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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27
GOSSIP IN LONDON
om the Philadelphia Evening rele-

From the Philadelphia Evening Tele-
 graph.
 Women police have been officially rec ognized at Brighton. England. and be- tween 10 and 60 recently assembled at the | town hall and were addressed by the chief constable and town clerk.
 The women police have, been organized by the local branch of the National Union of Women Workers.
 An officer recently in London from France on leave informed Major Richard son of the work done by one of the sen- try dogs he supplied to the Second bat talion of a certain regiment:
 One dark night took out the sentry dog on patrol duty in front of our trenches near the German wire. Their trenches were 400 to 800 yards from ours. We moved along for sometime, and saw nothing. Suddenly the dog, who was working a little to the left front. stopped dead, pointed, and gave a low growl. We immediately lay motionless on the ground Two Germans rose up as if out of the ground in front of us, and they were immediately bayoneted by our men. The dog had discovered two German sen- tries fin a new sap of which we knew nothing, and, except for the dog, we would never have known the Germans were there"
 A house containing 20 bedrooms, and sit uated three miles outside Leicester, Eng land, has been placed at the disposal of the London Evening News Lonely Sol- diers Guild for the duration of the war. It is proposed to furnish the house and to utilize it as a hostel for soldiers on leave who are without homes or friends. An increasing number of soldiers find themselves, for a short period of their leave in England, without home to which to go, and with a view to meeting this need of the fighting men, it has been decided to open the Evening News hostel where the men can go and stay free of charge.
 Members of the volunteer training corps are not greatly perturbed by the case re- gently reported in which objection was taken to a senior official of the Lon uon insurance committee appearing dt the office in uniform.
 It is quite usual to see members of the city national guard going to business on Saturday morning in uniform, in an- ticipation of a route march or drill in the afternoon. The uniform may be seen behind the telers' counters of city banks. as well as in the streets.
 It is understood that superior officers of the corps do not regard this as vio- lating the spirit of the regulations. The regulation laid down by the Central As sociaton of Volunteer Training corps is that uniform should not be worn except on parade or going to and from parade. The latter words, reasonably construed. cover the case of the city man who comes in from the suburbs to his off, flee in the morning and' goes to drill later in the day. But uniform must not be worn privately, and special objection is taken to members of volunteer corps wearing uniform at places of public en- tertainment. restaurants and the like.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27
A SNOWY MAN.

A SNOWY MAN. Ma" said little Tommy slathers, q the world"
 "why. Tommy. your father is mill lionare.'
 That ain't nothing, ma. Henry Fen kels pa is a bandmaster and leads all the paraGes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27
seasonabIe Vegetable. Abundant

The local market is we'll supplied with seasonable. vegetables, mostly home grown. said Charles D. Pantanze of the Metropolitan cafe. Strawberries from south Alabama are coming in freely and the quality is good
 The fish market is at its best now. Shad are plentiful and are fat and fine. Spanish mackerel are more plenti- ful. The season for these will last about six weeks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE GLOOM HABIT.

The morning time Is brightest,
 lis then our hearts are lightest And all the future years seem wondrous
 fair:
 But when the day is waning And dreary winds complaining
 Seem messengers from caverns of de- spair. Our spirits strangely darken, We quite forget to harken To promptings which inspire the stall Wart soul, Which gladly would uplift us Perchance, with power gift us TO make life's leaden curtains back ward roll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

The women peace propagandists have decided to strike out the clause in their platform" advocating national disarma- ment. Perhaps it's strife too early vet to hope for that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27
saksOIogy Popular

"A very interesting feature in The Age Herald is that under 'Saksology,'" said a member of the Chamber of Commerce.
 Tt is an intimate talk with the pub lie and as an advertising proposition it is sure to pay the house of Saks whose trademark has long been 'Clothier to the Whole Family, or words to that effect. l shall look for 'saksology every morn ing as regularly as I look for the wealth CT report"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

1T Representative Mann hopes to get supporters for his presidential boom on the strength of his whiskers some friendly advisor should remind him that this is a land of clean shaven faces
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

According to reports the Russians make an impression on every town they capture that will not be forgotten for at least a hundred years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

If any person was simple enough to be- lieve that T. R. was permanently off the front page, he received rude jolt when the battle started at Syracuse
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

General Huerta plans to visit the San Francisco fair. Being a gentleman of ann pie leisure and not a few pesos, there is no reason why he should not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

Jess Willard says he will invest his
 earnings in Kansas real estate which is
 much more commendable than trying to corner the fizz water market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

A contemporary thinks 1t a good thing to encourage contemplation However, contemplating the wreck of ones fortunes is a poor way to mend them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

In the opinion of some people an under taker who prefers to style himself a ''mortuarian'' has not his heart in his business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

