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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14
AN ARTIST AND ROGUE

"a. The arquebusier stood in the door.
way after supper, sword in hand. L
crept up stealthily. and with a Pistojan
Gagger dealt him a back stroke, think
ing to cut his head right off. But he
wheeled round suddenly, and the blow
fell on the top of his left shoulder
cleaving the bone. Up he sprang, and
dazed by the sore pain, he threw aside
his sword and began to run. I fol-
lowed after and came up with him in a
step or two Then raising my dagger
above his bent head, struck him on
the nape of the neck and the weapon
went In so deep that / could not for
all my efforts draw it out. For Just
then out of Antea's house came four
soldiers clutching their swords, so that
was forced to handle mine to de-
fend myself from them. Leaving my
dagger sticking there, made off, for
rear OF being recognized, to Duke Alea-
sandro's house. between the piazza no.
vona and the rotunda. AS soon as I got
there told the duke. who gave me to
understand that. if 1 was alone, ] had
only to keep quiet and all should be
well. I was to go on with the popes
work, since he was so anxious to have
it and for eight days had better work
within doors. The soldiers who had
stopped me, had now arrived, and were
relating the whole affair; they had the
dagger in their hands and tod the
great trouble they had to pull it out of
the neck bone and head Of the dead
man, whose name they did not know
At this up came Giovan Bandini and
said to them: This dagger is mine and
l lent it to Benvenuto, who wanted to
revenge his brother Then the soldiers
could not say enough of their regret at
having interrupted me, though, indeed,
had got my fill of revenge"
All, what jolly days! The soldiers
apologized for having interrupted the
murderer Life must have had its
charms for Benvenuto.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14

From the Kansas City Star.
n N the sixteenth century there lived
in Florence and in Rome a CRATER
= in metals whose career was closely
linked series of spirited Adventures
Gifted with rare ability, Benvenuto Gel
1ini wrought objects of art in gold. sill
yer and bronze for the nobility, royalty
and the popes Of Rome.
Life in those times was free Of the
many restraints of today. Rome was
what might be referred to as a wide
open town. Men lived according to their
instincts. Public opinion, such as 1t
was, checked no one. A mans actions
were judged by his position on the So
cial scale; the higher the place the
greater the liberty.
Cellini was one of the boys. His
purse was always we'll filled. and he
thrived under the patronage of his
lordly friends, generally, although he
once had terrible bad run of luck
when the pope had him thrown into
jail. He had gay friends and bitter
enemies. Life was primrose for those
who could afford it, and Cellini could
His autobiography is a colorful mar
rative of the twists and quirks that be-
fell him through the years. The char
acter of the F1orentine shines out. and
he stands self-revealed; an artist and a
rogue, a heady, fiery disputant who
saw naught but good in himself and his
works and only evil in his rivals and
enemies. He is a braggart and an ego
tist but somehow one rather likes the
scamp. as you might care for Francois
villon, the thug poet of Paris. or Hail,
the beggar in "Kismet."
His narratives tells unblushingly OF
many miseeds, of assorted wickedness
and intimate amours. Again his in
tense devotion to his art guides the pen,
and he tells of his lahors to create
beauty in his work. In one place he
relates calmly the story of murder
he committed
1t appears his younger brother. who
was soldier. flew single-handed to
the rescue of a comrade who was ar
rested by a guard of SO soldiers. Natu-
rally the impetuous youngster was
worsted, and he died shortly after from
a WOunQ ne IcCclVcu All tuc Sli u6S
Before his death he described the man
who shot him.
Cellini tells it:
IT took my leave of the pope and
went on with my gold work and the
dies for the mint; but now better to
me than counting sweetheart was
watching that arquebusier who had
killed my brother. This man had once
been a light cavalry and then hat
enlisted as arquebusier among the Bar
bello's corporals. Now what added to
my wrath was that he boosted of the
thing, saving, If 1t hadn't been for me
who killed that brave yound fellow, in
another minute, he, by himself. would
have put us all to flight. with great
damage, too At last l saw that my
suffering, caused by the constant sight
OF him, was hindering me from sleeping
and from eating, and leading me along
an evil road. l stifled the thought OF
how low and dishonorable the under
taking was, and one evening l resolved
once and for all to be done with the
trouble. The man lived near a place
called Tore Sanguigna. next door to a
house where lodge done of the most
favorite courtesans of Rome, called Sig
nora Antea. The clock had just struck
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14
HOPE AND FAITH
BY Robert Louis Stevenson.

