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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
SLANG AND SPORTS

From the Knoxville Sentinel.
 Put his eye out, get his goat and similar admonitons on the athletic field were condemned as not in accord with the standards of university life. by Professor Taft in an address on college athletics Wednesday at the Yale commencement dinner.
 Professor Taft is quoted as character izing such field cries as unethical and calculated to develop "muckerism," a thing not seemly in college men. Muck erism' he defined as an effort to embar- rass opponents in other ways than play ing good and hard to win. He did not believe 1t good manners for athletes on the field to keep up constant chatter
 Professor Taft also entered a protest against the practice of scouting through preparatory schools with offers Of scholarships and gifts to obtain prom ising athletic recruits. This evil, he feared is constantly growing and he said he hoped Yale will combat it.
 He explained that he touched on this subject because his attention had been called to the case of a promising fresh- man who had been offered scholarship in- ducements. with a s12OO salary after his course, if he would lend his athletic ser vices to another college
 Barring these strictures on ethical grounds, he said athletics of the present day have shown improvements over for mer times in the rules of eligibility in conduct on the field and the enforcement of rules
 We very much fear that athletic games conducted by Sunday school language and unmarked by the vigorous vernacular that have appertained to field sports in the past would be robbed very materially of their ginger.
 And, after all, why should the slang or today, which will be classics of the fu- ture unless all former experience reverses itself. be tabooed as unethical any more than the new technical words that are coming into use with the development of these sports?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
As to Cold-Hearted World

"All this talk about brotherly love and human sympathy is mere drivil- there is nothing in it." belligerently asserted a pompous individual in a tone that could be heard all through the street car in which he was riding the other morning.
 No human sympathy-no feeling for the sufferings of others?
 We'll, with the carnage in progress across the ocean, there may be some argument substantiating this theory but on the other hand, let us review some of the evidence tending to show that brotherly love is not confined te the city of that designation.
 What about the feeling of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
From the London Daily Mail.

From the London Daily Mail.
 K xR. BRYAN'S resignation is hard
 MI ly foreseer consequence of the
 \ dispute between the United States and Germany. In the German press it was
 legend that MT. Bryan was bitter en-
 emy of Germany and a strong partisan of
 the allies. Yet here is he resignng the
 office of Secretary of State rather than
 Iut his signature to a diplomatic docu-
 ment which he fears may lead up to war
 with Germany. The truth. of course, Is
 that he was never anti-German or pro
 English, but always a good American and
 confirmed and conscientious pacifst.
 The American press is hardly sympa thetic
 has been fair game for the press from
 the early days of MT. Wilson's admnis-
 tration. To observers outside the United
 Statos Le has appeared very representa-
 tive American. representative, at any rate.
 of the older America, which had no i'm
 perial destiny and kept remote from Eu-
 ropean affairs and attachments. That
 the American press should assail MT
 Bryan so mercilessy suggests that tha.
 older America is vanishing from world
 which is vastly more complicated than
 that in which it's philosophy grew up. The strategists say that ths sea Is one. and in the same way 1t may be said that the
 wtrlo is one. No continent can isolate itself and live out it's political life with GU. heed to what is passing elsewhere The very dispute which has occasioncd MT. Bryans resignation is evidence of that. The sea war between two Euro pear powers brings the shadow of war
 upon the horizon of the United States
 As we write the text of President Will 'cn'a note to Geriral.y has not yet been
 is:hsd, so that the prectse nature of the
 difference between MT. Wilson and Mir Ei. van is not appa. ~iIs. It would be wrong
 to imagine that Id: enc approves and the o ner disapproves of VAT with Germany. Both, as can be Sc en from the letters they have exchanged, ara equally sincere and zealous in their pu. suit of peace. But MT. Bis an starts from the principle that the ci prte must und ,r no circumstances end in war; while MT. Wilson's view is that the dispute must be ended to the satisfac- tion of the United States even though in the extreme res ,rt the honor of the Ameri' an government and the safety of American citizens may have to be de- tended by the sword. We should go very far wrong if we assumed that war or a diplomatic rutpure Is I certain or highly probable outcome of the dispute. Presi- dent Wilson is penetrated with the con viction that it would be tremendous misfortune to the world in general as we'll as to his own country if the United States were dragged into war; and he will spare no effort to preserve the peace. The Germans, again. aave very strong
 motives for avoiding a conflict. Their diplomatic methods may seem to have
 been extremely contemptuous If America and Americas pride. and their press has
 written as though war with the United States would be rather welcome than to te deplcred. but the rulers of Germany can be under no illusions as to the maGni- | tude of the disaster which . conflict with
 the United states would mean. Tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
Regarding Pilots

