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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

By Gilbert III. Grosvenor, Director and
Editor of the National Geographic So
ciety.
~ UssIA's peoples come from the
tx orient and the occdent the frigid
L n north and the tropic south. Its
| range of climate gives a Palm Beach
touch to its Crimea and the breath of
the north to it's White sea region. 1t has
vast agricultural wealth. Its peoples diff
fer greatly as the Poles and the Mongols,
the Confucians and the Jews, the Tartars
land the Laps.
| But with all it's geographic greatness
Russia is about as poor in natural out
| lets to the world as the smallest of the
countries of the earth. Holland could be
hidden in the vast reaches of the Russian
plain, almost as needle in a haystack,
| yet Amsterdam does more international
business than all the ports of Russia to-
gether. Not one free outlet to the open
sea does European Russia possess except
on the ice-bound shores of the Arctic
ocean. The path from the Black sea to
the Mediterranean leads through the Bos-
porus and the Dardanelles held by alien
hands.
There lives within the boundaries of the
| Russian empire enough people to dupli-
| cate the population of Germany, Great
Britain and France combined, with enough
left over to duplicate half the population
| of Austria Hungary. Furthermore, If Rus
STA grows from 1912 to 1000 as it grew from
| 1872 to 1912 its population will then be up
ward of 600 million.
From such record of size, of bigness
in everything, we should expect Russia
| to be an old nation, like Great Britain
with perhaps 1000 years of unhndered
growth behind it. But, as a matter of
fact, Russia is youth among the ma
| tions compared with England, STRIPPING
whose full stature and breadth is still a
subject of conjecture and speculation.
Russia Is young because it never has
had chance to grow until recent years
| It's geographical shape or condition was
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

VIII I'LL emu.
Doctors Were All There
DIR. Charles Whelan. city physician,
showed up at the club yesterday looking
very sleepy and when asked the cause
related the following story:
When the cat is away the mice will
play. You've heard that? Well, here's
an application of it.
DR.. w. C. Gewin in the absence of
his. wife and children is 'baching' 1t at
his home $40 Tuscaloosa avenue. Feeling
lonesome yesterday he invited Dr. o. P.
Board to take supper and being in a play
ful mood the two perpetrated one of the
most wholesale hoaxes ever sprung in
Birmingham
They decided to call up doctor and
tell him they had very urgent case that
demanded his immediate attention at
Gewin's home and tell him not to lose
minute in getting to the scene. Every
body fell for it fine and the doctors had
one of the most enjoyable evenings in
| their lives. After they had all arrived
Gewin had a substantial repast prepared
and we carried on until shameful hour
this morning.
1.-THE first doctor called was DIR. Cecil
CASTOR. He came from Miner Heights to
West End in five minutes He declared
that he had been arrested three times
for speeding while on the way over, but
had succeeded in out-tallxlng the cop by
telling him he had an urgent case and
had to get there quick.
LAS soon as DR.. CASTOR comprehended
the joke he turned In with a will and
not wishing to be selfish and keep the
joke to himself immediately called two
| more doctors and so it went, an endless
chain until $50 of Birmingham's ply
sicians had been routed out of bed in
response to an emergency.
| DIR. Lloyd Nolan, head of the Ten
nessee company doctors. was called and
when he took in the situation he immedi-
ately sent in an imperative summons for
every Tennessee company doctor in the
district, about 40 responding. DIR. D. f.
Talley drove up and seeing all the auto
mobiles declared that the patient could
not possibly recover with so many ply
sicians and Immediately went back home.
The hardest doctor to locate and get
out was Howell Heflin, but he made ur
for his hardness In the amount Of eata
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10
The Ages of Man

