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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
Helping Yourself and Others


 Birmingham's pure food and home products show next week under the auspices of The Age-Herald calls att tention to the fact that the buying of home products extends much further than mere patriotism. Far from being a species of se1fishness, the support of our own industries is the acme of unselfishness and community helpful ness.
 A small factory which now employs ten people could easily employ forty people if Birmingham housekeepers would use the product and compel this factory to turn out its maximum out put. If housewives will specify Bir- mingham products whenever possible it will add hundreds and thousands of people to the pay rolls of local con- cernS. .e.e.
 When you buy something made in Birmingham" it means more than ap- pears on the surface.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
NOVEMBER

By John lGreenleaf Whittier. Talk not of sad November, when day Of warm, glad sunshine fills the sky of
 noon,
 And a wind. borrowed from some morn
 of June, stirs the brown grasses and the leafless
 spray On the unfrosted pool the pillared pines I Lay their long shafts of shadow; the
 small Till,
 Singing a pleasant song of summer still, A line of silver, down the hillslope shines. Husbed the bird voices and the hum of
 bees: In the thin grass the crickets pipe no
 more;
 But still the squirrel hoards his winter And drops his nut shells from the shag-
 bark trees. Softly the dark green hemlocks whisper; high Above, the spires of ye.lowing larches
 show,
 Where the woodpecker and home-loving And jay and nuthatch winters threat
 defy. o gracious beauty. ever new and old. o sights and sounds of Nature, doubly dear When the low sunshine warns the clos ing year OfN snow-blown fields and waves of Are tic cold! Close to my heart fold each lovely thing Sweet day yields: and. not disconsolate. With the clam patience of the woods l wait For Leaf and blossom when God gives us
 spring!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
Record Steel Sales

According to one of the largest steel manufacturers in the country, the present situation in the steel industry is astounding. The volume of busi- ness is tremendous and there is every indication that this activity will con- tinue for the next twelve months. The market is just now "swept clean" However, plants already in operation are being enlarged, works that have been idle for years have been put in operation and it is believed that the manufacturers will be able to increase their output to fill the unprecedented orders with which they are flooded.
 As an example of what is going on in the steel market, it is stated that the New York office of large inde- pendent company last week sold $12,- 100000 worth of steel products, most of which was for export. This estab- fishes a new high record. If one com pany, and not the largest in the coun- try, does $12,o0O,O00 worth of busi- ness in single week, the total volume of business in steel must be enormous.
 Record-breaking profits are re- ported by all steel companies. It is predicted that if deliveries are made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
ROMANCE IS NOT YET DEAD

From Golfers.
 Barrie's Leonora was "oneF of those round whom legends grow even in their lifetime" Private Johnnie Poe of the British army, slain in battle in northern France, was another such. The papers said he was 40, but we never can picture him as more than 25. Figures must lie when they make out that Johnnie last played in Princeton's back field nearly 20 years ago. Johnnie Poe. as hero should, shed his years, just as polished marble sheds the rain, and wasn't a day older when he took the Kings shilling than back in '9S when he marched away under the Stars and Stripes to help drive the Spaniards out of Cuba We haven't heard yet what he did in Flanders on the western front; will it be worth compar-
 ing with his exploit in Amalpa harbor,
 where, as captain in the army of Hon
 duras, he opened fire on a Nicaraguan gunboat and bluffed 1t out of the har- bor: Or with the time he was marooned in an open boat ito perish on the broad
 Atlantic?" That time a warship sighted
 the nearly exhausted soldier of fortune, and the captain called to him: We can't,
 bother with your baggage" There was splash-a tiny one; then Poe was hoist ed on board. What did you throw over?' the captain asked. My baggage" said Johnnie. q only had a toothbrush Leg end, perhaps, but characteristic. In an earlier generation Poe would have been frontiersman, with a long rifle and a coon cap, like Daniel Boone in the school histories and the unpictlred forefathers
 of Abraham Lincoln. Born too late for that Poe made new frontiers of his own being a true muslxeteer, a D'Artagnan, but unboastful. According to Thoreau, ..the mass of men live lives of quiet des- peration." Johnnie Poe's life was some thing not so drab.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
MAKING A SHORT STORY LONG

