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The Detroit times., 1915-02-12
Distracted.

Frenchman-You are funny people
you Engleesh. You take strong whis
ny; you put water In II to make II
weak; you put sugar in II to make Il
sweet; you put lemon In Il TO make 1,
sour; then you say, Here's 10 YOU
and drink II yourselfl Mon Dieul
Great Scotland Yard
The Detroit times., 1915-02-12
eIu Hearted.

"Bertie." said his mother. what
would you like to give your cousin
Willie for his birthday?"
II know what I'd like to give him"
answered BERTHE, who had been bull
lied by the older boy. but I Amt big
enough"
The Detroit times., 1915-02-12
The Essential.

II suppose that there are many
problems which Polar explorers seel
"Yes," replied the intrepid traveller;
- great many"
"what Is the most important onef'
Getting back"
The Detroit times., 1915-02-12
We DIDN'T THINK THEY COULD LOSE =
PROC" OWENS AND THEY HAVEN'T

The man who just of job sorry plight but he
might Be of.
That isn very consong; any isn't filling for said
s man. he would like to be in Proctor Knott
ousas shoes.
sRroes lovingly called BY his CLOSE acquaintance among
q The Gy Of Detroit to witt
That he il candidate prosecuting attorney
That he il nomination for police Justice
That he Il candidate for Justice Of the
The uan school board decision in the supreme
seut in time or would have been candidate for that
But hare out job better OF than
q r1sas
procD il win be noted BY candidate
out u THREE Jobs
rbis i terrible FIX for man Of @Pocs. capabilities
4 Il the Free Press win citing predicament probably the
net time it, biousness Of attack the Wilson id
8 zinisHston
concerned proc Be candidate for a many
efaoes q he to, all at the Same tine
We preume the public il really
ii pubc the offices Proc for at once tho
sooner he ought get out Of his system
Few Il u.s. least Of ALL few Of the politicians forgotten first
Of political candidate when Detroit
up one morning there had been nominated for
mayor on Republican ticket whom few people anybody
s III had heard
II w. aProc.
Proc didn't land for but he Dots Two macnnss
fright they recovered well imagine the
sa&e d mind Of the old guard at this writing.
fall when PROC candidate o course) for prosecuting
attorney Republican had all the gulars the anxious
et . repetition the mayoralH incident
But now that he il candidate Offices just imagine how
many apss nights going be around primary time
yet suppose "o should be nominated for all three
efhossi
after proc into the political with his run
ming ndecon his just which party
Y - bslsnssd
He aned during campaign while running the prohibition
saadidste for Office, forget which,
get and drink bear quite
publicly and frequently to establish the fact that he tho Republican
and not the Prohibition candidate.
Which suggests that legally be candidate for
three oces why couldn't Of "Pocs' versatility and lightning
esnss ability candidate omo opposed only BY himself
On three party tickets
In "Pes have pretty close what would oan the comms
forrn NJ mentper Aed
The Detroit times., 1915-02-12
Know ThIs Traini

Stranger Cat station)-what tzai
10 thisf
Station That's the t:0S In
Monday afternoon. You'll ret 10 p
dunk at half-past 3 the day bsfor
yesterday, according to the time-tabl}
Public Ledger.
The Detroit times., 1915-02-12

In d u Q trial en-
cheney. and IL
should be duly
considered by the
employer II for
no other reason
than that Of econ
omy.
with Transports
ton companies es-
The Detroit times., 1915-02-12

The health Of the worker Is very
factor In the problem OF
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
HOTEL LOBRIES
Spirit of Co-operaaion

