be mighty careful in discussing things with him: a man who knew, the lunar stars and could calculate with his eye and mind just how many hides a. ship would hold. who had but his old sea chest of slops to show for weary years Of hard service in all parts of the world, who gave up rum-and Dana. who hated it, says rum is heartening for the mo- ment, though any sailor would prefer hot chocolate or coffee if he could get i. on shipboard-withous p.edge after de- liberation on his unprofitable career. And Captain Thompson of the Pilgrim, whose brutality and cruelty. were thought to be caused by his consciousness of his incompetence as a navigator and his mems knowledge of it. Read the famous
 iogging of John and rete-it was Pete, wasn't it?-the two Swede sailors. Don't call on Jesus Christ! He can't help you. Call on Frank Thompson!'' He
 nogsed. he said. because he liked to. Read his speech to his men,. It is mas terpiece. There speaks the ewaggering.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
THE SUIT FOR NONsUPPoRr

From Case and Comment
 For the better part of an hour the case had been in progress although it should have been settled in few minutes
 Marcus Pickney had been arrested thro ugh the activities of his 200 pound Scctc wife, and the pair were facing the judge.
 It seemed that Pickney was a shiftless ne'er-do-well, lazy. man, with a strong disinclination to honest toll. Moreover, he was in the habit of looming home corned." and beating his thrifty better half. It was on the occasion of the last of these episodes that she had brought about his arrest.
 After patiently hearing testimony, the judge asked:
 Mrs. Plckney, 1t seems to me that this is case where prosecution Is possible for nonsupport?''
 "Oh, Your honor." walled the excited woman, they can't bring ,nat up agin me. I've took in washin' and giv' him what you might say was -ne Iivin' ever since we was marrIt. No; he can't accuse me of that. judge"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
As to End of the War

The opinion seems to be prevalent in Berlin and other European capitals that the war will come to an end early in the spring. and have talked with prominent men in New Yorlx-men in touch with the financial district--who think peace nego- tiations will be started not later than January" said T. H. Mann of New York.
 Judge Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation. known as a far seeing man, made prediction when the war started that 1t would continue IS months, but no longer I understand that he sticks to his original prediction He says it will end in February"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
NEGLECTED.

1 NEGLECTED. Professor Diggs says he is working for posterlty." 1 T suspected something of the sort" Why SOP" Judging from the shabby and under fed appearance of Mrs. Diggs and the children. he isn't working for them | EXTREME CAUTION.
 How would you like to make s1 ,Ooo, ,0od in one year out of gold mine?'' asked the shifty promoter YF
 Nothing would please me better" an- swered MT. Dubwaite. ] Then, you are just the man I'm looking for"
 1T think not" 'But you just said--''
 That I would like to make $1,000, 0O0 out of a gold mine in one year. So Il would. but wouldn't invest dollar in the scheme unless the shaft were sunk
 
 grade ore were taken out the first day to pay off the mortgage on my house."
 HIS VULNERABLE POINT. "A war expert says Achilles would cut sorry figure in the present conflict" Maybe so. fear he wouldn't last long with the Russians I "No?'' He'd be sure to get shot in the heel while making a strategic move to the rear" ifs. 4Fsgf ftf t-s. t | FIGURING THE UPKEEP. The Twobbles have a daughter who | Is shortly promised to pe wed; Now, Mrs. T. is all aglow, ] But MT. T. just shakes his head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
cARTooNIsT OF THE OLD SCHOOL

Many years have passed since Joseph Keppler, Sr drew his Photographic car toons for Puck, but he is still remem- bered. Eugene Zimmerman. who was as- sociated with him nearly a generation ago, gives the following pen picture of the artist in the current number of Car toons Magazine:
 "Keppler was rather an attractive figure, with mustache and imperial; soft hat which he often wore and cloak thrown over his shoulders gave him the appear ance of master of the old school. Gii- lam was tall and had a scholarly stoop to his shoulders, with head bent down. ward, thinking always of ideas Cor car toons. He was seldom to De approached in his office for the door tender usually delivered a callers card, and unless he was personal friend the answer would invariably come back, Not in," which Is not uncommon in busy offices. where everything Is supposed to move on scr<>- ule time. Upon being admitted, how ever. one found a modest and most cor dial gentleman, with beam of welcome that made one feel immediately at ease.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
St. Bernard CoIIese

We have good student body at St. Bernard this year, although the enroll ment up to this time mas not been as large as in some other years" said the Rev. Father Charles, O. s. B.. who spent day In Birmingham this week.
 ''The south's returning prosperity will be reflected in the enrolment of addi- tional students at the February term, and there is very fine outlook for the years 1916-1917"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23

BEGINNING THE DAY-Grant to me. o my God, . warm gratitude to- day for government and liberty and peace. Give me thankfuIness that my country and my home are not tram pied and torn by war; that my fath- CT. my brother and my boy. my moth CT, my wife, my sister and my child are spared the bullets and passions of battle. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
Left far Rame

William Cusick left Birmingham yes- terday for Rome. where he goes to study for the priesthood. He sails Monday He had expected to proceed to the Eter- nal City early in the fall, but owing to the war he had great difficulty in procuring passports. They came only this week.
 MT. Cusick took his academic course at St. Bernards and his record there was exceptionally high.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23

Cupid has scored a large number of hits among the public school teachers of New York and Chicago, who were caught off their guard, so to speak, during their va cation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
HAD EXPERIENCE

From Tit Bits.
 "So.' said the old general, you think you would make a good valet for an old wreck like me, do you? I have glass eye, a wooden leg and a wax arm that need looking after. not to mention false teeth, and so forth.''
 "Oh. that's all right. general" replied the applicant, snthusia stically; I've mad lots of experience. I worked six years in the assembling department of big mo- tor car factory
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23

The Empress of Germany celebrated ner birthday by sending gifts of marma- Jade to the soldiers in the trenches and hospitals, thus insuring their grateful participation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23

Heaven help the man who is walked LID every morning by an ambitious damsel next door who has an idea that some day she and Caruso will be taking encores together,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
WELCOME TO WILLIAM
he New York Times.

Frcm the New York Times.
 That was gracious honor paid to Mir. Bryan at Terrace Garden Monday night. The band played "The Star Spangled Banner" in tribute to his native. Die wacht am Rhein" in tribute to his adopted country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23

Some of those Brltishers in London ma 7 sit up all night for fear they'll miss see- ing Zeppelin raid, but there are prob ably a few who don't find the prospect of a raid conducive to slumber.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23

Luther Burbank hasn't attracted much attentlon since the war started If he knew how to graft an armor plant on an automobile factory. he would be the man of the hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23

Geraldine Farrar Is reported to have received s5o,OoO for acting Carmen, for the movies" The censors seem to think she put s5o,oOo worth of tabasco in the part.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23

The execution of an English trained nurse by German authorities will be much harder to explain than the sinking of the Lusitania and the Arabic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23
HE'S BEEN WARNED

Today, all North and South America, except Mexico. recognizes MT. Carranza as President of Mexico. But Mir Carranxa had better watch his step. or tomorrow it may be difficult for his friends to rec ognize him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23

Now that Edna Ferber and Ethel Barrymore are working for the uplft of the stage, why can't Forbes Robertson and George M. Conan get togetbere