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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
Drum Will Soon Be Thing
 of the Past in Warfare

The drums and drummer boys who for so many campaigns were the objects of so much sentiment are gone, says the Philadelphia North American Where not so many years ago the rattling snare dums sounded the retreats and the charges, now the bugle with it's more penetrating and commanding voice. rules the field. As battles became larger and wider in their scope, it was founud that drums could not be heard above the roar of the battle to any distance, and conse- quently they were done away with.
 The little drummer boy was the most touching figure in the wars in which he took part. Chosen for his diminutive size, he frequently was of tender years. and all ways in the fiction of war times he was pictured as q sweet-faced cherub, wound ed terribly. but beating the charge to the last. While this aspect to the appeal to sentiment became so common as to ap- pear ridiculous, it originally sprang from true premise The little drummer boys almost without exception, were brave lit tie fellows. Many a gallant youth did give his life and many heroic deed was performed by the little salamanders.
 They were the favorites of the men and the pets of the regiment. nothing was too good for them and on wet, cold nights they never suffered for warmth If they sank to sleep unblanketed, some powerful trooper was sure to spread over them his own covering.
 The most thrilling tales of the little drummers come from Napoleon's cam paigns.
 On the retreat from Russia. when grown men died by the hundreds from the raw ages of the cold and Cossacks. goodly number of drums were strung back along the grewsome path of the fleeing French men. In the rear guard which was com manded by the gallant Marshal Ney was clipper drummer boy of about l2 years The constant fighting and burden of keeping the human wolves off the rear Of the army was terrific, and only the in spired drumming of the boy and his ctild- ish Long live francev' saved them from succumbng time after time. During |, brave stand. or when Ney halted his men and turned back upon their annoyers. young France would sound the charge With such a shattering roll of enthusias sm that the grenadiers waded back through the snow and scattered the Cossaeks like chan. Turning to flee to the refuge of the malh body, some stalwart would throw the boy astride of his shoulders and bear him off the field From the point of vantage the drummer would beat the retreat and shout back scurrious street gamin epithets at the pig headed" Russians. When they came to d river he was not at loss for crossing. Simply mounting his drum and paddling he went across in comfort.
 French archives are full of such hero ism. and the drummer. boys became the most popular and feted members of the French army, barring, of course, the marshals
 The civil war. too. the drummer boy, but he was passing. Toward the last of the conflict he had begun to go out. The bugle. while not so thrilling. did the business better. and SO the boy heroes had to go.
 Men who have marched and charged to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24

