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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18
THE WINNING OF FAME

1 at home as they possibly could have
 wrought in New York. Henry Waiter 1 son has thundered from Louisville; Will.
 liam Allen White, lingering in Emporia
 has commanded the widest audience
 and Winston Chruchill, at his home ir Cornish. N. H.. has done as much. Oul
 own Dr. Washington Gladden. might. nc
 doubt. have gone to much larger city
 but who will believe that he could any. where have rendered better or wider service.f
 These are but a few of many in stances that might be cited to show that one need no longer go to large | city to make a nationwide fame.' ] Something may be said on the other side of the question. The instances cited by the Dispatch being exceptional are not conclusive. Fame itself is both relative and illusory. We have the au7 thorty Of Pope for believing that "hon- ! or and shame from no condition rise 2 and of Falstaff that honor is "air," pos sessed by him that died O Wednesday,.
 The advantage for art and letters in the capital cities would appear, however, obvious.
 Only the only day there died in France poet who had be passed his life in Paris would have been as famous as Victor Hugo, but whose name i'd scarcely known by the world at largo and his personality not at all. Frederiq MistEel dwelt in Province. He wrote Provencal as Burns wrote Scotch and a1 Riley writes Hoosier. He was a love1 ly man as Burns was and as Riley is, But he was not Parisian The boule1 wards knew him not. He hid himself al Aries away down by Mines and Taras1 con. If he had quilted the region of tn q Rhone and followed Daudet to thd banks of the Seine it would surely have| made a difference to his fame
 In Europe the brand is put upon poeti and artists by Vienna and Berlin. by London and Paris.
 America is continental in its scope| and many cities claim to vie with New| York. In every direction it is '' longI way to Tipperary." There is Chicago| and there is San Francisco. But the New| York trademark undoubtedly takes precedence of the rest and it cannot bel denied that its imprint possesses al paramount value
 Poets like Riley can be hid nowherel Podunk could no more hide him thanI Dumfries hid Burns. Nevertheless i1 Riley hailed from New York the Newl York papers would not smile upon himI with patronizing kindness and call him' a poet mot of the first rank"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18
THE AUTUMN OF THE prp,r

From the Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
 Inere IS something in the fall of the year which is kin to the blood of all of us. It is zest and clean spirit that are world-old and eternally new. Spring may be the renewal of life; autumn is its refreshing
 Turn to the Old Testament and read there of all the manifestations of au- tumn and early winter-of the east wind. the breath of the Lord, coming I'D from the wilderness, the clouds and the storm and the rain. The comparisons of the Bible are all with simple things. but none are more effective, none more beautiful. than those which link the humility of man or the glory of God with the bowers of nature.
 In the imagery of autumn there i, something somber Calamity cometh oil as wlhrlwind. we read. and. q have plotted out. as thick cloud, thy trans gressions and, as a cloud. thy sins.'' The rain of fall is not the early rain of spring which covereth the valley of weeping with blessings, but the latter rain which watereth the earth. The dancing of brown leaves in fantastic procession and the whirlwind dust before the storm being to nostris. sick wit hthe city's odors. q breath of that sharp, tingling air which makes life glorious and love a lovely thing
 The city in autumn takes on new feat ures and drapes herself in fresh gar- ments- Over her embattled skyscrapers the setting sun throws strange colors and the paviiions of the clouds bank In grandeur. The snap. the keenness of vie tnlity. are about all
 After year of tragedy and disaster one looks upon autumn as an omen of better and braver things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18
An Appeal to Patriotism

