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'Save Steadily
The man or woman who
saves only now and then
apldom has money for future
not'd s.
If you are anxious to take
your place am«ng the well to
do people, save steadily and
deposit what you save with
this hank.
Every dollar deposited will
he put to work for you.
The First National Bank
‘‘A National Bank for
Savings”
Capital and Surplus
$3,000,000
WILL NOT PERMIT
USE OF HANDBILLS
ON CITH STREETS
Commission Worried by Lit
tered Condition of Pave
ments and Cancels
All Permits
Many citizens have complained within
the last few days about the littered con
dition of the streets with political hand
bills advertising meetings, theatrical post
ers and all kinds of advertising cards.
Therefore, the commissioners passed a
resolution at the meeting yesterday can
celling all permits now existing and de- j
daring that future^ acts of such kind
would be diligently prosecuted.
The commissioners feel that this mat
ter accumulating on the streets makes'
them unsightly and is an infringement of
the ordinance prohibiting the throwing;
of trash on the streets. The matter is j
usually circulated by men and boys who!
stuff the hills Into the pedestrian’s hand,
about nine-tenths of whom drop the hill
to the street without looking at it.
The resolution is as follows:
“Whereas, it is becoming customary for
many business houses, theatres and citi
zens to distribute circulars and advertis
ing matter and political dodgers on the
streets of the city, and,
“Whereas, This tends not only to lit
ter the streets, avenues and sidewalks
and making same unsightly, but is an
Infraction of section 480 of the city code,
prohibiting the depositing or throwing
of any trash, etc., whatsoever on the
public streets of the city; now, therefore,
be it
“Resolved by the hoard of commission
ers of the city of Birmingham, That from
end after this date this practice will not
- longer l>e permitted: that any permit now
outstanding permitting such practice is
hereby revoked, and the police and san
itary departments are hereby instructed
to see that section 480 fit the city code
la complied with."
Children Can See Animals
At the request of "scores of children,
Manager Semon has arranged a recep
tion on the stage at the Orpheum theatre
this afternoon. The little folks will he
Invited up to see the. animals in De Dio’s
comedy circus, which include several
pretty dogs which are splendidly trained,
several monkeys, a mule that bucks and
a pretty pony. The animals are all well
trained and absolutely safe.
TERMINAL PARCEL
STATION LEASED
Will Facilitate Handling of
Parcel Post Matter
OPEN IN TWO WEEKS
Is Located on Fifth Avenue Near
Twenty-Fourth Street—Will Not
Be Used for Distribution
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of Local Mail
Birmingham is to have a Terminal rail
way postoffice. It will probably be in
operation within the next two weeks.
It was announced last night that the
Messer Real Estate and Insurance com
pany, through its president, M. P. Messer,
and its vice president, F. E. Butler, had
closed a contract with the government,
renting a ‘‘double” building on Fifth ave
nue between Twenty-third and Twenty
fourth streets. This building, it was stat
ed, would be used as a Terminal railway
office, and is to be placed in operation to
facilitate the handling of the parcel post
mail. The parcel post packages that come
to Birmingham residents will be distrib
uted at the local office, but mail con
signed elsewhere will be sorted and sent
out from the Terminal office. 4
Supeiintendent of Railway Mails Bunn
is said to have been the government's
agent in securing the building from the
Messer company. Mr. Bunn, it appears,
has been in Birmingham for some days
and lias been carried to almost every place
in the city. He was better pleased with
the. Fifth avenue location than any other,
and he accordingly signed the contract for
its use. The building is called a "double,”
but it is really two buildings. Vice Pres
ident Butler of the Messer company stated
last night, that the two would be con
nected by arches. It is 40xM feet square,
and is on the south side of Fifth avenue,
near Twenty-fourth street. It will be
fitted up according to government specifi
cations, and it is said that it will be one
of the largest stations of its kind in the
south.
This idea of a terminal office is a very
new' one. Indeed, it is so new that very
few are in operation in the country. Pitts
bOrg was the last to have one put in op
eration, w'hich wras done something like a
month ago. The office in the Pennsyl
vania city is located in the Terminal
station, and the mail is carted from the
train directly into the postoffice. It Is
here distributed and local mail is sent to
the main office, while the mail intended
for other cities can be sent out on the
next train. The value of this comes in
that no mail will be compelled to miss
a train that runs within, say 20 minutes,
after the mail is removed from the preced
ing train.
