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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06
Prosperity in the South

Early in the year I was making tour of the northwest and the section seemed quite prosperous as compared with the south, when I was here in November of last year, and while the west is still enjoying high degree of prosperity l believe the cotton states are fast catch ing up," said J. P. Dandridge of Boston.
 When it comes to New England and the east, most industries have been run ming normal all this year. As for the steel trade it is overtaxed. Every mill is running at maximum capacity.
 'The public is familiar with the boom conditions in my part of the country; but 1t Is a revelation to a New Englander to see prosperity spelled with a big P in evidence throughout the south.
 Tn Charlotte, N. C., Charleston, S. G., Savannah. Atlanta and Macon. Ga., the high price of cotton has wrought won ders. But I find Birmingham is the most prosperous city in the whole south. It has not only cotton as a mainstay but the biggest industrial pay rolls in any southern city. This district has indeed a splendid future"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06
MOVIE ART OF THE FUTURE

From the New Republic.
 The art form toward which moving pic- lures seem to be struggling Is form of suggestive pantomime. Just what type of pantomime this will be we cannot yet say. but 1t seems fairly certain that it will be on the order of freak, naturalstic spectacle, such as "Cabiria." It will not lie in screen versions of famous novels or plays. however much this particular
 kind of feature film may be exploited at the present time.
 For these screen versions are neither
 more nor less than book or play; they are essentially different. Moving picture directors in their more honest moments will tell you this. They know only too well that "movie' plays are not the same
 in structure or form as the regular "legit-
 imate'' plays from which they are now
 so often taken. "A fair average" di- rector said recently, lis this: one-third is taken direct from the original play, one third more is adapted with considerable alteration, one-third is original-created." :" The emotional appeal of book or play adapted for the movies is much weaker than the emotional appear of an original movie" play. Compare an ordinary short film, written especially for the screen. with the photo-play version of some fam ous novel which you have not read. Qn case you have read it, a fair judgment will be difficult. becaues associations and memories give the film a certain extrinsic value) There will be no question-tho frank movie" play will be remembered long after the tedious episodic feature film is forgotten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06
Health First.

Kansas City, under the supervision of Dr. Paul Paquin, it's health direc- tor, is to make the health of the chil- dren the first consideration of the public schools. Teachers are to be trained to detect the first symptoms of disease or unhealthy condition, which they will be required to report to the school physicians.
 This is not only a means of pre- venting contagious diseases, but en- ables the physicians to locate suffer- CTS from constitutional disability or disease.
 Along with this, the Kansas City health director is instituting an ac- tive campaign for cleanliness and hy- giene. In short, the children are to be made healthy and wholesome first, and learned afterward.
 Millions of dollars have been spent each year in this country educating children who die before they reach the ages of 20 to 30 years," says Dr. Paquin. "Under modern system of i preventative medicine the education of the child must rest on a foundation of good health. With such founda- tion healthy minds and morals must result. Healthy bodies and minds are susceptible of training entirely with out the scope of the unhealthy child..'
 Twenty physician assistants will be appointed by the Kansas City board of education to assist in the work of bringing every child in the public schools of that city into a healthy, normal physical condition. Heretofore the public schools have been concerned chiefly with the cul- tivation of the mind, but it is high time that they recognize their respon- sibility for the physical and moral de- velopment of the children.
 In order that the boys and girls de- velop into normal, active, strong manhood and womanhood, their devel- opment must be threefold-mental, moral and hpysical. None of these three clements should be developed at the expense of the other-it takes a perfect harmony of the three to pro- duce the wholesome, healthy, normal man and woman.
 That is what the public schools should strive for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06
Moving Into Better Houses

There were many people moving on the first of the month." said Edward Ar mold, manager of one of the local tran fer companies. These last few days have been busy ones for the transfer people One thing that I noticed especially was the many people who were moving into better houses than they were living in formerly. This struck me as being a good sign of returning prosperity. There are many houses in Birmingham that can be rented at reasonable price and they are gradually being filled up. It was not so long ago that one could find numerous houses vacant in nearly every part of the city.
 "I expect of all the hard jobs for the housekeeper 1t is moving. There is always g number of articles that have accumu- lated that are of no use but they must be put on the moving van just the same. The cleaning and arranging of the fur niture in the new house is another hard job and by the time everything Is put in good shape, the lady who runs the house Is either ready for a vacation or the doctor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06
The Anglo French Credit Loan