Childhood is the age of faith.
A baby is the most helpless of all
young. Many animals are able to
take care of themselves Immediately
upon birth, and practically all of them
are we'll initiated into the ways of the
world within a day or two of life.
But the human infant is absolutely the
creature of circumstance, with no
language and no recourse but cry.
One of the CLEANS that awaken the
mother in a woman is the utter help
lessness of the little pink thing in her
arms. And out of this long and pain
full infancy grows an entire depend
ence, great faith.
A second element in childhood's
faith is it's confidence in the good in
tentions of the world. One holds his
breath to hear a child answer it's
mothers questions. "Do you love
your mother?" EYES," "Does your
mother love your" Eyes" "Does
everybody love your" EYES," The
last answer comes as clear and easy
as any.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10
HER FAULT

From the Kansas City journal.
yes, l tried the experiment of an Of
flee girl instead Of an office boy. She
didn't whistle or smoke. but she failed
to please the office force
''Why was that?'
""She could never learn to go out and
ger the correct score
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

A 5 topic the tango craze is a mere
~ bagatelle compared to Birming-
hams water problem.
Some of our best citizens have gotten
almost to the fighting point over It. And
yet Jim Weatherly and Bert Lynn have
not agreed to don the boxing gloves and
fight it out.
But in all seriousness, the people are
beginning to feel that they are being inn
posed upon by one of the two principals.
They are tired of legal complications and
squabbes. They want cheaper water and
they want TO know why Weatherly and
Lynn can't get together and give 1t to
them.
The people don't give cent about all
this play for legal position. Water bills
have been rendered on the first of the
year and the people have to pay them.
The managers of the Waterworks COM
pany say they want to give cheaper wa
ter If they are protected in their rights
by the city officials. Now. why shouldn' I
the city commissioners and the water
works managers get together and settle
the matter at once without further and
unnecessary delays?
4 y y
Birmingham is not only in trouble with
its water situation but with its financial
affairs and the government of the city
seems to be in a perfect tumble.
The people believed in the commission
form of government and adopted 1t and
elected commissioners, but it seems they
have never gotten three commissioners
at any one time who could get together
practically and do things.
The three men composing the conn
mission are good men as individuals,
but as a collective and active body they
have made such a mess Of it that the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

ne slowed away after he cot there
When they called DIR. E. Fl. Ru
VINO is throat specialist, thev told
trey had child with q horsesh,
the bronchial tubes. He declares
would need an X-ray to help and 4
Or. j. II. Edmundson, the x-ray eJ
Edmundson brought his machine
him. half dozen plates and a gain
developing fluid. He was ready for
ness Immediately.
Among those whom can rec.I
being present Were the following dol
Lloyd Nolan, William Jordan. CASTOR
renee, g. B. Sibley. George stubbs]
Murphy, Charles NJ. Nice, w. p Me-
w. w. Long, w. d. Fonville ID
Wynne, j. H. Edmundson, e. II. nj
j. e. Wilkes, John T. Kent. James a
Well j. M. McLester, Henry Boxer
Ialiey. Charles bowman and ]
Snider."
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rhou hast mettIe enough to Kill care
Measure for Measure.

uHGyNNJNG THE DAY--o God'
ssve me freedom. Loose me hr""'
ne shacIxIcs of fear and hate ana
an sin. Break my cage ana len"
me- cut. Let me feel the wings
-ssc. have dreamt about. Tame
ne heights for me. Give my so"i "s
pyover air. show me the fuiiness
ma the far reaches OF lie.
"a rist's name. Amen.-H. M. u
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10
Ale.jd2oues

