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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Chicago.-"Just enough of you to make one good pigeon pie, and I'm afraid you're doomed remarked Frank Waltenberg as he released three carrier pigeons from a. taxicab at 9 a. m. today.
 The three slate-colored birds rose to the roof of hotel, circled well together, and then started west at express train speed.
 The three carrier pigeons are headed for the pigeon loft of Herman Shaick, at kankakee. III. Each of them carries an identical message, reading:
 Bertha and I were married March r. Congratulate us.'
 T hope pa won't take it out on the pigeons said Mrs. Waltenberg as the birds flew away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
THE PENDULUMs SWING

B.
 Reversed! Not long ago, when verdicts were being rendered against our great in- dustrial corporations and heavy penalties were being inflicted, the yellow journals and undertaking magazines were shouting in exultation. Now, while the courts are acting in the light of reason, reversing the decision in the National Cash Regis ter case. dismissing proceedings in the Keystone Watch, the United Shoe Ma chinery and the Periodical Clearing House association cases, expressions of public satisfaction are heard on every side. The pendulum is swinging away from unrest and unreason, toward sanity and safety.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
A Fish Story Contest

"I would like to see a monthly prize of fered for the best fish story printed of not over 150 words" said a nimrod: "such ability, and to be the experience of some one during the time of the contest. say for April to begin
 T have to listen to all sorts of tales and details of many fishermen's experi- ence. Sometimes there are very absurd things related in perfect good faith. Then again there are some happenings that are too ridiculous to be overlooked. For in- stance, well-known jeweler, a star fish, erman of the ruby class, went out fish ing one day and carried along all sorts of bait, flies, snares and lures. He was not exactly certain about how to use the DoWaigiac-an artificial mnnow with many hooks attached, which has to be cast and drawn through the water to make the spinners turn and to excite the pugnaeity of the bass. He betoolx him. self to a small bluff on the banks of No. T. and dropping his rDowaigiac' into the waters-just as if a live minnow in- stead of a wooden one was on his line he stood patiently waiting for a bite. "A boatman, himself a fisherman, passing by and seeing the novice raise and lower his minnow very deliberately, exclaimed: {: What in the ell are you trying to do- fsh?'
 The uninitiated. confessed he didn't know any other way to use the darned thing He knows better now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

~ HOP talk at times is interesting to O the public.
 0 The Age-Herald "shop" took on. so to speak, the Mrs. Jacks Home-Made Ham Biscuit when the first ones were made and the boys and girls in The Age Herald office ate them. Walter Black man, the artist Baxter Eastburn, the cultured ad man and ad writer, Stanley, Judge Mandy and everyone determined to make the biscuit a go.
 Blaekman began drawing pictures, East burn writing ads. Dolly, Stanley and Judge Mandy writing stories until Bir- mingham and all the country round about became enthused over the Ham Biscuit.
 Mrs. Jack hasn't been able to make them fast enough to supply one-tenth of the demand The groeers are begging TOT them 10 Supply tnelf custoHners. Iio- cery wagons are in front of Mrs. Jack s house at all hours. taking them as fast as they can be turned out, and everybody who tastes one wants another.
 It simply shows that if one makes a good thing and properly advertises 1t a universal demand can be created in twen- ty-four hours.
 That "It Pays to Advertise is certainly being demonstrated in this instance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Prosperity Coming Fast

New York city has looked like it's old time self recently" said j. R. Fe1thaus of the borough of Manhattan
 Last fall business was distressingly dull. And up to the middle of February there was very little apparent improve ment March was a fairly good month. Signs of improvement were certainly in evidence then. But not until April came did the business district take on a dis tinetly buoyant appearance. The boom in the stock market is one of many signs that prosperity is coming and coming ia st ''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
The Roebuck and the Southern

T am heartily in favor of the Southern club taking over the RoebucS if a reas- enable financial plan can be worked out and I have no doubt that such can be done," said an active member of the Southern.
 T am not a member of the Roebuck, but l would very much appreciate it's golf and other privileges that attach to a club in the country. The RoebuclS club owns Ill acres of ground and it's golf links are the finest I have ever seen.
 Whatever is proposed in the way of merger of the Southern and the Roe buck will have to be acted upon by a general meeting of our club But I am inclined to think that if the board rec ommends feasible plan it will be adopt ed with enthusiasm"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
For n light heart lives long.
 Loves Labor Lost.