From the Kansas City Times.
 Lewis Carroll author of "Alice's Ad- ventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass; carried his quaint humor into every day life, as the fol lowing letter recently resurrected by the Christian Science Monitor. goes to show:
 "Christ Church, Oxford March 8, 1Sso My Dear Ada: Qsn't that your short name? Adelaide is all very well, but you see when one is dreadfully busy, one has not time to write such long words-par- ticularly when it takes one-half an hour to know how to spell it-and even one has to go and get dictionary to see if one has spelt it right, and of course the dictionary is in another room, at the top of high bookcase-where it has been for months and months, and has got all covered with dust-so one has to get a duster first of all and nearly choke oneself in dusting it-and when one has made out at last which is dictionary and which is dust even then there's the iob of remembering which end of the alphabet "A" comes-for one feels pretty certain it isn't in the middle-then one has to go and wash ones hands before turning over the leaves-for they are got so thick with dust one hardly knows them by sight-and, as likely as not, the soap is lost, and the jug is empty. and there's no towel, and one has to spend hours and hours in finding things-and perhaps after all one has to go off to the shop to buy new cake of soap-so, with all this bother, I hope you won't mind my writing it short. and saying MY dear Ada-"D You said in your last letter you would like a likeness of me; so heer it is. and I hope you will like i,-I won't forget to call the next time am in Washington. Your very affec- tionate friend. LEWIS CARROLL.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
LATTER DAY SAINTS
he Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat Day Saints, as founded by Joseph Smi was organized April 6, 1880. After des of Joseph Smith in 1s44. Brigham You assumed a leadership which resulted a movement westward and settlem' in Utah. where doctrines and teachif foreign to the original church were pI mulgated.. In 1852 the church as, found by Joseph Smith was reorganized and1 1860 the late Joseph Smith of Indep1 dence, Mo. became it's president. bel succeeded at his death by his eldest sI Frederick M. Smith of Independence. The Reorganized Church of Jesus Chf of Latter Day Saints is the origis church in succession, and is In no VI connected with the Utah Mormons. 1 Reorganized church has always been active and vigorous opponent of pol] amy, and it's members have the repuA ton of being law-abiding, peaceful cs zens. Tine above facts arc clearly out in the decision of Federal Judge Jd F. Philips in the famous Temple Fl case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
CoRsE PAYToN's LAMENT

New York Cor. Cincinnati Times-Star.
 Corse Payton, Brooklyn's world famous impresario for the masses, was sorrow fully ruminating upon the changed condi- tion in the theatrical world. "Ah.'' he ex- claimed "Commercialism-the pernicious effects of the moving pictures-all these things are lowering the standards of the profession; but there are some of us who will fight to maintain them. I saw the whole Barrymore family for 15 cents the other night; but my prices remain 1o 20 and 30!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
SOUTH AND BOOKER WASHINGTON