BY Robert Louis Stevenson.
Hope is the boy, a blind, headlong,
pleasant fellow, good to chase swallows
with salt; Faith is the grave. experienced
yet smiling man. Hope lives on ignor-
ance; open-eyed Faith is built upon q
knowledge of our life Of the tyranny Of
circumstance and the frailty of human
resolution. Hope looks for unqualified
success; but Faith counts certainly or
failure and takes honorable defeat to be
a form of victory Hope is a kind old
pagan; but Faith grew up in Christian
days, and early learned humility 1r
the one temper, a man Ia indignant that
he cannot spring up in a. clap to heights
Of elegance and virtue; in the other, Out
of sense of his infirmities he Is filled
with confidence because a year has come
and gone, and he has still preserved some
rags of honor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14

BY H. G. Wells.

1t is manifest that the powerful people
Of this world are by no means necessarily
noble, and that most modern kings poor
in quality, petty in spirit, conventional i'll
outlook. controlled and limited, fall far
short of kingship Nevertheless, there lie
nobility, there is kingship, or this earth
is dustbin and mankind but a kind of
skin disease upon planet. The aristo-
Gratis are not at the high table, the kings
are not enthroned, those who are an
throned are but pretenders and simulacra.
kings OF the vulgar; the real king and
ruler is every man who sets aside the
naive passions and self interest of the
common life for the rule and services Of
the world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14
HOTEL LOBBIES


The controversy between Mr.. Weatherly
and myself in regard to the bonds for
prisoners in the Northside Jail concerns
appeal bonds only" said Commissioner
Barber. Some one is always at the
city hall to approve an appearance bond,
but in the matter of appeal bonds it
is necessary to have a good bond on ac-
count of the many cases that go by de-
fault in the higher court.
ut is necessary for the city comptroi-
Ter to approve an appeal bond and then
have one of the commissioners to pass
on 1t. The plain appearance bond rules
are not so strict We hope to arrive at
some conclusion soon that will adjust
these matters satisfactorily to all con-
cerD ed
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Fine Civic Work

I was very much gratified to see in
The Age-Herald that 80 citizens had taken
the Initiative and called meeting to
form the Jefferson county division of the
Memphis, Birmingham and Atlanta high
way" said William Blanks Everett, act
ing general manager of the Chamber OF
Commerce, yesterday. ut is good to see
Birmingham taking so much interest in
the proposed highways through this sec
ton. 1t makes the civic bodies feel more
encouraged when public spirited men be-
come active in this work.
The Chamber Of Commerce receiveo a
letter on August from the president OF
the national association, asking them to
cooperate in the building of this road
that is to extend from Seattle to Savan-
nah, and we are going to give any as
sistance we can
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"caed Mile Enilthe

Il have had many different people to
ask me what the Inscription of Caed
Mile Falthe' on the stationery of the
Burt hotel meant. / am surprised to
know that this common Irish phrase
used so much all over the country is
not understood" said Joe Saks of Tusca-
loosa. Il first saw it in mansion of
Jack Champion, the man who went to
Leadville many years ago and found the
richest vein of lead in the world. He
promoted several mines and made more
money than he could spend
Champion was of the hale and hearty,
good natured, Irish type. and looked
upon life as one sweet song. Strange to
say, after he had made his millions he
still retained his good humor and love
for his fellow man. He built a won
derful home in Leadville. but owing to
his eccentricities in entertaining people
whom he liked regardless of their So
cial standing, his wife made him build
another mansion in Denver. The family
generally stayed there. but Champion
liked his Leadville home and friends
After the Denver house had been built,
he came back to Leadville, and had the
inscription of 'Caed Mile Failthe placed
in large letters over every mantle in
the house. This means ten thousand
welcomes in Irish and Jack Champion
meant all that the phrase implied"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14
HEAVENLY HOUsToN's WAY