BEGINNING THE DAY - My Father, may I rest in Thee morej mRy I be silent unto Thee; may | be dumb before Thee. May I have less complaining before Thee nnd more communinG with Thee. May I talk to Thee less and listen to Thee more. Speak to me in the way, comfort me, guide me. For Christ's sake. Amen.-H. M. F..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27
HELPS HIS BUSINESS

From the Louisville Couricr-Joulnal.
 Doctor. do you believe in people talk ing vacations?''
 "Ccnsidering the practice 1t brings me, should be an ingrate to decry tne ens- tosn.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

An American poet who has recently been
 mentioned in the London papers may soon consider the feasibility of cabling his latest verses to England.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

Philadelphia children who cannot live on their income of $90,0oO year must have upset some preconceived notions about Philadelphia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27
RARE MoDEsTY.

'Billzins has been a passenger on some of the largest ships afioat."
 NO. indeed What makes BillSins unique is the fact that he didn't, appar- ently. become an intimate friend of all the prominent people on board those ships"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

It is not bad idea to begin advocating plenty of life preservers for summer ex- cursion steamers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

1 Mir. Barnes says party politics cannot exist without bosses, but MT. Roose-
 welt says there are different kinds of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

The Germans seem to have a fondness for the military drive" but drive that is invariably blocked doesn't get one any where.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27
NOT AN ..EXPERT.'

A very paragon of men
 And one I'm proud to call a friend Is Dubbs, who has no notion when The European war will end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27
ALABAMA PRESS

Troy Messenger: Some are disposed tt criticise President Wilson, but when i comes to the last analysis each time, al accord him much credit for the able way in which he has managed affairs.
 Selma Times: Governor Henderson re. ports he has arranged to borrow s1 000, ,O0 for the state in New York. We have mol heard of anybody who is in favor oi letting the legislature have any of it.
 Anniston Evening Star: We take it thai
 Memphis, in planning to build a pikt road to Birmingham, won't find the Mag ic City a piker.
 Dothan Morning News: Bill says one of the best uses he ever saw lightning
 rod put to was service as a coil in mak. ing rum.
 Dothan Eagle: The horrible disaster in Birmingham when a heavy wall iron a burned building wrecked two store. and killed and injured number of peo pie, brings to mind that Dothan has z building that was once condemned a.
 unsafe. This building. however, is stil | occupied.
 An6alusia Star: What would Bill,
 Taft do, if he was President?" Well, Bil | would fire off about two hoss- pistols ant immediately order an electric fan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27
q IKE MOTHER USED TO MAKE

to make" But newspapers are mostly
 written by men.
 A good many married women in New
 ark and in every other place, will feel
 strongly for this wife who tried earnest
 ly to please her husband with her cook
 ing, and failed. They have been through
 the same trying experience. little
 thing like that has ruined the happiness
 of many a home.
 In this city. few years ago, man
 sued his wife for divorce. and at the
 trial it developed that they fell out about
 doughnuts She could not make dough- nuts as good as his mothers. He sent home to his mother for a parcel of her doughnuts to show his wife how they l.excelled hers, and when they came the wife, at the end of her patience, tossed them out of the window. The judge who heard the case refused the divorce, declaring that the wife did exactly right, and he told the man that a husband who cared more for dough- ruts than he did for good wife was pretty small potatoes !" To- which every wife will agree.
 The "nagging wife" is proverbial. But
 what about the nagging husband?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

Competent critics declare that an at titude of neutrality is quite becoming to Bulgaria.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

bombardment of the German trenches preliminary to their advance at Neuve Chapelle. Under the concentrated fire of hundreds of guns, the enemys defenses were simply wiped out. MT. Lloyd George stated to the House of Commons that more ammunition was expended by the British in that one battle than during the whole Boer war. which lasted for nearly three years. In a few hours in this war supplies of munitions are exhausted that would have sufficed a few years ago for a long campaign. Methods of artillery fighting that were impossible at the time of the civil war are now the common practice of all the European armies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27
INsURING PRoMPTNEss.

INsURING PRoMPTNEss.
 'Is the ability to swear fuently an aid to golf?"
 ''I don't know that it helps man to play better game, but it sometimes im-
 proves the caddy service.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

FIRST FLY WARNING. One word before
 The writer goes One little word
 Before we close, We'd fain impress Upon your mind And to your in
 Most conscience bind, In hopes it won't
 Be soon forgot. That little word,
 My friends, is Swat"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27
WHILE LILACs pLooM

From the Chicago Tribune love Gods gifts-the trees, the ferns, The cups of gold strewn OCT the sod, The surfaced flower that mornward
 turns,
 The hollyhock and goldenrod; The pansy. too, with eyes like night. The roadside thistle's fairy globes. The cherry tree arrayed in white, The maple in its autumn robes, The trailing arbutus can lure
 Me sometimes from the town away, The wood-born violet demure
 Hath caused me farther on to stray. Even now a slender poplar sings Near one far lake, while Luna shines Across the years sweet memory brings The threnody of northern pines. know a garden walled around With rubble. near the city's heart. Within that fragrant bit of ground Groweth for me a thing apart From all the rest-a bush now bare, But soon with wondrous life to stir, Its blossoms sweetening all the air, M Purple and white and lavender. fThe over-arching sky may glow, Or spread canopy of gloom; Fnt 4o 4iiii Arot erh day IT! go +s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27
SATISFIED.

