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Connecticut western news., 1915-09-23
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Connecticut western news., 1915-09-23
Symbols of the Conflict.

A long profile with q lump to one side means q field gun and Its at tendant ammunition case. A circle and a slot stand for an observation post The trench is bent line studded with vertical plumes of explosion. The great guns of position, coming and go- ing on their motors, repeat themselves as scarabs, and man himself is a small blue smudge no larger than a fore sight. crawling and creeping or watch ing and running among all those ter rife symbols.
 But there is no hieroglyphic for Rheims, no bunting of the mind at the abominations committed on the cathedral there. The thing peers up- ward, maimed and blinded from out Of the utter wreckage of the archbishop's palace on the one side and dust heap shelled. as they still shell it, with high explosives and with incendiary bombs, so that the statues and stonework still in their places are burned the color of raw flesh. The gargoyles are smashed statues, crockets and spires tumbied, walls split and torn, windows thrust out and all tracery obliterated. Wher- ever one looks at the tortured pile there is mutilation and defilement, and yet it had never more of a soul than it has today.
 Inside, Cover yourselves, gentle
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-23

"A WMy feated town. lodged Il few
 EV miles down roads beside
 which women tended their cows and dropped into place on d hill where Moroccan regiment of many experiences was billeted.
 They were Mohammedans baffiingly like half dozen of our Indian frontier types. Though they spoke no accessi- Dle tongue they had, of course, turned farm buildings where they lay into a little bit of Africa in color and in smell. They had been gassed in Flanders, shot down and shot down and set up to be shelled again. and their officers talked of north African wars that We had never heard of. sultry days against long odds in the desert, years ago.
 "Afterward. is it not so with you also? We get our best recruits from the troops we have fought. These men are children. They make no trouble. They only want to go where cartridges are burned. They are of the few races to whom fighting is a pleasure"
 And how long have you dealt with them?'
 "A long time, long time. I helped organize corps. I am one of those whose hearts are in Africa"
 He spoke slowly, almost feeling for his French words, and gave some of them an order I shall not forget. Nor shall I forget his eyes as he turned to a huge brown Afreedee, like Mussul- man, hunkering down beside his ac- couterments. He had two sides to his head, that bearded, burned, slow spoken officer we met and parted with all fin an hour.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-23
Petrol Flavors Twilight.

1eLrOl FlaVOrS twilight.
 The day closed after an amazing in- terlude in the chateau of a dream which was all glassy ponds, stately trees and vistas of white and gold salons. The proprietor was some body's chauffeur at the front. We drank his health In the little village, in twilight, full of petrol, hundreds of cars and the wholesale flavor of healthy troops. There is no better guide to camp than ones own thought ful nose, and, though I poked mine everywhere. in no place did it strike that vile, betraying taint of underfed, unclean men and gun horses.
 It is difficult to keep ones edge after hours of fresh air and experience. One does not get the most from the most interesting part of the day-dinner with the local headquarters. Here the professionals meet, the line gunners, the intelligence, with stupefying pho to plans of the enemy's trenches, the supply, the staff who collect and note all things and are very properly chaff- ed and, to be sure, the interpreter. who by force of questioning prisoners nat urally develops into a Sadducee.
 It is their little aside to each other. the slang and half words, which, if one but understood. instead of blinking drowsily at ones plate, would give a days history. But the tiredness and the difficulties of a sister, not Il for eign, tongue aims everything, and one goes to bed amid the murmur of voices. the rush of single cars through the night, the passage of battalions and behind all the echo of deep voices call ing one to the other along line that never sleeps.
 Batteries In Hiding.
 A long ridge with scattered pines. It might have hidden children at play. Certainly a horse would have been quite visible. But there was no Eint of guns, except n semaphore which an nounced that 1t was forbidden to pass tH1t way as a battery was firing. The bSEhes must have looked for that bat tery too. The ground was pitted with shell holes of all calibers, some of lACLh dS I1eSh uS luOle 1tlSlS III lut misty, damp morning, others where pop pies had grown from seed to flower all through the summer.
 And where are the guns?" I de- handed at last. They were almost un- der ones hand, their ammunition in cellars and dugouts beside them.
 And, as far as I could make out. the 75 millimeter gun has no pet name. The bayOnet, of course, is Rosalie, virgin of Bayonne, but the 75, the watchful nurse of the trench 'es and the little sister of the line. seems to be always the Seixante- Quinze. But even those who love her best do not say that she is beautiful. Her merits are French logic, direct ness, simplicity and the supreme gift of occasionality. She is equal to ev- erything on the spur of the moment One sees and studies the few appli- ances which make her do what she does, and one feels that any one could have invented her.
 'As a matter of fact" says a com mandant, anybody, or, rather, every body, did. The recoil is after such and such a system, patent of which had expired, and we improved it. The breech action, with slight modification, is somebody eise's; the sighting is per
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-23
RUIN WROUGHT CITY OF RHEIMS
Famous Author Describes How Psychology of France
 Is Altered by War.

haps a little special, and so is the traversing. but at bottom it is only an assembly of variations and arrange
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-23
KIPLING TELLS IF
 BY GERMANS IN
Shell Battered Cathedral as Altar of Invaders to Com
 memorate Their Death.

