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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

the America's stability, experiments have already proved that the machine marks decided advance over the smaller aeroplanes of Curtis and the Wrights. To be sure, short preliminary flights may not disclose serious de- fleets in the machine which wodid soon be brought out if an attempt were made to cross the Atlantic.
 However, the America las 50 far made very creditable showing and if the luck is with her crew she .nay get across the Atlantic when this am bilious feat is undertaken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
Value of Health Bulletins

That was a capital idea of Dr. R. M. Cunningham, city health officer, when he began an educational campaign through weekly bulletins published in the Sunday Age-Herald. The city was most fortunate in securing the ser vices of Dr. Cunningham, because he combined medical experience and a thorough familiarity with local con ditions with public spirit and enthusi- asm in the promotion of modern sani- tation. He has greatly popularized the office, and by bringing it into closer touch with the people has largely in- creased it's efficiency.
 If the city commission carries out a the greater part of Dr. Cunningham's Recommendations Birmingham will sSAp become famous for it's excellent health record. AS it is, health condi- tions Are quite good here, but of course there is always room for im- provement, and Dr. Cunningham has pointed out the things that should be done to make the situation notably good.
 But if Dr. Cunningham had done nothing but issue health bulletins and discussed in nontechnical terms va rious diseases so that the layman of ordinary intelligence could understand him he would have rendered valuable service to this community. It is grati- flying to hear words of appreciation of these health bulletins, and Dr. B. l.. Wyman's letter in Mondays issue doubtless vcces the s.~ irent of the medical fraternity as well as the gen. eral public. Dr. Wyman, in commend ing The Age-Herald for publishing "the excellent and very practical and ! timely health bulletins" says:
 The people are reading them and
 manifest great interest in each
 weekly topic. l hear nothing but
 the most favorable comments on all sides. These bulletins are not
 only educational but will prove of
 great help in the crusade which is being made In the city for the prevention of the spread of com
 inunicable diseases The day is not
 far distant in my opinion when un- N der the wise administration of our
 able and efficient city health of-
 fcer, typhoid and other communi-
 cable diseases will be reduced to
 minimum and Birmingham will not
 only become a city beautiful. but
 one of the healthiest cities in the
 United States
 Every msaEsssYho is doing honest, help ful woY Io it all the better if his ef& Appreciated. Dr. Cunning MemEen working with character ingyy, but now that unstinted care being paid him he will go Sesith even greater heart and ' ~ determination for high
 veEhent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

]" ITUS OATES. who was tried and
 convicted of perjury in 1885, seems
 to have been either much wronged public opinion He probably was the lat ter, for he is included in Seccombe' s Twelve Bad Men"
 Six years previous to his own trial, Oates probably to gain favor and fame from Charles II, had several men whom he declared were Jesuits, convicted of plotting to kill the King, of changing the religion of England. and of helping to promote an invasion of Ireland. Three of fame then became nation wide. and grow ing bolder, he fabricated several other plots, using the names of several of the leading papists. So well established was he in the favor of the King and the peo- pie that he had the nerve to present a petition for over $350O, which, he said, were incurred in expenses.
 Later he constructed more plots against the King and no one dared to cross his path for fear of being made to ''plot'' against the monarch. He walked around III i4iS i1PioSopdi 6OWI diWdyS Witi tWO UT three servants for protection. So af- frighted were the people of his power that we are told Whoever pointed at was taken up and committed; so many people got out of his way as from a blast, and glad if they could prove their last two years conversion"
 But his power began to wane from the time he failed to have convicted one Isaac Backhouse, who, it was charged. called after him in St. James park, There goes Oates; that perjury rogue" The credul- ity of the public began to shake regarding him. but it was not before Oates had di- rectly or indirectly contrived the judicial murder of S5 men. So much for Oates himself.
 The charge at his trial was read in Latin. and was to the purport that Oates had sworn in 1878 that in the April of the same year there was a gathering of Je- suits at the White Horse Tavern. at which, he said, documents were gsgned for the assassination of the King. The three leaders, who were later convicted and executed, Whitezread, Fenwick and Ireland, were said by Oates to be present, and that he had carried a document from room to room and which these three un- fortunates had signed; whereas in fact the prisoner had not been in London at the time and so could not possibly have been present at such a meeting, and thus Oates was guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury.
 Oates vehemently declared that he was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
THE MMpERAToR HAT~

