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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13
THE MATES OF WARRIORS

From THE Sword of YOUTH" by James
Lane Allen. in the Century Magazine
For are not the most beautiful genera
tons of the women of any race produced
during its long heroic wars? Is it not
what women think of distant fighting men
that alone carries their natures to c-rtain
lcftiest ranges of human expression" Not
such beauty as comes to other women
from thoughts of God-women whose
brows. dedicated to heaven, have the pitt
fulness of blanched flowers; whose eyes
are ever turned toward the dust as though
the bold, burning sun were too human
light, and these could be opened wide
and unafraid only in dark places before
the unsdereal radiance of silver lamps.
But beauty which answers with frank
and full understanding to all there is in
the eyes of men, when these come home
to them, as their saviors and lovers, from
Bottle plains where blood ran reddest
and fiercest near the very wine presses
OF death and the young vineyards of the
slain. Is it natures compensation to wom-
EN- for their passionate unfitness to carry
on war that they can yet win it's --ictories
as the mates of warriors, who after the
lapse of all Christian centuries are still
to them the foremost and the fullest of
men?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13
Building Activities This Year

During the present year there Will
be much activity in the building trades
here. Many large mercantile structures
are planned, and hundreds of resi-
'dences are in prospect. Work on some
of the projected buildings will not be
started until the latter part of the
year; but now is the very best time
to build.
Material is cheaper today than 1T
will be six months hence and labor is
more plentiful. Any building to cost
approximately $4,000 can be erected
for at least 20 per cent less now than
it can be when everything in the build
ing line is rushed.
According to all expectations, the
year 1915 will be one of exceptional
prosperity, and just as soon as the
various branches of industrial enter
prise show marked improvement
the house building record here will rise
to the highest notch.
The prudent man who has money to
pay for home or to invest in tene-
ment property will not hesitate long
in awarding building contract. By
getting ahead of those who postpone
building operations he will save
enough money to furnish his house
handsomely. A word to the wise should
be sufficient.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
Some women act as II they had a
monopoly on goodness.
The hard part about an easy job is the
getting thereof.
Satan never offers to go into partner
ship with busy man.
Men love women less than they love to
have women love them.
Lazy people usually work overtime
when it comes to giving advice
But the income of every married man is
already taxed to the limit.
The more polite two women are when
they meet the more they hate each other.
Let us try to do right at all times.
Wen not succeed enough to hurt any
thing.
If some men had never been born, some
others might have to work for a living.
When man says he is "blase' it means
that his digestive apparatus isn't work,
Ing as 1t should.
The man who thinks kood deal of his
wife should not attempt to conceal his
thoughts when they are alone. !
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13
From the Providence Journal.

From the Providence Journal
A LARGE body of southern women
~ representing the United Daugh-
\ tiers of the Confederacy has petit
toned Congress to bestow upon the war
of 1876 the official title of The War
Between the States Objection is made
to the term civil War" on curious
grounds. The women set forth the claim
that a civil war is a war between citi-
zens Of a common country, while our
great internal dissension was between
groups of organized states.
On purely sentimental grounds there
seems to be more reason for their OBJ
lection to the term War of the Re-
bellion," although there Is hardly sound
logic in their claim that the people
of the south were not rebels, since they
were subjects of no power" Nor is
there a substantial foundation for their
dislike for War of Secession" This is
held to be an insufficient designation in
that it is based merely on the fact that
"the right to secede happened to be in
volved along with our other rights"
However, it happens that the right of
secession was one of the vital prin-
ciples involved and that the war was
fought largely to determine the ques-
tion of the preservation or the disrup-
ton of the union. Also 1t is an ines
capable fact that the war was a genuine
rebellion" The people of the south
were actually rebels, and it was event.
ually proved that they were the subjects
of power, that of the United States
of America. A war of that precise ma
ture is unalterably rebellion or
revolution, according to it's SUCCESSFUL
or unsuccessful outcome, and 1T should
not be considered that there is any fun
damental reproach in the word rebel
lion" or the word rebel"
However, it must be recognized that
a traditional reproach does attach to the
words, in spite Of their essential fnno-
cence, and there must be strong SYM
pathy with the sentiment that holds
their use Objectionable. The people Of
the south for a great many years have
been loyal citizens of this country; there
is comparatively little surviving bitter
ness or rancor in any of the states. and
1t seems high time to wipe all objec-
tiOnable words ana pnraseS OIL TIE sidte.
Congress may give some heed to this
petition of may give some heed to this
sideration that Is prompted by the or
binary rules of perfunctory politeness.
It seems doubtful II There is really any
"official' name for the war in question.
although 1t il said that war of the Re-
bAllion" is stamped upon the records
compiled by the federal government
The real name of a war. however. is the
name that designates it in popular
usage. and this one will probably con-
tinue to be known through future gem
erations by the majority of the people
as the Civil War The use of that term
seems entirely unobjectionable, and the
argument against it Is based on mere
hair-splitting. It may be added that
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13

