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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27

inferior. As a matter of fact, they have never seen any of the higher class photoplays produced in this country, which are as good as any produced in Europe, although for ob- vious reasons, the old world offers better opportunities for spectacular productions.
 American moving picture firms are not entirely to blame, perhaps, for the slight regard in which their films are held by South Americans, but at- tempts to palm off junk" are not go- ing to help their business any. The movie fans" of South America are, from all reports, keenly discriminat- ing and not to be satisfied with the kind of films that have ceased to have any popularity. in this country. In any sort of business the best advertising is that which results from supplying the best goods at a reasonable price. Shoddy wares, sooner of later, bring their vendors into disrepute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
SOuth's Cotton and Grain

Many newspapers are giving promi- hence to the recent statement of the Baltimore Manufacturers Record that the value of the south's grain crops this year would exceed the value of its cotton crop. According to the gov ernment forecast, based on conditions existing July 1, the southern states will produce 1,540, 100000 bushels of grain-corn, wheat and oats-which will be total of 2S6 6,OOO,0 ,00O bushels more than the yield of 1914.
 But when the souths grain values are compared with the value of the cotton crop, in order not to mislead the pub lie, attention should be called to the fact that several states grouped as southern raise little or no cotton, while their corn production is very large. Missouri, for example, has all ways ranked high among the grain states. In 1914 it's corn crop amounted to about l6O,OOO,O00 bushels. This year it will be much greater. Ken lucky produced nearly 10Q000,000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27

had to be sold It was decided the col could best be spared, and to Moses fell ths task of selling him at the neighborintI fair How few of us but have in mind a pic ture of Moses decked out in coat of thunl
 der and lightning. with his hair trimmed
 buckles brushed and hat cooked with pins setting off for the fair and there fallin5
 into the hands of sharper who bartere[
 him gross of green spectaces. All
 amusing enough, and yet how we all wisl
 we might have been there to buy the tail,
 less colt at more than he was worth. [ Despite this misfortune, however thu, young women gained in favor, Sophia witt
 the poor but philanthropic Mr. BurchelI Olivia with the dashing and wealthy MI
 Thornhill. their landlord. So it becams
 necessary for the remaining horse OIL Blackberry, to be sold to finance visi to the city for the young women to gaii
 the polish of good society. This time til vicar would see that nobody got the bes' of Moses. So he heard a lot about the cos' mogony of the world from a seeming wise man and traded his horse for [ worthless note No matter. There was to be no trip t,t town for the young women MT. Burchell had seen to that. But still the good ma,
 could not prevent the fair Olivia .fallinl
 into the clutches of the designing Thornf
 hill and adding disgrace to her familyl poverty. Then misfortune and evils eaml
 thick upon the family of Primrose Fir
 1 took the little home and forced the fam
 fly into more wretched dwelling. FoiT spurnlng his landlord, his daughters dis gracer, to whom he could not pay the rent
 the vicar brought himself to prison Bi. the patience of this new risen Job di |
 not falter. and on his bundle of straw thu crippled old man remembered his usual
 meditations and praises and laid him dowl
 to sleep with the utmost tranquility. De. clining strength could not damp ardor o'
 service nor pranks of fellow prisoners pre- vent reformation In the jail l Virtue was to have it's reward. howevel not only of its own worth but of mor4
 tangible sorts. Just as the culminatinI ] evil arrived and the eldest son, Georg4
 whom they thought happily absent frors
 their present misery, was brought in il
 chains, their old friend Burchell also als riNeu anu soon revealed himself as tn
 wealth Sir William Thornhill, uncle of th- cause of their misfortune and disgract
 Then does the nephew appear in his tru
 l light which was rather the dark of evi and wrongs he committed are righted bu his noble relative. I Virtue added. to the rewards that of it|
 own worth which was not to be expecteF
 and it became known that Olivia's man
 riage to the young MT. Thornhili. suppose1 l to bs false, was indeed true and binding
 Further to incerase the patient old vicar
 new found joy, the good Sir WilliarI
 avowed his love for Sophia and the bes
 trothed of the wicked nephew, once thu sweetheart of the vicar's eldest son, re
 turned to her first love- and there was
 double wedding performed by the samI
 person who in earlier and better time| 1 had so earnestly and effectively exhorte| young men to matrimony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27