In order to strengthen the national
 defense on an adequate scale large
 appropriations will be needed for the navy S500,OOO, ,000 for five-year construction programme-but, accord
 ing to Secretary of War Garrison's programme, an increase of only S75,- 0o0,OOO year in the army appropria- tlon will be required to create a mili-
 tary establishment of 665,000 enlisted men at the start, including regulars, continental reservists and the Ma tional Guard
 It is proposed to augment the regu- lars to 10000 and to form a con- tinental army of 100000, with six years enlistment term for each man three years in service and three years on furlough to be called to the colors only in time of war.
 In the continental army only two months of service each year would be required, but the plan calls for in tensive drilling during that short period. If Congress adopts the pro- gramme this country would have at the end of six years a trained force, exclusive of state militia, of 1,200, ,000.
 The plan has been carefully thought out by Secretary Garrison and mem- bers of the general staff and has been approved by President Wilson. It is a practical solution of the army prob lem without an excessive expenditure of money, and while Congress may not agree to as large an increase in the regulars as the administration urges, it should not hesitate to create the proposed continental army along the lines of Secretary Garrison's plan.
 Enlistment in, the continental or ganization will have an appeal for col lege students, young men of Is or 19. They would be in service only during vacation months. They would then receive soldiers pay, but most impor- tant of all they would become thor oughly disciplined and would be per- forming at the same time high pa- triotic duty.
 There are thousands of young men outside of college who would gladly join the continental army if it did not interfere seriously with their regular occupation. And in order to encour- age enlistment among young wage workers the administration appeals to the patriotism of employers when it asks that they arrange for such of their employees as wish to serve Uncle Sam two months each year, for three years, to return to their respective jobs or positions when the summers drill is ended.
 It is hoped the appeal will meet with the desired response.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18
"Impressing the Natives"

Many amusing stories are related in Charles FrohmanS biography, now current in the Cosmopolitan, of the great theatrical managers shrewd- ness in the early part of his career when he was touring the country with theatrical companies which were often in financial straits. When mere boy Frohman acted as press agent for a company of which the comedian, John Dillon, was the star. The company had troubles enough without having to worry about whether or not the gifted but erractic Dillon would be sober enough to Ego on" when the time came for a performance to be- gin. It is related that Louise Dillon's sealskin coat was frequently pledged for funds to get the players out of a town after an unprofitable engage ment.
 However, Frohmans chief asset on this memorable, but disastrous tour, was a $100 bill By flashing it before the astonished eyes of small hotel keepers and others with whom he transacted business, he impressed them as having plenty of money, al- though the bill was merely "prop" and was borrowed solely for that pur- pose. It is not related that any hotel proprietor ever offered to change the bill, but if he had done so, young Frohman had sufficient address to re- tain it without hurting his credit.
 When treasurer of the Haverly Mastodon minstrels, an organization famous in theatrical history, ,Froh- man no longer used S100 bill to i'm press the natives" but elaborated on the idea and bought small iron safe about three feet high, on which was painted in large gilt letters, 'Treas- urer, Haverly's Mastodon Minstrels." This safe was placed on top of the first load of baggage carried to a hotel and four men were hired by Frohman to unload it. After the safe had been placed conspicuously in the lobby, the treasurer would advance and with much ceremony would put handful of $1 bills into it while an admiring crowd looked on. The money was discreetly withdrawn after the crowd dispersed, since Jack Haverly's demands and the exigencies of the road kept the treasurer's funds sadly depleted.
 Nevertheless, the company's sol vency was well established and that was the object aimed at by the astute Frohman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18

From the Louisville Courier-J Journal. l"HE extraordinary demonstrations | which followed governors proc 4 lamation taking offical notice of | a poets birthday-in itself an unwonted proceeding-gives emphasis to an in- quiry started some weeks ago by the Columbus, O.. Dispatch, touching how l best and where best ito win fame" The writer inclined to the opinion that small environment affords oppor- tunites as great as large environ ment, thinking it possible to reach the American people" as readily from Po- dunk as New York. "Often," he de- clared, the smaller place offers the better opportunity People are not giants because they live and labor in a large city; neither are they pigmies
 because they dwell In the country or in village. They are great only as they serve. wherever that may be-" We quote as follows the main body
 of the very interesting and suggestive theme:
 Fifty years ago, all the intellect uals fixed their eyes on Boston, and young men and women, the country over, if they showed any sign of spe- cial talent or genius, were attracted thither.- It seemed that success could not elsewhere be won. So, Howells sent his manuscripts from Columbus to the Atlantic Monthly and later went to Boston to live. It was his road to success, as it had been with others. Then New York became the publish ing center, and the Idea for a time prevailed that one must be within sound of the presses to get the required publicity constituting the test of merit. As in literature, so in art, in oratory and in business-the capital prizes. it has been supposed were to be earned in cities where people are crowded to- gether as in the great metropolis.
 But the thought Is passing, if it has
 not already passed. With the develop ment of the means of communication and transportation and the growth of population, 1t is now almost, if not quite, as possible to reach the Ameri-
 can people from Podunk as from New
 York. Big business is confirmed to no
 city. Merit may be recognized as well
 in one place as in another The writer,
 the artist, the lawyer. the physician,
 the preacher, the educator do not need
 to go far from their homes to gain dis
 tinction.
 Riley has sung to the nation from
 Indiana and stanton from Georgia. The
 Hoosier novelists have wrought as well
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18
The Great Actor