It is expected that the advent of the
new departure in the handling of parcel
post mail will greatly facilitate the Christ
mas delivery of parcel post packages. It
will relieve the local department of much
work.
The Terminal office will .begin opera
tions with six employes, ami Postmaster
T. H. Aldrich said last night that he un
derstood it would be In operation within
two w'eeks. Mr. Aldrich stated, however,
that he had nothing to do with that de
partment, and was not in position to. have
accurate information. Mr. Bunn, he said,
was superintendent of the railway mail
service, under which comes the Terminal
office.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE
Virgil O. Slrickler Will Be Heard at
Bijou Tomorrow Afternoon
A lecture on Christian Science will he
delivered by Virgil O. Strickler of New
York city at the Bijou theatre tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o’clock.
This lecture is under the patronage of
the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of
this city, which extends a cordial invita
tion to the public to be present. A large,
audience wjll doubtless hear this au
thoritative explanation of the fundamen
tal principles of Christian Science. The
lecture is free to all.
UNDERWOOD RALLY WILL
BE BIG AFFAIR TONIGHT
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Gipsjf, Smith Auditorium Expected to be Filled to Hear Final
Speech of Senatorial Candidate Before His Return to
Washington—Parade Will Form at Courthouse
The Jefferson county friends of Oscar
YV. Underwood will rally tonight. The
time is 7:.'l0 o'clock. The place is the
Gipsy Smith auditorium.
At the rally Mr. Underwood will deliver
an address. He will take advantage of
the opportunity to answer before the cit
izens of Jefferson county the charges pre
ferred against him by his opponent, Con
gressman Hobson.
And having answered the charges, he
will discuss the record of his opponent.
He will show what he himself has ac
complished in the way of tangible re
sults, and what his opponent has accom
lished.
The address of Mr. Underwood will he
his last in the present quarter of the cam
paign. It will be the most important of
all his speeches. He will he talking to the
friends of his home county, the friends
whom he has represented and to whom
Captain Hobson preferred charges against
his political honor and integrity.
Mr. Underwood’s address will he the
principal feature.
The doors of the auditorium will he
thrown open at 7 o’clock. John W. Sibley
of Birmingham will preside. He will first
of all present Dr./Russell M. Cunningham
of Ensley, a popular citizen of the county,
former lieutenant governor, and one cf
the finest orators of the state.
Dr. Cunningham will deliver an address
in characteristic style. It will he short,
but throbbing with force and sentiment.
He will then present Mr. Underwood.
Prior to the speaking, there will be a
parade finder the direction of Field Mar
shal E. J. McCrossin. This parade will be
formed at the courthouse at 6 o’clock and
will be marched through the business sec
tions of the city.
It is anticipated that the auditorium
with a seating capacity of practically 7000
will be filled with enthusiasts. It is un
derstood that many beiits of the county
will be represented, and that many ladles
of Birmingham and the surrounding terri
tory desirous of complimenting Mr Un
derwood by their presence, wilh attend.
Mr. Underwood returned yesterday
morning from Dothan, where Thursday
he delivered an address to thousands of
citizens representing several of the pro
gressive counties of the wire grass. He
was delighted with the reception which*
was accorded him. It was said in the
press dispatches that the crowd which
heard Mr. Underwood was the largest ever
gathered together in the history of
Dothan.
‘T discussed the issues of the cam
paign,” said Mr. Underwood, "and re
ferred to my opponent in way of refuting
the untenable charges which he has pre
ferred against me. and which he has not
attempted to prove, and in way of pre
senting his record to the people. L was
very careful to refrain from taking any
position which might be construed as an
attack against his integrity.
“The two audiences, the overflow and
that in the theatre, were evidently pleased
with what I said, for they gave me as
warm a reception as I have received any
where.”
