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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28
PRINCES AT THE FRONT

From the Fatherland.
 Some time ago it was reported Lord Kitchener advised the King not to send the Prince of Wales to the English army in France, because his military educa- ton was not yet completed. Evidently he does not share the opinion of German princes and generals that the art of war ca be learned best in war if opportunity offers itself The Prince of Wales is 70 years old Prince Sigismund of Prussia, son of the sailor Prince Henry, is IS. Prince Frederick Charles and Prince Fred erick Leopold, sons of Prince Frederick Leopold, brother-in law and cousin to the Emperor are 21 and 20. respectively. The Crown. Prince of Saxony is 21, his brother Frederick Christian, 20. and his second brother. Ernest Henry. IS.
 These six German princes are serving in the army and doing duty like any other of- ficer, partly with their regiments and partly as aides-de-cannp and the like. All six of them have smelled powder, not in the way young princes used to do in form CT times, but in the thickesfaof hot bat ties lasting several days All have earned the Iron Cross, which can be conferreo for personal bravery onlyS and one .. them, Prince Sigismund of Prussia, has been wounded.
 The number of German princes of that age belonging to minor courts is very great. Each and every one of them is serving in one capacity or the other. Re;eninr princes without special com mand are accompanying their troops vol unteering for any service they might be able to do. Every able bodied German. high or low. prince or farmland, work ingman or merchant, goes proudly to the front and considers it humiliation if for one reason or the other he is prevented from fighting for his country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

tice of nations in a manner unnect offensive-and the American peopl left for several days in ignorance official statement to that effect if competent naval commander on tn It was their navy. It was their 1 It was their ship. their flag, thei tige, their honor. that was conce,
 This regretable misunderstandint is partly due to an''attempt to expert and official information. No is given at the navy department strange action except an unoffif timation that the words duotedS contradictory. They are neither
 dictory nor difficult of interpretatt American people were fully compe weigh the matter on the facts. Tl should promptly have been put them. l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

There have been more inquiries for farms this year--usually small farms within 50 or SO miles of Birmingham than I have ever known in any pre- vious year." said B. F. Eborn. "I have negotiated some very good sales and I expect to close up several trades before Christmas
 "The purchasers of farm acreage here- abouts are, as a rule, northern men, Many of them are truck farmers. With scarcely an exception, the northern fan.ilies who have settled on little farms In this section have been well pleased with their new homes Those truckers who had been successful in the north make even more money here in the south.
 The time will come when Jeffer- son county will become known as one of the greatest trucking counties in tkis country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

PROVING THEIR METTLE. ."rhe war in Europe is having one good effect. at any rate"
 And what is that?''
 Tt has put a stop to the sale of foreign titles to American heiresses."
 Quite true. Still, foreign noblemen have been making such a good showing since the war began that some of them have even earned the respect of their American fathers-in-law.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28
WAR ECHOES