From the New York World.
 Among the many tributes to the mem- ory of Booker T. Washington from men prominent in public life, by all odds the most notable, as it is also in the circlim- stances the most significant, is the off cial statement of the governor of Ala bana:
 Tn the death of Booker T. Washington the colored race has lost it's greatest leader. He was a man of unusual force and executive ability, and in many re- spects rose above the environment of race. In my opinion, his efforts toward the development of his people have been of great benefit to them and to the en- tire south. Born slave, living life of earnest endeavor, and at his death the chief executive of an institution of na- tion-wide reputation created by his own brain and energy, demonstrates to the world the unbounded possibilities open to those whose purpose is to accomplish something, and marks him as one of the able men of his time.'
 To have deserved this eulogy from the governor of a former slave state affords pTOOL oI tHe STSdtuSSS OL tu6 work accomplished by the negro educator. Most northern people are inclined to think that the attitude of the Vardamans and the Cole Bleases toward Booker Wash ington and his efforts to uplift his race is the typical and characteristic southern attitude. On the contrary, it Is a wholly misrepresentative attitude, one reflect ing the racial bias of only a small ele- ment of the population-the element that has resisted the intellectual and industrial progress of the south and remained ignor- ant and reactionary.
 What the south really thought of the former slave who effected so much for the social and mental emancipation Of his race is more truly expressed in the generous and whole-hearted tribute of the governor of Alaabma.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
MOST TROPICAL TOWN

the cost of maintaining and inlproviI the village parks was $55.s6S That paid out $6350 in salaries to grave digGd and lawn rakers in it's municipal csn tery. That it built a baseball park a public expense of s10,795. That fl average cost of garbage collection for | year was $130 day. That the weigI masters salary there is 800 month al the total receipts from his office for q year $17.20.
 Whatever the fact, the village boasts more street lights than the city of Cl cinnati with it's population of 363, ,591. is not content vita light on every ci ner. There must be 40. On every strd intersection along it's main thoroua fare there are eight standards, and every standard there are five lights. Al there are more standards between q ners. The village has in it's white wal 66S metal posts on which are install 3136 lights. The cost of installing tl system was sS1, ,S33, and the cost of opi ating it last year, s1s,S22. The villa also has a park on it's outskirts wh1 is a blaze of glory at night.
 The average number of men drawi| pay from the village from January last year the pay roll carried as maI as 1O11 men. At the last state electi in Hibbing, which was in 1914, the toI 1914, to March I. 1915. was S55. One mon vote cast in the village was 1918.
 Other Mesaba Range towns havl large mineral valuations are not lagga} in the matter of expenditures For stance, in the village of Mountain Ir4 which by actual count last fall hadI population of 1Os7, tax levies have creased 11.G5S per cent in eight years.
 Mountain Irons per capita tax levy j the year 1913 was s97.67. or about $iO0 l every family in the village. The villa of Buhl in this district has public bull ings which have cost it's taxpayers $21 0OG, while the assessed valuation of privately owned buildings in the N lage last year was $S7.752.
 The burden of taxation on the Mesa Range rests upon the corporate veal In 1914 the United States Steel corpoi tion alone paid s4.09S, ,0S61o to the treiI urer of St Louis county. Minnesota, taxes on it's mineral holdings in til county. Several independent miniI companies are likewise heavy contrI utors to the tax funds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

in the first quarter of next year, at present prices, the United States Steel corporation in January, February and
 March will be able to report net earn ings of between 5O,OOO,OOO and $60,- 900. 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
THE LARGEST COLD PIECE

From the ,Argonaut.
 On May 1o 1872, the largest piece of gold ever mined was taken from a claim in New South Wales. It was feet Inches high. feet inches wide. 4 inches thick on an average and weighed $40 pounds. The value of the metal was $l4S,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
wearers of short Skirt.

Women may continue to follow the dictates of the fashion makers of Paris, and wear their skirts just as short as they please. The city will not interfere
 Yesterday, The Age-Herald was asked over the telephone as to the foregoing. The lady declared that she had read a statement in the press to the effect that Commissioner Barber had complained re- specting short skirts-or abbreviated at tire. She was very anxious to know whether the ladies of the city, when fash ionably dressed, would be subject to in spection by the Irishmen on the beats.
 The city, it was learned yesterday, will confine its censorship to the short skirts which are worn on the stage. Up to the present time, no action respecting others is contemplated. The commissioners de- sire it understood that they are concerned solely with the clothes which women wear when entertaining for so much per hour. As to informal inspections by the police- men. the authorities would not commit themselves
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