BABY CONTEST WILL
CLOSE DECEMBER 1
About 2,500 Babies From
Over State Have Entered
for Prizes
The city commissioners have received
something like 2500 names of babies from
all over the state in the 1915 World's Ex
position baby contest, in which $50,000 in
prizes are to he awarded in the state of
Alabama alone. The contest closes the
last day of this month.
A letter was received a short time.ago
from officials of the exposition in San
Francisco, stating that advice would be
given soon as to the date of the arrival of
the official exposition photographer, who
will come to Birmingham and take a pho
tograph of everyone of the babes. The
commission is now puzzling over where
these pictures can be taken, for if a good
per cent of the entries show up w ith their
mothers and nurses on the appointed clay
there will be ‘‘some crowd.”
The majority of the entries are from
tills city and county, hut many of them
are from all parts of the state. Those in
other Alabama towns and counties are ex
pected to send photographs of the babies
they have entered, although this is not
necessary and they can br.ing the baby to
Birmingham and have its picture taken
on the appointed day.
Letters will be sent in ample time to
every entry in the contest as to the date
the photographer will be in Birmingham.
JThe pictures to lie taken will be displayed
in the children’s building at the big expo
sition in 1915, and the prizes awarded will
he awarded from the pictures. The capi
tal prize in Alabama will be $1000, it is
stated, and the remainder will be divided
into many prizes graduated from that on
down to prizes of $2 and $3.
All that is necessary' to enter a baby
in the contest is to send its name and
address to the Birmingham city commis
sioners.
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ROYAL
The Standard for Baking Powders
the World Over is
an Absolutely Pure,
Cream of Tartar Baking Powder
CRFAM OF TARTAR is the crystallized
acid of grapes refined to absolute purity
and ground to a creamy flour. It is de
clared by physicians the most wholesome
of all fruit acids, and has been proved .by long and
universal experience the most efficient and satis
factory for baking purposes.
Highly refined products of the. grape, properly
combined with bicarbonate of soda and a Jittle
corn starch to absorb atmospheric moisture, are the
sole ingredients of the ideal, high-class, standard
baking powder.
Many acids have been tried during the last hun
dred years to find a substitute for the grape cream
of tartar which would cost less. In recent years
alum, which makes a baking powder at a cost of
'two cents a pound, has been used because of its
trifling cost. Alum, however, has been disapproved
by scientific chemists and physicians and is not em
ployed by manufacturers of high-class powders.
Cream of tartar powders being healthful them
selves, add to the healthfulness of the food.
By PASI MASTERS
King Solomon Lodge to Have
Novel Communication
Tuesday Night
Past worshipful masters of King Solo
mon lodge will compose a team that will
confer the degree of Master Mason Tues
day night. November 25, at the Masonic
temple. Every dflicer front the master to
the spokesman of the fcitow crafts and
all other places will lie filled by an actual
past master of the lodge. Some of them
have been out of office so long that one
might suppose they had grown rusty, hut
such is not tlie case, and they propose to
show the "youngsters" lio'w the degrees
should 1)0 conferred.
The lodge is the oldest lodge in tlie
city of Birmingham, excepting Farrar
lodge at Elyton and has numbered among
its members some of the most distin
guished Masons in the state and today
boasts several past grand masters of the
state upon its roster.
The following invitation and programme
have been sent out:
"Dear Kir and Brother:—You are cordi
ally and fraternally Invited to attend a
communication of this lodge to he held
Tuesday, November 25, at which time the
sublime degree of Master Mason will be
presented.
"Tlie past masters of tills lodge, who
have served us well and faithfully in the
days gone by, have consented to confer
the degree.
"Come and let us inspire them by our
presence, and make this the occasion of
a reunion of those members who, in days
of yore, were active in the work, and con
tributed of their time and substance to
tlie honor and glory of King Solomon
lodge. Tours fraternally.
"W. J. WinTAKER,
"Worshipful Master.
"J. S. WHITE, Secretary."
PROGRAMME.
Opening.
Invocation. •
Music: Orchestral selection.
Work Master Mason degree.
Music.
Good of the order.
"Reflections of the Days of Auld Lang
Syne.”
'Closing.
Benediction.