Cleveland Plain Dealer: The island of Herm has been occupied by a German,
 but not by Germany. It is one of the Brit one square mile in area, is not shown even as speck on most maps It is, though, not too small to receive the attention of the British Parliament.
 The island has been the property, by lease, of Prince won Butcher, a descend ant of the Prussian soldier, who came to the aid of the British at Waterloo and put permanent quietus on the public ac- tivities of Napoleon Bonaparte Things have greatly changed since Waterloo, and now Great Britain deems it inadvisable that any German, even a descendant of the man who gave essential aid in Brit aims greatest victory, should hold a British islet. Troops, therefore, have been ordered to occupy Herm and to hold l it during the war. Judging from what British troops are enduring elsewhere, the assignment to Herm must be an ex- cessively desirable billet.
 As matter of fact, Herm is merely a farm for Guernsey cattle. It lies right off the coast of Guernsey, and Prince Butcher has been as cautious as the breeders of the larger island to maintain the purity and excellence of his stock. This, indeed, has been his sole business in Herm. The occupation of Herm is one of the very insignificant incidents of the war, interesting solely as indicating how far the discomfort and injustice of the con fiict may reach. The transformation of an innocent dairy farm into an armed camp has a comic opera flavor which is somewhat of a relief in these days of darkness and ragedy.
 New York Herald: When at the be- ginning of the war the Herald exclusively
 published a draft of the German plan for a possible invasion of the United States, written by a General von Edelshem, "of the German General Staff" the apolo. gists and official explainers in the employ of the Kaiser railed nightly.
 The Herald was denounced, and the propogandists in their anger even went so far as to declare there was no Gen eral' von Edelsheim in the German army 1 and, in fact, no von Edelsheim anywhere l The article was therefore stated to be a pure invention-and the whole thing laid at the door of the Herald.
 1 Recently Mir. Arnold Bennett in an ar ] ticle on England's side of the war re- ferred to Von Edelsheim's scheme to in- wade America, and, lacking knowledge of any other title, called him General" Now comes one of the German official explainers and corrects MT. Bennett by saying the Von Edelsheim who wrote the article was not general, but a captain. l MT. Raiders attention is respectfully
 :; called to this, as he if memory serves | right, was particularly emphatic in de-
 1 claring that Won Edelsheim was a myth
 and the article attributed to him fabri-
 cation of the foe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28
BAD MANNERS.

"A woman living next door to us gave Thanksgiving dinner in honor of her dog and six of his canine friends
 Was it a success?"
 ''The neishbors seemed to enjoy it. Two of the guests fought in the middle of the table over a bone"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28
sINuE sHn WENT MonI

 By Robert J. Burdette. \ The twilight shadows finger longsp The winter days may gray ths& year. Al For even summer winds are
 Since she went home. M
 Since she went home Xs The robins note has touched ' strain, The old glad songu repeat q a Y And laughter sobs with hidd "a pain
 Since she went home 4 How stiil ths empty rooms her
 blessed. T' untoushsa the pillow that her My mourning heart finds no pld
 Since she vent home.
 Since she went home ~ The long, long days have cfept aS years, c / The sunlight has been dix med VI and fears, .I And the dark nights have Weptl tears-
 Since she went home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28
A SHINING DOME.

A SHINING DOME. 'who is that little bald-headed man in the corner surrounded by an interested group?"
 ''Oh. that's Boffels. the sculptor. He's social iion." "Umph, He seems to be badly in need of a mane."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

The schools in Trieste have been closed because all the school teachers are away lighting. Being a schoolboy in Trieste just now is essentially worth while.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

A New York hotel man has made list Of nine ways by which to tell whether ar not a man is drunk. Still, there's quite a oinerence between being merely "lit'' and ''laid out'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

Cold weather makes the air clear and affords aviators a better view of the en- emy' but it also makes the ground harder when they fall and permits them to be seen more distinctly by marksmen below.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

Chicago paper suggests the formation of society for the suppression of useless eating. Useless eating nowadays is being suppressed without organized effort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

samuel Gompers should not refer to Sec- reIary Bryan as Our Bill" The Secre- tary of State wishes 1t distinctly under stood that he is not owned by anybody.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

Jerome K. Jerome says the war vii not end until the British march into Ser. lin. MT. Jerome is widely known as a humorist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28
THE,
the G

suus, put they can't stand a bayonet charge. So long as the Krupp factories keep busy, bayonet charges will continue to be for the most part a need-I less sacrifice of men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

A Baltimore judge says a man has a right to box his wife's ears. Maybe so, but what good does it do man to have a right he's afraid to exercise?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

With plenty of ammunition and cigar ettes and little hot food occasionally for the allies, there is no reason why the war should not last indefinitely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28
ADRIF.. .
HYPERCRITIcAL.