forb Robertson is essentially ma tura ana herein is the incomparable. said broWn Parks. Whether it Is .sIs u1et ,,
 Dlck Heldar" or the "Passerby." if is not stage puppet dallying on wires tha. presents itself to the audience. If is a man, and withal human man. During his long and busy career. this actor ba . prayed many parts, has produced many plays, but 1t can always be said of him that he nothing common did or mean And though it is to be regretted that he mas decided to leave the stage while he still remains the greatest classical actor or ms day, we cannot deny that he has well earned his retirement
 Forbes has an interna fiona l reputation. He has acted throughout Great Britain, Holland, Germany. tho United States and Canada. As an actor he ranks high in that class which pre- sents artistic plays and gives them In beautiful fashion. A Scotsman by birth he studied as painter until chance made him an actor. Very soon his ability be- came apparent and he was climbing the ladder of fame. His sympathetic way of speaking, his charming manner. his deeo insight into the characters he portrays and his strong intellectuality all combine to make him and his work supreme"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18
AN AUTOMOBILE ROMANCE

From the Cincinnati Times-Star. The story of James Couzen's first s1ooo reaos like. romance. It gives vivid touch Of the old axiom that Tt is the hrst hundred which counts
 MT. Couzen. who has just retired as vice president and general manager of the Ford company, was at one time a car checker for railroad Later he became stenographer in the then budding Ford factory. One day he was given an op- portunity to invest in Ford stock. MT. Couzens had up to that time saved s9O0. He borrowed another s100 from his sister and bought 10 shares of Ford stock. Later he put in $1500 more. This all hap- pened 13 years ago. recent financial statement of the concern which he Ina 8 managed shows that Mr. Couzens must be worth over $10,O0OO0o.
 He paid his sister for her sl00 loan w,tb snare or stock. Since then that share Of stock has paid s5O,0OO in dividends. While the company has given the owner an equal amount in stock This is the TO. nance of those first hundreds.
 The development of the automobile in- dustry has brought riches to a few peo- pie and poverty to larger number. Many blacksmith wheelwright, harness maker and buggy manufacturer has been put out of business by the coming of the gasoline car Even in the automobile bus mess itself the failures have been more numerous than the successes. But some Of these successes have been highly spec tacular.
 
 thousands of men who used to make the equipment for horse-drawn vehicles have been forced to look for new iobs The money they would have earned and the profits their employers would have taken in the older lines of vehicle indus try have gone elsewhere. And it some times seems as if the larger part of the total sum has been placed to the credit of the concern from which MT. Couzens has just withdrawn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18

