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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08
CRIPPLEs IN FRANCE


 From Marseilles northeastward and so on to Paris. France, after one leaves the southern gateway Is one vast hospital. The streets of every town are full of con- valescents, with heads bandaged, with arms in slings, limping on orutches-a,l men that year ago were in the pink of health and at the topnotch of efficiency; many of them, if they can be made whole. soon return to the trenches. Not few have been back and forth from the front, wounded and cured. as many as three times Patches of unwounded have been Tent" for fortnight to till their fields. The hospitals are often full. but though there is adequate care of the war pa tients. there is no encouragement for tho ordinary cases. for the care of which these hospitals were originally intended: civilian sick must take their chances in their forsaken homes The surgeons are overworked and have already mentioned the convention of the cshoolhouses into hospitals.
 All the women of France are. in some way. serving their country, mostly. think, as nurses; even tho children heir to serve; in a thousand ways war has swallowed life. Yet at the prefecture in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08
Dixie's Gridiron Classic

The eyes of the southern football world will be on Birmingham next Sat urday when the gridiron classic of Dixie is staged in the fourth annual battle between Auburn and Vanderbilt university. The game next Saturday will very probably decide the cham pionship of the Southern Intercolleg- fate Athletic association.
 At present the championship Is un- deniably between Auburn and Wander bilt, and unless miraculous upsets oc- cur in the Thanksgiving games,' the battle Saturday will definitely decide the question which caused so many heartaches last year.
 As the situation is at present, Au. burn has defeated Clemson, Mississippi A. and M, Georgia and Mercer by typical Auburn scores. Vanderbilt has beaten the University of Tennessee last years champions; the University of Mississippi and was defeated by the University of Virginia. The defeat has no influence on the s. I. A. A. race, as Virginia is not member of this asso citation.
 Should Auburn defeat Vanderbilt Saturday the championship is undent ably hers, unless she should be de feated on Thanksgiving by Georgia Tech, who eliminated Alabama. A game which may influence the final outcome will be the Georgia-Georgia Tech game Saturday.
 Ten thousand people should see the battle next Saturday, for it will be one of the greatest in the history of south. ern football. Vanderbilt, smartine under the humiliation of four years defeat, has made the Auburn game the big game and is taking every precau- tion to turn out winner. It is the general opinion that the wretched showing made against Virginia was on account of fear of injuring men vitally necessary in the Auburn game. Au burn, too, took things easy. scheduling an easy game last Saturday with Mer cer.
 The game Saturday will be one tc enjoy, and it is a safe prediction that Birmingham will turn out a larger crowd to see the game than would any other southern city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08
IS GERMANY HUNGRY?

for laughter" and explains the grow ing hatred of England by this fac| when Maximilen Harden of the Zukunf admits that the German people are distress. all the explanations of mel providence for future needs have a hol low sound. Gan we hold out?'' asI the Neue zeitung, of Strassburg. Sud 8 question must strike chill to a nd tion which has been told again ar| again that defeat Is impossible. Of whd avail is it to hold the western fror| to endeavor to force road to Co1 stantinople. if ring of enemies cal keep all supplies out of Germany il self? It is futile to boast of militaI victories, to talk of Moltkeism versd Mahanism, while the great storehous@ of the neutral nations are barred by th sea power of the enemy.
 Sinco the efforts of Germany to wi by rapid stroke came to nothing,
 has been plain that the war was likel to be one of endurance. It was, ther( fore, a sound strategy to make eve1 German advance costly in men and the same time to sweep German con merce from the seas It has been sal an army marches on its belly. Thel are no indications so far of any fail
 ure of supplies. either food or ammun| ton. for the German army. But 1t caT not be fed while the people starve. Sud Ia policy, if 8 government wore inhq mane enough to pursue 1t. would med revolution. Unless. therefore. the crid of distress that now come from Gel many are insincere, which is hardly reasonable supposition. the country now in perilous condition-one thd must have great, perhaps a determiI ing. influence upon the military situd tion in the near future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08
WHAT BUENos AIRES LACKS

