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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Talk. of Bushes. Improvement

Last winter business in Chicago was dull in most industrial lines, but it is not so today" said s. H. Winthrop of the lake metropolis. There has been a steady improvement not only in Chicago. but all through the northwest and the mid dle west. I was in Cleveland the other day and that city is unusually prosperous. l stopped a day in Cincinnati, and heard no talk of hard times there.
 ''I am glad to Know that the south is re- covering from the depression caused by the low price of cotton. I am in touch with business interests in several of the cotton states, including Alabama, and re- ports recently received indicate a very marked improvement.
 T believe thai 1915 win turn out to be good year for everybody.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11
Active Capacity Increasing

Industrial business continues to im- prove. There is large demand for machine tools.
 The Iron Trade Review of Cleveland speaks of the orders for such tools placed within the past few days as representing total money value that is "amazing." While the greater part of the business is coming from the belligerent nations, the orders from countries not at war are increasing.
 The Steel corporation continues to make gains. It is now operating at nearly 70 per cent capacity, and it is believed that it will reach 80 per cent capacity before the end of the present month.
 The iron market is holding it's own, with indications for an upward turn in prices shortly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

"Everybody knows that George R. Knox. Jr., is considered one of the Beau Brummels of Birmingham" said George A Blinn, Jr, yesterday He's fine looking fellow, and wears the
 best looking clothes imaginable. and he has the manners of a Chesterfield; yes. that's what the lady in question said about him. that he's regular Ches- terfield."
 Tn fact she was so impressed with MT. Knox's beautiful manners that she kept telling her small 1-year-old boy what a nice man he was, and she kept
 saying over and over to the little fel- low:
 "'When you grow up I want you to be like MT. Knox take him for an eX- ample; he's a regular Chesterfield. "The little fellow had it rubbed in so hard that finally he got very curious to see Mr. Knox, and so one evening there was a party next door to the lit tie boys house and he with a lot of other kiddies peeped In at the window. Somebody--one of the children-recog- nized MT. Knox and pointed him out to the little boy. The y6ungster fol- lowed with envious curious eyes and
 watched his every movement; he took him in from head to toe. and went home
 very much impressed. Later when his mother was questioning him about
 where he had been, he told her, adding excitedly:
 And guess who I saw at the party?
 Mr. George Knox!'
 Well" smiled his mother rather amused.
 He's just what you said he was mother" the little boy quickly said
 He's a regular WINCHESTER" q know very little concerning the game of poker" said J. Fall Roberson. who represents St. Clair county in the legislature, and who yesterday was at
 the Newspaper club. "but during the
 recent session of the general assembly heard a good poker story.
 q was seated with a friend in Fitz- patrick's cafe when Wiley Tunstall of
 Anniston, and Ali Tunstall of Greens boro, the latter being a member of the legislature, occupied tables near us. My
 friend, observing these brothers. both of whom are regarded as unusually clever, highly intelligent turned to me and said:
 CT tell you, Roberson, if had that
 pair to draw to, it would take stack of money as high as this building to drive me out of the pot "The story was so apropos and ac- corded so perfectly with my own ideas regarding the Tunstall brothers, that
 was deeply impressed. And whenever
 now, see either of the brothers, re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11
SOLDIERS.

Alias, to think in this old world How many peoples hearts are sad. Whose husbands, brothers, sons are
 hurled
 Into the strife where. murder-mad, Men drench the sodden fields with blood And leave red footprints in the snow, Or burrow deep in filth and mud. While shot and shell work ceaseless
 woe.
 A little while ago these men
 About their peaceful duties went; A holiday took now and then,
 Their lives with love and laughter blent. But now like beasts they fight and die And like the wind-blown leaves they fall. Nor stop to ask the reason why, When once they hear the battle call.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11
NO CHANGE.

You never can tell how a man is going to turn out
 Sometimes you can
 For instance?'
 When see fellow who would rather stay in bed all day than go out wearing socks that don't match his tie. I know he'll never be the president of rail- road"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

to the remarks of Judge Gray He de- clared that he had been much Impressed by Gray's account of the negotiations at Paris. and particularly had he been ini- pressed by the statement that straight forward American business methods had prevailed
 "T had somewhat of a similar expo rience,' said Allen. When me and Lee went to Appomattox and under the old apple tree met General Grant, we par leyed for a long time, and General Grant had considerable difficulty arranging peace terms, but after while the straightforward American business meth ods of Grant brought Lee and me to terms"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11
VINTAGE AND VANTAGE STORIES
 OF THE NEWSPAPER CLUB