clothes. There was a grunt of agree ment from the men, A fireman dreads two thngs-exposives and electricity They tell you that smoke is the thing to fear; you can live in smoke. but when electricity gets you, there is nothing to do but call the coroner.
 As l lit on the cobblestones of the ground floor and released the pole, Gillian slipped down and stood for an instant beside me. His eyes were rowing over the equipment and he was shouting orders at the top of his voice. His gaze fell on Manning, who was struggling to fasten a refractory collar on the off horse of the truck.
 You Manning. look lively now Gi- lian cried, i've haven't got all day to get those horses hainessed. Hurry up. you dub
 T had not time to note the effect of the words, but I could imagine it.
 Tt was raw night; there was a high wind with furries of snow and sleet- weather a fireman dslikes. When we got there we found the blaze far back on the second floor of a grain and hay con cern. Arlington avenue wasn't any wider then than 1t is now, about 26 feet. should say. The air was thick with tele- phone. telegraph and electric wires, and we had to be careful. I saw at once that sent the men up inside. It was fearfully hard fire to fight, the hay and grain burning like tinder. We were badly ham pered, too. by the narrow street and in terlaced wires l raised short ladder and put men in the second story window with line of hose and took another into the third floor myself.
 We found that the fire had already Leen communicated and was burning fiercely in the center of the building, where several tons of hay were piled We played the water, but couldn't make any headway against the flames. l kept them at it until there was an ominous cracking under our feet, and the floor began to get even hotter than it had been. realized that the men on the second floor had been driven out.
 Determined to stick it out until the iast moment, I held the nozzle on the nre until l heard the floor crack and felt 1t sag slightly toward the center. It was moving time. The floor was liable to collapse any minute.
 Get back. shouted; get back. To the windows, the floors going.
 mere was dash backward and as turned I saw Gillian drop the hose and disappear. in the smoke Manning. I noted followed close on his heels.
 The smoke was fearful and the wind
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was against us. The windows vomited heat was terrific, l saw that to attempt to hold our ground longer would be fool hardy and gave the signal for retreat. One by one the boys slid down the ladders to safety. l noted that the window on my right. where the other ladder had been placed, was empty The last one to go down, as l thought, l hooked my legs around the ladder and prepared to let go. There was shudder from the wall, and the floor on which we had been standing a few moments before melted into the flames, I could feel the wall tremble. and l shot downward with thankful prayer that it had not collapsed. As struck the ground I directed the men to place the ladders against the buildings on the op- poste side of the street, intending to fight the flames from that vantage point They removed the ladders and crowded around me for orders. Then I missed Manning and Gillian.
 "There was frantic search for a few minutes but no trace of the two could be found At that moment the wind shifted and the enveloping smoke was blown away from the burning building. There was a roar from the crowd behind the ropes.
 My God. chief, look therer cried one of the men in my ear, pointing shaking finger aloft.
 .'I looked and saw Manning. He was perched in one of the windows on the left watching the wall as it rocked. In the other corner of the big window sat Gillian, clutching the sill and staring with fascinated eyes into the roaring cauldron of flames that seethed below him. Neither paid any attention to us. I could see that Manning was looking to Gillian for orders. but his officer was unconscious of his presence.
 My heart was in my mouth. l expected the wall 10 cIufnDlt any iihhutc. di- most held my breath as l watched 1t sway back and forth. But it held. seized speaking trumpet and cried:
 Hold fast. I'll give you ladder in minute.
 "At the words, Manning shook his head vigorously, and pointed to the trembling
 
 wall I caught his meaning Instantly. He was afraid that the ladders with the weight of the men would overbalance the already tottering wall and hurl them into the flames.
 "The heat was awful and if the wind had not been in our favor none of us could have stood it. The flames threw the figures Of Gillian and Manning into bold relief. revealing every move they made. l could see the changed expres- sion on Manning's face as he hitched himself cautiously around and made the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
CIRCUS GOES TO SICK
 WHO CANNOT GO TO IT
Band Plays and Stars and Clowns DispOrt in Courtyard of Belle-
 yue Hospital

Bellevue Hospital went to the circus yesterday. says the New York Times.
 IL was the real circus-or at least Il big piece of it-but the Bellevue patients did not have to go far to see 1t. and most of them had box seats Perhaps it would be better to say at once that the circus went to Bellevue, Tor it gave performance in the courtyard of the city's big hospital ana hundreds of patients on the balconies or the great buildings-some of them on ihelr beds, taken out for the purpose, some Tn rolling chairs some on benches. many or them walking around-had one or the jolliest mornings of their lives.
 it was picturesque and unusual spec tacie, that audience of pink-striped hos- pital robes or in gray ones with a nurse nere and a doctor there, and crowds of ht'ie Children some touched by the great Wni'e plague, some little cripples, and some little conyalescents. From one of the highest balconies. where bed had been placed nothing could be seen over II put the head of a gray bearded old inan-a dark African face, white ban danse around the forehead and the coarse gray hood giving to 1t the appearance of Moor from the desert. X youthful Italian, with masses of dark hair, in a pink robe and hood was as handsome as woman. There were women. too of all ages, from the scanned faced grandmoth- CTS down. And they all enjoyed the circus.
 Did you have a fine time, sster?" asked one of the young doctors of a little girl he was carrying in his arms rack to the ward in which she belonges And sister nodded her head It was too much for words
 It was too much for words for most of them though there was plenty of ap- piause and laughter but it was not until the unusual audience was back each unit of 1t. in the ward to which it belonged that 1t drew long breath and began to talk.
 The volunteers from the circus who save this performance in the morning made good long days work for them selves, for they had the afternoon and night turns to do as usual. but they were well paid by the thought that they had given some relief from pain and worry to the sick poor. they said. and the hos pital officials were more than grateful This is what the most unusual audience that ever attended a circus saw An1 heard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24

