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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-26
The Land of Poverty

The Land or POverty
 From "The Pleasant Ways of Saint Ned
 ard" by Grace King (HolD.
 Poverty is a land to which no one goes willingly, which all strive instinctively to avoid. There seems to be no rest or ease in 1t. Who goes there old is buried there. The young spend their lives try ing to get out of 1t. But the way out of it is narrow and steep, like the path to heaven. It almost seems to be the path to heaven, so hard is the struggle to get through it. It is white with the bones of those who have died in 1t, as the way to Jerusalem was once with the bones of the Crusaders. Some, giving up the struggle. marry, and have chill dren there. little ones who never lose the mark of their nativity The tramp ling of the hard footed necessities have told upon them; their hearts are fur rowed by the tracks of hopes passing into disappointments. They know no other land than poverty, and are haunted by strange misconceptions of the land of the rich; the people who live in 1t and the people who get to 1t.
 Who of us, who now inherit want as surely as our fathers did wealth, has not at one time or another made pill grimage to that Gibraltar of memory. the home of our childhood, of our Olympian beginnings?
 To you who have not made that pill grimage, I say, do not attempt 1t: you will never find that you seek. Thread the way to it only in memory. if you would find 1t. And yet ye who have been in this land we have described, who have buried some of your old ones there. and 1t may be some of your young ones. who have spent your lives trying to get out of 1t. or helping others dearer than yourself on their way out of it, what think you of, it, after all? What, in truth, found you there in default Of the one lack that sent you there? Love. hope courage. light in darkness. strength in weakness. fortitude under injustice. self-respect in the face of indignity and humiliation-did ye not find them grow ing there. growing naturally. not cultl- vated artificially as they are of neces- sity in that other and upper land? Was loss truth to be met there, or more false hood from others, less self-sacrifice, less wifely devotion or family loyalty than la the land of your lost inheritance? Did you find the slim purse less charitable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-26
UP AND DOWN BROADVVAY-By Allen Griffin Johnson

fA VIEW YORK, November 25.-(spe- UNll ciaL)-As a rule the regular |l NJ New York face Is neither more nor less than a mask, and the |tudent of human nature who would ke to judge people .by their facial ex- |ressions, is very greatly handicapped he face here is set to express nothing E particular-that is in public. That this is a strain on people is |roved by the fact that a great many IF them try to escape wearing their
 basks whenever possible. Take 8 sub lay train-any one of them-when you
 Inter you will observe that nearly |verybody in 1t is reading a newspaper ook or periodical It isn't that we read ere more than people read in any Ear city. It's just one way of avoid he wearing of the mask
 \ close observer can tell this very |aslly. I have watched one man, for
 hstance, read a well folded newspaper. |eeping his eyes on one part of it for |early 30 minutes, and If he couldn't ave read all that he could see in one twentieth of that time, then he might Is well give up the movies entirely le could never keep up with the stories |hey tell partly in words.
 But if we don't get paper we have b stand or sit and stare at each other I the advertisements and try to look Is If we were thinking of nothing in |articular. when. as a matter of fact
 Ee are probably worrying ourselves tck over something, or are so elated |ver something else. that we fear other |eople could read our thoughts if we lid not put on the usual New York
 hask
 And, too, there Is danger in relaxa- |lon-there is danger in taking the |1aslS> off in public. as I shall attempt 10 show. A lot of people have been ar- tested as result of doing just that. Ind so we are getting very careful bout always having our masks with Is, or else, being prepared to dodge be- ind newspapers charitable breath. Once in 9 while, however-perhaps |ftener-the emotions are legible in the |nes of New York countenances. and |nce in a while also some one reads hem there and acts upon what he or he discovers. Then there is trouble |ometimes.
 Not very long ago an acquaintance |old me or having spent a very pleasant ay with the girl he hoped to marry |one day. He had just left her and was Foing to his home in the late after boon. The world looked very rosy to him and he felt a kinship for all peo- Ple. He looked into the faces he passed nd wondered, dreamily and happily,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-26
FROM BARBARESNQ TO CTVMEZATT[By Frank G. Carpenter