Birmingham is a very different city today. of course. from the Birmingham of l2 years ago, and I doubt if any town of approximately it's size will ever be able to develop more public spirit than this city, after the Chamber of Commerce member ship campaign has done its york; said J. J. Sawyer of Chicago.
 T was here in 1903 for the first time. The city was just startling along modern lines. There were two or three steel frame buildings. either completed or in course of construction. But since then Birmingham has gone forward in great strides. It is a beautiful city and the people are full of vim
 Tn reading the newspapers about the Chamber of Commerce plans, one may readily infer that the business community will soon be characterized by snap and the spirit of cooperation. Nothing does so much for the upbuilding of young cities as the get-together habit Such a spirit has made Atlanta and it will do great things for Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
THE CHINESE ELECTION

with machinery of government which the average citizen did not understand, and which the average officeholder did not understand, he had a role which pre- scented more difficulties than possibilities. The best ground for suspecting the old soldier and statesman of having yielded to the promptings of ambition and planned coup for his own glory is that there seems to be no thought of recalling the former reigning family. There is no reason to believe that a peaceful re-es- tablishment of the monarchy-if that would in any circumstances be possible could be as easily accomplished with Yuan on the throne as with the former Emperor. who is child and could hardly be charged with having plotted his re- enthronement. The reigning family is Manchu family, but in China as whole feeling against the rulership of the Man. chus is perhaps not profound senti- ment. Yuan cannot gracefully, or with convincing patriotism, become squatter upon the dragon throne after having posed as a Moses leading the Chinese out of the wilderness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
For Birmingham

Last night several hundred represen- tative business men-attended the "For Birmingham" dinner given under the
 auspices of the Chamber of Commerce at the Tutwiler. The enthusiasm shown
 indicated that the plans for the reor- ganization and strengthening of this 1 important association will be carried through with a rush. A campaign will
 be started this morning by sixty-two
 committees, comprising about three
 hundred men, who will invite every
 reputable business and professional
 man in Birmingham to join the Cham
 Der of Commerce.
 l No city can hope to progress without
 the active aid of strongly centralized civic body such as that of the Cham
 Der of Commerce, which stands for all that is best and most virile in Birning- hams business life. New energy and new impetus will be given to the work of this body, which has already dem onstrated it's great usefulness to the community by it's achievements in the past.
 The present agitation for more members and greater chamber does
 not by any means imply that the or
 ganization is suffering from dry rot or lack of interest. Since it's incep- ton the Birmingham chamber has been recognized as one of the strong est and most efficient bodies of the kind in the south. Its past perform ancesg speak for themselves and it's future scope is practically limitless.
 No doubt the campaign which starts this morning will result in the addition of many able business and professional men to the membership who have not heretofore taken the interest they should in the chambers. work. It is ah honor and a privilege to belong to an organization of this kind and no representative citizen of Birmingham, who has the city's welfare at heart and believes in her future greatness, can afford not to join.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09

unsurpassed from the viewpoint of modern construction by any highway in the south.
 We cannot have too many fine roads. If Alabama has been somewhat be- hind Georgia in road building it is cathing up. And the states convicts once taken out of the mines and lumber camps and put to work on the high ways, Alabama will lead all the south in improved roads. In the meantime commendable progress is being made, especially in those counties where county convicts are used on the roads.
 It will require year or two to com plete the Jackson highway, but tour ists from the north will not wait for the finishing touches. Automobile par ties will come south this winter in larger numbers than ever before and most of them will touch Birmingham.
 By all. means let's have the Forrest highway extended to Meridian. The more roads-themore side lines-the better the tourists are pleased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
Where Delay Is Fatal

Dr. Curtis E. Lakeman told the mem- bers of the Southern Medical associa- tion at Dallas yesterday that S0,0O0 persons now die of cancer every year in America. He told them further that cures are effected only if undertaken during the early stages.
 And thus the idea of preparedness" enters into the daily life of every one of us. Authorities now agree that even tuberculosis is no longer a plague in the old sense. It is only necessary to take suitable precautions and when the malady threatens, begin treatment at once and do just as the physician advises.
 Cancer is--if such thing be pos sible-even more alarming than tuber- culosis, and yet Dr. Lakeman em- phasizes that every day lost in going under treatment brings the patient that much nearer to incurability,
 With each of these dread maladies it seems to be case of stitch in time saving the whole garment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
The Anti-wilson Movement

