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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-01-08
He Nav Have "Raised" Some.

I'm sorry to be so late. my dear. A
friend asked me to stop and take pot
luck with him.
"Well. did you win the pot?'-Bir.
mingham Age-Herald.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-01-08
A New Definition.

Teacher-Willie, what does the Mon
roe doctrine mean?
Willie-lt means to shiny on your
own side.-EXchange.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-01-08
Poor Man,!

The New Woman-l'm going to the
club, .AlgcrnOn.
Algcrnon-Nery well. but I've done
all could to make the home attrac-
tive.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-01-08
II Lives.

1.-THE king is dead, long live the king!'
That cry once made the welkin ring,
But in the present year Of grace.
When women mostly set the pace,
This cry grows louder all the while,
1.-The style is dead, long live the style!"
Puck.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-01-08
She Knew Father.

A fisherman from Terre Haute
Once brasged of a fish he had caute.
But the fisherman's dauter
knew more than she auter
And cried. at was one that you baute!"
New York Evening World.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06

From the Charlotte Observer.
 The general public does not appear to be quite so deeply interested in the de- velopments coming to light in the city of Nashville in connection with the man agement of the affairs of that place as do the holders of Nashville bonds. There are charges of the disappearance of cash books and the misappropria ton of city funds, and the muddle is of so serious a nature that receivership for the city has been applied for. It Is said the II cash books, covering city transactions from 1908 to 1912 cannot be found. The city treas- urer Is under arrest charged with the responsibility for an unaccounted SIG, 900, and indictments have followed putting the city hall on a string. Nashville has several millions of bonds outstanding, $2,- 0o0000 having but recently been added to the amount, and the holders of these bonds are naturally much concerned over the situation. The investment of these bondholders may be safe, but it looks like there is impending a general shift of city officials.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06
Improved Railroad Equipment

Transportation facilities have reached a remarkable state of devel- opment since the old stage coach days. Railroads are now able to produce coaches which for affording comfort in travel are remarkable. Even freight cars have undergone a meta morphosis.,
 There is a long cry, too, between the bumpy, sidling track which were common not many years ago, and which still persist in more remote sections, and the smooth, well bal lasted tracks of transcontinental lines. The small, dingy coaches of vivid upholstery are serving their last days on "jerkwater' lines, and bear little resemblance to the rolling pal aces which are superseding them
 The improvement in railroad equip ment is well illustrated in the flat car which has been specially constructed for transporting the liberty bell to San Francisco Danger of a jar widening the crack in the bell, or splitting it asunder, made necessary . car that would carry the bell with . minimum of jar and vibration.
 A preliminary test of the steel flat  car constructed for this purpose was made few days ago in Philadelphia Travelling at the rate of 55 miles ar hour. over a network of switches ir a freight yard, glass filled with water was placed on the floor of the car, and not drop was spilled
 The car is made of steel and ii
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06
Uncle Sam's Army

Writing in the Philadelphia Even ing Post, Paul R. Wendt says that next to the smallness of our army, its most notable feature is the ex- pense of maintaining it. While Uncle Sam has an army that in numerical proportions, at least, is absurdly small, compared to the huge armies of European countries, he sets the pace in paying for it. Naturally, European governments with vast military machine to maintain, study how to curtail expenses. However lavish they may be in buying the best equipment to be had, no money is wasted in needless expenditures.
 The American regular army, which contains not quite 9O,O0O enlisted men, costs the government $90,000,000 a year, or an average of a little more than 5000 annually for each soldier. This is from two to five times more than is paid in any other country on the globe. In 1886 the United States army cost $72,0O0,OO0 MT. Taft, who was President then, states in a re- cent article on national defense that in the same year France spent S133,- 100000 to support a force of 546,000 men. Germany spent $140,000, ,00O to maintain an army of 640,000 men, These figures indicate that France kept an army vastly larger than our own for less than twice the cost, while Germany, with an army containing approximately 100000 more men than that of France, supported it on but $50,000,000 more than was spent for the same purpose in this country.
 Politics and national carelessness in money matters may be responsible in some degree for the large sum spent annually on our meager army MT. Wendt points to the obsolete army posts, which cost the govern ment $5, 100000 year, as the most glaring example of useless expendi- ture. These posts certainly have no strategical importance and nobody seems to know just why they are maintained, although "pork barrel' politicians might tell why, if they cared to explain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06
Futurist Food