Copyright, 1916. by Frank G. Carpenter Holy Cross, Lower Yukon. 0CiHE Indians of Alaska are almost all Christians. For several gen. erations the missionaries have been working among them, and the prop lrty and life of the stranger Is now safe bll the way from Ketchikan to Point Barrow. When the Russians discovered he country the natives were savages; l; fnd, 10 years after we took possession fitka and St. Michael were armed trad |hg posts where the Eskimos were shut (ut at night that the inhabitants might lest in safety. For years not a single Ehaler dared to stay overnight at Cape Prince of Wales, and the man who trav- led through the wiles took his life in lis hands. Today one can go alone by og sled through any part of Alaska and |eel safe.
 The mission work has been done bv hurches of many denominations. and is still going on in all parts of the .erritory. The Presbyterians have sta ons at Haines, Sitka and otherwheres ! Forlsing as far north as Point Barrow the shores of the Arctic. ocean. The &aptists are converting the Indians along ook inlet and they have an orphana ge Wood Island, near Kodiak The Meth dists have a girls home at Unga Is- $nd, near Unalaska, on the edge of Ber- pg sea, and the Swedish Lutheran hurch has missions at Yakatat not far rom Cordova, and at Golognin, on the eward peninsula, and at Unalalxlik The [oravians are doing a great work along le Kuskokwim river and the Catholics nd Episcopalians have mission stations
 different parts of the Yukon and Ta- ana basins. There is a Catholic mis- on at Fort Gibbon, presided over by ather Jeddy, who has been in Alaska
 most 20 years, and there are resident esuit priests at Juneau, Douglas, Skag- ay, Ketchikan, Valdez and Fairbanks, well as at half dozen stations along be lower Yukon, including Holy Cross
 here this letter is written.
 $The first mission work done in Alaska &as that of the Russians. They began to Pnvert the Indians of the Aleutian Is- Ends more than a hundred years ago.
 nd today there are more Geek Chris- hns among the natives of Alaska than
 ther Protestant or Catholics. It is said lat that church has more than 10000 Pmmunicants, whereas the Protestants hd Catholics have altogether less than
 DO. The Greek church has still some ing like 60 places of worship scattered Ter the territory It has a cathedral
 Sitka, large church at Juneau, and
 ere are mission stations here and there
 roughout the interior. There is a mis-
 pm at Anvik, and one at Andreafski,
 "a many Eskimos, Indians and Aleuts
 lieve in that religion.
 The Presbyterians have done a great
 prk in Alaska. The board of home
 ssions sent Dr. Sheldon Jackson here
 out 40 years ago He established the
 dian training schools at Sitka and a
 rls home there, and in connection with
 Hall Young and others organized mis-
 ms throughout the Alexander archipel-
 o, including those of Wrangell. Sitka,
 pwkan and .1aines. The farthest north
 ssion in Alaska is at Point Barrow. It
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-26
Stirrup Stoves

From the Popular Science Monthly.
 The general belief is that tho easiest way to keep the entire body comfort able during the cold weather Is to apply heat to the feet Acting on this idea, William French, C1intwood. Va, has invented a heater to be attached to the riding stirrups. go that police men or other equestions may be kept warm. however low the mercury tn the theremometer may drop. The heat CT comprises an outer shell of metal. covered with leather 50 that 1t is in- conspicuous, and lined inside with as- bsstos, so as to eliminate danger and conserve all tho heat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-26

