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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07

forward and the future alone can rec ompense for the losses of the present.
 War Is made today with Iron and steel and the destruction of finished iron is enormous. Every ship that goes to the bottom means loss of iron that Is measured by thousands of tons. Shot and shell. torn up railroads. smashed cars, etc. all mean finished forms of iron that ultimately must be replaced. When the time comes peace will repair the waste of war and America will see an unprecedented activity. The problem Is how to hold on until that day comes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07
DOWN WITH THE PRESS AGENT

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 A Spanish grandee once observed that "A all royal and noble Spaniards agreed that the public was an ass and should be ridden. The only point upon which disagreement was possible was who should occupy the saddle.
 All special interests agree that the American press is an ass, but there is no disagreement about who shall ride it. The various interests are in hearty agree ment that everyone who has need of free advertising, or publicity" as 1t Is called, shall make free and unlimited use of the news columns. It Is due to the folly of the press that the burden of free adver- Using has been long and patiently borne. It Is time, surely, to rebel. The interest of the newspaper as business enter. prise; the conscience of the press as a gatherer and distributor of news; the req sonable demand of the reader that adver- Using shall bear a label, are influences which should combine to put an end to the riding of the ass by everybody and any body who wants publicity"
 Even the riders are beginning, many of them, to grasp the fact that they have made inordinate demands upon good ma. ture. The American Newspaper Pub fishers association. in Bulleton 32ol, re- prints a speech of E. A. Moree. represent ing the States Charities association of New York. at the charities conference in Philadelphia, in which it is stated that
 
 newspapers should be abandoned even by organisations fighting tuberculosis.
 MT. Moree is quoted as follows:
 We do not ask the stationer to con- tribute the paper we use. We do not ask
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07
WAR ECHOES

Chicago Herald It Is declared at Lon don that the Turks have staked their ex istence as a European nation by en torins the war. Previous to the announce ment 1t was declared unofficially that tn. allies would exact the fullest retribution
 Perhaps this is so. But the Turk il a gambler. He has no doubt that this i. the present view of the allies. But he i, apparently willing to take a chance thai the allies. even if successful will not b, so harmonious on the question when they come to decide 1t.
 If the allies are not successful he will be in stronger position to reassert him. self than at present. German victory will at least confirm his present posi- ton in Europe. It may even lead to hii reoccupation of some of the territory taken away. Who knows?
 The Turk has been so long threatened with extinction that he has apparently gotten used to 1t. It has ceased to fright en him, If ever it did And even if 1t doel happen it will be because it was fated to happen. There is but one God and Mo homet is His Prophet"
 It looks as if the area of the war would widen. The Balkan nations have never beef averse to fishing in troubled waters Now that the Turk has set the example, they are likely to follow. The Turks ultimate object is naturally to get back some of the lost territory. The Balkan states have all an interest In preventing him.
 It is not clear how the entrance of Fur key will affect the situation in the field where the great decision is to be fought out. She can't get at Russia by land. She probably doesn't think of 1t. She can enlbarrass Russia. but apparently she cannot make her weaken her forces at the front.
 The proclamation of a 'holy war; may have a serious effect in North Africa Again, 1t may not. All that remains to be seen. But if 1t does have a serious effect 1t will emphasize the community of in- terest between England. France and Italy In North Africa. And that may react powerfully on Italian opinion.
 The Turk is an excrescence on the map of Europe. He has been sustained only by the jealousy of the warning powers But 1t Is impossible not to recognize his bravery. He has staked his all and is seemingly willing Ito bide the hazard of the die.'
 Berlin Dispatch (via London) in the New York Herald: The Bombay Chron- iele,. in an editorial headed Suicide, ' says rof Turkeys entrance into the Flu. 'ropean war:
 The folly and rashness of those in whose hands the destiny of Turkey ii placed have plunged her in a vortex from which she cannot emerge with any shred of a status as a nation.''
 The Advocate of India says that Turke, has been betrayed by a coterie of official. from whom the Indian Mohammedans are politically free. Turkey has been made the tool of a country, it Is said, whose ideals are not those which have giver India peace. power and freedom
 The. Nizam of Hyderabad, the largest Mohammedan state in India, has issued a manifesto in which he says: :. Tt Is the bounden duty of the Mohar1- 7medans of India to adhere to tho British There is no country in the world where Mohammedans enjoy such liberty as they do in India.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07
ENOUGH

