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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02
STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER

himself composer, has devoted his
spare time TO a study of the composi-
tons of Stephen FOSter-who was, Mil
ligan said, IAN enigma. a paradox. The
wonder is that anybody who could write
music so well wrote so much that was
poor But good or poor, the music was
Fosters. and its composition extended
over period which lasted from his
sixteenth year until his death, a broken
and dissipated man in his thirty eighth
year. No scrap book ever complied could
have given him the material for thosN
wNe written throughout his 20 years OF
productive work.
Foster, as was well known. was born
Of a well-to-do and for this times A cul-
tured family of Pittsbure But he be-
ionged TO that tribe of wastrels which
cannot be- confined by conventions. and
which acknowledge no restraints. They
CONF prise the brilliant and shooting stars
of the ornament of life. They dart err
radically across the vision of mankind
blaze brilliantly, and all too untimely go
out. Byron. dying untimely at 81, when
me was about TO redeem his follies. was
one. Burns, truest singer of the soil
and Scotland's pride, was another, DIV
ms before his forty-fifth birthday. after
he had descended to such level that
any stranger visiting his home town
could whistle him to the tavern, With a
promise of free whisky. To the strange
and gifted trio America contributed Ed
gar Allan Poe, whose will was too weak
tosresist the arratie impulse of power
flu genius and who died, like Foster.
of alcoholism, in his fort;eth year But
history is full of precedents for Fos-
ter; it records too many musicians.
artists and writers who were unable to
bride and guide their own tempestuous
temperament
Mr.. Cooper. recounting in the New York
Herald his experience with Foster, ex-
planned that he had written some songs
and was deeply interested. when he
learned that Foster was accustomed to
spend his time in the back room of a
barroom on the corner of Hester and
Chrystie streets in New York city. 1t
was queer room, he said, dressed with
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02
GERMANS LEARNING
THE BOXING GAME
Amusing Incidents Recorded
at Recent Contest Staged
in Berlin
BY As,ocist.s Pres.