New York Dispatch to Washington Post.
 To Laura Wentworth, 'the hat girl of Nebraska," goes the unique distinction of being the first woman to cross the Atlan- tie with hat so big it required a whole stateroom to itself
 The other 36 creations she brought with her on the Imperator were of less acreage Tn addition. she has 2s on the other side too precious a collection to have been risked all on the same ship. The "Imperator hat,' the big one Of course. was 56 inches across and occupied a box that four stewards bore ginserly down to the pier
 There will be no little hats next fall" said Miss Wentworth. flor the big hat Is coming back, and coming fast"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
The Americas Good Showing

Rodman Wanamaker's flying boat, America, smashed two records for aerial craft at Hammondsport, N. Y., when it rose from the surface of Lake Keula, with seven men whose total height was 4318 pounds. Although khe flights were short ones, the long est being about a mile, the pilot had to keep a constant pressure on the vator to prevent the machine from
 hg from the water when it was
 IIdg. When permitted to do so the mericn rose from the water as easily much lighter craft and flew as teadily in a 30-mile wind as it had town in dead air on it's previous trip. After the trial William D. Cash, ?. Wanamaker's representative,
 l: "The America is as steady as the
 gest ocean liner. While I knew
 Ire would be some difference, the nparison| between the sensations ex- rienced on the America and those I I've fc't ;- the small machines is Irvelous."
 Even if Mir. Cash in his enthusiasm hgeerates . trifle in speaking of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
In the Musical World

Max Zach, conductor of the St. Louis Symphony orchestra, who made many
 friends in Birmingham in May, sailed for
 Europe from Boston yesterday on the
 Hamburg American liner. "Amerika.' He
 will attend a number of the large music
 festivals, including the big Wagnerian af-
 fair at Bayreuth, and will also visit rela- tives in Galicia, Austria. One of the op-
 jects of his visit is to acquire new music
 to be produced during the coming concert season.
 MT. Zach will return to St. Louis early in November to begin rehearsals for the season which opens there on November 6.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
A Great Cotton Crop

"A few days ago I went to Mont gomery and from there took an auto mobile trip through part of the cot ton belt" said D. M. Dickson.
 T had favorable reports from cot ton, but I wanted to see for myself. l visited many localities and I am glad to be able to state that the crop Is in splendid condition. Alabama cot ton is very early, about three weeks earlier than last year. Corn is now suf- fering for rain, but to what extent I cannot say. Cotton, however. is get ting along well without rain and the very fact that 1t is so early counts for much"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

From the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
 Recently Jones attended fashionable ball During the evening he met a pretty young woman dressed in soft. filmy white, and wearing the cutest little slippers that ever encased a dainty foot. Instantly the Jones eye dropped in that direction.<
 Pardon me-, apologized Jones, blush- ingly. 'it was very rude or me. I. know, but I couldn't help noticing your slip pers."
 T see' smiled the young woman. good naturedly. "'What do you think of them?"
 What do l think of them?" exclaimed Jones. with large emphasis; they are simply immense!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
Concerning Words

"Apropos of discussions on words sup posed to be under the ban of the highest authority or the purest taste," said writer, "I was amused this month to find in a new rendering of an old phrase, the substitution of the word Intriguing for interesting I think it was twice in Mc- Clure's Magazine that I noticed such a phrase as How extremely interesting! turned into How very intriguing! Con- corning which one Ieust say, How sim gularly satisfying."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
Negroes in Government Positions