The financial district of New York has shown its resourcefulness on so
 many occasions in years past that large syndicate transactions centering there seldom attract more than pass | ing attention. But the oversubscrib- ing of the half billion dollar Anglo
 French credit loan is an achievement that will become historic and will be reckoned of far-reaching importance from a trade expansion point of view.
 It might have been supposed that so stupendous loan would have been raised only by drawing upon the fi- nancial resources of every section. But the bulk of the subscribers came from New York, New England and Pittsburg. Even Chicago was not called upon for much.
 The influence of this loan trans action upon the stock market was inn mediate, but better still it had a di- rect effect upon business in general. The announcement that the loan was subscribed and oversubscribed proved a distinct stimulant to the industrial world and marked a high notch in the confidence of capital.
 When the Anglo French commits sioners opened negotiations with the bankers of New York three weeks ago the amount of credit loan sought was full billion dollars. It was soon deemed advisable, however, to limit the amount to half a billion, with the understanding that if the war con- tinued another half billion would be asked for a few months later.
 In the handling of the second propo- sition Chicago, St. Louis, San Fran cisco and even the cities of the south will have a chance to participate on a large scale.
 The United States is now financial "power" of the first class. And after the war is over New York, and not London, will be recognized as the fi- nancial capital of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06
HOTEL LOBRIES
Democratic Harmony

Many of my republican friends pre- dicted that the democrats in the Sixty fourth Congress would not be able to keep together, and furthermore that President Wilson would not be able to get through his legislative programme rnis winter. but from all can see harmony will prevail, said D. c. Clinton of Washington, D. C.
 The democratic majority is consider ably diminished. but that very fact should result in all the greater cohesion in the party.
 President Wilson was never stronger with his party than he is today, and all the measures he proposes or backs will be enacted into law.
 T think Congress will have an ex- ceptionaly harmonious session this win ter''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06
CANNIBALS TO BE SIMULATED

From the New Republic.
 Even African tribes safeguard trade passing through their territories. Tt Is not necessary to multiply instances to prove that in the commercial intercourse between two nations like the United States and Germany. there is consider able element that is primarily to our ad- vantage and thEtcan advance the military interest of Germany only in an insignifi- cant measure, if at all. A due regard to the interests of friendly nation should lead the blockading nations to reopen the channels for such trade. Through the intermediation of neurrals it would be possible for the warning nations to ar rive at conventional basis for the fa- cilitatins of innocent trade, just as con- ventional bases have been established for the treatment of the nationals of each country resident on hostile soil. The can
 nibal tribes of West Africa were at pains to keep their private auarrels from interfering too seriously with the trade that moved through their territories Is 1t too much to expect that the civilized na- tions of Europe might in this respect strive to emulate the cannibals?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06
Henin on Cotton situation

'The farmer will get IS cents or more for
 his cotton if he will only exercise a little
 patience" said Congressman J. T. Heflin.
 who passed through Birmingham from AL
 bertville to his home at Lafayette last night.
 "The cotton statistics which I presented in a special in Tuesdays Age-Herald sur prised many people no doubt. The cotton crop is less than the government esti-
 mate. According to the reports l re- ceived from state commissioners of agri- culture Alabama loses it's third place in the cotton world. Texas, of course, will always come first And Georgia will con- tinue second for many years perhaps. It used to be that Mississippi ranked third. A few years ago that state dropped back
 and Alabama rose to third place. This year, however, Mississippis cotton crop is larger than Alabamas, and therefore our sister state returns to it's former po- stion.
 "The cotton farmer can borrow all the money he needs. He should avail hins self of the easy banking facilities and hold on to his cotton until it is bringing 15 cents or upwards. It will go to 20 cents,
 but look for 15 cents in the very near future"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06
"IRON MONEY IN IRON TIMES"

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 For the first time in history, Germany will have iron money. Owing to the short age in copper, the government has or dered all the 5-pfennig pieces to be with drawn from circulation, and in their stead an iron coin will be circulated It will be made of Siemens-Martin steel, and will have a milled edge.
 There was much popular opposition tc the coinage. in 1873, of the nickel 5-pfen- mig piece; and the people called it ''noth- ing" nickel; and the government was fin ally-compelled to replace it by the familiar copper coin.
 Whether other coins will be converted into iron." says the Vossiche Zeitung depends on the length of the war. Pa triotio Germany will gladly line it's wal le, with steel at this time, if it will stee our phalanx at the fronts. We do no like iron; but iron is appropriate for iror times"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06
TAKING A BATH IN JAPAN
Croy in Leslie s.

