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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
Real Arabs

q became fired with ambition to visit Arabs in their native costumes on the streets,' said w. M. Hearst q was startled at first to see the quaint strangers in our midst, then someone told me that they were in the Garden of Allah which is being shown at the Jefferson for four performances
 'I engaged in conversation with two of the Arabs in the lobby of the Flor ence and was surprised to learn that they were highly educated and had been taking notes of all the many customs and places of interest in this country. I don't know when I enjoyed a conversa- tion more than 1 did with these two Arabian gentlemen, who told me more about their land and it's customs in a minute than could ever learn from the best books in regard to the desert nomads I was told that there were dozens of tribes who lived on the Great Sahara, all of them with a chief. who was looked upon as the wisest of all men.
 Some of the finest Arabian horses have been brought to Birmingham to be used on the stage in this colossal pro- drction of The Garden of Allah More tlan 30 Arabs are in the cast, besides the many other members of the company. The stage is wonderful to go to all this expense just to get what they call local color 7"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
The Republican Candidates

The republican party is very well off in presidential timber but no one seems ready with a prediction as to the result of the nominationg conven- ton," said J. B. Lithgow of Chicago,
 T voted for Woodrow Wilson in 1912 and intend to vote the same way in 1916, yet I feel an interest in repub- Hcan politics and am anxious to know who will be the G. O. P. standard bearer. My guess Is Roosevelt. Twice last week a straw vote was boiled in cafe where I happened to be- In one party II votes were boiled and in an- other IA votes. In the first Roosevelt got live votes, Herriek three and Whitman three. In the second party Whitman boiled six, Roosevelt four, Her rick two and Borah two"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
Campaign for Club Membership

The Motor and Country club, whose home is in Shades valley, just out side the city, is an institution of which Birmingham should be proud. It is one of many attractive clubs, but in order for it to fulfill it's pur- pose of bringing young men of mod crate means into closer social rela- tions membership campaign is now in progress and it is gratifying to learn that the canvassing committees are meeting with success.
 Several hundred new names have been added to the clubs roster and it is hoped that by tomorrow night, when the canvass closes, the member ship, as it stood on the first of De- cember, will be more than quad rupled.
 The club was organized by men prominent in Birmingham social and commercial life It owns valuable property, including hundreds of acres of land and a large and beautiful lake where pleasure seekers may revel in boating, bathing and fishing.
 The club has an especial appeal for men employed on salaries who do not feel able to pay large initiation fee or large dues. The management is planning for all sorts of clean sport and varied Advertisement the year round.
 May the membership campaign have great finish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
OUTGROWN
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
 E. Berry Wall, his top hat pushed bat and his hands on the Knob of his stic regarded from the window of Fifth av nue club the endless procession of beaut full girls moving gracefully up and dow in the golden sunshine of cold, sti windless October afternoon.
 The beautiful girls all wore froclls the latest fashion--quaint, rather higl waisted froclSs with very short skirts tn; revealed the excellent fit of their whit topped or gray-topped or brown-t topp, boots of patent leather.
 As half dozen girls passed in unu ually short skirts young man said to M Wall:
 How nice they look in their new ia dresses. eh?"
 Yes" MT. Wall agreed. "Yes, the look very nice. They seem to have grow lot, too, don't they?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
Efficient Government Service

The legislation which created the United States department of agricul- ture twenty-six years ago was re- garded as a good stroke of poli- tics rather than an act of wide prac- tical benefit. Congress, with mind to the farmer vote, sought to com pliment the tiller of the soil by plac- ing a representative of the agricul- tural interests in the cabinet.
 In the early years of the depart ment's activities this branch of the public service was treated by the pert paragrapher as joke and many editors and not few members of Congress were disposed to ridicule it.
 The first Secretary of Agriculture was Norman J. Coleman of Missouri, we'll known and esteemed as an agri- cultural editor He was appointed by President Cleveland near the close of his first term, and though he served only a few months he organized the department along the right line and turned it over to his successor, Jere- miah M. Rusk, in good working or der.
 Sterling Morton, who succeeded MT. Rusk, during MT. Cleveland's second term, did much to broaden the scope of the department but the work of the various scientific bureaus did
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
THE BUSIEST CORNER
Fred c. Kelly in the January America Magazine