I like to read a storybook
 And while the time away, But first I take a careful look, Most fearful that it may Belong to the "best seller'' kind
 That win wide renown; If so, to its perfections blind.
 I quickly lay it down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

The original of Little Lord Fauntleroy'' has married lovely young woman. It Is possible to live down almost anything.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28
The hearts of old gave hands; hut oui new heraldry is hands not hearts.
 -OthellO.
BEGINNING THE DAY = How

wonderful, o my God, is the freedom which Thou givest my soul! With Thee I am not cramped. In Thy pres ence I know no cOnstraint. When I walk by Thy side l leap and shout in the joy of liberty. Surely l wns made for Thee. and fin Thee I find my life. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

Great Britain continues to lose ships by one way and another. Fortunately, she Is building them faster than they are de- stroyed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

Although the tail of the British lion is being twisted great deal these days, there is little probability of it's ever being twisted off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

Thanksgiving day in Belgium was a hol- low mockery. There were also people in this country who didn't even smell tur- key
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

A careful study of the subject shows that hard times have not seriously im- paired the quality of mince pie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

H IRsT thing in the morning we saw the whole population gathered on A the beach, As we came nearer in and lowered boat it was a strange thing to see the two women dancing like jump ing jacks for joy. All three men came down to the edge of the reef. The cap tain signed to them from the bridge to jump in and swim, which two of them, Joe and Jim, did, the boat meeting them half way. We could see them scramble in sclemnly and shake hands with Johnny, who was at the steer oar, and sit down. They had a good many old friends on board, Joe especially, and it was a treat to see the absurd creature dance up to them for all the world like a clown in a pantomime.
 "A little later sseeing Lloyd come out from under blanket where he had been changing plates in the camera, he made us all nearly die laughing with his nantomime of terror. He called everybody old man. and was always either laugh ing himself or the cause of laughter in others. He said they had no fish. Got no canoe he said. Why not make one! asked one of us Too much wo'k! cried Joe with infinite gusto. He Is very strong, and in reality most industrious, only he Is simply marooned and means to do noth- ing needless.
 s'After breakfast we go ashore The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

ACCUMULATEs RAPIDLY. ''Did I understand you to say that G son has helpful disposition?''' 'Yes. He has a 'help-yourself-to-ey thing-in- sight sort of disposition.''
 PAUL coo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

Ohio is ambitious to furnish another President but the prospective candidate is below taftweight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28
A Great Musical Treat

Music lovers have a great treat in store the coming Sunday, when Aresoni, the celebrated tenor, and Mir. Bruhl, an excellent concert pianist, will open the Sunday afternoon series of musicales at the Tutwiler,'' said well-known anna teur.
 Not few Birmingham opera -goers have heard Aresoni in great roles, and those who have not know him by repu- tation. He is one of the great artists.
 The two ladies who have arranged this seasons series of Sunday concerts have done fine thing for musical culture and for the delectaton of music lovers.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28
German Spies

T have read numerous accounts of the European conflict now raging. and Of late the tragic death of German as any other phase of the war" said Birmingham man.
 "The English people have a great dread of spies and a careful watch is kcpt among the soldiers in the field as well as at home. All people of Ger man descent are subject to strict sur vcillance. A spy, of course, is regard ed by the enemy as disgraced and when aprrehended Is disposed of in a sum mary manner. While the necessity of ehga ging spies is to be greatly de- piored, one can but admire the cool ness and nerve displayed by these men when life hangs by thread.
 "A recent number of an English pe- riodical gives a graphic account of a startling episode in which a Ger man spy is the central figure. A Scot tish regiment had been assigned to capture a strategic position at Mes simes, near Ypres. To approach the position it was necessary to pass over an open beet field and the German works were stoutly defended by large force well equipped with heavy artil lery. The English regiment advanced in the face of a terrific cannonade Which proved extremely accurate and twice during the day were compelled to. retire to cover. During this time members of the British regiment Were greatly surprised at the strange action of a peasant, who with apparent un- concern continued to till the beet field, despite the rain of shot and shell pass ing overhead. Finally attention became centered on this strange figure. He was in plain sight of both the English and German lines but the English were somewhat concealed from the German position The German gunners, how eyer, seemed to find the range with the greatest ease. At last 1t was seen that the German fire was always trained just about 300 yards ahead of ihe farmer who moved backward and forward across the open field. The r,an impersonating a farmer was then captured and proved to be a German spy in disguise. Messimes was taken that night under the cover of dark ness.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28
It Depends Upon Viewpoint

