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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04
Highway Locating Committee

The route of the Jackson highway has been located from the northern lakes as far south as Nashville, and on November 10 the board of directors of the Jackson Highway association will meet for the purpose of deciding upon the route from Nashville to the gulf.
 As there was an actually organ ized contest between Mississippi and Alabama for the gulf end of the high way, the recent meeting of the asso- citation at Nashville wisely referred the question as to route to a neutral board, made up of members from non- contesting states-IDuisiana, Ken lucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Penn- sylvania and New York. Preliminary to the November meeting a path finding" commission, composed of a government engineer and three of the l directors chosen from neutral terri tory will go over the proposed Ala bama route and the proposed Missis- sippi route. These pathfinders will start on their mission this week ano will probably make the round trip i from Nashville to New Orleans-ont way through Alabama and the other through Mississippi-before the sec. ond week of November.
 As the Jackson highway will be used largely by the automobile tourists from the north and east, the route should without question pass through Decatur, Birmingham. Montgomery and Mobile. This is certainly the logical route from tourist point o1 view. People from New York, Chi cago and the middle west who motor to New Orleans will, as matter ol course, desire to come through Bir- mingham, of which they have heard much, and then pass on to Montgom- cry and to Mobile, the latter long famed as a tourist resort city. Mis- sissippi may offer historic attractions but certain it is that the automobilists would be sorely disappointed if their itinerary did not include Alabama.
 While the final decision will be with the board. the report and recom mendations of the pathfinders will practically determine this route ques tion.
 As the matter is in the hands oi disinterested men with government road engineer who is known expert in highway routing and survey worl to suggest and advise, it is hard to set how the Birmingham Mobile line car fail of adoption. At any rate, all thu people interested may be assured oi fair deal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

London Correspondence of the Journal
 of the American Medical Association. "HE difficulty of supplying sur
 geons for the new British army
 X continues to occupy the medical .,thor;ties as well as the government.
 At A meeting of the war emergency Committee of the British Medical asso- cio+ion the present position was stated
 as follows:
 f1A The number of men already on whole time war service totals 526o, lz) tho number of men of 5o- and over of
 fer;nr whole-time war service, AT; i3) the number of men from 40 to 4s or fering whole-time service, 436; (4) the number of men of 40 and under offering whole time war service, 633. and (5) the number of men of 40 and under not on or offering whole-time war ser vice. e555 up to date. It is seen. there fore. that there are approximately 655S medical men of military age in England, Wales and Ireland. Of these it Is nec- essary at present to obtain the services of about third. Upward of 800 men over military age are offering whole time. The military authorities say that l if these men could be induced to take up war locum work, as they are for the most part not wanted by the authori- ties they would set free number of men who are unable to go unless they can obtain substitutes. local help not bein gavailable. Professor Littlejohn pointed out that the war office re- quired at the present moment 2000 out of the 6555 men of military age still
 available in England, Wales and Ire land, for the proceedings of the war
 emergency committee did not deal with Scotland, where an effective national
 committee exists. The large number of young military men at the base hos pitals, many of whom had, in ordinary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04
WIRELESS EMPHASIS
from the Youths Companion.

From the Youths Companion.
 She sailed into the telegraph office and rapped on the counter. As the clerk came forward to meet her. he remem- bered that she had been there about 10 minutes before He wondered what she wanted this time.
 "Oh," she said. 'let me have that tele- gram I wrote just now; I forgot some thing important. I wanted to underscore perfectly lovely in acknowledging that bracelet. Will it cost anything extra'
 No. ma am." said the clerk, as he handed her the message.
 Tho young lady drew too heavy lines beneath the words and said:
 Its awfully good of you to let me do that! It will please Arthur ever % much"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04
Eagerly Awaiting Great Actor