.President Wilson, in announcing that
 all positions under the federal govern
 ment now filled by negroes will be filled
 by other negroes in case of changes. is following the general policy which MT. Cleveland adopted, said an old dem- ocrat.
 "In 1885, when MT. Cleveland became
 President, he filled many of the highest offices with ex-Confederates. He was especially partial to the south. But find- ing the office of recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia and few other good positions in Washington were held by negroes he appointed northern dem-
 ocratic negroes to succeed those who had
 been appointed by his republican prede- cessors.
 'In 1893 I happened to be one of those
 selected to call upon MT. Cleveland and urge the appointment of certain Vir- ginian who had strong backing to the office of recorder of deeds. He told me frankly that he was going to appoint a negro in conformity with the custom that had been established. He remarked at the time that he would not have any thing to do with the race question in the south. That. he said. should always be matter for the southern people to deal with. But he said that in New
 York and Indiana, two pivotal states. a considerable number of negroes had vot- ed the democratic ticket and he thought 1t only right, therefore. that the few
 positions in Washington held by negroes should be considered pre-empted for the colored race. There was some criticism
 by certain democrats for his policy re-
 garding the matter referred to, but 1t
 soon died out.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
THE GREAT CHANGE
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 A group of men were standing in a lobby when a stranger approached them.
 "Beg pardon,' he said, but can you gents tell me who Klintersmith is?''
 Nobody knew. Two or three men guessed
 Wrong" said the stranger. "Klinter- smith is the new shortstop that McGoozy has drafted for the Rednecks,'
 Then he walked away.
 What are we coming to?'' said one of the party. ''Time was when an easy ques- ton like that would have drawn derisive shouts. Baseball ain't what 1t used to be-" And he turned away mournfully.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
IN HOTEL LOBB1Es
Active Bond Market

There has been steady improvement in business recently, and here in Bir- mingham conditions, generally speak ing. are very good" said Leo K. Steiner of the banking house of Steiner Broth CTS
 My bank makes a speciality of bond issues. and we have been handling large transactions in that line. The bond market is exceptionally brisk and l believe will continue so"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
YOU KNOW HIM.

- There Is man In our town And he is full of prunes; He has a rusty phonograph And never changes tunes.
 Cincinnati Enquirer. There Is a man in our town, You know him--course you do. It is the fiend who'll soon exclain list hot enough for your"
 Los Angeles Express Theer is a man in our town Who has lot of gold, But when asked to help the poor His feet get very cold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

The Rev. Isaac Van Wrinkle has been pastor of the American chapel in the Latin quarter of Paris for many years. He doesn't think conditions there are as bad as they have been painted. In speak, ing of the moral standards of the present generation of students in the quarter, Dr. Van Wrinkle said 'Tt is possible to take other than a hopeful view of the young people here They get into scrapes occa- sionally, just as happens in any com munity of students the world over, but such things are accidents not the rule. Personally I doubt if you will find as high an average of devotion to work anywhere as right here in the Latin quarter. Alarm ists occasionally say the reverse but this is not so. "There was lady here once,'' continued Dr. Van Wrinkle, who was the wife of one of the Spanish peace commits sioners. She managed to hear every tale of moral shipwreck that happened to the students in Paris since the year 1. She repeated them on her return to America, and thus grossly exaggerated the impress sion of what student life here creates. As matter of fact, it compares favorably with student life anywhere. Many of my young artist friends declare that it is now too respectable obe artistic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
CONCERTED.

T would like to sell you a volume of the worlds best poetry" said the insinu- ating book agent.
 You would. eh?' sneered the poet, who
 was just at that moment in fine frenzy. And do you realize that you are inter- ruptins the output of the very commodity you sell?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
GETTING DOWN TO WORK.

