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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer

m RoBABLY every military avia- lN tor in Europe is definitely S aware that the chances of his surviving the war are so small as to be practically negligible. Sooner or later the final flight will be made. There will be posthumous honors from foe as well as from friend, for the war flier is not hated by his enemies. By the very nature of his calling he is too brave to command anything but admiration.
 Now it is Captain Boelke who has died. After Immelmann this Boelke was the greatest of German aviators. When Immelmann was killed there was no other Teuton air master whom Inn meImann's mantle could fall. But within few weeks Boellle had established a reputation scarcely less brilliant than that of his predecessor.
 Boelke's death was an illustration of the many and unavoidable dangers which beset the belligerent aviators. For Boelke was not killed in battle; he was not, like Immelman shot down by a skilful foe. Safe behind the German lines Boelke fell from a great height when his machine collided with another German plane It was purely an accident
 Perhaps Boelke. who doubtless knew that he must die this month or a few months hence would have preferred to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
A GERMAN PUBLISHERS ESTATE

From the New York Globe
 The appraisal of the estate of a New York German newspaper publisher shows that the profits of the publication with which he was connected averaged $7651 annually preceding the war Then they jumped fourfold, to s3O,66O, in 1915.
 It has not been without business req sons that newspapers of this country published in foreign languages have shown disposition to arouse the feelings in favor of their fatherlands. Before the war, through the operation of unifying influences, the nonvernacular press found itself, speaking generally, facing dimin- ishing constituencies. The war gave the man opportunity and many of them did not fail to improve it. It was to their interest to adopt extreme views and to stimulate their racial compatriots to simi- lar views.
 Here is one of the reasons why the Globe has steadily refused to take se- riously, as representative of German American sentiment, the anti-American utterances of many German-American newspapers. The German-American press is unconsciously led by it's sef-interest to be professionally German, and msrep- resents the clements for which it as- sumes to speak. Public opinion, which does not always stop to make close ex- animation, is thus not unnaturally led to injustice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13

say, when there might be ladies presently
 Whatever the reason, there is no deny ing the fact. The haberdashers of our own city admit that the pyjama is going One believes that it's present unpopularityl is due to the strings with which the trousers are tied Men are inpatient with any other kind of fastening than buttons; they would never endure the in conveniences which women. with subj Timer sense of duty, accept without a. murmur. Yet may not some earnest SO, ciologist find deeper reason? The py-5 jama is in it's origin Mahometan cos tune; the word itself is Persian. Both sexes wear it in eastern countries, ancs in public; it's use as a sleeping suit is ar2 occidental idea. What effect may noF such use have had upon the nationa character? Are not our men becoming slowly orientalized by too many dreams are accused of having lost their mora fiber Perhaps the discarding of py jainas or pajamas is the first sign of Fl great moral awakening. The subject l Johnson in his yet unpublished work Man AS a Social and Political Beast. Can he not give out the chapter dealini with it if, as there is reason to believe the proofs are about ready to be re turned to the printer?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
SOONER OR LATER

fall in battle. The aviator In time c usually meets an accidental death. Tn war aviator faces all these dangers, a7s the great additional danger of conf'scs To die in fair fight is doubtless his cA,s nest desire
 Yet this air service is by no means un popular. It attracts many of the bex young men of Germany, France, Eni land and the other belligerent nation Moreover, it attracts young men-son of them men of wealth and leisure, witt every right to look forward to lives q ease and pleasure-who are not even an| mated by the love of fatherland. I'll American fliers in the service of Frans are doubtless strong In their admiratio of '1a patrie," but it is not their ov "patrie." There must be stronger m tive, and this can be nothing else ths | the sheer love of danger. The love mn be strong when it fades not with tI certain assurances that today or tomo row, sooner or later, each Of these you men, whether mililonaires of soldiers fortune, will make the final flight. them the prospect of length of life is combat and excitement
 The war may be essentially unchiysN rous. but the days of chivalry are und
 niably recalled by the self -forgettilX work of the fliers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
James Adamgon. in Leslie-a.