the cheering music of brass bands and to the silver notes of the bugle say that nothing can touch for inspiration the old time drum. They say that when the rythm the volume and thrill of the rat ting whacks once permeates the blood oc soldiers they are practically invincible, and that with such martial incentive to inspire them they would walk straight Into the mouths of the guns, oblivious to danger and thinking only of the cheering drums at their sides.
 In the survival of the Attest the drums had to go. II could not be helped, but no lover of true romance and sentiment in war no admirer of the thrilling heroic side, can but regret that the drums are no more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24

crumble. Hurriedly, but carefully, Man ming rose to his feet, and. with final glance over his shoulder, jumped for the net The impetus of his spring was the last straw, and, as he leaped the wall collapsed backward into the flames. throwing hot bricks all around us. but injuring no one.
 Manning landed safely in the net. Declining assistance, he clambered out. walked up to me and saluted
 "'Any orders, sir?' he asked.
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Gillian soon recovered and came back to No. l, but he was never again the same, nor was Manning, The former months, he resigned and returned to Chicago. Manning lost all his old sub servience and became the most aggres- sive man at headquarters He was made lieutenant the following year, and when l became chief put him in charge of No. l.
 He had proved out in the crueible."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24


 t soothing influence of the cigar which Elliott of the Times passed across the desk Biting off the end of the per fecto, he surveyed it with approval, ap- piled match, cooked his feet on his desk and began:
 Gus Manning reminded me more of q ever seen It was in 1900, when l was fourth assistant chief in charge of head quarters station and Curtis was running the department Just before the reorgan- ization he put Manning on. Manning hailed from the chiefs home town. which was the only reason could see for
 "He was q big, gawKy. country boy with protruding, rabbit-like eyes Nature ed nose, that emphasized the cutaway chin that seemed struggling to retreat into his collar His forehead was mar row. and his head sat on the top of ridiculously attenuated neck The only thing in Mannings favor was his im- mense strength His arms were so long as to he ont of proportion even with his six-feet-two. and his muscles were enor- nous.
 Manning got along fairly well With the boys at No. l. He was extremely in- offensive. and. after hazing him bit, thev promptly forgot him. He was left outside the circle at the station mousse and. as I caught him peering from the shadows over the shoulder of some laugh inr giant. his little eyes twinkling eager ly. often wondered if he were not lone | lv: but he seemed content to be a spec tator always and. in the rush of the reorganization when the commission took charge of affairs. gradually forgot him.
 Tn the shake-up that came with the change in the form of municipal gov ernment there was practically an entire Reorganization of the department. Cur tis was discharged and Weaver. then first assistant chief. succeeded him. I was continued as fourth assistant in charge of No. station. but was direct ed to answer all alarms with the equip (nent, which meant that must move my night quarters there.
 At the instance of the insurance com Panes number of trained hfemen were imported from Chicago to increase the sfficiency of the department, and of these Joe Gillian was made captain at No.
 headquapters station.
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As l watched the little drama uny>u, .noer my eyes. I finally arrived ar '"e cohciuslon that Manning didn't fear Gillian himself so much as what na - lie was afraid Gillian would disch.ra him. and I noticed the presence os .,o ether captains or Of myself had the same eifeet. l longed to interfere. but Gillian did nothing upon which could base of- hcial action. I kept an eye on the s,t- nation, however. and determined to ns the persecution at the first opportunitv
 Manning kept out of Gillian's path as best he could and grew more and more nervously anxious to please. The ieers of his fellows he bore in patient unpro- testing silence as he did Gillians rem sure And then came the trial. Man. ming was tried in the crucible that every fireman must face. and fin that test was Capt Gillian involved
 "One cold morning about o'clock. we got an alarm from Arlington avenue and Berkley street. far down in the wholesale district.
 There's going to be tall doiiigs down there among those wires somebody sang nut. as we were scrambling into our
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24

sign for the life net there was no trace of fear. only look of cool calcula- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24

