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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Great Industrial Boom

"A few weeks ago I had occasion to visit several manufacturing centers in the east and without exception I found them all booming said w. s. Wiltshire of Chicago.
 "Six months ago Chicago was still feel ing the effects of depression, but not so
 now. Prosperity is in great evidence
 there, as it is nearly everywhere. T have never known such a demand
 for labor as there is throughout the in-
 dustrial field. Many large operators are
 beginning to fear a serious labor short
 age. Conditions today certainly present
 wonderful contrast to those prevailing
 last winter when the army of the unem-
 ployed was the largest on record
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Music Hath Charms

Hobson City, near Anniston, may not lay many claims to similarity to the ancient city of Rome, but re- cent incident attributed to Hobson City by newspaper reporters brings to mind the Italian capital and Nero, that music loving ruler of ancient chronology.
 Hobson City has heroic squad of fire fighters and recently, when a fire starting in public park spread to the business section, these firemen turned out in full force to save the town. For awhile, so we'll did they work, the fire seemed to be under control and would soon have been ex- tinguished had not two negroes, bet ter known for their fiddling than for their industry, betaken themselves to a drug store just outside of the fire zone and started up lievly tune
 The day was hot and fighting fire is no alluring task. The firemen turned to listen to the exhilarating dance tunes that floated on the heavy sum- mer air. One by one the weary fire fighters dropped their work and stole away to the corner drug store-and soon a regular ragtime dance was in progress, as the music of the fiddles waxed wilder and merrier.
 Eventually the mayor of the town was left to fight the flames alone Be- ing unable to cope with the situation he summoned his police force, descend ed upon the dance and had the fiddlers trundled off to the lookup. Then he reassembled his firemen and renewed the fight against the destruction of the town.
 While such juvenile abandon to the charm of music does not appeal to the staid product of more ancient civili- zation, and no business man would be apt to even hear a fiddler if the town were burning, yet many weary man may often wish for the faculty in lesser degree of throwing off respon- sibility and entering into the spirit of relaxation and endowment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
The National Guard

Members of the National Guard as- soclation greatly appreciate the interest The Age-Herald takes in the organized militia" said Maj. Carl H. Seals. Its articles cannot fail to do good.
 ''The National Guard is a great institu- ton, and l hope it will receive more en- enlargement on the part of the public in the future than 1t has in the past. This should not be required to maintain a large standing army such as the lead ing European governments keep up. But the National Guard should be many times larger than it Is. There should be fully 100000 men enlisted in the guard Today it's total strength is only about 10000.
 "A large National Guard would, in my opinion, solve in a measure the na- tional defense problem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
COLORADO STEPS BACKWARD

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 Confessions to priest are privileged Confessions to lawyer are privileged But confessions to a judge, confessions to a juvenile judge, who has that most difficult of tasks winning truth by win ming confidence, such outpourings of youth are common property. That is the verdict in Colorado. But Colorado. we must re- member, is principally noted. if we put Judge Lindsey's fame aside. as place of industrial war and legal brigandage.
 The illogic of the decision against Judge Lindsey Is enough to try any ones pa- tience with American-made law. It's re- suits. if upheld. will be far worse. It means making the work of the juvenile judge infinitely more difficult than il already is. Judge Lindsey's fine person ality and his straight fight in this case may still preserve the children's conf. dence in him. But what about his neigh. bor judges and his successors?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
NARCOTIC SLAVERY

From the Detroit News
 It will be several years before the value of the Harrison drug law Is measurable. Federal officers and po- lice have succeeded in suppressing largely the illicit traffic in narcotics, but there always will be those willing exorbitant profits.
 The problem is more acute in De- troit than in other cities which are not ports of entry. Most of the drugs peddled to addicts are smuggled across the border For a long time this city was favorite place of operation for dealers in contraband opium.
 Score of dope fiends have appealed to the internal revenue office, to the police and to the city physicians for relief. No organized system for the cure of drug habits Is available Ir the treatment of drug and alcohol vic- tims. the personal element Is most im- portant. Many drug fiends lack com pletely any desire to improve their con- dition A large proportion might be designated born down and cutters Others have been hopelessly incapaci- tated for self-supporting effort through lifetime debauchery. For such, cures, laws and philanthropy are alike futile
 The really pitiable cases are those of good family and position who inad- vertently have succumbed to drugs. They have the will to better them selves; there is a foundation of self respect and ambition to work upon Treatment administered at home un- der proper supervision liberates these from their bondage. A combination of sanatarium care and home helpfulness offers every hope of permanent re- suits.
 For that unfortunate. expensive and dangerous class of alcoholics and drug addiots who cannot be lifted out of their degradation by any outside forces, little has thus far been accomplished Confinement on farms has been sug- sested. The theory Is plausible but would be exceedingly costly of appli- cation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
WAR DISPATCHES