James Adamson, in Leslie's.
 m ACK in the carly fifties young .I6 man was travelling in sleep ~ ing car between Buffalo and Westfe1d. The car was a mere box car with a triple tier of wooden hunks built into the sides. Practical only for night travel, rude unventilated, un- sanitary inconvenient and uncomforta- ble, the car impressed the young cabi- netmaker and contractor as the apotheo- sis of barbaric discomfort, and into his active brain came the conception of a car based on entirely different lines of con- struction, car that would be comfortable and commodious, a car in which travel would be made pleasurable.
 George M. Pullman was the passenger, and few years later, in 1s57 two old Chicago and Alton railroad coaches were fitted with sleeping car features of his own design. The work was done at the Alton shops at Bloomington, H., and in 1857 the first Pullman was run from Bloomington to Chicago over the Chica- go and Alton railroad.
 The next few years were devoted to costly experiments A workshop was rented, skiller mechanics employed and the inventor evolved the clements, by sheer ingenuity, on which the modern Pullman is based Following the two re- modelled Alton coaches was born in 1863 the first real Pullman. In a shed on the site of the present union station in Chi cago a car was constructed in which for the first time the space above the win- dows was utilized for the storage of bed ding and furniture by what is known as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
WHERE SALMON BEATS GOLD

From the Kansas City Star
 The Klondike gold discovery 20 years ago still has it's influence in binding many of us to the other great resource 2 of Alaska. The majority of persons who have never been to that country still think of it as buried under ice, with brief period of sunshine in the summer in which men who are stout and strong and brave may dash over leagues of mushy snow carve some grains of gold from the frozen earth and then race back again to civilization
 Alaska is still producing gold. The last report of the federal bureau of foreign and domestic commerce shows that $16,- 200, 900 worth came to this country from there last year; but gold digging is not the greatest industry of Alaska by any means. Last year $1S,3 ,3O7,O00 worth of canned salmon, s26, 4SS. 900 worth of copper S60.000 worth of silver and coal by the shipload came to the United States from Alaska And it is interesting to note that Alaska has become almost self support ing: that is, she is raising nearly all ths food she eats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
EVOLUTION OF PALACE CAR

the Pullman upper berth" construction This car was named the Pioneer, and true. to it's title marked far output in the development of railroad travel.
 Due to the fact that the Pioneer type of sleeping car represented an outlay of rractically S20,000, while the cost of sleer.- ing cars furnished by the individual rail- roads rarely exceeded $40OO, it was neces- sary to charge a slightly increased price for a berth In the $4000 cars $1.50 was the price on certain runs; for a Pullman berth on the same run $2 was asked. Un- decided if the public would care to pay for the increased safety, comfort, clean Hness and convenience, cars of both types were operated on the same trains. The decision was instantaneous and the only grumblers were those who could not get accommodations on the Pullman cars
 One of the curious exhibits in the Pull man offices is the menu of the first din ing cars (then operated by the Pullman company, instead of the railroads, as at present. showing that the high cost of living" was higher in those early days than now. For instance, eggs boiled or in any form were 40 cents raw oys- ters 50 cents, coffee or tea 15 cents, and a half spring chicken 75 cents. Another is the first instructions to Pullman car employees, especially insisting that passen- gers remove their boots or shoes on re- tirng, that smoking in the car be con- fined to the rear end of cars, that the. coal fires for heating the car be shaken or coaled only while the car was in mo- ton, etc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
A SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHY

towns of the middle west, and the ra wild zest for living that makes magic the life that man must lead far frd cities and the beauties that cities hug their breasts. Suppose it had taken thu farther still, and shown them trol palms, and the blue of the Pacific, al let them hear its roar as it pounds, mil white on the black rocks near the G| den Gate.
 Suppose it had let them see the col cities, athrob with the varied activit| of their youth and strength, cities claimed from desert, cities builded on wrecks of cities that have gone befd Suppose all the industry and splendor poetry of this great treasure house t in our country were shown to the phys eyes of these children instead of gi to them as a lesson in a book.
 What lesson of patriotism might it
 teach? What new fever for accompl1 ment might it not awake? The land calling to the youth of our country, youth, reading in its book, does not h, Where is the multi-millionaire who
 endow real school of geography?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
NEW HICHENs PLAY IN LONDON

