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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-11-02
In the Religious World
THE HERO OF THE MALTESE CROSS.

Then land appeared. pIth "a bay
and a leach n only III, snip could
5e driven uron 'hat Everything
was sacrifice for me sake OF pose
sioie LANDING all hat man hath
viii he give in exchange for his lie
so the precious cargo Of wheat was
thrown cyereoard The a5les -e
cur ard anchors left in TIE sea.
Rudders were 1rlocsed and every
thing made clear Tleu Wit sa8
up they left her drive for ne
beach Bur they missed r. The
ship struck part way IN 70 shore.
and the hug breakers began ~
pound and batter The sireads Aas
ened craft. The snip Wa 6oome
Ouly The promise II Prisoner Paul
thar alp should he saved. alJgsd ~
heir hop.
True &c type-hov no real nan
emergez in s-isi. rhe soldier
trc posed t9 E.ll ~ p-i s.ra-- zach
after mis- nature DO aner1eacv 70.
yeaied Paul a. helper and the 5r1-
talized soldier 49, slatere Life
meant as little 70 them as 10 the
Turkish .layers ~ innocent Chris
ttan7 As evar. nar. pa-t rallies
70 bis rescue. Or doom .H au hoar II
( Tefl Pau had proved tlmcf such
q one ,hat rte oertlT.sn spared all
The prisoner FOR his sake So it IS
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-11-02

Until God thro7s them on their
lacks Oy Ola the PsaJulst vro,a
,he '-i'1. IN multiplied phrase '1sr
il bis 5.-.rasses ts discovered God
This world va- despite all the
aa'a-.'.es 30 Is bringing upon man
a.r1 has caused whole nations 20
slough or 'ls tht-s OVERLAP O., so-.
t.5as-s a1l -mA.rvss and selfee7
-e-atress and plea sure loving and
pride .tsr aeased hem They have
found their souls .n 'rt- furnace Of
a@I.-r.r W.'h one voice The -eers
and prophets ~ our day are
r-aei.tas -ta' rs-zai and en-
u.5,el humanity. 2 d.v.ne~ order or
src.e'. -aT organization Of
brotherhood rl. as me sure ronse-
a9el- ~ ,H.s unparalleled travail.
t-- -5.-V-ers of the old order r.
-.s sell be- t1st future generations
a' te- -he 2er 10 aa.e zen
worth al r. -g.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-11-02

PEOPLE ~ the island remained faith
ml unto death we know from the in
scriptions on the martyr graves In
the Maltese catacumhs
So the knishtlieSt of all the Zig
ures associated with Malta lstt his
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-11-02

IMPRESS unto This present day. To
him history has given the Maltese
Cross inscribed on IT'S four arms
with the qualities Which this story
exomplines Reverence, Obedience
Courage and Service.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-11-02

his Subsequent soJ,wn H. the house
or Gov publius whose father hr
healed s dated The CHARACTERIZATION
~ tho Island of Malta Tradition
saws thar Puhl'us bccaue The HgNt
Christian bishop OF MALTA That IA.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-11-02

.H .re wpafherNane or easy pub.
d.. opinion swung rOunn 20 the cry.
.. Fcl he vas neither
,r.-#. -nr . god. but every inch
.n uj friend of man
E tht aNroUelce Of Paul. with
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-23
Southern Railways
Safety Investment

m HE Southern railway has per-
4 formed no greater service for
the safety of the public, perhaps, than
it's elimination Of grade crossings.
In connection with it's double track
work between Orange, Va, and Gen.
trial, S. c., SO grade crossings have
disappeared. Of these 38 were sup
planted by overhead bridges, 33 by
underpasses and % were removed by
change of route of public roads.
In bulletin issued recently by the
Southern it was set forth that the
policy of getting rid Of the grade
crossing had involved large additional
cost, but that this had been under
taken as a permanent investment for
safety.
The Southern makes it a rule to CO.
operate with local authorities in the
elimination of dangerous crossings on
it's various branches, "devoting to this
work as much as its resources and
other obligations will allow"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-23