call the story and smile. And, in con- clusion, wish to state that agree with my friend. If I was guaranteed pair as good as they, I would sit down to little game right now, although con corning the sport, know nothing at all"
 "There Is no end to the servant prob- lem," said Jack Eaton, who had just finished giving a demonstration of how not to play pool. Incidentally, if Jack handled advertisements the way he does cue, there would be gnashing of teeth among Age-Herald advertisers. Mrs. Jones was in search of @ maid and the quest had been such long one that she was willing to hire anybody from any, where, sight unseen.
 "One day an applicant called at Mrs. Jones' house. She was shabby in dress. rather uncouth in her manner and had a black eye that. would attract attention anywhere.
 "'Ahem!' coughed Mrs. Jones. who was wondering how much it would be safe to ask this rather belligerent looking person. -ahem!-are you married?
 ''The applicant drew herself up haughti ly. No, madam, she retorted. I bumped into a door D
 Those intimate with Southern league politics declare that c. c. Kavanaugh who was Mr. Baugh's chiefs opponent in the recent election was held in the race by his supporters after all chance for victory was gone," remarked Paoli Smith,
 "As you might say in sporting circles the seconds of the Little Rock candidate refused to throw up the sponge but waited for a knock out.
 "The situation reminds me of an in- cident that took place in southern Louis ana a few years ago. Two darSies were testing for the black-weight champion- ship of the state and one of them was getting the worst of it. Seeing that he was being defeated one of the negroes yelled to his seconds to throw up the sponge and stop the fight His supporters, however, had put up their savings on his success and refused to comply.
 "'Trow up dat spong! panted the doomed pugilist as between blows he managed to sidle over to his seconds corner.
 ''The seconds made no move.
 "Thinking they had not heard him tho darkie circled the ring and again panted his appeal. Finally in desperation he be- gan series of circles around the ring, lodging his opponents blows as best he could and urging his supporters to stop the fight.
 Finally he paused in front of his sec- onds shouted
 ..Niggers for Gauds sake trow up dat snong, Dis am de las time round
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

heard of "denatured' redslin. Preach cry is the middle name of the average h. dian. He instinctively fights under cover. and as for hitting below the belt that is Lis favorite outdoor sport
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. "A deucedly pretty girl,'' stunning"
 And a hideous bulldog True. She ought to have man along to lessen the contrast between herself and tho dog
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

the bill is such that although no name IS mentioned it affects Ithaca alone.
 Tn the second place fl does not give the voters of Ithaca local option on1 only the privilege of making the town dry once and for always. If the Dill IS passed and Ithaca does go dry, only to discover later that the evil effects ot the bill outweigh the good, then it will be too late to reverse the decision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

LOCATING THE TROUBLE. ''Jobkins is always imagining that there is something wrong with him.. What do you think it is?' His imagination
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

According to the 'war news" sent out from Petrograd the Russians do a great deal of "desperate' fighting in the east ern theatre of war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

There was a time when the "trouser skirt would have attracted great dea. of attention, but not this year. There is too much other excitement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11
ESSAY ON INDIANS.

ESSAY ON INDIANS.
 ''The Indian does his fighting in the open and above board, and never strikes below the belt says the Montgomery Times Positively the first time we ever
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11
Boys Pig CImbs

Boys pig clubs are becoming as popular in Alabama as the boys corn clubs. They are being organized in every part of the state. and the benefit to the boys in dividrally and to the communities in which they live will be readily apprecable. The State Pig club agent at Auburn is actively promoting the movement. This circular in the form of rules and regula- tions which has just been issued by the agent, will be of great interest:
 T. mbership-Membership is open to boys tand girls) between the ages of 10 and 20 years. No membership fee is charged. To compete for prizes offered, members must be enrolled by May 1. 1915.
 '2. Kind of Pig-There are no require nients as to the sex, breed, grade, size or age of pig used, but boys are advised to get pure-breds when possible. It is well to get a pig that will make a sow by next fall. In the event the pig cannot be purchased in the neighborhood the state agent at Auburn or the county agent in Birmingham will endeavor to furnish on requests names of parties in Jefferson county who have pigs for sale. The Traders National bank of Birmingha has offered to lend B each to 100 boys in Jefferson county who need assistance in buying a pig, and applicants for this money should write direct to them for that assistance.
 "3. Care and Feeding of Pig-Members may feed and care for their pigs as they think best. We advise as to the best methods of feeding and handling, but have no means of checking up the boys to see that they feed as we suggest.
 "A. Records-Members will be required to keep weight and feed records of their pigs. The pig must be weighed and the weight recorded when the pig is bought. No later weights are required, but we urge the boys to weigh once each month when possible. Enough feed may be weighed out at one time to last the pig several weeks This feed must be charged against the pig on the day the feed is weighed. Pasturage may be charged by the month, ranging from 10 to 25 cents per month, according to the kind of pas ture and the size of pig. Table scraps may be used if desired, and may be
  Gin addition to pasture) as one-half the ration, one-fourth the ration, etc. Rec ords must be kept for four months or more to entitle a member to contest for a prize. All record blanks will be fur nished free of charge by the government
 '5. Prizes-Although the prize list has not yet been arranged, it is probable that attractive prizes for the best pig will be offered. It is hoped that every mem Der who completes four months rec ords by September and makes report to Auburn promptly, shall be awarded enough forage crop seed to make pas lures for his pigs next winter. All other prizes will be competitive, and will bs awarded in addition to the seed.
 "e. For further information apply to State Pig club agent, Auburn. Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