T read with much interest and sat isfaction Mir. Sterling A. Woods gooo words In behalf of the Mobile pilots, quoted in the Lobby column a few days ago and l want to add my appreciation of those heroic men, said John H. Mcqueen
 T have been frequent visitor .o tEe gulf and have had much observa- ton of the pilots under hazardous coll ditions. am not familiar with the harbor situation from a commer ciai viewpoint, but there has been an outcry against the pilots association because of high fees charged. I under stand the fees have now been cut iii half. But I, as an individual. would be glad to see the fees remain as they were"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Cotton Crop

T am interested in the cotton market only indirectly but like every business man in the south, I keep up with the general drift of the market" said ". w. Thorn ton of New Orleans, and I am glad to see that it is inclined to be bullish again. The rains at this time promote the de- struotive work of the boil weevll
 understand that the weevil is very much in evidence in several Alabama counties right now. Some statisticians had been figuring ,on a 12,0oO.0Oo to 13.0oO.- ooo-bale crop, but I would not be sur prised to see 1t drop to 100000 bales. It Is too soon of course to make any thing like a correct estimate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
LIKE M,LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 When she is single she believes that she pleases all the men, When she gets married she discovers that she can t even please one man.
 Why Is it that most of the things that make life worth living are the very things we are told we must not do?
 Any man can talk bossy to his wife when he is out with her. But he has to take 1t all back when he gets home.
 A woman who is too fat gets lot of comfort out of worrying over how aw l full it would be if she were too thin
 You can't guess a mans bank account from the way he uses his knife when he Is eating.
 One half the world wonders how the fellow next door ever raised the price of an automobile.
 about her rights she is indignating about her wrongs.
 After man has busted the trusts sll morning and spent Rockefellers money all afternoon and fought the war in Europe all night, he goes home and tells his wife that if women didn't talk so blame much they would get along better.
 Your credit never gets so poor that you can't borrow all the trouble you are looking for. There never was a married man who was not fond of his wife's husband What has become of the old fashioned dude who said "ey-ther' when he meant "either?" Anyway, when a girl has freckles ycu know that she didn't paint them on. When a woman tells you every five minutes that she is not jealous you car bet your head against a match that she is.
 When you have to bow to the inevita- ble. take off your hat politely and wear cheerful grin, just as though you were enjoying the experience If girl tells you that you can have kiss if you can catch her, you car bet that she is not going to break any speed records. It only takes a man 20 minutes tc write a love letter. And then it takes him 20 years to explain the letter after he marries the girl. Mother always likes to put in a whole day cleaning up the house, because she knows that about 30 minutes after father gets home the house will look just like 1t did before she started clean. ing up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
England and Her Allies

A noted newspaper correspondent seizes on the recent shakeup in the British cabinet and the awakening conscience of Englishmen as regards their conduct in the present war, to voice some opinions not at all com plimentary to John Bull The corre- spondent is careful to preface his ar ticle by saying that such criticism as he is about to make would not have been allowed to reach the outside world before the recent change of sentiment in England.
 In the first place, in very con- vincing way, by comparison of the number of troops engaged and the battles fought in the western theatre of war, it is shown that England has so far played but a small part in the struggle, while the French have ex- erted themselves to the utmost. On the sea, of course, England's powerful navy has been a tremendous help to the allies, but on the other hand it must be remembered that the German navy has suffered but little, the weight of the British navy having fallen almost entirely on German commerce, while, as a brilliant Eng lishman wrote recently, the less said of the operations in the Dardanelles the better.
 Despite rumors of the enormous army raised by Lord Kitchener, re- ported to number anywhere from one million to four million men, 1t is stated on very good authority that the British army in the field numbers about two hundred thousand men, and most of England's recruits are still waiting to be equipped. Of course this is a matter hard to get at. Methods of secrecy have kept the actual size of the British army even from Eng lishmen, who, by the way, seem to be profoundly ignorant of what is go- ing on. The most significant and most easily substantiated charge made against the British is that on battle line nearly six hundred miles long, British troops hold but thirty-one miles. With the exception of about seventeen miles held by the Belgians, the French hold all the rest.
 It is now said that the British sol dier, formerly hailed as deliverer by the French, is no longer considered anything of the sort, and while the heroic French are pouring out their life blood freely, without complaint, their sentimental attachment for the English has cooled considerably. The bombastic claims of the British press that England is bearing the brunt of the war seem to have little foundation in fact. The British soldiers who are in the field have acquitted themselves most admirably-the rank and file have, at any rate--but France and Russia may well feel that the dilatory policy of the English government is costing them dearly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
GERMAN IDOL A SCOTCHMAN