| 1loiiici NlOy III bcSii0 ..
 l Promptly the next morning was awal. ened at by the maid coming in and pull. | ing open the windows and doors, for the Japanese sleep all night long without Q breath of fresh air.
 T want bath" I said to the girl. Oi course she did not understand, so I wadd. ed my handkerchief and gave myself a pantomime scrubbing. When she under | stood she became quite voluble-it was not the custom in Japan to take bath in the l lnorning-that was for evening. But in- sisted and she went to make it ready. Half an hour later when the water was heated she led me to a small room with paper doors and paper windows but 1t did not look like a bathroom to me. On the floor was a wooden foot tub the size of a collar box, while in one corner of the room was a square box, half the size of a bed, with water in it. Something told me that this was the bathtub.
 Getting out of my clothes, I began to figure out what the little pickle tub was for. I saw that 1t was for the scrubbing and that the big box was for soaking. First the master uses the tub, then the
 
 clear down the line to the humblest boy in the house, without change of water. for in Japan water is precious. If any person climbed into the big tub without being clean it would work a hardship on the next in line.
 Just as I was splashing myself from the collar box, I heard the door opening behind me and there was the servant coming with towel. "Get out get out" yelled, but that meant nothing to her. motioned violently for her to leave, but she only hurried more rapidly, for the way we motion for a person to leave is the sign used in Japan for calling. I was in reality beckoning for her to come to me- I had to act and act quickly, so giving a flop I tumbled into what I thought would be the security of the tub, licity. for the water was smoking hot! The Japanese take the hottest baths in the world. The water seemed to be peel ing my skin off, but I could not get out with her in the room. On the inside of the tub was wooden shelf which per- son was supposed to sit on, but I made another use of it: I gripped it with my toes and tried to keep under water. The steam rose around me and the perspra- ried, hanging up the towel, rinsing the floor and picking up my kimono At last she left with the bearing of one who had done all, or even more than was expected of her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06

From the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
 On scanning our inner and spiritual wants and want ads we note with sympathy that a piano player is mod estly advertising for a job We didn't suppose that any piano player in the world was out of a job or ever would be. They seemed to be all working, everywhere, up and down both sides of the street, on the last warm night when the parlor windows were open.
 Are times getting harder, the world more hard-hearted, its tympanum hardened, or deaf to the appeal of soulful strains of syncopated tinkle- tinkle and staccato drum drum? Or is it only one more sad instance of the mechanical age driving the old hand worker out? Alas, the cruel pianola the ruthless orchestral, and all the pitiless and inhuman engines of pickled music-we had almost said in- struments of torture, but the play on words sounded well worn like machine made melody. Alas-a second time there is no temperament in the hairless automatons and soulless Frankensteins of empty sound! There is one realm ir which mere efficiency cannot achieve supereminence. The unholy hammerins of Vulcan cannot drown the fine es- sence of music, or soft echoes of clavi- chord and spinnet from the quaint past. Piano players were invented be- fore electric pianos and will persist beyond them But. Shade of Liszt Shame on the age that should find 8 real piano player out of a job-more than temporarily.
 We plead for complete restoration of the harmony of the spheres, and a job for our lone piano player. Surely there must be neutrality meeting somewhere now in need of music to soothe the savage breast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06
Birmin 2 h am As Distributing Center

Birmingham is rapidly becoming the distributing center for the eastern manu- facturers." said Dr. Scales Harris, but there is still lots of work to be done in the way of bringing to the attention of the manufacturers the advantages of Bir- mingham in this regard over other south ern cities.
 While the Chamber of Commerce has done a wonderful work through it's pub iicity and other committees in advertising the city, there is still more to accom- plish.
 During my recent visit east I learned that certain large drug manufacturing establishment had under contemplation the establishment of several southern agencies and had about decided that the points selected by the government for the regional banks would be the logical places to establish such agencies. I suc- oeeded, however, in convincing them that for geographical reasons and railroad fa- cilities Birmingham was & better point than the place they had first determined upon. They have still the matter under consideration and I believe Birmingham is being seriously considered as the logi- cal location in the southeastern states"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06
UNwELCoME PUBLICITY.

UNwELCOME PUBLICITY. "A politician has to keep his wits about him." remarked the observant man. ."No doubt about that" said the astute campaign manager. Just when he thinks he has his past safe under lock and key, he finds it staring him in the face from one of the opposition papers,
 NO BITES. "See here. No fishing is allowed in this lake"
 I'm not fishing" answered the imper- turbable angler.'
 .'what do you call yourself doing, then?"
 I'm merely engaged in the philosophic contemplation of cork on the water"
 ALREADY TAKEN. .I wouldn't marry the best man in the world.''
 "I hope not, my dear. I promised to marry him myself last night
 SIMPLE TREATMENT. ..what did the doctor think about you?" "He seemed to think was broke.'' "Yes?"
 "He said all I needed was pill"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06
ANGELS THAT ARE TO BE

By Leigh Hunt. How sweet 1t were if, without feebI
 fright. Or dying of the dreadful beauteou
 sight, An angel came to us, and we coul,
 bear To see him issue from the silent ai At evening in our room, and bend ol His divine eyes. and bring us from hi
 bowers News of dear friends. and children
 who have never Been dead indeed-as we shall knov
 forever. Alas! we think not what we daily se About our hearths-angels that ar
 to be, Or may be if they will, and we pre- Their souls and ours to meet in happ, A child. a friend. a wife whose sof
 heart sings In unison with ours. breeding its fu
 ture WingR. ..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06
HERE COMES THE sso,ooo FLAT

