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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10
THE CRUISER BIRMINGHAM

From the Providence Journal.
 The scout cruiser Birmingham, visiting the port of Providence over the Fourth, is one of the most interesting ships in the navy. Commissioned eight years ago, she was one of three fast vessels expressly designed to test types of pro- polling machinery, at a time when for eign navies were adopting the turbine while our own constructors were reluc- tant to abandon the perfected recipro- eating engine.
 Of the three sisters, as nearly alike as possible in all other respects, the Salem has Curtis turbines, the American type; the Chester, Parsons or English turbines; the Birmingham, dependable triple ex- pansion engines of the old type They were the fastest of their class in the world when built The Chester proved the fastest of the trio, making more than 26 knots-the Birmingham was slower by fraction of a knot than the Salem, but both exceeded the designed speed of 24 knots. The reciprocating engines proved the most economical at all but high speeds, and more responsive for maneu- vering.
 The Birmingham is not a formidable
 warship, and is outclassed for speed by | the latest patrol vessels. But she Is an extremely handsome vessel, with her yacht-like lines not so heavy as the dis l mantled protected cruiser Newark, an- chored at the quarantine station, but 100 feet longer She performs useful service with the Atlantic fleet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10
WATER A sTIMULANT

From the Seattle Post Intelligencer.
 German efficiency is not much due to its kultur as to the national habit of cold water bathing, according to the testimony of Dr. Simon Baruch, who feels that it's broader use in America would be of great service. There will be small disagree ment with Dr. Baruch in his general championship for the cold water propa- ganda. Within recent years the habit has spread greatly among Americans whose daily pursuits bring tired bodies and Jagged nerves, and the stimulating quali- ties of cold shower before beginning the days work are generally recognized Ancient Rome and Greece, in the height of their power, were bathing nations, and efficient Japan is a modern example of the benefits of the cold water propagan- da. Germany has for many years made the public bath common institution In 1910 there were 205 German towns with public pools and 210 had shower baths
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10
THE NEGRO AS A SOLDIER

From the New York World
 Those who have had experience with him under arms testify that the Ameri- can negro takes most readily and ef- fcfently to soldering. And this is tes- timony which 1t Is interesting to con- slider now that 1t Is likely that the first negro regiment is about to be organized into the National Guard of the state of New York.
 Happiness and the light heart are among the general characteristics of the black soldier. He goes about his business singing. It is related that during the Spanish war the colored cavalrymen had hardly dug their trenches at Santiago before their snug gled musical instruments were out and the camp was a medley place of tune fitness. And there was a white colonel of the Twenty fifth who was wont to boast of the chorus singing which ha had made almost part of the regi- ment drill
 The same childish simplicity which
 
 to an overwhelming respect for the men in command. Discipline once in- stituted comes to stay in negro regi- l ment Moreover. the rank and file car | ries so far its trust in its officers that the captain of a company is quite apt to be the banker for his men, saving them from losses in camp gambling games. | Passions and settlements move the dusky soldier easily, it is true. To de- votion to his officers. nevertheless. he adds pride in the service. ready excel lence in the drill and perfect will 1 ingness to follow where he is led. To ridicule, as a reproof, he is most sen sitive To the power of example he is keenly susceptible. To none of his white comrades is the appeal so ef- fective as to him to perform for the honor of his race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10
HETTY GREENS WILL

From the New York World.
 Hetty Greens disposal of her great estate shows an obvious intent to evade the inheritance tax law. Most of 1t is left intact in two 10-year trust funds for the benefit of her son and daughter, who are named as joint executors of the will and they are directed not to file an inventory or appraisement or to be required ito account in or be subject to the jurisdiction of the probate court
 The spectacle of a testator ordering the courts not to concern themselves with the execution of her will, which they only can enforce, is a novel one and more or less in keeping with the eccen- tric nature of the richest woman in the world" If carrying out the pro- ter other rich people desirous of es- caping the transfer tax on their estates might adopt this ingenious device. But attempting to brush aside the probate law takes a good deal for granted, and it remains to be seen whether in this case a will disposing of more than $1OO, 900 0OO can be proved and executed entirely at the testator's pleasure.
 But the main thing is the disposition shown, and not the method adopted, by this very rich woman to shirk the just responsibilities of wealth to the public. Possessors of great wealth can hardly complain of the inquisitorial spirit of legislators when they themselves take such pains to avoid their just obligations under the law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10
HEROES OF FIELD KITCHEN

