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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
From the Dallas Morning News.

From the Dallas Morning News
 WI HILE Italy has moblized large
 A/ army and added to the eff
 W ciency of her navy during the last six months, this expense and other burdens are said to have left the coun- try in the most serious economic dis tress. The declarations of war brought back home about 100000 Italians who were living in France Germany and Austria. Many of them were unable to find employment because of the stop page of work in factories and the paraly- sis of industry In spite of all that could be done, the end of March saw 100000 men without work in Italy. In normal times Italians abroad send s2o.- 000,0O0 yearly into Italy. This sum was reduced in 1914 to $700,0O0, and it threat ems to be much less in 1915. Foreign visitors were counted on to spend ir Italy 5o,000.O00 a year; this source of revenue also has almost entirely ceased The budget of the government, which for years has shown surplus, showed for the last eight months deficit oi SIS, ,SO0,000, due chiefly to the loss of du- tlcS OH SrdlIl, amounting to 9i,oVVVV ne duty on grain was reduced in October of 1914, and abolished January 31 of this year Nevertheless, the price of wheat has doubled. The remainder of the de- ficit is due to shrinkage in tax returns The deficiency has a tendency to aug ment and at the same time taxes are increasing. Hand in hand with this ge advances in the price of food. The heaviest burden on the government ii represented by the expenses of the army and navy. About s4Oo0oO,oOo was spent to bring these two branches up to theil present standard of perfection ana efficiency Today they are costing tt maintain $2,OOO000 day.
 On the other hand, Italy is now pre- pared for war. The industrial stagna
 ton and threatened starvation of thu people are now rendered all the more explosive and dangerous by prepared ness for war. Italy may be forced tc go to war because there is nothing elst that she can do. The army, whose i'm mediate trained fighting strength is esti mated at 56o0o0 men, counting the mobile militia, is organized under the system in troduced in 1910 by General Spingardi minister of war. The war strength il 000 000 with zoo 900 territorials in reserve making total strength of 3.200,000. Serv ! ice in the army, as in the navy, Is uni
 versal and compulsory. Enlistment be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 IN response to a letter of inquiry from the Secretary of Agriculture at Wash
 - ington, who wishes to improve the lot of the farm woman," Kentucky woman writes that nowadays we have every thing pretty much our own way, and do
 as we please"
 It is refreshing to hear one voice in
 a complaining world lifted in praise of the status quo. It is rarely the case that
 anyone who is asked what are his or her troubles replies that there is none which at the moment suggests itself. The conditions of farm life have changed materially during the last half century in America. The farm home is no longer a general factory devoted to the production of everything needed in a home.
 A woman whose experience of house keeping dates back to 1867, and who be- san housekeeping in the west writes to a western paper about the conditions that existed when she and her husband were laying the foundations for their present fortune-"520 acres of rich land, all paid for"-and says:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
THE SCRIBBLINGS OF SID

WHEN YOU STROLL IN
 IN THE MIDDLE OF A FILM. saw handsome actor
 In film, and he's a factor Get on his knees before a lady fair. It was ten to one. or better.
 With that loving look he'd get her. Ana settled back with a contented air. But nearly had a fit
 When these words on that screen lit: NO use to lie, John, for saw yor there ,, I saw fellow shabby.
 With clothes impressed and flabby. Approach a mansion with cringing air I knew that he was needy, And hoped that they'd be speedy With the food and drink that they would
 give him there.
 But felt that I'd been bumped. On the screen these words then jumped ] 'Back home again goes Multimillionaire D
 HARD-woN VICTORY. Where is your little brother?' asked a Norwood mother of her eldest son. He hurt himself"
 How"
 We were seeing who could lean out of the window the farthest and he won.''
 TT MUST BE DONE. It's getting very near the time To start the flow of summer rhyme. l guess that is the proper thing Because we should be through with
 spring. The men who write this jingle stuff Have all had ample time enough To write the jokes on Ethel's hat, The gardens and such things as that They've joked about the baseball team, And fishing in the village stream. About the frosts that kill the fruit, Look out! Here comes the bathing suit. The bathing suit gives jokers joy All summer long with it they toy Oh, bathing suit, so small and thin, With pleasure you are ushered in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Music Festival

There is a great demand for tickets for the music festival to be given at the Jeff ferson theatre Monday, April 19. afternoon and night" said member of the execu- tive committee.
 Both programmes are exceptionally at tractive. The Damrosch orchestra will be a great feature of the festival, and I am sure everybody will be delighted with the chorus number-"The Golden Legend to be sung Monday night with the orches- tra accompanying. This work will be di- rected by Mir Rienzi Thomas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