which he has kept as a relic. They arc as black as ink and look like vuicanixsd rubber.
 I was interested in the diary whicA the bishop had kept describing tho jour ney. Here Is an extract from tho record of the day they were found.
 Thursday. October N. 190s-BreakfAst off of sealskin boots, soles and tops. boiled and toasted. Soles better than up- pers. Soup from small scraps of bacon and scrapings of the flour barrel. The last we have. Tired. Hands sore. Took long time to pack up. Concluded we were in the Peel river country. Heard childrens voices in the distance and then saw houses on left hand about 6 milo ahead. We stopped and thanked God for bringing us to human habitation.~
 During that trip the bishop had started out to the Eskimos in May. leaving Mrs- Stringer at Dawson. He was then on his way home. He staid only fortnight to rest and recuperate and then walked 800 miles to rejoin his family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-26

than the fat one. the heart under the shabby cloth less sympathetic than the one under the fine?
 And-but there Is no use to ask it. whatever the land of poverty lacks, it lacks not ideals; the beautiful ones that, as Schiller sings, fly from us one by one with our youthful years, leaving us at last to fare on alone without them to old age. They. as we know, wing their way more fondly down than up the mar row path, toward the cradle in the hovel. rather than to the one in the palace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-26
Novelties of Trade
B. Aughinbaugh in Leslie's.

W. E. Aughinbaugh in Leslie's.
 The chewing gum habit has at last caught on" in England, 20.000.o0o packages having been chewed during September. with the demand growing.
 The Chinaman has abandoned sandals and taken to wearing shoes. Chinese purchases of shoes tripled last year.
 Venezuela imported last year over $1.000.000 worth of American -four. Despite the hard times the bakers of Caracas have reduced the price ef bread.
 Tuna and bonita arc now beine canned in Hawaii by two American companies. This industry was formerly controlled by Japanese fishers.
 Ten miles of ships used the Panama canal last July. the average length o4 the vssssls being 2so.o3 feet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-26
Washington, D. c.

elected. A man was seen by thousands yesterday rolling a peanut down Broad way with his nose A bet like that would isted
 The truck driver recently ''discovcref- by Mir. Aborn. who is giving him . muM- cal training to fit him for his future role of the baritone Caruso, is said to be progressing nicely. He is now able to eat with his foYk without inturinE hirnaeif
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-26

one-sixteenth of the area must be actu- ally cultivated, which increases after ward until final proof to one-eighth. There are at present 254,945.5S9 acres of unappropriated and unreserved lands in the United States subject to entry. exclusive of the territory of Alaska, which has 15,0O0,0O0 acres
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-26

New York finds Coney Island restau- rants more sanitary than the city'a
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-28
MAN WHO SELLS
LIQUOR SUNDAY
DENIED PAPERS

Judge p. J. NJ Hally rebuked tho
olazer d!sregarc OF the liquor laws
against Sunday selling in Detroit sa-
looms by refusing IEnatz Matyniak,
OF No 40 Plttsburgh.aye, who, with
two witnesses. presented himself in
throng of other aliens
do you sell LIQUOR on Sunday"
asked Judge Hally. when Matyniak
declared that he was bartender
Certainly. all saloons koep open
on Sunday" said Matyutak, showing
his familiarity with Detroit condi.
tons in the expectation of more
readily getting citizenship privileges.
Il shall deny your petition" said
tt-i-r-- 4f;rfft ~ r--rtrrrc-t rtrr~r-rr--
owes of The constant violation Of
the state liquor laws"
Applicants, have been examined
for the past three days
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-28

than the legal closing hour. There
are arguments on both sides
What do you intend 10 60 with
vice conditions in Dctroit?" Mr..
Couzens was asked
THAT is not exactly debata Bile
question, but one that will require
study | am going into the problem
thorOly when | take Office.
win your administrations De one
of strict law enforcement" was an.
other question.
II could not say that" was the
reply. There are on the statute
books and among city ordinances so
many obsolete and absurd laws that
II would be foolish for an official to
announce that he intended 10 en-
force the law strictly.
will II be law enforcement in all
essential respects. them"
"All ] can say now Is that | am
going 10 do the best for Detroit and
that there will DO no compromise
with crime" said Mr. Couzens And
let me emphasize that I must have
the cooperation Of the public II
they start in TO kill the administra.
ton, cannot but fail consider
past troubles with the police dorart,
ment due 10 iack OF confidence in
It's administration The public
must trust its officials"
Mr.. Couzens said il would be fully
80 days before he could make an,
uehnitc announcements of policy or
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-28
VICTOR RECORDS
GIVE PROGRAM
OF RARE MERIT

