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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
SAINT OF THE WRONG SEX
From ''The Holy Mountain of Thrace, by H. G. Dwight, in the April Scribner.

From The Holy Mountain of Thrace,
 by H. G. Dwight, in the April Scribner
 I think one of the very smallest of them all, Stavronkita, ravished me more than any other-for it's romantic situation on a rocky point of the east coast, for the nightingale haunted wood behind it, for the flagged grape arbor at it's door, through whose budding interstices the white peak of Athos looked like little Aetna, for the picturesqueness of it's Samian doorkeeper and for the perfec- tion of it's hospitality. And did l not have the happiness to discover there two books whose sight alone would have re- paid me for my whole pilgrimage? One of them was Psalter of the twelfth cen- tury, written in gold on fine white vellum, with a big portrait of King David in red robe playing his harp, and exquisite title pieces There is only one other golden book on the peninsula, and very few Greek ones at least-in the whole world. The second book, Gospel of the eleventh century, was for the richness and delicacy of it's illuminations. the finest manuscript I saw at any monastery. The amiable librarian insisted on holding the two him. self for me to photograph, which, of course spoiled my films; and then he trotted me upstairs to have bottle oi beer In corner of the room where we partook of this refreshment hung an old picture before which my companion crossed himself devoutly, informing me that that it was icon of the Redeemer did not know what to think, unless o1 Henes Gods in Exile;" for 1t seemed 1 to me that those great eyes and thai proud mouth must originally have beer
 intended to represent parsonage or ar | imperial rather than of a holy family and of the sex debarred from Noun, Athos. I wondered by what apotheosis
 profane Byzantine princess could have
 come to merit the veneration of these mer of God. But I made no attempt to betray I her incognito.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
MaUldin in Louisiana

c. M Mauldin, district government demonstration agent in charge of the work in northern Alabama, has a reputa- tion as an agricultural expert that is not bounded by the limits of Alabama. He passed through Birmingham Saturday, and while here revealed that he was en route to assist in the organization of the demonstration agents of that state. In- cidentally, MT. Mauldn spoke in highly complimentary terms of The Weekly Age Herald, which, he said, is attracting much attention over the state.
 The Weekly Age-Herald," said MT. Mauldin, lis doing a great work among the farmers of the state and I have heard it universally commended.
 I am en route to Jeanette, La, to give talk on organization of the demonstra- l. tion agents in that state. While away, I will visit the government live stock exper- iment station and farm of which my brother, Dr. c. F. Mauldin is director"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

From the St. Louis Times.
 The logical and inevitable fnality of censorship has reached Kansas-intem- perate Kansas, Russianized Kansas, Kan sas of the moral guardians and self con stituted defenders of things most proper. We might have looked to this dark state for the original suggestion of this new form of strangulaton, but it came so suddenly that we hadn't thought of find ing it anywhere.
 A Kansas professor, by the way, has many official and unofficial supporters in his new theory, suggests that the state take over the motion picture business and operate it in such a way that it will tend to the moral uplift and mental develop ment of the Kansas population We're not surprised. That Is the logical end as we have said to eavesdropping, peek ing censorship. When official or unoffi cial snoopers begin to handle matters o1 morals by attempting to mold all nor als into shapes that will fit their own and when a free public and a free in dustry refuse to get into the moulded class, the very natural thing to do is tC
 put the public and the industry under of | fcial guardianship.
 | And thus we step on to Russian ways | by which freedom is sold in small pack
 ages to favored individuals. Of course l Kansas couldn't operate a moving pictur | business if it wanted to, for the reason
 that the advantages and opportunities fo
 moving picture production do not exist il
 Kansas. Nevertheless, the suggestion should be alarming. It is difficult t, | understand how any community cou,' even tolerate the utterance of such the ories. Shall the state take over, also the publication of our literature--or issu,
 licenses to the authors?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
HOTEL LOBBIES
Appointment Is Pleasing

