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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
Booster for Age-Herald

Abe Weinstein, first floor manager of Pizitz. is one of the most enthusiastic boosters of The Age-Herald in the city T have noticed a wonderful improve ment in The Age-Herald during the past few weeks said MT Weinstein. "Of course, have always been an admirer of The Age-Herald and thought well of it, but recently I have seen big inn provement. must say that I also read it every morning at the breakfast table and leave 1t for those at home to en- joy it's contents I have noticed biz response to 1t in the store too. It is good to have such progressive and up- to-date morning paper in Birming ham, and I am glad to say something good about it.
 Now that the times are better and people are feeling better over the pros poets of business in general, the public has more time to read the papers and keep up with the daily doings of the world. It is a good thing for one to get in touch with the situation each morn ing so that he can begin the day with the satisfaction of knowing that he is we'll posted on the happenings locally as we'll as worldwide. The Age-Herald is live, progressive paper and I am a booster for it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

it is now. because the parcel post is yet in it's experimental stage. so to speak Tt is reasonable to assume that the parcel post business will more than double in less than five years.
 New postoffice buildings that few years ago were considered adequate are now found to be too small. There is the Richmond, Va, office. as an example. Only two or three years ago the govern ment completed an extension of the Rich mond building at cost of something like S. .0OO,o00 including additional site. But it is already overcrowded. And Richmonds population is less than that of Birming- ham.
 "The last Congress appropriated $450.000 for the purchase of an adjoining site in Richmond. There is some local squabble over the matter The Chamber of Com merce insists on the government buying a certain property on which it holds an option, and other interests recommend the purchase of a certain other site.' Sec retary of the Treasury McAdoo and Post master General Burleson are to be in Richmond this week to look over the post office situation. After the additional site is paid for it will require at least smother half million to erect the building. It used to be that the Ngovernment could estimate fairly well on the needs of this or that growing city for 20 or 30 years to come. Not SC now
 T understand that ground will be broken for new postoffice here within the next few months. l am not familiar with the details, but it probably will be a safe bet that two or three years after the Birmingham building is completed half million dollars will have to be spent on it for enlargement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 A YOUNG lawyer in a divorce suit "A was defending the character of
 A the wife against the husband. who
 insisted that she drank. And how about
 your" asked the lawyer. ''Do you drink 2"
 That, sir, is my business answered the
 witness in anger. T know it is.' said the attorney: but have you any other busi-
 ness2''
 We resent intrusion-what in the horrid
 parlance of the day is sometimes called a "probe"-into our affairs. We do not
 want any lid filters prying around. There
 is a kind of inquisitiveness that mas
 querades as sympathy. We are inclined
 to defend ourselves against 1t. What is
 this strange instinct that leads woman or
 man to draw a few little household goods
 under a protecting wing lest they be
 smashed like any common crockery?
 There is no life so poor, so public to the
 light of day. that it has not few
 reticences, few privacles. to which 1t is entitled, or thinks itself entitled.
 "A poor thing. but mine own There is
 6 moral in the child of the slums proud
 of the battered remnant of doll. Even
 so, soldier might be proud of 8 mourn
 full and impoverished fraction of his coun-
 try, eager to rise up and defend 1t when
 superior political wisdom would counsel
 him to let 1t go. The fact that 1t is his
 own makes it sacred and beautiful in his
 eyes. A traveller hard of heart might
 come in and perceive only the rags and
 the filth. The lover sees deeply to the soul.
 It is serious responsibility one assumes
 who invades another life as g geologist knocks stones apart to see if there be crystals inside. When Shakespeare put in the villain lagos mouth the famous de- fense of his good name, he seems to sug- gest picture of the heart explored and riied and turned inside out and thrown aside with the contemptuous exclamation of the thief who finds too little in his booty to reward the pains he took and the risk he ran in the thievery. We sit calmly down to weigh in the balances and appraise a life that is not our own-and then we shake our heads and say; 'Npth- ing there. The examination was not worth while" Whereupon our victim justly asks: Did I request you to scru- tinize and dissect and discuss me? Did give you the keys to the freedom of my being? Have I not right to live my life?"
 One man Is able to take an inventory of great possessions in his own little Babylon that he has reared around him. All that he sees Is tributary to his pride. in his own achievement. His fountains and gardens are the cash register of his vast accumulations. Another man has scarcely two sticks to build the cross that he carries: yet there is something in him that refuses to fold hands and acquiesce 1 in meagre and ignoble view of his des- l tiny. He will keep on. He will run the engine through on crooked and slippery rails He will make what he has serve his turn if he Is denied the best of all. He will use a broken weapon If the hilt of Excalibur does not present itself to his grasp in his hour of need
 It, would seern aometiRssx as though
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
FIFTY YEARS A CLERK
From the Savannah Press.

