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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16
THE THINGS DIVINE
Brooke Burt in the Outlook.

Jean Brooke Burt in the Outlook. These are the things I hold divine: A trusting child's hand laid in mine, Richbrown earth and wind-tossed treea The taste of grapes and the drone of bees A rhythmic gallop, long June days, A rose-hedged lane and lovers lays. The welcome smile on neighbors' faces. Cool, wide hills and open places,
 Breeze-blown fields of silver rye.S The wild sweet note of a plover's cry, Fresh spring showers and scent of box The soft pale tint of the garden phlox. Lilacs blooming, drowsy noon, A flight of geese and an autumn moon, Rolling meadows and storm-washe,
 heights, ~ r
 A fountains murmur on summer nightl A dappled lawn in the forest hush. Simple words and the song of a thrush. Hose-red dawns and q mate to share With comrade soul my gypsy fare, A waiting fire when the twilight endss A gallant hsart and the voice og frjends
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16
Compulsory Education Law

When Governor Henderson signed the compulsory education bill yester- day Alabama was placed in line with forty-five other states of the union.
 Of the forty-eight states only two Georgia and Mississippi-are now without compulsory education laws. It is believed that Alabamas good neighbors will before a great while close up the ranks and make compul- sorry education nationwide.
 The Alabama act is not at all dras- tic. On the other hand, it is very mild compared with the laws in force in other sections of the country. The number of days in each year which children of specified ages are required to attend school is fixed at eighty, but county authorities are authorized in their discretion to reduce the total to sixty days in the year.
 Parents who are not able to provide suitable clothing for their children are to be exempt from the operation of the law as are likewise children who live more than two and half miles from a schoolhouse. Yet with all it's exemptions the law will be large in accomplishment.
 The act does not go into effect until October 1, 1917. By that time many counties and school districts will have levied special taxes for school purposes authorized by the amendment act to be submitted for ratification by the people at the polls in the November election of 1916.
 Compulsory education will increase the annual enrolment to such an ex tent that more and large schoold build ings will be absolutely necessary. But with the systematic campaign for popular education which will be conducted by Superintendent Feagin, backed by the illiteracy commission and the Alabama Educational asso- citation, the time is not far distant when a schoolhouse will be found at every cross roads and when every barefoot boy and girl will be taught the rudiments-the "three Rs"-at least. Then will illiteracy in Alabama now something like 20 per cent, vir- tually disappear from the United States governments statistical re. ports, or at any rate drop down tc negligible figures.
 l No matter what else this legisla- ture has done or omitted to do, ths measures it has adopted in the inter est of public school education entities it to the applause of all those progress sive humanitarians who have beer striving for many years to better th' condition of poor children in the rura districts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16
CARDINAL GIBBONS vow

Baltimore Special to the New York Sun. Standing at the sanctuary rail in the cathedral with the body of his friend.
 Michael Jenkins. the philanthropist, before
 him, Cardinal Gibbons took the VOW that
 he would never go upon the altar without
 praying for Mr. Jenkins
 It was an intensely dramatic moment.
 The cardinal had left <his retreat before the time set to officiate at the funeral. He made no effort to control the deep emotion he felt. When he first began to speak his voice was even and his words were rather formal. but as he con- tinued his voice quivered with feeling and his words became rather those of . man expressing his deep grief without thought of hearers than those of .
 clergyman delivering funeral oration. The cardinal described Mir. Jenkins as
 one whose chief virtue was the fact that
 he regarded his wealth as stewardship and who tried always to discharge that stewardship unsel1shy for the good of his fellow man. It was when his emil
 nerfce spoke of the death of Mrs. Jenkins that his voice began to break and he cast aside formal speech.
 T was away" he said "I took the first train home and arrived just in time for the funeral. I saw how deeply Mir.
 Jenkins had been hurt when I looked at him. He never revived after that blow. MT. Jenkins wife was his sweet heart. his wife and his companion and
 the beauty of their life together has never been surpassed
  And now as Ambrose vowed on the death of Theodosius the Great. that he would never again go upon the altar without praying for the soul of his Elm peror and his all, so I VOW that in the short span of life which remains to me will not go up to the altar without pray ing for the soul of Michael Jenkins The cathedral was crowded. Several hundred priests were present. as were a large number of financiers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16
Up-tO-Date Innovation