I we need assume that no more rational
and purposeful living beings exist than
, men. To be sure, all the gods of mythol1
ogy are but supernatural men, but they
are only the symbols of mans egotism.
Professor Lowell has got as far away
from the earth as Mars; he has made
splendid discoveries about it's seasons and
it's climate and the engineering genius of
its Inhabitants. He would not be going
much further If he would admit the pos
sibility of the existence of quite superior
being on his inhabited planet, and all
the others. In our little solar system
and throughout the universe. Man has
his good traits, as the poets have noted;
he is capable of making a great deal
better world of this planet than he has
yet tried to make, but we feel that j.
would be, on the whole, rather crafty
ing to be permitted to believe that the
wonderfully gifted inhabitants of Profess
sor Lowells Mars are beings of a better
sort than highly developed men. There
is no limit to the productiveness Of ma
ture. Why should there be to the imagi-
nation of Professor Lowell?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-23
ALABAMA PRESS

Alabama Reporter: Both parties, all the
papers, and most of the public men GER
tainly ought to pull universally wanted
school amendments through.
Russell Register: Henry Ford an
nounces that he and his neighbors'' will
support President Wilson for reelection.
Every democrat ought to have a Ford
Louisville Headlight: President Wilson
Is one of the few men this country has
produced who knows how to make a good
speech every time he talks to the pub
lie.
Sheffield Standard: birmingham is
fast becoming jobbing center" Inter
view In The Age-FIerald. AS center for
some jobs Birmingham has already ar
rived
Montgomery Advertiser: A Georgia pa
the country may shortly expect to see
crews of takers with all sorts of schemes,
plying their trade. We didn't miss any
takers even when cotton was at cents.
Talladega Home: Facing shortage of
soap, C1evelandites think twice before
taking bath Saturday night.--Age-Her-
aid.
A soap famine might do the country
good 1t would bring back the old-fash-
Toned ash hopper and soap gourd.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-23
Many Favor Amendment

TT Is remarkable to find so many
people of Jefferson county who are will
Ing and ready to work for the educa-
tional amendment" said p. N. Mcneil,
county superintendent of education, who
Is actively engaged in telling the peo-
pie Of the merits of the amendment.
There is a tendency on the part of the
people of Alabama to obliterate illiteracy
and they know the only way to do it
is to get the educational amendment
passed by an overwhelming majority.
There is no work more interesting
than going over the different beats of
Jefferson and talking to the people. Few
people realize what a large county JEFF
ferspn is 1t is also the most thickly
populated county in the state This is
the reason why we are so actively en-
gagged in getting a representative vote
out for the educational amendment. II
the amendment carries, the corporations
and even the bachelors will have to con-
tribute to the support of the school chill
dren of this state. I see few people who
object to this and therefore / have high
hopes OF seeing the passage of the
amendment ratified by the voters on Mo-
vember T."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-23
DIED BUT LIVED

cereal substitute for coffee, and seeing,
to his astonishment, the advertiser of the
injuriousness of coffee drink two cupfuls
of it. a
Metchnikoff and the manufacturer are
dead, but if they did not live upon butter
milk and imitation coffee they did not
die without having lived. Recklessness
in matters Of diet and overindulgence in
drink are deadly Moderation and dis
erection in all things but especially in the
matter of foods and beverages. is both
the price and the spice of life. The gour-
mand and the drunkard live as niser-
ably as they die, paying the penalty in
installments. as well as paying 1t again
at the end OF a. misspent life. But the
other extreme is the abstemiousness, or
the slavery to theory, which makes
mans little hour or two upon earth ex-
istence merely.
Nobody who is quite sane would care to,
die for sliced bananas fried in butter.
But who would care to live upon butter
milk? Who would call the buttermiik ex-
istence life, however excellent a bever-
age buttermilk may be at times and In
places?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-23