We present below the second of six articles from the pen of Rud- yard kiPIing, under the general title of "France at War on the Frontier of Civilization" describing the ian- pressions of a visit to the fighting line in France.
 By RUDYARD KIPLING. ICnnvriglnt 1qI1 hv the Snn Printing n n1
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-23
By RUDYARD KIPLING.

Copyright, 1915, by the Sun Printing anc
 Publishing asSociation.l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-16

to induce President Wilson to reap point Postmaster Morgan, a republi-
 can, whose four years commission ex- pires shortly. MT. Morgan rose from small clerkship in the New York
 office to his present position and it is said that few men have filled the office with such eminent satisfaction as he.
 But the New York democrats insist very naturally upon a change being made. A high class party man will be recommended and the President will not ignore the party demand. And so long as the law remains unchanged the leaders of the party in power have perfect right to claim the few big plums that are left.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-16
Congressman Heflin,. View.

"The session of Congress will be in- teresting,'' said J. Tom Heflin, repre- senting the Fifth Alabama.
 "In the first place we will be called upon to make good certain deficit in the revenue. As is known, the spe- cial war tax will apply no more aft CT January l. And the tariff on sugar will be removed March 1. Of course We will have to take action to make good this loss of revenue, for on ac- count of the European war our income from imported goods has not been as large as was anticipated.
 1T do not expect sensation to fol low the differences between the Pres. ident and certain leaders on the sub ject of preparedness. MT. Wilson has proved himself to be 8 wise man an( we can follow his lead without ques. tion. And l know that he will no1 insist on our expending many billions in the building of battleships."
 Mir. Heflin will deliver an address 1T Chattanooga this week. He stated tha he had several engagements to speal before Congress convenes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-16

Montclair. N. J., has Introduced hy
 gienic housemaids. The local health de- partment announces that it will conduct examinations and issue certificates of feurs. coaehmen and gardeners may also obtain certificates under the new ar- rangement. if they So desire. The plan Is indorsed by the Housewives league and the standardization of household help will have the support of the Mont clair board of health. There will be ex- aminations at the department of domes- tic science conducted by the board of education and certificates will be issued to those who pass. The standard wage for those who qualify will be s25 month, which is slightly in excess of the wages training. Barbers and those who handle food in stores are required to pass a medical examination. Blood tests and search for tuberculosis and other diseases will be included in the health depart ment's work. The hygienic housemaid, nurse and cook will be expected to quiet the fears of modern housewives who are cognizant of the germ peril. Hygienic chauffeurs. coachmen ana gardeners are of less vital importance, put-necessary to a thoroughly hygenic establishment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-16
Greater PrOductiyity

Not only were this years grain
 crops in the United States of immense
 volume-the wheat crop the greatest ever grown and the corn crop not
 much below the highest record-but the yield per acre, without exception in the matter of cereal products, was
 greater than in any previous year. This was due partly to weather con- ditions, but in no small degree to ap- piled science.
 The progressive husbandman learns
 more and more of chemistry every year and becomes more and more in love with agriculture as he sees the splendid fruits of modern methods
 taught in the colleges and demon
 stated by government experts. In the south this was an exception ally good corn year. Drouth did some
 damage, but, nevertheless, the total yield established new high record in most states. Alabama's seventy
 million n-bushel crop was larger by 35 lper cent than the crop of 1914, which was the largest up to that time. The increased production is ac-
 counted for chiefly by increased acre age, resulting directly from the di- versification campaign; but there was
 very appreciable increase, too, in the yield per acre.
 The diversification movement, orig mating in the Birmingham Chamber i of Commerce, was wonderful suc-
 cess. It embraced the whole state. Tillers of the soil met in mass meet I ing in every county to listen to ad-
 dresses by scientifically trained men who were at the same time experts in practical farming.
 So deeply imbued now are the peo- | pie of Alabama with the importance of crop diversification that henceforth no urging in that direction will be necessary. But as the campaign con- ducted early in the year was largely
 educational the diversification organi-
 zation should be kept up and its ef- forts should be directed chiefly to in-
 tensive farming. More per acre. should be the slogan.
 There will be a comparatively small
 cotton acreage planted in Alabama
 next spring, and owing to the scarcity
 of commercial fertilizer, the intensive idea cannot be put into extensive prac- tice. But as for hay, grain and live stock, there should be great increase
 with more produced to the acre than in any former year. Instead of sev- enty million bushels of corn the 1916 yield should total one hundred million
 bushels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-16
Prosperous Birminxham