Several hundred numbers by NOR"
than 100 artists arc 'h, october Of
fering Of Victor records Every taste
In musical art .tG Dee satisfied Ply IN"
-A+fF~--r-4------ - Ala
world All thc way from "a" santa
Lucia 81 Cnrueu. SUNG with tho pa s..
siorAte abandon ~ th" ronpw ned
Italian. IN which Dr.. r1ura forth his
iiquid notes lu tn" N"npo titan FOLK
song 20 the Ey Ign and in m"
Dark from Met Ilalce latest snc-
cess pom Pom and Harry faudct 20
"chs So my Rosie" sung with tho
French coQuetry ~ tho rriwa donna
or the dro'l humor ~ tho famous
Scot. thor" I- lfi Nh.Dl ~ moor" ,
parahl" in l's o"mrr' nonsivcn"sS aud
J1ha Cmp. who fntcrrrets with
feeling tho German I"drr. can "o
heard In beautiful song. Itr h'"t
my slumher Eu-r-t psstnn about
whose passport fT.W If|1V VWTrTT-r
which shc cannot ful0ll her engage
ment IN tho Metropolitan opera COIN,
pany in New York THIS season. tho
authorities are noW ~ loEF"rh'ad
sluRs a duct with nuCbDuc called
NV Dear shepherd from the great
Russian composer. ,Tsrh"l X" WsH} =
nidine Fnrrar gives more popular
song entitled THY Dear Eyes. the
words bciug familiar - an iu tho
"a sorq II want 80 stars Co Guide
reived with sp mIrh cufN1.Ifein "a
Detroit offers song Voices ~ tho
Wuodr" arranged from Ruhinstcin e
Tht victor company has also nm.
dertaker To- give tn PUBLIC tho on
tire rg'it Symphony ~ EctNu'"n,
played o. ~" Victor concert "rchrr-
ira an this month the nrst move
nsnt le rompletsd a violin solo 10y
Fritz KroIsIer piHy"d with ronaun-
mate skl'l ons fh'I "f i"nll "raih ,nlal
sNpre.aion - an 'A1nsI~'''' from
RiIcts "1.Arlc".rr". 9uo IN" "ld
rarorItr. Dvnrrk's "HumoresPuc. 20
nnds new Interpretation Hnder the
delicate bowlug ~ Maud Powell
Marcel Gourmet nas7u. renders ~"
Wild Cossack song by Mass'not with
all the nrc and power % his full ana
resonant v1l~"
In lighter v~in arc witt caprice.
nv " Rnnuc Ii"nton. Tho Paganlni
~ tho Sayprhone touwov9 hhnh.
the ht ~ th" season iu Atlantic
civ with new foN trotF. one steps
aud catchy melodies aud long ''7'
81 popular song los fu'ur ties, IN
chidl.g Morton Harvey. charlie tInr-
risnn. Albert CaWphell Alice Grcrh
Raymond pivou. ~ q D'Conroll and
many others hcgidor tho N'''0r ora
iori0 chorus IN THE Heaven Re-
sound" nnd the victor NAL" chorus
In the Prisoner choru' from B'-
thovNn's on" pr"rH. "Fidetln
Tho records may Doc heard IN any
musical dealer store md cow
plete list Will Doc furnished
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-28
II. KIRKE WHITE
is LAID TO REST

The funeral of H. Kirke white.
whose death occurred Saturday
evening. was held in the home Of
his daughter, Mrs. &. l. MORRISON.
Garden Court apartments. Wednes.
day afternoon. the Rev. William p.
CAN'T, pastor OF Westminster Pres.
byterian church, officiating Many
persons well known in the indus
trial and social life of the city were
present. During the services fags
At half-mast floated from the p. NJ
Ferry and the Wayne County Home
Bank buildings. Mr. WHITE was vice.
president OF the former. and a di-
rector OF the bank Interment was
In Elmwood cemetery.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-28
Bandits Demand Mall Sacks.