It was very pleasant news to me to read in the papers of Arthur C. Crowder' s appointment to the Alabama Mississippi agency of the Prudential Life Insurance company" said pr. Charles A. Brown, school. 'I have known Arthur Crowder all my life, practically; we were college mates and later when we both removed to Birmingham we were still close friends. He and his family will be decided ac- quisition to this community Crowder is very companionable, genial fellow, and his success in the business world has been prenomenal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
IGNORANCE AT BIG UNIVERSITY [Nrny,o tba Dit tsh11rp DiSnatch

From the ElttSDurS DiSpdlcH.
 From the classic heights ,of Columpla university comes the following example of how some of us find the modern trend of the news too rapid to keep up with.
 I'm sorry Frank Moran did not win Sat urday night declared one long-haired student yesterday on the campus. Some one ought to be able to restore the title ! to the white race.' White racer hoWled his companion, an athletic young man In high-water trousers. Where do you get that stuff? Don't you know yet the pres
 ent champion is white man?' NO, confessed the other, apologetically T really don't have the time to keep track of these WrestlerS."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
Theodore Roosevelt, in the May Metro nnIitan

IheOuOre ROOSeVelt, III tHe -hoJ 4AONAo
 poitan.
 NF all species of stiffness the silliest is the assertion sometimes made made
 O that the woman whose primary life work is taking care of her home and children is somehow a parasite woman
 If is such a ridiculous inversion of the truth that it ought not to be necessary acted upon by a large number of selfish,
 brutal or tnorghtless men. and 1t IS
 screamed about by number of foolish women.
 There are men so selfish. so short
 sighted or so brutal, that they speak and act as if the fact of the mans earning
 money for his wife and children, While
 the woman bears the children, rears them
 and takes care of the house for them
 and for the man, somehow entities the
 man to be known as the head of the
 family. instead of partner on equal
 terms with his wife, and entities him to
 the exclusive right to dispose of the
 money, and as a matter of fact, to dis
 pose of it primarily in his own interest. The primary work of the man is to
 earn his own livelihood and the liveli-
 hood of those dependent upon him. In other words, the man must do his busl-
 ness and do it well in order to support himself and his wife and children and in order that the nation may continue to exist
 But exactly as it is true that no nation will prosper unless the average man is ;e, ,,,,1a at O business or trade or profession, he earns enough to make a home for himself and his wife and children, and IS good hus- band and father, so no nation can exist at all unless the average woman is the home-keeper, the good wife, and unless she is the mother of a sufficient number of healthy children to insure the race going forward and not backward. The | indispensable work for the community is the work of the lie and the mother. It 1 is the most honorab ble work. It is lit orally and exactly the vital work, the work which of course must be done by l the average woman or the whole nation I goes down with a crash.
 l The one way to honor this indispens- able woman, the wife and mother, is to 1 insist that she be treated as the full equal | of her husband. The birth bangs make ali men the debtors of all women; and
 the man is g wretched creature who does
 not live up to this obligation. Marriage should be d real partnership; partner 1 ship of the soul, the spirit and the mind no less than of the body. An immediately practical feature of this partnership 1 should be the full acknowledgment thai | the woman who keeps the home has ex- actly the same right to say in the dis posal of the money as the man who earns | the money. Earning the money is moi one whit more indispensable than keep ing the home. Indeed. I am inclined to put it ill the second place. The husbano who does not give his wife, as matter ' of right, her share in the disposal of thu l common funds is false to his duty. 1t 1s not a question Of favor at all. Aside | from the money to be spent on common account, Tor the household and the chil | dren, the wife has just the same righ' as the husband to her pin money, hel spending money. It Is not his money
 that he gives to her as gift. It is hers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
As to Modern Education