BEGINNING THE DAY-My Lord, I would give to Thee this day, l would have it wholly Thine. Other days I have given. but I have re- served a part, or later have with drawn a part or have forgotten al- together. Take this day now, while 1t is fresh. Put Thy seni upon 1t, tn- form it with Thy presence, bcautify it with Thy grace. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

A Paterson, N J.. police judge sentenced a man charged with working on Sunday to attend religious revival every day for man accepted the revival proposition in lieu of jail. Probably he thought that since he had been working on Sunday it was only fair to give Sunday a chance to work on him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
THE HAPPY MAN

By c. K. Chesterton.
 To teach the gray earth like child, To bid the heavens repent. only ask from fate the rift Of one man we'll content Him will find: tho when in vain search the feast and mart, The fading flowers of liberty,
 The painted masks of art. only find him at the last,
 On one old hill where nod Golgotha's' ghastly trinity
 Three persons and one God
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

A polecat slipped into the home of a Texas ranchman and bit him on the right cheek while he slept It is safe to wager dollars to scents that the ranchman did not obey the scriptural injunction about turning the other cheek. and it is hardly probable that what he said would har- monize with Sunday school language.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

Photographic dispatches announce that British army officers are shipping many Missouri mules to the war zone. Some conservative citizens protest, declaring that the exportaton of mules for army purposes is a violation of neutrality. But the shipping goes on just the same, the shippers evidently being immune from kicks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
HENRY M. EDMONDs.

The chief probation officer of Boston municipal court says slovenly wives and untidy homes drive husbands to drink. Isn't 1t equally reasonable to assume that drunken husbands drive their wives to untidiness?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

'The Defendant Took the Witness Stand" says a newspaper headline in re- porting the trial of a man charged with theft. Obviously this man just couldn't help taking things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
PEPPERY
From the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post.
 Women are the spice of life"
 That's the time you said something" And life without spice would be- "spice? thought you said spies" re- piled the man whose wife had found a poker chip in his pocket
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

In voting for Birminghams $1,250,O0o bond issue Monday be sure to vote for the two items that go to make up the total s75o,OoO and $5O0,OOo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

Backbiting comes high in Roswell. N. M' where man has just been fined s5 for testing his molars on his wife's shoulder blade
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

It need occasion no surprise if /acci- dent insurance companies should begin cataloguing the mayoralty of Terre Haute, Ind, as a hazardous occupation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

A recent decision of the federal court in favor of increasing railroad fare in Arkansas may be justice to the rail- roads, but how is the poor old Arkansaw traveller going to stand it?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

Obviously the English are of the opin- ion that they can't fight booze and the Kaiser at the same time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

Potash has been discovered near Anna rillo, Tex Now. if some prospector wil. only find Perlmutter the combination will be complete.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

Birmingham's moving picture theatres will be operated today for the benefit of the East Lake orphanage..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
Inquiry for Farm Property

Small farms in Alabama, especially those within 50 or 60 miles of Birming- ham, are in more demand now than was the case a few years ago" said T. J. Arnold of Hill & Arnold.
 Many farm settlers have come from the north during the past five years, and most of them are found prospering in this section of the state. Truck farming is more and more in vogue in the Bir- mingham district, and within the next year or two the number of truckers here- abouts will be largely increased
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