"I spent last week in New York, and in general way I could see that the business situation was greatly improved when compared with conditions a few weeks ago." said John T. Arnold of Pitts burg.
 Railroad men say there is little or nc improvement. Their earnings have fal- len off and of course they are not feel optimistic. Bankers say that the money market is easing, and some of them speak buoyantly of the near future. Man. ufacturers, and especially the big ones like the high officials of the Steel cor poration MT. Schwab and men of their class, say that an eva of real prosperity is dawning.
 Tt is quite plain that business in New York is more active now ths'l it has been any time within the past six Vonths, and Pittsburg. which has been depressed fol two or three years, is showing S'gns oi industrial revival.
 'If the interstate commerce con.Als- sion will only allow the eastern carrie { to increase their freight rates there would be an immediate improvement in the rail- road world and the iron, steel and lum- Der industries would fairly boom once more''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28
DISTRESSING.

He hasn't bought a. present yet,
 This most unfortunate of men, Who finds himself so deep in debt He cannot spare single yen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28
Think. War Ne.rinw End

''The prevailing opinion throughout the country seems to be that the European war will continue through all of next year, but I find now and then man whose views are entitled to respect agree ing with me that negotiations for peace will be under way before the winter is over," said P. w. Hessberg of Washing ton, D. c.
 "Of course. England will not agree to any peace terms that do not give her a commanding position. Great Britain, be- cause of its able foreign office, to say nothing else, will dominate in the nego- tiaticns. That country is financially pre- pared for a long drawn out war, but l believe it would be only too glad to make a few reasonable concessions.
 Germany is a nation that I greatly admire. The Germans are the best sol. diers in the world, but overwhelming odds are against the Kaiser. The Sultan's holy war will give England no little trouble at the start. but in the end it will not amount to much"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

---~>-..s, ...sss ASsPone eo oeisiuhi 'heart-rending appeal. Action should
 be prompt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28
ALABAMA SANCTUMS

sJasper Mountain Eagle: Cotton is sell ing 'fpr ss5 bale in Jasper and bird
 dogs hy $50 each.
 Guntersvtile Democrat: Corn shredders
 and cotton si1e have about closed their campaign of lif,s taking Now the open
 srate must have inning
 Shelby County Sum: s-And yet it may
 have been good luck anS pot good judg-
 ment that caused our anc>tors to leave Europe.
 Livingston Southern Home: The ssepart-
 ment of agriculture announces that alum may be used for pickling purposes. but regular customers will probably stick to rye and bourbon as long as they lastA Andalusia Star: pr. Anna Shaw is com her visit until the legislature adjourns ! much will be overlooked. There is such | a thing as overdoing when it comes to entertainment
 Marion County News: The Door farm ! er' is getting a good deal of sympathy
 now from windjammers but there is not a fellow who has bought cheap cotton that does not expect to double his money Mobile Register: The Birmingham
 Newspaper club serves Alabama products
 at it's dinners and right up at the top ap-
 pears the legend Mobile Bay Oysters on
 the Half Shell, Mobile, Ala No better oysters can be had, either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28
More Inquiry for Iron

Don't advise any of your friends to go short on pig iron now" was, accord ing to Matthew Addy & Co., the stg- gestion of prominent ironmaster the other day. Tt certainly would be dan gerous." say Matthew Addy & Co.,, in their Cincinnati circular. to go short just now for prices are at the bottom and trade is reviving Things are look ing up. It is true they have long way to look for the abyss into which iron has fallen is deep.
 "All the events of the week have been favorable. There can be no real hope for prosperity in the iron trade until two things happen. First, the furnaces must be able to find ready market for pig iron; second. prices must be re- stored to point where they will al- low of profit. The second condition will nscessarily follow as sequence of the first It is gratifying to record
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

From the Kansas City Star.
 Something of the carefree life Robert Louis Stevenson led on his voyages through the islands of the South Sea ap- pears in diary of his widow, recently published by Scribner's, under the title of "The Cruise of the Janet Nichol." From April to August, 1890, they steamed through the coral atolls, often touching new island each day. Although the diary is fragmentary, one catches here and there clear view of the author of Treasure Island,'' wandering barefoot, clad only in shirt and trousers, among the simple natives of this tropic paradise. In the following Mrs. Stevenson quotes tha account given by her husband. of a day at the tiny island of Nassau, whose landing was too dangerous for her to att tempt:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28
HOW ITS poNH.