Experts of the United States public pleted an inquiry into the number of drug users in the United States. estimates
 that there are approximately 100000. Ow- ing to the extreme difficulty of getting
 information about subject of this kind, it is probable that there may be more than 20O000 drug addicts in the country
 but the governments estimate may be &C., eepted as fairly accurate. To show how exaggerated some estimates are, 1t has been asserted that there are 100000 per sons in the United States who are victims of habit forming drugs, or about per cent of the total population The govern ment experts conclude that the number is amount of opium and it's derivatives inn ported in a single year is sufficient for 2,5oo,o00 average doses The amount of cocoa leaves and cocaine imported an- nually would make S25,o0OO0O average doses The habit-forming drugs import ed ilegitmately are so small in quantity as to be negligible The health service found the most accurate data in Tennes- see, total of z37O drug addicts were regeistered one year after the Harrison law went into effect The users of opium and it's derivatives consumed 12000 doses year. This ratio applied to the whole country would give 900 addcts, using 1.i16.000 average doses. Cocaine users, ac- cording to the health service, brings the number of addicts up to 100000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18
PLAYED A FINE LADY

From the Pittsburg Post.
 After night of blissful imagination that she was great lady with fine motor car and maid. and not little woolly y-headed negro girl. Ida Herbert 10 years old. was found sleeping with a doll in her arms in an electric coupe During the night 2 she had run the ma chine through Pttsburg streets accom- panied only by her doll
 A man who saw the car at the side of the street with oneswheel on the curb ins, telephoned the police.
 For while Ida was fearful of the police station and sat in silence. rolling the whites of her eyes at the policemen. Then she told her story. She said she left her home for walk with her doll She said the lights and the crowds of nice people, made her feel sorry she was a little negro girl T had 10 cents, ? she said, ''and I went to see a picture show. There see fine ladies with such beautiful white faces, and there was a big motor car with lady running it.
 Then when I come out I tell Mar garet-that's my dolly here-that we would let on we was fine ladies. see a car that glistens like one in the. pie ture Nobody was in it, so me and Mar garet gets in. know how to run them, because my cousin showed me how. He 2 . chauffeur.
 Well. we. starts out. oh. it's great!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18
PUT UP THE SWORD

By John Greenleaf Whittier. Put up the sword,'' The voice of Christ
 once more Speaks. in the pauses of the cannon s Der fields of corn by fiery sickles reaped And left dry ashes; over trenches heaped With nameless dead; OCT cities starving
 slow Under a rain of fire; through wards of
 woe Down which a grooming diapason ruins From tortured brothers. husbands, lovers,
 sons Of desolate women in their far-off homes, Waiting to hear the step that never
 comesi Q men and brothers! let that voice bel x heard. War fails. try peace; put up the usslsss
 swordl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18
THE SILLY CENsoRs

I From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. IT Carmen had been a nice, ladylilxe young person Prosper Merimee would
 not have written a novel about her 1 And Bizet would never have had a | chance to make Merimee's story over
 into one of the most popular of all | operas. And, of course, no one would have made either novel or opera into picture play
 All the interest in Carmen centers In her lack of niceness. She was a hot blooded and reasonably wicked spanish girl, but she was none the less human and understandable. As pre- sented by Merimee and Bizet she is one of the notable figures of the worlds fiction.
 And now comes the Ohio board of moving picture censors to command that Carmen must be. to a certain ex tent, respectable and orderly. She must not smoke, for smoking is not commendable in young girls of Car mems age. She must not do other things which do not conform to ac cepted nineteenth and twentieth cen tury social standards. She must. in fact be largely denatured, and pre- sented with only hints of her great naughtiness.
 UT course, 1t would be far better to bar Carmen altogether from the screen. A modified and ladylike Carmen is no Carmen at all. With such a heroine there would be no conceivable excuse TOT novel, opera or film drama
 The example is illuminative, and indicates not only the uselessness. but also the large nuisance value of the state censorship board. A body of non expert guardians of the public morals is sore and needless irritation to the public. The national board of cen sors, body of experts, is generally recognized by producers and exhibitors alike. The state board is an expen- sive superfluity and reflection upon the intelligence of Ohio communities. It pre-supposes inability on the part or the communities to protect their own morals.
 The time is not far distant when the censorship nuisance will be abated. It Is recrudescence of Puritanism wholly out of harmony with the times
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18
stendy Business Improvement