Abraham Flexner's ideas regarding the modern school and college are de- cidedly revolutionary. As the assistant secretary of the general education board founded by John D. Rockefeller, he proposes innovations that would eliminate the classics and even formal grammar.
 The study of Latin and Greek and ancient history, according to his view, should be abandoned and the curricu- lum of the future should be built "out of actual activities in science, indus try, esthetics and civics." The student of today spends too much time, he thinks, in acquiring an education. He would have boys and girls go through school in breathless haste and save two or three years in time.
 No educator of any standing un- dervalues the importance of science or technical training. Never has the prac- tical side of education been as much insisted upon as it it today. But the consensus of opinion among success full educators will be on the side of retaining the classics in preparatory schools as well as in the higher in stitutions of learning
 There can be culture without a knowledge of ancient lore, but for it to reach it's fullest development the facts of history must be known and understood in their true relation to each other. It would be impossible to conceive broad culture that left out romance and poetry, and study of the humanities unquestionably quick ems the finer feelings and exalts the beautiful and the good in the hurly- burly df life.
 In the educational system of the present time great attention is paid to civics, just as great stress is laie upon sociology and applied science This is as it should be, but there k such a thing as overdoing the practi cal. People are already growing weary of the efficiency cult. Let'' have efficiency, but not at the ex pense of genuine culture.
 soms of the famous savants of thu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

central powers express themselves with equal confidence that they can fight on, and declare they will not quit until peace terms entirely satis- factory to themselves are proposed by the enemy.
 But the battle that has been raging around Verdun for some weeks must soon spend itself. The result will be decisive, and that should be the psychological time to bring the whole bloody tragedy to an end.
 It will be too much to hope for peace negotiations to be started by Easter, but it should be no surprise to find the war thing of the past be- fore the close of the second year of hostilities-the last of July.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

Joseph N. Field, a brother of the late Marshall Field of Chicago, was a clerk in the courts of Sioux City, la, in the eos. He came to Chicago and entered business with his brother, and while he amassed a great fortune and gave away more than $500 900 to various institutions in Chicago, he was comparatively unknown. The last 40 years of his life were spent in Man chester, England, as a European repre- frequent visits to Chicago and made many donations to his employees, on the condi- kept secret. On enc occasion he gave $100oO0 to the Chicago Young Mems Chris tian association, which was credited to "A Friend" He made other large gifts in the same way. In his will MT. Field left $5000O0 to his son, Stanley Field, and Arthur B. Jones, as trustees, with in- structions that both the principal and in- terest be used for 20 years for the relief of needy employees of the firm who had been connected with it for at least 10 years. This money has been invested so that it will bring in $42,O0O a year, which will make the total amount to be dis tributed sS40,000 The amount to be used for any one case is not limited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
NEW ORLEANS, FRENCH QUARTER

From "The Charm of New Orleans" by
 Ernest Peixotto, in the April Scrib-
 ner
 This old French quarter, laid out in the early days of the eighteenth cen tury by De Bienville and his engineer, Le Blond de la Tour, retains much of it's old time character The names of its streets perpetuate the men and the places dear to the French heart of that time: Bourbon, Dauphine Char tres, Toulouse. Cont. The houses are simple, but dignified and expensive, seldom more than two or three stories high and often but one, and their lime washed walls are tinted ochre, gray, white or water green.
 Though built for the most part dur ing the Spanish occupation, after two great fires had devastated the city in the last years of the eighteenth cen- tury, their unmistakable Hispanic char acter is strongly tinged with and tenn pered by the refinement and delicacy of detail loved by the French. Their social structure of the colony where these two impulsive nations met on a foreign soil, upon which each sought to impress it's home traditions.
 A special characteristic is imparted by the galleries, as they are locally called, that shade each story-broad balconies furnished like rooms and gay with awnings and vines and potted plants, and further ornamented with iron railings braced with brackets and upright panels of iron, wrought or mo1ded into pleasing and intricate patterns.
 These iron embellishments, more es- pecially those of such of the finer edi- fices as the Pontalba mansions and the Cabildo, are certainly worthy of more serious study than they have yet re- ceived, deserving to rank with similar specimens of wrought iron work that are carefully preserved in the Musee Carnavalet in Paris.
 The house fronts of this Creole quar- ter, outwardly so simple, mask many a charming home. In many cases these the old families, but in others, alas! are given over to tenements. A large proportion have courtyards and gar dens hidden behind them, some simple, laid out with prim little shell pathways and tinty arbors, others dank and green with ferns and varied crypto- gamia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
Comments Fire Department