From the Savannah Press.
 Emma A. McCully, a South Carolinian, has just concluded service of 50 years with the United States government. She has served that time in the accounts division of the bureau of internal reve- nue in the treasury department.
 Miss McCully entered the service on November 3. 1865, from Columbia, 8. C., when she was but IS years old. She re- ceived her appointment from President Andrew Johnson, who was a friend of her grandmother. She was the first southern woman to be appointed to the treasury department. At the time of her appointment she was one of but 9 women clerks in the department
 When Columbia was burned on Sher- mans march to the sea the McCully home went up in flames. The next day Miss McCully's grandmother died from the shock and grief. The misfortune of the McCully family touched President Johnson's heart, and the appointment of Miss McCully to $900 position in the accounts division of the treasury depart ment followed. She has been there ever since, and now holds an important post that pays sl600.
 No doubt Miss McCully deserves all the promotions she has had at the hands of the government. We are sure she has been q faithful and honest employe. We are confident the boss never came in and found her discussing the baseball game nor walking around in the corridor smok- ing a cigarette We are quite sure she has never lost time reading the sport ing pages nor in discussing the tariff. She Is just one of those genuinely, good clerks of the feminine sex who do their work well that there are lots of em- than a man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
WHAT THINK YOU?

WHAT THINK YOU? The toiling and striving, The heartache and rue, The dreams that we cherish, Yet never come true, Are scarcely the worst of This life, you'll confess. These may be unpleasant And cause much distress, But even more trying
 Than sorrow and woe, The lot of each mortal
 Who tarries below, Are trifles like waiting
 For trains that are late. The chaps who detain you For lengthy debate; The loss of umbrellas
 On days when 1t rains, The foolish reformer
 Who ceaseless complains; The rent in your trousers You have but one pair; Mislaying that nickel
 You saved for car fare; The telephone number.
 You simply can't get, The fellow who owes you, But hasn't paid yet; The neighbor who ''borrows'' Your paper each day, The dame buying tickets
 Who stands in your way; The chauffeur who makes you Jump high with his horn, The two hundred -pounder Who steps on your corn; The long winded caller,
 Who's truly a pest; The female pianist
 Who gives you no rest These, these, o my brother. And ten thousand moro Rob life of it's sweetness And make it a bore,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
King Peter in the Trenches

An Associated Press correspondent describes in a vivid manner the Ser vian King battling in the trenches with the remnants of his shattered army. Clad in the uniform of a private, the aged monarch is seeking death. When he is killed, then, and not till then, his subjects may seek their own safety in flight.
 It is a stirring picture and one to bring the Servian King into sharp contrast with other rulers, with the lone exception of the Belgian King, who live soft lives while their loyal subjects die in battle. At the time of his accession to the throne King Peter was the most abhorred monarch in Europe. Whether or not he was re- sponsible for the bloody chapter in Ssrvian history immediately preced- ing his accession, he was apparently i- 4r rtainly profitel by t a Of M predecessor and the sersisa Queen
 Perhaps the pe ills confronting Ser yss have made X ng Peter great. If sfo1ts sFs he credited, he is cer- aly acting in those heroic mon- ihs ef oldea and more spacious tgAses who led sha ir troops to victory
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
Approach of the Holidays

With the approach of the holiday season the new era of prosperity in the United States becomes more and more in evidence.
 Some months after the iron and steel trade had begun to mark high pressure activity, general business conditions continued to lag, but now every branch of commerce is either
 normal or fast reaching normal levels.
 The latest mercantile and financial
 reviews are. without exception, sound
 ing buoyant note. They are bub-
 bling over with optimism. Leaders
 n the business world agree that the
 country is entering upon period of
 expansion which will eclipse any form
 CT record of thrift and upbuilding.
 The New York Sun, which is always
 careful and usually reserved in it's
 observations and until recently mark
 edly restrained, not to say skeptical in alluding to booming conditions in the industrial field, now discusses the jusiness situation in spirit of un- feigned enthusiasm. It says among other things:
 Confidence, that intangible quality but powerful force on which trade, in- dustrial and financial activity depends. is testifying in every direction to the sturdness of it's growth in the last few months. The psychological factor is operating on physical factors to give us the broadest business move- ment which has been seen in years, with trend toward unprecedented volumes and values.
 There is more money in the country than ever, not only in the hands of the people, but in the banks. The banks are so well fortified that they possess a vast surplus of monetary facilities beyond domestic necessities, and we have made great progress as lenders to the rest of the world. We have already come very close to bal ancing our former relation as a debtor l nation by the extent to which we have established our status as creditor nation Our continuing exports of l goods and credit, with only little 1 further absorption of our securities from abroad. will make us a creditor 1 nation indeed.
 l A trustworthy token of the whole situation Is furnished by basic indus try. Production of steel and iron is | taxing capacity, and rising prices have so little effect on buyers that manufac- l t,irers are unwilling to book orders for l distant delivery, while prompt delivery is impossible.
 ] The whole world has to come here 1 for goods and credit during the war, and it will have to come here for long period after the war unless we make ducks and drakes of our good
 fortune. The accidents of war nave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
A CONSTANT DRAIN