From the Fort WOrth Record.
 Hoot mon! General Mackensen, the idol of the German soldiers, is Scotchman. That is, centuries ago, in the days of King
 James the elder and King James the less CT. John Bull drove a lot of Scotch and Irish to the continent of Europe They were soldiers of fortune, knights of the
 sword, and they fought for the flags of all countries. Mackenzie. braw Highlander. settled in Prussia. He changed his name to Mackensen, and this
 modern fighting soldier of the Kaiser is lineal descendant of the Scot who was
 made an exile in the days of the good or the bad King James.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30

The present Washington zoo" is the kept in sheds and paddocks adjacent to the Smithsonian institute, primarily for study pr. Samuel Pierpont Langley in- terested Congress in a national geological park and 9 years ago a tract of land, comprising 167 acres, was purchased in what is known as the Rock Creek valley. The property lies a short distance from the confines of Washington. Here there are assembled nearly HOO animals, birds and reptiles from all parts of the earth. The superintendent of the ZOO Is Dr.. Frank Baker. The park is ideally To- oated, and is a popular place of recrea- tion Most of the buildings are grouped together on a hill near the center of the tract. The lion house contains the bi5 cats. Behind it is the monkey house. The bird house is near, having in its va rious departments about 700 specimens, and there is also a large antelope house.
 Many naruy anlmaIs, sucn as pears 1oXes, wolves and dogs, are confined in the park. There are cages along the main drive ways containing animals sufficiently hardened to remain outdoors all winter. The Washington "zoo'' is one of the most attractively arranged in the country and in the variety of exhibits compares fav- orably with much larger institutions of the kind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
COULDN'T BE MORE so.

How was the party last night at the Gadders' house?''
 'Oh, the usual fubdub and foolshness." Was there no serious note?"
 .One. I overhea rdiMr Gadders tell Mrs Gadders in a whisper that another blow out like that would break him"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
NOT WORKING

From the De Leon Free Press
 Using the good book as their authority' many people predict that this war is usn- ering in the end of the world. But even that dire possibility falls to ruffle the dignified calm of our editorial person Since we were not here at the beginning. it will at least be some consolation 10 have the unique experience of sliding out at the end,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
FAST OR SLOW?

T judge from the harassed look on that drivers face that he hasn't owned an au- tomobile long,
 Whats the matter with him, then?'
 T notice his passengers are a sedatc elderly woman and a pretty young one Maybe he can't adjust his speed to suit them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
FREAKIsH QUOTATIONS.

.'Fansome may not be widely read, but he certainly absorbs what he does read"
 What makes you think sop
 His conversation contains so many idioms from the sporting page that 1t Is almost impossible to understand what he is talking about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
IN NEW YORK

From the Houston Post.
 Maxie Blumenthal was given an $so-a- plate dinner in New York the other day. at which Nat Goodwin was toastmaster. It is when we read of stunts like this we are glad the Lord has kept us too poor to make such tesselated fool of our aelvea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
BELI.ING THE CAT

From the Knoxville Tribune.
 H. G. Wells advises the British gov ernment that the way to end the war is to go through the air to the German rear and smash the German ammunition fac tories. Splendid suggestion. Will MT. Wells take the lead?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30

From the Washington Herald. The sum of 20 cents, from an unknown who declared he owed it to the govern
 ment for "bacon and eggs" has been add ed to the trea sury's conscious fund. Now if all those who owe money to the gov ernment for pork would refund, the talk of a deficit would end
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
WAY DOWN EAST

From the Brooklyn Times.
 News items dated from Waterbury, Conn.,, states that Orlando Hell and George Dammit have been granted per mission by the courts to change their names. The item should have been dated from Winsted. where the telegraph office is adjacent to a lye factory
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
DR. DERNBURG,s NEED

From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune Dernburg expresses the hopes that through his stay in the United States he gave Americans a clearer idea of Ger
 many. What Dernburg himself most needs Is a clearer idea of himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
PATHETIC CASE.

You say the Twobbies are having a | hard time at their house?"
 "Yes. It's pitiful. They haven't been able to buy new record for their talking machine in over month";
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
USUALLY GETS IT

From the Houston Post.
 What the average girl in high society in New York seems to want is huaband enough to last about three years and ali- mony enough to carry her through the rest of her life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30

It is slowly beginning to percolate through John Bulls cranium that he is not exactly the hero, so far, of the Flu ropean war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
The best ward of my honor, is, re warding my dependents.
 Loves Labor Lost.
BEGINNING THE

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord, help me to he thankful today. 1T have lost, help me to he thankful that I had. If l have found, help me to be thankful that I hnye standards which make failure possible. If have sinned, help me to he thankful for the humility which I have gained, and for the forgiveness which Thou art willing to grant. In Christs name. AmeD.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30

