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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-23

THIS JUDGE DIDN'T HAVE A JOB
-HE HAD A POSITION
It appears that one of the nice
things about holding a job as a SUI
perior court judge is that if you lay
off work the salary of $83333 a
month-vacation included on
just the same.
Judge Henry VaTnUm Freeman
hasn't been inside a Cook county
court room for about two years, but
he has collected his $4,000 a year
from Cook county just the same.
And out of that $833.33 a month it
appears that he has not even been
paying for a substitute judge. Cook
county has been paying $40 a day to
an out-of-town Judge to do Judge
Freeman's work.
The bar assn limited it would be a
nice thing for Judge Freeman to re-
sign, since he was in such i'll health
he would scarcely be able to work
again. It is understood the Judge
limited it was none of the bar assn
business.
The Judge has decided, however,
according to report, to pay from his
S83333 a month salary the $40 a day
wage which his substitute draws.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-23
-O-O-
SPENDING

He spent his youth and middle age
Accommodating wealth;
And then he spent his last red cent
Accommodating health.
Peoria Journal.
20 -O-O-
Z More than five marriages are not
permitted one person in Russia and
eighty years is the manageable
limit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
..HIGHBROW" WHITING

Henry Snydor Harrison in the Atlantic
 Monthly.
 It is quite generally assumed that the great and the true are intrinsically too difficult for common understandings. I believe the assumption to be nonsense If man thinks he has story to tell, and deliberately sets to work to tell it in such manner that only extraordinary and brilliant persons can hope to follow him. that man is a dreary fool.
 But great novelsts, whatever else they are, are never dreary fools; and their un- approachableness, when they are unap- proachable, is never willful, I suppose, and never the proof Of their greatness. To employ a manner and narrative method which ordinary readers find quite impenetrable and even the most culti- vated persons at times find irritating to the last degree-this Is no mark of the god, but the limp in great mans gait.
 To baffle, bewilder, frustrate and flock up'' the reader-ths is novelist s crime, no matter who commits it. And the fixed truth seems to be that the big gest episodes, characters conflicts, morals and meanings are not at all beyond the mental grasp of ordinary persons; and the greatest novelists have commonly, and without effort, lodged their intentions in the minds of great masses of plain peo- rAln
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
Mendelism and Heredity

Lady Eglantine, the hen which holds the worlds record of 314 eggs in 365 days, is said to have been raised in strict accordance with Men, delism.
 "Mendelism' is the most important word in the language among biolo- gists these days, though little known to the general public. The word is re- earded equally as great and equally as epochal as Darwinism.
 Gregor Mendel was a poor Austro- Silesian priest, abbot of Bruenn, who had a little garden in which he grew common eating peas. He began ex- perimenting and for years kept a careful record of every pea he planted and just what it produced. He pub lished the results of his researches in an obscure publication in 1863. He died in 1884, and it was not until aft CT his death that the attention of scientists was called to his experi- ments. They dubbed the results Men, ders law, or Mendelism. It was very simple but the discovery in connec- tion with peas was found to apply to every form of life throughout the animal and vegetable kindgdoms. Mendel's law is simply this:
 Take two peas with different char acteristics, like tall vine and short vine for instance. When cross-ferti- lized the hybrid peas of the first gen eration will be tall because the tall ness is dominant" and shortness Ere cessive." If the tall hybrids are now self-fertilized their offspring will be partly tall and partly short in the proportion of three tall to one short. In the third generation the offspring of the short vine will all be short, the offspring of one tall vine will all be tall and the offspring of the other two tall vines will be partly tall and partly short in the proportion of three to one.
 This outcome is invariable and will be repeated over and over, it makes no difference what characteristic is be- ing matched in the experiment. Stock raisers have had so much success with Mendelism that it is now looked upon as a vital factor in eugenics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
HOTEL LOBBIES
Prevalence of Grin