.sThe reformer who arrived yesterday to clean up our town understands his busi- ness all right"
 What are his plans?"
 '.He says he will wrestle the devil nve weeks, catch-as-cateh-can. for purse os slc.ooo"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
A TIPPLING sUFFRAGETrE nm fhe I,andon G1ohe

An elderly woman named Harriet Ben- nett was charged at Old street with ob- structing the police during the disturbance in Victoria park. when Miss Sylvia Pankhurst was arrested.
 Clarke Hall. the magistrate. said he had great sympathy with the woman's cause. but 1t seemed to him that the use of vio- lence was doing . great Injury to the cause.
 Five convictions for drunkenness were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
For Orpheus' lute was strung witt pOets' sinews.
 Two Gentlemen of Verona.

me, O Lord, that I may know how shall wish for the opportunities of today after they nre gone. Give me to use this one life unto the fullest. to turn my days into epOchs. For Christ's sake. Amen.-H. M. 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

Gadsden Journal: Birmingham staff re- porters have been enjoying themselves in Nashville, securing data on Vanderbilt university, with view to advancing the Birmingham campaign for the big Meth odist university
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
HIRED PRESTIGE.

That was a splendid limousine in front of your house this morning."
 Yes. I gave the chauffeur a dollar to hesitate there few minutes My wife was complaining that nothing of the sort ever stopped in front of our house."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
TOMORROw-TRIAL OF DIR. CRIPPEN

trate remarked that he was afraid she was not much credit to the suffragist cause. Tt is the suffragettes who are mak- ing a woman of me-" retored Mrs. Ben
 nett. She was bound over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

Bessemer Tribune: Nashville has more schools and colleges and better school system than any city in the south and perhaps in the country. She is proud of 1t, and considers this school system her greatest asset. If Birmingham can land the big Methodist university, she will be on her way to other kinds of greatness than that which is merely industrial. We hope she will get 1t, and believe she can If her citizens will hustle. Atlanta, how ever, seems to be always in Birmingham's S vay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
HIS CHOICE.

"Jagsby is game fellow, all right
 What makes you think so?''
 When his doctor told him that if he didn't quit drinking he was going to die, he went out immediately and bought 3, beautiful lot in a cemetery"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

The weather man cannot always stir up cool spell when we think we need it. but he Is polite enough never to speak of 100-degree temperature as hot. The word warm is invariably used officially
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
rERRoRs OF EQUAL SUFFRAGE

From the Attaiia Heralu.
 We have no hesitancy in saying that We believe the good woman who came so re- gently from Birmingham as an evangel of the new propaganda, woman suffrage, is a good woman; and we say with as little hesitation that we have no sympathy with the dangerous doctrine she teaches. or with the organization sine represents nor do we believe that she would herself sub
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

Sunday school worker told 300 girls in Chicago that spooning is ''crime against womanhood." Tut, tut! That sort of talk is more foolish than spooning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
FORCED ACTIVITY.

Into every mans life come crowded moments
 NO doubt you are right. I dare say the dodge a motor car, bill collector or something of the sort.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

For the first time In 20 years the Co., lumbia crew won the premier race in the intercollegiate regatta at Poughkeepsie A long time between whoops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

A Cincinnati magistrate made two quar- reling women hold their tongues for five minutes. He's way ahead of Joshua, who made the sun stand still.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

The colonel of some constitutionalist troops in Mexico, who hanged 50 federal soldiers because he thought the trees in plaza Hooked too bare" has a highly developed sense of humor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Bessemer Tribune; If Ned Brace had gone into the chicken business earlier in life, probably by this time we could buy good fryer for or 10 cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

John Arthur Johnson Is still the cham pion, but Americans in Paris did not wave "Old Glory when he uppercut Mr. Moran to the jaw.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

A goosebone prophet is predicting that July will not be the scorcher that June has been. So mote 1t be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

A chauffeur who lost a spoonful of brains values them at $50.000. If his val nation is correct, why was he a chauffeur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

Vice President Marshall tried to joke with the suffrage delegates in Washing ton, but found that an honest-to-goodness suffragette isn't much of joker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
THE CROUCH SPEAKS.

