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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-21
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-21
HAVE YOU
4 CHILD?

Many women long for children. but because of
aone durable physical arrangement are deprived
Of this greatest of an happiness.
The women whose names follow were restored
20 normal health by Lydia z. Pinkharn's Vegeta-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-31
FRENCH VILLAGE LIFE

Emile Legouis in London Everyman. s
 Scarcely any one is heard to complain
 All anxious thoughts that are not turned to the absent ones are given to the, great national cause. There has, moreover,
 sprung up a spirit of association and
 mutual assistance a new thing in a
 village where the almost absolute equality of the inhabitants had rather developed habits of petty rivalry and jealous com petition. Political feuds, heart-burnings between s.clericauxr and .'anti-clericaux, ' which had been as rife here as in any other French community were all at once thrown into the background. Parties seemed to have. disappeared in Inirscu- lous manner. The fact of having each and all the same duty to perform. the same peril to face, brought old foes sup posed to be irreconcilable. If not into fn- stantaneous friendship, at least into speaking terms. The republican mayor.
 whose two sons had gone to the frontier
 was seen to exchange kindly words in the street with the 'cure," who. beins | streng-buiit. youngish man. was sum- moned to leave his church and Join the army. l may add confdentia Hy' that the mayor had long. inward d6bate as, to whether he would pay formal visit to the cure before the latter went away, Though he decided that 1t would Dc going . little too far. indeed! and concluded iu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-31
A PRIVATE POCKET
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 A man who bought a new suit of clothes at one of tho establishments that sell a large quantity of read-made clothing dis covered that the trousers of the suit con tained an extra pocket which aroused his curiosity. It was small. about the size of a watch pocket and opened on the inside of the right-hand trousers pocket. making it invisible as far as outward ap- pearance went. At the top of the little pocket there was stiff material which kept it closed. so that on putting ones hand in the large pocket the little one would not be found unless its presence was known.
 "Something new, isn't it?" the customer asked the salesman.
 "Yes, that's come into style since the war created a shortage of loose change" was the reply. "A person making a hur- ried search through the pockets for pin money has no luck at all when the owner of the suit uses this pocket-unless she hears something jingle. Pest plan is to wrap your change up in a dollar bill.'
 The customer paid for the suit and left orders for the clothes to. be delivered to him at a bachelor apartment house up-. town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-31
New York State Election

Not in many years has New York had so exciting political campaign as now.
 James w. Gerard, ambassador to Germany, will beat his republican op- ponent, James w. Wadsworth, Jr That much seems to be generally as- sured. Wadsworth is a good man, all though he does not come up to Mr. Gerard in ability. The latter has not only proved his capacity as "a man of affairs and diplomat, but he is one of the stanchest of democrats.
 The main interest-the intense in, terest-in New York centers, as 2 matter of course, in the governorship Governor Glynn, the democratic can didate, continues to gain. Whitman the republican, started out with great strength. He is still strong, but 8 week or ten days ago the tide seemed to turn in Glynn's favor. The Wilson administration has given Glynn its unqualified indorsement and that counts for much. But the race, nov at fever heat, will be characterized b, more and more mudslinging until tn, day of election.
 It now looks good for Glynn, but il Uuch an enormous vote as New Yorl casts-about 1,250, ,000--it is next t, impossible to make a reliable fore cast when each of the two leading or ganizations opposing each other i strong and aggressive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-31
Baltimore Feels Cotton Crisis

As a result of the cotton sltuatlon' Baltimore. which normally enjoys a ,aroe trade throughout the south At lantic states, is suffering from poor bus;ness. Its clothing manufacturers feel the stress of "hard times par t;crlarlv and a number of large firms have been compelled to reduce the number of their employees. The entire forces of two large firms, one of them employing 300 people-men and wom- en-have been laid off and number of other firms have decreased the number of their operatives. It IS stated that many of the clothing firms have retained their travelling men, hut at a considerable loss, as practl- cally no orders are being turned In. North Carolina is the only south At lantic state in which the clothing trade is regarded as moderately good. The tightening of money in the cotton south has reduced the demand for clothing to minimum, although the weather is held to blame to certain extent.
 However, the spirit of optimism IS still alive. Baltimore manufacturers anticipate an early improvement in business conditions. Birmingham, be- ing an iron and steel center, is not feeling the effect of the cotton crisis so much as other cities in the south, the bulk of whose trade is done with the cotton growers. In fact business here is brisk and the merchants ex- pect to have normal holiday trade.
 In New York and throughout the north and west the business situation is improving steadily. The demoraliza- tion caused by the European war is being followed by marked degree of confidence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-31
mt from Germany