Greenville Fortescue in the Saturday
 Evening Post.
 Often, when the death struggle is at it's height and a condition approximately chaos exists in the immediate rear of the battling armies, the fighting mans waste of energy and strength is re- paired through the medium of that one who has not campaigned with troops enjoying the comforts of the field kitchen can appreciate how much it makes for gustatory satisfaction, and how it pro- notes that elusive and highly important fighting factor-morale.
 One winters night in Poland, after spending the day watching wave upon wave of gray coated soldiers roll up and break against the Russian trenches and entangiements, was making my way back to a field hospital where I was a guest when my eyes cought the twinkle of long row of lights that wavered above the road. The lights were moving slowly but steadily toward the battle front. Soon the grate and rattle of the iron boilers sounded clear in the frosty air helping me to recognize a train of field kitchens pumping along the frozen road. The brazier chimneys flared and I whiffed fragrance of potherbs and boil ing meat.
 l knew from personal observation that the enemy was deluging particular turn of that road with 6-inch and S-inch shells. At that very moment one could see
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10
THRILLS IN THE MOVIES

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 Douglas Fairbanks, well known matinee idol, was seen climbing steps leading into New York dwelling house. Sud- denly gang of toughs attacked him, and after handling him roughly, man identified as Buffalo Eddie Kelly, ex- pugilist, put a revolver to MT. Fairbanks s face and fired two shots Blood streamed from MT. Fairbanks s cheek. Immediately the camera man stopped turning a crank that was recording film to be called Manhattan Madness" He, with Buff falo Eddie and his pals, carried the stricken actor to an automobile. A hos pital surgeon later removed the wadding of a couple of blank cartridges from MT Fairbanks features.
 Two highly different schools of acting may be said to have collided when "Buf- falo Eddie" Kelly came into contact with Douglas Fairbanks, schools that had never met until the moving picture made the histrionic art great democracy. MT. Fairbanks is an exponent of the more delicate showing, of the stimulation of the emotions, of tricking your au- dience by means of art. Buffalo Eddie" on the contrary, is a robut realist. He believes in the punch" literally and ar tistieally. He delivers the goods''
 But can these violets of manhood thrive in the same artistic garden with weeds sown by pugilism and other unaestheNs arts? It will be a survival of the fittest. And in the artistic contact of Buffalo Eddie with Douglas Fairbanks, we should say that the pugilist proved him self far the filter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10

them exploding in groups of four. On went the field kitchens, each with driver muffled up to the eyes against the Russian cold, numbering into the danger zone. Into the Valley of Death that train of field kitchens was most cer- tainly riding. Cannons to left of them and cannons to right of them most as- suredly thundered. All the rest of Ten nyson's lyric eulogium might apply to the patient drivers.
 I watched in admiration as the kitch- ems rolled onward speculating upon the thoughts of men who thus went into battle. Such men were classed as non combatants. Their function was to feed the rs-essentially a noninspiring role. Theirs was none of the glory of battle; yet the character of their ccur- age stood the severest tests. What the presence of these kitchens meant to the battle beaten battallions cannot be measured in words. I am tempted to say that the resistance of present day fighting army is in direct proportion to the efficiency of it's field kitchen train
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10
JOPLIN,s WAY

