The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-14


mingham or Alabama today said Mr..
Sessions. What did they do
hats. millinery goods. pins. hardware,
Roauefort cheese.
From Italy-white capri wine, paintings,
vermuth, olive oil.
From Spain-Wines, brandies.
From china-Matting.
From Canary Islands-Garden seed
From 1reland-Ginger ale.
From Scotland-Whiskies.
From Belgium-Wines and gin, rugs,
tapestries.
From Cuba-Cigars.
From Holland-Bulbs seeds, Swiss
cheese.
From Japan-Matting. chinaware, porce-
lain ware.
Materially Affected by War
Some lines are materially affected by
the war, while others may be done with
out or be supplied in America. At first
aspirin, that popular headache medicine.
was hard to get, but now sufficient guam
titles 1t are supplied by the one whole
sale house that has the patent right to
sell 1t in America under that name. Opium
advanced from 50 to SIS pound imInedi-
ately after Turkey became involved in
the war.
According to William G. Montgomery of
the Dewberry & Montgomery Stationery
company, few imported pencils are COM
ing in. Almost all of the fine drawing
pencils are made by A. W. Faber in Ger
many, and by l.. & C. Hardmuth in Aus
trie, manufacturers of Koh-I-Noor pencils.
Mr.. Montgomery says that the American
Pencil company is meeting the demand
with their Venus a high-grade pencil,
and the Eberhardt- Faber company IL
making a new drawing pencil.
High-priced drawing instruments made
in Switzerland can be sent via France or
Italy, but all artists and draughtsmen' $
materials are more or less affected.
A letter from Thomas S. Falck, STAY
anger, Norway, to Roswell II. Cobb presi-
dent of the Norway Products cooperation,
says that the catch of choice Norway
mackerel is a third smaller this year than
usual as the North sea was swept clean
of fishing vessels during the fishing sea-
son. These mackerel are caught with
book and line by the Norway fisherman,
whose fishing season is the summer and
fall, and as food rank with French sar-
dimes and California fruits. They are
shipped here in the fall and winter, reach
ing birmingham in the original packages,
and being distributed from the warehouse
here to points all the way from Arkansas
to Virginia. The business here is a big
one, and 1t was this company, through its
president, Mr.. Cobb that made the initial
move to make Birmingham a port OF en-
try.
Fine Bohemian and Austrian hand en-
broidery cannot be bought says M. v.
Joseph of Loveman, Joseph & Loeb. Ii
is made during the winter months by the
peasant girls who work in the restaurants
during the summer and this winter little
| will be made. A scarcity of fine gloves Is
predicted by Mr.. Joseph as the manufac-
turers in France are affected by the
war.
In Stuttgart and in Dusseldorf, Germany,
says Mr.. Joseph, whole families from
gra ndparents to little children are doll
makers, each person designing his dolls
as his fancy dictates, and putting into
them an individual style that is not dup
Heated by another person. Few OF these
are being made now. The supply for
Christmas, 1914, was shipped months ago
except a few delayed shipments, as the
one recently received through the local
office.
Wash goods for next spring may be hard
to get. They are always made up DUR
! ing the winter, and as the American
manufacturers will have difficulty in get
| ting dyestuffs the domestic goods will
| be affected, and imported fabrics will not
| be made in the usual quantities. The dell
| cately colored French organdies have
never been duplicated, and are one of the
| things for which America has always de-
pended upon European country.