New York, November 1.-The spread of
boxing to countries which previous to the
war were not familiar with the ring
game has resulted in a number of novel
incidents viewed in the light of American
pugilistic traditions. Berlin has been the
scene of belated attempt to devotion the
nstic art, and at a recent series Of con-
tests the announcer gave a little harangue
in ADVANCE pointing out that as Ger
many wanted to be on even terms in all
sports, boxing as fostered by French
English and Americans had been intro
duced.
The first pair of boxers came respec-
lively from Berlin and Vienna and
weighed in at 115 and 12O German pounds
respectively. The German pound is one
tenth heavier than the American 1t was
Characteristic that no two boxers weighed
the same. One was invariably heavies
and had the advantage.
The first victim, after putting up a
fair show for two rounds, ran afoul of
a wild swing of his opponent, and so
crude was the opponent the "swipe was
with an open glove, and was really moth
ing more than slap in the face. They
we're eight-ounce gloves, too.
Down went the boxer who had done
SO well for two rounds. He took the
count of nine, rose. and in a few seconds
went down again. from a blow that
could not have been more than tap.
He seemed to have lost courage. and
though he was never out or anywhere
near it, he lost all interest in fighting,
and obediently perched himself on elbows
and knees as the referee counted him
out.
The last bout was very short and sweet
principally because the far heavier man
was a German who had lived in San
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kegs Of whisky and gin, and with its
reek OF spirits. spice ana SOAP.
Mr Cooper thus describes the man who
wrote the songs that have been heard
around the world for 20 years:
II had known Foster BY repute and
had been an admrer Of his genius.
had pictured him as distinguished as his
fame. Imagine what 1 felt when 1
say little, long-faced. sonbre man
with great eyes, dressed in a cracked.
glazed cap and patched coat and panta-
looms almost too disreputable to stir
abroad in. realized with a shock that
Foster was in his decadence. More
than that, he Was broken wreck of "a
man at So years lie was living a use
less purposeless life here in New York.
separated from his wife and without
reputable friends.
Mr.. Cooper easily entered into an
agreement with Foster for collaboration
in producing songs and for three years
and half they worked together. much
of their music, and song writing being
done in that room where Foster had been
discovered Mr.. Cooper also corrected
any impression that Foster was nor
appreciated in his life. or that his poV
erty was due to any other reason e.,
cept his inability TO manage his own
life. Any song thas Foster might write
could be sold Immediately for So moi
much but sum that amounted 60
much more in those days than now
Moreover, when Mr.. Cooper met him he
had just closed deal with his publishers
who had popularized odd Black Joe
My old Kentucky Home" and odd
Folks al Home and for royalties he
had received $1400.
The end was not far off. but Cooper
said, in reference to the charge of
plagiarism: Tunes flowed from Foster
as easily as did that rum. of which he
drank so much. flow from the spigot of
that little barrooIn grocery where we did
SO much of our collaborating
Whils sodden with drink in January.
1861. FSster fell at his room in = tentbl
rate hotel and badly cut his head. Cooper
himself carried him to the hospital.
whore he died two or three davs late
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not from the cuts he received in his fall
but from alcoholism. The body was res
cued from s0e ,noVlo and his wife and
family in Pittsburg were notified. The
family OF Foster gave him a handsome
burial in Pittsburs. The faithful but un-
happy wife Of the genius hurried to New
York and to the morgue, with their l3-
year-old daughter.
In the midst Of her grief. she turned
to Cooper and said, II couldn't have lived
with him, Mr. Cooper, could IT,
And Cooper said to her quite simply
and truly, NO, YOU couldn't have nved
with him
There could he no living with, in any
security or happiness. these wastrels Of
genius. They are of a class apart ana
Il is perhaps fortunate for society that
their brilliant appearance is rare We
may. and We do, enjoy their art. but a
society in which there is any consider
able number Of them would be intoler
able. The world honors them, and the
world pities them. Their unhappy tenn
netatoent does not destroy alone their
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02
A CLEAR COMPLEXION
Ruddy Cheeks SparklingE Eyes
Most Women Can Have
Says Dr.. Edwards, a Well-known
Ohio Physician

D.FM.Edwards for II years treated
scores of women for liver and bowel all
ments. During these years he gave to
his patients prescription made OF
few well-known vegetable ingredients
mixed with olive oil, naming them
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets. You will
know them by their olive color.
These tablets are wonderworkers on
the liver and bowels, which cause a
normal action, carrying off the waste
and poisonous matter in ones SYSTEM
II you have pale face, sallow look.
dull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, head
aches, a listless, no-good feeling. all out
of sorts, inactive bowels. you take one
of DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets nightly
for a time and note the pleasing results.
Thousands of women and men take
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets--the sue
cessful substitute for calomel-now and
then just to keep them fit. 1oc and 2oc.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
In his brilliant and peculiarly interest
ing memoirs OF a life which has touched
that of the great and near great of the
past 70 years. and which was lived much
IN travel and social intercourse. Col
Henry Watterson unwittingly provoked
controversy over the life and charac-
ter Of stephen Foster. that strange man
who wrote, My Old Kentucky Home. .
Down on the s'wanee Ribber" and many
other songs, which have linked together
three generations of Americans in the
common enjoyment of the appealing mel
odies of sentiment.
Colonel Watterson. writing in the satur-
Gay Evening Post. touched briefly upon
mat wastrel and genius, Stephen Foster,
and on the authority of Will S. HAYS, a
rival but less successful song composer
SAID that Foster got his melodies tout
OF an old scrap book of all sorts of an
odds and ends of musical text left him
by a German friend" This opinion as
10 the origin oft the famous melodies of
Fester was confirmed in the mind of
Colonel Natterson, when on one &C.
casion in Vienna, he heard a recital Of
certain unpublished musical compositions
OF Schubert: at that concert he discov-
cred that the whole rhymth and move
ment and part OF the score of odd Folks
at Home were the score.
This was the total of the case against
Foster on the charge of plagiarism. His
friends found il easy to refute that
charge, and the chief value of the brief
controversial discussion was to throw
new light on the life OF the wanderer
ana waster who wrote songs. sung now
Tor 20 years songs heard in every house
mold In America, songs which brought
tears to the eyes and sobs to the throats
or American youth in the Argonne For
est and songs which viii no doubt be
sung as long as American civilization en-
dures. Il was fortunate for the memory
OF Foster and his claims as composer
That former .collaborator of his. one
who had written the words to many of
his melodies loster wrote and published
no less than 10 sengs-was still living
at the age of 81 in Brooklyn. He is
George Cooper. who after an association
in joine song production with Foster for
three and a half years. took him dying
to Bellevue hospital one cold morning
in January. 1864, and who rescued the
body from the morgue and burial in Pot
ter,s field after the song writer had
died of alcoholism.
The charge of plagiarism against Eos
ter is quickly disposed of by his biog-
rapher Harold Vincent Milligan, who,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02
PADEREWSKI FINDS
REQUEST SACRED