Did you ever see the like of colds in the head and la grippe?' asked Homer Martin yesterday, as he blew his nose vio- lertly and swore. Everybody I meet seems to have a bad cold, just getting over one or just catching one. This has been the beatingest winter I ever saw. The weather on the surface may have seemed dellghtful, but it was awfully treacherous and you could not take the slightest lib- eties with it. If you did-bing!-you had bad cold and a case of la grippe before you knew it.
 Doctors tell me that there is an epi- oemic of la grippe over the city such as has never been known before Fortunate ly, it is not very virulent form of the malady and no great suffering is caused
 When one member of a family catches la grippe it is very likely that the rest of the family will have it, too, be- cause it is more contagious than even ty- pfold fever. will certainly be glad when it turns off cold and remains that way never could grow enthusiastic over weather that was warm when it ought to be cold and cold when it ought to be hot"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
Realty and Building Activity

While Birmingham's real estate market is more active now than it was a few months ago, general ac- tivity will not be due until the new year. Old and successful realty deal CTS expect a healthy boom in the spring, and they will probably not be disappointed.
 Activity in the building trades and activity in real estate naturally go together. There was much building here two years ago, but comparatively little last year, or in the first half of the current year. Building contrac- tors are moderately busy now and they are asked to bid on a great amount of work to be started in the first half of 1916. From the present outlook there will be some new high records in building within the next 12 months.
 As for real estate, prices here are conservative, but they will certainly move up to higher levels in the near future. This is good time for in- vestors to pick up bargains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
AwLERS AIDED BRITISH FLEET

From the London Telegraph.
 What would King George have done without these ere trawlers?"
 This was the historic remark of west country skipper as he gazed round the Aegean sea from the bridge of his traW- Ter, when the submarine scare was at its height, and before the monitors had ap- peared to take the place of the cruisers and battleships. The west countryman had ample justification for his remark, and every reason to be proud of his craft, and the hundreds of others, almost exact ly similar to it, which have played such a unique and invaluable role in the Dar- Ganelles expedition. From the latter part of May until the middle of July the mar row seas were left almost entirely to the care of the destroyer flotillas and trawlers. There were not nearly enough of the former to protect all our lines of communication in the Mediterranean from the raids of the enemys submarines. The trawlers had, therefore. to assist
 They are a magnificent race of men, these hardy fishermen, brought up in a hard school, and delighted at the oppor- tunity of serving the empire alongside of the fleet. Their craft are extremely uncomfortable, but, built to withstand the gales of the North sea and the At lantic, they can go out in any weather and will be invaluable this winter in the eastern Mediterranean, as they have been all through the spring and summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
LETTER SOLD FOR S47O

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. d LETTER written by George Wash A ington March 21, 1779. at Middle \ brook to Gen. Benjamin Tal- | madge, on sending spy to New York, was sold at auction Wednesday afternoon | by Stan " Henkels, in a miscellaneous
 sale of autograph letters and historical documents, for $40. The purchaser was Henry S. Chapman of Philadelphia. Be- fore the letter was knocked down there Chapman and several collectors from New York.
 The sale aroused considerable interest
 among collectors, who were present from several other cities. They considered the collection one of the most complete as- scrtments of colonial and revolutionary | cluded in it were orderly books of gen. erals in the revolution, letters of signers of the Declaration of Independence CO., lonial governors, generals in the revolu- tlOn anu CIVIL war, PreSldentS or the United States, authors, actors and French I revolutionists.
 ! The highest price of the afternoon s5aO, was bid by George D. Smith for the or derly book of Mai. Gen. Nathaniel Greene. commencing September +. 17SO, and ending November 10. 17S0. Written at Tappan, West Point and places in their vicinity. it contains an account of Bene- dict Arnolds treason and the execution of Major Andre. Under the date of Sep tember 2s, 17So, there is a discussion of
 the philosophy of treason, apropos the crime of Arnold.
 ! Treason of the blackest dye" wrote General Greene, was discovered yester- 1 day. General Arnold, who commanded at l West Point, lost to every sentiment of l honor, of private and public obligation
 was about to deliver that important post into the hands of the enemy Such an event must have given to the American cause deadly wound. Happily, the trea-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
Propaganda for Unpreparedness