From the New York Telegram.
 Joplin, Mo-, is no metropolis and no health department with countless spectors costing s1,00O,Ooo or so annuI but it does things.
 Just as a sample, in Joplin you not find cracked cup or dish in restaurant. A cracked piece of q cannot be cleaned thoroughly anal fords a breeding place for germs. sanitary inspector makes frequept ins tion of cafe equipment, and if he l any cracked dishes he breaks them fl with.
 Any customer who finds cracked or cup in a restaurant has the rigtI slam it on the floor. In such an q there are no legal formalities, and { is no redress.
 Also the old way of keeping a crod of butter pats floating about like fish and then scooping them out with hands as needed is forbidden. The | of the fork is required by law on C. piece. If the law is violated it ma assumed the customer-takin cracked dish customer as a precedr could throw the offending measurk butter into the face of the waiter5 though, we are told, this custom isi general.
 Joplin has the germ of great idt you want anything done do it yours
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10
WAR TIMES OF IS YEARS ACC

From The Age-Herald of Saturday, July
 9. 1898.
 ' ONDON. July S,-(Special Dispatch
 to The Age-Herald. Copyrighted by 4-A w. R. Hearst )-Spain has at length sought for peace, according to Sir Henry Drummond-W Wolff, the British ambassador at Madrid. The British for eign office has presented the communi- cation to Col. John Hay, our ambassador to England. Official denials of this have been made and they are technically cor rect, but it is a fact that overtures have been made. The terms suggested as ac- ceptable to Spain are that Cuba is to be independent, but to pay to Spain an in- demnity for several years.
 The great powers to send small detach- ments of troops to certain Cuban ports.
 The Philippine Islands to be independ- ent.
 The United States to occupy Porto Rico as security for the payment of war in- demnity, the amount of which shall be negotiated
 These terms are regarded as merely a minimum of what Spain expects to be asked of her.
 Washington. July S.-(Specal Dispatch to The Age-Herald.)-The House ad- journed without passing the Senate res- olution transferring Hobson to the lina and authorizing the President to promote him in accordance with the valor of his deed. This omission will not prevent Hobson's promotion, however, at the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10

Presidents will. At the war departm this afternoon it was said that there ' nothing to prevent the President m; ing the promotion and transfer in same manner as he would make a cess appointment.
 Montgomery, July S.-(Special Dispa' to The Herald. )-Former Cover Oates of this city is general with, command He was appointed a bri dier by the President about six we, ago and is willing, ready and waiting go to the front, but up to this time u have failed to give him a command. thinks there are a greater number of 2 erals than there are troops to fill up tf commands-that when he left Mobile few days ago there were more gene1 waiting there for assignments than tn were regiments in camp there. Gene Oates is especially anxious to secure cd mand of the Alabama troops, but chance to accomplish this now appears be remote
 Washington, July S.-(Special Dispa to The Herald )-The bombardment Santiago is expected to begin tomori unless the city surrenders before tf as there seems a chance for it so doi The city is in a pitiable plight, and noncombatants on the outside are be feds by our people. It was said at White House today that General MI goes to the front with plenipotentil powers. He will take command at S' tiago if he deems it necessary or push on to Porto Rico.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10
Weekly Review of War

I was greatly interested in the ar t1cie by Edgar G. Markay in today's Age-Hera1d," said Ross c. Smith yes- terday. His review of the weeks de- velopments in the European war was very timely.
 T think such review as this is of special value to many business men who find themselves unable to keep up with the war news from day to day in as thorough a manner as they should like Such review as this gives a man the weeks events in a nutshell and he can sit down Sunday morning and gather up the threads he may have lost and keep himself informed about the progress of the greatest conflict in the worlds history"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10
ALABAMA IN FICTION

