The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-20

incidentals that go with army post
life will add another 500 to what the
officer will spend on himself, there
will not be a great amount left for
family expenses.
All men offering for enlistment in
the ranks must be unmarried and they
are not allowed to marry, except un-
der rare conditions, while they are
in the service. No such rule could be
applied to commissioned officers, but
many commanders have strongly ad-
vised young officers not to venture
upon matrimony until they advance at
least to the grade of first lieutenant.
After all, however, it depends in a
large measure upon what sort fell
low the second lieutenant is. AS long
as some of them remain single, they
save nothing, but after taking upon
themselves the solemn responsibility
of family, give up their spendthrift
habits and begin to get ahead. One
officer boosted that after he got mar
ried he saved half his salary, where
upon a wag remarked "On that
principle, if he married two wives, he
would save it ALL"
AS to whether or not matrimonv is
advisable for junior officers, the
prospective bride will have something
to say, and in the end, the number of
second lieutenant marriages will
probably suffer no diminution.
a NEW YORK boniface recognized
IA long-felt want and proceeded
to fill it. When a number of his guests
went away without taking the trouble
to redeem their straw hats from the
"check pirates 1T being near the
close o h e
A Hotel Proprietor straw hat sea-
Sets Good Example son--he decided
that what hotel
and restaurant patrons want is the
freedom to come and go without hav-
ing to pay tribute to minions for TAX
ing and returning their hats and
wraps. He announced that henceforth
hat checkers Of his hotel caught &C
cepting tips would be dismissed.
Too long has the public groaned
and suffered under this form of OPP
preston with no relief in sight. The
shining example of this proprietor,
whose house, by the way, is popular
resort for southern visitors in New
York, may or may not be followed.
The chances are that it will not be fol-
lowed. Yet, the hat check nuisance is
one of life's petty grievances which
often assumes undue proportions, as
when diner is in hurry and has no
change. He is willing to give up
dime, or even quarter, if he has had
a few cocktails, but if there is
scarcity of silver in his pocket and
he declines to wait the chances are he
will be covertly insulted the next time
he returns to that particular dining
place.
In Chicago the existence of an enor-
nous checking trust was "unearthed"
about a year ago. The hotel and
restaurant employees who received the
small change of the public turned 1T
over to men who controlled the check
ing privileges, these gentry amassing
in the course of year a staggering
sum. There was much indignation ex-
pressed at the time, the men higher
up were exposed and legal action was
but it all blew over, as
nearly every attempt made by the
downtrodden public to protect itself
blows over in this country.
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III IRMINGHAM'S State Fair will be
~ opened two weeks from tomor-
row and will continue item days as
STA. 1t will be an ex
ceptionally attractive fair. The agri-
cultural exhibits
Opening Date of will be large and
Fair Not Far Off will give some
idea of the prog
ress of crop diversification in Ala
bama.
Especially interesting will be the
live stock exhibits. AS valuable as
the cattle section was last year the
display next month promises to sur
pass it.
Many of the exhibits will be in
c+a11ad cavoroj d.uc ahead of time and