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 The king brought down his mailed nrst and the heavy table groaned al the impact.
 Let's have war; he cried.
 Ine senior adviser stepped forward
 There should be some excuse for if. ! he mildly declared.
 Race hatred" said the second ad. wiser ~
 Self-preservation," said the third. Diplomatic deception," put in the fourth. Impending aggression" added the fifth. The king laughed scornfully. And all the men -at-arms in the ante chamber clasneo thelr weapons and echoed the laugh.
 Let's have war" he roared.
 So they had war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer. woman spends half of her life worrying for fear she won't get mar ried and the other half worrying be- cause she did
 You can't make a love-sick princess
 believe 1t, but calomel is the best rem edy for broken heart
 If people always told the truth there wouldn't be much talking done. but there would be a hospital at each street corner.
 They have had prohibition in Kansas for a long time and Harvey Parsons of the Topeka State Journal says that while lots of men stagger down the
 main streets of that town every day. the citizens realize that said staRRer-
 CTS are full of joy and civil pride, and | they let it go at that. Maybe the reason why the women don't discard the tight skirt and wear | trousers is because 1t would take more goods to make the trousers. Every woman says: 1T don't care
 what the neighbors. say" But she does
 She can't sleep at night if she i'm agines the neighbors are talking about lher. l Tell a girl that she has a pretty nose and she will get cross-eyed try
 ing to look at it when there isn't a
 mirror around.
 A 17year-old girl imagines that
 every man she sees is passionately tr love with her. and would like to stea
 her. But about 10 years later she re- alizes that the only way she could catch a man would be to set a beal | trap on the sidewalk.
 man will roar about Economy unti his wife makes him a shirt with hel own hands and makes him wear it Then he shuts up for keeps and bribsI the laundryman to lose the shirt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07
"DEUTsCHLAND uEBER ALLIES"

Translated by Otto c. Kreuger. German land, above ell others; First of all, o'er seas and lands, When 1t in defense and danger Brotherly united stands.
 From the Mouse up to the Niemen, From the mountains to the sea, German land. above all others. Thou alone our world shall be. German women, German honor. German wine. the songs we sing, Shall retain in all the nations Their old, good and honest ring. And to noble deeds inspiring All the days that life 10 long, German women. German honor. German wine and German sone. Unity end right and freedom For the German fatherland,
 Toward this let us be striving Brotherlike with heart and hand. Unity and right and freedom Are the bond of happiness
 In this happy splandor flourish. Fatherland, which God may bless.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07
WORK
From Bernhardi's "Germanv

From Bernhardis Germany and the
 Next War"
 The wish to shorten the working hours on principle, except to a moderate de- gree unless any exceptionally unfavorabls conditions of work are present. is in my opinion, an immoral endeavor and a com plete miscomprehension of the real value of work It is in itself the greatest blessing which man knows, and i'll be- tide the nation which regards it no longer as moral duty, but as the necessary means of earning a livelihood and paying for amusements. Strenuous labor alone produces men and characters. A warning must, in my opinion, be issued against the continual curtailing of the working hours for factory hands and artisans. It is ust- ally not the work itself but the circum- stances attendant on working together in large numbers that are prejudicial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07
NEPTUNE,S TRIAIS

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Father Neptune swung his triden, angrily.
 I'm getting tired of this warship in hiction,' he cried. Just as soon as I've curled up in some quiet srottc down comes an anchor, or a round shot or something, and wakes me up. Con- found it, I'd like to know some way oi getting rid of themI'
 No, you wouldn't" said a saucy mermaid.
 Yes, would" roared the wate, god.
 Oh, tell it to the submarines" gig. gled the finny beauty as she wrierled her propeller and darted away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07
Aftermath of Institute Meeting