A man will eat, then settle back
 And light his favorite cigar. Though fame and fortune he may lack, Right then he feels way over par.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27
SUCH IGNORANCE.

s'Ahemi That dancer is wearing only a few beads. Do you suppose she calls them clothes?"
 My dear fellow. certainly not, That s a costume"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27
FIRST All

FIRST AID. My friend. said the prison visitor, "I, grieves me to see you here" Thanks for your sympathy "Is there anything I can do?' You might slip me a saw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

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 office. Tribune building, Chicago. The 5. C. Bec<with Special Agency. agents for- eign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

Daily and Sunday Age Herald. $S.C0
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

George McMasters, O. E. Young ard W. D. Brumbeloe are the only author ized travelling representatives of The Age-Herald in its circulation depart ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, fostoffice as second class matter un- der act of Congress March B. lSi9.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald will not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address,
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-27

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned un- less stamps are enclosed for that pur- pose.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-20
Additional Local Items

Mrs. Beard, who has spent a week
here visiting with her brother, Alex.
Hamilton, was a departing passenger
on yesterdays afternoon train return
ing to her home at St. Thomas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ober, ST., who have
been visiting for two weeks with
their sons in Langdon, were passen-
gers yesterday returning to their home
at Pipestone, MINI.
Miss Lucy A. Gordon, book keeper
and cashier at the Schulke department
store, is taking a we'll earned months
vacation, leaving her home in Lang
don on Saturday train for Rochester,
N. Y. where as a lay delegate she
attends the general assembly OF the
Presbyterian church from the synod of
North Dakota. At the close of the
weeks sessions Of the assembly Miss
Gordon plans extending her stay in
the east and will visit with old
friends and relatives at various points
in Ontario.
L. f. Bimler was a returning pas
senger on Saturdays train from the
south, coming from Battle Creek,
Mich, where he successfully passed
the final examinations of the school Of
piano tuning of Prof. Niles BRYANT,
and is now an accredited expert in
piano tuning. Mr.. Bimler has high
endorsements from the celebrated
music house of Lyons & Healey of
Chicago and of the Stone Music House
IN this state. Attention is directed
to his professioal card which will be
found on our local page.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-20
BEAUTIFYING A TOWN.
Ridsewood, N. J, Co-operates With
Railroad In Removing Eyesores.

Ridgewood, n. j., has taken up beau
ty culture and within six months or so
will be qualified for the double red star
Of any Baedeker on The Scenic Beau.
ties of New Jersey Towns" Some
S2GO,0O0 Of good looks is about to be
added to it. and when everything IS
completed the Inhabitants declare that
same class.
For some six years, since Il collec
ton Of old buildings was torn down
around the railroad station, there has
been a bare spot that troubled the more
artistic souls Of the place. Finally
George Circuit, one Of the artistic resi-
dents, assistant 10 the president Of the
Erie railroad and one Of the leading
citizens OF Ridgewood, began to agltate
for q park in place Of the collection Of
sticks, tones and ugliness. The Wo-
mans club Of Ridgewood, which al
ways has had a ~hand-several Of them.
i'll fact-in any civic Improvement, in
creased the agitation. and the mayor,
Donald CARRIER, called Il mass meeting,
to which the town turned out bodily.
y vote was put through i to l to make
RidgewooG one Of the most beautiful
towns in the state.
MI. Circuit interested the Erie rail-
road, since the improvements were to
take place on part of its grounds and
around its station. The railroad agreed
to help. ltidgewood estimated that the
improvements would cost $15O,OOO.
The Erie was less modest and said it
would be S2i0,0O0. The plans grew as
they talked about them unit. the final
agreement was Il cost of 100000, the
town TO raise about $4,000. the rail
road the rest.
There are some eight acres around
the station. which viii! be made into a
beautiful park. The old station will be
torn down, and 81 new one with over
ed platforms, to cost about $4,000,
Will be put up. The tracks will have
to be shifted somewhat and the grade
crossing done away with. an under
ground tunnel being substituted. 9th
cr improvements along the main street
will be made and the whole town done
over and put in apple pie order.-New
York Press.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-20
WALKING FOR HEALTH.
Tho Pedometer Habit Is a Splendid Ono
to Cultivate.