Eugenia Kelley, the young heiress whose escapades along Broadway fur nished a great deal of Tive copy for metropolitan newspapers, has been mar ried to g. dancer. She has probably de- cided not to settle down, after all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

The Chicago doctor who permitted defective baby to die proved himself a true humanitarian, regardless or the yawps emitted by cranlzs who accuse him of murder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

',Blaek Diamond" the buffalo whose likeness is printed on sf0 treasury notes and the latest 5-cent pieces, has been put to death, but he will continue to live, so to speak, in the pockets of the nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

X West Virginia woman wants di- yorce from her husband on the ground that he has been drunk for 30 years. She probably got tired of waiting for him to peg out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

Radium is now quoted at $36,ooO g gram. This information is published for the benefit of persons who wish to dis tribute a few grams of radium as Christ mas presents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
SHOULD CHIT THE GRIT~

From the New Orleans Item.
 We note that General" Coxey Is a candidate for United States senator on the socialist ticket in Ohio. Better stick to his old method of approach on Wash- iugtOu.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

Vice President Marshalfs wedding gift to Mrs. Norman Gait is a gorgeous Navajo Indian blanket. Originality seems to be the motto of Vice President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

From all indications the next bout Jess Willard is scheduled to take part in will be a, tame affair, and will not require MT. Willard to "eXtend himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
TAKEN

From the Houston Post.
 A Houston lady won the prize for the best biscuits. But before all the unmar- ried men begin the rush to the domestic science exhibit it is proper for them to know that she is already wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
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BEGINNING THE DAY---O God.

may my worship today color my thinking and my acting. May my songs set fire to my life. May henr Thee speak to me today rnat l may be tenderer and stronger to- morrow. Save me from preense' save me from form, pour Thine own seIf into me. In Christ's name. Amen.--H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

Winston Churchill is called an Eliza bethan Englishman" by a correspondent which is considerably milder than some of the charges recently made against
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

Mr. Root had nothing to say after ms presidential boom collapsed in New York. Perhaps what he wanted to say wasn't fit to print.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
WEE sMN HOURS. PROBABLY

From the New York World.
 Merely as a matter of curiosity. we should like to know at what hour of the night 4Oo young men in Pittsburg elr> listed in the proposed new continental army.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

Seniors at Ohio Wesleyan university have declared war on student mus taches doubtless using microscopes in some cases to locate the down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

Gen. Jacob Coxey seems to feel the need of little exercise. At least, he's thinking of running for the presidency on the socialist ticket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
NOT INTERESTED.
HEIGHT OF REALISM.

Any realism in this play?'
 Lots of it. Just wait a moment WhI an automobile honks off-stage a stroI odor of gasoline will be waited throu| the house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
ALABAMA PRESS

Marion County News: They are getting too good in Birmingham. Some talk of stopping the operation on Sunday of nov ing picture shows, soda fountains. street cars, telephones, newspapers, etc. Gadsden Journal: Birmingham voters are in a bad way. They have to pick two men for commissioners from 15 candi- dates.
 Montgomery Journal: The more that Birmingham paper cavorts the more the people of Alabama will be convinced of the righteousness of their own ways in all things looking to orderly politics and right doing in all the relations of life. 
 Mobile Register: Georgia has been a dry state for several years, but it will be put in the Mojave- Sahara Mobile class on May l.
 Alexander City Outlook: The ankle watch has not made it's appearance in Alexander City, because we watch all the
 Andalusia Star: Alabama is an apt scholar-shes learning to feed herself.
 Oneonta Southern Democrat: There is no one thing that helps the cause of edu- cation so much as the building of good roads. We notice that since building the pike out by way of Cleveland young men and young ladies from that town arc at- tending the high school in Oneonta, com ing and going each day in automobiles, the distance (nine miles) being made in less than 90 minutes. These pupils get all the advantages of the school and at the same time are with their parents at night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

Cleveland has an armless judge who contrived to get elected without shaking hands with the voters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

c. W. Post left a fortune of approxi- mately s3o,Ooo,ooO, thus proving the truth of the old adage that it pays to adver- fiSa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

At the hour of going to press Kitchener had not yet taken the entire Turkish na- ton by the nape of the neck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
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READY.