couragement from Germany was needed.
 The Turkish fleet has entered the Black sea and, according to one of the late bulletins, has sunk several Russian gunboats and torpedo boat. At any rate naval engagement is in progress.
 Turkeys war on Russia creates a new and grave situation, for the Bal kan states will now become involved. There will be no end of complications. What will be Italy's decision now?
 In Flanders the allies seem to have been getting the better of the Ger mans during the last few days. The fighting has been desperate. Turkeys action, although not unexpected, may have a temporarily depressing effect in London and Paris and correspond ingly heartening effect in Berlin.
 The war began three months ago, At the start some observers expressed the opinion that it would be ended in a few weeks. The better informed said it would last year or more; probably two or three years. It is certain to be long drawn out and bloodier it may be as time passes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-31

fine finish of the interior. but especially with the complete detail in every essen tia, of quite the most unique domicile have ever seen.
 'T was the more impressed with this because have for several years urged the erection of apartments with every economy of space and every convenience for the modern domestic conditions which the new order demands. For be it known my lady must now, perchance, take the missing cooks place here; she can do so with pleasure in a modern kitchenette with it's very latest gas stove in place with it's white porcelain sink, with a draining board. and hot and cold water at her command with a touch on the faucet. One has but to strike match and light flame, and an abundance or hot water flows for the bath. The lockers, pantries, and boxed window seats are all provided. What struck me most fav- orably were the elegant bronze beds that may be raised and noiselessly swung into an alcove with sliding doors-one on each side from the bedroom proper and the large living roo.. It is evident that all one has to do is to move in, place the furniture. make up the beds, light the gas. and begin housekeeping.
 Talking with MT. A. R. Dearborn, whose ideas have here been so happily worked out. he told me that the concept of detail of the Dian was the creature of his brain, after attending the hard school of experience in dealing with Jewellers in other peoples houses He has certainly been an apt student.
 "The Dian named for the charming wife of MT. Leo K. Steiner is owned by those enterprising men. Steiner Bros, the bankers" s.a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-31
->os--------- LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 The trouble with a better half is that she isn't happy unless she Is the whole thing.
 Father will buy s9 worth of tools to do a 30-cent job around the house and he will tinker until he pounds his thumb Then he will get mad and quit cold and mother will take a hair pin and finish the job without any fuss
 There is something wrong with boy who can get half way to school In the morning and keep his hands clean.
 Be sure you are right and you will be sure everybody else Is wrong.
 After the Society For Minding Other Peoples Business gets through com polling us to drink water and chew nothing but gum and smoke nothing but cubebs, it might take a whack at something useful and compel men who are dandruff factories to wear nothing but gray coats.
 A man who can fool some of the peo- pie all of the time and all of the peo- pie some of the time can't buffalo his wife any of the time. When lovey comes to the breakfast table with her hair rolled up in a base ballsized knot at the back of her head and honey comes to the breakfast table with a three-day growth of fuxx on his face, the honeymoon goes out in the alley and throws a total eclipse. | These are mechanically days for the members of tho Hand Holders union They have to vacate the hammock and the garden swing and occupy the front room where they can hear father cuss- ing about the gas bill.
 | While We have assurance that An thony Comstock Is a very modest man we do not believe the rumor that ht mdressed th the dark.
 The oidf fashioned man who used tt save his money to feather his nest now has a son whose wife takes his money and feathers her hats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-31
sORROW

From the Westminster Gazette. Ochone, it's the sorrow that's upon me, 2 (Chider, quit yer playin' at the doorD The sun was shinin'. but l knew 1t
 wouldn't last, The signs were bad, an I saw it comins
 fast;
 Did ye hear last night the wailin iv the
 blast?
 An sorrow came down upon the wind wirra, it's the grief that's come upon mel (Chiider ouit yer talkin' at the doorD The farm dog parked. an the red cock An the fire went out when the cold wind
 blew;
 I've heard bad news. an know it's true. For sorrow came down upon the wind. ochone. it's the grief that's come upon (Childer. quit yer shoutin' at the doori) Him that was young, an beautiful, an
 tall! -aff When he waved good-by I niver thought
 he'd fall:
 It's meself doesn't know what til do. at at all. at all, For sorrow come down upon the wind, ochome. it's the grief that's come upon me! (Childer. quit yer laushin at the doorD daily bread, An now It's the childer that be til go unfed, For far on the battlefield he's stretched out cead For sorrows come down upon the wind. Dear God, it's the sorrow that's upon mss>' I Childer, quit yer cryin' at the door) l Theree naueht til do but to kneel an l shumbly pray To Christ in heaven to be our help this
 day. s An to care for the soul iv him that's gone away
 For sorrows come down upon the wind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-31
Prosperity's New Era