'The people of Birmingham are mani festing unusual interest in the coming ~ Sir Johnston Forbes R Robertson. the great est English-speaking actor of this gen. eraton," said Brown Parks.
 He is now making his farewell Amer ican tour
 AS is well known. Forbes-Robertson started as an artist. Before he was 21 he had sold many of his paintings. This life, however. was thought too pre- carious profession, especially for a lad who was one of family of Il, and he had to turn elsewhere What more nat ural than that Forbes Robertson, him self the son of an art critic and jour- nalst, should turn to the stage? 1t was fortunate for him, as he says, that hav- ing decided to devote himself to the his tronic life he came under the influence of so great an artist as Samuel, Phelps, a splendid master with that rare capacisy to impart, for it does not follow that be- cause a man is a good actor he can teach others. Forbes Robertson soon leaped the ladder of success. His Hamlet is said to be the acme of Shakespeare impersonation. Forbes Robertson made his farewell tour of England in 1912-13 appearing for the last time on the London stage at the historic old Drury Lane Theatre Royal in Hamlet on June 6, 1913 He was hon. ored by the King of England with the title of knigf thood at the close of his London season He began his farewell American tour in New York in October. 1913, and since that time has been saying his fare- well to the American public. Though 1t has taken him three seasons to cover all the leading cities of this continent, his farewell is a genuine farewell, for he will never return to any of the cities he says farewell to. At the close of his last season the Co., lunba university in New York bestowed an honorary degree upon the actor, the first instance in the history of the Amer ican stage that foreign player has been so honored."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04
THE MOVIE FINGER WRITES From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Every industry nowadays evolves it's
 own literature. We observe a movie en-
 terprise announcing that there's thumps
 and throbs" in a new offering; five reels
 of punch, pep and plot, pluck, perils aud
 pitfalls The plodding pawns of penury cross and recross the primrose paths of plenty, plagued by pitiless perfidy, down, down, doggedly down to the defeating dusk of disasters doom. Then Fate, the fickle fiddler's fancy. shifts and from out the tortured tangle love leaps and laughs and links the lucklorn lives with loops of gold.' s
 The movie, refecting the maelstrom of modern life, long ago swallowed the best actors and dramatists. Now it is evil dently widening to devour the more re- fined literary talent. Did Robert Cham bers write that 'ad," or was 1t Hen James? And are we to witness all liter ature become reely?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04
THE HAWK

From the New York Herald.
 Particular mention was made in the Herald's stirring cable dispatches from London yesterday of the great work done by the air squadrons of the allies in the successful piercing of the German lines within the western war zone. Untiring reocnnaissances were in that week of ceaseless activity supplemented by many air battles and substantial damages were in many regions inflicted on supply trains, railway connections and reserve store houses. It was arduous and hazardous duty, brilliantly performed and ftly rec ognized.
 Oe all the untried war energies assem- bled at the outbreak of hostilities none 1 perhaps has proved better right to ex- istence and none has asserted a stronger claim to development than the aerial ma | chine In the field of endeavor it's value In scouting has been unsurpassed. Indeed,
 in long range reconnaissance it has been
 unequalled. Ashore it has replaced all
 other means of securing speedy and cor
 rec. intelligence and afioat it has be-
 come, like Nelson's frigates, the eyes of
 the fleet. It is, in short, indispensable,
 and because of it's efficiency has forced
 many changes in the theories and appli-
 cations of grand tactics.
 It is for these compelling reasons that
 in any effort to secure vital preparedness | for war special insistence must be laid
 on the importance of creating a large aerial fleet. It's place is surely fixed in
 the composition of naval war force, for of
 necessity this must include the sword
 fish, the leviathan and the hawk-that Is, the submarine, the battleship and the air
 craft. Its tactical value has been es-
 tablished beyond question, and therefore it's production becomes in essentials ar economic and industrial problem. But time must not be wasted, for as a naval
 essayist wisely puts it, one airplane may be hurriedly built, but it takes years to
 establish home plants to create an ade- quate fleet and to train a personnel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04
FULFILLING THE HISTORIAN

From tho New York World.
 When the future impartial historian of tha war gets to the actions of September 5-2S 1915. his troubles will continue.
 Following the French account, he may tell of the capture of several square miles. of 12O,0OO Germans put out of business, of 25, ,oOo prisoners taken. including a small contribution by the English. He may set down that 17,Sn German captives passed through Chalons alone. Looking in the British reports for confirmation, he will note that the first German prisoners taken to London had high cheek bones and a Slavic cast of face.
 Turning to the German reports, he will rub his spectacles with amazement. They are silent as to Germans taken prisoners. while claiming 3S7 captured British though versions sent by British cables do not contain this tedious detail. Admitting losses of men and material on September p. the Berlin report later says that part of the territory has been recaptured, while costly French attempts to break through in Champagne were unsuccess- tul, except on a front of 390 feet
 If he seeks to learn which reports are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04
SYMPHONY IN YELLOW