My daughter used to think a box o chocolates and novel all she needed t while away her leisure moments" sal MT. Twobble
 "Yes?' k
 Now she goes in for politics.
 You ought to feel proud of hei fo taking an interest in something that re quires study"
 Maybe so. still. it was far less experl sive to provide her with candy and book than to subscribe every week or so to campaign fund.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
Recall. the Floral Parade

T happened to be in Birmingham in 1908, during the Confederate reunion, and recall a striking feature-the floral parade" said M. s. Wharton of St. Louis.
 T have seen many beautiful pageants but I never saw anything in the way of 8 floral display that equa1ed that on the reunion occasion.
 T never saw such a profusion of flowers and the artistic arrangement of the whole pageant reflected high credit upon those who got it up. The process sion was two or three miles long. It was revelation to me and it must have been to the immense crowd of visitors that came to the reunion. Something of the sort will doubtless be planned for the reunion to be held here next year."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
LET DOWN.

''When look back on the early history of this country my bosom swells with pridei' exclaimed the impassioned citi- zen.
 .'So does nine.'' replied the truculent individual who thinks the peace dove a much overrated bird, "but when look back on the past two years in my coun- try's history, my chest is quickly de- fated.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
Another Great Highway


 latest. Good roads advocates of Mississippi valley states and the Canadian province of Manitoba met in New Orleans this week and organ ized the Jefferson Highway associa- tion. It is proposed to construct a great international thoroughfare from Winnipeg to New Orleans.
 Two routes were proposed and the usual heated debate on the selection of the "official' route followed. What was styled the Joplin route runs from New Orleans to Shreveport, La, Fort Smith, Ark, Joplin and Kansas City, Mo-, Des Moines, Ia., and St, Paul and Minneapolis, Minn. The proposed Oklahoma or Parsons route is from New Orleans through Durham, Tex, Muskogee, Okla, Sioux Falls, s. D., and Fargo and Great Forks, N. D., anu tllCllCC tO "
 Preliminary reports on the two lines were submitted but the final de- cision will be made by the directors of the association after they are in possession of complete data.
 The Jackson highway was the first great north and south line touching this section to attract attention and assume tangible shape. Then came the Dixie highway, connecting with the Forrest highway at Rome, Ga., which is already completed into Bir- mingham.
 The highway projected from Wash ington, D. C., to Miami, Fla, embrac- ing the Lee and Jackson road through Fredericksburg and Richmond, is be- ing linked together as fast as pos sible.
 A great deal of work will have to be done on the Jefferson highway, no matter which route is chosen, before it will be in first class condition, but the states through which it will pass are able to carry out any pledges they may make. In the meantime, eager automobilists from frozen Manitoba and the icy country this side will head for New Orleans this winter, even if they have to rough it" large part of the way.
 All this enthusiasm over north and south highways is significant. The people have got money and pleasure seekers are more bent than ever in spending the winter season in the sunny south.
 We cannot have too many tourist highways. Birmingham and every other southern city will reap the bene- fit of the influx of northern touring parties, no matter through which states the official routes may run.
 All success to the Jefferson High way association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
OUR OWN AFFAIRS

there were iii the world superabund ance of those willing to tell others how! today down the law their own lives nevss intend to follow. The notion of propert7 rights should not be restricted to appl
 solely to material things, like furnitul' or the walls of a house or a tract of lan( One owns the substanceless fabric of hi life or hers. to make or mar it. None livd unto himself, it is true: 1t is impossible t escape correlation and consultation. an
 at the same time to do ones whole dut. by this world in which we dwell. But | 1t be important to defend the body's hom
 as though it were castle it would seen to be still more necessary to hold at al odds against all corners the temple of til
 soul
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

or defeat, setting an example of valor their devoted followers strove to emu late.
 Servia has shown herself dauntless in the face of tremendous odds. It may well be that Peter, whatever his crimes in the past, is proving no less heroic than his brave little army.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
GERMAN AUTOCRAcY DOOMED

From the New Republic
 What the future lays before the Ger man financier is a long vista of nscai struggles. gaining in intensity as the enthusiasm of victory or the mutual sym pathy of defeat dies away into history The Junkers will be compelled to pay. in land and income taxes. and will cry out that the blood is being sucked out Of them Industry and commerce will be compelled to pay, through taxes direct and indirect, increasing railway rates. and whatever other devices may yield re- turns. Great will be the outcry. It will be urged that Germany cannot afford to handicap German industry in its compe- tition with foreign countries. Labor will me compelled to pay through consump- ton taxes increasing the cost of living. and the social democracy will enter upon a new phase of growth. The necessity of payment is inevitable; the government can only mitigate the resultant bitterness through granting the respective classes a fair share in determining the distribu- tion of burdens. But this means consti- tutional reform. Barring the miracle of colossal military indemnities, autocratic government In Germany is doomed. Its downfall is written in the skies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
DRILL NOT FOR BOYs

