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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
POWER

Joseph Warren Beach in the Survey Moveless he stands against the iron
 railing, With all the world about.him in con
 motion. The mighty water races on beneath
 him To storm the falls z From the unnum-
 bered chmneys F1utters the smoke in long wind shred
 ded pennons The switching engines. blowing clouds
 of steam, Tear back and forth, while oyer it's
 granite arches Thunders the night express, steady as
 fate. With pomp of banners and proud H.
 illumination On every hand is power visible, And wonder where the mills and pow
 CT houses Are lighting up their tier on tier of
 windows Intenser 1t moves>in spinning shaft and
 wheel. Or turks disguised in sleek and hum-
 ming turbines. Yet in that quiet figure by the railing, Frail as . wisp between the sky and
 water, Labors the sovereign force of all the
 planet. Master of all the powers of earth and He wei may saze upon hi. harnessea And <tsnd unmovsd 'amiast the hurly-
 lburly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
VICTIMS ALL.

Come, dream a while of other days, Before this war began, When people went their joyous ways And any gifted man Could use his talents winning praise, Or peaceful projects plan. The poet wooed' the muses fair The painter piled his brush And genius, called by trumpet's blare, Was not compelled to rush Into the battles crimson glare.
 kindred foe to crush. The lowly, useful citizen
 Deserves our pity. too That he must slaughter other men, His toil-wo hands imprue With brothers blood, where armies
 thin
 Away like morning dew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
The Man Kitchener

Probably no man in public life has had more misleading stories told about his personal habits than Lord Kitche- ner, who is now popularly supposed to hold England's destiny in his hand. An Illuminating article is contributed to London paper by writer styling himself lone who knows him." in which Kitchener is portrayed in quite new light. Instead of the stern, taciturn individual, whose words are monosyllabic, whose life is Spartan in its simplicity, we are shown a man who talks volubly, is an indefatigable collector of porcelain and metal work, who entertains on lavish scale and has a marked predilection for luxur- ious surroundings. The writer treats the stories of Kitchener sleeping on a camp bed in the war office as highly amusing to the war lords intimates who are aware that such an idea would never enter his mind Kitchener, it is true, does not choose self-indulgence and ease. He has no time to fritter away in luxurious idleness, but his tastes, this authority states, are not for simpVcity, but for rich and elab- crate living.
 The myth that has grown up about Kitchener is attributed more to a book by the late c. w. Stevens, en- titled, With Kitchener to Kartoum," than to any other source. In this suc- cessful and widely read novel Stevens pictured Kitchener as the sort of man most people have since believed him to be, when as a matter of fact he was made a "fictionized" hero who has found the book beneficial in keeping
 undesrables at distance. Even in
 England the Kitchener of fiction has in aAgreat measure supplanted the man himself, while numerous anecdotes,
 more or less imaginary, have added to
 the false conception of his character.
 It is interesting to note, according 10 this writer, that Kitchener does not
 even look like his pictures, which usually justify the impression of a cold, steely-eyed soldier who would be an unpleasant subject for an in terview. On the contrary, Kitchener is described as having florid, "al. most puffy" features, grayish hair, a light brown mustache and an expres- sion which is neither stern nor cool. There is, it appears, tendency to be irascible, attributable to early expert ences in the tropics with alien races
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
Keep Off the Track

Every once in while the public is startled by some innovation-an oc- currence which indicates reversal of the old order of things. We become accustomed to certain round of hap penings, common to the average hu- man experience, and then there comes something unique.
 Ever since Watt invented the first steam engine, constant reports of stock being killed along railroads have been before the people Suits to ,.recover darlages from railroads for Killed on the tracks are so fre- quent as to receive but few lines in newspapers and attract but little at- tention from any save those directly interested in the suit.
 But the old order changeth. In Olathe, Kan, a jury has just refused damages to both parties in case in which a railroad asked damages from the owner of q COW that was killed, and incidentally derailed car.
 The owner of the cow also desired dnmages, and the effort to decide which party sustained the greater damage, was too much for the jury
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hence the decision that no damages be awarded either party.
 It is not the outcome of the suit which attracts attention so much as the fact that the case is unique-the only one on record in which railroad attempted to recover damages from the owner of stock killed by the rail- road.
 If this sort of thing is to continue, what will be the end? It requires no great stretch of imagination to con- ceive of traction company suing in- jured persons for damages done the company in giving it reputation for carelessnessl
 But one solution of such situation presents itself-and that is the grow ing popularity of the safety first movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT BIRMING1AT1'S
 OPPORTUNITIES WITH RIVER NAVIGATION