Futurism in art and fashion has been visited upon the patient and long suffering followers of fads. h. specting pictures that look like the product of house painter gone mad might give one the nightmare, but fortunately the effect is not lasting.
 Futurism in dress has had no more serious effect than making it's devo- tees look ridiculous and furnishing unlimited amusement for the hosts of common folk who wear clothes instead of creations" of fashionable art.
 But not content, futurism, it is claimed by eastern newspapers, is to invade the dining room.
 Think of it--the china and the flowers on the table shaped into con- ventionalized designs; vases the shape of animals modelled with spade!
 What will happen to food, after the futurists gets hold of it, is as yet merely matter of speculation. All sorts of weird effects, such as to- matoes with jell, cubed fish balls, tri- angular potatoes, prismatic plums and geometric turnips may appear on the menu.
 If this "new art" in cookery gains much popularity, it looks as if if would soon be so hungry man could get anything except "square meal. "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06
Suppress the Mob Spirit

A few years ago lynchings were common in Alabama, but prompt and vigorous action on the part of the governor and others in authority to prevent mob violence when threatened has greatly reduced the number of such occurrences
 Enlightened public sentiment made itself felt, and not many states in the union are now freer from lawlessness than Alabama. But the mob spirit in Georgia is still much in evidence and it behooves the good people of that state to rise in righteous protest against rioters and lynchers. In Jones county, Georgia, two negroes were lynched Sunday for the murder of white farmer. That several other negroes were not lynched was because they were locked up in jail and strongly guarded.
 The crime committed by the ne- groes was enough to inflame the an- ger of the dead farmers friends and neighbors, but the law should have taken its course. The criminals lynched would have been duly con- victed and hanged.
 Nothing is so brutalizing as lynch ing and nothing is so damaging to a states good name as mob demonstra- tions such as was made against Gov ernor Slaton recently. Not only is Georgia injured, but the entire south suffers.
 There are campaigns of education for this and that object, but the cam paign most needed in some states is one for law and order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06
PUNISHMENT

Florence kimpton Payne in July Nau-
 illus.
 Here is little idea I have worked out for correcting the little tricks tiny babies have before they are big enough to be left alone to think 1t over, and that is-to let the punish T e't fit the crime.
 Did your tiny child ever pull your hair until you thought you wouldn't have any left? We'll, of course, it is good for the hair to be pulled, but personally, I'd rather do it myself and then I'd little rather those brand new teeth shouldn't be tried on me or my friends, even though it is tempta- ten to try new things
 But most mothers I know either say, 'oh, never mind, he is so little When he is bigger he won't bite and scratch and kick" or else they proceed to slap the little hands and say, No, mo- or worse
 Now it came to me through a wise friend, that if our babies knew how those things felt they wouldn't dc them, because, you know, even little babies are kind little creatures-so now I've let my idea out--viz.: Show the wee mite how things feel in a mild form. Don't, as you value the respect and love of your child. give his hair a sharp, angry jerk but the next time those tiny fingers grab your sair just smlirgly take a bit of hiddie's hair and say gently, This is what you are doing to me. Do you think it feels adf nd .x-tt 1. tricks
 Not that the things themselves are such dreadful offenses. but so much of the worlds trouble comes because we don't know how the other fellows hair feels, and he doesn't know how hard he is pulling ours. So do you think we can begin too early to make our little people get the others point of view, and incidentally make them consider ate even in little things?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06
Need of An Auditorium

