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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-25
Candidate for Constable

William Huffaker filed his declaration
of candidacy in the clerks office of the
probate court yesterday for constable
of Beat 50.
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deposed and Mrs Jacobs elected to pre-
side ever the meeting. That added to
the interest of the convention and Mrs.
Jacobs presided admirably"
L. J. Haley: "a never enjoyed an even
ing more than when 1 attended the adj
vertising convention. There was plenty
of fun all the time, and at the same
time the meeting evidenced an interest
in advertising that speaks we'll for the
rapid strides which this profession is
making. 1t was fine
Phares Coleman: "The Age-Herald's
advertising convention was signal
success and I wish to congratulate The
Age-Herald for providing one of the
best evenings entertainment I have had
in many day. There are three impor-
tant viewpoints from which advertis-
ing must be considered-first, that of
the newspaper; second, that of the adj
vertiser, and third, that of the consum-
er. The relation which exists between
these three viewpoints, and the neces-
sity for proper consideration being
given to each in the writing of a sue
cessful advertisement, was made plain
at the meeting Thursday night, The
convention served to impress upon the
people the real Importance and the dig
nifty of advertising. the necessity for
truthful advertising and the impor-
lance of having the right advertise
ment inserted in the right paper"
B. Fl. Mooney, advertising man: THE
Age Heralds advertising convention
was novel and interesting entertain
ment. 1t was instructive to the public
and provided plenty of fun. The cleo
ton of John Sparrow, the veteran adj
vertising. man. is generally COM
mended."
Thomas j. Judge: II have never
heard more favorable comments upon
any affair than ! did yesterday about
The Age-Herald's advertising conven-
sCcntinued on Page Sevcn)
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-25
TODAY'S EVENTS
At the Theatres

Jefferson-"when Dreams Come True,
Bis and Sis clock.
Lyric-vaudeville $50, 1880 and O'CLOCK
D. m.
+ At the PhotOplay Houses
/ Trianon-"Inspiration.
Strand-"The Reform Candidate
i Colonial-s.Crooked to the End
Odeon I'wo-"The Woman With
Rose'
Princess-"Is Christmas a Bore?'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-25
IN CRIMINAL COURT

The criminal court judges will like
wise have a light docket The number
OF cases on the docket Is 1725. OF this
number 20 are capital cases. SIG nom
capital felony cases and 1129 misde-
meanors Although there will be but
two judges at work. 1t Is predicted
that Judges Fort and ueflin Will sue
oessfully handle the number of cases
set. Provided that the 1l29 cases are
completed by next March, It will leave
the docket In fine condition.
The solicitors office VIII cooperate
with the courts in every way possible.
as will the circuit solicitor. The state
will be represented In every case either
by a county solicitor or an attorney
furnished by the prosecution.
Unless unprecedented conditions
arise. the congested dockets of Jeffer-
son county courts will be a thing OF
the past by next March, when ad1ourn-
ment VIII be taken.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-25

deposed and Mrs. Jacobs elected to pre-
side ever the meeting. That added to
the interest of the convention and Mrs.
Jacobs presided admirably"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-25
INDICATIONS ARE
|. THAT JUDGES WILL
CLEAR THE DOCKETS
Work for Next Term Will
Be Lighter Than Usual
Owing to the Speedy
Work Last Term