Dramatis Personae—J, D. Matlock as
W. M. (X90S); Bertram Jacobs as S. W.
(1898), S. M. Adler as J. W. (1890), J. H.
Phillips as treasurer (1890), J. B. Cobbs
as secretary (1900), Colman Blach as S. D.
(1897). Ben M. Jacobs as J. D. (1895), J.
F. Graham as tyler (1SS9), J. F. Rushton
as steward (1904), S. F. Lazarus as stew
ard (1905).
Fellowcrafts—W. H. Woolverton, spokes
man ('12); J. Friedman (1909). J. S. White
(1902). A. W. Miller (180(0, W. F. Man;
George S. Obear, S. F. Man (188*). K. 11.
Green (19111 1. R; A. B. Harris (1910) 2 R;
W. S. Scott (1903 ) 3 R.
OVER 500 SERVED BY
LADIES YOTAY
Succeeding Beyond Their
Fondest Expectations.
Today’s Menu
The success that is crowning the ef
forts of the ladies of the Children’s
Day Nursery In the serving of dinners
from 12 to 2:30 o’clock dally has been
far greater than the fondest hopes of
any of them had conceived. Yesterday
the ladies, mindful of the short sup
plies of the previous day, were in po
sition to serve all who called. The
work had become systematized to such
an extent that more than 500 people I
were served with the dinners in the
two and a half hours.
The menu for today undergoes a
slight change. It Is as follows:
Turkey, cranberry sauce, rice, green
peas, spaghetti Italian, salad, wine jel
ly and cream, coffee.
The rooms at 322 Twenty-first street,
where the dinners are served, is rap
idly becoming one cf the “show places'’
of the city. ‘ Business men make their
engagements for lunch there and the
new “lunch room” Is proving very
popular. The food served is the very
last word in culinary urt and the price
Is only 50 cents.
Tile ladies in charge for today are
Mrs. Ned R. McDavia, Mrs. Samuel E.
Greene and Mrs. Felix Blackburn.
Cox Named Trustee
The first meeting of the creditors of
the Birmingham Car and Manufacturing
company was held yesterday before Judge
Alex Birch, referee In bankruptcy, and
John Cox, the present receiver, was ap
pointed trustee. The concern went into
bankruptcy several weeks ago, and is
one of the largest of the minor indus
trial plants of the district. The time of
the next meeting of the creditors will be
aiyiounced later.
NEWTON CREATES A
SCENE IN COURT AS
WYATT TAKES STAND
Repudiates Alleged Confes
sion to Burglaries, But Is
Found Guilty by
the Jury
“That's the man that forced me to
say'what I did. It’s a lie, you dog; it's a
lie," shouted Louis Newton, on trial for
burglary and grand larceny, as Officer
Wyatt took the stand and was testifying
for the state. The case went to trial
yesterday in the second division of the
criminal court before Judge W. E. Fort,
and it was during the examination of the
state’s witnesses that the defendant
jumped to his feet and excitedly made
the above statement. Judge Fort ordered
the bailiffs to keep him quiet and not
allow him to Interrupt the proceedings
of the court.
Newton, it will be recalled, was arrested
charged with a series of burglaries ami
much property, alleged to have been
stolen, Was found at his residence beyond
East Lake. He is alleged to have con
fessed to a large number of burglaries
and there are indictments pending against
him in the criminal court.
His attorneys entered a plea of not
gyilty and not guilty by reason of in
sanity. The defense introduced several
prisoners confined in the county jail who
testified as to the strange and' unusual
conduct of the prisoner wiiile in jail await
ing trial.
The jury found him guilty as charged
in the indictment. He was returned to the
county jail. There are five other cases
oft the same charge docketed against him.
He was defended by D. .1. Davis and
Judge James Davis. Assistant Solicitor*
Ed Winston represented the state.
Grand Jury Still at Work •
The grand jury for the September term
is still examining witnesses and will not
make its final report until some time next
month. It is possible that a number of
indictments will tie reported today, al
though nothing has been given out. Ru
mors are prevalent that the grand jury
report will be sensational, but nothing
has been given out to indicate that such
will be the case.