The pacificists are carrying on an active propaganda among the farm CTS. In several states farmers unions have already adopted resolutions of protest against any expansion of the army or the navy.
 The administrations programme for strengthening the national defense will mean increased taxes, but the farmers should be willing to bear a portion of the burden, and it would be very small part compared with the burden on capital and commerce.
 The European war may be followed by long period of peace. But com mercial rivalry among nations will be as strenuous as ever and, no matter nov peaceful competition may be at the start, friction will develop soor CT or later; then demands followed by hostile demonstrations.
 It is quite thinkable that the next war will be directed against the Uni ted States and not few military ob- servers predict that this country will have to defend itself sooner than lov- CTS of peace imagine.
 Today the United States is unpre- pared. Should war be our lot the farmer would suffer. His tax burden, directly and indirectly, would then be not light, but grievous.
 A year ago President Wilson was opposed to any increase in our de- fense resources. The old idea that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
President Wilson's Versatility

i Every day in the White House is a busy day, but President Wilson's versatility and his nervous endurance have not often been more thoroughly tested than they were in Columbus Friday. He was a guest of the Ohio capital for eighteen hours and during every minute of that time he was actively occupied, either in speech making, handshaking or sightseeing. Many of our Presidents have been felicitous speakers, but not since Ben jamin Harrison's term has any chief magistrate been able to make as many addresses, with each one fresh, as Woodrow Wilson.
 In these modern days the word rhetoric usually connotes a perfervid style, or the balancing of phrases at the expense of mental content But MT. Wilson is a rhetorician in the best sense of the term. The rounding of his periods is of secondary consider ation with him. It is his rare choice of words and the clarity of his mean ing that contribute to the convincing character of his speeches and state papers.
 In Columbus the Presidents Cham Der of Commerce speech was one of his best and he was no less felicitous in addressing a religious body-the Federal Council of Churches.
 Oratory of the "silver tongue" sort is not as much cultivated as it used to be. It has little appeal now for thoughtful men. But rhetoric, such as Mr. Wilson's, will never fail to hold rapt Thigh brows" and How brows" alike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
THE SNARK'S CREW

Letter to New York Sun. As I read each day of Mr. Ford S won- derful expedition a strange feeling of fa- miliarity steals over me; and wonder if Lewis Carroll was a prophet as well as a psychologist and mathematician when he wrote in 'The Hunting of the Shark" The crew was complete; it included
 Boots,
 A maker of Bonnets and Hoods, A Barrister, brought to arrange their dis
 putes
 And a Broker to value their goods. A Billiard Marker, whose skill was im-
 mense,
 Might perhaps have won more than his
 share, But Banker, engaged at enormous ex-
 pense,
 Had the whole of their cash in his care. The prophecy falls down in making Mr Bryan's double the leader of the argosy; but who could be perplexed as to the identity of the Bellman as here de- scribed? The Bellman himself they all praised to
 the skies Such a carriage, such ease and such
 grace. Such solemnity, too! One could see he
 was wise,
 The moment one looked in his face! The sublime simplicity of the peace plans is without doubt foreshadowed in the following verse: He had bought large map representing
 the sea,
 Without the least vestige of land; And the crew were much pleased when
 they found it to be
 A map they could all understand. "Other maps are such shapes, with their
 islands and capes,
 But we've got our brave Captain to
 thank So the crew would protest. that he's
 bought us the best
 A perfect and absolute blank.' And the strange methods they have pursued in this wooing of peace seem to be shown in this: They sought it with thimbles, they sought
 it with care;
 They pursued it with forks and hope; They threatened it's life with a railway
 share;
 They charmed it with smiles and soap. It only remains for us to pray that this Snakish party may softly and silently vanish away before they put America in any position more ridiculous than that which she already occupies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
WANTS BIRMINGHAM ON A RrvEr