From the London Chronicle.
 There are extremely few good playlets in the English language But Robert Hickens has added to their number in ''The Law of the Sands" In 30 minutes the author sketched at the London Opera house the whole development of a com plete catastrophe in the lives of two peo- pie. And in 30 minutes Mrs. Patrick Campbell had drawn the full length por- trait of woman.
 The woman, as befits a Kitchens tale, dwelt on the fringe of the Egyptian des- ert One night, as she awaited her hus- of good gazelle hunting which would stay him from home. Close on the heels of the messenger came a dusty horse man, whom she hospitably entertained. In the midst of a discussion on fidelity her guest told bitter story of his own betrayal by a friend, also a hunter of gazelle. The hunter had shared his wife And, following the law of the sands, he had slain him with his knife, Arab fashion Such men should die.
 Withdrawing the cover from a painting the woman showed her visitor that her husband was the hunter But she had no wrath for his murderer Instead of railing she took a knife and slashed the picture of the man who had been untrue to her love and unworthy of her trust She even def<lded his murderer before the police. So in the end she was taken to the cells, while the man, who had been in hiding, presumably went free.
 It was exquisitely played by Mrs. Pat rick Campbell who clothed the denuncia- tion speech with all the shades of death and darkness. This is, perhaps, the most perfect piece of histrionics to be seen on the London stage today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
From the New York Globe.

From the New York Globe.
 N ND where is our multi million AA aire who will nedow a new G s-s school of geography? Comes a woman campaigner fresh from the special campaign train for Hughes and says that even had the train had no other effect it would have been worth the s40,O0O it cost as a wandering school of politics for the women who travelled upon it.
 The idea is capable of enlargement. The women on this train were. to be sure, on politics bent Suppose, how ever, they had taken the self-same trip in times of political peace, and that their object had been the familiarizing of themselves with the physical-and spir- itual-geography of our country, instead of with capturing votes for Hughes.
 Suppose, again, that instead of con- veying only 14 women and large ex- ecutive staff, that special train had been filled with eager children blessed with the curiosity and inquisitiveness of youth. Suppose that the geography train had SOut, as tHC SaihP"ioA si"iii NOiie' through those great, calm wheat fields of the Dakotas, lying grandly there in the golden sun, singing psalm of plenty and of peace. Suppose it had gone through the mining towns of the west, and the cattle lands and the sheep grazing lands and the fruit lands.
 Suppose it had rolled proudly up the side of dark forested hills, where the un- derbrush was so bright with the touch of auaumn that it seemed very miracle that the straight, tall pines did not take flame with the heat of It's scarlets and crimsons. Suppose that that geography train had shown it's passengers cloudy rank on rank of mountain heights, the highest white with snow, while at their base floated blue and purple mists. Sup pose that it had gone stanchly into the desert and shown those children the strange, undreamed of peace that lies in placid stretches of sand and sage; sup pose it had gone so far that the throats of the seeing ones had ached with the beauty of cactus Standing black against a sunset sky.
 Suppose it had shown them the pinched. small content that lies in little, sordid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
LUXE M,LUKE SAYS