All the journals related to the metals trade featured, of course, the meeting of the Iron and Steel insti- tute in Birmingham last week, and they are still having a good deal to say about the success of the conven- ton. Birmingham is always on the map, but the three days visit of the iron and steel operators to this dis trict kept it with emphasis before the reading public. M
 The institute aftermath in the Man ufacturers' Record is of large general interest. Editor Richard H. Edmonds, who is a member of the institute and who attended the great meeting, writes glowingly in this weeks issue. He devotes eleven pages all told to the institute, including the principal addresses and papers read on the oc- casion referred to. He prints conspic- uously above his editorial correspond ence Abram s. Hewitt's prophecy of southern iron, which first appeared in the Manufacturers Record on June I7, 1900.
 "The two great centers for domi- hating the iron and steel of the world are to be the Lake Superior region, with its Bessemer ores, on one side. and Alabama, with its basic ores, on the other" said MT. Hewitt. "The growth of the basic-steel industry. now that it has been fairly started in the south, ought to be very rapid:~That section, with it's abundant stores of ore and coal and limestone in such close proximity as is found in Ala bama, bids fair within the next quar- ter of a century to dominate the basic steel industry of the world. Before the war foresaw the strength of the south's iron making possibilities. Not only have I always shown my faith in the south by my words, but to the extent of my ability outside of my business interests Yn the north I have been an investor in southern iron and coal properties"
 This prophecy has been reproduced from time to time in many southern newspaper, but its gradual fulfill ment makes it all the more important now.
 Near the end of his article the editor of the Manufacturers Record quotes several members of the insti- ute. One of them--a great western steel man-said at the close of the trip, "I must go home and scrap-heap my plant" meaning that he had seen plants in the Birmingham district which made those in the west look an tiquated. Another member of the in stitute said: "I can find no more words to use. I have exhausted my vocabu- lary of superlatives. Another said, "This has been the greatest meeting in the history of the institute. We ought to come back to Birmingham 1.-two years from now"
 It was a great gathering of iron and steel men, and the visitors as we'll as this district felt greatly benefited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07
AIRCRAFT AGAINST sEACRAFT


 From The Progress of the World" in the American Review of Reviews for November.
 Thus far the light. swift cruisers of the British navy have been able to clear the seas of hundreds of German mer- chantmen, while in turn the floating mines scattered by the Germans in the North sea, and the deadly torpedoes pro- jected from small submarine vessels have sent q number of arnored British war ships to the bottom of the sea. The Ger man dreadnaughts meanwhile have been kept safely within naval harbors or at the entrances of the Kiel canal. while the British dreadnaughts fn like manner are lying in their safe havens. Germany is. above all things, intent upon getting at some of these English vessels with mines, torpedoes or bombs dropped from Zeppeiins. England Is hardly less intent upon finding some way to get at Ger manys newest and heaviest men of war. The assumption that Germany has been deliberately planning to terrcriss Eng land by dropping bombs from the great Zeppelin airships upon the homes of de- fenseiess women and children in London, is not in accordance with the demon- strated fact as to Germany's plans and methods. Just as the allies have tried to destroy Zeppelins in their shed at Dus- seldorf. by dropping bombs from aero planes. even 50 the Germans. doubtless, will try to drop the heavier and more deadly bombs from their huge Zeppelins upon warships in British harbors. upon the heavy coast defense batteries on the Dover heights, upon great camps like that of Salisbury plain, and upon other objects and places of q military nature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Expecting Cheaper Ese. and ponit,

Expecting Cheaper Eggs and Pouitry
 As the holiday season draws on poul try and eggs should become cheaper said Clinton c. Hooper of Hooper's restaurant. Tn view of the fact thai many farmers will hold their cotton Tor higher level of prices they will rush turkeys to market earlier than usual and a few days before Thanks giving poultry of all kinds and fresh eggs will be found here in large vol ume.
 The market is fairly we'll stocked now with country produce and with fish and oysters prices are very req sonable.
 Speaking of eggs. there has been a marked advance in poultry farming in Alabama within the. last 10 years. Tennessee still finds a large demand for her eggs and poultry but Alabama Is catching up and the time will come when the greater number of eggs con sumed in and around Birmingham will be laid by Alabama hens"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07