bushels of corn last year, but no cot- ton. This year it's corn crop will be far above the 100,000,000 bushel mark. Louisiana used to be known as an im- pertant cotton state, but the ravages of the boil weevil caused a great change. Cotton is now almost a negligible quantity in Louisiana, but nearly all the other crops are culti- vated successfully on a large scale.
 Yet after excluding the southern states that do not raise cotton the grain crops in the cotton belt" are bumpers compared with those of former years. It is estimated that Alabama's corn production this year will be nearly 75,0O0,O0O bushels about 45 per cent greater than that of 1914.
 Alabama's wheat yield is a little more than double the yield of 1914. And all the other cotton states have added materially, some of them large ly, to their grain production.
 The crop diversification movement has brought splendid results-results far beyond the hopes of even the most enthusiastic leaders of the diversifi-
 
 cation campaign. Nature has aided the movement wonderfully. Weather conditions have been perfect and the new high grain records established this year will go far toward keeping up the enthusiasm of the south's pro- gressiye farmers. Nothing will so add to the wealth of this section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
American Films Shut Out

The European war has ruined the best market for photoplays American producers had outside of this country and they have been attempting to in wade the South American field. How ever, European producers have gained such a strong foothold in that part of the world that Americans are practi- cally shut out. In spite of the war, theatre managers contrive to get enough pictures from Europe to keep their houses open.
 There are two explanations offered for the unpopularity of American films in South America. One is that American producers have been unable to meet the low prices charged by their European competitors and the other is that, through the sale of American used pictures, called junk, !" South American moving picture pa- irons have become prejudiced against photoplays made in the United States. They have been surfeited on cheap melodramas and slapstick comedies. Such being the case, it is no wonder that they think all American films are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
"LOVE ME, LOVE MY CAR"

From the Detroit News.
 A man in Beacon, N. Y, called a fel- low-townsman's motor car "fiivver" and was fatally shot in consequence.
 The loyalty that once went to horse or dog has been transferred. A mechanical age has not stripped us of sentiment; that singular and beautiful trait which compels every man to the belief that what is his is best resides in the motor ist's heart, unimpaired.
 It is a trait always to be reckoned with Obviously, no one would jeer a child in it's fathers presence. yet reckless persons forget that love extends beyond the ties of blood. It is safe, for exam ple to find something to praise in a man s native town and unwise ever to join him in deriding it. That is his peculiar privi- lege.
 Be not deceived when a car owner re- viles the automobile of his choice. If it balks and he curses, refrain from enter ing your mild opinion against the make. That is like taking a hand in a family quarrel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
Germany's Newspapers

Certain of the newspapers of Ger many have been characterized for years for the semi-auth oritative tone of their editorial expressions as voic- ing the government attitude. This sys- tenn has the advantage for the govern nent that if views or expressions do not meet the proper response they can be promptly disavowed.
 German newspapers best known in this country and most frequently quoted are those published in Berlin, though other great cities also have their papers modelled largely on the design of those published in the capi- tai.
 Perhaps the greatest newspapers of Berlin are Vossische Zeitung, or Voss' newspaper, so called from Voss, who founded it; Berliner Tageblatt, or Berlin daily sheet; Lokal Anzeiger and Kreuz Zeitung.
 Vossische Zeitung is the oldest newspaper in Berlin and it's Sunday edition is one of the largest newspa- pers in the world. Tageblatt is much more modern but is famous for it's news service. Kreuz Zeitung repre- sents the "small but mighty party" the reactionary conservatives, and is the favorite of army officers. Lokal Anzeiger is conducted by man who got his newspaper training in Ameri- ca. It claims to be nonpartisan and is said to have had a marked influence on public opinion since it was founded.
 Outside of Berlin probably the Ger man newspaper best known in this country is Koelnische Zeitung, or Cologne Gazette, which usually speaks with great authority on Ger many's foreign affairs, and Frankfur- ter Zeitung of Frankfurt, a radical journal distinguished for the excel lence of it's commercial news.
 Of course there are numerous other newspapers representing the views of certain groups and parties. Berlin in normal times has over forty daily newspapers.
 It will be noted, however, that the cables these days carry chiefly the editorial expressions of the greatest organs and those of the widest in fluence. At the same time it should be borne in mind that most of them speak with a "semi-authority" which is capable of being denied by the gov ernment in case the impression ere ated or result obtained is not what the government desires-the "govern- ment" at this time meaning, of course, the military party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
ENVIRONMENT

