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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
JULIA MARLOWE
From the Kansas City Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
 Every playgoer who has come within range of the fine art and magnetic per sonality of Julia Marlowe must experi- enced deep regret that this eminent actress has been forced to retire permanently from the statge. The note of finality in the announcement made by MT. E. H. Sothern almost precludes. the entertain ment of hope that, after all, his wifes ill., ness may be less serious than is now feared. It does not follow, of course, that Miss Marlowe's condition is critical. The announcement simply seems to mean that she never again will be fit to under take the arduous labors of the stage. And, fortunately for her, she does not need to act Years of success have en- abled her to retire with sufficient means to insure ease of life
 Miss Marowe has made a great place for herself on the American stage-in American stage history. More than any other actress of her own stage, she has combined in large measure histrionic power and personal beauty and charm. She has embodied and expressed the classic and standard heroines in such way as to impress the thoughtful and move the mass. The relations with her public have been close and her attachments strong. Among the greatest rewards of theatre going are such memories as will be kept alive by the tragic beauty of Miss Mar lowe's Juliet, the subtle humor of her Rosalind, the gentle poetry of her Viola. the piteous helplessness of her Opheia, the sprightly wit of her Porta and the grace and buoyancy of her earlier crea- tons in old English comedy, such as Constance, Letitia Hardy and Julia-to mention only those roles in which she has made her greatest successes.
 But Miss Marlowe has meant more to the stage of her time than a mere grati- ficaton of the publics desire for strength and beauty in dramatic interpretation. She has been the greatest exponent of her time of the Shakespearean drama. Almost all of her professional life has been devoted to the classic drama. Her ca rliest instruction was from one devoted to the best traditions of the stage. In temperament and by natural inclination she was precisely fitted for the field of interpretation she chose. And she be- came not only an exponent, but a su- preme authority in that field. She in- spred and enlightened and improved all who were privileged to associate with her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
Lessons of the War

In A recent address, Robert R. Me Cormick. who has just returned from Europe where he went as war cores pondent for the Chicago Tribune and wrote for that paper many fine de- scriptions of his experiences with the Czar's armies. dwelt on the unpre- paredness of the United States for war anl some of the lessons taught us by the struggle in Europe.
 The English army, as MT. McCor- mick points out, is five or six times as large as the American army. but It counts for little in the war. Having snent most of their time in garrisons, the English soldiers have had little ex- perience in walking, whereas the big armies of continental Europe can march 30 miles a day more comfort ably than English or American soldiers could march three. The British were saved. however, by their superior marksmanship The soldiers of con tinental Europe have not learned to shoot, while a British soldier can hit a man 800 to 600 yards away.
 Although immensely superior to the microscopic army of the United States, the British army was so far behind the armies of Germany and France when the war started, and is still so | far behind them, that it has suffered , enormous losses, compared to it's size, and is still negligible factor in the fighting. If England, with much more of an army to build on, has not yet been able to make creditable show ing. it is doubtful if the United States could do even half as well.
 The theory that huge army of cit izen soldiers could be raised in this country in a few months, equipped fol service, trained and hurled against g powerful foe is absurd. Even if enough volunteers responded to form a large army, they would be slaughtered li<. sheep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
HIS PLACE IN HISTORY
m the Sydney Bulletin.

From the Sydney Bulletin. Who shall ride the horse of Odin? Who shall swing from gallows tree Who shall reap the thing he sowed il Wind-fields wide and free? Shall valkyries, loudly calling, Bear him up on pinions strong? His shall be as deep falling
 As the rope is long. Ho! The sun has lit the morning No death-woman comes a-near; Odin's brow is dark, and scorning This pale thing of fear. He by whom the peace was broken. He who lit the fires of shame, What shall be the sign and token Of his blood-soiled name? Ho! The sun Is up and strangled In the black the death clouds fling! Earth forgets the corpse that dangle' From 8 greasy string.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
Blindness of Justice