From the New York Tribune.
GClHE habit of doing in bed Is made
the subject of clever little es-
% say by an anonymous writer IN
the current number of 1.-THE Atlantic"
The writer treats of that borderland of
hcme made dreams, the comfortable, ir-
responsible state OF half-awakeness In
which the balance between sense and
oblivion defies analysis. Lying in bee"
he says, being g. halfway house between
sleeping and waking, and the mind
equally Indifferent to logic and exact
realism, the lier-in-bed can and does Gre
ate his own dreams. The fine
art Of lying in bed consists largely in
cultivating that inward eye with which
Wadsworth saw the daffodils."
Whether the habit of reading in bed Is
more prevalent now than 1t was gene
ration ago is question. The fact that
most bedrooms are now steam heated
and electric lighted is certainly con-
ducive to the practice. Anyway. 1t can
hardly be denied that our .'best sellers"
and popular magazines are admirably
suited to this ':now I lay me down to
sleep" frame of mind In such state
the mind Is uncriucal credulous, relaxed
and uninterested in the pursuit of correct
information. 1t shrinks from anything
which points toward actual affairs or de-
mands effort. 1t seeks not truth, but an
anaesthetic. It desires an easy optimism
in which 1t can close Its eyes in peace; a
fantasy Of life In which goodness, hero
ism and even wisdom happen not by
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-23
INHABITANTS OF MARS

From the New York Times.
l(f would be grossly unfair to Prof.
Percival Lowell to assume from the
- latest reports of his discoveries and
deductions that he has abandoned any
part of his admirable theory relating to
the handmade canals of Mars. He has
always commended that the lines he
fancies he can see on the surface of that
planet are zones of vegetation watered
by canals, or channels lablriously dug
by the inhabitants. Those zones are
wide and within their limits exists all
the vegetation on Mars. What we object
to is the assumption credited, fairly or
unfairly, to Professor Lowell that the
creatures who, by the construction of
these mighty works, have defied nature
and preserved life on their planet, are
necessarily human beings. If we must
grant that the human being is the high
est living type that we know anything of,
it requires no stretch of the magma
ton, surely, to conceive of the existence
of creatures of a higher type.
Humanity has not, thus far, made such
shining success of its birthright that
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-23
Motors, Movies
and Lodge Might

1T7HE old-fashioned married man
u who was adept in coaxing his
wife to let him attend lodge meetings,
and was thought to have no other
forms Of amusement whatever, seems
to have gone down beneath the wheels
Of progress, by which is typified in
this particular instance, the ubiquitous
automobile.
At the annual convention of the
Knights of Pythias of Illinois it was
announced that the order lost more
than a thousand members during last
year, practically all of whom have
been lured away by motor cars and
moving pictures. The grand keeper of
records and seals who gave this expla-
nation of the decrease in membership
has doubtless hit the nail squarely on
the head. The Knights of Pythias and
all other fraternal orders have felt
the blight Of the up-to-date amuse-
ments. Even the uproarous fun that
often accompanies the initiation of
new members cannot compare in ex-
element and danger to a joy ride
taken after a late supper, with
driver at the wheel who for some rea-
son or other wants to sing.
AS for the movies, there are at best
only seven nights a week. The average
man can only go to movie shows at
night, and if he is going to keep up
with his favorite pastime and not be
a hopeless backnumber when the latest
films are mentioned in company, his
attendance must be constant. He
can't afford to miss more than one or
two evenings a week. If a confirmed
film fan, he won't miss single even
ling.
It's sign of the times. Lodge
might, for years without number a
boon to married men, is not what it
used to be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-23
From the Louisville Courier-JournaL
TIME Worlds Work tells the follow

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
6TJHE Worlds Work tells the follow
ing story:
zone day some distinguished
visitors who had arrived in Paris and
were being escorted about by a commit
tee were taken to call upon the late
Professor Metchnikoff (the famous scien-
fist who believed that the secret of long
life lay in diet), toward the hour of noon.
The laboratory was all but empty, as
most of the workers had departed for
that sacred meal the French dejeuner.
But Metchnikoff was there, himself in
tent on a vessel he was holding over a
gas burner.
1T must be very interesting ex-
pertinent that keeps you engaged even
at this hour remarked one Of the COM
mittee.
LOOK for yourself said Metchnikoff,
and, continuing to stir with a glass tube,
held up the dish so that delicious fra
GRANGE rose to the noses of the visitors.
That's what I'm working at he
laughed; bananas in slices, fried in
butter. 1t is excellent"
A Louisvillan tells Of having dined
with a millionaire who manufactured a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-23