From the Boston Herald.
 Sir fan Hamilton is said by his admir-.
 CTS to share with Wellington the dIstino
 tlon or an ideai' dispatch writer, although
 their qualities are different" The Duke
 was certainly the more prolific His dis
 patches fill 34 thick and closely printed volumes. It was his habit to sit down after day of hard fighting to write his
 story. This he did even after Waterloo William Cobbett, however, with Swift
 and Defoe, master of sinewy English, thought that the Dukes English. wa s bad and his style vulgar Quoting in his English Grammar from one of the dis
 patches he accused Wellington of begin
 ming exactly in the manner of quid-
 nunc talking to another that he has just
 met in the street." Examining into soms of the sentences, Cobbett summed up as follows: There is meanness of manner as well as of expression All is vulgar, all clumsy, all dull. all torpid inanity." General French's dispa tches were greatly admired until the fact became known
 that they were written by another and
 more practiced hand. General Jofrre's are admirable, for they are few The Russia il and German generals have probably been too busy to write at length
 Sainte-Beuve made some acute re-
 marks about the literary ability of dis tingtished soldiers, characterizins
 shrewdly Napoleon's passionate theatri-
 cal and effective bulletins giving Fred erick the Great due credit for his clear
 ness of statement; pronouncng Julius Caesar the most "comme il faut'' soldier
 of the world enjoying Montlucs naive
 and picturesque stories of his sieges and fbattles. Caesar has been praised for his conciseness, which came of strength and | pride; but George Gissing preferred xeno- phon's, which came of vivid imagina- tion; and not the least illuminative pages of ''the Private Papers of Henry Rye | croft" are those in which Gissing talks
 lovingly of the "Anabasis'' as a work of art.
 The Rebellion Record' is a reposi- tory of countless dispatches written by | Union and Confederate officers Some | are curiously bombas astic; some are ia-
 bored and yet vague. Those of Grant
 stand out brilliantly. During the war it was often stated that he did not, could
 not write them. The fact remained that
 while this one or that one to whom they
 were attributed was killed on the field or died of sickness. the style of the dis
 patches remained the same. It was the | style of Grants ''memoirs. which. writ en at time of sore distress. must be
 classed for clearness simplicity and mod est revelation of strong personality,
 among the leading works in American literature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
WHY EGGS ARE UNSAFE FOOD

From Good Health
 It has long been known that even when perfectly fresh, eggs in some persons produce symptoms of violent poisoning. The egg has two parts The white is the part of the egg that the chicken Is made of-the part that makes the bones, the feathers and the flesh. The yolk, however, is what the chicken lives on; 1t Is a little lunch put up for the young life within the egg to support 1t until 1t gets out of the she'll For the chicken must eat inside the shell as well outside, and the yolk is little bundle of predi-
 the chicken to eat before 1t emerges into the world.
 Thus we see that the yolk Is food. whereas the white of the egg never was intended to be eaten-really 1t is not fit to be eaten. It has some food value. 1t Is true; it can be utilized un-
 der some circumstances, but it is not
 good food. It is digested very quickly, too recent investigations showing that tie yOih IS ulBeSleu eHtlTely III lHe stomach; there is some fat in the yollS,
 there is some protein in the yolk, and
 some carbohydrate in the yolk; and all
 are digested in the stomach The fat of the yolk, indeed is of a peculiar
 kind which is more readily digested
 in the stomach than any other fat al-
 though other emulsified fats are also to some degree digested in the stom ach.
 Eggs readily undergo decomposition within the body, as we'll as outside the body. while outside the body an egg
 will keep perfectly sweet not more than two or three days in warm weather. Infertile eggs will keep somewhat longer than the fertile eggs, as the incubation process begins very quickly if the weather is warm; after incubation begins, decomposition pro- ceeds very rapidly. unless the egg has been chilled1when 1t becomes a dead egg. A dead egg will rot very fast, like dead hen; and sick egg that does not come out of the shell readily. that sticks together and the yolk. when forced. breaks and rolls around that egg has had an attack of a dis ease similar to peritonitis; it is an in- fected egg--conditions are present that show conclusively the presence of dis ease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
HOTEL LOBRIES
Here for the First Time.