With the lightest docket in many
years, the city and circuit courts will
reconvene on January 8 with fine
prospects of clearing the once con-
gested docket of Jefferson county. With
the regular judges working as usual
and four additional judges to be sent
by the state to aid in clearing the
docket, tho indications are that the
cases Will be speedily disposed of
Although the docket can be called
light. this by no means indicates that
the judges will have no work to do.
In former years the judges were al
ways far behind the docket, but this
year the condition Is altogether diff
fercnt. During the past term. which
ended few days ago. an unprecedent-
cd number of cases were disposed of,
One of tho chief reasons for this.
according to Judge W. n. Fort. in his
charge to a recent grand jury. was
that the sheriff did not make unnec-
essary arrests and thus clog the courts
with unmportant cases.
On the docket of the circuit court
for the coming term, which opens on
January 8 and continues to March 2.
are set 2i60 cases, 1t is commonly
predicted by court authorities that this
docket will easily be completed with
the four additional judges. In former
years the docket was this large for the
regular judges alone.
CIRCUIT COURT DOCKET
The cases set for the court are as
follows: Nonjury 900; civil, 100; chan
Gerry. 1900; criminal 200, The judges,
their term and their special cases are
as follows: Civil cases, nonjury. ]. e.
Blackwood presiding judge, beginning
January and ending March 2. 1916.
Criminal cases, b. M. Miller, presiding
Judge, beginning January and end
ing January 20. Attorneys will please
take notice that forfeitures heretofore
taken In criminal cases will be made
final on January 20.
Chancery, A. y. FosteTand j. ]. Cur
tbs. presiding Judges beginning jan
uary 3 and ending January 5. Court
will be called in each division at $3.50
every morning. except Monday, when
it will be called at 10 o'clock.
A clerks office for the four addi-
tional divisions will be provided In tho
annex of the courthouse, the Lyon
Terry building. All business for these
courts will be handled by the special
clerk.
The city court docket is very light.
as stated above. AS 1t is continuous
docket, the exact number of cases is
not known. In the first division Judge
John C. Pugh will preside in the sec
ond division, Judge Charles w. Fergu-
son: in the third division, Judge John
IT, Miller; and in the fourth division.
Judge Henry A. Sharpe will preside. All
cases will be finished by March g. 1t
is believed by clerks in the city court
But 1900 cases are on the docket at
present.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-07
SHORT ONES

Now that kin of victims of railroad
accidents can collect for the pain suf-
fered, we expect the railroads to car
ry chloroform and then prove the VIC
tim died easily. -.-.
1t seems that every foundry in the
United States that hasn't had it's
share of war orders Indignantly de-
clines to make shrapnel for the allies.
No man ever is too busy to stop
and talk half an hour if you only can
discover just what it is he likes to
talk about. -.. --..
1t would be sad to discover that the
O'Reilly who kept the hotel in re-
atty was named Hans Schwartzmeis-
ter.
Some one always is putting poison
ivy in the bouquet a fellow throws at
himself .-...--...
Those military drives in Europe
seem all right, but the putting is bum.
What a jealous wife, cannot mag
inc a divorce lawyer can supply.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-07
GET THE HABIT

GET THE HABIT!-A song that is
sailing toward the high seas of pop
ularity starts off with some words
like these:
NAB it, grab it, get the dollar habitT
Wrong! That's not the habit to get
or to grab or to nab.
This isn't the time of the year to
acquire a dollar habit If indeed
there ever is any time of the year in
which the dollar habit" is a good
one. I. .
But there are other habits that are
good and useful during the coming
summer days.
If you want to nab or grab Or get
habit that is really worth while,
why not
Nab the outdoor habitp'
Grab the take the family to the
picnic habit"
Get the fresh air habit"
Let the dollar habit" take care of
itself. You must have money in Or
der to take day off once in while.
The dollar is necessary so that you
can have beefsteak anG shoes. But
at best it's grubbing to get it, and it's
not to be mentioned in the same
breath with the good, enjoyable
things of life.
1870
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-07
1870
A DIAGNOSIS

The man who turns his trousers VI
Six inches at the bottom,
Has mostly got his brains turned
down
| That is, when he has got EN- =
The Washington times., 1915-01-25
Description of the FoxTrot the First In Series of
Six Articles on Modern Dancing Written
and illustrated BY MIR. and Mrs.
Vernon Castle, to Appear
In The Times.

when all the new steps OF the turkey
trot hrst came out. the grapevine"
was the standby Of all the begin
ners. and 1t was about as far as
most OF them got. for which they
should now be thankful.
The counting for the second step
is ''o-n-c. two, one. two. three.
stop" the first two steps slow and
the last three spinning fast.
The third step is much like the
first. with the addition OF very
pretty little back kick The first
two steps are the same (slow ones,
you going back on your right and
forward on my left. We then give
tiny hop and both kick up at the
back, you with your right foot and
7 with my left. This takes up two
fast beats. and for the other two re-
naming beats we take two fast
steps in the same direction we start
ed. This completes that step. which
takes the same number of beats as
the others. The counting Is "o-n-c,
two. hop. kick. three four
For the next step. instead OF TAX
ing two slow steps forward We take
two drags to the side. This drag Is
a very old negro step. often called
Get over SAL" II is done this way:
You take small hop on your left
The Washington times., 1915-01-25
ADVlCE | u ClRLC X x BY Laurie