'I was in Birmingham just about year ago and business was very dull here then, as it was in New York, and all the cities throughout the north and south, but great has been the improvement during the last 10 months" said w. W. Bissett of the borough of Manhattan.
 Every one knows, of course, that the iron and steel trade is booming and that nearly all branches of business are ac- tive and practically normal. An era of prosperity has set in and 1t seems to be the opinion of bankers and manufacturers and merchants that 1t will be with us for sometime to come.
 Up to a month ago the industrial ac- tivity, based largely on war orders, was a bit feverish, but it is no longer SO. This is q healthy boom. I am partner in textile manufacturing concern and am glad to say that our business is i'm proving rapidly.
 q have visited Birmingham several times since 1906. and have usually found it quite busy place, but I never saw 1t when it looked so prosperous as now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-16
The AncOna Case

In view of the conflicting stories told by survivors of the Ancona and the difficulty experienced by the gov ernment in getting at the facts, it Is hardly probable that a new interna- tional crisis will result. Since the re- port of the Ancona disaster was first made, officials at Washington have been waiting for definite information and it does not appear now that any strong case can be made against the Austrian government. In fact, there is still considerable doubt as to wheth- CT the Ancona was sunk by German or an Austrian submarine, although the preponderance of testimony indi- cates that it was the work of an Aus trian vessel.
 The sinking of the Ancona but illus trates anew the problems confronting . neutral country whose citizens arc the victims of a submarine. Even when the submarine is apparently al fault, there is always the excuse tc be made that the commander thought the ship he attacked was trying to escape, or orders to take to the life boats were not carried out promptly There are so many ways of avoiding responsibility it is no small wonder Washington cannot arrive at a con clusion.
 The excitable nature of Italians who composed large percentage of those aboard the Ancona, and the fact
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-16
COmra deship at the MYo

With the coming of cooler weather things are beginning to hum at the Young Mems Christian association re- marked L. J. Farmer
 The gym classes are swelling In num- bers, and the young as well as the older men are feeling greater vigor. Activities in the subway are also increasing in vol ure. Each day at the noon hour the pool and billiard parlor as we'll as bowling al- leys are thronged with young business men seeking recreation. At this time the cafeteria is we'll patronized. The whole some lunches served here are, in fact one of the association's best drawing cards, and many are those who hasten to the
 " when the whistle blows for dinner to enjoy the rare combination of whole some food, pleasure and recreation af- forded in the subway.
 Presiding over the culinary arrange. ments in the cafeteria is Mrs. Shaw, whc always has a pleasant word or smile for visitors. This pleasant hammered lady, in- deed, succeeds exceedingly well in mak- ing each individual feel at home after the first visit There has also sprang up a freemasonry of good fellowship and com. radeship among those who frequent this establishment, which helps to make time pass quickly and pleasantly each day The Young Mems Christian association and it's various subways will certainly enjoy boom during the winter months that are now almost upon us Young mer flock from all parts of the city to enjoy the comforts and warmth at the big Bir- mingham association building"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-16
STANDARDIZED srATuREs
.om the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Frederick Wilhelm of Prussia, the father of Frederick the Great would have been deeply interested in the learned statement made by delegate to tho Clinical Congress of Surgeons ill Boston last week. It will be remembered that the Prussian ruler. founder of great military regime, had special fondness for big men. soldiers of abnormal height and impassive appearance. It is stated that his grenadier guards were recruited not from Prussia alone. but from outside nations wherever very tall men existed.
 What would this fine old martinet have done if he had been told that excitation of the pituitary gland, little body situ- ated in the very center of the head, in- f1uences and controls human growth? The surgeon who vouched for this pecu- liar fact said that the height of per- sons might be controlled by an opera tion. Gigantism could be checked, and although the surgeon didn't commit him. self on this point-the iayman will nat urally conclude that a reverse treatment of some scientific sort would do away with dwarfs and undersized persons. In thile' iio uoupl, Huttidu Sldtui cS couiu po standardized and physical inequalities in height prevented
 Of course. it's a blow to romance to realize that both giants and dwarfs are the result of an abnormal cranial condi- ticn and that there would have been neither Goliath nor a Hop-o'-My-T Thumb if modern surgery had reached them in time. But science laughs at romance and it's wonders make fairy tales look tame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-16
SEEING LIFE IN NEW YORK