From the Rochester Democrat and Chron
 icle
 Dr. Dudley A. Sargent, the physical director of Harvard university, has made an elaborate report of his studies of the effect of military training in the pub lie schools. After declaring that most children are not trained and developed as they should be. while few others are overtrained, he gives q definite answer to the question: Does military drill in the schools develop those qualities in youth which prepare a nation for the struggles of war, to say nothing of those of peace?" Dr. Sargent answers this question with an unqualified negative. He says that 1t is not an adequate means for physical training, being not only very limited in it's activities. but actually harmful to boys less than Is or 20 years of age. He says. further. that the musket is one-sided implement. too heavy for young boys and inefficient for older boys" Dr. Sargents s conlyIiGnts on mili- tary drill for schooiboys might well be studied in their entirety by educators and physical directors who have the respon- sibility of physical training of the young.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
"MORNING SCENT OF FLOwERs'

By William Blake. First ere the morning breaks joy cpe
 in the flowery bosoms. Joy even to tears. which the sun rist
 dries: first, the wild thyme, And meadows sweet. d0wny and et waving among the reeds, Light spr1nGtnR on the air lead the swe
 dance. they wake The honeysuckle sleepiu4 on the oak; {
 Haunting beauty Revels along upon the wind; the wh'
 thorn lovely May All Opens her many lovely eyes; listent
 the rose still sleeps, None dare to wake her; soon she bur1
 her crimson-curtaiped bed And comes forth iii enc majesty
 beauty Every aowsr. The pink, the sjegsAfpina the wallflcw
 and the carhatton. The jonaril; the mild lisy opens her heG
 ellss every tEee S And flower and herb soon i'll the air wi an !nnumerAble dance Yet Ill m oa&err sweet and lovelys
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
PLAYING SAFE.
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Have you ever stopped to consider tn number of trivial questions people ask 1? remarked the fussy man.
 "No," answered the placid individual 'If I stopped to consider them I migh try to answer few"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

BEGINNING THE DAY--o Lord, give me the perfect love that east eth out fear. May I love the world and serve 1t so faithfully that l shall he independent of it's praise or it's blame. May I love Thee so well, my Lord and my God, that shall sit with Thee in perfect peace. In Christ's name. Amen--- H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

man prcpa gandists to stir up trouble in Morocco have met with success. The Moors probably think change of mas ters at !he present stage of the game Is hardly worth considering
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

When Georgia's new prohibition laws go into effect locating a quart in Geor- gia will be almost as exciting as it Is now in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
MAY NOT GRUMBLE

If the American people want larger army and navy they will have to pay for it.--Senator Underwood
 True; and having to pay for so much they don't want they may not grumble about paying for something they do want.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

A dnusaur recently arrived in New years That creature was moving about before Noah had any fuzz on his upper lin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

Sarah Bernfardt has % false legs. and the indications are that the interesting collection is not yet complete.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

Indefatigable historians have dug up the fact for King Georges consolation that the Little Corporal was himself bad horsenan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

The Oasis in Chicago has been de- stroyed, but there are doubtless other Sunday '1ife-saving'' stations known to the initiate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

The assistant postmaster of Winnetka H., put that town on the map.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

The Sultan of Turkey seems to think the future happiness Of his countrymen Is assured. Must be a few Armenians left to slaughter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

As matter of fact. SO many blunders have been made in Great Britain since the war began that it would be impos- sible to saddle all of them on one man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

Is Winston Churchill the William Jen- nings Bryan of Great Britain? When he makes speech his critics cheer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

If the Gallipoli campaign of the allies was the result of expert advice. the ques- ton arises. When is an expert not an expert?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

Al is we'll in Japan. The Mikado has partaken of the sacred rice. which puts the sanctity of his person beyond ques- ton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
THAT KIND OF TOWN.

Flows the scenery around Dubbsdale? 1?
 Rather monotonous," answered tn suburbanite.
 Doesn't vary much. chr Not to any great extent Some day a single box car is the most conspicuou feature of the landscape. On other day it's one of my neighbors tinkering wit his Ford,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

Like @ great many other individuals, once his tongue was loosened, Lieutenant Fay let that useful organ run away with him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17
NO COMPLIMENT

NO COMPLIMENT. 'Is he the right sort of candidate?p There Is nothing in his past life tha could bring the blush of shame to nj check
 'eUmph! I've seen great many cal didates like that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-17

Even German efficiency has been brought to halt by Servian mountains.