Heart Weary-What a jealous sister
you have anyway, Heart Weary. She
Is foolish to have such an affection for
a man only two-thirds her age. And
can't you find someone who is nearer
your own age instead Of wanting a boy
younger than you? l am afraid that
You are both placing your affection
where 1t will never be returned.
r. r. M.-Help you to plan your
pleasure. r. e. NJ. You're going to
have red for the prevailing color of
your decorations. aren't You! II that 9
the case you can start cutting hearts
out OF red cardboard In your spare mo-
ments. Make hearts Of all Sizes from
an inch to six inches across. Cardboard
costs cents a sheet. and be sure to
get the kind that is colored on both
sides. String hearts all over the living
room or wherever you are to entertain
your guests. Long strings Of them in
graduated sizes are effective attached
to gas or electric globes and leading ia
all corners Of the room. Cover the
globes themselves with red crepe paper
II you are. to have flowers. use bright
red carnations
For one Valentine game. you will
need as many hearts as there are to be
The Washington times., 1915-01-25
Peters Adventures in Mdtrim0nv
By LEONA DALRYMPLE.

flung herself down upon her arms again
and cried heartily.
Another time likely would have been
moved to cynical soliloquy upon how
easy a woman's tears come. This morn
ing I felt SO disturbed and unable to
analyze my own feelings that merely
tried to humble something comforting,
and failed. l relapsed into morbid rev.
erie until saw Mary fleeing toward the
heat zone. She caught up pan that I
now saw for the first time had been
blazing along with the fire. and re-
moved 1t to a place Of safety.
The steak sEd wes on fire." she e. said
he'd be terribly, disappointed If any
thing happened to It,"
1 said nothing at oil I merely Won
dered whether sunburn ever made a
man So i'll he had to go to hospital.
hungrily about the fire. l considered
his appearance of appetite indelicate.
After time he came and sat down on
the bench near us and burst into talk
gloomest. intensest looking pirate
Mrs Hunt?"
meek. small voice. "but I'm sure I can't
| feel so badly as Peter. or--or I'd have
to make faces. too"
I suspected Mary OF acute sarcasm
| and glanced keenly her way. I was dis,
concerted to find in her face merely
sympathy.
Nonsense said Jaynes heartily
you feel just as bad. Men Mrs. Hunt
are the most self-centred brutcs In
| creation. They want their women tC
! russ over them eternally, and hand out
! the glad hand of sympathy, but my
! my. my! don't they bristle over wom
ans ailments! They can give you 6
| cynical reason for all Of it. too"
| An II what" ] put in curtly
why they consider positive sympathy
| their due said Jaynos. grinning "anC
| negative sympathy their privilege"
| | could have killed him on the spot.
imagine he thinks he's clever.
(CeDyrisht sy Newspaper Feature Service.
The Washington times., 1915-01-25
TIMES BEDTIME STORY
Sniffle Tells His Secret

right" interrupted Cottontail. I'll
come as soon as can get my coat
He hustled about. and then taking
S1iffle by the arm. they trotted off
ts together, II, ra,1 and !. h he said' Now tell
Sniffle drew long breath and
gave most satisfying wiggle to his
nose. for Cottontail never scolded.
and began to tell how he had been
annoyed. The story lasted until they
wodssd were almost me t.aS home, and cottontail
way that I see to do 1t and to stop
their. spying. Tell them your Sc
cret." He stopped and looked at
Sniffle and laughed. but that bunny
only frowned. But then. you see.
they will wonder why l told. and
they want to know. won't have
any excuse for telling them. I'm
not supposed to know that they
Cottontail smoothed his whiskers
he said. :i'M fix It up for You.
III ask you how you get UP early"
TheX went into the house, and Pink
eyes and Shuttle were surprised and
delighted. surprised because snifhe
had a friend and delighted to see
quickly. Cottntail had no sooner
been seated than he began to COM
plain. II can't get up early. Who
can tell me how to do it?" Pink
eyes and Shuttle poked ono another.
and then tried to get Cotto4tail out
Sniffie had secret way. but they
nearly dopped over when they heard
Sniftie speak. why I have a way"
he said. Il just hang out my left
ear from under the covers. and by
daybreak. why 1t Is SO cold that 1t
Just simply wakes me up" He
grinned. and Pinkeyes and Shuttle
listened with their eyes popping out.
II would have told any one long
ago but nobody asked mel"
And then the funniest thing that
ever happened in Tabbyland oc-
Cured. For Pinkeyes. the perfect.
sat with his mouth open. and
WIGGLED HIS NOSE!
The Washington times., 1915-01-25