Prisoners Convicted
A large number of jury jail cases were
disi>osed of yesterday in the criminal
court, both judges sitting on the cases
docketed for the day. Judge Greene is in
the first division and among the cases
disposed of wrere the following: Robert
Johnson, charged with assault with in
tent to murder, was found guilty. He was
accused of attempting to blow up a bouse
at Ensley with dynamite. Elbert White
was convicted of grand larceny and Prude
McCain of burglary. Will Steeples was
convicted of stealing brass.
Suits Filed
The following were among suits
filed yesterday in the city and circuit
courts:
E. M. Baggett vs. Louisville and Nash
ville Railroad company; $2<M)0 damages
claimed ror alleged injury to goods in
transit.
John Beddy vs. l^ouisville and Nashville
Railroad company; $3000 damages for al
leged personal injuries.
D. C. Harris vs. N. L. Byers; $.>000 dam
ages claimed for alleged personal injuries.
IN FAV1 EACH BAY
The Elephant Will Perform
Tricks for Children
in Spring
"Miss Fancy” Is becoming more and
more popular with the kiddies of Bir
mingham. Every day in the week a
great number of the little ones call on
her at the zoo and favor her with
many admiring glances arid, as "Curly”
says, an occasional peanut. She Is for
ever begging the children for a “goob
er” but her trainer says that they are
more willing to present her with
grass.
‘ Miss Fancy” will he In position next
spring to perform many dainty tricks
for her little owners. She is a trick
elephant and numbers among her rep
ertoire two-stepping, rolling a barrel,
and other tricks.
"Nellie,” the little dog contributed
by young Walter Meseroll. is also go
ing to learn some tricks and will prob
ably he billed with “Fancy.”
CORONER PLANS TO
COMPILE REPORT
Believes Jefferson County Has Al
ready Passed 300 Homicides
Mark This Year
If he can secure the clerical ahl neces
sary Coroner Spain will begin gathering
the statistics preparatory for the com
position of his annual report in a few
days.
"It will bo quite a job." said Coroner
Spain, "as the records have been very
Inadequately kept and also the number
of homicides is very large. I am under
tiie impression that Jefferson county luis
already passed the 300 mark 'n homicides
so far this year, and 1 have made double
that number of Investigations .on other
unlawful deaths and accidents, it should
he an interesting report from t lie many
vital facts that it will contain."
Coroner Spain is going to Mttleton tills
morning to take up the Investigation Into
the killing of Will Wade last Sunday in
his home at which lime Mrs. Wade was
also shot and seriously wounded.
m
get your hot turkey
DINNER, ONLY
50 CENTS
322 N. 21st STREET
DINNER SERVED DAILY
12 TO 2:30 O’CLOCK UNTIL
NOVEMBER 27. BENE
FIT OF CHILDREN’S DAY
NURSERY. (SERVED BY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.)
Teaching Boys About
Money
Of course your boy is learning
something to help him make money
after a while.
Possibly you think he will have
time enough then to learn how to
resist the spending instinct and be
his own man financially.
Wouldn’t knowing how to save
a dollar now add many a dollar to
his capital and many a fibre to his
character when he leaves you for
his own career? Get up a savings
scheme for him and give him as a
partner in it an account in the Sav
ings Department of the
M1ER1CANTMJST il^AVINGSTt ANR
riRST AND TWENTIETH — BIRMINGHAM
MORNING MEDLEY OF
DAY’S DOINGS IN CITY
DR. DENNY ISSUES
LETTER OF APPRECIATION
Dr. George H. Denny, president of the
University of Alabama, the man chiefly
responsible for the University Dree Dis
pensary campaign, which has Just raised
$60,000. by which to erect a new free dis
pensary in this c«y. yesterday issued the
following letter:
“To the Editor of The Age-Hera Id:
“I desire to express through you to
the people of Birmingham and Jeffer
son county my appreciation of the very
handsome response to the appeal for funds
for the erection of a free dispensary to
be conducted for the benefit of this com
munity under the auspices of the Uni
versity of Alabama.
“It is, of course, true that we shall need
a larger sum to complete the task to
which we have set our hands. Yet it will
be gratifying to all good citizens that we
are able to begin the work feeling as
sured that in due time we shall reach the
desired goal.