q take very little stock in the more or less sensational stories appearing in certain Alabama newspapers to the effect that the prohibitionsts of. Alabama are preparing to knife President Wilson,, D said leader in the dry cause who de- clined to permit the use of his name
 "As matter of fact, the ultra wing of the prohibition party naturally would prefer a President who is in sympathy with the members of that wing. But there are very few prohibitionists who are not determined to assist in the elec- tion of man of cleanliness, honesty and efficiency whatever his politics might be. Were we to be led astray because a man is prohibitionst, we would all sup port the candidate of the prohibition party. In Alabama, prohibition has been a state issue for so long that in meas ure it has divided the democratic ranks. But when the test comes, prohibitionists and anti-prohibitionists run together, and prohibition candidate for the presi- dency has never received as many votes in Alabama as republican candidate.
 ''rhere is no occasion for the publica- tion at present of such twaddle. We do not intend to stick a knife in the ribs of the President"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
Strong for EdmnnIs

q am perfectly willing said Dr. w. B. Hubbard, former Baptist minister and now chaplain of the state convict bu- Feau, ito be interviewed on the subject of Dr. Henry M Edmonds, pastor of the Independent Presbyterian church of Bir- mingham.
 When I learned through The Age Herald Sunday morning that pr. Ed monds was preparing to deliver ser mon that evening in the Strand theatre I planned to attend. I realized that the place would be packed, and so I went early. I was thoroughly repaid. Dr. Ed monds is wonderful man of wonderful magnetism and wonderful ability.
 He is a paradox in that he is very strong and very tender. All great orators are. All men who reach the people and who hold them, are. There is no req son for surprise in that his place of worship is filled every Sunday morning to the doors, and men, women and chil- dren flock to hear him in the evenings. He is entertaining. He is appealing. He teaches a powerful lesson.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
 "FREEDOM OF THE SCREEN-
From the Boston Herald.

from the Boston Herald
 Grant that motion picture plays, es- pecially in towns tolerant of quiet evil, often depict vulgarities and occasion ally scenes that start boys and girls down hill, the makers of films and the managers of picture houses are none the less right in maintaining that there is and should De such principle as free dom of the screen A censorship by the several states or by the federal govern ment would entail expense and inconve- nience; but what is worse, it would put the responsibility in the wrong place. As capable of misuse. Rmoving pictures are not in class by themselves. Every one knows that books may carry moral poi son; every one knows that unwholesome books are actually sold. But from long experience the friends Of law and order think it wiser to deal with bad books after they appear, instead of assuming that no publisher can be trusted. In prac- tice, freedom of printing has worked better than the old requirement. of an official imprimatur.
 If each community, in its own way, will keep it's moral forces awake; if it will properly define and enforce the terms of the licenses it issues; if dis turbed patrons will courteously tell the management what they do not like in the pictures offered; if ministers and school authorities. instead of leaving the plays to the fitful oversight of this or that social club. will do their own share in watching and improving, then censors be- fore production will be needed for the pie ture film no more than for the short story or the spoken drama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
POliteness Pays

Speaking of Alphonse and Gaston- The Kansas City Star brings the idea right down to date in a local story concerning two automobilists whose cars met in head-on collision
 The police, so the Star relates, ex- tracted the two car owners from the wreck and led them toward police headquarters.
 There really is no reason to hold this man for running into me, for l feel it was my own fault" said one.
 My car is badly damaged, but I guess the blame is on me-" said the other.
 The desk sergeant, time tried and grizzled from long years of police service, may have a .calloused heart, but even so, palpitation is recorded from his cardiac region-he was amazed at the sight of two bedrag- gled autoists giving such unusual demonstration of brotherly love, es- pecially since all indications denoted they were strangers. AS result of this Alphonse and Gaston tendency no arrests were made and the two vic tims of the accident left the police station intent upon helping each other give first aid to the damaged cars.
 Alphonse and Gaston have been de- picted in newspaper comics with such ridiculous effect as to be looked upon as joke, but after all, would not this old world be much better place if we had more Alphonses and more Gastons?
 If you collide with fellow traveller, isn't it better to shake hands and smile than to grit your teeth and fight !? Loss of temper would not repair the damage, while good humor at least helps to smooth it over.
 In this speed mania age, when mems $ nerves are atingle and when high ten sion is the rule rather than the ex- ceprion, it is indeed refreshing by way of variation to read of such an in- stance as that related in the Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
WEARING THE TOP HAT