From the New York World
 The Russian prince who set out with
 some companions of either sex to ex- plore the byways of night life in New York appears to have had disillusion- ing experience with American police methods. In accordance with all the tra- ditions of nocturnal adventure by princes l the tip should have gone around among the uniformed force that a highness was seeking diversion and should be treated
 accordingly as privileged character The
 portals of the underworld should have
 opened at his knock and he should have
 made the rounds to an accompaniment
 of respectful salutes by the guardians of the law. Is it not thus that the Prince
 Florizes and their kind pursue adven-
 ture in the small hours in the pages of
 romance2
 But alas for the rude reality! Our prince
 knocks at the dor of an abandoned
 gambling resort and a disrespectful po-
 liceman drags him to the station house
 to spend the night In a cell and with the necessity of leaving his finger prints as a
 souvenir of the occasion.
 Certainly we order these things with little regard for the amenities. A prince
 might be presumed to have the same
 right of nocturnal research as an ordi-
 nary citizen, assuming. of courst, a proper deference on his part to the officer on post. But the safe way for both prince and civilian Is to procure credentials from a district leader or other competent au- thority. Even highness in land of democratic equality should recognize the need of having his passports correctly yiSed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-16
HOTEL LOBRIES
Cash Register Man Optimistic

T am convinced that this country is on the verge of the greatest era of prosperity in it's history So said P. L. Manner, local sales agent for the National Cash Register company, on his return to Bir- mingham from Dayton, O., where he has been attending a three-day convention of the company's 800 salesmen In the United States and Canada.
 While in Dayton, made it special point to talk to men from every section Of North America" said Mir. Mannen. Without a single exception everyone ex- pressed himself as convinced that busi- ness conditions are rapidly improving.
 John H. Patterson, the president of the company. who met with us in convention daily, told us that wave of unprecedent- ed prosperity is moving across the coun- try. It has not struck all lines yet, but the basic industries have felt 1t. The steel industry is. an illustration of this point. In the steel districts I was told that the mills are flooded with orders which they cannot accept
 Our salesmen regularly visit every re- N+N> NAA~A views with these thousands of merchants. our men concluded that today the country is 100 per cent better off than it was year ago."
 MT. Manner said that the convention was one of the most unusual gatherings of commercial men ever held in this country. Daily sessions were held in the big N. c. R. schoolhouse, monument tai building, which seats 12C0 The prob lens of the merchant were discussed, and talks were made on such subjects as training clerks, window displays, store systems etc. He also said several Day. ton merchants addressed the convention. telling of their experiences with cash registers.
 The last night of the convention the salesmens were escorted to their trains by 5000 Dayton employees of the cash reg ister company. Red torches and banners, arNouncing that Business Is Booming" were carried by the marchers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-16
Postmasters and the Civil Service

When President Cleveland in 1885 began to put into practical operation the civil service law only clerks and minor officials in various branches of the government were affected, but with each succeeding administration the classified list was extended until now virtually all federal officials and employees except such as are appointed by the chief executive and subject to confirmation by the Senate are in- cluded.
 The fourth class postmasterships, formerly political plums. now come under the merit system and the in- cumbents hold their positions during good behavior. Internal revenue col lectors, of which there are less than seventy, and collectors of customs, fifty ill number; district attorneys and marshals, ambassadors and ministers plenipotentiary, and first, second and third class postmasters are about the only officials whose commissions is sue from the office of the President and whose tenure as rule is limited to four years.
 But it is only question of time when the "presidential" postmasters- there are today about $500 of them will be in the competitive nonpartisan class. It will require special act of Congress, however, to affect such a change. Members of Congress who assist the President in dispensing the official patronage have got used to the merit system and most of them l like it, for it relieves them of a great deal of embarrassment. The old-time spoilsman is now only political memory.
 The merit system has grown fast in popular favor and whenever a President sees fit to recommend tc
 Congress the passage of a bill trans. ferring all postmasterships to the
 classified system, it will probably en.
 counter comparatively little opposi
 ton.
 As it is now much of the President time and more of the Postmaster Gen
 erals time is consumed in considering the claims of thousands of applicants
 and time in the White House and 1T the departments becomes more valua. ble every years.
 [ In New York city an organized eff. fort is being started by business men
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-16
THE DIXIE SONG

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