“Birmingham has again illustrated that
line spirit of co-operation that has within
a single generation wrought the miracle
of building out of nothing into power
and splendor this great industrial center,
whose fame is today heralded across t..e
seas and around the world.
“it is infinitely to the. credit of the
people of this city that they can, when
occasion arises, give such splendid demon
stration of the fact that this is a city of
spiritual as well as of material primacy.
Yours very sincerely,
“GEORGE H. DENNY, President.'*
HARDING WILL PROBABLY
NAME COMMITTEE TODAY
President Harding of the Chamber of
Commerce did not announce his appointee*
yesterday to call upon the governor in
the interest of calling an extra session.
He is going to make sure that every man
•appointed by him is In position to accept
the appointment before saying anything,
and It is probable that he will make the
announcement today.
The result, of the mass meeting held at
tlie Chamber of Commerce auditorium
Thursday afternoon is a cause for gen
eral rejoicing, according to the gossip and
conversations heard in business circles
yesterday. The people of Birmingham
seem to be standing back of the Chamber
of Commerce in anything It desires to do
that may bring about the needed relief
for Birmingham, and it is easily seen
that the sentiment favors the calling or
an extra session.
The governor of Alabama will, In all
likllhood, pass through Birmingham the
early part of next week. He has an en
gagement at Florence and will pass
through the city twice during tile week.
On one of these occasions the delegation
to lie appointed by Mr. Harding will have
a conference with him. The impression
seems to prevail that the extra session
will lie called.
ACTION IS TAKEN
TO PROTECT TREES
The city commissioners intend to put a
stop to the tacking of signs, placards
and posters of any kind on trees or tree
boxes In parks or public highways, and a
resolution was passed at the meeting yes
terday offering a reward of $10 for the
arrest and conviction of any person so
doing.
Some time ago the city commission au
thorized the Boy Scouts to make arrests
in such cases, and to take down any
such posters or bills found on trees. It
then developed that after they were torn
down certain people got the habit of go
ing back and putting them up again. The
resolution follows:
"Resolved, That a reward of ten dollars
($10) be, and the same is hereby, offered
for the arrest and conviction of any per
son. llrm or corporation who shall here
after post, tack or paint, or cause to be
posted, tacked or painted, any bill, sign
or advertisement on any tree or tree box
or tree guard in any public highway or
park.”
ASSESSMENTS MUST
BE PAID IN CASH
Unless arrangements are made by prop
erty holders to pay their public Improve
ment assessments In Installments and
make the first payment within 30 days
after the time of the assessment, the as
sessment will have to he paid in cash
There has heen so much delay and dally
ing In citizens making the tirst payment
on the Installment plan covering 10 years
that the comnSssloners felt they had to
do something to make people pay prompt
ly. Tlie resolution is as follows:
"Resolved. That from and after January
j pul. public improvement assessments
on which original 30 days period for pay
ment by installments (10 year plan), ha*
expired, must be paid in cash.”
WILL MAKE CHARGE
FOR USE OF ARMORY
. Hereafter a charge of $5 is to he Iliad*
for use of the city hall armory and
other municipal buildings except for re
ligious or charitable purposes. The com
missioners passed a resolution to this ef
fect yesterday' on the grounds that it
costs this much and more for lights, heat,
etc , every time such buildings are used
bv organizations or citizens for public
meetings. The rt solution follows:
"Be It Resolved, by the hoard of com
missioners of the city of Birmingham.
That from and after this dale a minimum
charge of $T> shall he made for the use of
any auditorium or hall for holding any
meeting, except for religious or charit
able purposes, in any municipal build
ing property, or under the control of
the city of Birmingham.”
! IDENTIFIES NEGRO
WHO SHOT HUSBAND
Wash Gray, a negro, was positively
identified yesterday by Mrs. Haeld as one
of the negroes who assisted hi the shoot
ing of her husband. Ayopt Saeid. at Ave
nue D and Twenty-fourth street, several
nights ago. The negro Gray was arrested
III Anniston a few days ago and brought fcv
to Birmingham by a local detective. V
identification followed. |
The police now have two of the o- j
nai three negro bandits who shpt fc I
robbed Ayout Saeid and Herman Polloe,
in custody. They are Bennie Ward and
Wash Gray. The negro still at large Is
alleged to lie named George Cole and the
police expect to have him In the toils in
a few days.