-HE opening of the Warrior river to
 navigation and the prospective Tennessee river mean more to Alabama than anything which has happened in the present generation.
 The Mussel Shoals project will not only furnish navigation. but power to produce fertilizers for all the south and nitrates to supply this country with all it needs for the making of powder and explosives in the event of foreign war.
 The opening of the Warrior means cheaper freight rates for Birmingham and an outlet to the southwest.
 The proper thing to do is for the Ten Eessee company to take over the Ensley Southern branch of the Southern Railway, either by purchase or lease. and operate it in connection with it's own railroad. the Birmingham Southern. This company might easily operate a barge line, which could not only deliver it's products to Mo- bile and New Orleans, but as far west as Galveston, opening up the Texas market end all the southwest to the products of the Fairfield wire mill.
 The Southern Railway has been very generous in offering it's line to the river for the use of the industries of the Bir mingham district, either by trackage ar or otherwise.
 As matter of fact, President Fairfax Harrison of the Southern Is, perhaps, the most broad-guaged railroad man in the country today He thinks there will be traffic enough for all and is throwing no obstacles in the way of the development of river transportation. Indeed, he is with the people of Alabama in this.
 I took the trip with Senator Bankhead and party last week through Mussel Shoals, thence to see Improvements in the Tennessee at Chattanooga, and on Thurs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
The Confederate Reunion

q think Birmingham stands a good chance to get the Confederate re- union for 1916" said Mitchell Coxwell. district passenger agent of the South ern railway.
 "The fact that the reunion held here In 1908 was such a splendid success in every way will certainly make the invitation extended at Richmond popu- lar. And then another advantage that Birmingham offers as a southern con- vention city Is its central location. really do rot see how any other city than Birmingham could be seriously considered for next years reunion.
 There will be record breaking crowd at Richmond next month. Sem timent is a big asset in connection with the capital of the Confederacy, but aside from that Richmond Is noted for it's hospitality and its general attract iveness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
GOSSIP IN LONDON
From the Philadelphia Evening Tele-

From the Philadelphia Evening Tele-
 graph.
 This tale is from behind the trenches One of the big gun batteries had been hotly engaged so hotly, in fact, that when Hull came Tommy was able to cook his bacon in the gun barrel
 How he saw Mir Churchill under shell fire was described by Signor Calzabodolo. the London correspondent of the Giornale dItalia, Rome, at the Lyceum club, last night.
 Signor Calzabodolo said he was in the battle line near Lierre and in the midst of a group of officers stood MT. Churchill He was enveloped in cloak and wore yachtsman cap
 He was tranquilly smoking a large cigar and looking at the progress of the battle, under rain of shrapnel which I can only call fearful
 Tt must be confessed that 1t is not easy to find in all Europe Minister who would be capable of smoking peacefully under that shell fire. He smiled and looked quite satisfied
 A typical story is being told of Joffre. When Poincare came to Alsace after the first French advance he brought with him baton. And when he offered the honor to Joffre the generalissimo asked the President if he had one for Castlenau. Castlenau is the young genius who has sprung from fairly humble position to the highest command But he is also a royalist, and there was no marshars a baton for him. Very well,' said Joffre. Neither I nor any of my colleagues will accept from the republic the honor 1t re- fuses to a better man than am of us.''
 Some of the fashionable West End Qondon) restaurants now find themselves in an awkward position. Within the last fortnight their French walters and pastry cooks have received summary notice tc join the French army-the notice often not being more than an hour or two-anc it has been a hopeless task to attempt te fill their places straight away. That they have managed to scrape through with th' dinners must be considered almost mir acle.
 Tine Soldiers and Sailors Buffet a l victoria Station. London has now beer | in operataion for several months, and al average of 1000 a day have received re l treatments free of charge. It is supported l entirely by gifts either of money or il kind. A pound week was held iron April 2s.
 | During that week pound of an. comestible. such as tea, potted meat, but l ter. sugar. coffee. cake. was grateful, 1; received al the Buffet-or, as always, gift of money instead from those who ha,
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not the opportunity to give provisions.