Fred c. Kelly in the January American
 Magazine.
 Tt is not generally known that one Of the busiest corners in the United States is at the intersection of Broad and Market streets in Newark, N. J. But that point serves as an exception to the rule that the value of retail prop cry depends on the number of persons passing the property. The Newark cor ner. while said to be the busiest in the country, is not the most valuable It is transfer point for various car lines and the traffic there is out of proportion to the size of the city.
 Another tremendously busy place is the northeast corner of Broadway and Fcrty-second street in New York. It is a subway corner and in the heart of the theatre district. The traffic there is practically ceaseless throughout all the "A hours Three years ago a count covering five different days showed tl.at an average of more than 2S5,O00 per- sons passed that corner daily By now it Is greatly in excess of that figure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
scHooLRooM HowLERs

From the Boston Post
 The Tennessee youth who described a volcano as "a mountain where the world bIsts through" and the crater as the place where it spits out had his facts, though he clothed them in somewhat un- usual terms. There was picturesqueness too, in the small boys description of a natural history museum as "a dead CIT cus." And joy was brought to the heart of Mark Twain by the sentence. There a great many donkeys in theological gar dens.'
 Sometimes, of course, the pupil will come to grief. especially in cases when one is asked to define word and then use it. One attempt ran thus: "Detspot- ruler that is feared. My teacher swatted me with her despOt.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
5,oOO,O ,Ooo BRIToNs IN ARMS

From the New York World.
 Three million men had enlisted in Great Britain before Lord Derby began his great recruiting campaign to stave off conseription-an object which is now be- lieved to have been accomplished.
 Such was the rush at the end of the week that the figures of the total are not yet given out. They vary widely and wildly beween 2,500Oo0 and 4,000,0 ,000 but no one doubts that as result of the campaign 5,O00,000 men will soon be in arms of waiting orders.
 Between IS and 40 years, there are, allowing for war losses, S,0G0,OOO men in the United Kingdom. Some are physi- cally unfit. Some, in the navy, are hold ing the seas. Some, in coal mines and munitions factories, on merchant ships or in railway transport, are indispen- sable With all deductions made. the manhood Of the country is practically accounted for.
 Within the ages which Britain counts as military Germany had 12,OO0,0O men at the beginning of the war, and she takes older men into her army. Her losses have been four or five times as great as those of the British. With difficulty, hereafter, will she maintain her strength. That of England is fast overtaking her.
 The Berlin general staff decreed war upon the theory that Great Britain would not fight to save Belgium and aid France, or that if she did her land power would be negligible. Two years beyond the time within which they planned that the war should end, the last recruits will still be swinging into line to make up against them the full war strength of the British nation.
 It is a magnificent triumph for the voluntary system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
SERENADE

By Henry Timrod Hide. happy damask. from the stars, What sleep enfolds behind your veil, But open to the fairy cars
 On which the dreams of midnight sai And let the zephyrs rise and fall
 About her in the curtained gloom. And then return to tell me all
 The silken secrets of the room. An. dearest. may the elves that sway Thy fancies come from emerald plot Where they have dozed and dreamed a
 day
 In hearts of blue forget-me- And one. perhaps shall whisper thus: Awakei and light the darkness, sweet While thou art reveling with us.
 He watches in the lonely street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
HOTEL LOBRIEs
\ Fine Meeting

T have attended many good roads meetings, but never have I been so favor- ably impressed as I was with the Jack son Highway conference held here this Thursday afternoon" said Miss Alma Rittenberry, who for several years was the head and front of the Jackson high way movement Tt was a splendid meeting; not large, but large enough and every one participating was in dead earnest.
 We are going to have the route through Alabama. After attending the meeting all doubts were gone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
THE CIGAR CUTTER From the Macon Telegraph.

To the list of utensils in common u that are being stigmatized as carriers infection is now added the cigar cutie as it appears on the counter of the toba conist, in hotels. restaurants and oth public places. To quote and condense article in American Medicine (Ncw York
 "When it is recognized how easily u cigar cutter may be the means of sprea ing infection, and infection of a dange ous nature, the days of this article of co venience will be numbered. To illustrat 2 person will often after he has fir held his cigar in his mouth step to t counter and put his cigar into the ct ter. This thoughtless yet dangerous hal is so common that it can be witness time after time at every cigar stan Undoubtedly it has been one of the pri cipal means of spreading infection amol those who smoke cigars, and it Is his time that an agent so potent for har was abolished"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

BEGINNING THE DAY-Heip me to blame myself and not another for my failures. May l not accuse fate. or circumstances. or God May I have the honesty and the courage to face the facts. Then give me hu- miIity, 0 God. to come to Thee "ith the story and resolution to oeeih in build anew. For Christs sake Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