From the HOuStOn POst.
1t seems to us that Mr.. Hughes ex-
perience in Nashville accentuates one
great and noble truth. and that is: If
he had been speaking in the Houston
auditorium and four or five hoodlums,
ignorant of the courtesy due a distin-
guished visitor, had misbehaved them
selves. they would have been promptly
elected from the hail.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14
THE WORLD WAR
rom the Montgomery Advertiser.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
When they were Choosing up in the
old world the Teutons got the worst of it,
her side standing, Germany, Austria
Hungary. Turkey. Bulgaria and German
East Africa, and as against the follow
ing entente allies: England, Scotland.
Ireland, Wales, Canada, Australia, South
Africa. India, Japan, Egypt, Morocco,
France, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, Monte
negro. Servia. Rumania, Russia, New
Zealand, Siberia and ]. p Morgan.
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Back to New York

"All of our buyers returned from New
York about two weeks ago prepared fol-
the seasons business" said Jerome K.
Sterne, superintendent of the Loveman
Joseph & Loeb store but two weeks OF
almost unprecedented business sent them
hurrying back again to replenish the
stocks
Leo Loeb, merchandise manager, left
again Sunday accompanied by Leopold
Loeb, to buy millinery, and Max Som
mers to buy womens suits and costumes.
M. V. Joseph is also in New York push
ing deliveries of earlier purchases
Conditions for a prosperous fall are
very encouraging, IL we may judge from
the liberal demand for goods of all kinds
at the very opening of the season"
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form garlands of pink. "Mr. Boileau,"
says the visitor, "has converted what
would ordinarily be merely suburban
place into a country estate, private
and restful."
What has been done by the New
York artist can be done in any city.
There are many homes in and around
Birmingham that are as beautiful,
perhaps, as Mr.. Boileau's. If our half
acre plots do not look as large as small
farms, they, nevertheless, give thrill
of delight to the passerby, and con-
tribute immeasurably to the glory of
Birmingham.
1t often happens that home owners
lack the ingenuity and skill necessary
for the making of "show places" but
in such cases the landscape architect
is available. At any rate there can
be no excuse for ugly or ill-kept
grounds.
| The man who speeded up Pixies peak
in an automobile doubtless advertised
The car he used. but otherwise the world
| IS no better off than it was before he
started.
| With Baltimore planning to make her
self the 'cleanest city in America" and
Galveston claiming to be the ideal Amer
ican city there isn't much chance for
an ordinary town to attract attention.
An American hero just back from
France refuses to talk about his ex-
ploits. What's the use of trying to prove
yourself a hero. when it is taken for
granted?
have had enough of Cole Blease, but
there are still too many South Caro-
linians who habitually vote for him.
Birmingham is the logical place for the
government armor plant and deserves
the prize, despite the fact that it is
located in the solid SOUTH
y
For some reason or other people inva-
riably want to kick the man who predicts
that the war in Europe will last five
years longer.
Modern armies are fighting where the
old Roman conquerors marched, but that
was long. long time before the Kyipp
works were built
The city commissioners have grown
weary of SO much agitation. but not
more weary than the harassed citizens of
Birmingham.
Governor Nat Harris of Georgia Is a
Confederate veteran, but there were not
enough old vets in Georgia to re-elect
him.
A certain movie vampire" says she is
a missionary. However, the message she
brings is not for young minds.
A Chicago newspaper is publishing the
life story Of a husband killer. Maybe
that's what the public wants.
The master bakers say they court the
fullest investigation. That seems to be
popular attitude nowadays II
Nobody suspected what knocker Mr.
Hughes could be until he became a can
didate for the presidency
In spite of the war there will be enough
champagne on Broadway to celebrate the
New Year as usual
The election results in Maine put
democratic optimism to the test, but it
stood the test
The typhoid epidemic is almost forgot
te" and the ice cream cone is beating
hack
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14