By Oscar Wilde.
 An omnibus across the bridge Crawls like a yellow butterfly, And, here and there, passerby Shows like little restless midge. Big barges full of yellow hay Are moved against the shadowy wharf. And. like yellow silken scarf, The thick fog hangs along the quay. The yellow leaves begin to fade And flutter from the Temple elms. And at my feet the pale green Thame Lies like rod of yippled jade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

least biased. the puzzled scholar wi gather from the French that the whit ligh'. of truth is self-evident in the Gall communiques; from Berlin that good an bad news is given out by the general sta1 with cold exactitude; from London thd when eyewitness gets around to the maj ter two months later. a British gentl( man cannot lie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04
BEGINNING THE DAy-My God,

BEGINNING THE DAY-My God, I can do so little; I have so little strength and so little time and so little wisdom and so little grace. Help me, then, to put my little ex- actly where 1t belongs, to do just the thing which Thou hast for me. Guide me every day and give me n close ear for Thy faintest whisper. In Chrfst's name. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04
Regarding American Composer.

Being music lover. and naturally in- terested in the achievements of American composers, I am glad to see the lead ing conductors giving native talent more space on their programmes than for merly," said w, S. Creighton of Pitts burg. But I agree with those master musicians who do not allow their desire to encourage American efforts to play any work that is not high class.
 "Walter Damrosch, in a recent inter- view in Musical America talked sanely when he said
 " Although the war has almost stopped l the importation of new works by foreign composers, said the noted conductor, 1 we shall have particularly interesting list of offerings. For this wartime con- dtion makes it a particularly appropriate time to give hearing to our own gifted composers. trust we will be able to offer some works which will appeal to the musical judgment of our public, rather than to their patriotism. I have never believed in introducing works of Americans for patriotic reasons, instead of for the sake of their intrinsic worth. l " In fact, I do not believe any patriotic purpose is served with the encouraging
 of an American by performing a work
 of his which is not worth while. The
 way to encourage composer of ordinary
 music is to discourage him from writing
 any more of such music, so that he may turn his attention to something else. By performing the work you will not even convince him that it is ordinary. The l c0mnOSPr is likely regard his
 work with the ecstacy of parent, and | when he hears it performed for the first time he is filled with exaltation and he considers 1t beautiful even though it may
 be mediocre. He is similar to the woman to whom ugly child is born-no mat ter what the world may think, that chi6 is not ugly to It's mother. Thus it is apt to be with composers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

Rattlesnake oil has been declared a fraud and the old d-fashioned circus per former is looking around for a new remedy for sore joints.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

Glasgow's 800 women street car conduc- and wasting time. If an acquaintance climbs aboard her car. what can Dame Conductor dc but pass the time Q day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

Bill Sulzer says the bull moose party is dead As Bill is in the political grave yard himself. he ought to know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

According to testimony in the Bessemer
 police investigation, the hapless gun toter caught in the tolls, was expected to donate his pistol to the police de- partment a matter of course.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

China, we are told, is not ripe for a | republican form of government, as n- | dications that China's political affairs are still rotten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

Music is being tried for a cure for insanity. If a few of the ragtime com
 posers could be locked up, insanity
 would be less prevalent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

If the allies could swat the Teutons as successfully as the American people swat the flies, the war would soon be over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

An Iowa man who found 500 four-leaf f clovers in three weeks is evidently not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

The report that the Turks in. despera- tior set dogs on the French forces is probably true. The canine population of
 Turkey Is so great that a few dogs slain on the firing line will never be missed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

The "jitney submarine" will never en- joy the public confidence and approval in spred by the jitney bus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

A correspondent says that the Kaiser
 no longer makes a speech on the slightest
 provocation. an indication that Wilhelm is a busy man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

Alexander, who wept for more worlds tol conquer, had nothing on Doc Cook,
 eating his heart out because there Is noth- | ing left to discover
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

Having been summarily legislated out of
 a job, Dr. Abercrombie naturally feels | that son ebody is to blame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04
DIDN'T MAKE GOOD