Knowing the character ~ the men,
Palmer spoke up and told the mail
clerks thcy had better open the
door The clerks complied. The
robbers stuck revolyors thru the
opening. boosted the engineer into
the car and then climbed In them.
selves.
I'VE want the registered mail
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-28
AL III ullN yours
CSiguedD JOHN GILLFspIF

In. accepting Gillespie's resignation
MayOr Marx wrote.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-28
WHEN WILL
MARX QUIT?
ASKS JUDGE
Continued from Page on.l


association and common interest
count a title. II Thy friend stand
In thy way, cut his throat
"In these Billy Sunday DAYS in
Detroit, We all have a scriptural
bent Do you recall how Cain slew
his brother, Abel? And the Lord
said Where is thy brother, CAIN
And Cain replied
Where Is your political brother
Mayor Marx? Knit 20 you by the
strongest bonds ot personal friend
ship and untiring service. he has
been struck down 10 serve a politI
cal ambition on. the shame OF Il,
"Ben Lindsay, In commenting on
the wide open town named 1t the
beast-the beast without heart or
bowels Whose stood in It's way
friend or foe alike-it smashed
down IN crushing ruin. Ben Lind
say knew Detroit knows this morn
ing
We'll. where does this leave
Mayor Marx on July %. when he
announced his candidacy for re
election, he said he stood on his
record The leaves have scarcely
turned brown IN the autumual winds
before he conslens his police admin.
istration record 20 the scrap heap
! don't want 70 hrag. but II | can
produce this result Fix weeks before
I am 20 BE- elected mayor, what
could not achieve rs mayor? And
can the mayor thus wipe out tho
damned spot quote Lady Ma
beth which for three and one haf
years has been the heavy burden
OF our citizens
"Where does This leave the city
n Is done primarily 20 meet and
head OF my promise 20 make Frank
X Croul police commissioner. Mr.
Croul has been tried and proved
worthy He was DeToit's most sat
isfactory police commissioner
Thousands az citizens and the pub
lie press urged his reappointmcn'
upon Mayor Marx four years ago.
Mayor Marx turned a deaf ear 10
the urging o! the citizens-thc cleo
ton had gone by then-and exalted
his campaign manager, John Giles
pie. 10 the police commisslonershirs
Now. In the face OF an election, with
failure written all over his police
administration record. he coldly
kicks Gillespie out into the exterior
darkness and picks an untried man
In police Affairs when tho tried and
tested Croul was available.
AS said At the very star of
this campaign, a personality may
pass, but the city doesn't benefit. Il
his policy persists This Gillespie
policy was the Mara policy and II
Gillespie ought 10 resign, so ought
Marx. You might AS VOL attempt
TO separate the acts OF man s
right hand from the man as scpa
ratio Gillcs7ie's acts from Marx.
Why don't you resign. mayor
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-28
VESSEL PASSAGES.
a. nENrnIN