Judge Freeman of Chicago is slowly dying-of broken heart. This is the message the press wires carried few days ago.
 Henry Varnum Freeman, the oldest of the judges of Chicago, a few days ago resigned from the superior court bench. He is broken in health and spirit
 And why?
 Because away back in 1884 he sen- fenced three men, whom at the time he firmly believed were guilty of mur- der, to life terms in the penitentiary Later he became convinced that they were innocent and for twenty five years Freeman has labored to secure their release.
 Thirty years ago a man named Prunty was killed. His wife and daughter were shot but recovered. They positively identified three men as their assailants, and upon this and other corroborative evidence the men were convicted and given the life sen tence by Judge Freeman.
 About six years later Freeman un- earthed evidence that tended to show the men were the victims of a police "frame-up," and that pressure had been brought to bear upon Mrs. Prun- ty and her two daughters which forced them to swear to the identifica- tion of the men.
 Becoming convinced that injustice had been done, Freeman set about to secure their liberty. Appeal after ap- peal was made to succeeding govern ors, without avail One of the men died in prison. The other two were paroled a few weeks ago, through the efforts of the judge who worked for years to right a wrong.
 But the worry and remorse that had followed Freeman for years has so broken his health that he is forced to abandon his work
 Perhaps not many judges would have taken their mistake so seriously
 And yet Freeman knew that the three men were not the only innocent victims of the miscarriage of justice
 The mothers, the families of these men, were condemned to suffering and disgrace when the sentence fell on the accused.
 Some day, perhaps, that section of the United States constitution which specifics that it shall be presumed that every man is innocent until he is proven guilty, will be less of dead letter.
 Some day, perhaps, the penal insti- tutions of the country will be changed so that every mothers boy will be given fair chance and full encour- agement to become, in spite of fail. ures and follies, the kind of a mar she used to pray he would become
 Instead of making this impossible the state will help.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
CONVERTED
rom the Detroit News.

From the DetrOlI NeWs.
 Dr. Albert R. Williams, who was spe- cial commissioner for the Outlook with five armies during this war, was lectur- ing at a village chautauuua near Detroit. Upon a screen he threw picture of the excavation made by one shell-'a shell does not only alter the landscape; it alters geography''-and told how that excava- ton became in an instant of time the grave of 560 men.
 Then upon the screen appeared a photo- graph of part of the remains of those men as they had been gathered together for interment; poor, twisted, broken human kindling, soaked red He told how the Red Cross trains, speeding from battlefields to base hospitals, drip blood as an ice wagon drips water. He showed cords upon cords of human bodies piled up in every conceivable contortion of agony and nasty handling.
 And then he said: Before the first long echo of the exploding shell had split the air, 56o lives were snuffed out. Blood soaked fragments of flesh came raining down like crimson dew But thought of all that had gone to the malk- ing of these men. I though how for each one of them a mother had gone down to the very valley of the shadow of deatf to give him life. l thought of their baby years, carefully tended. I thought of the sacrifices that went to their rearing, and their schooling, and to give them start | in life I thought of their own young families. I thought of each as a center of some circles hopes Yet, there they were. 560 of them, killed and crushed as you would swat a single fly.
 | But the mothers-the mothers who bort them!-many of them living to read theil | babies names in the death lists; for tho
 old country mothers live long. They suf- fered for, and tended, and reared, anc counseled these children of theirs. Anc
 the end of it all is-one shell shriekins and exploding, and b60 mothers son' dead.
 T was never a suffragist till then. Nov
 hope and pray with all the fervor of my
 soul that somehow women will get theil
 voice so that they may have vote in tn, making of wars. They will never vot, ! for condition of things where one shell
 made by peaceable workmen in peaceful
 times can render 560 mothers childless
 560 families fatherless, 560 strong young | bodies lifeless.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
AND THAT'S NO JOKE

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 Nowadays barroom is place in which you can buy chewing gum, choco- late candy, buttermilk, sweet cider cer- tain soda fountain drinks and mineral water, and where sausage, hard boiled eggs. roast beef, cheese. soup and other necessities of life are given away But woman who has trusted you to lead her from the altar to the grave cannot be persuaded that you went to the bar room for any of those things
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14

question to put your finger on one spot and say that here is the most improvement, for the improvement Is general. The vol ume of trade has swollen like rising river There is a good demand for iron for shipment over the first half of next year. This tells it's own story of hopeful ness, of the expectation of men that busi- ness will continue and that the present advanced prices are here to say"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
The Active Iron Market

The large buying movement in the pig iron market keeps prices firm For im- mediate delivery, Birmingham iron is firm at sl1 on No. basis, with an upward tendency. Iron for next years delivery is quoted at sl2.50. Conservative iron makers would rather see it remain at the present price levels than for it to head for A runaway market" Matthew Addy &. Co.'S Cincinnati circular just issued saws in part:
 Things here have been happening rap- idly in pig iron. It is almost sensational the way the market has jumped And the change In sentiment in the past 30 days is practically right about face,
 For a month now there has been a continuous and tremendous buying move ment. Exactly how large it has been is as yet impossible to compute, but it has been of genuine old fashioned boom pro- portions. Birmingham. which is always mercurial and is either in a fit of the deepest blues or else in the state of exal- tation, is now joyous. The Birmingham furnaces have seen iron advance from s9, with no takers, to $11, with eager buyers. They think in Birmingham thai they have sold more iron than they can deliver during the balance of the year and they are talking of further heavy ad vances in price.
 ''Northern iron has gone from s12.5( f O. b. Ohio furnace to s14, with no pros pect of stopping long at that price.
 "All the foundries have had an increase in trade. There is speeding up all along the line and orders have increased in vol ume to welcome degree. It is out of tn,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
Win Have n Splendid Fair