Now that Birmingham has hotel accommodation adequate for conyen- tion crowds the next thing needed for convention purposes is a large auditorium.
 When the city commission sub mitted $200,000 auditorium bond is- sue proposition to the vote of the people two years ago the majority in its favor was overwhelming. The city charter provides that bonds can be is- sued to pay for public buildings, but the bond experts who passed upon the after the election the bond experts who passed upon the validity of the proposed S20O,0O0 issue reported that an auditorium did not properly come under the head of such buildings.
 The project was then dropped temporarily with the understand ing that the commission would seek legislation amending the charter, so as to authorize bond issue specifi- cally for an auditorium.
 In view of vital questions affecting Birmingham's financial interests that the voters will probably have to pass upon in the near future, the time for submitting an auditorium proposition may not be propitious before next year or the year after.
 But let us have the needed legisla- tlon now, so that when the situation warrants it the people may have the opportunity of voting for an audi torium. And since the $200,000 proposition came to naught, the next auditorium bond election should be for a S300,OOO building. The struc- ture should be modern in every re- spect, and should have a seating ca pacity of 10000, which would make it the largest of it's kind in the en- tire south. With such an auditorium Birmingham would be able to have music festivals on a vast scale and would be in position to Ego after" the biggest conventions held in the United States.
 Let the city be ready for the first step toward the needed auditorium when the legislature is in session this month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06
Conditions i'm Mobile

It is surprising the great hold that Birmingham has on a man. said Edwin Torgerson, city editor of the Mobile Reg ister, who is visiting relatives here. "No matter how long one is gone the love of Birmingham never grows less in his heart and he always looks forward to his re- turn to this city
 T have been residing In Mobile for the past four years and like it very much Mobile comes as near being an ideal city as any that l have ever seen. We have recovered steadily from the business de- pression incident to the European war and conditions are improving rapidly.
 The war has wrought one change In Mobile and that is along the water front Before the outbreak of foreign hostilities many steamers made Mobile and the sail ing vessel was not employed extensively Today conditions are reversed. The tramp steamers are very scarce and practically all the shipping which goes out of Mobile harbor Is in sailing vessels. Indeed the sailing vessel is being used for transat- lantic trade now, and I know of several cargoes of cotton that have gone across the ocean under sail.
 Mobile is looking forward with great anticipation to the construction of the giant shpbulding plant by eastern in- terests which has already been announced This will add greatly to the importance of Mobile as a port"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06
UNDESIRABLE

From the Mobile Register.
 Senator Underwood, who spoke recently in Gadsden, said that public men are de- pendent upon commercial organizations Tor guidance. but sometimes cannot tell what the commercial organizations ad- wise. Illustratin his point, Mn Under wood said that when the shipping bill was up, one chamber of commerce in Ala oama sent him protest. Within a week the same body sent him an approval of the bill. Both protest and approval were under the seal of the organization. When he came home he Inquired about the mix up and learned that a New York man had written to friend asking him to have the chamber of commerce approve the Dill The Alabamian promptly called a meeting of a few friends, passed the ap- proving resolution and forwarded it to Washington. In the same week man in Chicago wrote to Alabama asking for protest and his friends went through the same performance. Much of this 5ort of thing will bring commercial organiza- tions into disrepute
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06
SPARE THE KISS

From the Richmond Virginian
 pr Harvey w. Wiley has done a great work as pure food expert for the United States. He has educated the public to proper precautions and has, doubtless, saved many lives and certainly had added long years to countless others by com polling the printing of food compounds on the labels of packages
 But we cannot follow Dr. Wiley in his latest crusade. We must retain the kiss What matters it if there are germs in all the mouths; there is love in every heart as well. and since the first man stole the first kiss-or thought he stole it-lips pressed to lips have signified the union of heart to heart.
 Spare us the kiss. doctor, whatever else you take There is little enough senti- ment left in this old world anyhow, with out depriving us of the one ndispufable evidence of undying sentiment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06

capable of carrying an enormous weight. Hundreds of incandescent lamps will illuminate the car at night. These lamps are operated by an electrical generator placed be- meath the platform.
 Such car is fine illustration of the perfection reached in railroad equipment, and will constitute an in- teresting exhibit in itself, at the San Francisco exposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06
HOW TO TREAT YOUR TOWN
From the Talladega Daily Home.
 Praise it.