'The introduction of the rotogravure section in The Age-Herald last Sunday said J. l.. Drennen of the law firm of Gaston & Drennen. lis one of the most up- o-date innovations that have ever seen in newspaper work in the south It was happy idea to make this ad- dition to the paper. It certainly places The Age-Herald in~the class with the large metropolitan papers,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16
THE DIVINE SARAH

FT0m tHc DetTVtt 3Sc""'
 All the members of Sarah Bern hardt's company are in the army, four have been killed and Sarah herself has lost leg. yet she is planning another American tour. Only one contingency can drive Mime. Bernhardt from the stage, and an admiring world hopes that 1t will De long deferred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16
The Late Michael Jenkins

Michael Jenkins. who died in Balti- more last week, may not have been known to many in this part of the south, but he was the personal friend of thousands of people in Maryland and of large num- Der in Virginia said Thomas Daffron of Richmond.
 "He was reputed to be very wealthy, but those not closely associated with him had no idea that he was high up in the millions Some estimates of his estate are as high as s4OOOo,00O. He was. 1t is now understood, the largest stockholder in the Atlantic Coast Line and in the Lous- vile and Nashville with the possible ex- ception of Harry Walters.
 MT. Jenkins was noble in has charities, but he was so unostentauous that his be- neyolent work was little known to the public except when his gifts took the form of large benefactions dedicated to suffering humanity.s He was an uncle of MT. Harry Jenkins. who has mining in- terests in the Birmingham district"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16
xoNDER TX HE'S CRAyy.

From the Providence Journal. ' N Now a scientist announces that kiss ing Is a sign of insanity But that would appear tp be a gross exaggera- ton, At the worst it can scarcely be considered anything more than a symp- tom of emotional intoxication.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16

onel Roosevelt's picture to the wall If 1t had been one of those widely circulated pictures of T. R. hobnobbing with the Kaiser. the society would have had to face a pretty problem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16
Realty Market Becoming Active

Now is the time for persons who wish to get local bargains in real es- tate values to buy" said Fred Barbour, manager of locol realty concern. T have never seen property values as good as they are at the present time. There are any number of bargains in both improved and unimproved realty in Birmingham and for the first time In seveal years the prices are right.
 "rhe real estate market has been stimulated considerably lately by sev- eral big deals being consumnated. and it seems as if the old confidence has sprung up in this city for keeps. Every one seems to be interested in real estate 1 values for the first time in over year. The result is most of tho real estate men are either closing deals daily or else about to- Birmingham has always been one of the best realty cities in the south. and as much money has been made in in l vestments in the past more will be made in the future. There are few people in the country who do not look upon this town as good place in which to invest money in property. Nearly every body Is looking for a great deal of ac- tivity in the realty market in the very
 near future"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16

Loading the lubrIcating oil of an Amer ican liner with emery powder is one of the meanest tricks yet attributed to that ubiqultous person, the German spy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16
WORTH HAVING

From the Charleston News and Courier
 Comment Is made upon the fact that when President Wilson visited secre- tary Lansing, he found him with hts coat off Most people will agree that we cannot .have too many shirt sleeve diplomats of the Lansing variety.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16

Mrs. Mcfarland has never seen MT. Mcfarland box and has no desire to do so, but it Is doubtful if Packey could make as much money in more dignified calling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16

Mexican patriots seem to think they have right to settle their own affairs. Of course, they have that right, but the trouble is they don't exercise it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16

Can the United States be invaded by a foreign foe?" asks writer on military topics, and before the pscifists get a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16
Craft md Good Roads

II am more enthusiastic than ever over the good roads movement" said John Craft of Mobile. president of the Ala bama Good Roads association, and a member of the state highway commits sion.
 We are going to have a largely at tended meeting of the Alabama Good Roads association here in Birmingham October 12 and 13. I feel sure that the attendance will be of record breaking size. It required patient effort to arouse the people of Alabama to full appre- citation of the economic value of inn proved highways. But they are thor oughly aroused now. What a difference between the first meeting of the asso- citation 1s years ago and the meetings held in recent years
 Some of our friends used to think we were theorists and enthusiasts and noth- ing more. But few organizations have achieved so much of practical good as the association of which have the honor of being president"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16