DETROIT. Mich. sept 's-T'p
TaSalis N.ls last night Lakewood
, lO indus Andrews to.ao walsh
II poo Darlington. ~. 10 shouaugo
Il midnight Mordon Il - M
W.Ils 1910. lin Brown. Winni
neg Mnunhloa 30 Shcrwin. > 20
Fruntenac. Chattanooga. 3.i5. Hoov-
~ Mason. ShauEhncssy. 10 Palmer
y 10 willis KING Z, Kennedy. y
Roberts. $50. Mars Glensheo. = Rc-
bubble. 1910.
Down Fricsson. Nasmvth. ~
Lat night. Zenith CIV, ~, Coylc
~ Is NJ m W q. Richardson. Eads
rtaIlry 90. Alexis. Thompson
-.-rrrvtkin. 74n Thog. Bprlum &,
sew White. 10 Herel0ngor. ~ p.
THnola. 80. FlcetW God. @. stein
hrcnnor. 10 10.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-28
DETROIT TIM ( s

Their Influenced 10y your selection of
my successor James t0uHcHs. man
who not only holds the respect Of
every cltizeu = Detroit but who. D.
believe. viii make the best commits
sion"t % police IN the history 81 De
trdit
IN tepderinr my resigns tion. 7 wish
60 thank you for the friendship and
yuu. 10 IL my sincere hope that tho
adm iutFtratiOn ~ Mr. COuL'ns w'.I
reflect great credit upon YOU and TINT
your administration will Dee Endorsed
by an overwhelming vote at tho ri'c-
tion Nov. T.
Faithfully yours.
(siguedJ JOHN GILLEsplF
In. accepting Gillespie's resiEuar au
Mayor Marx wrote.
Hon John Gillespie
Commissioner Of Police city
Ny Dear Commissioner
II IL with much regret that 7 have
this day received your resignation as
commissioner Of ponce. and lrasuuoh
rs you insist on my acceptance OF n.
] hereby nccede 20 vour wishes
lr eaving my cabinet az this time
! want you 70 know that I fully APP
preciate the many constructive acts
or your administration and ! wish YOU
"a feel that ! shall always carry with
ne the hrmest belief IN your integ-
rity and loyalty
Sincerely,
'sisned) OSCAR r MARX.
To James Couzens, Mayor Marx
wrote
Hon James Couzsns.
Dime Bank building city.
MY Dear Mr. Couzens.
hereby tender you the appoint
ment as commissioner OF police Of
he 4
b. "a" resignation OF Nh John Gil
,SsIie. which takes effect Sept. 80,
In orerlnS you tho appointment.
l wish you 20 know that there are
Meetings -uttrrtipd 10 A. and that
N fh" event - my reelection I shall
want you o. remain as Commi ssion cr
during tho entire length OF my term.
] sincerely trust that you VIII md
II possible 20 accept the appointment
and give Detroit the benefit Of your
exceptional executive ability In do
inC so you Will not only confer a
great favor on me but upon tho citi-
zenH OF Detroit, In whose esteem and
respect vow stand so high Sincerely.
tSigned) OSCAR h MAKN.
Mr. Couzens' letter of acceptance
IS as follows:
Hon oscar Marx.
Mayor. city.
MY bear Mr. Mayor
beg 20 acknowledge your tender
~ the appointment as commissi on CT
- police. 20 hll the vacancy caused
oy the resignation Of Mr. John Gill
leSpie, which I accept
am, OF course. ErRtihed at the
confidence reposed In me. which con-
nd"nCe. I assure YOU is heartily re-
ciprocated. During nv service as
street railway commissioner und er
your administration. I had excellent
opportunity 20 observe your SINGER
lty and the unhampered freedom
given your Rppointees.
MY interest IN Detroit is para
mount 20 that Of any Individual and
n Z did not believe 7 could serve the
city. 7 would not accept. While many
OF the citizens have found fault with
the administration OF the police de
partment I am sure they approve 81
the Administration Of the other de-
par tmcpts.
II ! am able TO administer the
affairs ~ this department 20 the
satisfaction OF the citizens. ! believe
your administration should be kept
IN power.
Sincerely,
tSigned) JAMES COTZENS."
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-28

A statewide conference Of New
York Republicans IS 10 be hold a.
Saratoga today. 10 ADOPT party
platform. select presidential electors
and arrange plans for tho state cam.
paign.