At frequent intervals a man with a bulging forehead rises to remark that we eat too much And every time he does it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

Judge Gary advises young men to stick to the Golden Rule, although Europe is giving just now fine demonstration of how not to do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

The justly famous question, What is whisky?' has a successor in What is a mature orange?" which the United States supreme court will have to decide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

The indefatigable Edward Payson Wes- ton has started another walking trip. His past performances entitle him to ride in 'jitney bus for the rest of his life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

BEGINNING THE DAY---God, grant me to live on the hills. where the air is clean and the sky Is close. Teach me that Thou hast prepared n country for me, here and now, which flows with milk and honey. Forbid that I should wait until an other time to sit beside Thee in Thy place. In Christ's name. Amen. III. NJ. K.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

Jess Willard is so anxious to be put to sleep that he is going all the way from Los Angeles to Havana just to have that experience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

Collections are said to be improving, but there is no widespread disposition in Bir- mingham to give away old suits of clothes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

1t is rather unkind to poke fun at Turk for having harem. He has to pay all the bills and in the long run is not to be envied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

England says, Pooh, poohl' or words to that effect, but German submarines continue to sink British ships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

Although it didn't seem possible, con- ditions in Mexico have gone from bad to worse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11
ALABAMA PRESS

Montgomery Times: A little matter like a presidential nomination could not de- stroy the friendship existing between Os- car Underwood and Champ Clarlk.-Bir- mingham Age-Herald
 But the speaker has the advantage now for it is the record that senators do not go to the White House. But Underwood has broken so many records that the speaker will have to keep his off eye on him.
 Montgomery Advertiser: Here in Ala bama we might as well be reconciled to the situation; we are in for a continuous performance of factional and venomous politics. Any excitement the legislature cannot provide will be furnished by the recess committees.
 Anniston Star: That fight in the cham pagne region is corker.
 Huntsville Mercury-Banner The first statute of the hand-picked legislature to be carried into the courts for decision re- ceiyed a black eye in Birmingham last week. The complaint was against the sell ing of newspapers and magazines contain ing liquor advertisements.
 The court held that the recently enacted anti-liquor advertising law is directed against the advertising of liquors, "the manufacture and sale of which is prohib- tied in Alabama" but that the manufac- ture and sale of liquors is not now pro- hibited in Alabama. Consequently decision on the broad question involved goes over until such time as the point may be raised after the date when the legalized manu- facture and sale of liquor in Alabama is no longer tolerated.
 This is a common sense construction of the act What equity or justice would there be in forbidding newspaper adver- Using for sale goods authorized and H. censed to be sold by the state and the city at the Huntsville dispensary? The thing is absurd or its face, but 1t is about what we may expect from that bunch thai Brooks Lawrence selected to make laws for uS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

The U-16 seems to be whale of sub marine when it comes to sinking British ships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

King Constantine of Greece seems strongly desirous of sitting on the lid, all ways a thankless task
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

It is a dull day when a new scandal is not aired at Alabamas capital.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11
HELPS SOME.

