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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
A St. Louis Visitor

Henry Kilgen of St. Louis, a member of the firm of George kilgen & Son, pipe organ builders, spent yesterday in Birmingham.
 This is my first visit here. but I hope to come again in April,' said MT. kilgen. This is a fine looking city, and it seems to be very prosperous.
 "The organ building concern in which I am a partner has an extensive business, especially in the west and south The organ in St. Peters church, Montgomery, was built by our firm many years ago In the city of St. Louis alone nearly 150 pipe organs in use, mostly in churches, were built by us. We have just started on a $100,000 organ for the new cathedral in St. Louis. It will be the largest instrument ever erected"
 MT Kilgen said the business condi- tions in St. Louis were satisfactory; that there had been a steady improve" ment for some months past. He saw a bright outlook for this year.
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Regarding Sunday Concerts

There is scarcely a city in the United States that does not permit en- tertainments strictly musical to be given on Sunday. But Philadelphia, the third largest city in this country, had never known what Sunday con- cert was until recently when the sym phonv orchestra announced a series of three for this season.
 But in order to keep within the law, the orchestra charges no admission. The three concerts were made possible by the public spirit and generosity of a few representative citizens.
 The enterprise is only experimental. The Philadelphia orchestra ranks among the foremost. It is distinct asset to the Quaker City and the peo- ple are proud of it. The regular con- certs given during the week are large ly attended, but on the first Sunday appearance the audience was unusual ly large, and according to the news paper accounts, was made up for the most part of those who were unable to attend at any time except Sunday.
 But as symphony orchestras are ex- pensive institutions, even when they play to capacity houses, the annual de- ficit is by no means small. It is so in Boston. New York and all other mus ical centers, including Philadelphia Cincinnati, Chicago and Minneapolis In Philadelphia the guarantee fund is made up by private subscription, but it is understood that if Sunday con certs are to continue after the first year it can be only by the management charging for admission.
 The pastors of Philadelphia, or many of them at any rate, are protesting viz orously against what they regard as turning the staid old towns Sabbath into continental Sunday" They are opposed even to free orchestra con certs on Sunday. But the Philadelphia public seems to be literally inclined so far as music is concerned, and ir favor of allowing the symphony organ ization to sell tickets on Sunday. The trouble is. however. a Pennsylvania state law prohibits all Sunday amuse ments, and it is construed that under
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
ELINOR LOST FILM SHIT

From the Kansas City Times.
 When Three Weeks was produced in
 modern pictures in London recently.
 Elinor Glyn, author of the book which
 had sale of 100000 copies, brought suit
 for infringement of copyright
 MT. Justice Younger of the chancerv
 division of the high court held that the
 book was so immoral that it was not entitled to protection in the courts He analysed the story and declared that the moving picture version, while vulgar,
 was not as bad al the book by any means
 and that in effect the film play was only a burlesque and consequently no in-
 Engagement under the English law. |, The justice was quoted by the London Telegraph as saying farther:
 But there is from the public point of
 view much more important aspect of this case. which in my judgment entirely
 bars plaintiff from obtaining relief The
 episode described in the novel is, in my
 opinion, grossly immoral, in it's essence,
 in it's treatment and in it's tendency.
 Stripped of its trappings, which are mere
 accident, it is nothing more than an in-
 trigue. And it is not as if plaintiff were content to palliate the conduct described.
 She is not even satisfied with justifying it. She has stopped to glorify it, both in it's inception, it's progress and it's result. And she has not hesitated to garnish the episode at every turn. It is clear law that copyright cannot exist in a work of tendency so grossly immoral as this
 We are constantly hearing of the in- furious influence exercised upon the spirit of our youth by the penny dreadful. which presents the burglar in the guise of hero. so that the juvenile who reads it might presently find himself in the dock, and branded as convict So is the mischievous record of a sensuality masquerading as superior virtue sucll as is found in this book calculated to lead many poor romantic girl to believe that she may without dishonor choose an easier life To a book of such cruelty destructive tendency no support will be given by a court of equity in this coun- try. It rests with other authorities to say whether it ought not to be suppressed altogether
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
Soil Building