A cheerful chap is Henry Sloat,
 Although his life is rather hard; He's bought a winter overcoar,
 A turkey gobbles in his yard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

SEEMS REASONABLE. ."I put all the money I had on Hal Boy and the beast didn't even show walled Mir. SportISins. 'Is Happy Boy horse?" queried NJ sportkins.
 Certainly. ma'am' And he didn't show, you say?' Didn't you just hear me say it?" Well, if the horse didn't put in appearance, I should think you could your money back"
 NOT INTERESTED Perhaps 'twere better that his name F Should never be recalled; But-pardon us-what has become Of. Captain Archibald?
 Peoria Journa Is he the long, slim sort of duck With hardly any hair, Who carried notes for Dtlmba? If he is, we do not care. N4
 Houston Pos Don't criticize poor Archibald Because he chanced to skid; He says himself-excuse our smile He knew not what he did.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
Bapti.ts to Get Together at the ~


 'There is indeed much activity at the Young Mems Christian association these days" remarked Judge Alvin M. Douglas.
 Not only are the various departments alive with vigorous young men in search of pleasure and recreation, but there is fast developing numerous social features to the Birmingham institution which is hardly without rival in the south
 '"rhe various attractions of this CO., operative organization are supplemented by intelligence on the part of the man. agement and employees. and the building has of late become headquarters for va rious bodies interested in useful endeavor. "One of the best attractions of the in- stitution is the menu served from the cafeteria; and many are the suppers and luncheons served to gatherings held in the banquet hall.
 sIt was only Friday night that several of my friends attended the get-together meeting of the young men of the First Baptist church on the fourth floor. There were some 0 young men in attendance, believe, and while dinner steaming hot was served from the eating place below various measures concerning church work were discussed with a view to arousing even greater interest in the affairs of the First church. At the close of the supper all adjourned to the social in progress at the church. My friends inform me that both the affair at the association building and at the church last night proved distinct suecesees. sa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

Despite his undignifed name, Governor Spry of Utah is man of poise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

A VETERAN. CT understand he's been ill public life a great many years" ''Yes. I dare say that fellow has worn out half dozen Prince Albert coats
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

A GOOD ACTOR. ''Do you believe all men are gay deceiv- ers?' asked Mrs. Twobbie. "No, indeed" answered Mrs. Dubwalte. "There's MT. Dubwaite for instance" 'Yes?"
 'Tn his efforts to deceive me he even goes so far as to shed tears."
 STYLISH MISS. Her heart is light, Her face is bright, A happy girl is Susan Toots, Who lately went, Iris said. and spent Six dollars for some Russian boots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20
rHEY,RE so NUMEROUS.

.'seems to think well of himself, eh?" .Do you know what kind of fellow he is?''
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

Alexander City Outlook: The ankle watch has not made it's appearance in Alexander City, because we watch all the trains in order to see the first arrival
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, postoffice as second class matter un- der act of Congress March 8. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

Gadsden Journal: Birmingham voters are in bad way. They have to pick two men for commissioners from 15 candi- dates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

Mobile Register: Georgia has been a dry state for several years. but it will be put in the Mojave- Sahara Mobile class on May 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

L. D. Griffis and W. D. Brumbeloe are the only authorized tavellng represen- tatiyes of The Age-Herald in Its circu- latIon department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

Andalusia Star: Alabama is an apt scholar-she's learning to feed herself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

No communication will be published without its authors name. Reelected manuscript will not be returned un- less stamps are enclosed for that pur- pose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-20

..He takes stock of himself dozen times day for fear he'll overlook some of his good points"