The state fair catalogues are in the hands of the printer and will soon be ready for distribution" said B. B. Burton. chairman of the executive committee of the fair association
 We are going to have a splendid fair in October, the best yet held. And there is every reason to expect a great attend ance of out-of-town visitors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
HOTEL LOBRIES
Birmingham and Chattanooga

"On my recent visit to Georgia, I met travelling salesman who told me that the best cities in the south from a busi- ness point of view were Birmingham and Chattanooga said John Wiegand. He kept in close touch with the larger class Of southern towns and remarked that while conditions were improving in most of them, Birmingham was far in the lead"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
TELEPHONE Bell (private exchange connecting all Aepartments) Main 49OO.

BEGINNING THE DAY-"Every pot in Jerusalem shall be holy" In Zechariah's vision of the kingdom of God the common is glorious and the secular is sacred. o God, hasten the day when play will be praise, when IaborwiII be prayer. when business will he religion, when pol itics will be love. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
COULDN'T LOOK INTO FUTURE

From the Knoxville Sentinel.
 A Pennsylvania matron has faller heir to $2,400,000 bequeathed her bs her affianced suitor who died in April of last year. The will has just beer read but meantime the young lady had married and changed her title of Miss to Mrs" Possibly if the deceased suitor could have foreseen what a year would bring forth, his will would havS read differently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
ADAM DOESN'T CARE

From the Louisville Post.
 All these years we have been doin4
 Adam an injustice. according to Sthd Egyptologists. and now it appears thd pardon has come too late to save hid feelings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14

A new invention Is announced that will heads of soldiers. A better invention still would be one to send the gas back where 1t came from.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14

It would be unkind, to say the least for the European powers to pay their war debts by an invasion of America It IS barely possible that they have no such intention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
EVER HEAR OF CIP CAsTRos

From the Springfield Republican.
 The trouble with General Carranza s his uncompromising claim to be 'euber alles" without being able to e. iver the goods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
The Success of Diversification

Great things are being accomplished by the different farmers meetings of the state, said Mrs. w H. Mathis of Gads- den, president of the Alabama Diversified Farming association, yesterday.
 "The meeting here in Birmingham. which has just closed, shows that the farmer is learning the advantage of team work, of educating himself as to what he needs, and then join in with his neigh bor in going after it.
 "I attended just few days ago the big farmers meeting in Wetumpka and it was one of the most inspiring sights I have ever witnessed. We had there the poli- tcians as well as the farmers. but they go along very well together and we need them both in Alabama-good farmers and good politicians.
 'The diversified crop movement in Ala bama this summer has been much more successful so far than we even hoped for In the spring. There are more acres of food crops now about ready for harvest than ever before in Alabama. Just ask the commission merchants of Birmingham about business if you want some insight into the way even the crop diversifcation movement has affected big city like this I am told that so many citizens have raised gardens this year in the little odd patches of ground about their homes that the commission merchants on Morris ave- nue have about been forced out of busi- ness in some cases. That is only an ex- ample of what the real farmers out in the country are doing They are raising their stuff to eat and Alabama this fall will have come very near reaching the goal of feeding herself, if not altogether"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14

Though the movies may be practically denied metropolitan grand opera stars, they may still write testimonials for everything under the sun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
QUITE so

From the Pittsburg Sun.
 Strengthening" Russia by the loss of Warsaw, as some of the ,Petrograi newspapers claim, is like making a. man vigorous by cutting of one of his legs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
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DIsILLUsIONED.

1t isn't what we sigh for And all in vain we try for
 That fills this life with shadows of re-
 grst. Iris often what we win to, Through travail and through sin, too, That ma kes disappointed mortal fret.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
GOING TOO FAR

From the Kalamazoo Gazette.
 We are growing cynical. Chances are that Cinderilla story was an ad for some chropodist parlor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14

Birmingham is fortunate in being able to go about its business, while most of the political disturbance in the state is cen tered in Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14

Chicago is trying popular-prced taxi
 cabs operated by married chauffeurs who are guaranted by the management to be
 safe and sane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
vARyING rHE MoNoTON,

From the Louisville Herald.
 Maine reports seeing German subma- rines; which is pleasing variant of the annual sea serpent story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
MEASURED IN INCHES

From the Louisville Post.
 The description of the gains of the allies in the Dardanelles sounds like an account of football game
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14

T. R. and the republican party are ap- parently as far apart as the poles, but distances are deceptive in politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14

George Fitch, the humorist who died recently, found all the humorous types he needed right at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14