Looking round one of the Kitchener camps recently, one is struck by the at- tention bestowed on the huts by their tenants. Almost the first thing Tommy does on arriving in hutments Is to name his new home Either he writes 1t in chalk or paint on the door or. else he in- dicates 1t by an elaborately artistic ar- rarigement in pebbles and earth hard by. Here are some of his names for his little wooden hut: Noa Bark, Drymouth's Man sions the Abode of Love and Rest. Buck ingham Palace II. the Kharkidrome T. Atkins-His Hut. Not infrequently the hut is named after his native town or the house where he was formerly bllited. Generally, too. humorous legend Is also affixed to the hut door. Don't ring the bell-whch is absent without leave,'' Knock and kick" Beware of the Lance Corporal" "Drunkards Entrance" Ca broken window), and the following rhyme
 Come inf you're thin,
 But if stout-stop out" are some of the notices seen.
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but otherwise the real Kitchener is by no means the man he is supposed to be. Even his alleged attitude to- ward the press is said to be greatly exaggerated, but thanks to the legend of his inaccessibility, he is carefully avoided by English journalists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
The Rest Cure

Come unto me and l will give you rest" Matthew II, 2S.
 The invitation to come to Christ is an invitation to accept His attitude towards life and His commands for life.
 The rest which He promises flows naturally out of the acceptance of His attitude and of His commands. Christ's attitude towards life may be summed up under four heads: Patience, confidence, activity, un- selfishness.
 Patience. He was willing to wait. He did not depend for happiness upon an immediate achievement of His will. His attitude towards the Roman em- pire was striking example of this. Rome had her corrupt hand over His land and His life, but He was con tent to deliver His message calmly, leaving that to have it's way with the tyrant. This patience which was in Christ will contribute to our rest. Here is a world in slow process of making. Impatience with it's growth is fatal to the rest which He had and which He longs to give.
 Confidence. But with the patience went a mighty confidence that God would work His way with His world. There may be at times some doubt as to whether you or I shall be accepta- ble as agents of God, but never as to whether His great purposes shall be consummated. One of the elements in rest is the quiet, abiding confidence that Gods in His heaven"
 Activity. Patience and confidence, however, are but cold virtues without activity. Patience degenerates into passivity and confidence becomes pre- sumption, unless one consi stently and determinedly lends oneself to the tre- mendous processes of Gods moving Rest without activity is stupor born of blindness and sloth, and certain degeneracy is its offspring. Labor is the mother of rest.
 Unselfishness. Christ's statement of His mission, q came not to be min istered unto but to minister" touches another thing which cannot be neg lected in any discussion of rest. Self ishness, self -centeredness, self-seek- ing, the constant fear lest one be over looked, or sighted, or not recognized, is a fruitful source of unrest-and of an unrest, how pusillanimous! How majestic in contrast is that unrest which one has at times when one ques- tions whether one is giving enough of oneself, whether one is really meeting the stern and awful require ments of proper living.
 | And word about the commands of Christ. These give rest to body, mind and spirit. Christ contributes to nor nal, physical rest, because our bodies are in many senses one with our minds and spirits; and because His laws make for health, and health makes for rest. He gives us mental rest, because His commands are Gods and our minds are Gods. If we will obey Christ He will set at peace all the difficulties of our minds or give us good reason why we ought to wait And our spirits are satisfied in His commands precisely in the same way that the animal is satisfied with food and the flower with sun and air. Nor need any man ask in vain for light even upon his personal problems, for God will give His word of guidance in the inner ear.
 HENRY M. EDMONDS.
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 The charge made by German that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
VAGUE AMBITIONS
rom Harper's Magazine.

Every man." the banker said. wants to do something outside his own work.
 Yes" assented the cigar manufactur- or. T manufacture good cigars and yet I've always wanted to be a banker.
 You wouldn't be good one. I am a successful banker. but I always wanted to write book. And now here this man Wagner tried his hand at music. Just listen to the stuff. And yet we all know he used to build good parlor cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
A MEAN DEVICE.

"what are you buying so much dis infectant for?" Are you afraid of germs?'
 No but hope to establish tenn porary peace zone"
 "In what way?"
 After I disinfect our premises thor oughly the wife doesn't have any call CTS for a day or two"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
ADRIFT WITH THE TIrlES
TAKING NO CHANGES.

TAKING NO CHANGES T believe there's such a thing as an excess of caution"
 Explain"
 Well. there's Doppel, for instance. He's so afraid of becoming entangled with member of the fair sex that he never visits the same manicure twice."
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sou.a Advocate. Woman suffrage