President Wilson's academic mind" is serving him in good stead at a time when so many people are subject to brain storms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16
The worst is-death, and death will
 have his day. -Hichard H.
BEGINNING THE DAY-Deliver

me, o Lord, from the circle of slow death, which I shall tread If I lack too much within. Give me eyes that look outward. Give me hands that labor. Give me heart to do my sim pie duty day by day and trust all else to God. In Christ's name. Amen.- H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16

Picture of MT. Edison shaking hands with Josephus Daniels. both smiling af- fably. indicates that this country has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16

Gen. Won Kluege has been dismissed by
 the Kaiser for failing to keep the Rus eians
 on the jump in East Galicia. "Eficiency'' Is the Kaiser's watchword.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16

The writers of popular songs don't have to prove they are the greatest composers in the world. They acknowledge it in double-page advertisements
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16
HAS LITTLE TO LEARN

From the Knickerbocker Press.
 President Wilson went to see The Ringmaster" at Washington He is prct- ty much of ringmastsr himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16

Lloyd-George says the allies will be de-
 feated unless England bestirs herself That's what might be called the plaln unvarnlshed truth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16

Haiti has produced but one great man and the chances are not bright for ever producing another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16

Four members Of Sarah Bernharit S
 she is forming another company to tour
 America. Vive la France, also Madame Sarah.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16
WE COULD DO TIT OURsELyEs

From the Charleston News and .youir
 fer.
 Anybody can offer to buy a million bales of cotton for immediate delivery if immediate delivery is impossible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16

Seven hundred former citizens of Aus tria met in Chicago and termed Dr. Dum- ba's little scheme to prevent Austrians from working in American munitions fac- tories a piece of black villainy" An- other case where Dr. Dumba miscalcu- lated the length of the hyphen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16

Speaking of light literature" have you ever read an interview with one of the dancing Castles?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
HARD HIT.

HARD HIT
 Every time Doppel thinks about the war he wants to shed tears"
 He must be a great Humanitarian No He was formerly great importer of goods from Germany"
 FOR SUFFICIENT REASONS.
 Nothing wrong with the British navy, ehY'
 NO. indeed
 And British gold is still all right?"
 Yes" A.-A4
 How about British assurance?"
 'I understand there is considerable slump in that ALL YOU COULD EXPECT. "Is your grocer honest?" 4z s"Reasonably so." What do you mean by that?' "He won't sell me spoiled stuff unless he has to get rid of it to keep from losing money" A PRIVILEGED PERSON. The baseball star, wherever found. Commands our admiration; All through game he hears the sound | Of hearty appreciation. - .s l And should he make stupid play, | Sometimes when least expected, | The bleacherites don't rise and fly They simply look dejected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16

It is said that merchants of Leipsic are beating the British blockade in shipping their furs to New York. Shortly after the war started Leipsic began to experience hard times. New York, which had been good customer and is one of the great est fur marts in the world. was cut off. Orders came piling in, but there was no way to All them. Finally one clever Teu- ton found way to circumvent the Britons and as a result furs from Germany are being shipped to New York in large luan- titles without interference. The pelts are packed in boxes 24 inches long, IS inches wide and six inches deep. There Is. of course nothing on the outside to give a clue to the contents. A 5-cent American 'collect' stamp is affixed, which is paid for by the receiver. Where the German stamp would ordinarily be pasted is writ ten, "Coastwise United States Mail" which prevents English agents from med ding. The New York Telegraph states that no duty is required, as only raw furs are sent, and the profits are immense. More than 800 packages. valued at $500, GOO, were received in three weeks time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16
REASONS FOR PACIFIsM

REASONS FOR PACIFISM. would not be a soldier And go away to war; My thoughts are seldom martial, Whatever else they are. shouldn't mind the shooting That I might have to do. Nor very much the marching In fours or two by two. But I never liked to shovel, And never liked to dig And I'd hate to lie in muddy trench, Just like blooming pig!
 A FATAL FALL. 50 you have a Steeplejacks' union in this town?"
 "Yes"
 How many members?'' "Only two now. There were three at first, but there was high wind one day and the third member dropped out"
 GETTING TIRESOME T take off my hat to this war corre- spondent."
 "Why so?"
 ''He has written a column descriptive of scenes at the front without once saying the big guns spoke COULDN'T BE BETTER. "I want to marry your daughter, sir" How are your prospects?" -e ,- ,,t. Every good, sir. She says she'll have me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-16

County fairs bripg back the ballyhoo man and tho prise bIg.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29
ADVANCED.
After Three Weeks In Camp Wen
Have Hour Of scrimmagc.

