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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-28
Why Doctors Endorse Military Training for American Boys

K I ATIONAL defense is perhaps the
 IN leading question today, and no profession is more vitally interested than the medical, for none must contrib ute more of it's personnel to the military forces, writes the editor of American Medi- cine. There are no differences of opinion as to the necessity for us to be prepared to repel invasion, but the kind and amount of preparedness are the points in dispute. Even the extreme pacificists who argue that armaments ought to disappear and will disappear in time, seem to be unani- mously of opinion that for the present we must be able to defend ourselves. All nations depend upon citizenry trained and accustomed to arms, and that fact is accepted in this country. We must now determine. how many citizens should be trained and how long?
 The English speaking nations have never made any efforts in this direction in times of peace, and have trained only the few
 Copyright 1915 by the Star Cor,v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-28
By Mrs. Fife Pope Alsop.
Mir. Alsop, Whose Wife, so Years Younger Than
 He, Is Suing for a
Separation.

r HAD always been brought up to be. | leve that there was golden truth in the old maxim:
 Better be an old mans darling
 Than young mans slave"
 I know now that this is not true. l have been an old mans darling.
 When I was nineteen years old I mar ried an aged multi-millions who is on his way toward his eightieth year.
 My marriage to old MT. Alsop was against my own judgment, my impulse, my instinct and my best reasoning. But l was carried off my feet by the false logic of that wretched adage which [ have just quoted above.
 l should never have married this aged matrimonial partner if l had not been influenced by the false doctrine of that wickedly misleading maxim. In the hours and hours of repentance and awakening from this false dream l have taken the trouble to look into the origin of this mischievous proverb. And it seems to have had a Dutch origin. If had known as much of the maxims and proverbs and literature of love three years ago, when I married MT. Alsop, as I know now, when I am suing him for a separation, would never have married him.
 For instance, Shakespeare created the adage: Grabbed age and youth cannot live together" And another similar one is Gray and green make the worst med ley" And there are many others.
 Why did l not know these truthful maxims instead of the utterly false one that has ruined my life!
 Yes, ruined. For, although l am now only twenty-three years old, have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-28
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course, then it was settled. The shackles were beyond breaking He had formed all sorts of combinations in restraint of my doubting heart The love of an aged millionaire is as monopolistic as one of great industries. At the age of nineteen the two As won-Alsop and the Adage. I married him.
 did not marry for money. do not think that, after five years of courtship, l could be said to have married blindly l married for happiness. liked, honored and respected him.
 Honored and respected! Dangerous
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 wept-and he won They came. 1 do not wish to make light of the 1nfirmities of age, but when that line of the bald and the gray went bobbing past me my heart went cold. I felt like Rip Van Wrinkle after he woke up-the soul still young in him, but to his eyes the faces of all his human associates suddenly scared with years. It wasn't that I trembled for the future. There didn't seem to be much of any future in this world of people on the verge of the grave felt only clammy, deadening finality. l thought l had one foot in the grave, too.
 They talked. learned that the White House is not what it was in the days of dear President Pierce. I learned that Alice and Phoebe Cary were twin lights of poesy and that Oliver Wendell Holmes was the greatest humorist that ever lived l heard stories of "befoh the wah"- stories that l was to hear again and yet again. felt as if some unseen power had whisked me out of myself and set me back three-quarters of a century. The only up-to-the-moment remarks of the evening were the confided chronicles of the state of this ones rheumatism and that ones gout.
 l rebelled and managed to push up a few frightened Spring-shots of Youth through this human mold. I obtained per mission to have few young people at the dinners. That only led to more bitter troubles. That house was dedicated to old age; my life was to be sacrifice to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-28

happy years, although, unconsciously, surely, subtly, l was being severed from my youth. About me, even then, were being forged the shackles of which only an 'old mans darling" can know the ul- innate pain. With young companionship as background for his love, all was well. But even the young friends spoke the lying adage in a cynic chorus that then thought sincere.
 l had come to rely upon MT. Alsop in all things. He wrote me pages of love mingled with pages of business confi- dences. So it went on for five years Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-28
The Saddening Experiences of
 Young Mrs. Alsop Who
 Married A MuLti-Millionaire Four Times Her Age and Soon
 Learned How Cruel, False and Illogical The Old Maxin1 Is