of opportunities they are seeking are
 variably asked the question: "W
 about the swamps and snakes?, R developers and uninformed writers h
 deepened the belief that the Gulf c,
 is made up of swamps :nd pine wo inhabited by isno34.4sG crackers and tlesnakes.
 Now, there are swamps in Alaba even as there are swamps in every st But some of the best farming lands this state have been swamp lands
 the swamp lands are only unreclai1
 farming lands. Yet the area of swan
 the number of swamps is nothing
 the idea some people have of the sol The few swamps that are in the st will melt into first class farming ls as soon as the people get to them, ! work goes on now day by day. And there are some rattlesnakes Alabama, even as a few bears, a turkeys and a few deer are still ] But like the deer and the turkey rattlesnakes have to be hunted. I'll are Ildny grown men ana women Tn 4 bama who have never seen a. rattlesn; The rattlesnake is the least of the with which a farmer has to cont Most of them have not seen a raj snake in a generation.
 The Metropolitan has a large ci lation, and this unfavorable picture Alabama life is bound to have somel feet. The best advertised river America is the "Suwanee River'' in Fl ida and yet Stephen Foster, who m it known to millions, never saw it. knew nothing about it and cared II. ing about it except that it had the IT number of syllables in the name tdI out the rhythm of his most fam song. FM fs se
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10
From the Montgomery Advertiser.


 A LABAMA, particularly south Ala "A bama, receives some gratuitous N and unfortunate advertising in the Metropolitan Magazine for August in story entitled, "The Cat of the Cane brake" the scenes of which are laid in Covington county.
 The casual reader of the story, and nearly all the readers of such stories are casual would gather the impression that Covington county is steeped in ignorance that swamps inhabited by rattlesnakes abound in that section. The tragic de- nouement of the story is a highly ex- cited description of the death of an err rant wife by the bite of a rattlesnake. The emphasis laid on this rattlesnake tragedy, the allusions t6 the canebrakes, swamps and the blind tigers at "Andalu- shy" this being the lady's pronunciation of the capital of Covington, give an er- roneous and hurtful view of life in south Alabama.
 The author of this story, Christopher Green, has not wilfully misrepresented Covington county, and he has taken no more liberties in arranging his catastro- phe than have some of the better known writers of fiction. The fiction writer is allowed even more license than the poet. No less an author than Charles Dickens dared to describe the impossible in portraying, in Bleak House, the de- struction of a brandy-drinkng character by combustion. Yet the emphasis laid upon unfavorable and infrequent factors ne 1jfn in r71jdd1n Q hoy, io nate.
 Men who are engaged in developing Alabama lands and who are seeking to bring to the attention of industrious men of the north and west, the very sort
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10
BATTLE MADNESS IN EUROP]

insanity explains the ferocity of
 counter charges by the French at i dun. It was thought by some mili authorities before the war that the man mind could not endure exposurl the hell of high explosives. It is
 that some men do go gibbering mad,
 the men who do endure gain an lanche of terrific energy for action VI the moment for vindicative reply co. tEat perhaps has no parallel in any fl. ing that man has hitherto known.
 Also, under the rigors of appaj frightfulness, such as exposure to explosive shell fire for hours, is thes hitherto unsuspected court of appea third directing mind independent of minds which the psychologists have beled 'conscious'' and "subconscio. which the body can have recourse td protection? The only obvious expll tion of certain facts is that upon d sion the human body insists upon l, ing after its own protection despitd efforts of the will to the contrary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10
Interest in Preporedness

Tt is little strange that people Ill the south do not take keener in 'erest In the governments prepared ness plans,' said Maj J. S. Sewell who Is one of the five members of the Alabama committee of the consulting board. Major Sewell, as a retired army officer, takes special interest in the subject and thinks it is little less than crlnlnal that the country has gone along so serenely in the past without making more suitable preparations to meet any emergency situation that might arise.
 Tt must be that our people must nave the horrors of war brought right to their doors before they see the necessity of doing something to pro- tect themselves. Fortunately the coun- try is waking up to it's duties and ob- legations now and something is being done which will be of real service and value when the time comes."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10
HOTEL LOBBIES
Help People nt Home

The people of Birmingham, it seems nave the wrong idea about helping the soldiers from their ciay," said First Lieu tenant Alpha Brumage of Battery A.
 The people to help are the ones these brave ooys have left at f-A.le without any support Whatsoever; not the enlisted men, The United States government w:l provide for them, and see that they are well cared for. Although we nave been d little slow in issuing clothing and s3oes for the men at the mobilization camp but by this time next week we expect to see every man in camp with new equipment"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10
THE PATRIOT
the Anniston Star.