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal
 Archibald is going to find 1t awful ha to get another job; no vacancies in tl mail carriers list.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

It Is now possible for a lovelorn swain to talk to his girl across the ocean, but the price will continue for sometime to be prohibitive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

The latest note of Germany on the Arabic case did not appear to fix a smile on off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

New York stenographers who "got in right" on war stocks are said to be in- vesting largely in limousines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

The British embargo on German toys
 has been lifted enough to let Santa Claus crawl through.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

l The charge that Chattanoogans shipped liquor in collins clinches the argument
 l. ot the prohibitionists that whisky is deadly l stuff
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

The weary ploughman no longer plods his way homeward at the close of day. iffy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

The man who keep a quart of liquor locked up in his safe isn't going to take any chances with burglars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

they will hold Bulgaria to strict &C., countabiliy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

That inseparable pair, politics and al
 cohol, are giving the French Parliament a peck of trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

When it comes to industry, the busy little ant has nothing on the boil wee YiI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04
THE DANGER IN FACE POWDER

From Bulletin of the Kansas State Board of Health.
 Face powder has it's rangers the same
 sional cases have come under the obser-
 vaton of oculists in which the patients,
 invariably women, complain of vision be-
 ing blurred, inability to use the eyes fer
 any length of time, and severe itching of
 the lids. The slightest rubbing of the
 lids produces a marked redness of the
 eyes and only aggravates the itching. ln severe cases the lids are frequently swol-
 len from constant rubbing There is a sticky, elastic secretion which, when be- ing removed, pulls out in long strings. Microscopic examination of the secre- tion reveals masses of what appear to be crystals. Until recently no satisfactory explanation of the presence of these crys- tals in the eye has been given. Secre- tions taken from the eyes of two sisters suffering from this peculiar compla mt were submitted to the professor of path ology of one of the university medical schools, who found that the crystals came from rice face powder. Seven other patients in which the same symptoms ard microscopic conditions were found all used the same make of face powder. When the powder is applied to the face
 with a puff, a portion of the fine dust is driven upward and lodges on the moist eyeball The rice powder in the presence of the tears then becomes muscila ginous in character and is not washed from under the eyelids. The powder produces the irritation, which is aggravated by rubbing. Those who use a chamols skin in applying the powder are less liable to cause the fine dust to arise, which prob ably accounts for the condition not beir.g found in every woman using face pow der. The condition is quickly relieved by flushing the eye with boric acid solution The irritation rapidly disappears when i the eyes are kept washed out with a soothing eyewash.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

Sheffield Standard: Legislature made efforts to protect the citrus fruit orchards need not worry for they will receive large quantities of citrus fruit from their constituents in the future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04
ALABAMA PRESS

Nor rtgomery Advertiser: Montgomery paperhangers are so busy these prosperous times they haven't got around yet to paper our walls with our share of those Anglo French war bonds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

Troy Herald: Who ever thought that Alabama could exist after the adjourn nent of the legislature?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

Decaturs Daily: Sarah Bernhardt won't quit the stage so long as she has a leg to stand on'-Age- Herald. The di- vine one would probably be willing to stand on her head if the public leg could be pulled from that position
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

Dothan Eagle: See that the allies are winning on both fronts. Must have front front and a back front
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

TGskegee News: Our Birmingha m friends did not get all they wanted but in spite of that they are going to stand together, doing their level best to admin ister with wisdom and energy the great trust committed to them in the building and operating of the greatest city in Ala bama To that center have gone the very cream of manhood from all over this country. and they are not going to be doWned by anything.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-04

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala.' postoffice as second class matter uh- der act of Congress Mareh S. lefs
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1915-11-26
Gardens In che Ice.

A glacier when it dislodges itself and
sails away over the Arctic ocean never
travels alone. In the wake of every
large one floats n line Of similar com
panions. The Eskimos call this phe-
nomenon "the duck and ducklings."'
and any one who has watched the
progress OF the wild duck followed by
her brood will appreciate the aptitude
of the name Strange as 1t may seem,
plants grow and blossom upon these
great ice mountains. When glacier
is at rest moss attaches itself to 1t,
protecting the ice beneath. just as
sawdust does After time the moss
decays and forms soil. In which the
seeds OF buttercups and dandelions.
brought by the wind. take root and
flourish.