lion, Russia's total enrolment was
than 8 million. and % of these were |
for every 10 who were girls.
And yet the first woman civil engi,
In the world was Russian, and the {
Gated woman of Russia enjoys a free,
equal to that of her kind in any o,
country in the world. They are even
lowed to become professors in mems
versitles, and after 20 years of service
retired on pensions, which go to n
husbands, after the wife's death.
Inc Car of Russia is a we'll paid r.,
He receives the revenues from. the A
sian crown lands, and their area is 81
to that of one-third of the United std
Several years ago the imperial trea 81
Is reported to have advised the q
Your majesty need have no fear of
coming to feel the sting of poverty. Fiji
cially you are solvency itself. With
hand you could buy out the Amer
multimillionaires, Morgan and Rockefd
ana still have enough left to talk busi|
with Baron Rothschild!" 1t is said
the Car was displeased at the f1inns
OF the holder of his purse string. Wild
the story is apocryphal or not, it does
mlsrepresent the Cars wealth.
have seen the famous cathedral
Europe-the noted structures of FIR,
Germany, England, Italy and TURF
but was utterly unprepared for the s.
oor and brilliancy of st. Isaacs. at pl
grad, with its pillars 80 feet high of
lazuli and malachite, its altar rail
solid silver, containing half a ton of
precious metal, and its icons of nc
studded with huge diamonds. sapptI
emeralds and rubies,
His religion is very real to the Rus
and his God is really omnipresent to
He sees his spirit everywhere and .,
where acknowledges it with the sic
the cross and the words .oh Lordt
mercy or GLORY be to Thee. O To,
Russia has in the neighborhood
million men between the ages of 10
a. inclusive. and it ANNUALLY has
100000 boys reaching the age of 10
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10
Home and school Gardening

We are in receipt of a letter from
United States Senator Frank S. White,
said Prof. e. e. Smith. chairman of the
executive committee OF the Birmingham
Home and School Garden association, ''in
which he offers to send the usual veseta-
bic and flower seed to persons desiring
them
Inc senator wrote as follows LAS
you are aware, members of Con-
eress are furnished with vegetable and
flower seed and farm bulletins on home
gardening, for distribution among their
constituents. If anyone desires vegetable
ana flower seeds, or the bulletins on home
gardening, and will drop me a postal, I
snail gladly send them what they de-
SIRE
our association wishes to ENCOURAGE
children particularly to write a postal to
senator White. We have now or will
nave In two weeks an approximate en-
rollment in this association of 10000 chill
dren, and through them we hope to work
wonders in the city beautiful work of the
coming summer.
IRIS association is working under the
auspices and supervision of the city gov
eminent and we intend to create as much
enthusiasm and love of flowers among
chlidren as we possibly cam
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

Those superdreadnaughts seem IN he
really supers in the European war drama
now being enacted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

While most of the German generals
have been awarded iron crosses it seem
as If someone has slipped old Won Molt<e
the double cross.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

Inc goosebone prophets are beginning
to predict an early spring. Yesterday
was almost like a spring day, but there
will be several freezes yet between now
and st. Patrick's day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

Old Blind Tiger is reported stirring
about in his lair. If he comes out the
people of Alabama may look for stormy
times ahead.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

Those fall elections were to some truly
ambiguous. Evidently they can be made
I" mean anything politicians want them
to-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

The first loan from the $685. 900, 600 cotton
fund was made Friday and it was to
an Alabama farmer Other states will
soon fall into line.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

Prisons of Illinois have abolished III.
iock-step. Even criminals keep up with
the new dances.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

colonel Roosevelt says that democratic
leaders have yellow streaks; probably
referring to Bryan's equal suffrage badge.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

And now China wants Colonel Roosa-
welt to tour that country. A press agent
needed, or has China lost a river?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

ambition smothers love. But it is
also true that the maturity which
does not come to realize that love is
the center and heart of life and the
only sufficient achievement for ex-
istence, is maturity which has sold
its birthright, lost its power and for
gotten its destiny.
And age-what then?
Here is your picture. Late after
noon, the sun finding place in red and
purple glory. Age sits. Childhood
comes, lays down faith, and is gone.
Youth comes, lays down hope, and is
gone. Maturity comes, lays down
love, and is gone.
Age says: 81 have here faith, hope,
love. These three seem strangely
similar now, strangely substantial,
strangely near fulfillment, and
strangely satisfying. In these l have
a heritage richer than yonder castle
where the sun retires."
HENRY M. EDMONDS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