FROM THE ssRUBAIYATn

A book of verses underneath the Dough,
A jug of wine, a loaf of bread-and thou
Beside me singing in the wilderness
o, wilderness were paradise enow!
! sometimes think that never blows so
red
The rose as where some buried Caesar
bled;
That every hyacinth the garden wears
Dropt in her lap from some once lovely
head.
All, my beloved, fill the cup that clears
Today of past regrets and future fears;
Tomorrow!-Why,t tomorrow I may be
Myself with yesterdays sewn thousand
years.
All, make the most of what we vet may
spend
Before we toe into the dust descend;
Dust unto dust, and under dust to lie,
Sans wine, sans song. sans singer. ane-
Sans end! u s s {. $ s.;
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13
Prosperity In the West

"Cities in the west felt little of the
business depression prevailing last fall,
and for the past seven or eight weeks
most of them have been enjoying a solid
boom,% said H. P. Ainsworth of Philadel-
phia.
II was in San Francisco in December
and found prosperity greatly in evidence
there. and Seattle where I stopped for
a day seemed to be thriving as never be-
FORE
"In Chicago I found business 'spotty.
Some lines of trade and manufacturing
enterprise were up to normal, but others
were still dull. Everybody in Chicago,
however, talked as if a great rush of
business was expected in the spring
after the lakes were open for navigation.
There is more business activity in
St. Louis than there is in Chicago. In
fact, st. Louis seems not to have been
much affected by the general depression.
have been in business for % years, and
in taking survey at this time feel l
make no mistake in predicting genuine
prosperity in every section in the very
near future"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13
WAR ECHOES

| Philadelphia Evening Ledger: Ar
American steel company has refused ar
order for 100000 aeroplane darts
for the use of the French. The Evening
Ledger published a picture of this new
| instrument of warfare recently. 1t If
| about eight inches long, so grooved that
| it falls point down, and would, it is said,
| If it hit a man square on the top of the
head go straight through him lengthwise.
The order was rejected "for reasons of
neutrality" 1t might just as well have
been rejected for reasons of humanity.
The whole world shuddered when bombs
were dropped on Antwerp. Since then
men have become accustomed to such out
RACES, which apparently have been perpe-
trated by Germans and allies alike. We
can conceive of no emergency which
justify the use of aeroplane darts, resist
less and death-dealing. They can serve
no military purpose. As well poison the
water supply. AS the war progresses
cruelty becomes more and more the vogue,
although the world has been so chilled
by outrages that they are accepted as a
matter of course.
Pittsburg Dispatch: While there may be
a certain lack of subjects on which to
praise the course of the Austro- Hungarian
military reporters won a decided distinc-
ton by giving the truth and telling the
true reason for what was done. The
Vienna report of the movements in the
Carpathians struck an unwonted degree of
frankness by declaring that regard for
the safety of our advance troops obliged
US to fall back on the principal mountain
passes"
This is violation of military precedent
that the neutral world can heartily ap-
plaud. Regard for the welfare of the COM
mon soldiers has not characterized this
war as rule. But to assign it as cause
for retreating exhibits novel combina
ton of observation-disclosures and veracity.
1t is alleged that the Russian reporters
of war news have not informed that en-
pire of Hinderburgs victory at Tannen-
burg. French and German reports have
adopted high-sounding paraphrases to
cover up the confession of a retreat. When
Austria says that they fell back out of
regard for the safety of the troops she
INDUCES in frankness that is not less
lustrous by reason of its infrequency.
Yet why should the military empires
not tell the truth? Experience shows that
the neutral countries may retard it in
reaching their own people. But when the
latter finally do get the facts, the longer
the delay, the more complete the destruc-
ton of confidence in the official news.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13