guests. Have a pencil attached to each
heart. On the face OF the card write
in gold or india ink one-half of some
well-known quotation about love. Write
the second part OF the quota ton on
another card. Give the first-half cards
to the boys. the second to the girls.
When the couples are all matched up,
have them write valentines to each
other on the backs Of their cards. Allow
them ten minutes to do this. Collect
them. Read them aloud. and nave
those present vote on the best and the
worst pair OF valentines. Award prizes,
II you wish.
Another game is based on the ever
popular donkey one. For this, cut a
large heart out of cardboard. cover 1t
with cotton batting. over this a cover
ing of red cheesecloth or crepe paper,
drawing 1t neatly over the cotton. At
tach this to a sheet and pin 1t shoulder
high on wall or door. Cut small
arrows out of your red card board,
numbering them. Have your guests in
order try to pin their arrows to the
center, of the heart when bindfoded.
Serve your sherbet or ice cream III
red crepe paper cases. You can make
these easily yourself by fastening a
| three inch frill of the paper about an
ordinary wax paper ice cream case, held
The Washington times., 1915-01-25

steps. and so on around the room
This Is very easy. and as It IL the
main step 1t should be done In be
tween other more difficult steps
In this way 1t makes the changing
from one step to another more SIM
pie. In taking the slow steps In this
dance the stride should be as long
as possible, as It adds a great deal
Of grace.
The next step Is not quite so easy
to explain. as 1t is to do. The first
two slow steps are the same. ex-
cept that walk forward a little
to one side. instead Of directly fac
ing you. After the second slow step
we spin round for three fast steps.
reserving the fourth and.last step to
stop with. because when one be-
gins spinning very fast 1t Is Diff
ficult to stop right on the beat. and
so We save our last step upon which
we stop. and I prepare to 60 for
ward again. BY stopping suddenly
like this you will find you uncon-
sciously fall into half a "grape-
vine" step. which gives the finish
very pretty effect.
feel sure II Is unnecessary for
me to explain what a grapevine step
is. as 1t Is far too we'll known. In
the beginning Of the dance furore.
The Washington times., 1915-01-25

Hozv Science Now Cures
Dread PdreSiS ScOurge
Bv Doses Of SdlUdrSdn
BY DIR. LEONARD KEENE H1RSHBERG.

three quarters OF an hour at tempera.
ture OF % degrees Cehtigrade. The first
test wss made on a patient who had
been stricken with general paralysis.
otherwise called parcsis. eight months
previously.
Operation Completely Successful.
DR.. de Martel trepanned his skull.
and two small holes were bored in the
Uranium box. Through each aperture
Or. Marie and DR.. Levadiu injected a
teaspoonful CT this serum. The injec-
ton needles were directed under the
brain envelope. SO that the cerebral
! matter was Nbathed with the nauid.
A few hours later the patient de.
vcIopcd convuls.ons. and for three days
a high temperature was the chief synlp-
tom On the night OF the third day
/ after inocuiating the serum, the patient
: began to quiet down, and the next day
collected. and he was able to read for
the first time IN many months.
, The second sufferer was helped still
, more. The patient had been stricken
! with general paralysis in 1903. and at
[ the time the treatment was begun be
was scarcely able to speak. and suf-
fered mental delusions. The results OF
the treatment on this patient lasted five
! toms of mental disorder had disap-
; pearcd. and his condition was greatly
! improved in every way. He is now in
: excellent condition with the exception
OF his eyesight. This they have not
! been able to remedy as yet.
Although the injection Of the serum
: pi ovokes an intense mental reaction,
I this reaction is associated with the
! micro obe killing effect OF the serum,
which results In the sterilization Of tho
brain.
! Fiv. cubic centimeters is about one
teaspoonful The method used by the
other physicians. to wit. Of inoculating
the salvarsap into the brain. had pre-
viously proved less permanent IN its re-
/; suits than this blood serum treatment
The fact that the three universally
known French investigators. one a won-
derful brain surgeon. one q noted hna6y
expert. and the other a most ingenious
, bacterioloeist have all three collabora-
. ted in this treatment of paresis. will
induce physicians everywhere to at
tempt at once to repeat 1t. At last
there seems relief for the mind trou-
bled like fountain stirred" and even
the paretic may now see "the bottom
of his mind"
The Washington times., 1915-01-25
Constructive Patriotism.