From the South American.
 Buenos Ayres is the second Latin city in the world. as everyone knows No one is disposed to deny that Buenos Aires has the finest newspaper office in this or any other world. There can be no question about the magnificence of the opera house or the luxury of the Jockey club.
 But when you get right down to the facts in the case, there are some things that this great. wealthy and magnificent city lacks, or seems to lack. In the first place. in all the eight months the writer never saw baby on the streets of Buenos Aires. although he was moving about pretty actively all the time Perhaps this might be cited as cir cumstantial evidence that the lucky Buenos Aireans are not called upon to undergo the ordeals of infancy and ado lescence. but. instead, are ushered. full grown, into this vale of tears.
 Another object. familiar enough in the streets of other cities throughout the world. but entirely absent from Buenos Aires. is the beggar. Not a single beggar was seen in the eight months Statistics show Argentina to be the richest nation per capita in the world. For once statis- tics are confirmed by personal observa- ton.
 Another thing Buenos Aires lacks is dogs. At least our staff man saw only one dog during his eight months stay. One dog to 100000 peopleI
 Neither was drunken man seen in two- thirds of a year. On the other hand, the beverage made famous by our late Secre- tary of State is unknown to Buenos Aires. A vacant stare is the only response to a request for grape juice, though couched in correspondence school Spanish of the purest water
 Argentina appears to be a white man s country" At least the man referred to saw but one negro during his stay. In- deed, in view of what has been said, we feel justified in going even further and proclaiming Argentina, in the vernacular of our own exuberant west, Gods coun- tryi'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08
WEATHER AT THE DARDANELLES From the Dundea Adverfiser

2 ToiH tno 0unuee AuVefIlSer.
 It is curious to note that naturalists in their studies of the migration of birds between Europe and Asia have practically systemmatized the Knowledge of the weather in ordinary years at the Darda- nelles. Summer and spring may be passed over as having no immediate interest. and attention may be confined to the com ing months. October is month of gales. November is mostly fine warm and calm, except that nights are chilly and 'cold snaps occur. December has 'Tovely spells of fine weather" but January is invariably bad. and the winter period, with varying severity. lasts until the mid- dle of April. Those who have relations or friends at the Dardanelles are advised to send them strong, warm stockings and the customary winter comforts Tt Is the Turks" we are told. "who will suffer from the cold. They cannot stand it long, and. being fed generally mainly on bread. they have no stamina to meet cold weather. Most of their troops come from warm climates" We may still hope. nevertheless. that the campaign in Galli- poll will not need another winter for It's successful conclusion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 N FFICIAL denials from Germany that the recent orders regard

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
 N FFICIAL denials from Germany IV that the recent orders regard ing the food supply signify an actual scarcity are not altogether con vincing. It may be merely the part of wisdom to restrict consumption rather severely. But such a course is certain to arouse discomfort. and a government would hardly venture upon 1t were 1t not imperative. If, as is said, the means of subsistence for the civilian popula- ton are just as aboundant as they have been for the last IA months, why should such rigid rules be promulgated? The excuse for the Zeppelin raids on Eug- land has been that an attempt to starve Germany was being made by the block ade of the German ports, hunger war" the Germans call It. Since the cutting off of the enemys supplies has always been regarded as a legitimate feature of warfare, the extremity of the bitterness against the blockade sug- gests that in this case tho work has been done successfully. If the British submarines have really gained that con- trol of the Baltic which is credited to them, so that intercourse with Sweden is seriously interrupted, there might easily be something approaching famine among large classes of tho German people. The reference to the potato crop is not reassuring. There ie. moreover. direct evidence that the situation Is moro alarming than
 the German government would have the world believe. Why the newspapers are allowed under a strict censorship to re- veal the facts so frankly is something
 of mystery. But when the Frankfurter zeitung says that 'the sinister aspect of things certainly provides no food
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08
CANAL ZONE SCHOOLS