By Augustus Treadwell Like wounded bird with pinions clippt He struggled gainst adverse fate, Yet every opportunity gripped
 Til famous he grew and great; But little the cold world understood And scarcely mortal knew How great the obstacles he withstood Or how fierce the tempest blew. He heard the music of loud huzzas
 From populace we'll pleased, He felt the thrill of prolonged applause As rapture his hearers seized; The world he lived in was all his own And removed from human ken Although his name was everywhe
 known,
 Was stranger among men. Could he have lived unfettered and free Imagination would fall To scale the heights of his destiny
 Or the lofty realms he'd sail; But even as twas. a genius he
 With very few men his peer, But what he'd have been, a mystery
 If from entanglements clear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27


 From the Philadelphia Evening Ledger. The city of Philadelphia faces a tremen- dous problem in education. January the new child labor law goes into effect, and an army of boys and girls will be flung back on the schools. The Manufacturers' association says 1000 children in Penn sylvania between the ages of IA and 16 will be absolutely dismissed from work rather than be allowed the eight hours schooling week which the law provides. The head of the Trade school, which is preparing teachers to deal with the situa- ton, says that 40,00O boys and girls in the state, 23,0O0 in Philadelphia alone, Will have to be supplied with that minimum of eight hours school work.
 There are two problems here but only one answer. The two problems are: First, the taking care of more full-time students in an already overcrowded system; and, second. supplying just the right sort of specialized instruction to fit in with the students factory work and to lead the student to want more and higher eduea- ton.
 The answer lies along new lines. It is akin to the policy now adopted of prepar- ing new teachers for this special work. but it goes farther. It is the experimental ton with some of the new methods of or ganization and obstruction so successfully tried out in the schools of Gary, Ind. Mir. Wirt, the founder of the Gary system, not only succeeds In interesting children in both liberal ana vocational educa- tion-interesting them so much that they prefer the schoolhouse to the playground but he has succeeded, by new system akin to rotation of crops" in housing and teaching twice as many children with the same number of buildings and instruc- tors New York heard of this work and sent for Mir. Wirt to put certain school buildings in line with his Indiana organi- zation. The working out of the venture in the eastern city, as well as its success in the western, is worth the very serious attention of so education- -burdened a city as Philadelphia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
"rHE LOST ART' OF BROTHERHOOD

From the St. Louis Dispatch.
 Mrs. Booth-Clibborn daughter of Gen. eral Booth, tells the purity congress in San Francisco that society has devel- oped "a vast army of women who will not be women married women who avoid children; incapable mothers who shirk the responsibility of motherhood, which she bewails as a lost art.
 She notes that women act, dance, sing paint keep books, practice law, are po- lcewomen and soldiers-she fails to in dict herself by adding making speeches. :" Some of these activities are as old as woman. In many primitive races old women who remember the law of tra- dition are the tribal Portias. Even for Miss Colonel Chatsworth" and her fair soldiers there is precedent in the Maid of Sargossa, Moll Pitcher and Debby Samp- son. not to mention the Dahomey Anna zons and those of antiquity
 Motherhood a lost art? Not wholly. Two and half million babies may be born this year in the United States The death rate under 1 year-a test of ''in- capable mothers grows ever smaller. UT di tSeW iorh stdle IL WdS i1o.o per thousand In 1911. while In Fall River it still stood at 239.5, chiefly because of poverty and immigration; and that is low beside the rate in the good old days" While babies. under more ef- ficient motherhood are getting healthier, the most discouraging health department risk is now the business man of 40.
 Mothers may be, as this pessimist says making an awful job of it; at least they shine in some respects by comparison with their grandmothers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Conditions North and South