is written in letters of fire: Let youth choose youth in wedlock; age cleave to age'
 There were two or three generation barriers" between MT. Alsop and myself. There is a speculative possibility that I might have been able to endure the ex- elusive society of people of the genera tion before mine. But the faded deni- zens of the dim past, from among whom l was called to choose my companions and In whose cackled quips and anec- dotes, venerable as themselves and as often visited upon me, l was supposed to find amusement, they were a bit too far in the forest of time.
 As I breathe deep of this free air of California-though I am not yet free of the legal bonds that hold me to my hus- band-I can scarcely keep from crying aloud my joy of emancipation from the society of crOnes and cronies.
 Riches? You say that I was surround ed with all the things of luxury and beauty, of culture and comfort that most women crave? Why, little girl, you who are being pampered and petted, beset with gifts and compliments by some gray-haired courier, I tell you that l would rather be free scrubwoman than return to the moral slavery that went with the luxuries.
 As matter of fact, MT. Alsop was parsimonious with me in the extreme after our marriage-but I admit the beau tiful old mansion in Washington was stored with treasures So is an Egyptian tomb.
 Rather the sight from my window of that graceful, slatternly cowboy riding off to the herds below the blue mountains youth and strength and freedom of the West-than all the splendors of the AL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-28

words, little lass on the dizzy, dazzling verge of becoming an ''old mans dar- ling Beware of them. Look forward to the time when you are prisoner in your palace of dreams, when spectral senility besets your doors, when youth is banished from your life.
 But there. l have told you my story. After all, Shakespeare said it all, bluntly and truthfully, centuries ago:
 Grabbed Age and Youth
 Cannot live together"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-28

sop mansion, where old men and chattering old women pass through the gilded halls to worship at the shrine of obsolete so- cial sanctities.
 That was the trouble. It wasn't his jealousy, al though when he became jealous of his own son it did seem a pity. It wasn't his being stingy with me about spending money, for I could usually coax him to pay the bills. It wasn't lack of devotion, for my husband was much, much too foolishly affectionate. It was the blind, cruel, i'm possible idea that he could mould me into the spirit, if not the likeness, of his aged friends, and still keep me happy.
 He moulded me. I am an old woman-at twenty three. I catch myself look ing in the mirror for gray hairs. But as to happiness (and I believe he wished to make me happy. in his own way) it simply could not exist for me in the atmos- phere of the early forties.
 It was when we gave our first dinner after the we'd ding that l was initiated. MT. Alsop made out a list of people to ask. When I saw that they were all from the other half of the last century I was dis mayed. l suggested that we ask some of my young friends. He would none of it. This was to be a digni- fled and formal dinner, not a children's party. If I could not form myself to the high position to which I had been called I could at least refrain from in- terfering with the GUS tomary tenor of the Alsop rppima
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
Greed for Americans.

believe in the United States. one
and indivisible; in her mission as the
champion of humanity--as the friend
Of the weak and distressed; In the
singleness, dignity and inviolability Of
American citizenship; in the validity
of our national traditions; In peace
with honor; in friendship with all ma
lions that respect our rights; in en-
tangling alliances with none; In rea-
sonable preparations for national de-
tense by sea and land; In Sinking no
sacrifice needed to hand down to the
future the priceless treasures be-
Queathed to US by the past; in the no
cessity Of keeping the western hemi-
sphere free from the intrusion Of Eu-
ropean institutions and ambitions; In
the capacity of free men for self-gov-
eminent; in the love Of home and
country, and in the unfiinching resolu-
ton that government Of the people. for
the people. by the people shall not per
ish from the earth.-Chicago Record
Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
NOT A MATTER OF FIGURES
Number Of Churches or synaoooues
Seem to Be Of Relatively
Little Moment.

as 1t progress to go to church or
not to go to church," asks DR.. Ernest
c. Richardson Of Princeton university.
Thereupon he answers the question In
this wise: what is almost the last
word that can be spoken on universal
progress at the present stage Of af-
fairs was once spoken by that most
gracious and polished author Of the
most scholarly Life of Our Lord DR..
Samuel J. Andrews. apropos Of this
very matter.
IAN enthusiastic apostle Of Chris.
tian endeavor In quiet library read
ing room was holding forth in noisy
conversation on the wonderful prog
ress of the church In these later
times.
why, Just think Of It, he cried
there are twelve hundred churches I'll
1t was twelve hundred) in the city OF
Philadelphia alone today; twelve hun
dred churches. just think Of I'll
Doctor Andrews looked up from his
book at the strenuous declaimer and
remarked quietly, And there were
eight hundred synagogues III It was
eight hundred) in Jerusalem at the
time when Jesus Christ was cruel
fied.~
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
Rocky Roads Of China.