PADS OF FASHION. Gertrella has Passed up her .ratn Because it won't Go in her hat.
 Youngstown Telegram. Priscilla sure Ly has grown tall Because her skirts Won't reach at all. Geneva Free Press-Times. And fathers East Er wad is nought, Because of things The girls have bought.
 Houston Post. Myrtilla now Is mad as cats, Because her hair Don't match her spats.
 -Yonkers Statesman. Lorella also With her rats Followed the style And cast off spats.
 -Ashtabula Star. Florella who Was out of date Moved waist line up And now looks great.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
NEWSPAPER CLUB STORIES

The Victrola is one of the popular feat ures of this club" said E. R. Norman, and one of the selections which has been played most frequently here of late is song entitled, Hear You Calling Me
 "The other day one of the boys put on this record, announced the title and added, as sung in response to the request of our popular townsman, MT. William Webb Ora wford.' '"
 number Of newspaper men were dis cussing the general popularity of B. H. Mooney, the new president of the club, and stress was laid on his popularity with the fair sex. The general opinion was that Mooney was there when it came to the girlies, and surprise was expressed that he had never married. Just then the blond-haired Lothario entered the club room and one of the party asked him point blank why he had never entered into the bonds of matrimony. Mooney sized up the bunch and in his usual inn perturbable manner said
 "As rule I never answer impertinent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
BEGINNING THE DAY-My Fath-

BEGINNING THE DAN-My Fath- CT, I thank Thee that Thou under- stnndest the things which I cannot say. I thank Thee that Thou seest the inner grace, hidden beneath the ugly crust. I thank Thee that Thou henr- est the prayer which men think Is never said. I thank Thee that Thou judgest the heart, and thnt Thou knowest altogether. I give myself to Thy discerning sympathy. I yield my self to the love that never faileth. Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
THE POETS SONG

By Alfred Tennyson. The rain had fallen, the poet arose, He passd by the town and out of the
 street: A light wind blew from the gates of the
 sun,
 And waves of shadow went over the
 wheat; And he sat him down in a lonely place, And chanted a melody loud and sweet, That made the wild-swan pause in her
 cloud,
 And the lark drop down at his feet. The swallow stopped as he hunted the fly. The snake slipt under a spray. The wild hawk stood with the down on
 his beak,
 And stared, with his foot on the prey; And the nightingale thought, T have
 sung many songs, But never one so gay, For he sings of what the world will be When the years have died away"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

have been advanced. The improvement in iron and steel securities in the stock market has been a reflection of the gen eraI sentiment and confidence. and con certed upward movement in these has been marked during the last few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
ALABAMA PRESS

Gadsden Evening Journal: By strange
 irony of fate, an anti-suffragist in Jeffer-
 son county won the first fruits of the suf-
 fragettes' victory by securing a place on
 the school board from Ensley. Talladega Daily Home: The wise farm
 CT will not let any sudden rise in the
 price of cotton fool him into planting an
 exclusive cotton crop. Plant enough veg
 etables and raise enough hogs to keep
 your table supplied. Remember that cot
 ton has never been recommended as a food-Gadsden Journal. Very expensive food for army worms, grasshoppers, boil weovis and caterpillars.
 Anniston Evening Star: Doc Wiley says "a woman can be kissed on the cheek without injurious effect" but who'd d have the cheek to do it?
 Andalusia Star: If the big daily news- papers can have any fun out of the Stars s country correspondence, they are well come to it. However, we've got the best of it the big city editor-we have one laugh when the manuscript comes in and another laugh when it appears in the big dailies Go right on, old top-any man that makes laughter has helped a whole lot in this world of tears and jeers. Opelika Daily News: You had better cut your own cotton acreage 1nd not depend on the fellow over the fanch or further on down the road to -dt down acreage this time.
 Columbiana Peoples Advocate: The ! farmers are now beginning to buy fertli- izer, and several carloads were delivered l here last week.
 1 Roanoke Leader Alabama must feed ! herself" Then she will be in position tc
 make easy money on the side.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

If the Prinz Eitel had delayed intern- ment for a few more days it might have been put in the publicity class with Harry Thaw and the Mexican situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

A small boy in America stands some chances of some day being a prize fighter or a baseball pitcher or a President, but
 in Europe only cannon fodder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

Commissioner James Weatherly believes that a constitutional convention should
 be held at once to reform the taxing sys- tenn of the state, and there are a whole
 lot of people who agree with him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

The score by innings will soon be at
 tracting more attention in the United
 States than the record of dead and wound- ed on the battlefields of Europe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
THIS "DOpIsT, NEVER FAILS