idea of the musical parties and lectures now in Paris. No gaiety-ony desire to seem to have courage and resignation. These noble-hearted women console each other in meeting and telling of their news. One lady who came late with her daugh- ters told me that she had just come from a funeral-she looked it. as she was in mourning clothes. She told me that she Lad heard that day that orders had been given 10 provide accommodation for 7500O wounded between the 18th and the end of March! The absence of the men at the war front leaves as far as the male popu-
 atlon is concerned a lot of callow youths These are monopoized lonized and made much of by the feminine part of the population. They are the beaux; they are the future husbands-if the others are killed off. The Parisian sees things every day that astonish and puzzle-the other day I saw little fellow-in America he would be about 10 years old-in Paris he likely was 16 or whereabouts. He was ann bling along in the side streets with his arm apout the waist of a girl who could not have been more than IA. She was stealing furtive glances behind her and to the right and left to see that no one was watching or following her. You can make up the rest of the story-the low CTS! At this age, Well, it is true, and lots of queer complications in Paris. The darkness of the streetsfat 5 o'clock, the utter change in all sorts of relations-men away, women working. young girls and boys running errands and having excuses to stay out or stay away-what else can be done? The French mother is very careful about bringing up her daughter and keeps her by her side at all times until she Is married or grown up. Now, the mother is working, all are working all is changed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

Dry Branch, W. Va, was recently the scene of drunken riot And yet some people insist there's significance in a. name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

No, Clarise, the Schlitz that made Mill wauKee is not the kind of slits the girls wear in skirts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

The man with spare money who thought Of buying United States Steel common at 40, but didn't, is now "cussing his luck"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
BY CARRIER PIGEONS

Spring has come, but before it is gone there will be another frosty night or two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
Easter Programme to Be Repeated

The beautiful musical service rendered at the Church of the Advent on Easter Sunday will be repeated today at II o'clock
 'I have heard many fine cholrs in va rious cities. but few ever impressed me so favorably as that of the Church of the Advent under the direction of Prof. Fred l.. Grambs," said travelled man.
 "The chorus is large and well balanced and the finished style of it's singing is the result evidently of frequent and care full rehearsal. Memolis 'Te Deum,' a new work which was sung for the first time at the Advent on Easter Sunday, will, I am sure. be heard again by mem bers of the congregation with great pleas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

With film producers predicting that pic- ture show seats will eventually go to s each. the high cost of amusement seems to be reeling upward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE EFFECT
 OF ADVERTISING AND RESULTS THEREFROM

Speaking about advertising, when the European war started last August there was the biggest slump in newspaper and magazine advertising this country has ever known. It was especially noticeable in the south, where newspaper advertis- ing was curtailed in many instances fifty per cent. Some concerns, notable among which was the Royal Baking Powder Many of the automobile concerns gave money to the buy-a-bale of cotton move ment and discontinued newspaper adver- Using. As consequence their business appreciated to almost nothing.
 Now, however the advertising business has started again. Those who are pro- ducing feel that they must advertise their products and today's Age-Herald shows lots of old advertisers who have begun again and many new ones.
 * # x
 Indeed. all of sudden the spirit of ac- tivity has permeated the land. The New York Stock market-always a criterion has suddenly developed trading greater than for years past. Stocks are jumping  in leaps and bounds. The people who have been hiding their money have brought 1t into the open and are seeking investment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
JUSTICE NOT A COMMODITY

their free judges can work for them with out their having to pay trial advocates to make justice question of luck, or par tial payment.
 If it were Utopian, such practical busi- ness men as members of the board of trade would not force settlement of dis putes in their own free arbitration "courts'-to avoid the expense and delay of lawyer-courts. If it were Utopian, cities would not establish free legal aid bureau dhat is, free justice') for poor people whose little cases cannot stand the trial advocates percentage.
 The change that is coming will simply mean that trained investigators will be attached to the courts to help the judges reach their conclusions; instead of hav- ing trained lawyers. as privately paid ad- vocates, go into the courts to get the judges confused. Of course, it will throw a lot of professional gentlemen into other ways of making living, just as the introduction of the gasoline engine com pelled certain vehicle manufacturers and salesmen to do something else. But the saving to be brought about by making the law more certain, by eliminating the incentive of profit in absurd legal codes, and by making it impossible for wealthy or unconscionable litigants to rely on the wiles of their attorneys and on the rules of the game instead of the merits of their causes--that saving of money and of morals will be quite prodigious
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