"I've noticed one thing while jour ing along through life..'
 "wellr'
 The people who indulge an artistic perament to the fullest extent us, have somebody of the low-browed, saic sort whom they can depend on to the grocer and raise the rent.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

>Jasper Mountain Eagle: Cotton is sell ing 'fpr $s5 a bale in Jasper and bird
 dogs heg $50 each.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28
MIGHT BE WORSE.

MIGHT BE WORSE. The JapE have taken Tap, they say. But no one wonders why. They mean to substitute J
 For that initial Y.
 -Rody McPhee, in Springfield Unit Our estimate may be, perhaps, By some considered rough; But when we find a host of Yaps There sure are Jays enough. -C. A. Leedy, in Youngstown Telegra We'd rather they would take the Ya Than find a town. and shell it. Like this here Premzysl thing And make us try to spell it.
 Judd Lewis, in the Houston Pc We scan the war news every day And find it interesting too, But wish the wires had more to say About that Belgian town of LOO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28

WHAT IT STANDS FOR. Don't you think that head waiter expressive features?' q do. To me his face looks exs like a dollar mark'
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-02-20

In View ul The tlrt timt every man
or woman who walks M mountainI
with aipenstoes IN hand is climber
IN the ey,.s of the puhlle It is not at
ali strange that the appalling annual
fatalities 10 the Swiss Alps are laid
ut the door Of one " the nobIest Of
sports. The truth Is thar these fatali-
ties-there were iol last year-are rel
uiively few and far between IN the
ranks Of genuine aipini'is the ANA
teur and professional riannlaineers.
They who climb with Zee nx Instead Of
alpenstock are cautious hrsi. last and
always Considering the risk taken
few Of them lose their lives Most who
meet this friehtfnI death 10 the Swiss
mountains have always been either im-
thIuking or downright reckless tempt
crs II fate. Wnha complete disregard
OF common sense. these unfurtunates
20 where they have no business TO 20
save in charge Of an experienced
guide and sometimes the mere reach
ing ont FOR coveted Wild flower sends
them TO their doom. Spur.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-02-20
CANoPlEs ON THEIR HEADS.
People of Korea Wear the Largest
Hats In the World

People of Korea Wear the Largest
Hats In the World
What would you think u "A hat that
was so large 1t would safely shelter
your father. mother. sisters and your.
self under 1t should a sudden rain
storm come ups The men Of Korea
like these enormous hats and wonld
not feel properly dressed without them
These hats look like great flower pots
set on a round table six feet acrOSs
The crowns are nine feet IN height aud
three inches wide. much Ike chin
ney on a one story house. How do
you suppose these large. round head
coverings are kept on7 Under tbe
brim is a small. closely dtsing cap. held
on by padded string which ties under
the ears. The material Of these hats is
bamboo. so finely split that It is like
thread. and lastly they are varnlshed
to keep out the sun and rain and tie
wind.
You know that the Korean people nj
ways wear cotton clothing. so these
big hats protect them far more thar
our hats possibly could. In the rainy
season cones Of oiled paper are at
tached to the big bamboo head cover
ings in the shape OF tunnels. so. snps
pose. that the rain pours OF Of them
Just as water does off ducks back
A Korean keeps hls hat ON when VIZ
should taSeit OF. Soldiers wear black
or brown felt hats decorated with red
horse hair or peacock feathers. and
hanging from the sides. over the ears
and around their necks are oval balls
of porcelain. amber and queer kind
Of gum.-Sunbeam.