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 An informal canvass of business men
 upon the feasibility of extending the cor
 porate limits of Greater Birmingham to the Warrior river in order to reap the
 benefit of the $15 100000 expended to make that a navigable stream, has resulted in a thoroughly enthusiastic and unanimous
 Endorsement of the project. They agree that 1t is the most feasible and the least
 expensive, as well as one fraught with
 unlimited benefits.
 Los Angeles got upon the ocean by
 purchasing a strip of land 100 feet wide and incorporating it. By doing so it be-
 came in a night seaport instead of an
 inland city. Birningham's western city
 limits are only 12 miles from the War
 rior. That a strip of land covering that distance and from 100 feet to 100 yards wide could be acquired for very reason able sum of money is the consensus of opinion. It is indeed believed that the far greater portion of the land deemed necessary would be gladly donated by the citizens to be benefited, as by so doins they would increase the value of their property ahutting.
 There is a world of difference in beins near river and actually on it.. Once actually upon the river, Greater Birmingham can demand river rates and get them. The river traffic, already con- siderable and growing rapidly, will de. velop by such leaps and bounds in a city whose corporate limits extend to the river banks. that Birmingham will in the twinfle of an eye become the jobbing
 and small factory center which she as. pires to be, and would be but for the dis
 criminating freight rates accorded tc river towns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
CONSTANTINE OF GREECE

George Marvin in the Worlds Work.
 Constantine is the handsomest sover- eign In Europe strong, tall figure, a strong face, pale, fair haired Dane. Before the last wars he had become, in comparative idleness. rather stout. But a year of hard campaigning Gin 1912) trained him down fine, made a Viking of him.
 His personality is like his figure and his face-strong. Less intelligent than his father, the late King George, he also lacks his fathers magnetism and vivac- ity. He is rather heavy and slow of ad- dress. It is a pleasure to hear him or any one of the princes, his brothers, speak, their voices are so deep and clear. But Venivelos could easily win a crowd away from him by sheer magnetism. In some respects he resembles in character the King of the Belgians, but is perhaps less chivalrous than Albert, less domes- tic, though equally honest, candid and obstinate. He combines the rare genuine ness of being in his court all king and in camp with other sildiers nothing but a soldier He loves hard and he hates hard, is a man of deep passions. resentful, ex- ceedingly proud.
 You can imagine the hold a man of this kind maintains automatically upon sol diers. No wonder they adore him, with success as an additional reason. The Greek army is not aristocratic. In that it is like the French and Turkish armies, and unlike the British and Russian armies Peasants sons are high officers in it. Constantine is exactly the same to all of them. The army is a unit behind him now and that is why what the King decides to do, makes a difference in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
Fewer Fires Now

This winter has certainly been an easy one for the fremen," said Ed Harris, stcker for the engine at No. station. "In comparison with other winters we have had hardly any fires at all The steamer at No. 1 has hardly been out of the house end last winter it was nothing for us to have five, 10 or 15 runs in one day.
 '-The activities for fire prevention are reaping results and the firemen are the first to feeel and notice it. The fire in- spection has reduced fires to a minimum and has prevnted untold numbers of small blazes.
 Another thing which has kept down fires was the f1ue and furnace inspection which was carried out few months ago. The number of small fires in the resi- dence district has been reduced more than one-half while there have been hardly any serious fires. Of Corr '',o-.a have been a few fires from sparks on sEingle roofs, but they have been negli- gible. The fremen have adopted new method of fighting this kind of fire. They used to stand back and shoot the water, but now they use chemicals and tear the shingles off. This saves the roof and Eouse without 1nflicting the heavy water damage which was feature e. yiOus fires'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
MINE