Good times are ahead for Birming- ham.
 The iron and steel men gathered here this week express themselves with enthusiasm about the city and the district. To those who had not visited Birmingham in recent years the industrial development hereabouts | is a revelation, and all that has been
 said by the great leaders in favor of the district will have far-reaching eff feet for good.
 It is now felt by the members of the American Iron and Steel institute that the board of directors in electing to hold the general meeting here acted wisely. A majority of the iron and
 steel operators had visited Birming- ham as individuals, but coming now as body the members have all the better opportunity of seeing the dis trict from a large viewpoint; and in discussing the various features in a technical way more thorough knowl- edge of the resources and possibilities is gained.
 The institute is fortunate, indeed, in having for it's officers men of suc- cessful achievement, broad vision and buoyant disposition. Optimistic talk has been the rule. Judge E. H. Gary's opening address was so Illuminating and so full of cheer that the near fu- ture of the industrial situation would have appeared bright even had no
 one else spoken hopefully. It rang
 with the note of "good times ahead" i" | But the president of the United States Steel corporation, James A. Farrell,
 made an address which, like Judge
 Gary's, was freighted with optimism
 The views MT. Farrell expressed
 were those of a man of vast experi-
 ence and uncommon insight into in
 dustrial conditions and potentialities. ! And other speakers there were who took heartening view of the indus trial future.
 Upbuilders of Birmingham and the
 men here who do things appreciate the large iron and steel development
 that is in store for the Birmingham
 district, and everyone who has fol-
 lowed the proceedings of the institute
 as they have been published in The
 Age-Herald cannot but feel absolutely
 assured that Birmingham is fast ap-
 preaching a new era of prosperity
 prosperity greater even than our most
 ardent prophets have foretold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-31
ORIGIN OF MARK TWAIN STORY

From After Dinner Stories" by N. c.
 Fowler Jr.
 Or all the witty things said or written by Mark Twain no phrase has been quoted oftener than his reply to an alarm ist report, "Rumor of my death greatly exaggerated" The history of this now celebrated bon mot will doubtless be of interest. Mark Twain was on visit to London some years ago, and had been secured as the chief guest at dinner to be given by literary club. On the morning of the day when the dinner was to take place the secretary was shocked to hear a rumor that Mark Twain had died suddenly. At his wits end, he sought to verify it by diplomatic note to Mrs Clemens, in which he mentioned the rumor. Mark Twain got hold of the note and telegraphed the now famous reply 'Rumor of my death greatly exagger. ated."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-31
THE EFFICIENT FRENCH ARMY

Frederick Palmer in Everybodys Maga-
 zine.
 4 YOUNG officer rose from his map
 A to receive us Intelligence is the
 \ characteristic of the French pri-
 vate, and this young officer seemed to
 express that intelligence concentrated,
 trained, cool and ready For the staff
 must have brains, the brains of resource,
 the brains that know it's troops, it's en- emy, its ground, without illusions; and
 the character which never loses it's self
 possession, never gives a vague order. The map would have been Greek to you in it's plotted detail but the young officer could read out of 1t the contour of the land, the houses, the ditches, where the French and the German troops were at any point of the line Outside of the door there had been no cavalry escorts of commanders, no hurrying orderlies.
 none of the legendary physical activity which is associated with an army head quarters.
 A motor car drove up, an officer got waiting for him. But the wires from he ead- quarters are quicker than motor cars; with the wires the parts of an army talk to one another. Thus each commander is in touch with the others; Is in the place where emergency may demand his atten- ton.
 There was a lot more fuss around Fran cisco Villas headquarters than around the Headquarters of this French army. Yes, there were as many officers and clerks around ours at Vera Cruz-which were more than Grant or Lee or Sherman had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-31
GREAT MEN NOT MUSICAL

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
 In a hitherto unpublished letter. George Washington wrote the following:
 "I can neither sing one of the songs, nor raise single note on any musical in- strument."
 The father of his country's inability either to sing or play calls attention to the very few great Americans who were gifted in that way. Lincoln was full of humor, but devoid of all musical tal- ent.
 Grants famous remark was that he knew hut two tunes. "One was Yankee Doodle and the other wasn't"
 Franklin experimented with an insfru- ment which when fitted into an open window would be softly played by the wind. But he couldn't sing and was un- able to perform we'll on any musical in- strument.
 Americas four most conspicuous liv- ing Americans-Woodrow Wilson. W. J. Bryan, Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft-are musicless. Jackson, Benton. Clay. Calhoun, Webster. Sumner. Seward Blaine, Cleveland. Sherman, John Mar shall. Madison, Monroe-of which one did you ever read that he was a singer or even fairly good instrumental musician?
 And take the great capitslists-Girard Astor, the first important Vanderbilt Jay Gou.d. J. P Morgan. A. J. Drexel Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller who could sing or play well violin ol piano7
 Thomas Jefferson was an excellen violinist and in being that he is con spicuous on Americas honor roll Tn, only thing which Mayor 6tokely sait which anybody now remembers was tha 'beer and music don't mix.'' l Is 1t true that political and financia genius don't mix with music2,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-31