Another gigantic German fraud has been Unearthed in Paris, says a mem- Der of the French Chamber of Deputies now visiting in London. According to this gentleman, certain French dress making firm, which has been widely ad- vertised throughout the world, was orig mated and financed by Germany for the purpose of eventually making Berlin the leader in women's fashions and providing a market for German fabrics. It is said that the Paris police made a raid in which plans for a campaign on a vast scale were unearthed. The production of cheap limitations of Paris fabrics was al- ready under way and many American women have paid fabulous prices for creations of this "Parision'' firm which were made in Germany" The French law requires that all fabrics imported from Germany must bear a mark on the border showing where they were manufactured. This little difficulty was surmounted, it
 
 the goods. The outer edge bore the Ger man stamp. which was cut off after the goods entered France. It is rather cu- rious that this particular firm of dress makers is regarded in London and New ' ork as the supreme authority on French styles and its nominal head has delivered 1ectlIres in I,otb thasa cities o, Parisian fashions and French fabrics. However, as the announcement of this newest 'Teuton conspiracy bears the London date line it should be accepted with the proverbial grain of salt The French themselves are probably not wor- rying over the possibility of their leader ship in fashion being taken away from them by the Germans or anybody else
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
THE RETURN

Tn prodigal father
 Has come home at last; The gait he was going
 Was terribly fast. The cabarets knew him,
 The playhouses, too; His presence was ceItain At the latest review" With dining and dancing And quaffing champagne, All too soon came the morning For catching his train Yes, the prodigal father
 Is back from the east; He shows the effect of
 Hard work" but at least Those "business matters"
 That took him away Have all been disposed of, He's happy to say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
JUST JIM

 Jim Perkins is a lout Whoe makes folks pretty sore. Whenever Jim goes out He fails to close the door.
 -Pittshurg Post That Jim's a lout Is true, On this we'll bet our tin He leaves it open, too, Whenever he comes in.
 Harrisburg Patriot The evidence is in, So we will do the summing; Iris proven Jim's s a lout When going and when coming.
 Allentown Democrat Jim leads life of sin, As proved by all that stuff; Too soon he ambles In, And don't go soon enough.
 Houston Post Wherever Jim appears. We softly mutter ''darnn' Because he's always primed With some old musty yarn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
NUPTIAL ELABORATION

Marriage is one of the oldest instit tions known to man." remarked t savant.
 q dare say that's true" replied t man who hates ostentation. land it used as pretext for more unnecessaI fuss and feathers than any other instit ton we have"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
BUSY TIMES AHEAD

From the Nashville Banner.
 Alabama will probably choose delegates to the St. Louis convention by direct vote of the people. The boys in the po- Ltical trenches have a fair prospect of keeping busy next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

The unknown person who is believed to Queen and Crescent sleeper may have been showing his disapproval of some- booyiS snores
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
NEW STYLE IN THE TRENCHES

From the Boston Advertiser.
 French soldiers adopt iron hats!" But the Frenchman always mad a fondness for stove-pipe hats. we've always understood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

George Bernard Shaw thinks the United States should have navy in the Pacific strong enough to whip Japan and another in the Atlantic capable of standing off the British. There is nothing half-hearted about Georges programme of prepared ness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

The wealthy citizen who has promised to put a limousine in his wifes stock ing for a Christmas present, doesn't mean that literally.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

The appointment of Sir Douglas Haig to command the British armies in France and Flanders also reminds the casual newspaper reader of celebrated brand of Scotch whisky
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

Taladega Home: Congratulations to Messrs. Hornady and Truss. They will serve the city of Birmingham faithfully and well. We can look for the entering of the morning light when the voters call such type of citizenship to serve al their servants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

The activity of pickpockets in Bir- mingham indicates that they've heard about the police department being sorely afflicted with the grippe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

London's efforts to ignore the Ford peace party will doubtless be much more successful than the attempts to ignore Heppelins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

IL would be quite a novelty to see the allies undertaking drive. Heretofore they have been playing the role of the driven
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
IDIOT" WAS RIGHT

See here, I'm told you called me a 'bithering idiot
 T did not
 'Umphr'
 '' 'Blithering' is an adjective I never use."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
NOT HER STYLE

From the St. Louis Globe Democrat
 But Emma Goldman does not preten that she ever experimented with meel ness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