Some people wonder why the Lord doesn't come to them for tips on how to run the universe.
 Good resolutions are all right. But any time duty conflicts wieh pleasure we are going to take a ticket on pleasure.
 This would be a finer world if you could only make people believe that listening is as much on art as talking.
 If man can't think of anything else
 to lie about he will begin bragging that
 his furnace burns more coal than any
 other furnace in town.
 The reason why father keeps the clock about an hour and a half fast is because
 a woman has to have some leeway when
 she has an appointment and is certain
 to leave the house at S:30 when she should leave at '.
 You have to go ahead and prove a sim gle woman is a fool. But a married woman is usually willing to admit it. Every now and then you will find big husky woman who has little, meek hus- band and who is always picking fusses with the neighbors can hear it that '''ii l had a man for husband l wouldn't have to stand for these insults Of course, you will deny it. But down in your heart you know that you are superstitious about some fool thing that you would laugh at in another man. Every now and then you will run into
 man who does all his betting with his | mouth.
 A woman has judgment enough to get bargain when she is selecting other things. But it is different when she is selecting a husband.
 You may not know how selfish he is right now, my dear girl. But after yol get him you may discover that the req son why he was able to make love SC splendidly was because he had been prac- ticing on himself ever since he was able
 to chew solidh food.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
HOTEL LOBBIES
Clean Up Subway

There is only one drawback to the long ride on the Tdewater car line from East Lake to my work in Ensley and that Is the foul atmosphere in the sub way under the Terminal station" said Claud McGraw yesterday. There are pools of stagnant water the whole length of the Terminal building, which con- tain much filth. Trash Of all kinds has accumulated also, including newspapers, pasteboard boxes and the usual street filth which has washed into the basin in the subway.
 Certainly the city authorities should see that this is cleaned up and kept clean. Just because Fifth avenue takes dip under the surface into the dark subway is no reason it should be neg lected, as thousands of citizens pass through :he underground passage each day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
G. O. P. Afcernaa&h
nrad GEae Future

ID REPUBLICANS die hard, but it is UN time they were getting used to defeat. For many years the democrats had struggled as the minority party, but when Roosevelt, one time repub- lican but in 1912 bolter and founder of the progressive party, made it easy for Wilson to win, the republicans were full of wrath. Few of the leaders had hope then of rehabilitating the old guard, but as the next presidential election year approached they pulled themselves together, induced the champion of social justice-the arch progressive-to return to the fold and made superhuman effort to get back into power with the united chorus battle hymn of Anything to beat Will son!'
 The defeat of four years ago was a foregone conclusion, but in this years campaign, with MT. Hughes as the republican standard bearer, they felt confident of a signal tri- umph. Roosevelt was doing his best to reinstate the party that he had an athematize@ but the people "out west" would not respond to his ap- peals. They wanted four more years of Wilson.
 Now one hears in the ranks of those who supported Hughes great deal of fault finding. Some of it is well grounded, but some is unreasonable. In the first place, fault is found with the nominee's speeches. They lacked ''punch" and convincing power; there is no question about that. They dwelt largely with trival things. Hughes lodged great issues and seldom made a point that would stick. But he was handicapped, and allowance should be splendid achievements to their credit and it would have taken a greater statesman than Mir. Hughes to make an impression in attacking the record. Being thus handicapped the repub- lican candidate simply did the best he could. But perhaps the unkindest cut
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
WHEN MY SWEETHEART COME

By Bessie O'Brien Hundley. When my sweetheart comes, all na shyly lightens,
 And smiling too, exultant trips alt And languid Phoebus quick and sd brightens. And all the birds make glad the VI with song.
 And brighter grows bright
 And brighter becomes,
 Dlffusing my joy
 When my sweetheart comes! When my sweetheart goes, stri clouds begin to gather, And reaching low they soon enY me- They fill my soul with sadness deep tender, And banter all my hope of joy to And the twilight dark
 And still darker grows. Til it hides my tears
 When my sweetheart goes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
Republican Press
 Weak I'm Ohio