CAS- seen from the statistics of fra
ternal organizations published in the
New York World Almanac for 1916, there
has been growth in membership in all
of them," said well known fraternity
man. For long time the Masons in the
United States and Canada out numb cred
the Odd Fellows, but a year or two ago
the Odd Fellows got In the lead. In the
new table of statistics, however, the
Masons have first place again. The men,
bership of the Masonic lodges of the
United States and Canada totaled, ac-
cording to the last official reports of
grand lodges, 1871, 427. The Odd Eel
lows in the United States and Canada
had a total membership of 1,609,096.
The Modern Woodmen of America
came next with 90S,139 members. Next
came the knights of Pythias with 1885,
OO9
The World Almanac foots up the
membership of all the orders and gives
a total of 15,674,220. Many belong to two
or more orders. once belonged to five.
But America is pre- eminently the coun-
try of fraternal societies."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13
An Army Reserve

Secretary of War Garrison is earn
estly endeavoring to increase the eff
ficiency of the army, and next to
strengthening the coast artillery his
desire is to create reservist force of
$4,000 men available for mobilization.
In presenting his views to the military
committee of the Senate he has made a
strong impression, and since he ex-
plains that reservist branch of the
army-a body of trained soldiers made
up of men who had served terms of
enlistment as regulars, would involve
no annual expenditure, his plan will
doubtless be adopted. The reservist
would only be paid when he was called
out for field duty.
This reservist force would not min
imize the value OF the standing of the
national guard. The guard numbers
now about 10000 men. 1t is smaller
numerically than it was several years
ago but in discipline and efficiency it
8 on much higher level and is more
closely related to the regular army
than ever before. With the coast ar
tillery increased by several thousand
men, with reservist force of 25 900
and the continued efficiency of the ma
tional guard the military preparedness
of the United States in the event of
threatened invasion would be greatly
advanced.
The Chamberlain bill now before the
Senate embodies Secretary Garrison's
ideas. It should be enacted into law
with little delay.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES


Blobbs, the explorer"
IT have a fellow feeling for him.
you've never been an explorer. hay
your
chiefly on canned goods while away frol
civilization, and as the husband of
cooking school graduate, 1 know thin
or two about canned goods myself"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13
ALABAMA PRESS

Talladega Home: Greenville merchants
are practicing what the entire south has
been preaching. They are insisting that
farmers to whom they make advances
cut the cotton acreage and plant increased
food crops. This plan adopted in every
southern town will put cotton up after it
is planted and it is demonstrated that the
acreage Is cut
Mobile Register: The latest suggestion
is railroad be built from Birmingham to
the Warrior, a distance of 80 miles, cut
ting the rate to tidewater in half. The
investments would be S1,000,O0O, but is
believed would pay directly and indirectly
better than any other million dollars in
any industry in the mineral region. Looks
good to us.
Decaturs Daily: The federated women's
clubs of the state will probably secure
the child reform legislation they are
asking for, if it becomes necessary to use
a hairpin to get it.
Huntsville Mercury Banner: Mr.. Hen
derson is correct when he says his cleo
ton was an expression of the will of the
people of the state. He stood firmly on
opponents-Seed, a pronounced prohibit
ZIONIST, and Conner, who wobbled between
the two-by a large majority.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13
ONE BLESSING.

ONE BLESSING.
Poor Mopsoni All his political dreams
have come to naught.'
well, man can't have everything he
wants in this world. Mopson has had the
same cook for 10 years.
ORNITHOLOGICAL PREFERENCES
A sparrow 1 would like to be
For I could eat my fill,
And loaf around in some big tree
And never pay bill.
Detroit Journal.
A robin I would like to be,
To come forth ere 1 burst
With food, and hear one claim that he
Alone has seen me first!
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
An eagle would like to be,
/ rise to wildly boiler,
So people would be glad to see
My likeness on dollar.
youngstown Telegram.
But there's one bird I'd hate to be
And that's the dove of peace
Because, as far as l can see,
Its troubles never cease.
SIMILAR EXPERIENCES.
why are you so anxious to meet
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13
An EARLY Spring

I'VE have had as much winter during
the past eight weeks as we usually have
in an entire season, but believe we will
have an early spring. said an old citizen
who claims to be weatherwise. II predict
that we will have one hard freeze in the
last week of January and one and only
one in February Ground hog day will be
cloudy, or rather that is my forecast. If
it is raw and gloomy the ground hog
will stay out of his hole, and that will in
dictate the winter is almost gone"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13
cHINA's MIGHTY POPULATION

From civilization in China" by H. A.
Giles
The population of China has never been
exactly ascertained. The latest census,
taken in 1902. is said to yield total OF
40, 900 900. Perhaps 3o0,O00,OO0 would be a
more nearly correct estimate; even that
would absorb no less than one-fifth of the
human race. From this total it is easy
to estimate that if the Chinese people
were to march past given point in single
file the procession would never end; long
before the last of the 800. 00o. 900 had passed
lby a new generation would have sprung
UP to continue the endless line.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13