New Jersey bigamist neither smokes drinks nor plays cards Still, he's a natural born gambler, or he would have steered clear of bigamy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

Those gentlemen who predict the elec- tion of a republican President next year don't seem to have the name of the can-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

Calling the Ford peace ship the lark" is hardly appropriate. There were only two of kind on board the ark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

The waiting line at the express office grows longer every day, a sure sign that Christmas is almost here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

While he is rehabilitating himself in the leather business Jim Smith will not be able to devote much attention to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

The Mexicans are still primitive peo- pie who believe that the head of ones enemy on platter is convincing proof of victory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

Having rolled over once China will now resume her interrupted nap, with Yuan Shi Kai trying hard to keep awake on the throne.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
"JIM, SMITH STARTS IN AGAIN

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Everybody admits the pluck of the man who doesn't know when he is down and out;' who goes under in a sea of troubles only to bob to the sur face again with his pockets full of fish. Whatever may be ones mental reserva- tions toward the erstwhile New Jer- sey boss whose machinations were crippled and defeated by Wilson's skill ful leadership, one must in the popular parlance hand it to" ex-Senator Jim Smith, Jr., for his brave resumption of work at his old stand in the leather business.
 The energy he was using little while ago for the remorseless coercion of voters delivered on the hoof now goes into the galvanism of the trade in patent and enamel leather. The per suasive smile and the insidious mag netism that cajoled it's way where brow-beating would not go are now directed to the establishment of the en- tente cordiale with customer and con- sumer Say what you please about the cogs and wheels that do the work of men, there is tremendous room for the personal force of a man in business yet: and "Jim" Smith is proving it by the "big drive" in his quickened and enlivened enterprise, that began when he breezed in at the door and hung his hat on the same old hook. What is the loss of few pounds of flesh, or some hours of sleep? Lead me to it." says his fighting soul to itself, "and I will show these fellows that the old man. sadder and wiser. can come back, and deliver the goods,
 And lose, and start again at my be-
 ginnings,
 And never breathe a word about my
 loss"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

The retiring governor of Massa chusetts movies. Tie men who make moving pictures are evidently no respectors of persons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

A captain of industry says smoke means prosperity. Even battle smoke means prosperity for the nation that is selling the ammunition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
ALABAMA PRESS

OpelilSa News: Henry Fords name is to go on the ticket in Nebra ska for President. If Ford runs like his cars he may be heard from yet,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

Washington bureau, POT Hibbs build- ing.
 European bureau, 6 Henrietta street, Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, Rooms AS to 50. inclusive, Tribune building, New York city; western business ottlce' Tribune building, Chicago. The > c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for- eign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

R H. Baugh has made the Southern league and admirable president and his reelection was an honor richly deserved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

Mobile Register: Of the five new mem bers of Congress from Alabama, four, Messrs. Gray, Stegali, Oliver and Almon, bear the impress if the University of Alabama, and the fact is a good testi- monial to the value of higher education as dispensed by our university.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

Huntsville Mercury: The vigorous lan- guage of the President in dealing with the Austrian question should be satis- factory to the most radical jingo. It was case that demanded expressions that could not be misconstrued
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

Why. what is pomp, rule, reiSn' ou' earth and dust: And. live how we can, yet die we must.
 Henry VI.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

Selma Times: If Old Father Noah had not been believer in preparedness, there is no telling what would have happened to him.-Brmingham Age-Herald.
 He got an inside tip that the storm was going to break. He deserves no credit for that kind of preparedness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
WON'T LISTEN TO ADVICE

WON'T LISTEN TO ADVICE 'The only objection I have to Dods- worth is his -complacency Why, he acts if he simply couldn't be improved upon."
 At least he's true to his type.'' "Well?"
 ''As a rule you can't improve man like that, no matter how badly he needs it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
ONE LACKING

.'Did I understand you to say that Dub waite has the qualifications of states man?'
 "Yes. He has rumbling voice, pom derous look and bulky figure"
 But you haven't mentioned brains?" q didn't say he had all the qualifica- tions of statesmanship.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter uu. der act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
NOT IMPORTANT

NOT IMPORTANT ''Have you done your Christmas she ping yet?''
 Long ago."
 Then. why are you rushing arou now?"
 Hum, This is a little cash trade I reserved for the last
 ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS Are you and Miss .Gadder still outs?,
 I'm afraid so. She still pretends tn she doesn't recognize my voice when call her over the telephone
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17

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