The A. Els have won distinction in the reorganization of the Jefferson County Savings bank-State Bank Superintendent A. E. Walker and Cap italist A. E. Jackson of Decatur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
MORE CONVENIENT NOW

From the Pittsburg Sun.
 It is good news that comes from Dem yer, where doctor has discovered a method of weighing mans head without removing it from his body. The old-fash- toned way had certain disadvantages es- pecially to the man most interested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30

The Britons are holding but 3l miles of battle line, and the French are even be- ginning to think that Tommy Atkins did not save Paris
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30

A paragrapher suggests that submarines be called the Fords of the sea, which does not imply that every family should have one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30

The African soldiers of the allies make a terrible uproar In hospitals, evidently being of the opinion that loud lamenta- tions help to ease their wounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30

The habit is becoming so strong that some tourists have decided to see Amer ica first, last and all the time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30

The new Secretary of State says he
 learned diplomacy from his wife, from
 which one may infer that his domestic life is unruffled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30

Even in the matter of using asphyxiating gases, 1t is doubtful if Germany was the first offender.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30

A shortage of shells is the direst calam- ity that can befall modern army Of ''cannon fodder" there is always enough
 and to spare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
THEIR NATURAL HABITAT.

IHEIR MAI U hAL HABII TAI "I saw troop of trained fleas once. They were remarkable" No doubt
 "Stin, felt sorry for them" "Why sop
 Well, the circus life is a hard one and I couldn't help thinking how much hap pier they would be roaming over dog. /"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30

The June bride Is not expected to keep rope until after the honeymoon is over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
BEAUTIFUL PIPE DREAM

From the Wall Street Journal
 That every man, woman and child in this country has $l965 is psychological very much psychological
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30

The generals of ancient days also led gether spirit when the enemy was near.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30

It is now up to the Russ to keep Ger many from changing the ownership of Warsaw.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30

American doctors continue to wend their way to Europe, where they are finding plenty of work to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
FOR THEIR sAKEs.

T do not think that money makes
 Amends for loss of many things, Declared a man who often takes
 His wife and daughters to the springs. But, with a million dollars mine,
 Perhaps a better chance there'd be For Lizzie and the girls to sshine,
 Although that's not the life for me. At any rate, their foolish hearts
 Would bubble OCT with joy. l know, And they'd be spared the painful arts By which they strive to make show. And I could stay at home. l guess,
 And let them do society, For dinner parties, balls and dress
 Is not the sort of life for me-,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30

It is the engine more than the man at the wheel that is responsible for winning an automobile race
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30

While still on the job, grape juice is mo longer obstrusively so in Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30

Still the woman who lost a 5000 brace
 let on the golf links may have been afraid to leave 1t at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
Plentiful crops in Tennessee

The crops this year in western Tennes- see are quite good" remarked John Gaf- fany. who lives near Jackson.
 Corn. cotton and hay, l believe. are the most plentiful That section of the state is most fertile, and the farmers have learned the art of farming in a scientific manner.
 Near Jackson there is an experiment station conducted by the state. This af- fords much help to the agricuturist. Ex- periments are made on all kinds of crops under local conditions, and the farmer is enabled to watch closely the work of the department. Tennessee has five of these stations located in various sections of the state, which are of great value to both stock raisers and planters. The United States government has also ap- propriated money for station in Tennes- see
 From all indications the farmers of Alaba ma are now getting in some good work. Crops this year have been diver sified as never before; and I believe the land here is capable of producing as much to the acre on an average as Is that of my home state. Tennessee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
HOW TO CURE A DEFICIT

A farm hand in Kansas is even mor welcome than the flowers in May,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
ALABAMA PRESS

Winston Herald; Governor Slaton has the stuff in him of which all true gen. lemen are made. He had an awful duty thrust upon him. but he faced it like man. The consequences of his act upon his political life will not be as great as he expects. He will again soon be the most highly respected per- sonage In all Georgia and the south. because he has the courage of his ccn- victions.
 Opelika Daily News: The good roads campaign in Lee county will go steadily on in spite of the criticisms of a few
 Troy Messenger:A Harry Thaw is now trying to prove his sanity. He acts like sane man, if he is prosecuting his efforts for liberty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30
THE BRIGHTER SIDE.

Sometimes I envy prehistoric man.
 Why SOP"
 Existence for him was not so compli- cated."
 Perhaps not, but modern man has in vented so many pleasurable forms of di- of that he doesn't realize how comp'i- cated life is."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-30

A MARTYR. Her summer furs do give us pause, And though she doesn't need them, She wears them everywhere. because Dame Fashion has decreed them.