From the Cincinnati Times-Star. Clothes do not make the man, and any variation from this antiquated maxim would be apostasy to our democratic in- stitutions. And our subscription to the sentiment has become even more sincere since the modern advertisement of the well dressed man has filled our rlaga-
 zines and newspapers with vapid counten- ances, concave stomachs and attenuated legs.
 But there is knack or natural abil- ity, dependent perhaps upon the shape
 of the head, in wearing a top hat, alias
 the stove pipe" There is an indescrib- able angle to be attained or not. And if
 it is not attained, we earnestly recom-
 mend that the top hat be not worn. For
 instance, among the Thespians who sport
 top hats in "The Lilac Domino" at the
 Lyric this week, all angles are repre-
 scented, all interpretative tilts are por-
 trayed. There are some who wear the top hat as if to the top hat born, with
 that north northeast infection when the
 wearer is going due west Others wear
 the social helmet with the graNe de-
 meanor of an undertaken, pointing the
 way of souls. Still others cannot get away from the awkwardness with which
 the cabman seeks to protect the ears as
 well as the head.
 Far be it from us to say that heredity or character plays any part in this varied assortment of top hat moods. But it is an interesting study that requires dis eliminating eye, a kind of sartorial in-
 depreciation which proves that after all we are brothers of the lady of the critical
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
E.tnbrook |. Complimented

Henry Dodge Estabrools may be elect ed President of the United States said Mrs Bessie Brien Hundley yesterday.
 "He is great lawyer. He is a progress sive republican. He is a statesman. He is a wonderful orator. The fact that he is not as well known as Senator Root and others who have for years stood high in the counsel of the republican party, will not prove handicap We all remember how a newspaper man, at tending convention, spoke dramatically of cross of gold and crown of thorns' and secured the nomination of the demo- cratic party In the republican conven- tion Estabrook may achieve a similar triumph.
 q think it would be a movement of wisdom were MT. Holberg of the Ad club to invite MT. Estabrook to deliver in Birmingham his famous lecture on hon. esty in politics and advertising. It is a wonderful address. All Birmingham would be entertained. and all Birming- ham would be greatly benefited"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
The Forrest Highway

One of the most important high ways in the state, and now the most generally travelled, is the Forrest high way from Rome, Ga., to Birmingham via Leeds and Gadsden It forms part of the route from here to Atlanta.
 Up to the time the Forrest highway was inaugurated last summer, there were long stretches of unimproved road in Cherokee county and several rough pieces of roadbed in EtoWah and St. Clair. But the highway dedicated to General Forrest is now in excellent Condition nearly the entire length of 12O Birmingham to Rome-and the small mileage that remains to be standardized will be put into perfect . condition during the winter. No great highway was ever build or linked up'' in such short time as the For rest. The men of Rome went at it with cnafacCeTlSllC energy ana lne SOOu road enthusiasts of Birmingham and Gadsden co-opefated with telling eff feet. In two or three weeks after the movement was launched every citizen along the route was full of ardor and the enterprise was pushed without a hitch. While the construction work has been rapid it is high class work. Qual- ity was not sacrificed for "a hurry up schedule.
 So great is the success of the For rest highway that the officers and directors of the organization-the men who promoted the highway-are projecting an extension from Birming- ham to Meridian. This of course will prove immensely popular. And this great cross-state road would in time be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
The sunday MusIcaIes

While there has been a large sale oi season tickets for the Sunday afternoon musicales to be given at the Tutwiler arranged by Mrs. J. F. Frazier, there ar, several left and I hope to see them dis posed of this week. said Oliver Chali foux.
 Mrs. Frazier has placed & number o1 these tickets in my hands for sale. and from the inquiry during the last few days I think all will be sold
 'The first entertainment, November 21 will be indeed a rare treat-Albert Spald. ing, the violin virtuoso, and Frederick Gunster, tenor, in joint recital
 '"rhe second entertainment will be or December 12-Franceska Kaspar Lawson colorature soprano. The others will be January 30 and March F. the artists be- ing respectively Edward Bingham and lilly Koenen
 These are certainly great attractions for the small price of s5 for season ticket, each ticket admitting two per- sonc''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
MasterfuI Argument, Made