''The heat was growing unbearable.. The boys with the life net were taking chances as well as the two men in the window Should the wall fall, all might be buried pndar tons of debris. We saw Manning turn impatiently on Gillian and speak to him. The latter made no response. but clutched the jamb more firmly and turned his face away from the net
 'something had to be done. was about to order the boys to raise the hand lad ders, taking a chance on the wall, when I saw Manning begin to hitch his way across toward Gillian. Inch by inch, he crept closer, Gillian shrinking away against the window behind him. Once Gillian screamed. high and shril. like woman
 Manning came a little closer, balanced himself carefully, and struck Gillian heavily under the left ear. It ter rible blow, and the man wilted under it. He dropped forward into Manning's arms, and the fireman turned ana surveyed the life net, guaging It's position. We caught a glimpse of his face as he did so; his chin was outthrust and his brow grim with a fierce resolution. With mighty heave he tossed Gillian clear of the wires and into the net.
 "The wall rocked and swayed and rocked again in response Manning balanced himself in the window like cat, every muscle taunt
 He told me afterward that he was getting ready to jump the opposite way had the wall fallen. Gillian was hur- riedly removed from the net and turned over to doctors to be resuscitated and We took mp the task of getting Gillian clear.
 There were loud cracks from the wall and momentarily feared it would
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N'o' tion.
 More trouble came when the heat melted the insulation on the highly charged electric cables. and they began to sputter and sparkle. In a few sec ends blue death was flaming in every direction, the lightning like flashes al most binding us by their brllliance.
 'I spread the net dubiously It would be a difficult jump. He would have to spring far out to avoid the wires 10 feet below him. He directed us to the exact spot where he wished the net and then motioned to Gillian to jump. He was taking fearful chances The balance of the wall was so delicate that the least disturbance was likely to send it down, and Gilians jump would be terrible strain
 ''Then it was that our attention was attracted to Gillian. He was hugging the wall and the expression of terror on his face was plainly visible in the glare Of the flames. Again Manning motioned imperatively for him to jump, seeming to have forgotten all fear of him in ms ready assumption of command. Gillian paid him no heed He c1ung convulsvely to his seat and refused to budge. un- nerved by the dangers on all sides of him, the captain had apparently falieh into unreasoning terror. The breaking of a man is terrible thing to see and we looked on appalled,.
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Gillian was not a bad fellow and he made a good officer for a time lie drove the men with a close rein and ironed out all the wrinkles that had ap- peared under former captains Person. ally, l did not care for him. He was too much given to following at the top of his voice. too regardless of the feelings of others, and too self-assertive Our chiefs appeared to be satisfied, however. and for a time things rocked along with unwonted smoothness at No 1.
 Then Gillian found Manning's par ticular weakness. It came about at a little fire on the Northside one Sunday morning. Manning was on the roof with a chemical tank and did something which displeased Gillian. who roared a call down ats him. Manning almost fell off the roof He fumbled with the tank, grew visibly nervous and was finally or dered down by Gillian who was in a line rage Manning shrank timidly from the captains stinging tongue and slunk away without reply.
 From that time. Manning's life at NO. was burden. Gillian had dis covered that the fireman feared him. ana nothing pleased him more than to make that fear obvious to others. AL though Manning strove to avoid him. Lillian followed him up, found fault with all ne did, and humiliated him before all the boys Manning's obvious fear was pitiful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24

CONNELLY, chief of the fire department of Sylvania.
 grew reminiscent under the
 soothing influence of the cigar
The daily sentinel., 1914-06-01
PLAY AT
MAJESTIC June
z; SALE HEAVY
'RoSG Of PIYTOuthtOWn" IS the
TiiI85' Banquet Thursday by
Juniors 10 Grads.
GREAT SCHOOL YEAR CLOSED

Tomorrow nigbr at 5hc Ma
josac theatcr the class play Rose
of Piymouthtown," win be the
signal fer a tremendous atten-
dance of townspeoplc anxious
to view the young Thesgians IN
all their histrioaic glory. Every
indication points to capacity
house at the Majestic. SPECIAL
scenery and a complete array of
costumes will add much to the
attractvencss Of the play by the
drawing feature Of the perform
aucc, however, will be the bright
faces of the young students in
their serious Interpretation OF the
colonial comedy drama.
The daily sentinel., 1914-06-01
HOUSE
TO Be SCENE
OF ceremony
President SBire to Deliver Sheen
Skins 10 Seniors ]. H.
Kelley Speaker.
MONSTER ATTENDANCE SURE