Paris. October Premier Paderewski
Of Poland was perhaps the busiest man
at the peace conference when Polish ques-
tons were under discussion. For four
Gays and four nights the Polish premier
worked like a Trojan. Entering his
chamber on the evening of the fourth
day, he noted that the volume of accum-
ulated correspondence had become very
great: letters from friends business men,
diplomats relatives, lying unopened.
one envelope persistently caught his
eye; it was marked Urgent and Per
sonaL" He opened it, snatched pen and
ink, and hurriedly replied TO il.
The letter came from A New York
musical enthusiast who wished TO know
whether the "Andante" of the second
symphony should be rendered with or
without the pedal.
THAT was sacred" relates Paderew-
ski to the Eclair. "it could not wait"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02
OPEN NOSTRILS! END
A COLD OR CATARRH :.
How To Get Relief When Head
and Nose are Stuffed Up.
A~>%@&%%~~@%%<%A%$%%~%%A

Count Fifty. Your cold In head or ca
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will clear and you can breathe freely. No
more snuffling, hawking, mucous dis
charge, dryness or headache; no strug-
Cling for breath at night.
Get small bottle of Eiy's Cream Baln,
from your druggist and apply little OF
this fragrant antise2tic cream in your
nostrils. 1t penetrates through every air
pa ssage of the head, soothing and healing
the swollen or inflamed mucous mem
brane, giving you instant relief, Head
colds and catarrh yield like magic, Don't
stay stuffed up and miserable. Relief il
sure.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02

Calomel is mercury When it comes
into contact with sour bile, it crashes
into it, breaking it up. Then is when
you feel that awful nausea and cramp-
ing. II you are sluggish. IL liver is tor
pid and bowels constipated or you have
headache dizziness coated tongue, if
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02
Parrot Saves Woman's Life


Paris, October 4-The Widow Giraud :
parrot saved her from robbery and per-
haps death yesterday morning, A burly
Young man, who entered the shop to ron
it. seized Mrs. Giraud by the throat and
was choking her 10 death when cries
of Help. help were heard from the
kitchen in the rear of the store Terri
fed the robber released his hold on the
widows throat and fled. The alarm
had been given by the parrot.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02

Cascarets end biliousness, headache.
colds and constipation so gently you're
never even Inconvenience. There is no
gripping and none of the explosive
aftereffects OF cathsrtics like CalomeI,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02

Pape's Diapensin antacid. They know
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sin tastes like candy and a box of this
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breath is bad or stomach sour, just try
a spoonful of harmless Dodsons Liver
Tone tonight.
Here's my guarantee-Go to any drug
store and get bottle of Dodson's Liver
Tone for few cents. Take a spoonful
and IL it doesn't straighten you right
up and make you feel fine and vigorous,
go back to the store and get your
money. Dodson's Liver~Tone is de-
stroying the sale of Calomel because it
cannot salivate or make you sick.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02