| authors the same plea that Emerson
made 60 years ago-to shake off the in
fluence Of English writer's, and to seek in
American life the foundation for works
of fiction. Mr.. Nicholson attempted to
do this, but with results not altogether
favorable. according to his own state
ment: II stuck my own little shovel into
it once in Pennsylvania, and attempted
novel called The Lords of High Del
cision,' but I was SO appalled, by the
magnitude Of the great fiery mountain
turn out to be the kind of thing meant
to make it,
If Mr.. Nicholson. polished and fasci-
mating writer. was bewildered by great
fiery mountain ranges OF material"
surely the young author who is strug-
Cling for recognition must not complain
that American life is uninteresting and
uninspiring. Mr.. Howells and Frank
Norris have shown what can be done I'M
writing fiction that is strictly American.
If Norris had lived he probably would
have had profound influence on Amer
lean literature. But the power of keen
observation and vivid expression did not
die with Norris. There is an army Of
young writer's who have this inviting OPP
portunity to penetrate the obvious. and
discern what is romantic and fine in our
daily life.
Emerson insisted that even the poet
should find his inspiration in the mill, the
railroad and the vast complex machinery
of American civilization. However GU
rious this advice may seem. it is even
more serious than SO many writer's Of
verse and fiction should seek to make
their production attractive by writing Of
Paris, Italy, Arabia or some other re-
mote and little understood region All
that is deep and real in life exists here
and now. Voltaire. Goethe, Emerson,
Ruskin, Carlyle, Dickens ana Thackeray'
wrote about native contemporary life
There is no need for American authorr
to look abroad for material or style OF
expression.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-23
Country Schools
and Rural Choirs

MT AK SCHOEN, director of the de-
AVU partment Of school music at
the East Tennessee State normal, is
doing excellent educational work in
contributing readable and convincing
articles to the musical press. There
has been much said in religious circles
in recent years about the decline Of
the rural church in many sections of
this country, and how to revitalize
what was once center Of social and
Christian life is discussed from vari-
GUS points of view. Mr.. Schoen thinks
that the introduction of music into the
country school would also benefit the
church of the community. He dis
cussed this phase of music at re-
cant conference held at Columbus, O.,
and his views as set forth in Musical
America should have a ready appeal
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LUKE M.LUKE ave

judging from the careless Way the girls
are wearing their low-cut waists. they
do not appear to fear the naked truth.
After man passes the 60 mark he
oegln 10 realize that he can do more for
himself than anyone will do for him.
"A man whistles for the same reason
that woman talks. They both learned
the habit when young and can't quit il.
If wife will just give her husband
time to think one up he will never be
guilty of telling her deliberate false
hood.
The average widow likes to think that
you are man after her own heart.
You like to laugh at the other Hicks
who make breaks when they pronounce
words in common use But how about
yourself? Well bet you 10 to that you
say 'tel-a-phone' when you mean "tele-
phone"
There are lots of people in this coun-
try who are living the simple life But
they are doing 1t because they are COM
PEELED to.
What is the use of girl throwing a
man over when he proposes? He is only
going to land on his knees in front OF
some other girl.
ooh, well. We'll get along somehow
| used to be known as a shiftless person
But nowadays he Is known as an opti-
mist.
If some men had their way, a year
| would consist Of two weeks work and
! so weeks vacation.
| A man will never admit that he il
| growing old. Not even when a young
man calls on his daughter and tries te
| gain his good graces by handing him a
| cigar.
| A scientist advises people to chew mill
| before swallowing it. Maybe the reason
| for this precaution is that in many
places the city water is used to adulter.
| ate the milk.
Many a married man would hate t.
| have you know that every now and ther
| he has to press his own pants.
| And the balloon pilot isn't the only
man who doesn't know where he is go
ing when he is on his way.
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for all persons interested in the chang