From the Talladega Daily Home. Praise it.
 Improve it.
 Talk about it.
 Trade at home.
 Be public spirited.
 Tell of its business men. Take a home pride in it. Remember it is your home
 Tell of its natural advantages Trade and induce others to trade here.
 bvhen strangers come to town use them we'll
 Don't call your best citizens frauds and imposters.
 Support your local institutions that benefit your town.
 Look ahead of self when all the town is to considered.
 Help the public officers do the most good for the most people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 When he tells her that she is dear to him before he gets her, it means one thing. But when he tells her that she is dear to him after he gets her, it mea ms something else.
 When a slim princess is wearing tan stockings she reminds you of the yellow legged chickens you used to get for din- ner on Sunday back on the farm.
 There are not many sure things in fife But if the servant girl is old and ugly you can safely bet that the male end of the household did not hire her.
 A small boys hands and a big girl s elbows always look as though there wasn't enough soap and water to go around.
 It is easy enough to be popular when you have the coin. But always try to re- member that when you are broke you are almost as popular as the smallpox
 One reason why there are so many divorces is because when a girl can cook pair of curling irons on a gas jet and laundry handkerchief on a window pane she imagines she knows all there is to housekeeping
 The reason why the average man knows that his wife wouldn't appreciate few flowers every now and then when she is alive is because he intends to buy her $5 worth in a bunch when she is dead The man who has too much sense to drop lighted match into a can of gaso- line is the same fellow who knows that
 there is no harm in flirting with another mans wife.
 When the poker game breaks up and a brave married man announces that his wife never kicks about him staying out late, and that she has confidence in him | a md nS him a offaSti0pG n a ncrff where. he spent the night, he Is mentaiy wondering what kind of new lie he ,an tel her when he gets home, and mentally figuring on how big battle she will put up.
 Woman used to be ia great mystery. But that was before the Sec Mores were invented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06
ALABAMA PRESS

Tuscaloosa News: The Georgia legisla- ture is deluged with bills, says an ex- change. So are a. good many people around the first of the month.
 Selma Times; The Bug river is a re- freshing strean. etymologically, after one has grown exasperated with the other unpronounceable names in the war dis patches.
 Anniston Evening Star Bryan has of Tered his onion farm for sale. Evidently thinks he has enough to weep over with out it.
 Elba Clipper: Fellow asked us when the war would end Takes our best to keep this paper from ending-let Kaiser Bill'' run that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06
LEFT AT THE POST.
FUTILE PEACE TALKS