Your upset stomach will feel fine No
waiting. When your meals don't fit aud
you feel uncomfortable when you beIch
gases. acids or raise sour undiges ted food
When you feel Jumps of indigestion main
heartburn or headache from acidity. Just eat
tablet of harmless and reliable Pape's Dia
pepsln and the stomach distress is gone
Millions of people know the magic of
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who are near them. and who would,
if it were possible. protect them from
the consequences Of their own violent
weaknesses
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02
LARGE FAMILIES
FOUND IN FRANCE

Paris october 4.-If the flood Of let
ters which is daily reaching the trus-
tees of the 100000 franc fund given by
NJ. Cognac, to be distributed in lots of
% 600 francs to families consisting of
more than nine children, is to be taken
as a criterion. then depopulation in
France is not as bad as it has been re-
ported. Among the candidates to the
fund is a mother who boasts of II chill
dren, born of the same wedlock.
More than ZOO letters from parents
claiming progeny of more than nine
children have been received.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02

Francisco for a long time-Hans Breiten-
straeter he called himself on the pro-
gramme. Hans showed just a bit of
class, and the knowledge that he had
been in America and presumably knew
something about boxing evidently awed
his eght-po lighter opponent.
1t was soon after the opening of the
second round that Hans hit Friedrich
tap OH the chin, and he promptly gave
up the ghost. He was no more out
than the other defeated pugilists He had
had enough. and he lay quiet until ten
had sounded. then bounded to his feet
ana ran from the ring.
In sharp contrast were the unusual
circumstances attending the victory in
London of Eugene Criqui the Frenchman,
over Walter Ross. the Englishman. for
the premier bantamweisht honors of Eu
rope. The final blow was delivered when
Ross did not know the fight was on
and when the ring was crowded with
seconds and other enthusiastic spec
tators
Near the close of the fourteenth round
right hook to the jaw sent Ross to
the mat apparently finished After a
few moments, seconds from both corners
with spectators claiflbered into the ring.
Ross was carried to his corner helpless
and the French contingent hogan to cele-
brate. Amid the usual confusion attend
ing knockout, Eugene CORR, the ref
cree, announced that the gong had
sounded at the count of seven.
Ross, revived but dazed joined the ges-
ticnlating Frenchmen and others in the
center of the ring, as CORR was trying
to clear the ring, all the while calling
Bout on" a familiar London expression
after an interruption. At first no one
paid any attention to him. Criqui fin
ally realized that with the referee call
ing Bout on he had a right to fight,
SO he made his way through the crowd
and planted solid right on the unsus-
pectng Ross jaw. There was no ques-
ton about Ross being "out' after that,
and Criaui was officially credited with
winning the championship by a knock
out in the fifteenth round.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-02

Salts. sickening oil or cramping Pills.
Tonight take Cascarets and get rid OF
the bowel and Liver poison which IS
keeping you miserable and sick cas-
carets cost little and work while you
sleep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-24

later time when it may be useful 20
act. j feel that il would perhaps he
wiser not to consult Mr.. Root at all
and certainly not Mr.. Lodge and his
sympathetic associates on the foreign
relations committee. until the situa-
ton more fully develops and issues
are more clearly drawn
| am sending n copy OF this letter
to Mr.. Hilles. with the hope that you
and he may confer in furtherance of
our common object. which is that OF
securing a ratification of the treaty,
freeing of the republican party
from the burden of defeating the
treaty. and the removal of its issues
from the next political campaign
AS always, sincerely yours,
W. II. TAFT.
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Suggests Withholding Letters.