Roger Sullivan was defeated in Illinois, but it is hard to tell at this distance just how much his unpopularity with MT. Bryan was responsible for the result.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07

BEGINNING THE DAY--My Fafh- CT, keep me close to Thyself today. May I not stray even for moment. Remind me of the peril or ieh'"s Thy side, though but little way. Show me how the distance wfdens' the dangers thicken. and the fras- ed,es come. before I am aware. For f>hrtstes sake. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07
HAD A REASON

From the New York Times
 Simms- You're . poor sort of . club member very seldom see you around at the clubhouse.
 Timms-why. I get around once or twice a week.
 Simms-Well. look at me-Tm there every night.
 rmms-Yss. but you're married. and I'm single.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE NEAR-PH1LosopHER.

He likes to give you good advice
 And says that things will be all right, Although he'll tell you in trice
 That his own heart is far from light. Perhaps he got but little rest
 And all night tossed from side to side; Perhaps the sorrow in his breast
 Is due to more than sleep denied. Whate'er the woe that weighs him down, To you he talks of cheerfulness, Although 'tfs true misfortunes frown
 And still increasing troubles press. And so he goes his way through life
 Until at last his grave he reaches, And never learns when cares are rife
 To practice half the lore he breaches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07

Italy has been on the verge of war so constantly since trouble started in Europe that her statesmen and diplomats nave probably been compelled to cut out their afternoon maps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07
GERMAN HnLMrrs CoMronrAB
From the Manchester Guardian.

From the Manchester Guardian.
 There can be no doubt that the Germans are . brachycephalic race. or. to use the word popular in the kinemas when the war pictures are shown, bullet-headed. Speaking generally a German helmet will not fit an English head. Some dolicho- cephalic Englishmen the other day were trying on a collection of these trophies of war, and found that not one was big enough to ht any English head present. But they admired the helmets on other grounds. Though made apparently of steel. they wore as light almost as cloth cap or . straw hat, and more comfort able than . bowler.
 Round the inside, where the helmet touches. was . ring of metal leaf springs' bound with . leather. which lightly clipped the head to keep the hell met on without heavy pressure. The brass spike or knob that crowned the helmet was made useful as well as orna- mental. There were large holes in 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07

The Pennsylvania man who was sen- freedom by singing will have great dtffi- cuity, we fear in keeping out of vaude- vile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07

Magazine writers with German naraes have no difficulty in proving to their own satisfaction that Germany's food supply Is almost inexhaustible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07

After consuming a dish of real pork saul sage and sweet potatoes, with plenty of thick gravy, one begins to speculate on what the French chef has up his sleeve half so good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07

The mayor of Boston wants classic dancers" to be properly clothed. quite overlooking the fact that the less they have on the more intensely "classic" they become.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07

Until quite recently 1t appears that cer- tain favored prisoners in Sing Sing have been enjoying all the comforts of home with few of the privileges of & club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07

A contemporary who is inclined to view with alarm and fear the worst says that the Pankhursts show a disposition to set tie in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07

the owners of the building we occupy to contribute our quarters. But we do ask the newspapers to do the equivalent by giving us space, which is like money to them.
 Buy space. Advertise your worok as business houses do, and you will get the best publicity in the world, and you will ease a little of the resentment that the newspapers are beginning to feel for you. If you do anything worth picayune the newspapers will print it as news and with out your solicitation
 Advertising that is frankly advertising commands respect. Advertising which parades as news not only lessens the respect of the public for newspapers as vehicles of information, but also breeds contempt in the mind of the reader who might, If properly approached, become in- terested in the enterprise, the commodity, the article the indrfidual. advertised.o
 Nowadays very considerable propor- tion of the readers of the press quickly recognize, and as quickly resent, pub licity articles" designed to impose upon them by passing off advertising as news
 The paid advertisement challenges at- tention and disarms criticism. It is an oren and above board claim for consid- eration; not an effort to trade upon lack of intelligence. more often presumed than actual, among readers.
 Publicity bureaus are often so expen- sive that paid advertising would be less costly. The press could, and should. greatly reduce the volume of free pub licity. The result would be more inform- ing and reliable news columns That re- form would be worth more than the ud- vcrtising which would supplant the free publicity masquerading as news
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07
ALABAMA SANCTUMS
The Moribund Bull Moose