One of the best arguments ever made before a local court was that of Robert Aston of Atlanta, during the hearing of the injunction proceedings last Saturday, said A. Leo Oberdorfer. ''The hearing was before Judge H. A. Sharpe of the city court On the petition of Solicitor Hugo Black praying for an injunction to stop the Southern Express company from handling certain packages said to contain liquor advertising matter con trary to the law of the state.
 "Mr. Aston is the chief counsel for the express company and has given much time and study to the prohibition laws in reference to the liquor shipments by the company. His argument was a mas terly effort and left little room for doubt but that the decision of Judge Sharpe denying the injunction will be upheld by the higher courts should it be taken before the supreme court
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
Three Schools of Preparedness

American people respecting ''pre- paredness' are divided into three camps.
 Two are radical The other is con servative.
 There is MT. Bryan opposing the idea of preparing for possible emerg- ency. On the other extreme is Captain Hobson, urging that this nation hesi- tate no longer for the coming of the yellow" peril and other dire catas- trophes.
 And between the two, representing the conservatives, is President Wilson.
 MT. Bryan, in his public addresses and formal interviews, practically de- clares for disarmament Captain Hob son, in his lectures and interviews, practically declares for a nation armed cap-a-pie.
 The President adheres to the idea that this government should become prepared to the point of that efficiency from which in the event of war, the United States in a trice could amplify it's forces and present as formidable an appearance as any other nation MT. Bryan's contention that there should be no war is correct. His is $ beautiful theory, and an impracticable theory. On the other hand, were the government to put into effect the idea of Captain Hobson, we would become so>strong that we would regard it as a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09

Peter A. B. Widener, who died recently widely known capitalists in the country, He wa, also an art connoisseur and phi lanthropist. Mir. Widener was a con- spicuous example of the self-made man. having risen from obscurity to financial
 power. He kept fin harness" until only
 few months before his death, when increasing weakness compelled him to re-
 tire. He was s1 years old. Some of the
 most notable monuments to Mir Widener
 are the Widener Memorial school, home for crippled children, which is considered the best institution of it's kind in the
 world the Widener building, the Land Title building, the Ritz Carlton hotel and the Widener Memorial library. MT.
 Widener devoted most of his attention to the promotion of countrywide traction controlled many of these companies His son and grandson were victims Of the Titanic disaster, a blow from which he never fully recovered. The Widener home, "Lynnewood HaH,' is one of the
 chief show places in the country. It has
 an art gallery filled with rare paintings
 among them the famous painting, ''The
 Miil,' valued at s10o,Ooo The collection
 contains the works of all the worlds rep
 resentative artists
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09

solemn duty to go abroad seeking trouble, and officiously to hurl our selves into the dangerous affairs of other nations.
 There is no question but that the President occupies the only tenable of the three positions. And it is certain that the couStry will be safer in fol lowing the practical man rather than either of the distinguished gentlemen who have proved unusually strang in platform theory and remarkably weak in actual achievement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
PALADlNs. PALADINs, TO SADDLE

Don Marquis in Dreams and Dust" Harper & Bros. Galahads. Galahads. Percivals. gallop! Bayards, to the saddle,-the dangerous
 trumpets, Hoarse with their ecstacy. call to the
 mellay. Paladins, Paladins. Rolands flame-
 hearted, Saddle and spear. for the battle flags Thrust the keen steel through the throat
 of the liar. Star Cor San GraeD that illumines thy
 pathway, Follow 1t, follow that far ideal!- Thine not the guerdon to gain or grasp it: Soul of thee. passing, ascendeth unto it. Augmenting its brightness for them that
 come after Heed then the call of the trumpets. the
 trumpets, Hcarse with the fervor, the feryor. the
 frenzy of battle Paladins Paladins. saddle to saddle. Eide not. abide not, Gods bugles are
 calling!- Thrust the sharp sword through the
 heart of the liar.