From the Opelika Daily News.
 The political dopist for The Age-Her. aid has three prohibitionists in the race for governor next time, already, now. Il
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

Tn Great Britain prohibition is still in
 main, but total abstinence has taken
 strong hold and the good effects are ap- pa rent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
FILING UP EVIDENCE

From the Guntersville Advertiser.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald has estab- lished wireless plant on top of it's build ing. More evidence of the Age-Herald' s progressiveness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
Activity in Iron Market

Pig iron this week continued it's pro- gress toward better things" say Rogers,
 Brown S Co. in their Cincinnati report Tn every direction and in all branches of business there is steady and distinct growth of confidence and greater activity. All manufacturing connected with the
 metal trades has opened up recently, stim- ulatins the seasons growth in nature. Tn the Cincinnati territory interest centers principally in pig iron for the last half. The sales made have been mostly for delivery after July 1, and have come as the result of previous negotiation. Ac- tive inquiry is somewhat less, but the interest shown by consumers, with the starting up of additional works and the increase in time in various plants, is highly satisfactory Prices while un-
 changed are stronger and the feeling throughout this territory is improved 1 the result of tangible business better
 ment.
 The greatest interest of the week is located in other sections and in a num- Der of different lines. Other important selling centers indicate increasing alert hSoS oh eiic Paib oi SoiSuihcis, anu Aoi' lowing the recent large sales made in the 1 Buffalo and eastern territories distinct l ly better tone has been in evidence. Re | cent large sales in the south have taker
 more iron off yards at that point ant helped the situation there.
 Export sales in metal lines continue il 1 great volume, new business being report
 ed daily and is now reaching alliee trades, which will work back to the sourc, at steel plants and furnaces
 Prices on iron in the Buffalo territor!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

Secretary McAdoo is reported as rapidly recovering from his recent illness. His department, it seems, is following the ex- ample of it's secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

Count okuma's statement that his coun- try. Japan, has the most lady-lilze inten- uons in regard to the pending negotia- tions between Japan and China is good news, for on the surface this was not ap- parent, and we are now waiting for the count and his countrymen to produce the evidence because it might be suggested that like the flowers that bloom fh the spring, tra la," the counts message to the American people" has nothing to do with the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

The Sultan says he thinks the Dardan- elles are impregnable, but that doesn' | make the allies share his belief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
DECISION TO MORNING PAPER

From the Greenville Advocate. Daily papers in .the large cities use gall Ions of printers ink trying to convince the public as to which is the more read, the morning or afternoon paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

While Tommy Atkins may be forced to do his work on water, it is going to be pretty stiff job convincing him that
 booze is more deadly than the German gun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

The great underlying trait of all human ity is it's love of a fight and a fighter and the reception rendered Jess Willard when he landed on American soil at Key West, Fla, yesterday would have done honor to President Wilson or the King of Eng land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

The commander of the Prinz Eitel with out doubt Is an expert press agent. He evidently never had intended to run the gamut of the hostile warships waiting for him off the Virginia coast but by keep ing his intentions secret he has secured column of space on the front page of every newspaper in the land for the better part of month
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
STAYS ON LONGER.

A Mountain Terrace mother said to her daughter. Edna, look at your dirty hands, and I saw you wash them only half an hour ago.
 Yes mama" answerd Edna, T just can't understand it. but your washing stays on ever so much longer than mine does.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

About all that Austrian troops appear to have done in the present war is to "wait for German achievements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

The man from Nebraska believes that because he likes grape juice all demo- crats should do likewise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

Most women like to be in the swim especially when it comes to taking a dip into the sea of matrimony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

And then again Jess Willard's tactics in keeping away from Johnson during the early rounds of the championship battle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

There's 100000 ways to fall in love, but
 the divorce court is the only way to get out, spring poets, balmy breezes and soft
 moonlight to the contrary notwithstand- l ipo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

Some of the word painting by war cor respondents is about as much overdone as face painting in the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
HORRIBLE.