United States Steel stock has jumped from $40 a share few weeks ago to near ly s6o today. Other industrial and railroad stocks are going up in like proportion. United States Steel Corporation plants everywhere are resuming operations and have big orders
 The stores of Birmingham have looked entirely different in the last three days from any time in six months past. and most of them are doing more business than they have ever done at this season. For almost year the people in this section have been suffering and, naturally, complaining. Now. however they are be- ginning to wear smiles and are perlSing up in every way.
 l hope the pervading spirit of business rAvival and better feeling will permeate the personnel of the Alabama legislature and that the legislators will get together With the governor. oblterate past ani- mosities, forget the prohibition issue and will produce system of taxation and legislation generally which will be so business-like and practical as to produce credit enough for all factions to share.
 l haven't felt so optimistic in year.
 l believe man who wants to do busi- ness can do it now.
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-08
SHIPS AT PANAMA.
ARE GOING AROUND

PANAMA, Oct S-The Panama
canal will remain closed until all
danger of serious slides in Gaillard
cut is passed Mai. Cen. George w.
GoethaIs, governor of the canal
zone, issued orders to the dredging
EenRineera to blast aWay tie tons e
1.-The hills III order to bring INTO the
channel ali loose dirt and thus per-
manently remove the source of the
slides.
OF the ninety-fve ships here, many
are departing for their destinations
by way of Cape Horn. while Others
are trans-shipping their cargoes
across the isthmus by rail- The
steamers Finland, which is at Col
on, and the Kroonland, which is
due to arrive here tomorrow from
San Francisco, will exchange their
passengers and cargoes.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-08
AFFAIRS OF Dir. HILLS
WILL BE GIVEN AIRING.

NEW YORK. Oct. s.-Indication
was given that the financial affairs
Iof the Rev. Newell! Dwight Hills.
pastor Of Plymouth church. Brook
lyn. an ediiice made famous By
Henry Ward Beechcr, viii be aired
soon in court.
|. Attorneys for DR. Hills obtained
a summons requiring the appear
ance in the supreme court within
twenty days of Frank l.. Ferguson,
former president OF The board of
trustees OF Plymouth church, who,
for nearly five years, managed the
|elergyman's business affairs.
M. Ferguson said that he, was
glad the summons had been issued
and that the matter was coming in
to court.
1.-The pubic can look for some
lively proceedings" he declared.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-08
ENGINEER STILES BACK
FROM RIVER INSPECTION

AUSTIN, Tex. Oct. S.--Captain
Arthur A. Stiles. State reclamation
engineer, returned yesterday from
an extended trip in North Texas.
where he inspected the levee dis
tricts along the Trinity River in
Kaufman and Ellis counties 4 pro-
posed district in Kaufman county
was also inspected. Captain Stiles
will remain in his office throughout
The week. Next week he win so on
a tour OF inspection Of the leyee
districts in Central and Southern
Texas.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-08
PHILLIPS TO DEilsER
C0si,iEN1E .gEST ADDRESS

UNIVERSITY or TEXAS, Oct. s.
Hon. Nelson Phillips, associate
justice Of the supreme court Of Tex
as, will deliver the commencement
address to the graduating class at
the State University next June. Or.
Battle. acting president Of the Uni
,ersity, expressed himself this morn
ms as much pleased that Judge
Phillips had accepted the invitation.
1T is IA matter OF great satisfae-
ton" said DR.. Battle, ito have the
most important feature OF our
commencement settled in a way that
will meet with such general APP
proval.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-08
COURT STOPS BUILDING
OF TRASH iNCINERATOR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Oct s.A
temporary injunction II behalf Of
citizens restraining the city Of San
Antonio and the Decarie lncinerator
company from proceeding with the
construction OF an inciAerator at
Dakota and st. Charles street, was
granted here today BY Judge ". +.
Nzell of the Seventy-third District
Court. An appeal has been made to
the Fourth Court OF Civil Appeals.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-08

town this week. according 70 recosss
received here wEo4,en and children
were beaten to death, Il was said.
Adyices received from Aqua Pri-
eta said that La Colorado Rad been
captured " the indians after .
short fight. Prior TO the advance on
Ia Colorado four hundred Yaquis
were said TO have taken possession
lee Tres. county seat Of the Tres dis
|frict.
Several foreigners were believed
to have been at la Colorado but no
word lias been received from them.
One mine there formerly was oper-
ated by an English company.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-08
wnr HeIps ler.e, Horse show.