A neutral revolution ia renorted in
Mexico. Probably General Disorder is in
charge.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE WATER
PROBLEM AND CITY AND STATE A


peopie are UTMOST On the verge Oh us
to oct ana act ,,,,ct,v &C h,s,nass ar
In bringing about a practical business
government.
Some people will be dissatisfied with
whatever they do. But II they don't act
and face the dissatisfaction of some,
all OF the people VIII rise up and want
To recall notn them ana the commission
form OF government.
George Waro Is chairman Oh the COM
mission ana l peheve ne mas the courage
ana apliity 10 seize the helm ana steer
through the STORM
nv 'es'''''e VIII s'e ia what "e
moo" anu VI ho' ''io ei''Aeh
"a'u s"ouiu
''o' ~ oi ""a' ne oeeiis
'e3' anu ae'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

William Ryan, one of the most persist
ent and insistent members of Birming-
hams colony of bachelors. like other
members. is frequently victim of banter
on the subject.
1.-THE other day one of his old friends
from Richmond was In town." said C.
M. Stanley. land Mr.. Ryan apparently
got his information confused for when
he met his Richmond friend with one
of Birmingham's well-known young la
dies he congratulated them cordially men,
tioning that he understood the wedding
was to be the following Monday. After
the denials and confusion over the mis-
take were ended it was supposed the in
cident was closed
when the Richmond friend got back
home, however, he evidently began to
get even. The first indication was in the
form of a telegram from a relative of
Mr.. Ryan in Richmond which a mes
senger delivered in the early morning
hours. rousing the recipient from his bed
at the Ridsely. 1t congratulated the
bachelor upon his marriage but expressed
regret that he had not seen fit to take
even his immediate relatives into his con-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10
Opportunities for Expansion

Great opportunities for expansion of
the cotton goods trade with the South
American countries are open now that
the European mills have been curtailed
and a number of southern cotton mills
are taking active steps to capture gen.
erous share of this trade" said Charles
Lyon Chandler, South American agent of
the Southern railway, who calls attention
to some interesting figures.
''Of the $14,o00.OO0 of cotton goods i'm
ported by Chile in 1912, only $40, O00," he
said, came from this country. Germany,
whose trade is now cut off, supplied 49,
100000, and Great Britain the rest In the
same year Argentina bought $35, 700, 900 of
which s5,527, 600 came from Germany, over
SIT, 000,0 000 from England and only $445, 300
from this country. OF the $4,000, 600 Of cot
ton goods imported by Brazil, $500. ZOO
came from Germany. s11OoO.OOO from Eng
land. and only $S29000 from this country.
Figures in regard to wooden goods and
cutlery into the South American coun-
tries show similar opportunity
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

'The greatest material prosperity that
this country has ever had was in the last
decade up to the time of the panic of
1907" said CharlessF f. Lithgow of Chicago.
Prosperity reached its highest record
just before the panic. We had fair de-
gree of prosperity in 1909 and 1910 and
again in 1912. but 1t was not like the
prosperity prior to the fall of 1907. We
are starting now upon a new period of
good times. Everybody with whom have
talked in Chicago seems confident that
this is going to be good year, and that
next will be even better. If we have good
crops this summer there will certainly
be a boom throughout the country. There
is reason to think that 1915 and 1917 will
be record-breakers in prosperity. With
big crops they will be better years than
any that ante-date the panic"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10
Population of Cities

"The New York World Almanac for
1915, just issued, gives the estimated
population of Birmingham as $50, 900
the same as last year--and those figures
are very conservative" said local sta
tistician. 1--WE probably have between
100000 and 100000 inhabitants.
ATLANTA is estimated at 200,000-the
same as last year. But the Texas cities,
especially Houston, Dallas and San An
tonic, have been moved up considerably.
In the census of 1910 Texas was without
a city of 100000. Now Houston is cred
tied with $4,000, Dallas with $4,000
and San Antonio with 100, 900.
New York city grows bigger every
year and it's estimated population is
5,625.000. Chicago, according to the
World Almanac, has 2,437,526."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10
STORIES TOLD AT
NEWSPAPER CLUB
Furnlss Lees Fountain Pen