We all know the description OF the
snakes In Ireland: There are none."
and much the same might be said
about the roads in China. There are
so-called roads, certainly. upon which
the people move about, but have
seldom met one that was any better
than the surrounding country. and
very, very often on this journey l
met roads where 1t was ease and lux
ury to move of them on to the neigh
boring plowed field. The recipe for
q road there in the North seems to
be: Take piece Of the country that
is really too bad to plow or to use
for any agricultural purposes what
ever, that a mountain torrent. in fact.
has given up as too much for the
water, upset a stone wall over 1t. a
stone wall with good large stones In it.
take care they never for a moment lie
evenly, and you have your road.-Wide
World Magazine.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
IS But ONE ISSUE.
Tariff win Be Question In Next
Campaign.
Democratic Party win BE Called Upon
TO Explain Why Through RevIsIon
the Country Has Suffered Its
Loss In Business.

Effects Of the European war upon
the next American election are already
being discussed in Europe as well as
in the United States. One Of the Eng
lish newspapers wonders whether the
decline in trade in the United States
will be blamed on the war or on the
tarin. The answer Is obvious.
In November. 1912, the total trade
balance In favor Of America was $780,.
100000. In that month the Democratic
party was elected to power on tariff
revision platform. The fear Of tariff
revision was already In the air and
had caused an unsettling of values. In
November, 1918, the trade balance had
declined to $685.. 900. or loss Of
$64.000.000 as compared with the
month of the election. year before:
In October. 1918. the tariff bill was
passed, and from that time until the
outbreak of the war imports increased.
exports decreased. From the time the
tariff bill was passed, Americans
bought more abroad because 1t was
cheaper; they sold less abroad be-
cause foreign imports closed many
American factories and diminished the
American output.
In November. 1918. portion of the
Underwood law became effective. and
the remainder In January. 1914. The
decline was correspondingly steady.
In January. 1914, 1t ran down to $49,-
$4,000 in favor of the United States;
in February, to $25.S7s. 000-going
down; in March. to $4.944,000 in our
favor-still going down; in April the
bottom dropped out and the balance
against the United States was $11,211.-
900.
And up to that time there was not
even a hint of European war.
1t will not be possible to cloud the
issue in the next campaign. The oppo-
sition to the party in power will con-
centrate on the tariff.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
Thinks Surprise Await. Democrats.

Thinks Surprise Awaits Democrats.
Robert H. Mcneil of North Carolina,
1t one time chairman of the Republi.
can state committee. has just returned
from visit to his old home.
"A big surprise is awaiting the Dem
ocrats." he said. at the Shoreham. al
though say 1t in advance. 1t will still
be surprise, because the Democrats
are not expecting 1t. In other words.
the year 1915 is going to be Republi.
can year in politics, and North Caro-
lima is going to be in the Republican
swing for restoration Of good times
and the diffusion of prosperity that
has been burdened By Democratic
blunders ,and incompetence. Our
friends and neighbofs the Democrats
are honest and mean well, but they
are constitutionally unfit to do any.
thing but obstruct instead Of promot.
ing Washington Post
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
American shIppIno Hard lIIt.

In the last days Of the session Presi-
dent Wilson gave his approval to tho
La Toilette bill. which nDw appears
likely to heap upon our ship owners
. burden which they cannot carry.
while leaving foreign shipping COM
panies wholly free from such onerous
obligations.
Should the administration spend IT,
two closing years in attempting to re-
pair the damage done to American
shipping In its first two years, It would
not begin to make amends for its
faithlessness to the merchant marine
pledge in the Baltimore platform.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
HAIR OR NO HARP
Il 10 Certainly Up to You and cutl.
cura. Trial Free.

Hot shampoos with Cuticura Soap.
followed by light dressings of Cuti-
cura Ointment rubbed into the scalp
skin tend to clear the scalp Of dan
drum. soothe itching and irritation and
promote healthy hair-growing condi-
tons. Nothing better. cleaner, purer
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky.
Boston. Sold verywhere.--Adv.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
Scottish Lodainq Houses.

Glasgow has seven municipal lodg.
Ing houses, six for men and one for
women. They are stone buildings,
three to five stories in height. and OF
the most substantial character. Each
lodger has separate room, with bed
and chair. The bed has wire spring.
hair or fiber mattress. coarse sheets.
blanket. coverlet. a pillow and q
pillowcase. These are aired. cleaned
and washed after the ledger has gone
In the morning. The total number OF
bedrooms In the seven houses Is 2.235.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
A Ghaatlx Fear.

Mrs. Strongmind-Henry, want
you to come straight home as soon as
you leave the office. every day! You
were twenty minutes late yesterday,
and 1t gave me quite shock.
Henry-Yes. Henrietta. But you
didn't think I'd been run over by a
car. did you?
Mrs. Strongmind-No; but how was
l to know that somebody wasn't hold'
ing you for ransom PUCK.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
An Error In Debate.

"I think l made mistake in argu.
ing the question of expense with my
wife,"
what do you mean2"
"She wanted an automobile and !
inadvertently told her that couldn't
afford It."
"Well?"
"Now she wants 1t worse than be-
Detroit Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
sympathy.