From the Talladega Home.
 Returns from Tuesdays elections throughout the country indicate that the progressives are progressing backward
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07
PRO AND CON.

l will not sing of pumpkin pie, Though other bards may do it: team of mules-I hope to die E Could hardly drag to 1t. as Birmingham Age-Herald. will not sing of pumpkin pie For that would be like cheating The feast that lies before my eye Needs all my time for eating.
 Youngstown Telegram. I will not sing of pumpkin pie At least not till I've ct it; Or while sing the other guy In the middle col. will get It.
 Houston Post. I will not sing of pumpkin pie No tom-toms 1 will beat; When I tune up I want to sing Of something fit to eat
 Memphis Commercial-AppeaL
 THE TRAMP POET" AGAIN. .I sing the battle" warbles Harry more at home when he sings the "side- door Pullman and the calaboose As a war bard he lacks sincerity. No one ex- poets poet to get his inspiration on the firing line nowadays, and that may be the reason why none of the bards, from the most humble to the most high, have been able to strike note that does full justice to the stout-hearted allies or the equally brave Germans with their "Busy Berthas."
 LIGHT STUFF. I'm thinking of writing a play What about?' 'I haven't the slightest idea" Better make it society drama.'
 DANGEROUS. In autumn woods take delight I greatly fear a squirrel might Some day mistake me for nut.
 A KITCHENETTE. Each room in their flat represents . different period"
 Flow about their kitchen?" That represents the age of condensa- tion." PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07

In starting to claim victories no matter what the other side says, Turkey seems to have learned lesson from Petrograd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07
oItimism in pirmir~h.-

From the Shelby County Sun
 Birmingham fnanciers are quite optim- istic and confident of general reaction in business circles at an early day. No doubt the promised opening of the Liver pool and New York cotton exchanges has brought about this feeling
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

'I had a pleasant dream last night"
 ''Tell me all about it.
 T dreamed that I saw a musical comedy in which there were no opponents of the latest ballroom dances
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07
WITH HIS ROOTS ON

From the New York World.
 Three times has the World written the political obituary of Theodore Roosevelt.
 This time we shall say nothing at all of the dead.
 It looks as if he had been safely tucked away by that genial and popu- lar undertaken Charles S. whitman. ably assisted by Sexton Suizer, but you never can tell
 This may or may not be the final funeral. If it Is, we are ready to testify at the inquest that the deceased died with his boots on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07

Doubtless Count Zeppelin is still dream. Ing of that happy day when his airships will destroy London and he will rest in the arms of the Kaiser
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-07
SOMEWHAT SEVERE.


 SOMEWHAT SEVERE. "rd like to call on you and talk little about insurance" said the agent. Why don't you be perfectly frank with me9' snorted MT. wasserby. What do you mean?'' You say you want to talk a little about insurance. when you know very well that there never was a solicitor who could talk a little about insurance and then stop" A FAR-FETCHED EXAMPLE. T suppose you know that water has been discovered on Mars?"
 "oh, yes heard that sometime ago."
 Do you think 1t will have any effect on terrestrial affairs!" T don't see how 1t can, although pro- hibition orators may make a note of it for campaign purposes''
 TURNED DOWN IN ADVANCE.
 The first time gaxed into your eyes Miss Perkly, saw my fate written there"
 Well, I'm very sure, MT. Gadkins, that you are not the first man who ever de- veloped a negative in a womans eyes"