J. c. Bridgeman of Wilkes-B Barre, Pa, IS registered at the Tutwiler. He Is the head of the Hazard Manufacturing com pany and his products are widely known. In Birmingham they have been handled Tor sometime by the Turner Electric Sup ply company, of which Oscar c. Turner is president
 have been hearing great things of birmingham, and have long had good business connections with this city, but this is my first visit" said MT. Bridge man. "I am charmed with Birmingham. It has most prosperous air and few cities in this country are so beautiful in landscape effects"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Billiard Table. in Demand

There has been an appreciable in ; crease in the sale of billiard tables for home use during the past 60 days said Roy Weber, local manager for one of the largest billiard table manufac- turers in the county.
 "A few years ago there were few billiard tables In private residences. and those who did possess them were supposed to be ultra-rich. This is not the case today. Many a man on a sal ary who has accumulated enough by frugal living to build him home has his private billiard table for the mu- tual amusement of himself and his friends. The tendency toward the gentler sex playing the game has pro- gressed rapidly in the last few years. It is now common thing to be pitted against some expert lady player.
 T was very much interested in an article that appeared In one of the leading medical journals recently ad- vocating the playing of billiards and pocket billiards for the strengthening of the eyes The writer explained that there was no better training for the eyes than the billiard game on account of the accuracy with which one had to sight the balls to become expert. I presume this in itself has led many to become devotees of the game"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
he Blessed Sacrament aoad,

The Blessed Sacram academy in Birmingham's West End. one of the largest educational institutions In the south, was established only two years ago. but in that short period 1t has made a notable record. All the friends over the fine results of the univer- sity examinations of the students as published in Thursdays Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Music at the TutMiler

The hotel management having author lzed me to increase my orchestra by two players we will be able to render In good style many fine compositions re- gently purchased" said John Wiegand, director of music at the Tutwller
 Our aim is to make the programmes at the luncheon hour and In the evening especially attractive. The orchestra is stationed now for all performances in the orangerie instead of up in one of the mezzanine galleries"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
HERE AND ABROAD

From the New York Evening Sun.
 Two American women have been re- leased after some six weeks impris- onment at Lindau for insulting" a German officer. There are hyphenated takers and writers in this country who should get doses of the same sort of medicine for the insulting lam guage they use in reference to the President of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
A SORE POINT.

"The superior airs Dubkins assumes make me tired'' less vanity But, drat the luck! it isn't harmless. My wife's always getting after me for not carrying myself as well as Dubkins does"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Inquiry for Real Estste

The improvement in business is now rapid and the real estate market is at last beginning to show signs of re- vival," said Maj. F. F. Taliaferro, who owns considerable realty hereabouts.
 "A few months ago I was thinking of selling certain piece of property, but could get no offer worth con- sidering. This week have had two in- quiries for the same real estate
 Everything points to a high degree of prosperity in Birmingham this fall. ?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
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HARDLY.

Do you think 1t possible for one per- son to read another persons mind?" I think there are times when it is pos.
 siole to determine the character of per
 sons thoughts" For instance?" When see a man fiat on his back un. der an automobile, with oil droppine into
 his eyes. l know his thoughts are not
 philosophical"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
At the Y. NJ. c. A.

"The Birmingham Young Mems Christian association Is the center of much activity these days remarked Charles II. Calhoun. the we'll known attorney, "and there is always some thing of interest to both old and young iii progress there.
 "The swimming pool and gymnasium Is certainly boon to the tired busi- ness man after office hours, and aft CT a plunge and shower on sultry afternoon one emerges onto the street feeling like a new man. Some new form of entertainment Is almost all ways being carried out. so that matters are quite lively.
 Then, too, the cafeteria and its ef- ficient service is a constant source of pleasure to the great number who pat ronize the establishment, and one may there come in contact with many of
 the most highly respected of business and professional men of the city. Pleas ant acquaintances are formed there. It is, indeed, an excellent means of meet ing ones friends
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
WITH A SMOKY TASTE.

T was up against it last night Tell me what happened"
 First a pianist played little some- thing, then an elocutionist recited a little something and then vocalist sang a little something" T dare say you suffered Where were your? "Over at Gadsby's house. As often as
 we could Gadsby and I adjourned to the dining room and took little something"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13

BEGINNING THE DAY-We learn that homes of believers were the original Christian churches. It Is true today that the real church lives in individual homes. There ought to be in every home all the things which consecrate churches-music, teaching, sacred reading, talking and listening to God. And over all there ought to he the Joy of hOIf- ness and the holiness of joy H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
GOING SOME.

First he bought racing car, then a motorboat and then an aeroplane."
 What next. wonder?'
 There's no telling to what extremes the speed mania will lead a man. I under stand he's thinking now of marrying a chorus girl'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
HARD TO FIND

From the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
 Burglars were caught attempting to get into Professor Usher's home Per- haps they were looking for the evil dence of the secret alliance between the United States and Great Britain. g of which he is the discoverer-or should've say the inventor?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
QUESTIONABLE MOTIVE.