Eloise. eF1orine strained her voice yes. terday
 Jack How.
 Eloise: Talking through her veil''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

man seen inspecting the window displays of spring fishing tackle will soon have his wife calling up the office stating that he has developed a sudden attack of ma
 laria, and the doctor has ordered rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
Prohibition nt Home and Abroad

The European war seems to have a | remarkable influence in favor of prohi-
 bition," remarked Dr. E. c. Bandy Russia has declared in favor of this
 step while the war is on. and the Eng
 fish government is said to be consider ing such move. It seems that the sol diers of these nations have such an ardor for the fray that no stimulant is needed to heighten their patriotism, and Dutch courage doesn't seem to be in as high favor as in the days of Grant. Prohibition will soon be in effect in Alabama, but I fear that it will not work | as well here as in the realm of the Czar. | The southern negro. by the way, is a
 great consumer of intoxicants, and as a | rule nothing is calculated to make him
 work harder than the prospect of good,
 strong drink. This recalls a story told on Bob Mims, the peace officer at Wood ward.
 MT. Mins operates a small farm, and recently found it necessary to have a very
 large pile of waste cleared out of the | lot. He sent for an old negro laborer l called Tom, whose inclination toward drinl. was well known, and inquired what would be his charge for cleaning tip the lot. Without hesitation the old darlxy re- piled, twenty dollars MT. Mims decided
 to have the work done by the day, and Tom was put to work at the rate of s1. % per day. He marked out section of the I lot containing about a quarter of the whole pile and stood a pint bottle Of whisky at one end, telling the negro that when he had cleaned up that section he l could have his drink. This was repeated 1 each day. At the end of the fourth day
 the task had been completed to the satis- l faction of all concerned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

How sweet must be the communion be- tween such friends as Tom Mcdonald and James W.atherIyI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

Decatur dispatches report that the warm weather of the past few days is responsible for the peaches having com menced to bloom We'v noticed the same says, What do you mean, peaches?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

Some people are born great. Others win the worlds heavyweight champion ship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Permit us to admire the late photograph of General Leverard in the heroic act of kissing Lieutenant Kula on the battlefield the kiss being by way of emphasis of the award of the Legion of Honor. General Leverard is seen to be a militantly be- whiskered veteran, and his noble victim Is bravely offering his left cheek to the osculation
 There is no denying that the French havo courage, in which possession the liertenants and even the common soldiers sometimes equal the commanders. But We cannot help asking, why penalize brav- cry on the field of action? n?-unless the direct purpose is to render war distinctly unpleasant if not altogether objection able.
 In the days of so-called barbarism the brave deserved the fair. Indeed in mod ern times, as Hobson's experience shows, kissing of the right sort has been a pow erful incentive to heroism. But the chv- airy of generals toward their men-as in the case of the fiercely bewhiskered Rus sian General Linevitch, who used to line up and kiss his troops on the eve Of bat tie and then go out and lose the battle Is anything but a wholesome stimulus. Dumdum bullets, barbwire fences and other so-caled barbarities by no means destroy the plea sures of fighting for the healthy man, but this kissing atrocity, ii sanctioned by The Hague and permitted to become universal, will speedily discour- age everybody with war, except possibly few of the very boldest of the militant suffra gettes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

Prinz Eitel Friedrich's dash for the high seas was a dash that never came, but more interesting is the announcement that Germany has responded favorably to the demand of the United States for com pensation for the sinking of the American ship William P. Frye.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay, might stop hole to keep the wind away Hamlet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09
The Southern Club and the Roebuck

'I have heard that there was a prob
 ability of the Southern club and the Roe
 buck merging, and I hope the plans to
 that end will be worked out successfully
 said a member of the Southern.
 ''I have not only been a member of the
 Southern club for many years. but have
 long had the club habit. I know the club well. therefore, and I am safe in saying that large number of club men like myself would be delighted to have a country club attachment. The idea of the merger referred to strikes me as just the thing. "The Roebuck has splendid property less than seven miles from the center of the city. It owns. extensive acreage and it's golf links consist of very modern | 1S-hole course, built under the direction of Mir. Barker, who is considered the best golf achitect in the United States. Ii these two clubs consolidate the Southern will become more popular than ever"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

A college professor states that under the old Mosaic law, when burglary was committed the municipal officials were held responsible. If that were the case today an election to the office of city com missioner of Birmingham would be the same thing as a three-year jail sentence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

Roanoke Leader: Alabama must feed herself.' Then she will be in position to make easy money on the side.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-09

Providence Journal: There is nothing improbable in the repeated rumor of Tur- keys desire to make peace. The country has nothing to gain by further prose- cution of the campaign. Her enemies are closing in upon her; new ones may rise at any moment The allied fleet blocks the Dardaneles at the south, and Rus sia's ships menace Constantinople from the. north. Bulgaria is more likely to side against her than with her Italy covets Albania, or at least a portion of that seacoast principality Roumania is almost ready to enter the conflict on the side of the entente.
 However, whether Turkey makes peace now or later, the terms should provide for the withdrawal of her sovereignty from Europe. It would be a calamity if she were permitted, for any reason what ever, to remain on the west side of the Bosphorus.