for all persons interested in the chang
ing conditions of rural activities.
Says Mr.. Sehoen: "The country
church can have good music if it will
fulfill three requirements: Have the
young people of the community in the
choir; have competent choir director;
have the young people get some must
cal training in the school," He says
that at present most Of the churches
in small towns having a voluntary
choir must depend for it's membership
on the older people of the congrega-
ton. This should not be so. All chill
dren should be taught in the schools to
read music. If this important branch
of education were to receive attention
the country church would, in few
years, be noted for it's excellent must
cal service.
1t was stated at the Columbus con-
ference that one out of every ten
country churches had been abandoned.
With choirs competent to sing
hymns and anthems and glorias of
artistic merit-able to render the lit
tie classics-there would be few, if
any, empty benches at the cross roads
chapel or the piney woods meeting
house.
Mr.. Schoen, in discussing the impor-
lance of the choir director, saws: 81
do not mean man well trained
unsteady, whose services could not
be had without remuneration; but any
person possessing some musical abili-
ty in which the members of the choir
would have confidence. Organization
ability means more than musical abili-
ty in case of the voluntary small town
or rural choir. The country director
should be a person, therefore, who
would attract the young people, in
whom they would have confidence and
who would be able to organize them
into a permanent body.
It may be years before Mr.. Schoen's
idea will be adopted in states that are
naturally backward; but if the school
tax amendment is ratified, as it doubt
less will be, then Alabama will in time
be prepared to introduce music into
rural schools as well as in those of the
large cities. How much this will mean
for spiritual advancement cannot be
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-23
ROMANCE

By Louis Untermeyer in the New Re-
public
Romance with firm and eager tread
Walked at his shoulder;
He never turned his rapt, poetic mead
Once to behold her.
He sought her in the skies, in dreams;
In mystic meadows;
face in gleams-
Clasplng her shadows
TT is this age" he cried; 'these things
Blind and bewilderi q,
Weep for romance, with frail ana trem-
bling wings:
This world has killed her."
And still he seeks her, warm or dead
The quest enthralling! rs
And still romance, with strong and tifs-
less tread.
Follows him. calling.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-23
ATHLETES AND TYPEwRITING

ATHLETES AND TYPEWRITING
From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
In this fast age, the means Of goine
still faster are at all times being sought
But who would have thought that in
Brooklyn. which New York has made us
think slow town. the means OF hurry
ing UP the typewriter operators would
be found? Yet they have been, and in
the person Of charming young typist
who has just won a prize in contest
by writing 1871 words a minute. And the
secret of her speed, she declares. is ath-
letic training. "Typewriting is very much
like any other form Of athletics" she
told a New York reporter. IF you want
to win a speed contest, you must go in
training and abstain from pie and coffee
and things like that
Never mind the speed contests, They
can come only now and then. but this is
hint to employers with slow and
languid typists, of how to get them nus
Ting. The Brooklyn girl. we are told.
bends over until the tips Of her fingers
touch the floor at least 20 times a day.
Large establishments. employing many
nasIum profitable thing to do. The
Brooklyn girl. who is Is years old. weighs
only 80 pounds, but she is an athlete fol-
all that. And we freely concur In her
opinion that athletic training Is prime
necessity in such work. Speed of the
highest order is needed for hitting off
1s7 words q minute. and nothing but ath.
letics can develop such a perfect physical
and mental coordination.
But there is a rub; there is always a
rub. The great majority of typists being
young women. how many Of them can
be induced to give up CONNECTIONS and
pastries? Aye. there's the rub. indeed.
Connections and pastries are the delights
Of all their sex. Men cannot live by
bread alone, but woman can live by
cake alone Employers aiming at greater
speed might easily induce the girls to &c
in for athletics. and might continually
admonish them against the use Of sweets
The average typist might make a brave
struggle to cut out the dainties. but few
indeed would get past the noon lunch
temptations Of even the first week.
Wherefore the business world must de-
spair of ever getting typists like unto
the one Of Brooklyn. who may well be
called a heroine not only for her Prov
ess. but for her self-abnegation. A
woman capable Of the remuneration OF
goodies as a means to an end could
train herself for q prize fight II she
wanted to.
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game. Last year this game was the best
/ ever saw and I expect a better one
this year.
November II is an open date here, but
on the next Saturday Vanderbilt and Au-
burn meet. This will be another great
game and will have a great bearing on
the championship. The Thanksgiving
day game between Alabama and Georgia
viii conclude the season.
In all, Birmingham has fine group
Of games and will have the opportunity
of witnessing every strong contender ex-
cept Georgia Tech in action at lockwood
Field"