Tho Pedometer Habit Is a Splendid Ono
to Cultivate.
A famous New York doctor was call
ed upon some months ago by a patient
who presented an appearance of ILL
ness, but with whom he could find
nothing the matter. Questioning dis
closed the fact that he had not taken
regular physical exercise for years.
"That's your trouble" remarked the
wise physician. 'IH write you a pre-
scription." When he got outside the
office the patient opened the bit Of pa
per and read, Get a pedometer and
bring it back to me in three weeks
with the indicator pointing to 100
miles," When the patient returned at
the time mentioned the doctor, without
making an examination. told him he
need not come back any more. His
looks demonstrated the efficacy Of the
treatment. But he was counseled to
persevere in keeping the pedometer
busy and thereby save many a doc
tors fee.
There are imaginative patients, most
of whose troubles may be traced to
the thermometer habit" They are
constantly taking their temperature,
and their feelings are regulated by
their discoveries. A splendid substi-
tute is the ''pedometer habit" Instead
of continually fussing to keep his tenn
p%erature below 100, for instance, the
possessor Of one OF these clever con-
%trivances can try how long it takes to
send the pedometer above that figure.
Lots of fun is to be obtained from as
certaining distances between various
points by walking them. incidentally
the liver gets a good shaking up, the
lungs receive the fresh air for the lack
Of which they have been starving, and
the enthusiastic pedestrian feels a new
joy Of living. 1t is not convenient for
all to play that most excellent of pas
times-golf. But the pedometer game
is available to most, and it renders in
teresting what is, after all, a rather
monotonous form Of exercise.-Pitts-
burgh Gazette-Times.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-20
Towns and Cities Need Them,
Not More Statues.
FREMONT'S IS AN EXAMPLE.
Los Angeles Has Erected an Artistic
Light Standard In Honor of General.
Drinking Fountains, Gates, Bridges,
Etc, Would Commemorate Famous
Men and Women FittingIy.

Combining beauty with utility, the
city Of Los Angeles honored the mem
Dry of one Of its most distinguished
citizens. General John G. Fremont, by
erecting in his honor an ornamental
monument which serves also the pur-
pose of Il light standard. 1t stands
at the entrance to Elysian park and
bears at its top IL hanging electric
lamp. The tall. slender shaft Of the
monument is s%urmounted by an eagle
with outstrctched wings. The monu-
ment was erected ut Il cost Of $500 0
in 1896.
1T naS been urged on American mu-
nipicalities that they erect drinking
fountains, ornamental lighting poles,
bridges. gates. etc, In honor of their
famous citizens. rather than the stat
ues, often inartistic. which they now
put up. The monuments in New York
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-05-20

MEMORIAL AT Los CAL.
city, for example. have often been crit
icised. and some Of them in Central
park are now hidden by shrubbery in
order to conceal their crudities. Many
OF the figures in statuary hall, in the
United States capitol, bear greater tes-
timony to the gratitude of the states
represented than to the skill of the
men and women who conceived and
executed the figures.
Students of civic art say it is better
for a city to have. for example. an
artistic drinking fountain. inscribed
With the name of the man or woman
whom the municipality delights to hon
or, than ar ugly monument buried in
some out of the way corner of a park
on the lack in American cities of prop
er memorials which can be put to GOOD
civic uses.
The Los Angeles light bearing shaft
is not the only useful memorial bear
ing the name of General Fremont. \.
icN StdtS dSo Nlllidul hOChpltllof
completed Il fountain in North Broad
way, Tarrytown. y. u. in memory
of Major General John G. Fremont and
turned it over to the village authori-
ties. 1t is situated Il few hundred feet
south of the old Fremont home and at
Il spring where the famous Pathfinder
often stopped to quench his thirst.
Mr.. Rockefeller conceived the idea of
preserving the spring and at the same
time honoring Il former distinguished
resident. He obtained permission from
the village to tear down the old trough
Il in its place erected a fine fountain
from native stone. 1t is built on q
semicircle on the east side of the road,
with Il stone pillar at each end. In the
center Is the trough. cut out of a mas
sive rock, and above it is a bronze tab
let inscribed:
Gold Spring. Erected in memory of
General John G.. Fremont. the Path
finder. q former resident. a. D.. 1913"
General Fremont lived at Tarrytown
for a time just after the civil war. Mr..
Rockefeller's estate adjoins his old
home. The Fremont fountain is the
second memorial Mr.. Rockefeller erect
ed recently near Tarrytown. In 1912
he rebuilt the Headless Horseman
bridge in honor of Washington Irving.