Mamie-I sec, operated by two men.
a machine invented by Chicago ho-
tel steward will wash and dry more
than $4,000 dishes an hour. Nf
Julie-That's the way of the men.
Trying to knock poor mother out Of
work!
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
country Firm for Protection.

Whenever two great political par
ties have gone before the country with
the protective tariff or free trads -
the Issue, the protectionists have won,
unless where the issued was clouded
or buried under some other issue more
important in the minds OF the people
ct the time.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
Gave Him Pause.

Wife-Henry, you really must have
the landlord come and see for himself
the damage the rain did to our cell
ing.
Hub can't without letting him eco
the damage the children have done to
the rest of the house.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14

Anticipations and regrets show up
oftener than anything else during q
mans earthly career.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
Not In the Money.

Does your husband play cards for
money!"
mo-" replied young Mrs. Torkins,
thoughtfully; II don't think Charley
plays for money. But all the people
who play with him do"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
Well Named.

They were talking about promis.
ing young man who had failed to make
good as travelling salesman.
The first man said to the other
man:
1T was queer about the boy. He
seemed to be a regular whirlwind.
His first trip was rafting success.
but all he brought back from his
second trip was bunch of foolish
excuses" Ky
What was 1t you called him
whirlwind?"
YES"
Il see. All 'whirl' at the beginning.
and all wind at the finish. "-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
GOOD COFFEE

II you want good, rich coffee buy
Godfrey's
Gold Buckle Nothing Better
Silver Buckle Ills Fine
Broadway IT'S Good
The best for the money. For sale By
all first-class Grocers. E. r. Godfrey
h Sons Co.. Milwaukee, Wis Adv.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14

Every joke takes postgraduate
course In vaudeville.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14

Bill-It has been estimated that the
heat received in year by the earth
from the sun is sufficient to melt a
layer of ice 100 feet In thickness COW
ewing the globe.
Jill-And yet we have to go hacking
at 1t on the sidewalk with an old
Ratchet. Just the same"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
lts Warnings.

II see they are going to establish
q jitney line in Manila.
"Ah! Then suppose the 1itney
service is that for which the Philip
pines"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14

Somehow or other the fellow who al
ways say Il told you SO" never seems
to win any bets.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
Hla Kick,

"You know there is an old saying.
Beauty may draw US with single
hair"
"Sure. But I'd like to get my hooks
on to the cartoonist who drew me
with a single hair"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14

Every woman must have pet. II
she can't have cat or a dog. she
gets q man.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
Repartee

Repartee,
did I make myself plain. sir?"
"Oh, no, madam. Nature made q
thorough job of that for you"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14

Unfortunately the fellow who Is al
ways willing to lend hand generally
has an empty one.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14

The man who drinks like q fish does
not take kindly to water.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14

Never do O thing gratis today that
someone is likely to pay you to do to
morrow.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14

Women are now eligible to become
notaries in North Carolina.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14

When a man goes in for reform
work he begins at home.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
siaht Came Too Late.

0IUHt Came 90 Cate.
She-When you married me you
said you were well of.
He-So ! was, but / didn't know 1t.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
An alternative.

Caller lat door of apartment house)
What. no elevator! Must l walk
up.
Janitor-No; you may run. If you
like.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14

A man is judged by his deeds; also
by what he doesn't do.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14
But She Can stop Her Ears.

AN echo, my son. is the only thing
that can cheat woman out Of tho
last word"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14

Drink DenIson's Coffee,
For your health's sake.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-08-14

PAIE !:!!!! (! E s II! !: !, {:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-29
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1915.

as though every American farmer
would realize the absolute necessity
for farm buildings that would make
possible the greatest production OF
grain and live stock at the lowest cost
per bushel and per head. This would
mean barn, hog house, chicken house
and complete equipment that would
save time, labor and feed and at the
same time enable the stock to 40 It's
hest because Of clean. well ventilated
and sanitary surroundings.
1t is gratifying to note the number
of farmers in this immediate vicinity
who do realize this and are taking adj
vantage of the unusual conditions IN
the building material market this
year, to make their equipment up-to.
date.
With conditions excellent for small
grain and prospects for corn improv-
ing, this wave of farm improvement
ought to spread rapidly so that the
greatest number possible may take adj
vantage of cheap material and labor
this year to make their farm building
modern and easier to work with.
You have not read all the news un-
til you have read the want ads.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-29

st. Louis & 6 i
Batteries: Kaiserling, Falkenberg
and Rariden; Davenport, Plank and
Caperman.
At Chicago.
on account Of fu-
neral of Eastland victims.