do not care to hie me forth
 And seek the mountain inn; To dabble in the oceans foam
 l fain would not begin. I'm we'll content to stay In town, Though others haste away; My neighbors gone, the rest I get Is like a holiday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

A little Delaware town recently received 1000 quarts of liquor in one day but it's thirst had been unassuaged for some time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

Does Huerta feel that his bathtub in the Mexican palace is secure? Villa says he will displace it and junk" it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

Albertville Banner: Jefferson county should increase the number of its coroners so as to have day and night shift.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

Opelika News: Birmingham has started sure enough campaign to land the new Methodist college. MT. R. s. Munger, a wealthy manufacturer. and highly pub lie spirited man, has been named as one of the leaders in securing this new insti- tuition and things will now begin to hum Look out, Atlanta, or Birmingham will have the college.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
IcoNocLAsM.

The department of agriculture says the moon has nothing to do with the weather know somebody will be saying that the moon does not make lunatics of lovers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
GRowLs TO HIMSELF.

You will have to give Towson credit for one thing.''
 What is that?"
 He doesn't believe in interfering with the pleasures of other people and does all of his complaining in sotto voice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

T. R. will have to "go slow henceforth Well, we all come to it in time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
KIND HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE

1 1 like to see a girl in style,
 Whose clothes are sweet and fetching; But not the sort that makes men smile And start their necks to stretching.
 Birmingham Age-Herald Reminds me of Sarah Jane Skewerbowl back on Half Moon, who went to trav- cling clairvoyant. The medium summoned lanes mother from Spirit Land. and Jane asked the old lady some trick questions The ghost gave the wrong answers, of course. Whereupon Sarah Jane ex- claimed: 70. maw. since you went to heaven you've learned to be an awful liarn'-New York Mail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

Entered al the Birmingham. Ala, postoffiee as second class matter unner act of Congress March 8. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.

"Dobson says he Is a self-made man,
 That may be true for the most part, but he can't deny that his daughters taught him how to dance the maxixs 5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01
PUT HIS FOOT IN IT

A sane Fourth will be in order next Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-01

A. J. Eaton, Jr., and 0. L. Young are the only authorized travelng repre- sentatives of The Age-Heraid m its circulation department
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-30
Thousands All Over Country Responding to
sos" Wireless Sent Out by Churches
70 TO CHURCH!

70 TO CHURCH!
" Think minute what this world would be without
churches you doing your part to support them by
attendance? In years there had been surprising falling of
in church attendance figures People stayed away from church
because they had lost faith, but the great nnnt SIMPLY be
they had become apatec 1t time thai tins apathy
And it has extent. With the advent at tn"
GO TO CHURCH movement there has been splendid aNaAen
all the Religion had only been DORMANT
The GO TO CHURCH call found ready response. New
churches have sprung quarters In" "H churches
which for time past remarkable for Their empty r"s
suddenly took life The pews flied Wen AID women
been church decade came back t. the fod
They brought with them others
THE CHURCHES s" WIRELESS NEWS
PAPERS TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
COMPANIES. TRADEsMEN. NOVEL toEAs FOR
WORKING ENTHUSIASM WERE PLENTIFUL. IN CHICAGO,
FOR INSTANCE IN SHOPS ON THE WEST SIDE
ENLISTED. THE PLAN OF INTERESTING THEM WAS
HIT UPON A CLERGYMAN WHILE UNDERGOING 4 RAZOR
OPERATION. BARBER TO REFER TO TIE 60
MOVEMENT WHILE SHAVING HIS CUSTOMERS,
ARTIST THE sTRoP CONSENTED SHOP AFTER
SHOP VISITED UNTIL FIFTY AGREED TO SPEAK ABOUT
PLAN WORKED WONDERFUL RESULTS.
PEOPLE WANTED WAS A REMINDER. TIE
EVERYBODY HELPED TIE THING ALONG. DO YOUR
GO TO CHURCH.
Keep GOING TO CHURCH,