From the Washington Star.
 While tens of thousands of schools for
 the millions of children of the country
 nave been getting under way under state and county and private auspices the fed eral government has been setting in oper-
 ation schools of it's own in the Panama canal zone. Though the number of adults in the strip of territory is decreasing | rapidly, owing to the diminishing need.
 with the practical completion of the canal, Tor iaborers and engineers, the children,
 for some unexplained reason, have actual ly grown more numerous The police census, taken few months ago, credited the zone with 1S45 children, as compared with only 1878 the year before All of these children over 51s years old are ad-
 mitted to the schools free, and in addi- ton the same privileges are extended to children of American citizens, employees of any of the American government ser vices, who live in the territory of the republic of Panama
 The pupils this year are being cared for
 IT. nine schools for white and four for colored children. Two of the white schools have high school as well as the elementary grades, but the highest grade ln the negro schools is the eighth.
 The schools are scattered throughout
 the canal zone, but the federal govern men it's doing more than the consoli- dated schools in some progressive rural districts of this country that furnish wag- ons ,and is providing railroad transporta- ton to and from school to all the canal zone pupils. At teh beginning of the school year the announcement of school train schedules was studied with as much interest by pupils and students as was the table of school hours.
 Spanish is one of the important studies in the zone schools and was placed in the. grades lower than high school for the first time last year with excellent results. It has been found that even the young children acquire a speaking
 knowledge of the language rapidly since they have an opportunity to familiarize themselves with idioms among the Span sh-speaking natives. Because of the excellent facilities for the children, not only to learn Spanish but also to learn to know Spanish-Americans and to un- derstand their ways. educational officials of the government schools in nTthe canal
 zone believe these unique educational institutions will prove to be valuable factor in bringing the United States and Latin-America closer together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08
PREACHERS AND CHICKENS
rom the Hartford Courant

From the Hartford COurant.
 Three hundred preachers dined in To- peka last week and the faithful report of the affair for the papers develops the fsct that only l5O chickens were re- auired to make the dinner success. It Is possible that Kansas chickens are run ning unusually large this year, or Is it possible that clerical appettes are not good in the Sunlower state?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08
HUSBAND PLuNkER BUSY

From the Houston Post.
 The Dallas husband bunker has scored one more victim. Time will yet come when the marriage license clerk there will hang safety first" sign in his office
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08
sCANTY COVERING

From the Knickerbocker Press.
 Mayhap. as predicted by Turkish mn- ister, Germany. Austria, Turkey and Bul- garia will be bedfellows at the close of the war. but Turkey and Bulgaria may run grave risk of catching cold under their share of the blanket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08
HOW ABOUT RAINY DAYS,

From the New York World
 The milkmen are now clamoring for "a that time honored aid of the dairyman? Is 1t not to have day also?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08

The heavy hand of the authorities fell on the publishing plant of the London Globe because that paper dared to criti- cize what is perhaps the most demor- alized government on the face of the earth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08

Naturally General Villa feels rather ranza. and he no longer takes American adventurers to his bosom with unaffected warmth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08
A FEMININE TRAIT
he Houston Past

From the Houston Post. -
 How early is young baby able to recognize it's own reflection in a mirror?" asks the inquisitive subscriber of Wharton. If it's girl. at the age of 32 minutes and ' seconds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08

New York's latest factory holocaust will arouse intense indignation and be forgot ten in a week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08

ing French and acquitted, but the fact that he was tried twice and was convicted in the first case of having committed a gross nuisance indicates pretty clearly that all Europe is mad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08

Happy Japsl Although their country is powers, they can devote all their time and attention to the coronation of their EmparOr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08

Exciting correspondence from London: The Duchess of Marlborough has discard ed high heels
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08

It is said that there are 2000 young American soldiers of fortune" fighting in Europe Richard Harding Davis has a great deal to answer for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08

The French people chafe under a rigid censorship and have no absinthe to take the edge off their resentment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08

Sarah Bernhardt has announced that she will sail for America on Christmas Day. She didn't say so. but she knows the latchstring is hanging out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08

Muddling was done long before the present war began, but England has given it tremendous significance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08
catch the conscience of the king.
 Hamlet.

BEGINNING THE DAY-O God, instruct me. Tell me what I shall choose. Help me to see clearly. May learn to distinguish the best things. May I commit my mind to Thee for the world of Thy wisdom. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08

At any rate. MT. Bryan's opposition to President Wilson's army and navy pro- gramme will show just how much polit- ical power the Nebraskan has left
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08

The Germans have decided that the term 'boche'' Is an insult. Rudyard Kip ling could have told them that long ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08

Chambery. was told that might or cialIy say that no word of protest again the war has been made; war has becon a normal condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08

After Russian soldier has had a bath a hair cut and a shave he looks less like bear and more like human being.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08

When Frederick Palmer gets to the Dardanelles it is to be hoped the allies will do something for him to write about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08
ALABAMA PRESS