Yes, business is good in my line, V said Dr. w. H. Taylor. the well-known pharmacist. Tt began to improve in June and it has been improving steadily ever since, until now it Is normal.
 Prosperity seems to be permanent and all indications point to an unusually brisk trade this winter in various branches of btlsiness'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18
HOTEL LOBRIES
Pro.per,ty in North Birminghnm

Our section of Greater Birmingham is very prosperous at the present time said R. H. Wharton. Jr., cashier of the North Birmingham Trust and Savings bank.
 One of the evidences of the return or good times is the increase in our business at the bank. On September the state ment at the close of business showed that we had total resources of $2547 36S2. On Saturday our resources had gained $25,o0 as compared with September.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18
GETTING BACK AT THE PRIEST I,,o,, fba Rostop Tra n aeript

An Irishman was reproved by his priest for eating sausages on Friday Sure, Father Tim, you don't call sausages meat?' he protested.
 Certainly they are meat said his reverence.
 The next day the Irishman appeared at the priests house with load oi sawdust.
 But, Michael, I did not order any sawdust; it was wood l ordered And isn't it wood I've brought yer No. it isn't; it's sawdust.'
 But Father Tim, if sausage is meat, sure isn't sawdust wood?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18

BEGINNING THE DAY-Hclp me, Lord, to remain true to the princi- pies of my childhood teaching. May I not slip nway. Bind me to the great hOnesfies and the great loves in- stilled In me when l was young. Save me from disbOnOriDg my parents and my teaching and those who loved me and played for me. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18
Rcpublican Comedies WiI.on,s T


 The republican national committee will meet this winter to decide upon the place and time Of holding the next national con- vention. and those of us in Birmingham hope that Philadelphia will be selected as the convention city," said John H. Sin mott of the Pennsylvania metropolis
 T have always voted the republican ticket and expect to vote that way again Tn lsl6, but 1t looks as if President Wilson would be Reelected. The republicans and proeressives have not made much head way In getting together. A year ago I thought the two factions would combine ana make winning fight for the presi- deney. But now everybody seems to take it for granted that Wilson will be his own successor.
 have sever known time when so hetie interest was manifested in an ap- proachlng campaign as there is today"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18

1 We ride all around. The people listen to me ringing the bell. They think I'm some fine lady and they turn out for me just if l was. The world feels good ; I like everybody. I talk to Margaret about our mansion on Fifth avenue. I don't know where I'm going.
 After while I get sleO by and I think about how the machine isn't mine and |;I Swant to take it back where I got it Efhe wheel goes on sidewalk and | stop. Then I go to sleep
 Ida appeared to regret that she was in the police station and would have tU go to juvenile court. The machine, which was found to belong to a society woman, was not damaged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18
MORE TO REMEMBER

From Tit Bits.
 The teacher. lady of uncertain age. was having g hard time teaching Johnny the names of the Kings of Eng land.
 said, disgustedly, "I could recite the names of the kings backward and for ward"
 "Yes'm." said Jchnny, but when you was my age there wasn't so many kings"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18

It is now possible to learn scientific eating" by mail but the ultimate consum- CT who has to hustle for his meals doesn care a rap whether he eats them in a scientific manner or not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18

The new lighting regulations in London are so strict that there is nothing left for a Londoner to do but to go to bed and trust to luck that he won't be walked up by a Zeppelin bomb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18
THE noTocRAvURE SECTION

From the Coosa River News
 The Birmingham Age-Heryd has added new charm and interest tt its already beautiful typographical appeAxance by a rotogravure section. The Ne-Hercld would do credit to q city twice\the size of Birmingham,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18

Lord Reading says that Great Britain ent war. man naturally feels that
 way after having borrowed $5OO,00o on ex-
 cellent terms
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18
Large Busine.. During the Fair

The State Fair brought big crowds to Birmingham, and as a result all the mer- chants have had very active trade" said L. Pizitz.
 My business during the 10 days of the fair was enormous. The fact is, the fair meant $40,000 in sales above the same period last year. And other merchants had high record experience"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-18

It is fashionable to have red hands in London now and dress any old way, writes a correspondent who devotes a great deal of time to flubdub My word! How informal war is,