I see where Doppel, the wealthy manu- facturer, has presented Spatsburg with a number of improved garbage cans What's the idea?'
 He wants to keep the town clean'
 T thought he might be trying to dis tract attention from himself. He operates the principal smoke nuisance.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
SOME BOUNDS AT LEAST

From the Boston Herald What does the New York Sun mean by the boundless audacity" of ex- Governor Foss? It is not boundless. It lies between the aurora borealis and the southern cross
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
SOMEWHAT PEEvrD

From the Houston Post.
 It Is said the Federals will try out 1o- cent baseball in Newark. If they watt to give the experiment complete trial they ought to purchase our team. It plays strictly lo-cent basebaiI and nothing else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
sUMMER DON,T

From the Washington Star.
 Warnings to submarines are among the most important of the summer "dont's'' this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
SELFISH ABOUT IT

From the Beaumont Enterprise.
 Mrs. Pankhurst, although she has de- fled the British government is patrioti- cally unwilling that any foreigner should do lso.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
TAKEN AT HIS WORD.

You say the speaker impressed his hearers with his sncerity?"
 NO doubt of of it. He said he was working for humanity and not for gain. |" "A fine sentiment"
 And when the hat was passed around nobody contributed a cent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
ALABAMA PRESS

Attaila Herald: During the past year in Attalla more carloads of freight have been received and shipped more stamps have been sold, bank deposits and the number of depositors have increased, but some merchants still cry hard times"' Why?
 Gadsden Evening Journal: If you have any old cans or other vessels in back lots to breed mosquitoes these moist days, can the cans It will take less exercise than fighting the pesky mosquitoes next month.
 Alexander City Outlook: According to data compiled by the Chanaber of Com merce of Birmingham, In little booklet. more than 800 different articles are made in the Magic City Pretty good for the metropolis of Alabama. The thing most needed in the south Is variety of manu- featuring plants
 Moulton Advertiser: The seasons con tinue favorable and the prospects for a good crop were never better in this zone. Corn and all feed crops are reported fine everywhere, while cotton is fruiting well and promises an abundant harvest.
 Falkville News: Diversity and you won't have to buy many things which have heretofore been a burden to you. This is no speculation. It is truth that has reached a reality with hundreds of Alabama farmers this year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE ROCKING SUN

Keep cool, keep cool" the doctors say, And tell us how to do it; But old Sol climbs the sky each day And proves there's nothing to it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
ALREALY IN COLD STORAGE

From the Chicago News.
 Snow has been falling in Iowa, but not necessarily upon MT. Cummins' presidential boom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13

While the beligerents are waiting for Germany to become bankrupt; they might at least put few obstacles in the way of repeated victories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13

Prohibition in Russia is not working out so well after all. The sort of vodka turned out by the Russian ''moonshiner' is about the worst drink there is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
Returns from Family Reunion

Dr. Howell T. Heflin returned last night rom the Heflin reunion at Wadley, in Randolph county It was a large and delightful affair. The eight brothers and one sister and many of the nephews and nieces were in attendance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13

Women bathers on Chicagos beaches are now permitted to go without stock
 ings. The effect is said to be startling,
 but not displeasing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13

The American breakfast food manufac turers don't seem to be filling any larg, war contracts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13

A scientist says women of the future will be taller and darker, the sort of statement that is unimportant even if true.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13

In lieu of a circus, Mississippians in that public hanging offers rare enter tanment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13

September will be fried chicken day, in Missouri, which will thus prove to the world that it can produce something be- sides corncob pipes and a well known brew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13

London is depressed, Paris sad an, Venice quaking, but there is still spark of life in Atlantic City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13

Henry James waited 40 years before he decided to become British subject. A man should never be nasty in matter of that kind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13

The Czar's visit to Berlin has been postponed indefinitely, result of Teu- tonic successes in the eastern theatre of war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13

The Mexicans' have the get-togethe spirit all right, but every meeting re suits in bloodshed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13

More sanity in shoes is promised by the manufacturers That means the doom of the sort that lace behind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
ONE CoNsoLATIoN

From the Pittsburg Sun. Thank goodness. England doesn't ob-
 iect to our eoastwise trade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
NOR WALKING

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 The allies don't seem to be precisely salloping across the Galiipoli psninsula-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13

King George is one of the best shots in Europe and if his services are ever needed on the firing line he can be de- pended on to pot a great many Ger mans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
NOT YET

From the Washington Star.
 Mexico may as well make up it's mind at last to policy of preparedness for peace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
GROWING POWER OF sUBMARIN

No matter which side is victorious, Po land is prepared to weep. as usual
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
THE KAISER CAN DO NO WRONG

Germany has discovered another cache of diplomatic documents at Brussels according to Berlin cable. which shows that she was even tighter than she had imagined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-13
PITY HIM.

me advent of the wrist watch Called forth unseemly jeers, put the man who wears a sport shirt Is subject fit for tears.