1t is at such time. l conceive. when
suggestions of the character I have
made can perhaps be useful. My
view, therefore. is that you would bet
ter keep our correspondence confiden-
tial until the issue is thus clearly
drawn. Then it may be possible for
me to be useful with the democrats.
because they know / am in favor OF
ratification of the treaty without res
ervation or amendment, if possible,
and thus stand with them. Under
stand me. | have no desire to appear
as the author of a compromise. and
am entirely willing and anxious to
suppress my relation, if by so doing
it Will facilitate satisfactory rati-
fication of the treaty. l only wish to
help where and when / can. and |
wish to avoid injury to the cause by
complete self effacement, if that will
HELM
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by forty-fi five democratic votes, with
three republicans. against them, then
the deadlock will be on.
The democrats and three republic
cans can defeat amendments, but they
cannot ratify the treaty. Sixteen
more republicans are needed. We may
be sure there are that number of re-
pubiicanS who are friendly to the
league of nations, and are anxious
to ratify the treaty and relieve the
republican party from the burden of
defeating it. We can be sure also
that the democrats who favor the
treaty will be anxious to have a rati-
fication, if not without reservations
then with reservations that do not de-
Stroy it's effect
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Ready to Make Open Statement.

I am ready at any time. when it is
thought to be useful, to make such
a statement but 1 don't wish to make
it when it will merely create con-
fusion worse COMPOUNDED. 1 have
opened communication on the sub
ject with the three senators whose
votes l hope may defeat radical res
ervations in the nature of amend
ments likely to come from the ma
jority in the foreign relations COM
mittee. These recommendations have
to be voted for by Borah in order to
bring them out of the committee. if.
as I hope. McCumber will vote
against them. After their defeat,
which l hope may be accomplished
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Construes Article z.

The third Interpretation is an exact
legal construction of the effect of article
X, and do not see how any Of the sig
natory powers can object to 1t. The
in respect to the function
of Congress under this article Is the
result of the distribution OF
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Feels Defects Due to Mr.. Wilson.

1 feel that some of the defects OF
the league of nations are due to him.
am confident that he prevented the
enforce peace in respect to an inter
national court and the settlement of
justiciable questions. This was, as 1
am advised. in the English plan, but
was studiously omitted from the very
satisfactory American plan. His preju-
dice against courts is well known. Ar
Z le X, 1 think, is due to him pri-
n. 4rily, because it is merely the en-
bodiment of the last of his fourteen
points. While it came from his sug-
gestion/ however, 1t suited the de-
mand of the French, so far as it went,
and I believe it to be now the heart of
the league in tending to unite the
forces Of the world in police duty to
suppress wars of conquest.
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Mr.. Taft's Second Letter.

My Dear Will: Referring to your
telephone to me this Sunday morn
ing, | understand you to agree with.
me that it would be unwise al this
time to bring my suggestions to the
attention of Mr. Root, Senator Lodge
or OF the republicans ranged in gen.
eral opposition to the ratification of
the league without reserva TONS
What I fear is that if these reserva-
tons come to knowledge of such op-
ponents of the league their author
ship will at once prompt opposition
to them. l understood you to say
that at a later time an open state
ment by ME to the public that I ap-
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Glad of Mr.. Hays Approval.

I am glad to know from you that
you approve the compromise ! have
suggested. and that you believe in
Keeping the matter confidential until
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Calls Article K Necessary.

The power of anne ndment, contained
within the terms Of the league, Of
fers full opportunity to remedy the
defects Of the league with reference
to the international court and in
other respects. The great point
which supporters of the league Of
nations now should seek is the estab-
1ishment of basis upon which
through amendments the league can
be perfected. 1t is absolutely neces-
sary to retain article x in order to
stabilize the world. The fluid condi-
ton of the region OF the war threat
ems the stability of the world, and it
needs the united forces of the world
to restore a normal condition of self
maintenance. In my judgment,
therefore, it would be most unfor-
tunate if the cautionary influence Of
article x may not be retained in the
crucial decade through which tho
world is to pass.
The attitude Of hostility toward the
President has aroused criticism and
opposition which might have been
avoided had he taken with him such
a man as Mr.. Root and two represen-
tatives of the foreign relations COM
mittee in the Senate. The criticisms
thus aroused have stirred the con-
science of a number of republican
senators. and have endangered the
ratification of the league by two
thirds OF the Senate.
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Because of reports Of yellow fever
prevalent in northern Peru. the Ecua-
dorian board of health has closed all
the ports of Ecuador to vessels ar
irving from northern Peruvian ports