"As important as the crop diversi- fication movement is for the cotton states I regard attention to soil build ing as even more important" said Mrs. G. H. Mathis. who stopped in Birming- ham yesterday on her way to Topeka, Kan. where she has been invited to talk on farming This lady, as every one in Alabama knows, is a farme on an extensive scale and one of the most successful in the south
 "I buy worn-out lands-said to be worn -out-and by planting fertilizing crops and blowing in I bring that soil up to high state of fertility and all without the use of a pound of com mercial fertilizer. It used to be said that it required three years to restore worn -out land, but it can be done in one year. That's where science comes in but it is science that can be easily understood by every farmer.
 "There is no excuse for poor lands in Alabama With the proper soil build- ing treatment understood and ap piled farm land will always be kept in prime condition where 1t has been allowed to run down and wear out it can be brought back at prac- tically no expense"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
DEATH IN BURSTING BOMBS

more in quick succession--and Corporal Smith, at the heels of subaltern and with 20 other reckless daredevils follow ing, is charging across 40 yards of ground; holes, with barbed-wire catching and trip ping them at every step and in the face of a perfect curtain of machine and rifle fire.
 The subaltern is the first to go-cut almost in two as he meets the stream from the nozzle of machine gun. On Corporal Smiths right-luckily for him, a few yards away-a bullet hits one of the grenades on a mans belt and the soldier wcrthwith loses all semblance to man. Men are dropping right and left, but Corporal Smith and dozen men get within 10 yards of the enemy's trength and start throwing. Behind them is the company and they must clear the way.
 Right on top of the German trench Corporal Smith stands for moment. On each side of him the men of his com- pany are rushing, tumbling, falling, leap- ing into the captured trench. His belt is empty and he feels strangely weak and queer. His tunic is ripped and torn by scores of bullets, none of which have reached a vital spot. Of the score who, started with him but one remains-and he is threshing around on the ground like a shot rabbit. For another moment Corporal Smith stands there, and as he prepares to jump after his company a chance shot Hicks across and There's another vacancy on the membership roll of the Suicide club'
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suitable provision for those who were landed on the peninsula.
 The failure on Gallipoli will, of course, be only detail, although an important one, of the war and the evacuation comes too late to have any marked political effect in the Balkans, but on the other hand, decisive vic tory and the capture of Constantine pie might have been the supreme achievement of the struggle in Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
THE STATES BUSINESS
, the Jasper Mountain Eagle,

l From the Jasper Mountain Eagle. l The state of Alabama is in debt to the tune of $2,5OO,0O0 Bankers and friends of the state have advanced it the money, | The money loaned the state is now due Will the state protect it's honor and main-
 tain it's credit? That is the question for settlement on January IS.
 The state is nothing more nor less than
 the combined will of it's people. A states
 credit is no better and no worse than the credit of it's people.
 If the people by their votes refuse to make proper provisions for caring for the obliga tions of the state, notice is thereby given to the world that the combined will of our people is indifferent to honorable obligations and unwilling to protect their credit If the people refuse to supply the
 means for paying the states debts for eign capital will, know that sentiment in Alabama Is not in a frame of mind to protest credits. Foreign capital will seek
 other fields where the people are more disposed to regard with seriousness their money obligations.
 If the people of the state manifest a dis regard for their public obligations, those
 who have lines of credit outstanding will accept such action as an expression by
 the people of a willingness to beat a debt when they can and the result will be a
 rush to close up all outstanding accounts.
 Capital is timid and at the least sign of
 danger hunts place of safety.
 Why should any debt paying man hes
 itate to vote for the bond issue? It is not
 creating a new debt. The debt now exists
 and will continue to exist if the bonds
 are not voted. Do you favor the state
 paying it's debt? If so, how do you pro
 pose. that it shall be paid? Let's talk
 sense about the matter. This is no time for politics. It is no time to indulge in
 prejudice. The states honor and credit
 are involved. We must pay the debt by selling our bonds which is nothing more
 than the states note authorized by the
 vote of the people or if we do not author
 ize the bonds we must gather in more tax
 money
 Some foolish takers are arguing that
 the bonds will increase taxes. Nothing
 could be more absurd. The bonds have
 been proposed to prevent raising taxes. If the debt is spread over 10 years we will
 not need so much money for the next few years as we will need if the debt is not
 provided for by bond issue. Look around you and see what the large property own CTS, the big taxpayers, the intelligent business men think of the proposition. You will find them nearly solid for the bonds. They know if the bonds are not authorized that the money must be raised by necessary tax values. Do men of large means vote on prejudice or ignorance ? No. They vote to protect their pocket books and anything that protects them in the way of taxation also protects the small taxpayer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
The State Bond Election
Europe.