EAroNTowN. y. j. Aug. 2N.-Thirty
members OF the Rutgers College foot
ball team. who have been In camp here
for three weeks. were put through an
hours scrimmage this afternoon, under
the direction of Coach George Foster
Sanford. The varsity ran through its
many formations with accuracy.
All of the regulars, with the exception
OF Captain Talman, who IS suffering with
the measles, have been In camp Tor
ten days. The team has lost only three
men by graduation-Toohey. Todd and
McClosky. The hole left in the line hy
the loss of ToOhcy is a big one. but sam
ford has solved the problem by placing
Garrett. the Indian fullback, IN mis-
position. Garrett is heavy and fast ana
Will be kept in the line until one ~ the
big freshman candidates can be fitted
into the place.
Scrlmmdge practice will he hell an of
next week. Assistant Coach Howard
tdrgan will Ice ON hand by september
/. and viii bring with him several for
ner varsity players vino will bolster
up the scrubs, The squad will leave
Eatontown on September II for New
Brunswick, where daily practice will H.,
held until the first game with Albright
on September -.
Among the varsity men at the camp
are Nash. Rlach"l, Miller, Mason, White.
RocNaf"ll"r, Seller, Austin. Scar, Bowl
by. Ntttpcnn and Garrett.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29
TELLER WON'T RETURN.
Dartmouth VIII Miss New >"rIr
Counted On for End.

Hanover. y. IL. IA @>.-Coach
~Cavauaugh Of the Dartmouth foothaIl
team has sent gu a call for all candi-
dates to report back to Hanover next
Thursday for practice. Although 1t has
been the policy ror the last few yea!s
to have the candidates report the first
Of Soptrmbcr. II il more important this
wear Than over on account of the neccS-
~itN to NM men tn I'LL the positions
which were left vacant by the gradua-
ton of many uf the artmout stars.
tn, two hardest positions To- II" hlled
are tho-, Of Gh"c. the great quarterback,
and Of Bud Whitney, the crack left half
htck.
Among the u~uartcrbacks who were out
for 4prur practice there was no ouc
that .howcd any high calihre, and IT Will
be- necessary 20 develop a new man out
uf raw material Malcolm SwltLer, the
former East orange High School star,
is the most promising candidate. The
harktirld viii he a problem l." solve,
hut the question of end is much more
,omplIcatcd and dlscouraglug. Nut a
VARSITY end viii bee back, Teller, the
\,v York huN. vino wus counted On -
coming through hts year at end, will
no, l, back. although he had Two more
Nrtr~ Iu college.
The I'm" viii be practically intact,
Milmurc. the ught ""utr". being tn" only
mll lost SUGARS, the giant tackle from
out ur the West, probably will he the
pivot around whom most of Dartmouth's
rIl viii h" YwuuS this year, capt,
Inhu r. MacAuliifc. Who has been play
ing regularly AZ tackle. viii Il" shifted
IN all probahint. To end /" brace this
extremely wcah position
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29
NEW STADIUM READY.
Cornell Football Warriors VIII
Train on New Field,

ITHACA, Aug. 2S.-When the Cornell
football team opens its season next
month the new gridiron on Schoelkopf
Field will be Used fer the first time
The completion of the new stadium in
sures the permanent transfer of foot
hail activities to the hill. Men are
engaged now in rolling the gridiron'
preparing To- erect the goal posts ana
mark out the field. The first game OF
the schedule will be played on the ne"
oval. but the formal dedication VIII not
be until Williams comes mere III oe'o-
Der.
Cornell's new football field IL located
on one of the highest pieces or ldnu
on the Cornell yanpus. II is on me
northeast end of the big Alunni rleIu
track but only "A few mintes walk from
the heart OF the campus The concrete
stadium is on the east side. Inc heIu
runs north and south. ON the north
end IL the SChoelkopf clubhouse. whlch
was opened for the use OF athletes last
fall and winter. on the lower honr OF
This clubhouse ample accommodations
have been arranged for the home ana
visiting teams. To the north OF the
clubhouse is a playground and practice
field. on which the football candidates
are expected to do most OF their prdc-
tisinC. though when the new baseball
field is completed there will be room
there for varsity and freshman gridirpn
prac-ice. The stadium itself Viii seat
q 600 persons.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29