Please let me say a good word for the Birmingham fire department" said J B. Burt, 1902 Third avenue, south. My home caught on fire Wednesday afternoon about 5:30 o'clock and the Woodlawn station made one of the prettiest fights I have ever seen ana did remarkable work in preventing the entire destruction of the building. l want to express my sincere apprecia- tion for their prompt. efficient and heroic work"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
HARRINGERS.

The bird that pours her soul in song.
 The lightly-leaping brook, The blossoms sweet the valleys throng,
 The warm suns glitt'ring look Are signs of spring that give us joy
 And chase away the gloom, And rouse the matrons to employ
 The dustpan and the broom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
CRUSHING INDIFFERENCE.

CRUSHING INDIFFERENCE ''You don't love me any more," said young Mrs. Dubson, weeping copiously. Whats wrong, my dear?" asked MT. think I don't love you any more?'
 Last night I pretended to be talking in my sleep and you didn't even stay awake to listen%"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

ton has Killed" Birmingham. Yet the city is entertaining more big conventions than never before in it's history and the smoke clouds still hover about our manu- featuring plants
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
PUTTING ON AIRS.

T don't like that man Twobble."
 Why not?"
 Every time I get to arguing with him about the Mexican question, he discon- certs me by pronouncing Villas name 'Vee-ya'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
THE ONE TO WORRY

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 Nicola Tesla is said to be in financial difficulties. He is quoted as saying that he lives at a large hotel. but has been unable for years to pay his bills. It would seem in the circumstances that the inn keeper is the fellow in difflculty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
BEGINNING THE .DAY-I am

BEGINNING THE sDAY-I am tired today. It may be that "oa would be pleased if I should rest all day. I shall, in any event. go as quietly as possible. I must not pe discouraged today if | am not qui'e mn to the mark. And must pc careful not to pass nasty Judsmen.. must guard myself especian' against irritation and loss ol eo. troI. The holding power of God is ecr iust such a day as this. Amen. H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

If the classics and ancient history were eliminated from the curriculum of schools how would the orators of the future ever be able to make speech?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

The suggestion that teaching grammar in schools is obsolete will be met with Joyous acclaim by the youngsters who are just now getting theirs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
NOT UNUSUAL
the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Of course, if the supplies being shipped to the American soldiers are held up, Friend Carranza can point out that the railroads on this side also suffer from congestion at times
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
CosTry spRIG

From the Charleston News and Courier
 It is said that the Grown Prince in- sisted upon the Verdun operation. In that case, he's about the most expensive sprig of royalty that any nation ever had to support.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

At their present rate of progress, it will take something more than a thousand years for Germany to conquer England by aerial raids.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

The fact that the allies are not making any considerable progress against Ger many is probably one reason why they are sticking so closely together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
LOCATING THE ..LrrTLE MANI

From the New York Telegram.
 pr. Waite now says he was led astray by a man from Egypt. There really are some pretty tough characters in southern Illinois
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

Finding fault with Boston because it is so essentially Boston is really not worth while. Residence there is not compul- sory, thank heavenl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

MT. Underwood is a brave man. He's not afraid to tackle the powder trust sin. gle handed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

Every now and then some fellow writes a glowing eu!ogy of the farmer, who would rather die than get up every morn ing at 4 O clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

Speaker Clark doesn't mince words in ever a time when Champ minced words?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
MAKES MATTERS WORSE.