From the New York World.
 It is announced that there will be com- pleted by another summer, at Fifth ave- nue and Seventy-second street, a 12-stcry dwelling in which one may pay as high as $3o.Oo0 a year for a suite occupying l whole floor.
 This house, according to the announce
 ment, is to be "the last wOrd,' in struc-
 lures of it's type. But such a Hast word we may understand, will remain so only until the next word is spoken. The rental for the Seventy-second street whole floor will be at the rate per room of about 5000 a year, or $S3. 3S per
 month-a long distance from the A to s per room per month among the loway tenements But the big price on the Fifth avenue corner will pay for libraries, conservatories, great salons and galleries, open firep'aces. a multiplicity of guest rooms and other features once belonging only to the private mansion. | Such apartment luxury on such terms 1 of yearly rent invites speculation which becomes interesting without getting any
 where in particular beyond the point of
 cost For instance one reflects that s3). | 600 represents the yearly income to be derived at a safe per cent, from for tune of $6O0,C00. Obviously man only so rich cannot begin to live at that Seventy second street corner. It is conceivable. nevertheless, that he can have quite as good time with life as the $so,00o tcn-
 ant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 OMEBODY should do for the points
 of the compass what Poe did TOT S the alphabet when he figured ou' in .The Gold Buzz the comparative Ire orency of the letters as they occur in or dinary writing. I mean the names or the four principal directions when used to des- ignato the four quarters of the globe, as Kipling used two of them:
 For East is East and West is West.
 Which word is the oftenest used in or dir ary speaking and writing-'east' west" north' or "south?"
 North suggests bleakness and bitter cold, but in all probability 1t would not be found last in such a comparison as ha.. been suggested. A Peary and Cook and a Stefansson bring the word into com mon use, and every spell of hot weather does the same thing. But we seldom speak of the schools of the far north. The schools of Alaska are serving as social certers to an extent hardly to be rivaled in the rest of the American states. An otker interesting fact about them is that the pupils never have to be sent home because of the scorching heat. The far thest north school in the western hemis- phere is located at Point Barrow, whicf is Alaska's nearest approach to the pole.
 There are 77 schools in Alaska, with ar enrolment of 356s, and an average attend. ance of 17s7. Some are on the frozen ocean, in touch with the mainland only once or twice a year. For eight months all of them, except those on the southern coast, are reached only by frozen trails The work of the teacher is necessarily one of self-denial and hardship.
 There has lately been a remarkable in crease in the use of English among thu Eskimo population, every church service now including responsive reading from tn,
 English text of the Bible. in which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06
A UNIVERSITY ON TRIAL .om the New York World.


 It is healthy sign that students and graduates of the University of Pennsylvania show the spirit to vim dicate the reputation of the institution for intellectual freedom. The dismiss sal of Prof. Scott Nearing last June revealed the purpose of the trustees to establish form of tyranny in the classroom. They have learned that they have power to discharge an i'm structor but not to intimidate the teaching force or control the student body There is a vast difference be- tween cutting off the salary of a single individual and ruling the mind and conscience of hundreds of young men not corrupted by selfish business in- terests into believing that academic freedom is a crime.
 What was at the start a local incl dent at the University of Pennsylvania has assumed the importance of great public issue. The students behind the agitation see more clearly than the au- thorities its real significance. No uni versity that shuts it's doors to honest economic investigation and frank dis cussion can hope to be respected as a seat of learning in the true sense. A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06

United States Consul General Harry G. Selzer at Bresau, Germany, reports to the department of commerce that during the past few months the price of cloth, lining and other taiors' supplies have
 been higher than ever before in Ger many He attributes these conditions not so much to the wholesalers who act as rliddlemen between manufacturers and merchant tailors, to prohibitions against the manufacture of cotton and wooleh goods. A recent military proca- ne ton forbade the manufacture of these goods entirely after August H. except for military purposes, referring particularly to manufactures from the 1914 stocks of raw materials. The entire 1915 wool crop has been attached for military purposes and can be used only on permission of the war minister. The majority of wholesale dealers have adopted a plan of gradually increasing the price of one article after another, according to the demand, while others have adopted an average increase for all articles required according to their rels tive importance in clothing indus- tries. Numerous substitutes are being used by the tailors, but despite this fact the prices have increased about 20 to 20 to 35 per cent on women's garments
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-06

The $500.000.o0O bond issue looked like such good thing that it has been over subscribed possibly to the extent of $50, OOO,000. This also indicates that America is the land of ready cash.