"A woman is never happy unless she is in style.o
 Perhaps that is true. but she can sc, a great deal of comfort out of knowing that some woman is not in style"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11
BY "PRIvATE JOHN,

From the Washington Post.
 Poor Private John Allen, who, to his sorrow, earned the reputation as a hu- morist when he was a member of Con- gress, has been blamed for many stories of which he was not the author" re- marked Fred E. Coyne, former postmas- ter of Chicago, at the Raleigh. But there are some good stories which orig mated in the Mississippian's fertile brain, and which could only come from one who is genial and looks always on the bright side. Allen had the happy faculty of disconcerting his opponents in debate thereby winning many easy oratorical victories. Sometimes he. would spring a story from pure fun.
 T remember on one occasion when Al
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

WORSE THAN STRAP-HANGING.
 It has come at last. Feverish suburban ties. unable to get seat, are riding 10 town on the running-boards of ''jitney" automobiles. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

len at a banquet here in w most destroyed the effect o and profound address of
 made on his return from the conclusion of peace be and the United States. It wi that our commissioners at Judge Gray, the late Senator Davis and the late Senator ] banquet-I thinK it was a fair-of the commissioners on Frye were present. and ca serious and thoughtful spe, Gray's effort was studied ar He told how the American CTS for sometime after delibel had great difficulty in bringir ish commissioners to terms; straightforward American bul ods won, and tie United Stat to acquire the Philippines tw ready had) by the payment Gray's address made an i'm course.
 After a time John Allen W for 2 speech, and he began
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

Plate sin with gold. md the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks.
 Lear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

ANT STONE BRUISES. WE WONDER?
 The papers say that when Gov. Tom Rye was poor boy he rode calf when he went to see his sweetheart now the first 1adyrof Tennessee" That's nothing, it required two calves to take us to see the freckled faced Tar Heel girl in gins- ham frock that used to make us sweat poetry.-George M Baily, in the Houston Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11
A Boom for Birmingham

"I was much pleased to note in The Age-Eerald of Wednesday in the hotel lobby column an interview from w. N. Malone in regard to the boom that Mont gomery is hunting for, and the sugges- tion he made as to how one could be had for Birmingham by working for moro pay rolls here" said T. A. Weller, who has been named by President Crawford Johnson as the chairman of the industrial bureau of the Chamber of Commerce.
 q believe the Suggestion of MT. Malone comds at most opportune time for Bir- mingham for it seems to me that we have been having of late a very impressive lessor as to the need of more pay rolls for this city and district and I fully agree with him that if we should go about getting these in a business-like way that we could have genuine boom of our own that would mean something. I pro- pose to present this matter to the cham Der at the very first opportunity, for l feel satisfied that there are industries that can be located here at this time when the entire country is awake to the importance of getting the South Amer lcan trade that IS ours almost for the gO- ing after.
 T believe that Birmingham should be represented in that meeting of financiers from South American countries that is to be held in Washington city early in May to consider financial connections with the United States as preliminary to get ting the trade of those countries Let us take what the gods are sending us. and be sufficiently alert to utilize the oppor- tunities that are certainly before us. believe that Birmingham can have the highest degree of prosperity if we go to work to bring it about.'
 Cornell Paper Flights Dry Rin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11
TRAGEDY.

Feminine Voice Over the Telephone: My poem published in your paper this morning was simply ruined by typo graphical errors. I'm so distressed don't know what to dol''
 Stoical Newspaper Mechanic Madam persons who write for newspapers must bow to the inevitable. The typographical error is always with us Full many mas- terpiece dashed off in fine frenzy comes back from old Dr. Linotype a subject fit for tears"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11
Cornell Paper Flights Dry Bin

llceHSeu liquor lrdIIlc, ana most or them are reconciled to the dry law" said a local optlonist who votes with the prohibit tionists in college community where his home is.
 "I believe in high license and regulation for large cities, but no license for small sity or college But Cornell seems to have, more wet sentiment than dry Pro- hibitfonists of Ithaca, where Cornell is situated, are trying to put through the legislature bill that will make that city dry The Cornell Sun, the organ of the student body. is fighting the measure vigorously. It has this to say. It is claimed that fully one-half of the univer- sity is in favor of license and regulation in Ithaca. The undergraduate paper says:
 The Sun does not condone drunken ress, nor does 1t advocate drinking. but it does stand for liberty of conscience and freedom of action so long as that freedom. does not run counter to the pub- lie veal. There is very 1ittle-afmost mo- drunkenness among Corhelrs undergrad ustes; but there is moderate drinking.
 The man who indulges in this has his views as we'll as the man who has constituted himself his Brothers keeper, and wishes to forbid him to drink any liquor containing alcohol.
 "'Thc Preswick bill has two technical evils. In the first place it is an evasion of the constitutional provision which for bids special legislation. The wording of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

A J. Eaton, Jr.. and O. E. Young are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald in its cir culation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-11

Anniston Star: That fight in the cham pagne region is a corker.
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