William P. Redd, on returning home yesterday after an absence of three weeks spent in the north, talked inter- estingly of the business boom. After at- tending the annual meeting of the Ma tional Fertilizers association at Hot Springs. Va, he visited New York, Cleve- land and other centers
 "A high degree of prosperity prevails In the north,' said MT. Redd. "The fact Is that this country. with the exception or the south, is on a real boom. Not only crowded with business. but the prosperity in the industrial field is reflected in all branches of trade. It will be reflected to some extent in the south; to very con- siderable extent, I am sure.. in the Bir- ming ham district
 The grain growing west is exception ally prosperous and the only thing that has kept the south as a section from participating in this widespread boom, is the cotton situation. But the south will see better times before the end of the year.
 The cotton crop will not be a bale over 100000. It will probably be less. only 40 per cent of fertilizer was used on this years crop as compared with that used in 1914, and in August, when cotton is fruiting, there will be a great falling away of the crop, because of the lack of strength which fertilizer gives the plant in maturing
 T believe the new crop will bring better prices than some cotton men have predicted. In my opinion it is good for to 10 cents, and Scent cotton will en- able the farmer to pay his debts and have something left over.
 The crop diversification campaign has been remarkable success. The south's corn crop is far greater than anyone ever imagined 1t would be. This section has at last reached the point of feeding itself. And what this means in money value is simply incalculable
 ''As for the Birmingham district every thing indicates a very large measure of prosperity this fall. The industrial pay rolls here are increasing every month, and they will continue to increase
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
Optimistic over Prospects

'If retail merchants complained of inactive trade some months ago. they now talk about the improved condi- tions and most of them are decidedly op- timistic in discussing prospects for fall business remarked Oliver Chalifoux.
 "The increasing demand for labor is of course one of the best signs of busi- ness recovery, and just as soon as the coal trade becomes active prosperity full swing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
CoaI Trade Outlook

There was little improvement in the coal trade last week, and I believe there will be more in the near future,. said J. B. McClary, the we'll known mine operator.
 helps the mining situation. The rail- roads have to haul the raw material for the furnaces and this of itself ne- cessitates greater consumption of loco motive fuel The outlook for the coal trade Is certainly much brighter than it was a short while back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
Prospects Brighter

Business conditions in Birmingham are picking up brisk1y." remarked E. B. Irwin, manager of Birmingham de- partment store, and matters are now very satisfactory in my line.
 T can see no reason why there should not be even greater improve ment later on in the year. This coun- try may find 1t necessary to declare war on Germany in the near future; and if this occurs I would not be much surprised, but in all probability war local conditions to any large extent All we have to do in Birmingham now is to get down to business and success and prosperity will come our way with a rush."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
Patches

Ten thousand makers of pants went on a strike in New York city the other day. It is expected that the strike will spread until 75,000 makers of pants are out. Already the output of this most necessary garment has been cur tailed 100000 per day.
 As yet the shortage has not been felt, owing to the supply on hand, well distributed over the country. But what will happen if the strike spreads and becomes long drawn out, will all most whiten the hair of the average man at the very thought.
 It is hoped that the managers of the International Garment Workers union will take this into consideration, and be reasonable in their demands.
 Otherwise patches will become more prevalent than for many year past. Or, can it be possible that the new "patch work" garment which has been announced in fashion centers, but which has not as yet had the courage to venture forth into public view, is the result of this same strike?
 Many man who stands high in the financial world wore patches as a boy-and would be none the worse now for the practice of just such home- ly economy.
 AS long as the good, old fashioned standby-patches-holds out, let the pants makers strike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
'srired But Satisfied"