NNRHILE other normally republic w an states returned the ex- rected maiorities, Ohio went demo- cratic. The Cincinnati Times-Star finds no difficulty in answering the question, "What's the Matter With Ohio" which has been repeatedly asked by disappointed republicans since last Tuesday. There were not enough republican newspapers ln Ohio. thinks the Times-Star, to insure a victory.
 Throughout the state the demo erats were Every much stronger ln newspaper support than the republic ans" With the exception of Cincin- natl, the republicans were outfought everywhere. Even in Cleveland the democratic press was stronger and in the central part of Ohio the re- DQOUcdnS IldQ uO llCWoPoPSA VI AA+~S-S politan size. There was no republic an newspaper at all in Columbus and one was established there for the cam-
 FF'aa FFF'.aae H7ii7ae7 Star estimates that sn e matter o1 support from city
 rs8s. as democratic party
 as;ae e even three times as strong as the republican party in Ohio in 1916"
 The influence of the press on public opinion, especially in political matters, is apparently as great as it ever was, although the statement has been made that the modern editorial page is not as potential as it used to be. People doubtless think more for themselves in public affairs than they formerly did, but the newspaper is still great moulder of opinion. No one knows this better than the politicians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
Have Games Earlier

Football games should begin at ? o'clock instead of 2:So.' said Jake Gold stein yesterday. ''If you recall last year when Auburn played Vanderbilt at Rick wood it was almost dark when the game ended. It was so dark that one player could not be distinguished from another across the field. Although one of the fastest games ever played on the field, it was almost dusk when the Alabama Sewanee game ended.
 Tt generally takes at least two hours to play game. I think the committee should make this change for the Auburn Vandy game next Saturday. Persons who can get off from work to attend the game will be there at 2 o'clock just as well as later, and it would enable the department store people to get back to their business before the heavy trading starts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
Music-Lovine City

Birmingham is the greatest music low ing city of the south not even except ing Atlanta" said Miss Sarah Barrett a noted violinist of Gadsden.
 The people are becoming more inter ested, the town affords such excellent teachers and so many pupils apply them selves. There are five girls from Gads- den who come over each Saturday in preference to studying music up north. think Tthey have chosen wisely. The training they get here is practically the same and somehow it seems like patron izing home people, Birmingham is so near"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
Cfgarmal<ers Busy

Tampa is now employing more cigarmakers than ever before in it's history" said William Sipe, who is registered at the Burt. Tt is well known that more cigars are manufac- tured in Tampa than any other city in the world outside of Havana The cigar industry is the backbone of the city. These cigarmakers are all cap able of making from s5 to s1o per day at their trade. They work by the piece and during these rushing times they are allowed to work as late as they wish.
 There is not single cigarmaker idle in Tampa. Many could be put to work there tomorrow if they were available. The last year is the first time in many years that all the cigar factories ran full force throughout 12 months. All this should indicate pros- perity. I have been told that despite the enormous cash pay roll of the city times are not any better with the average merchant than they were two years ago."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
Big Crowds on Broadway

q have never seen such enormous crowds and so much excitement on the streets of New York as I witnessed Tuesday night" said Robert Aland, who returned Saturday from buying trip to New York.
 Broadway and all the principal thoroughfares were packed and damned. It was almost impossible to get to the bulletin boards. Early in the evening the Herald. Times. World and other papers announced the cleo tion of MT. Hughes. I left New York the following day, so don't know how New York celebrated when the returns from California gave the victory to President Wilson.
 Business is certainly booming in New York. Every big store is packed all day, just like our 10-cent stores are on Saturday nights. Merchandise is high and scarce and the New York stores take a big profit on all their sales. A woman can buy the identical suit here in Birmingham $5, s10 and sl5 cheaper than she will have to pay in New York"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
Settlement of Bets

"The man who bet on Wilson in the presidential race has won,' said Evans Dunn, "but it seems to be a slightly difficult matter to impress the other fellow.
 q noticed that Curb Commissioners McQuade & Stokes, with whom many New Workers placed wagers, have stated that no bets will be paid off until it was more clearly determined d that the President had been re- elected.
 These conditions seem to exist all over the country, although I have heard of some settlements here in Bir- mingham. But there is a happy side to view The man who won will have plenty of time to consider how he shall spend it best.