A week from today the qualified electors of Alabama will decide whether or not the states credit is to be protected by an issuance of $1 ,50O,- 900 of short-time bonds.
 The majority for the bond amend ment should be decisive and advocates of the measure TOW have reason to hope that such will be the result. Until a week ago there was much apathy throughout the state concern ing the amendment, but some very et- fective work has been done during the past few days, and the people are at last waking up to the importance of the proposition.
 The indications today are that a large vote will be boiled, and the larger the vote the better the pros poets for the adoption of the amend ment.
 Many prominent Alabamians, men of large experience in fiscal mat ters. and men known for their sound judgment and straightforward mo- tives. have discussed the states H. rancial condition in published inter- views or statements, and have pre- sented unanswerable arguments Ill Ia vor of the proposed issuance of bonds as the only way to meet the situation
 Ex-Governor Jelks' contribution to the discussion appeared in yesterday s Herald and that along with other clear and convincing statements re- gently published should be printed ln leaflet form and widely distributed.
 While a considerable negative vote will be cast by those who have narrow preiudices or who have habit of be- ing on the wrong side of vital meas 
 rres. it is believed that majority of the people who are now thinking Of voting "no" are so disposed, not from any tendency to contrariness or mar rowness, but from ignorance on the question at issue. Such men only need to be enlightened. Every man of ordinary intelligence, if he will but take the trouble to read what flnan- ciers and successful business men have written, will reach the right con- clusion.
 are that the floating debt of the state, the larger portion of which is to be paid off from the proceeds of the bonds, is a legally contracted debt, and that the issuance of bonds will not add one dollar to it.; that the bond issue will not increase taxes, but, on the contrary, will prevent a tax in- crease.
 Let those public-spirited and pa triotic citizens of Alabama who are putting forth efforts to have the amendment ratified keep their shoul- der to the wheel until election day and victory will be assured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
THE CABARET DANGER

By Hermann Hagedorn in Poetry" Breathe not the word Tomorrow in her earS Tomorrow is for men who send their ships Over the sea to moor at alien slips; For dreamers, dawdlers, martyrs. pioneers, Not for this golden mote To her appears No lowering dark that prophecies eclipse. Grace of the swallow in the swaying hips, Heart of the swallow. knowing not the years! Breathe not word of beauty that shall fade, Of tagging steps, of bare and lonely sorrow
 On roads that other dancing feet have found Beyond the grove where life with laughter played. Breathe not a word of that grim land Tomorrow.
 Lest she should quake to ashes at the Seund =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
Blow to British Pride

Whatever may be said in extenua- ton of the British and French opera tions on Gallipoli peninsula, which were brought to close by the sue cessful evacuation recently accom- plished, and no matter what eXplana tions may be offered, the fact remains that the undertaking resulted in humiliating and disastrous defeat. The lives of more than 100000 men were sacrificed without any advan- tage whatever being gained, except what may have resulted from keep ing the entire Turkish army engaged for awhile and thus preventing it's participation elsewhere.
 It is true that the evacuation was accomplished with only four casual7 ties, all told, and is regarded as a brilliant military coup, but this af- lords small consolation to the British whose anticipated capture of Con- stantinople has been postponed, per haps permanently. Hopes ran high for awhile, but one blunder followed another in rapid succession and it was soon realized that the Gallipoli nperations had proved abortive. No chapter of the war has been more fraught with disaster than this under taking, and it will be long time be- fore British pride will recover from the effects of it.
 Gallipoi has been graveyard for military regulations and while an at- tempt is now being made to saddle the blame on Winston Churchill, it seems that there was general mis- arrangement, and it would be unjust
 hold one man responsible. Per
 Ikhe generals actively in charge
 \upaign are less to be cen-
 the government itself,
 imated the number of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
CIVILIZATION.

The waywardness of humankind
 Has been the cause of countless tears And everywhere you go you'll find
 Reformers voicing lively fears, Who seem to think this good old world
 Should cease to be, for very shame But when their last invective's hurled
 Twill keep on spinning, just the same. And though 'tis true that men are weak
 And oft the futures far from bright, Great souls are seldom far to seek.
 Strong hands will keep the torch alight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
HER WAY.

You say you are perfectly willing fol your wife to vote?"
 "Oh, yes," said MT. Twobble. That would not embarrass me in the least.'
 But how would you like to have her elbowed by rough crowd at the polls.
 That would never happen Mrs. Twob- bIe wouldn't cast vote unless she could send it down by messenger boy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
The National prosressives

q voted the progressive ticket in 1912, and expect to have the pleasure of voting for Colonel Roosevelt again next November" said Charles c. Will borne of St. Paul.
 Tt is going to be next to impossible for the republicans and the progress sives to get together in sufficient numbers to win, but Roosevelt will do better perhaps than any standpatter that could be named, even Hughes. Roosevelt's personality will always count for something, and that asset will be much reckoned with in the Chicago convention
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
FATHER
the Kansas City Times

From the Kansas City Times.
 Here is pen picture of father It was drawn by a London schoolboy in an essay on the subject of the Zeppelin raid on that city:
 Father was so frightened that he ran to the nearest beer shop, hid under the counter and did not come out until it was all over"
 That's father
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
ALABAMA PRESS