Pouring oil on troubled waters used to be an effective figure of speech"
 That was before the present war in Europe began replied the eminent statesman: Nowadays when a German submarine sinks a neutral tank steamer the diplomatic waters are more troubled than ever"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

Villa bids fair to establish a new sprint ing record in Mexico which will hold for a great many years to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

FRESH AIR IN PLENTY. The birdman takes his ozone pure, And that's no idle joke; The reason why, he sails so high He gets above the smoke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
ACUTE PEssIMIsM.

ACUTE PESSIM1SM. What can this car of yours maker" asked the first motorist, superciliously. Tt can make bankrupt out of me-" answered the second motorist, "and is going to do it if don't get rid of the awake to listenr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
NEW. AT ANY RATE
l the St. IoIis Times.

From the St. Louis Times.
 Now for a series of ''Imps of Egypt defenses Sounds better than dementia' this or dementia-that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

Over in France a Ford car is called an Oscar" in honor of the famous "fliv- ver'' ship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
ALABAMA PRESS

Gadsden Journal: The train robbers showed good judgment in selecting the place for their operations They found money in Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

To make Schillers feat more inexpli- cable he was christened Clarence Regi- nald.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

The prophecy thar blondes will soon be extinct is laughed to scorn by the proprie- tors of drug stores.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

The longer dispatches from Mexico are delayed, the more accurate they are apt to be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

Ex-Premier Venizelos is also showing tendency to ''come back"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
MDARKEsT KANSAS

Your real optimist wears smile on moving day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

The first thing Germany knows, Holland will be pelting her with wooden shoes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
A GRIEvoUs BURDEN.

GRIEVOUS BURDEN. "Just thinkv exclaimed the humani- tartan, when a man enters prison he loses his identity and becomes simply & number"
 Well" replied the man in motor togs, except for the fact that he is confined and has to do hard labor I don't see that he is much worse off than I am I not only have number. but I'm com pelled to pay for it."
 FIRST OF THE MONTH. To look on life with tranquil eye Is rather hard to do, When bill collectors, snug and spry, Are trailing after you.
 NOT NEEDED.
 I'm looking for a job," said the col lege graduate.
 What can you do?" asked the corpu- lent man at the desk.
 T was the best all-around athlete in my class"
 I'm sorry, but I don't think we can use you here You see, we conduct an orderly business and don't require the services of bouncer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

Decaturs Daily: Press dispatches of the last month have been peculiarly si- lent on the military activities of Colonel Roosevelt and the Italian army.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04

S'O toSt iiOulA J9N6 DeCn peculiarly Sl- lent on the military activities of Colonel Roosevelt and the Italian army.
 Dothan Eagle. The Birmingham lawyer who criticised the supreme court later apologized and the contempt charge against him was dismissed. He is a. can- didate for chief justice and would have had landslide no doubt if he had gone on and let the court put him in jail.
 Troy Messenger: A married man, with wife and children to support, recently decided that he was patriotic and would like to go out and fight for his country. But when he went to enlist, Uncle Sam decided that it would be more patriotic for him to stay at home and provide for his family. fighting the wolf of want away from his door. Good decision, uncle
 Mobile Register: Twenty eight feet of water, actual navigable depth, as proved by the departure of the British steamer Nicosian on Thursday. There is nothing precisely new in this, for the Nubian went down the channel last year drawing 23 feet; but the people of Mobile and the state will be pleased to know that the depth Is still there. The channel is kept clear for the uses of commerce.
 Moundvile News: The Kaul Lumber company, which owns thousands of acres or land in Bibb, Tuscaloosa and Hale counties, has gone into the goat business and will put thousands of goats on the lands where the timber has been cut, says the Choctaw Advocate. They expect to cerate big demand for kid meat and say 1t will sell we'll in the big cities of the north. These little animals can go all the winter on natural grazing. The experi- ment VIII be watched with interest by many, people who have waste lands