John Philip Sousa, the famous band master and composer of popular light operas, as well as marches, has expressed himself in a newspaper interview as strongly in favor of woman suffrage. In discussing his recent compositions, Mir. Sousa said to writer in the Musical Courier that he had recently completed a march entitled '"rhe Pathfinder of Pan anna which he believed would prove as popular with the public as the Washing ton Post" and the Stars and Stripes Forever" The newspapers throughout the country have given 1t favorable recogni- tion. and Mir Sousa believes the music Is just as catchy as the Stars and Stripes Forever" which has been looked on as his most popular march.
 The man who wrote the Bride Elect" which has been classed as the most pop ular light opera ever written by an Ameri- can composer, also announced that he had just completed a new light opera entitled. The Irish Dragoon." which was founded on an incident in Charles Levers novel of the same name. MT. Sousa says that it Is different from most comic operas in that in 1t there are many dramatic incidents The book was written by Joseph w. Her bert The leading role was created for Andrew Mack, and there is much comedy fin the role, MT. Sousa says It will be brought out in New York in October by Klaw and Erlanger and probably Cedar Rapids will hear 1t late next season.
 Sousa and his band are on their way to San Francisco to fill a nine weeks en- gagement at the Panama-P Pacific exposi- tion.
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New Ern of prosperitx

"When some of the leaders in the business world began to predict early in the year that the country would soon enter upon a new era of pros perity some of us feared that it was merely the wish being father to the thought; but the prophets of the busi- ness revival were not mistaken" said J. l.. Lardner of St. Louis.
 'In some of the western states busi- ness became very active several months ago. but it was not until March that trade barometers indicated anything like widespread improvement. Today everybody sees that in every section business Is better than it was even month ago. The south Is well on it's feet again, and the outlook is bright indeed for the coming sum- mer. Crop diversification in the cot ton states Is of great importance. Large results will be seen two or three years hence.
 But speaking of the new era of prosperity. something like boom is already on. Unless this country should get into the European war I look for unparalleled prosperity next fall
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Of Interest to Alabama

Inquiries which the state department or agriculture and industries is receiving from outside sources as to Alabama lands would Indicate a healthy interest in this state" said a Birmingham man who has returned from visit to the capital
 The significance of these inquiries is that the persons who are making them desire official. dependable information. and they expect to get 1t from Commissioner Wade. The commissioner wishes to be helpful to the land owners of Alabama, but he is handicapped by the fact that owner who lists with the department. ] understand that MT. Wade believes this law should be repealed and will work to that end
 While in the capitol I learned that the newly created bureau of markets is pro- gressng well under the supervision of it's chief, Emmet A. Jones. There was some opposition on the part of commission merchants and wholesale grocers to the new produce law, but this has virtually disappeared, as the measure has become better understood and the merchants realize that it operates in their favor as well as that of the producers. The bulle- tins issued by the bureau have been quite fully awake as to the importance of the bureau as factor in improving conditions for them.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
BEGINNING THE DAY-Let

nothing interrupt my communion with Thee, My Father God. May I do Thy will and see Thy face. May I value the sense of Thy presence more than all the entlcements of sin. May I walk with Thee and talk with Thee today. and may everything I do he laid before Thine eye. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. k.
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REVENGE IN THE KITCHEN.
 Waiter, I want to thank you for this soup. It is richer and thicker than any I ever had here before.'
 "Yes, sir. Just confidentially, sir the chef had a row with the boss and the way he's wasting stuff is eau ton"
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The Mexican trouble will probably never adjust itself. but the best that the United States can do now is to look after important matters and let petty problems wait
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One gathers from some critics of the ravy that if could easily be demolished by fleet of modern motor boats us- ing pea shooters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
HENRY M. EDMONDs.

The charge made by a German that certain American millionaire booked passage on the Lusitania to take a sporting chance" is probably not far from the truth and there were a few others on board whose conversation be- fore they sailed showed that they were willing to take sporting chance.
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Certain newspapers are protesting that Colonel Roosevelt. talks too much. A late day to be making discovery like that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16

When man rides around in an au- tomobile painted yellow, with black trimmings he is presumably striving for a humble bee effect.
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Building a tunnel under the sea would not insure safe travel for non- belligerents. It would be easy to blow up the tunnel.
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How sad it must make the Kaiser feel to recall the days when he and T. R. were almost on the point of calling each other by their first names.
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Hume Mo, leaps into publicity by institutins pay up" week. But why make a. ceremony of settling ones lit- tie accounts?
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Leadville Col, Is the highest incor- porated city in the world and ten- dency to look down on other cities is not to be wondered at.
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England may jeer at President Will sons pacific policy. but John Bulls war policy doesn't seem to be getting him anywhere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
HAY VERSUS RUBBER.

HAY VERSUS BLUBBER.
 Seems to be a pretty smooth sales man you have there,' remarked the visitor.
 'Indeed he is,'' said the proud mer- chant. "I believe if it were put square 'ly up to him he could sell breakfast food to Eskimos."