Dothan Eagle: Bryan has come back
 more and stayed back less than any other politician.
 | Andalusia Star: Leap year hasn't
 caused a rush at the office of the mar
 riage clerk in Covington county. | Gadsden Journal: Birmingham is talk l ing now of extending her city limits to
 the Warrior. Thank goodness, it's not | the Coosa.
 1 Lineville Headlight: The boys did not MT. Ford got back home by New Years. His return home was the practical act | of a practical man.
 1 Alexander City News: Several of our exchanges are writing in favor of re- | trenchment and the abolition of useless offices. They were at the same old trick 1 before the election of the last legislature and who among them can stand up and say that he helped to elect 8 single member who made one effort at retrench-
 ment by the abolition of an office save that of commissioner of immigration? It's too late to talk retrenchment. The
 and appropriations made. The legislature wasn't square. It spent money it had no right to spend It was more extrav- agant than the negro legislature by about S45,OOO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
HISTORIC CHARGE

From the New York Telegram.
 Then, again, Justice Hughes may have constitutional objection to leading a forlorn hope.-Birmingham Age-Herald. Oh, don't know. That charge on the barbed wired trenches of the insurance companies was some forlorn hope. come to think of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
HARD TO EXPLAIN.

That boy of mine is always asking questions"
 "oh, well, perhaps he wants to learn something''
 Maybe so, but his inquisitiveness is rather distressing to me at times.'
 "Yes?'
 ''He insists on being told what his mother means when she calls me jelly fish,, matrimonial misfit' and human tank '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
CHATHAM's ERRORS

By MaCduIdy.
 Chatham at the time of his decease had not in both Houses of Parliament 10 personal adherents. Half the public men of the age had been estranged from him by his errors and the other half by the exertions which he had made to repair his errors
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w, J. B.

From the Chicago Herald.
 Nebraska is having hard time get ting anybody to let his name be presented at the presidential primaries, but in case of absolute necessity she knows one name she can always rely on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
MAKES HIM SUFFER.

Classic music grows on a person." re- marked MT. Gadson
 'That's what my daughter says" an- swered MT. Dubwaite, "and I've told he, that so far as I'm concerned, it's a malg- nant growth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
EASY ENOUGH.

Are you still keeping your New Years resolutions?"
 'Oh, yes," replied Mir Jagsby, with q twinkle in his eye.
 But, how are you keeping them?' Framed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11

BEGINNING THE DAi-HVf"' give me the freshness which tnose have who deal diretiy with ihee. Make me original, in that l depehd mon God and not upon men. speak tO me. 0 great God, in voice whicn shall sound above education, a"oNe surroundings, above earthly coh- veutions, above all things eIse' |" Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. E'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
CHAMP, THE OPTIMIsT

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 Champ Clark says it will be demo cratic year" Can Champ recall year he did not predict would be democratic?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11

The English suffragettes realize that
 this is no time to be smashing windows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11

Don't complain of your luck. Suppose you had been a juror in the New Haven trial?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11

If the United States were invaded by a foreign foe, there would be very few re- cruts from the ranks of the mill workers at Youngstown, O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
THE RULING PASSION

My poor woman." said the settlement worker, what can I do to relieve your distress?"
 "Can you sing, ma'am?"
 "Why-er--a little.'
 'T wish you'd sing some of the new ragtime songs, ma'am. Me and my hus- hand ain't been to a cabaret in two years.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
A QUICK CONVERSION.

How is the sentiment for world peace in this community"
 Tt was pretty strong until last week, replied the old resident.
 What happened then?'
 "Our congressman announced that there was a good chance of getting a munitions plant located in this district.''
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Let's hope there are some comfortable chairs a The Hague. The peace dele gates will sit down and wait for peace proposals
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Although father is still struggling to crawl from under a pile of Christmas bills, the Easter hat looms up on the hori- zon of the near future
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11

Just because man happens to wear the
 latest agony in motor apparel is no sign that he knows how to drive his car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11

There is a great shortage of valets in New York. However, the situation doesn't seem to trouble the common people much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11

The best illustrations in ma gaznes now adays are in automobile advertisements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11

A puncture proof tire seems to have been perfected at last, but the bubble reputation is as early punctured as ever
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11

Richard Harding Davis writes good stuff from abroad, but he sometimes loses the American point of view.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11

Villa seems to think it no longer neces- sary to keep palpitating public in formed of his whereabouts.
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Congress has let off the expected steam and will now be able to settle down to business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11

Birmingham Is getting ready to show the Confederate veterans the time of their young lives.
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sceru at first, makes after love th' more.
 Two Gentlemen of Verona.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-11
SHOWER BATH IN ARMY

San Diego is doing it's best to keep III the See America First campaign.
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After Birmingham gets on the Warrior river, the next step in order will be the organiza ton of a yacht club.
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Personally, Madame Schwimmer doesn't t look like the goddess of peace, but you never can tell.
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No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned un- less stamps are enclosed for that pur- pose.
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