in the field in the civil war
 It would seem that the French civil
 bureauracy uses so much red tape that
 there is fortunately none left for the
 French army. No confusion, no signs of
 hectic overwork; everybody seeming to be clear enough of details to keep his mini
 free for essentials.
 At the last French maneuvers, instead
 of the conventional plain in which each
 army's work is carefully laid out. Joffre
 gave the Red army and the Blue army
 their positions and told them to go to war
 and see who could win. The result was that a number of generals were retired. One who ought to have been, escaped; but The is out of it now, while others have won their ribbons of the Legion of Honor on the field of real battle. So jealous was the French democracy of 'the man on horse'. that it is only in recent years they would permit actual one-man com mand. Before that the army was really
 run by council.
 am beginning to have the impression that the popular idea that Napoleon was a supergenius who won all his battles
 alone is wrong. He had lot of French.
 men along to help him. and it seems to
 me much the same kind of Frenchmen live today. They are far from being a dying race. I like their democracy and
 humanity. I like them, too. for leaving their war to France and Marianne; for not dragging in God as frequently as do l the warning nations. For 1t Is just possi-
 ble that God is not fighting on the side of any one of them. We don't know that He even approves of the war. v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-31
Turkey in the Var

Germany's diplomacy has been as weak as its military organization has been strong, but it's foreign office is not always asleep. It has succeeded in pitting Turkey against Russia. This was a comparatively easy achievement, however, for Turkey was eager to have hand in the titanic conflict. and only little en-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-31
A .onnMANn OFFICER

Irwin g, Cobb in the Saturday Evening
 Post.
 A German captain came into the place to get a drink, he recognized me as an American and hailed me. and wanted tc know my business and whether I could give him any news from the outaide world remarked on the perfection of his Eng fish.
 II suppose come by it naturally" he said, "I call myself a German. but was born in Nashville Tenn. and partly reared in New Jersey, and educated al Princeton, and at this moment 1 am q member of the New York Cotton sx' change,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-31
WAR ECHOES

New York Herald: Just what Count von
 Bernstorff can hope to gain by spreading
 in this country the suggestion that Ger
 many may attack and occupy Canada it
 Is difficult to understand. Can he imagine
 man "kultur' as exemplified in Belgium
 that they would welcome it's appearance
 on this continent?
 It would seem that the first rule of a
 German diplomacy bending its energies to
 create favorable American public sen- timent would be to let that particular sleeping dog lie. If there is one thing
 more calculated than any other to ,oake Americans give ear to the foolish talk of those persons who would have the United States break its neutrality and give all its aid and comfort to the allies. it is the picture Count von Bernstorff paints of German armies hacking their way in Canada.
 Dr. Dernburg second in command of the German publicity propaganda, rushes to the fore with assurance that Germany $ lcye for the Monroe doctrine is so great it would never contemplate invasion of Canada. Can pr. Dernburg expect the American people to attach any more value to his assurances than the German gov ernment does to its treaties?
 The only possible effect of Dr. Dern- lurgs disclaimer is to focus attention on the Von Bernstorff picture-and to make
 Americans do lot of thinking.
 London Dispatch in the Philadelphia Public Ledger: "The Daily Mail corre- spondent at Amsterdam says:
 'The German losses have been incalcu- lable. Ostend is full Bruges is full, Ghent is full. and now Antwerp is filling with German wounded Big temporary sheds are, being run up in Bruges to try to hold part of the uneea sing flow of main,ed men. Fst4aa e H Reports come from all sides of kindred nature. Near Roulers. a man told me. the dead are lying like human sag heaps. From the sea front itself, where the naval shells have worked havoc, carts come and
 go all day with wounded. Thirty seven farm wagons, loaded with wounded sol diers which passed near Middelkerkc in the course of single hour, made ter rible picture. man who saw them, one gifted with strong nerves, was over wrought with the sight. There were these large wagons with outward sloping sides, and they had been packed with a mass of dying and wounded men. Many. in fact, were dead. They were packed in pell-melI, a heap of mutilated flesh and clothes. II was shocking sight, and there are many such in the rear of the German army New York Telegram: Earth dugouts on the firing line of the British army are nicknamed The Cecil' and "The Ritz
 And they say the British are a sad lot. Pretty hard to break the spirit of men who face death in that fashion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-31
Didn't Use Cotton Then

From the West Alabama Breeze
 The new heavy editor of the Times Gazette evidently got his ideas on bring ing out the shape of shapeless women from an accident that happened to lady at q dance years ago. Way back in the boom days of the eighties, at a dance at the Washington hotel, a prominent so- ciety young lady lost her "bustie.' some naughty boys picked it up and 1t was found to contain bundle of Tuscaloosa Gazettes, the .sprightly morning paper of which the heavy editor was the gay re- porter and business manager at that time.-Slug One. zt