Dothan Eagle: Sherman didn't express the horrors of war. It is expressed now
 by saying that war is Germanesque.
 Livingston Southern Home: What a long time the world has been going along
 since our forefathers predicted that it
 was going to the dogs.
 Montgomery Advertiser; If we were a reformer at $10OO lecture we'd spend
 two years in South Carolina. Eufaula Citizen: Some of the news
 papers are advocating the sending of nothing but editors to the next legisla- ture Our sympathy will be extended to
 the state. It would be almost as bad as having legislature composed entirely of lawyers.
 Selma Times: Dr. Anna Howard Shaw says the suffragists have never had New York so they can't lose. They can only win. The sporting fraternity are bound
 to admire Dr. shaw's phraseology.-B
 mingham Age-Herald. But they didn't win. Then what was 1t that happened?- Mobile Register
 The Jury was boiled and the verdict went against the petitioners But there will be a rehearing.
 Coosa River News: Some conjectures have it that the present crop of cotton will run up to 100000; and, if true watch the price tumble to 1oc in March Cullnan Tribune: For some reason Huntsville has it in for Birmingham over the Jackson highway, even threatening
 to boycott Birmingham. Surely Huntsville cannot be so selfish as to conclude that
 she is the only town in north Alabama? l?
 we Knew Huntsville was old but did not Know she was on the "old maid list"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-08

There are still a few citizens of Bir- mingham who have not entered the race for commissioner.
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala- postoffice as second class matter un- der act of Congress March 3, 1879.
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Dothan Eagle: Sherman didn't express the horrors of war. It is expressed now by saying that war is Germanesque.
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Montgomery Advertiser: If we were a reformer at $1000 a lecture we'd spend two years in South Carolina.
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Livingston Southern Home: What a long time the world has been going along since our forefathers predicted that it was going to the dogs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-09
The Swift Meetings.

A crowd which filed the Baptist
church and overlooked into the Sunday
school room heard Evangelist Swift
last night when he spoke on The De-
tecLive Who Never Lost d Case" I.
was a vital message in the text. BE
sure your sin will find YOU OUT and
at the close Of the service there We're
several decisions. a great many high
school students. We're present and the
church rang with their yells and songs.
Sunday. a big day has been planned
for. At II o'clock Mr.. Swift will speak
on The Best Place on Earth: or Home,
Sweet Home This will be a meet
ing especially for parents, and all who
attend are asked to wear white
flower or a ribbon in honor Of their
mother. III The afternoon, at o'clock.
there will be a meeting for men only.
The subject will be "a Square Deal"
The evening service will be held at
7:3O, when the Evangelist will speak
on Lost in Sight of Home" The meet
ings SUNDAY Will bring the series 10 a
close.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-09
"HENPEckEo HENRY" SUNDAY.
odeon Brings HaIton Powelrs Famous
Musical Comedy Here.

Halton PoweN's famous musical
comedy. "Henpacked Henry is the
next attraction ar the Odeon Theater.
Sunday evening.
This grandest of all fun and etrly
shows comes here with the endorse
ment Of all lovers OF good. clean
amusement in the larger cities. For
several seasons il has played the big
cities and the smaller cities With 2
degree of success unr!valed by other
attractions Of a like nature. 1t has
been proclaimed the funniest show on
earth and there has been no real rival
for the title. What IS more amusing
than the henpecked man Of the stage
What catches the attention of the men
TO a greater extent, amuses the ladies
more or more strongly appeals to the
rsibilities Of the young folks? There
is a JOY in the troubles Of the bossed
man OF the house which other stage
characters do not provoke. Odeon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-09
RECEIVE NEW MEMBERS
Y. M. G. A. to Be Thrown Open Mon.
day Night For Reception Of Members
Secured in Recent Campaign.

Men who have become members of
the Y. NJ. c. A. in the campaign this
week will be the special guests of the
association at an informal reception to
be held at the building beginning at
1850 Monday evening. Invitations are
being sen. to all members, new and
old, but in addition the association
welcomes al, men whether members
or not. At that time the new members
will be given their membership cards
at the desk in the reception room.
The program arranged for the even
ing is planned to get the new mem
bers acquainted with the old and to
give them an opportunity to go thru
the building. There will be short
program Of music and talks and one
or two moving pictures. Gymnasium
classes will be put thru their exercises
and the swimming pool will be in use.
These details We're determined at
conference of seventy five of the So
licitors who gathered at the building
Friday evening. The membership list
had reached 335. and plans We're made
to extend the soliciting over today and
to get sixty five more to run the total
to an even 400. The solicitors will re
port tonight.