YOUNGSTOWN. n. T.. 0ct. So
The entry list for the 18th annual
horse show OF the Morristown Field
Club. which opened hero was lars-
or than IN past years by reason OF
the international horse show not
taking place this fall in london,
,hus keeping more fne animals In
this country.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-08

posed 10 have quite collection of
these filnly articles OF apparel, in
fact quite corner On the veil mar
ket, but any fashionable damsel OF
1915 turns up her nose behind one
Of her fifty-sevcn varieties and shifts
idisdainfally at poor old SAILS paltry
seven. :
| When you take the veil however,
be sure and take smart one. The
wide black meshed ones with deep
and intricate black lace border are
simply stunning and are worn gath
cred in closely to tiny black tarban
/ Ike a skull zap and then flare ont
I like a lamp shade or the full skirt
lof a premier danseuse.
The question of length is . vital
proposition with these newobeuffant
Yeils The more elaborate lace ones
lfall wen down around the wearer's
shoulders and bust Wine others with
but a, narrow border flare out piqu
antiy Just level with your chin.
/ Many Of the smartest hats are
made with the veil Already attach
led It is as vital an adjunct AS a
flower or a feather.
Besides the lovely black lace ones
lthere are smart taupe, brown and
blue ones in piedium mesh with
embroidered edges in conventional
designs ike the Greek key or the
Wall Of Troy
The, borders Tor veiis Of course Of
ser wonderful opportunities for the
display OF versatility and originality
amcrg designers and already we
have fringe and fur playing the
role OF veil edging while metallic
borders Of galoon or tiasel are used
on veiis through the meshes Of which
threads eli silver and gold CLEAN fit
fully
You are to be kidaed a lot about
your top coat this TALL for the top
piest top coats OF them ali are made
Of white kid, If you please. Amaz-
ingly they are, toe. with Innings OF
brilliant green, scarlet. purple q
orange. Others OF White oileloth
vie with the kid effec,s and Innings
are more often IN serge in these
coats than OF Six. Grey kid and tan
are also shown but naturally the
white creations are the newest and
most striking Of garments. Oh YOU
Kid coat. you're bound 70 get mi
lady's goat II doting hubby doesn't
come through for one.
Leather aud kid trimmings are
very good for frocks and blouses as
we'll as coats and buttons and bind
ings OF bright colored feathers add
up-to-date touches to many fall
and winter toilette.
You simply can't get away from
fur however, no matter il you 50
further and strip the animal OF his
inner skin. Beaver landings on
seal brown satin or Chiffon velvet
is one OF the loveIiest combinations
Of the season and you cane 50 far
wrong il YOU acquire a gown OF
either of these two materials beaver
banded.
Skunk banding on ametlist satin
is charming althopgh skunk is
mighty expensive this year They
are offering es substitute, ilying
squirrel fur. but The erect is hard
y happy one as the flying squirrel
Is soft aud matted looking ard I'M
doublediy would show 70 adsan-
tage only on galioping horse orr
woil, say fiying squirrel
AS a matter o. TACT ana good
worse than none but j you have the
price there's really nothing 70 beat
the band th.s season provided it's q
real fur band
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-08
TERRIFIC COMMANDMENT
GOING On IN THE WEST.

LONDON. Oct. s.A more ter
rite homha.ament fhap that II SEP
,eaa A l4s ot4 4aa
tire northern front, accordjhs 70
Amsterdam dispatches