BEGINNING THE DAY-"If today
m curse rises to your lips, slip
prayer in it's place. III ccnsnre seeks
uttcrance, substitute sympathy. II
a sigh starts upward. change
into a song. Cheat death by puma
ing life out of it's timbers."
H. NJ. Il.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14
REAL WIRELESS

From the Cleveland Leader.
Wireless telegraphy between aero
planes is no feat at all compared with
what passes when woman who doesn't
belong enters ballroom.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14
POLICE STATION ETIa UETrE

From the New York Globe
The experience of New Rochelle man
in Brooklyn police station cell, as re-
corded in diary which he presented to
the magistrate when finally arraigned in
court. is perhaps not an unusual one. To-
wit:
a. m.-Told doorman 1 had headache.
asked him to get me some medicine. Said
he was not a messenger boy. L asked that
ambulance be sent for. He told me to so
to hell.
2:30 a. masked for a glass of water.
a. m.-Saw attendant first time since
asking for water. Got none.
$50 a. MASKED again il l could phone.
Was asked if 1 thought 1 was in pub
lie telephone booth.
8 a. m.-Taken to Flatbush court.
Finally at noon he appeared before Mag
istrate Reynolds, who apologized to him
on behalf of the city of New York. The
simplest way of avoiding such treatment,
of course, is to keep out of police cell.
But people will continue to be arrested
for one reason or another, and no matter
what their offense they are entitled to
humane treatment. More especially SO
when the infraction of the law is no more
unusual than that of driving an automo-
bile at the rate of 26 miles an hour.
A motorist living outside of the city
must either furnish bail or submit TO be-
ing locked up. If he is resident OF New
York summons to appear in court next
day is merely handed to him. and he Is
permitted to go on his way. 1t is proper,
perhaps, to discriminate against outsiders
in this way, but it would seem that the
police might be permitted discretion in the
matter of accepting bail. There is no rea-
son why the prisoners motor car should
not be accepted as security. 1t is i'm
probable that the bail would be forfeited.
The ends Of justice would be just as we'll
served as by locking a man up and treat
ing him as a desperate criminal.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14
THE UNIVERSAL BARD.

THE UNIVERSAL BARD.
He quotes Shakespeare on the slightest
provocation, you say?"
That's the man."
Il presume he finds quotations in
shakespeare's works that apply to every
phase of life?"
Yes. It's remarkable. He dug up one
the other day that fitted the case when
Ills tire exploded
DISREGARDED.
Some leaders of the people"
Must feel acute dismay
When no one pays attention
To anything they say.
MUST BE CROOKED.
Beware Of that fellow slithersby."
Whats the matter with him?"
II overheard him say to one of his
crones, Now, you and I are practical
men,"
NO HURRY.
A careful man
Was Henry Chew;
Remembered when
His bills fell due.
He put each one
Upon a file
And left it there
A little while.
REAL HARDSHIP.
Mrs Calder complains a great deal
about hard times"
why, she seems to live as luxuriously
as ever"
Yes, but she says no one who has never
had the experience knows what 1t means
to worry along with only two chauffeurs"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14

You seem to have a great many titles
in the south"
You refer to the large number of cap
tains. colonies and majors in this Sec
tion?'
Yes. They can't all be military men,"
mo, but they all think they are, so the
results in the end are about the same"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14
Faxor Tnn Amendment

THE people of Sulligent are very much
in favor of the proposed school tax
amendment" said Commissioner Horn
ady, who returned from that place yes
terday after having delivered a speech
in favor of the amendment there Il
was given cordial welcome and my
treatment was splendid.
superintendent of Education w. r.
Feagin also spoke on the issue. After we
had finished Mr.. Feagin called on all
present who intended to support the
amendment to rise. The entire audience
did so. A chautauqua was being held
at Sulligent and large crowd was on
hand to hear us speak in the tent. Tues
day was educational day on the pro-
gramme and the crowd of people present
demonstrated to me how much interest
Is being taken by all the people in Ala
bama on educational questions"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14
Autos Come High