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An Interrupted Conversation
How a Freckled Faced Boy, a Tiny Mouse and a Paper Para
chute Caused an Awful Panic
l»y CHARLKS H. MAMIY
“Wee, sleekit, cowrln tim'rous beastle,
O, what a panic’s In thy breastie
Thou need na start awa sae hasty
Wl' bickering brattle;
[ ,vi)d bo lalth to rin an' chase thee
Wl’ murd’rlng pattle.”
1 Possibly there Is no animal so timid
as a mouse, yet it Is a matter of common
knowledge that one tiny rodent about the
size of a butter bean has been known
to throw a whole roomful of people into
a panic. The Immortal Burns aptly de
scribes the little pest in Ihe lines, “Wee,
sleekit, cowrln tim'rous beastle,” and
there can be no doubt but that a
"panic’s In thy breastie” whenever a
mouse happens to wonder from Ids nest
and scampers to another place of safety.
Yet for all that people, that Is some
people, will scream and jump on chairs
and do all sorts of ridiculous things when
ever they catch sight of a tiny mouse tliat
[could hardly kill a fl.v. He Is a de
structive little beast, and all that, but
as harmless as a consumptive canary
bird so far as human beings are con
cerned.
Yesterday an office boy employed in
the I'lrst National Bank building caught
a mouse and was much elated at the
capture. He was all “boy,” from the crown
of his tousled head td the soles of his
muddy shoes. His retroueee nose and
twinkling eyes betoken a mischievous dis
position, and his subsequent actions
proved this to be a fact. After scaring
all the lady “typists” on the floor half out
of their wits by dangling the mouse by
its tall and threatening to throw (t on
them, be lookeil around for “new worlds
to conquer.”
Glancing out of the window he saw a
party of ladies standing on the street
corner engaged in an animated conversa
tion, but whether they were discussing
equal suffrage, mothers' clubs or just
gossip he did not learn, and probably did
not care. As his eyes fell on the rather
stylishly dressed party there came an in
spiration, a smile overspread hLs freckled
features and he got busy.
Securing a sheet of yellow' copy paper
and a ball of string, he rapidly construct
ed a paper parachute by tying a string to
each corner of the paper and tjing them
together a length of about two feet. To
the end of the string he securely tied
the mouse by the tail. Through, the open
window he placed the machine wtth its
living freight and dropped It right over
tiie spot where the ladies were standing.
The air was still and the parachute floated
gently earthward* with the mouse kick
ing to beat the band, evidently much
averse to the flight through the air.
The parachute fell true, and all at once
came a lull In the conversation afore
said. On the countenances of the ladles
flashed for a second the inquiry, “Do you
see what I see?” But It was only a sec
ond, for the little squealing rodent was
kicking frantically In its vain atempts to
get loose. Then came a scattering. It
is a mistake to imagine that women can
not move quickly when the occasion de
mands. No crowd ever dispersed at the
cry of "mad dog” as frantically as did
those ladies. Not only that, several of
them let out a good healthy scream, and
without stopping to open the door climbed
Into an automobile that was standing
near, regardless of a display of lingerie
and silk hose that would have been a
credit to a downtown store on opening
day.
Of course, the action of the ladies at
tracted attention, and other people scat
tered without knowing why. For a time
those at a distance did not know whether
some one had thrown a bomb or commit
ted murder. Finally a policeman appeared
and the cause of the disturbance was as
certained. In the meantime the mouse
hail gnawed the string and gained his
freedom, and after the manner of all mice
had discreetly disappeared. The police
man saw the paper and string lying on
the sidewalk and remarked: ”1 don't see
any mouse.” He was assured there was
one all right, but an expression of doubt
crossed his countenance, and the chances
are that he thought they had been seeing
things.
Leaning half way out of an upper win
dow was a tousled, freckled faced urchin
with grin on his mischievous countenance
and as pleased an air as If he had just
seen a circus—and he had!
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