J. Furniss Lee, the insurance man, is
known all over Alabama wherever insur-
ance is written by his fountain pen. This
pen is used in writing out his applica-
tions and is fearfully and wonderfully
made 1t is perhaps 10 inches long, holds
about half pint of ink. cost SIS and 1t
takes 81 to buy new gold point for it.
Lees friends had always thought that
he used 1t simply for novelty sake but
this 1t seems is mistake. Someone
spoke to him about 1t the other day and
he gave lucid explanation.
1.-THE pen is simply a necessity to proper
economy and efficiency in my business"
said Mr.. Lee. II found that was writ
ing so much insurance that I simply
could not afford to take the time to fill
my former small fountain pen SO often.
Consequently I invested in this one"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10
Doctors Were All There

idence. Now he. is wondering where it
Will all end"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

Many other things are there all
struggling to be heard but the COM
handing voice is the voice of hope.
1t is like Caruso riding over chorus,
orchestra and all. Golden and Won
derful it is. It's light streaming on
ships turns them all to argosies. The
air is full of magic pollen. The Field
of the Cloth of Gold awaits, full of
knights and arms and brazen blasts.
The shining wings of myriad butter
flies flutter just before. The rain
bow is in reach. Paradise is just over
the hill.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10
Maturity is the age of love.

Of course, love is seen in childhood,
but faith is uppermost. Love is there
ministering to faith. Of course, love
is seen in youth. There first he makes
his sensational entrance and leaps
upon his fiery steed. But more and
more, as we grow older, we realize
that love in youth is torch-bearer
to hope. Youths love has much to do
with the satisfaction, the fulfillment
and the perpetuation of self. Love,
born in childhood, blooming radiantly
in youth, ought to come to it's fruit in
maturity.
1t is true that in many . maturity
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10
Eastern Cities Again pros,.ro,,.

NO city in the United States was so
much depressed last fall as New York
or at any rate no city showed the eff
fects tf the European war more seri
ously,' said Joseph M. Larner of Phila-
delphia.
Philadelphia, like every other citv.
was dull, but New York seemed dis
tressingly so. 1t is very different now.
have never known New York to ap-
pear gayer or more prosperous. or
course conditions there may not be M
TO normal. but a locker on would saw
they were good enough. I was in New
York only week or so ago. and it
looked to me 100 per cent more lively
than 1t did in the middle of December.
and there was considerable life at that
time.
THE business situation has been i'm
proving for two months or more Phila-
delphia is enjoying a great deal of
prosperity again, and 1 am glad to hear
that the south is getting over it's de-
preston caused by the low price of cot
ton. There is very distinct feeling
among all classes of business men that
1915 is going to be fine year"
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as the best remedy of
If you could enforce pl
mingham, Montgomery
might be a different probf
hlbition leaders, but whd
as they do know from ex
1t can't be enforced in thes
attempt it?
There is a growing senti1l
members of the legislature
calling a constitutional cd
change in our organic Lad I'D d
and such measure would prove pol
uiar. The convention which franz
and adopted it sat only as far pal
as 1901, but in many respects the col
stitution now seems autiquated. Wh
the new instrument was before
people for ratification there was nuI
opposition to it, and it was only
well organized party work that 1t
ceived a majority vote and became }
fective. There is no reason why d
| convention could not now construed
constitution that would be seryicea
and satisfactory for at least 25 years
* y y
Business conditions, in the Birrnir
ham district particularly, have
proved wonderfully with the new yeI
The Tennessee company plants hs
more orders on their books than
| many months past. The railroads
| finally in the market for all sorts
materials. Pig iron is beginning
move and it looks as though the
employed in this district will be
tive before the first of February.
The outlook is indeed better than
any time since the beginning Of
European war.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

By Gilbert III. Grosvenor, Director and
Editor of the National Geographic So
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

A 5 topic the tango craze is a mere
~ bagatelle compared to Birming-
HAMS water problem