The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-21

York voted the democratic presidentia ticket iii other years, tens of thousand will vote that ticket in November. | a great legislative record counts fol anything the democrats should score { decisive victory.
 TN HE servant girl problem in Day ! ton, O., is said to be acute, anc as usual, the war is to blame. Nova days Whenever anything goes wrong it doesn't require much ingenuity to trace the cause, directly or indirectly, to the disturbance in Europe.
 Quoting phrase beloved of the cid fashioned editor, Dayton housewives
 are "up in Effect of the War arms" e = on Dayton Housewives cause their
 servant girls prefer earning from $3 to $7 day in a Dayton munitions factory to cooking and scrubbing for wages ranging from $20 to $50 month.
 Girls have been brought in from neighboring states to fill the vacan- cies, but when they learn of the op- portunities in the factory, where time fuses are made, they scuttle right down to the superintendent, or who- ever does the hiring, and get job that is really worth while.
 Cooks are no sooner discovered to be Jewels" than they are found miss ing and every blessed one of them is sooner or later located in the muni- tions factory. Who would bake biscuts and fardels bear for $1 a day when there is a chance to make from s to $7? Not the hired girls and kitchen mechanics" of Dayton. Hence the loud walls of housewives and numerous heads of families who are taking their meals in beaneries.
 An eastern millionaire, afraid that his children may succumb to infantile pa ralysis, has established a rigid quaran- tine about his handsome country home. Having plenty of money nearly always smplifies the problems of this life
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 Imagine an American guardsman mak- ing love to Mexican senorita while a photograph plays that haunting refrain, T would die for Pancho Villa" That has probably already happened more than once along the border.
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 A certain wealthy young woman gets her picture in most of the newspapers because she devotes some of her time to yachting. That's the sort of news that isn't important, even if true.
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 MT. Irving Berlin Is excoriated rather fl eely by high-browed musicians, but a glance at his luxurious environment helps to console him.
 French artists are now employed painting outdoor scenery to fool the ei.emy's airmen, which is much more work than fighting in the trenches.
 his street tax and still refuses to do so, he needn't expect to remain on friendly terms with the tax collectors.
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 The allies profess to be jubilant, but at their present rate of progress it will be a long, long time before France and England liberate Belgium.
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 Birmingham has several lakes ideal for bathing and the bold swimmers who venture in don't have to wear sharkproot bathing suits.
 Mr. "F. P. A." promptly called Life to terms for publishing an ancient wheeze. If Homer nodded, why shouldn't Life?
 MT. Bryan denies that he will move his place of residence from Nebraska Brother Bryan is not a vindictive per son.
 By the way, did you observe the neat and expeditions manner in which tho probe of meat packers was sidetrackedi
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 Just at the present writing Czar Nich- olas seems to stand better chance o1 reaching Berlin than King George. When an author has his novels printed half a million copies at time, he may safely say that he has arrived"
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 Florida has just had a triple lynching Southern mobs never seem to lose theil efficiency.
 oomepooy IS aiwdys .dAihs .he Joy ou of life and the weather man is doin, it now.
 Birmingham's justly famous Movie Row" is the busiest block in the south
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 Alas for the blind news dealer, he can see that delectable girl on the cover
 * * * Aux eggs are said to be worth $.l,O0 a dozen, but nobody has dozen.