I the fire-eating citizen who
Y believes in war for a number
of well-meaning reasons, is
that without it there would be no
patriotism, that war Is a means of
uniting the country and of strength
ening the sinews, of brotherhood.
War is claimed to be the great or
ganzer. the great adjuster Of the
pulse of the nation.
But IL American men are all so
pig-headed that nothing but the
most disorganizing of organizers
can unite them in a single cause.
let the nation thank its stars that
the women are not Of that stripe.
Now that women have learned the
trick of organization, they are in
dulginr themselves in a species of
unifiCation which. strange to say, In
its most rirulent form resembles
that brand of patriotism which. ac-
cordins to men, Is evolved only by
the name of war.
The latest and most virulent form
of organization which is pregnant
with a very warlike patriotism. is
the Wonan's National Made in l..
S. \. League.
In one week they garnercd 5000
new members. and they are working
and mayors in much the same man
ner that troops are drafted In time
of war!
After ALL does patriotism mean
naught but the willingness to shed
blood? Is there not a higher form
The Washington times., 1915-01-25

IF there Is any other type of malignant
insanity which is more to be dreaded
i than paresis. the average person
hears little OF II. Pares.s Is Il terri
ble variety Of crazless which affi!cts
men more often than women.
Cnt!l Or. Hideyo Noguchi, the wonder
ful little Japanese savant, who expert
nlents in the Rockefeller Institute CT
Experimental Medicine. discovered that
the nsscrobe associated with 1aresis re-
!lected evil living. there still remained a
few skeptics who believed that this
type Of lunacy might come from ether
causes than depravity and bad habits.
To-day. thanks to Or. Noguchis greet
discovery, paresis, or 'softening of the
BRAIN as 1t has been loosely called, Is
known to be fourth stage of loath-
some disease
The great authorities upon insanity.
such as P-of Auguste Marie of the
Ssltepetriere Hospital in Paris. the late
Prof. Fra nkle- II ochwart Of Vienna. DR..
Stewart Patton Of America. and others
say that no one has ever recovered after
paresie has appeared.
A Revolutionary Cure.
After paresis develops. death. either
spontaneously or by suicide. occurs with
certainty in n few years. Insanity cX-
berts a"c almost unit on this point.
Therefore. II Il young physician---as vas
recently the csac-reports the cure of
paresis by salvarsan and blood serum
injected into the brain canal, supercon-
scrNat!res and chemically pure inoraltsts
of medicine scOf at the announcement
with the usual authoritative contempt.
When. however, the greatest living re-
search worker on insanity. Prof. Au-
susts Marie. Of the University Of Paris
and one of the most distinguished bac-
te. i"logists in the word. Prof. II. Leva-
dti rnc Of the successors Of Louis ! as
tour in the Pasteur institute Of France
and the noted French brain surgeon
Prof de Martei. unite in a wonderful
revolutionary experiment upon victims
| of raresis. the prudish reacti,naries
must believe and hearken despite their
bigotry.
Prof. Levaditi. in describing the treat
ment, sad that all that is required it
an injection into veins of the s:ronses,
possible doac of salvarsan. one hour
after incubation three or four tea
spoonfuls of blood are removed from ar
arm vein. The serum is heated fol
The Washington times., 1915-01-25
s~oreS GEe% HvL, .szue,~ xY

foot. then quickly throw the weight
Of the body on tho right. dragging
the left up to the right. This should
take up one long beat. realize
how difficult it is to understand this,
but | can think Of no simpler way
OF explaining it. and the second
photo should help considerably. In
II my wife Is just about to drag the
left foot up to the right.
After this you do exactly the same
step on the other side tsee the third
photo). This takes up the other
long beat. then you finish with four
fast steps as in the beginning OF the
dance. For you the counting is:
Drag to left. drag to right. one.
two. three. four" AS | am opposite
YOU. have naturally to drag to
the right while you drag to the left:
think. by far Ele prettiest of all.
In order to get into it easily. II is
necessary to begin in exactly the
same way as the first and main step.
except that am at the side In
stead OF directly facing you. We
three. four" Now. we take one
more slow step. as though We We're
commcnc ne again. and. instead OF
taking the second step. we face
quickly around in the other direc-
lion without changing the position
OF our fest. This takes up the sec
ond long heat.
The rest Is fairly simple. We take
four fast steps back In the direction
from which We came, and repeat
the step. 'o-n-e. turn. one. two.
three. four" and so on. There is
one difficulty in this step. and that
Il to keep the feet in the same posi-
tion while you turn around. and.
after you have made the turn. to
avoid starting off again with the
four fast steps ahead Of the music.
,copyright, 1915. by Otis +. Wood