why he tool SO much pains said that
for seventeen holes he was under the
impression that the scores to-day
counted along with Mondays. George
;. Lyons. the old warhorse from Canada.
who refuses to retire from active tour
nainent play, was ~. Grantland Rice.
with II borrowed set OF clubs. som.
eighteen Of them-one for every hole.
he said-took an \. where he might have
had a I and failed to get in by a couple
Of shots.
I.uCkier indeed was Hamilton kerr's
tate, for he made an ~ under Circum-
stances which were unique for a l.. 6
e. A. amateur championship. He had
as a partner "A golfer h %astounded
the genial Ham On the first tee by a y
ing that he had been playing golf only
a year and as he was not skilled In the
knowledge OF championship play would
have to he coached along. with this
newcomer to the championship ranks
was a goliiing friend who also knew
very little about the game. hut they
did enjoy the sport. particularly when
Kerr drove into the big ditch at the
twelfth. They laughed loud and long
and his partner said Gee, there went
some drive, And IL was "A new ball too 4"
kerr's partner turned In a score of %.
which score often would put ones game
TO the bad.
Henry Topping also had a narrow
squeak. for while he made an 50. his
partner counted up a total of Sc, which
went down on the board for "A short
'lnle before the mistake was rectined.
There were also several fine points
Tor the committee TO decide. one PLAYER
putting a short one on the last hole.
was so sure that the ball would go in
mar ne reached down to pick II out of
.he tlh. BUT he was too fast and touched
,he ball with his hand on its way Ia the
hole' The ball dropped in. for IL was
within an inch or so and moving when
ne 'ouched the top, but he took II out
ana putted II over. II was decided that
ne should lose a stroke and a penalty
oi another for the second time he putted
40 matter how hard the course tn.
oest pan score is always low. To-day
u was ~ out and 9S in. somewhat
.,ulhar ngures TO those at .RaItusrol at
ne national open. The card OF the
peSt ball OF all the contestants:
'u' ''..,...... I a.
'''''''''', ; ! 3 s--S-ss
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29
BILLIARD SEASON TO
START NEXT MONTH
Three Cushion League viii BE
Strengthened by New York
and Brooklyn Men.
SLOSSON AND OTIS ENTER

Activity in competitive billiards -fl
be resumed September 90 when th' M
terstate Three Cushion Lcagu, " .r.
~augurate its series Of contests for H.,
season OF 19I5-l6 which will close Nav
;. while the league represents ou'- A.
teen cities there are twenty-ouo member
Twenty-Five franchises n a. many
players. Chicago has four ranch ,es,
Detroit three. Milwaukee. - Louis.
Cleveland and Pittsburg two each The
schedule provides 800 games % NJ,
points.
For economic reasons Kansas CIV,
previously represented ny John KING.
has been dropped. Sol Ail.nGer OF P1ils
delphia retired and tho franch 90 70
that city was transferred to the rilac.
Billiard Hall. New members ar, Lou.
Bensinger. Chicago; Charles e Peterson.
81. Louis Hollluyer. Detroit I,sep
Thum. New York George W. Beaver.
brooklyn, and Littlhe.d, Boston. The
players are:
New York. George ,. S.os-on. Brooklyn.
charles :. otis Philadelphia. John Dan
kelmAn; Roston, II FELTON,; Ro,h.-tor J.
rome EcoCh Buffalo. ". r. cullen. HE'.
burg, T. Ellis aud e. NcIolrt. o.,.,|tuu
Z VI Helm and carl II. Gillissio. To.cr
Hugh Heal. Cincinnati. \. Lanu'H., aru
W. kalthof; Detroit, Clarence Jackson an
Horace n Lean and Martin Me''' l0i's7
apolis. Hiram Cooler. - I.ou.~ f-,Hk
Benson and Pierre Maupomc NHN..k'e
Il :. Hasca'I and II Grcd,. chicago. q
NORM. \ Ki"ckhcfer. j, T. Moor and
Joseph Cdpron.
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