The Russians have learned to their cost that bayonets cannot compete with long range guns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
Business Hums in Chicago

Business is humming in Chicago" re- brief visit to that city, "and one can but be impressed by the brskness of trading activity at the lake metropolis.
 I attended an apple shippers, conven- ton there and secured much valuable in- forma tion concerning the growth of the fruit and the disposal planned for the coming season. This years crop of apples is estimated at from 35 to 40 per cent less than that of last year. Last years crop was entirely too heavy for the demand But the supply this year is about right, I believe.
 There was also retail merchants convention in progress while was there and the city was well crowded. Orders for the coming season were being made in great volume. Indeed, one estimate placed the total orders in the course of the convention at fully s1o0O0,o00
 "As is generally known. the wheat crop in the west and middle west this year is a record breaker The farmers, however, had considerable difficulty in gathering the harvest because of long continued rains.
 "The outlook for business in Brming- ham this fall Is extremely bright. and con- ditions at the present time are most prom ising."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
REFRACTORY PATIENT

From the Pittsburg Post.
 Seems difficult to make the Sick Man of Europe take his medicine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14

Trench life is not so hard as 1t might he on the Turkish soldier, who is not a crank about bathing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14

Prohibition in Russia has popular rized some drinks as strange as they are deadly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14

Lombard Riga indicated that it is still in existence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14

In course of time Vera Cruz won't feel natural without at least one United States battleship near by.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14

Asphyxiating gas would be positive the flies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14

Pointing with pride to our 1000, 900 900 bushel wheat crop is not breach of neu- trality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
FRUIT SHADE TREES

In a colder latitude the Haitiens might be less subject to brain storms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
A DRY SUBJECT
MORE SERIOUS.

BOTH NEEDED. There are no words more kindly meant Than oftentimes stab through an aching heart; With tact in right proportions blent, True sympathy doth play the better part.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
CITY LIFE.
From the Chicago Herald.

T have a great scheme for making me feel fresh in the morning.
 What do you do?" ss
 When get up T stand by an open window and take deep breaths for about 15 minutes. You have no idea how much better 1t makes me feel" q wouldn't benefit by such practice" "Of course you would"
 NO. live on the top floor of an apart ment house overlooking a brewery. Tho air is so thick with emoke that if I took long breath by an open window I'd suf- focate."
 A DRY SUBJECT.
 Some people have TO powers of obser- vation."
 Quite true"
 There's Doppel, who has been in four of the warning countries of Europe and all he can talk about is the trouble he had in getting passports"
 MORE SERIOUS.
 Why cid they separator"
 He wouldn't help Ter dress.'' "A mans a brute who won't hook up his wifes clothes"
 "Pshaw He wouldn't pay for them." BOTH NEEDED. | There are no words more kindly meant i Than oftentimes stab through an aching
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
SENSIBLE FOLK.

"A French family and a German family are next-door neighbors in our block"
 Any complications7'
 ''I should say not! The German family went away on a littls vacation trip last week and I'm blest If the French family didn't care for their dachshund!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
NOTHING GAINED.

I'm sorry I didn't accept your invita- tion to attend a stag party at your house, Twobble,'' said Blfur his next-door neighbor.
 You missed a good time, old fellow
 "I don't regret that particularly, but the crowd you got together made so much noise I couldn't sleep, anyhow"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-14
A HANDICAP.

"Why did you discharge your private secretary? I thought him very compe- tent young man."
 "Oh. had no fault to find with him, ex- cept that he had TO sense of humor,' said the public man.
 ''I don't understand why. that should count against him."
 "Well. you see, the anecdotes he credit ed to me were so pointless they dam eged my reputation for witt
The Detroit times., 1915-08-05
Richard Rice Stops
Two Bullets From r.
j. Brooks Gun
PAPER IN POCKET
WARDS OFF THIRD
Lambs Club Scene of
Lively Early-MOrn-
ing Fracas

Somebody--name. address and oc-
cupation unknown--pushed a revol-
yer right into the hand of Robert j..
Helms. alias Brock, when he got
into a little argument over crap
game In the Lambs club. early
Thursday morning, and Brock later
explained to the police that he Jus
naturally pulled the trigger"
Richard Rice, 27-year-old Negro.
who gave his address az No. 5l5
Beaubien-st., figured as the reception
committee At the little party He
received two bullets IN the right
arm. Another one that headed for
his interior. by way of the groin.
was stopped only by magazine
that Rice carried In his pocket, and
on which the bullet spent its force.
only slight flesh wound.
As Brock started his bombardment
of Mr.. Rice. Harrison Nevels. broth
er Of Big Jim" Nevels. unlimbered
a large revolver and edged up. but
other Negroes who heard the sick.
ening thud as Rice was hit In the
tCssslnosl % Pses rwe.)