You have heard the expression, tired, but satisfied, I suppose" said John B. Bethea, the well known real estate man, last night. Well, that's my condition at present; my arms are sore from pulling out the fish. I am just back from week at Golden, and have had some royal sport.
 Tn the party were Smith Johnson and Zach Moseley, both excellent fishermen, and we had remarkable luck. I don't be- lieve that l ever saw fish bite quite so freely as they do this year. There wasn't a day when we didn't catch 50 pounds. and our heaviest haul was made last Friday, when we brought in 125 pounds
 Usually there are one or two days when you can't catch anything, but this year we did not find it so
 "Of course, the larger portion of our catch was composed of trout but we had some blackfish and I landed a five pound pompano. l hooked a tarpon on two days, but he cut my line and got away easily.
 Before leaving for Golden, I heard that the mosquitoes were unprecedently bad this year, but found the reports un- founded. I have seen them lots worse than they are now, and I really think they are not so bad as usual.
 For fine sport. commend me to Co., den; it's a fisherman's paradise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
DIFFICULT FEAT
q the Mobile Register

From the MObHe Reg1ster.
 At last we've seen cartoon of farmer who wasn't chewing an oat straw and saying by heck. He had the regulation whiskers, though, and was smoking a cob pipe-Dothan Eagle. That's why he wasn't chewing a straw and saying by heck. Do you expect him to do these things with pipe in his mouth?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
Impressed With Big Crops

T have been travelling through the south recently and everywhere I have marveled at the big crops-especially the corn crop" said the Rev Dr. B. F. Riley.
 'I have never seen anything like the corn. Every southern state from what I could learn. has a record breaking corn crop. Many farmers have greatly increased their live stock and the south will be all the better off for it.
 "Tn the southern counties of Alabama cotton Is turning out very poorly. ana the farmer who had what he thought early in the season was a good crop is now anything but optimistic; but crop diversifieation has been extensively practieed and all in all the south should be better off this fall than usuaiH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
STRENUOUS WORK.

To act for the movies seems easy,
 I've often been tempted to try; But not as a comic performer
 I'd hate to be kicked in the eye. Or slammed in a barrel and beaten
 With club by comedy cop, Or chased by canine co-laborer
 Until I was ready to drop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27

should have been consulted by the de- rartment of state before the last note was dispatched to Germany. Why so, when the Sovereign American voter was not consulted?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
IN HIDING

From the Jacksonville Times-Union
 The London Times says England has 750 0aO men in France and Flanders. If so, the Briton's ability to conceal himself cannot be sufficiently praised by any weak words of ours
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
GOLF INDICATED AT LAST

From the Pittsburg Post.
 At last golf has been vindicated The superintendent of the llinois State asy- lum is laying out nine-hole course for the inmates of his institution in the be- lief that it will cure insanity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27

The report that German submarines have been seen off the coast of Maine is not quite so incredible as the ru- nor that they have been seen off Chi cago's lake front
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
EXACTLY

From the Nashville Banner
 The Birmingham Age-Heraid says the Byronic shirt was not intended for the man with a prominent Adams apple. Nor fos the man with another shirt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27

A wounded soldier may enjoy having d pretty actress or society girl fitting about his bed most of the time, but when in pain he wants somebody around who knows what to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
A TEDIOUS BUSINESS.

What is your attitude toward the bel ligerents in Europe?"
 "Oh, the usual attitude"
 And what is that?'
 I'm just waiting for them to quit ''Umph! You are evidently not rushed for time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-27
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
ITS DOUBTFUL.

What chance have I got with thai girl? One of her admirers owns an au tomobile and the other has a motorboat.'
 Son, if she likes you, trip to the movies would please her just as well'