THIS IS Commencement week.
L With its busy round of
events commemorative of the
closing scenes of undergraduate
life, it is a week Of supreme i'm
portance to the thiry-eight
young people who are closing
their school life to enter lfie's
school.
The baccalaureate service at
the Congregational church last
night at which Rev. Angelo +.
Shattuck delivered an impress
sive spiritual admonition to the
class was the opening feature Of
the week.
The commencement ceremon-
The daily sentinel., 1914-06-01

Salt Lake
Composed of nearly dozen cars,
all electrically lighted and compris-
ing the finest equipment on the road
large number of local people took
advantage of the opportunity to give
It the "once over" w. B. Kenney,
general agent left here for the Lake
on the train and Joseph Stewart,
Joint agent, left yesterday morning
on No for the meeting. The spe-
cial arrived at 9:15 p. m. and left
at $3.50 p. IN.
The daily sentinel., 1914-06-01
STUDENTS LEAVE SCHOOL LIFE FOR LiFES SCHOOL,
GRADUATES Receive DIPLOMAS ON THURSDAY, June 4TH

twelvemonth later President
James Herbert Ke'Icr of Gun
nison will deliver Inc Com
Increment address. President
John w Swire of the board of
education viii delivg- the diplo-
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mas to the graduates. 4 strong
program has hce1 announced for
the event and, MS usual, the Park
opera house win be crowded TO
capacity hy the friends and rcIa-
tiycs Of the graduates.
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les viii occur Thursday night
followed by the junjor-scnior
banquet at which the uuderclass-
men VIII be hosts to those in
whose steps they hope to follow
The daily sentinel., 1914-06-01
Passenger Men On
Way to Salt Lake.

One of the finest special trains ev-
ei seen in this city passed through
here last evening from the east on
its way to Salt Lake City. 1t was
the special carrying all the traffic
managers Of the Missouri Pacific.
Denver & Rio Grande and other roads
OF the Gould system to the annual
convention of traffic managers in
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Francis Manion.
Bessie Miller.
May Nelson.
Myries Paine.
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Miss Harriet j.

Miss Genevieve Stone arrived home
yesterday from Boulder and wiz
spend her vacation with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. d. T. Stone on East
Main street. @
The daily sentinel., 1914-06-01

Mrs. r. L. Townsend, who has
been a house guest of Mr. and Mrs.
A. H.. Stokes for the past week, left
this morning for her home in Mont
rose.
The daily sentinel., 1914-06-01

James De Board OF Armour & Co,
left this morning for few days trip
to Delta and the North Fork country.
The Washington times., 1914-04-19

established the mothers fund, to
which mothers may contribute small
amounts II they feel that such q
contribution will add to their self
respect. But we try to explain to
these mothers that all classes OF
human sociey is dependent upon
others, that the rich must call upon
only come forward to offer help In
matters in which mothers may need
the assistance Of an expert
Diet Comes First. -
OF course, the first consideration
of the kitchens is with babies diet.
But even here the work does not
end with dispensing milk and rec
ommending a formula for It's prepa-
ration. The early experiments in
milk stations satisfied themselves
with giving mothers a card showing
the notifications supposed to be best
at certain ages OF the average child
The diet kitchens deal with indi-
Ndual children Babies brought TO
it are weighed weekly when very
young. later weight records are Ia
ken every two weeks or monthly.
These records. in conjunction with
reports mothers make about tho dis
position OF the child. make up a sig
nifcant commentary on the baby's
health.
If a child is irritable, It Is I'll. for
that is not its normal disposition"
said Miss Wheeler. "And IL II loses
weight, even II 1t appears well, a
change Of diet probably is needed"
Physicians OF high standing exam
inc babies as to their health. Milk
formulas needed for each baby arc
prescribed by these physicians. Then