President Poincare says he can see the
end of the war within year, which goes
to show that Poincare is either the most
farsighted man of his time or that the
French have invented AZ centimeter tel
escope.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13

Herr Ridder says German-American cit
liens should organize. Herr Ridder seems
to forget that this war won't last forever
and when 1t is ended German-American
citizens who have lost their heads will be
at a serious disadvantage in this coun.
try.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13

An Ohio legislator would like to see the
railroads compelled to clean the uphol-
stery in their cars. The people who scat
ter billboards over the landscape should
be interested in legislation to make rail-
roads clean their car windows so passen-
gers can look out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13

The West Hartlepool citizen who died
or shock following the bombardment by
German cruisers was arguing with his
wife that such thing couldn't possibly
happen when shell passed through his
house. No wonder he gave up the ghostl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13

Turpinite is dangerous to handle, and
that is one of the reasons WHY it isn't
being used more in the war. The man
behind the gun should be protected as
much as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13
BEGINNING THE DAY-My God,

BEUINNINU THE DH s'
1 can do so little; I have so little
strengtb and 80 little time and no
little wisdom and so little grace'
Help me, then, TO put my little ex-
actly where 1t belongs, to do just the
thing which Thou hast for me. Guide
me every day, and give me close
ear for Thy fnintest whisper. In
Christ's name. Amen.-H. NJ. e.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13

Biease disbands the militia of South
Carolina one week before going out of Of
fice lie seems determined to free every
body in the state whose personal liberty
is in any way restricted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13

fancier has succeeded in producing a
chicken with legs SO short it seems to be
sitting. A chicken like that isn't apt to
wander far from home
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13
Picture shows Hold Public

picture shows still hold with tho
public" said E. n. Colley, because of
the high class of entertainment at a
minimum cost to see. When the first
pictures were shown twas claimed that
the pickering lights injured children s
eyes All this has been removed.
Another strong feature in city
such as Birmingham is many visitors
wish to rest and to be entertained for an
hour. Then many business men need
the relaxation at the noon hour. When
we stop to consider the comfort of a
we'll appointed picture show it's shelter
and warmth on cold or rainy days, we
then see the reason that the picture
shows still hold their own"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13

The airmen are getting busy in Europe
again, and John Bull is beginning to
quake once more at the prospect of a
Zeppelin invasion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13

The creole drama of Argentina is being
rapidly developed, but it is not the sort OF
entertainment that appeals to the tired
business man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13

Some advertiser overlooked a bet when
he failed to get the brand of cigarette
the captain of the Formidable was smok-
ing as his ship went down.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13

The suffragettes would no doubt like to
make their tireless adversary, j. Thomas
Heflin, the stepson of his country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13

The Nobel peace prize is going begging
this year. Why not give it to Secretary
Daniels for his efforts to perfect a lady,
like navy?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13

Professor Taft continues to wear the
smile that won't come off. but certain
distinguished citizen of Oyster Bay i, still
frowning.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13

A Michigan legislator wants the United
States to buy Mexico from General Villa.
And we call a man like that 'solon."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13

With Mexico, Haiti, and San Domingo
in form the old world is making con-
siderably more than 1865 revolutions Il year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13

It's an i'll wind that blows no good. even
high wheat prices may help to develop
corn fed girls.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13
AN INTERRUPTION.

Fellow citizens said the master Of
ceremonies. 81 take pleasure in intro1
ducing to you Squire Tompkins, Candidate
for county commissioner. Introducing him
to you is mere Formally, as he is all
ready known to everyone of you. And
what is more. you all know where Squire
Tompkins stands
That's right" was spoken in a shrill
voice from the rear. ''He's been standin'
in front of the postoffice, day in an day
out, for nigh on to 16 yearsi'
WELL FIXED.
mo matter what happens. Gadson
seems to take a cheerful view of life."
at believe 1 could do that, too,s said
the impecunious citizen, eff I could dol
as Gadson does
How is that?"
Look at life over the crest of mlliony
dollar pile"
If SO, WHERE?
Lives there a man
Who doesn't frown
When asked to shake
The furnace down?
COMPELLED TO SKIMP.
Nj \
ing?'
mo. I'm on a diet"
THE doctors orders?"
mo. The Kaiser's doing"
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-13
NEW NAMES FOR OLD WARS

1.-The War for the Union" has some ad-
vantages. But for the sake of thorough
good feeling Congress might do well Lo
adopt the superlative of refining
euphemisms, and have all the official
records re-labelled THE Late Unpleas-
antness."