Hungary intact, and which made no pre- vision of Roumanians, Slovaks Ciosta and Serbs within those boundaries, fresh war would only be a question of years, even if every other European pi ob- lem were satisfactorily solved
 But the question is asked why, f the subject races of Austria Hungary are thus so hopelessly alienated from the government, they have not before ris,.n in insurrection. To this Mir G. M. Trevelyan makes the sufficient answer that it is because all the young men have been taken into the army under the m ,d- ern military system, and all the leaders are in prison or exile. In other words, the modern militarst organization makes revolutions impossible; for it Is the young men who rise in revolt and 1t is the young men who are drafted into the army, where the races keep watch over each other, and military discipline renders ,nu- tiny most hazardous and desperate &C., tion. Nevertheless, it is impossible to ig- nore the fact that Austria great military weakness in this war is the hatred of her subject population. and the secret disoy- alty of so many of her soldiers. But if the present war arose quite as much out of the question of Austria Hungary and its subject nationalities as it did outs of the German ambition to dominate Ea- rope, where is the opening for peace ne- gotiations on the basis of "a draw?' The determination of the ruling race of Hungary to "Magyarize" the Rounau- ians Slavaks and Croats who dwell with in the borders of their state would remain unaltered, with all the smoldering fire of hatred which accompanies it and which a patched up peace would merely fan into flame. It must be plain that no human power can set Austria Hungary on it's feet again, but it is equally plain that nothing short of superior force can effect it's dis memberment Thus from whatever angle the subject is regarded all talk of com promising on the issues which are at stake in the present conflict is demonstrably fu- tile. 1t did not require the rescript of the Czar, the statement of the greatest living french author, or the declara ton of the British premier to give certainty to that fact. But this simultaneous rendering Of Judgment opposed to any peace whose terms are not dictated by the allies should be accepted as final evidence that the time is not ripe for the rendering of any neu- tral advice which will not be regarded as an impertnence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06
THE MERCHANT SERVICE MAN

 By Douglas R. P. Coats. When you've feted Tommy Atkins at the finish of the war, And he's had the credit given which is due When you've sung about Britannia and you've cheered for Johnny Tar, Who has kept her ever mistress of the blue: When the nurses and the doctors and the %coppers" all have been Duly praised-and they'll deserve 1t, I admit Will you kindly then remember Mi. Mercantile Marine, Who has also helped and done his little bit? He is lodging German submarines along the southern seas. With his matches full of contraband of war, He is navigating channels where the mines are thick as peas And with half the lights extineuished on the shore: From your colonies he's bringing many Sturdy British sons, And from ev'ry place that's red upon the map He is carrying your horses, ammuni- , tion, aye and guns. And he's really quite useful sort of chap. While your Johnny Tar is busy hold ing "Billx's" fleet at bay r! In the metaphoric sunshine be 1t said, MT. Merchantman is toiling, making metaphoric hay And he's working so that England may be fed In his twenty thousand tonners, in his cockleshells. and tanks Or in aught trifle larger than a tub: Full laden to the Plimsoll-is he worthy of your thanks Who supplies the Mother Country with her grub?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06
Formidable Array Against Tiger

The man who attempts the sale of tiger liquors, faces perilous times re- marked Judge David J. Davis, who has recently succeeded Perry Turner as city recorder.
 Since the first Of July officers have been vigilant. and raids have been made each day to uncover embryo tigers. A few large hauls have been made. and patrol wagons, I believe, have been kept quite busy bringing in the spells of war. Arrests are also being made, and the man who is apprehended for offenses against the prohibition law will find little sym pathy with the authorities of Birmingham and Jefferson county. The sheriff's office, the county solicitor, the police inspector, the chief of police and my own office Will present a formidable array of op- position, and it will be strange, indeed, if the man who operates a blind tiger finds business either safe or profitable"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord, help me to study how Christ would set toward the servant who is In niy house. Then help me to show the same spirit of consideration md helpfulness. Remind me fhat He took upon Himself the form of a servant, and that l also am en- gagged to serve. In His name. Amen. H. NJ. F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06
ACCORDING TO HEw

From the Louisville Courier Journal Chancellor Lloyd-George regrets that so
 many married men are enlisting and rush. ing to the battle front. while many un- married men stay at home. Lew Dock
 stader used to insist that married men
 make the best soldiers because they are absolutely without fear of death
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06

here within the last three or four years as shown by the large audiences that greet high-class orehestras and recital artists.
 Birmingham has an important asset in Prudence Neff. who has just won new laurels at the convention of musical clubs in Los Angeles. where she was one of the piano soloists She played with the Minneapolis orchestra a few years ago when she was only a girl. A brilliant art ist them she is of course much greater now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-06
ANOTHER LEAK

From the Detroit News.
 We spend enough on chewing gum ev- cry year to build three battleships.-H son Maxim.
 And the wastage of power would run all three.