By Julia Neely Finch. Mine! Mine sun, moon and star And roads that travel far
 Beyond the roads of men. Mine are the mountain peaks Where reverberant thunder speaks
 tongue beyond the ken. Of those who grovel in greed; Mine, too, the leap O lash Of lightning's fearful flash. And mine the painless woods Where shadow bides and broods; Where flowers bloom and die Unseen of mortal eye. Mine, too, the trails that lead Thro' sleek and sinuous weed, Where moral cave and bar Resist the urgent tides That follow on the moon. leave the shining sun (That bounteous gift and boom And plunge to depths below Where bones long bleached to snow, Like ghosts drift to and fro: Where shifting, shaping, changing; A way resistless, ranging, All sun)en treasure hides &nd mystery abides. Of all the springs of joy drink at will, my i'll: The gold lavish spill Upon my joyous way, Knows mint nor dull alloy. Nor mortal mans essay. No limit know I; nor line, Unmarked is any chart. Of any create world Where neither place nor part Is mine, by right divine. My flag flies far unfurled Ger mine! Forever mine!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
DON'T WASTE PEANUT HULLS

From Farm and Preside.
 A source of wealth that is going to waste in enormous quantities all through our peanut loving country has been dis covered.
 A southern business man went to a manufacturer of grinding mills and said he wanted one that would grind peanut hulls. The hulls are hard to grind be- cause they are so gritty. He finally got mill that would do the work, though he wouldn't tell what he was going to do with the ground hulls. But the secret leaked out. They are now used in Pitts- burg for polishing tin plate, and after that the oily mixture is put up in pack ages with fancy label and sold as a sweeping compound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
Texas in Gnnd Shane

Bishop J. H. Mccoy of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, has just re- turned from two months stay in Texas. where he held the annual conferences of the Methodist church
 T found conditions in Texas looking up,' said Bishop Mccoy yesterday aft ernoon. "Of course Texas has suffered somewhat frcm the business depression which was prevalent over the country im- mediately following the outbreak of the European war, but the country is rapidly recovering and by spring conditions will be normal once more.
 The Methodist church in Texas is in excellent condition Contrary to my ex- pectations the churches at the confara, res this year made much better reports than they did last and showed the church in good financial condition, while there has been steady increase in membership
 T was away from Birmingham almost two months presiding over these confer ences and I am glad to return"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12

our isolation would keep a powerful enemy away from American shores was strong in his mind. But the Eu- ropean conflict has taught new les sons, and the President, like many other statesmen, has changed his mind and has had the courage to act on his new convictions.
 There is no danger that the United States will ever engage in war of conquest. The genius of this re- public is totally opposed to con quest policy. We have been in many wars, but never one where territorial encroachment was this country's aim.
 But the richer America becomes the more easily the jealous spirit of old world powers will be aroused and the more likely war.
 Congress never had graver re- sponsibility than it has now. No one should listen to the alarmist, neither should our national lawmakers be in fluenced by politicians who voice the unpatriotic sentiments of pacifi- maniacs or who represent those ob- jectors to the administration plans who have never given the subject serious thought.
 What the President asks in the way of defense is reasonable. Let there be no hesitation on the part of Con- gress to act.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
A,e.Jt3,u

son has been timely discovered, to preve the fatal misfortune. The providenti train of circumstances, which led to affords the most convincing proof tn the liberty of America is the object civine protection
 The orderly book of Col. Alexand Scammer was sold to Edwin A. Ely New York for $S25
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
Musicale This Afternoon

"One of the most attractive musi- cales of the Sunday series will take place in the ballroom of the Tutwiler this afternoon at o'clock when Fran cisco Kaspar Lawson of Washington, D. C., will give song recital" said Oliver ChalifouX.
 This young artist is in great de- mand this season. and wherever she has appeared her reception has been most cordial. She has a beautiful color aura voice and charming personality
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
RECovERs HER voICT

From the New Orleans States.
 Unable to speak above a whisper for four years, Miss Mollie Frisch, an in- valid of Altoona. Pa., suddenly re- covered her power of speech. She awoke from a sound sleep, having ex- perienced sensation of approaching death. and found that she could talk louder than ever. She had been ill with pulmonary trouble, and now de- a-->-s sise is going to set we'll.