From the Anniston Star.
 The right sort of patriot will swat the fly, watch his garbage can and keep his premises clean.-Birmingh Age-H Herald.
 And won't let his chickens poster his neighbors.-Talladega Home.
 Nor his dog bark around the house all night.-Moble Register.
 All this, and at the same time will not permit his live stock to take advantage of poorly enforced stock law-Hunts- vile Times
 And pay his bills!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10
SHOCKING

From the Kansas City Star.
 Miss Constance Van Quentin, having ad- justed her skirt to just the right brevity and transparency. gasped aloud as she looked in the mirror and found that she was about to go out on the street with her hair fixed so that one of her ears was exposed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10
THE SYCAMORE

By Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The thronged boughs of the sha
 sycamore Still bear young leaflets half the
 mer through, From when the robin 'gainst the U
 den blue Perched dark. till now. deep in the
 core, The embowered throstle's urgent
 notes soar Through summer silence. Still
 leaves come new; Yet never rosy-sheathed, as
 which drew Their spiral tongues from spring
 heretofore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10

BEGINNING THE DAY-LOrd, teach me that if I did not get tired | could never enter into the heavi- ness of that multitude who are ai- ways tired. Teach me that other wise I could never know the bless edness of rest. Teach me that Thou gavest me my strength to spend, and in its spending ! grow hlest Thee. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10
PUNISHING ny

From the Kansas City Star
 Ty Cobb received only fine for ing his temper at an umpires deo and throwing his bat into the gl stand; when, as matter of fact ought to be dressed in big sisters ell and be made to go to bed at 8 o' every night for a week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10

I am soldier, and unapt to weep,
 Or to explain on fortunes fickleness' Henry VI.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10

n REMIER ASQUITH is still able j. to triumph over his opponents in the House of Commons and caustic critics on the outside, but David Lloyd George, the new war secretary, is now appraised as Great Britain's most potential character. In the early stages of the European conflict the
 wiry little Welch- Political Growth mans partisans en- of Lloyd-George deavored to have
 him placed at the head of the government. He was al- ways ambitious, but he has been ever loyal to Mir. Asquith and can be counted on to remain so. There is scarcely a question, however, but that at the end of the war, if not earlier, he will become prime minister.
 When the government was facing a crisis that threatened to prove dis astrous to the British empire it was Lloyd George who rose to the occa- sion. He appealed to the disgruntled workingmenein the ship yards and in the collieries and got them in satis- fled frame of mind. The allies were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-10

hnJeI sO al the blI nlIng nam. 4Ald.. post office as second class matter under act of Congress March g. 1879.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-28
CROSS, FEvER|SH
CHILD IS BILIOUS
OR CONST|PATED
Look, Motherl If tongue is
coated give "California
Syrup Of Figs"

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children california Syrup OF
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable. feverish or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look al
the tongue. mother, If coated, give a
teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in q few hours all the
foul. constipated waste. sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the
bowels. and you have a well, playful
child again. When its little system is
full of cold. throat sore. has stomach
ache, diarrhoea. Indigestion, collie
remember a good inside cleansing
should always be the first treatment
given.
Millions OF mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they. know a
.teaspoonful today saves sick child
tomorrow Ask your druggist for o
50-cent bottle Of california Syrup OF
Figs which has directions for babies,
children Of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Beware of
counterfeits sold here, so don't be
fooled. Get the genuine, made by
California Fig Syrup Company"