Birmingham is paying over 5000, 900 a
year for the pleasure and business that
the automobile affords" said L. NJ. Ad-
Ter of Morris Adler & Co. IF one will
figure in the cost of the initial purchase.
the expense of gasoline. tires, taxes, de-
probation and the various other elements
the estimate will be found reasonable.
There are between 1000 and 5000 auto
mobiles in Birmingham, engaged in COM
mercial and private use. The total
amount involved in the initial purchases
is small in comparison to the aggregate
expense. But, the continuous OUTLAWS
that are necessary for gasoline, tires, re-
pairs and other incidental service will
swell to the s5ooO,000 mark
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14

Montgomery Advertiser; Political clubs
have their virtues, but the most useful
organization In your county is the live
stock association.
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FEASE HATH HER HORRORS, ETC.
From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
He must have been a moIlycoddle. But
whatever he was. he poured his multi
tudinous grievances into the ears of a
reporter after the July-August Plattsburs
encampment. The reporter belonging to
the staff of the New York Evening Post,
that eminent organ of pacifsm, orna
mented an entire page with half chron-
lcle of the rockies experience and half
sermon upon the horrors of militarism.
When the reader finished the article. he
became convinced that the entire indict-
ment against ''militarisrn" at Plattsburs
consisted of one count the charge that
an officer swore at some professional and
business men whom he was trying to
raise to be soldiers"
The result has been an avalanche OF
letters to the New York Evening Post, de-
Tending the officer who ''swore' One cor
respondent identified the complainant as
man known in his company as a
crouch, a sore-head and a kicker, who
with his weakened companion appar-
emily rushed to the nearest reporter and
poured out wild tale Of wrong and in
justice" The consensus of opinion of the
correspondents seems to be that the Off
Ger was "a thorough. efficient. painstak-
ing commander who had an unusually
difficult group of men to handle"
The most amusing part of this rather
unimportant controversy is the doll and
teacup'' attitude the Evening Post takes
toward camp life. 1t becomes apparent
that peace hath her horrors no less than
war. Pacifism evidently joins Uncle
Toby, who complained that "our armies
swore terribly in Flanders
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-14
ALABAMA PRESS

Tuscaloosa News: Well have to admit
that Mr.. Hughes claim that he is 100 per
cent a candidate is true. There is no
statesman about him; he is simply a vote
seeker.
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NOT CONVERTED.

NOT CONVERTED.
I've just returned from the country"
said the enthusiastic man. Three square
meals day, plenty of sleep and nothing
to worry about-that's the life!'
You seem to like it."
And so do. But just think, haven't
been inside Of a theatre or a cabaret for
a month! Wen have to make the rounds
tonight
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o that n man might know
The end of this days business ere
1t come! Julius Caesar
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THE "PE1~ WORDS OF PUBLIC MEN

THE "PETw WORDS OF PUBLIC MEN
From the New York Herald
Persons who can be readily interested
in anything are nowadays carefully read
ing the speeches Of Charles Evans Hughes
to discover his word Not his words
for they are endless, as any nominee S
must be-by his word" the one definite
word that he uses for better or worse,
for richer and poorer, in sickness and
health. Every president Is equipped
with such a word, and those who think
that Mr.. Hughes Is to be president are
curious apace.
Mr.. Roosevelt used Strenuous until it
was quite as popular and generally known
as himself. Everything he did he did
strenuously. everything he failed to do
he explained strenuously and every thing
or person he encountered he was strenu-
ously for or opposed to.
Mr.. Taft's favorite word was Shock
ing" and 1t worked faithfully for him in
alomst every speech and utterance during
his official life. No end of things were
shocking, including Mr.. Roosevelt, who
strenuously sought to shock Mr.. Taft at
Chicago.
President Wilson has hit upon Solemn :"
All of his warnings to nations, individuals
or Congress are of that type. and he so
declares them. "On this solemn occasion
Is one of his best introductions for
speech. and any encounter with solem-
nifty is duly recorded by him orally.
Mr.. Hughes has avoided the fatal repe-
tlt1on so far, but the campaign is started
and the dictionary is before him.
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Mobile Register: Fashion says that
skirts are to be longer next season, just
as we've grown used to their being shor-
ter Fashions Jade that's never salts
fed