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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-27

old breach is healed and healed thor oughly. The outlook is not bright for republican harmony; is not bright for a union of the two factions.
 Will Colonel Roosevelt care to be nominated when he sees that Presl- dent Wilson is a sure winner! lie will be not only willing to accept, but will insist on being the standard bearer of his progressive following even though he sees defeat for his cause plainly forecast.
 The colonel has been affecting coquettish attitude toward the nomina- tion, but the public knows him well and cannot be fooled by any political artifice that he may devise. He will throw his hat in the ring once more and will carry off the honors ln one of the conventions at Chicago Tn June, if not in both; and he will conduct lively campaign and add to the gayety of nations right up to the Tuesday following the first Monday in No vember. But he will not see victory perching on his standard in this good year 1916.
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soTHERN's FOX TERRIER

From My Remembrances," by Edward
 II. Sothern, in the April Scribner.
 My brother Sam had joined me in Amer ica, having just finished his schooling in Paris He brought with him two dogs: Death, bulldog, and Trap, fox-terrer One day I brought to my rooms in Twenty-third street box of old manu- scripts, mostly copies of Lord Dun- dreary" and others of my fathers reper- toire. Death and Trap and Sam stood by and looked on idly while l. as idly, looked over the plays. Suddenly Trap flew at a heap of manuscripts and seized 6 printed book. We tried to get it from him. He dashed about the room, as fox terriers will, under the bed and over the bed. waiting. watching, fleeing. Death, an unwield.y fellow. began to take notice and ambie after us as we pursued Trap. My ladlady opened the door. Out went Trap. Death after him, nearly upsettins my landlady. My brother and I rushed after the dogs. Trap headed down Twen- ty-third street direct to the Lyceum theatre. play in mouth. In and out of
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Admires Irwin Cobb

T was glad to see Bozeman Bulger' s write-up of Irwin s. Cobb in Sunday s Age-Herald' said Dr. T. P. Vowell.
 T have been keeping up with Cobb (and Bulger too) @ long time and he is one of my favorite writers He will probably never be as popular as Mark Twain, but Cobb's personality and his good disposi- tion in general go a long way in mak- ing up his popularity.
 "One of the best things he ever wrote came out in the Saturday Evening Post of November 6, 1915 I was way down in the woods in south Florida at that time and could not get many things to read, but I saw an editorial in one of the Tampa papers concerning this piece Cobb had written for the Post, and I looked up a copy of the Post of that date.
 His subject was, Speaking of Opera tions, and I wish everybody in the world could read it, and especially everyone who has had an operation. I know lots of people who ought to read that piece over once a week regularly.
 Cobb is all right and he will be around here all along"
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KITCHENER AND HIS ARM

Tern redoubt, and north of YpFe and another tells of similar fighting at eues Chapelle, Mauquissart, and the SoMrfs. From this it is evident that the oppoin forces are active along the whole front
 And how do the new men of Kitchener army fight? Many of them have won the Victoria Cross, and that is not awarded for anything short of conspicuous gallan- try. The kind of charge mentioned above seems to be an everyday performance of duty by men who have volunteered for this war A Daily Mail correspondent at the front somewhere in France" tells of regiment of "countrymen" that had been brigaded with the guards and lived up to the competition" He records acts of notable heroism. "The country villagers he says, ''have risen to the heights of the military spirit" and "they can shoot and march and hold a trench to the level of any Prussan guardsman." Thus far they have justiged the highest expecta- tions. Their full opportunity is yet to come, with the opening of the spring canlpaign. Then if the enemy cannot break through the French line to get to Paris or cannot break through the Brit ish line and get to Calais, or cannot break through the British navy and hold the sea, there can be no doubt as to which side will have the final victory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-27
Roosevelt and the Republicans

Colonel Roosevelt, perennial candi- date for the presidency, having re- turned from tour of the West Indies, refreshed and strengthened for the political contest of the coming sum- mer, is now resurveying the situation with a view of blocking out work for himself and his loyal supporters.
 Under the skillfuf direction of George w. Perkins, progressive chair man and cashier, tentative plans for the merging of the c. O. P. and the bull moose were accepted by the friends of the colonel as thoroughly satisfactory and practicable. The half dozen or more aspirants for the Republican nomination were supposed fo have been convinced that the only hope of the standpatters was centered III Colonel Roosevelt.
 The progressives were, as matter TUI COuTSc, ulIdlllIliOuo lOI CilC md leader of their party and the old line republicans-or many of them seemed disposed to march once more under the banner of the militant statesman. But the ardor of the rank and file of the organization that voted for Taft has cooled bit since the get-together programme was pre- sented at the Perkins dinner in Chi cago few weeks ago. In other words the candidates of the standpat persuasion are numerous and as eager as if the republican party stood "a chance of winning without the aid of Colonel Roosevelt. The merging rrocess is only dream after all.
 It does not require an experienced politician to understand the futility " | republican campaign unless the
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right, in spite of the first hunch. And to make the confession complete, we are with Miss Margaret Lynn-thats the pro- fessor's name-on the matter of smiles, which, she believes, are the greatest de- ceivers ever. There is no need of going back to the old stuff about being able to smile and smile and be villain still, to bear this out. All we have to do is look about us. Although Miss Margaret puts it in different way:
 Some girls go through life looking like angels simply because they happen to have short upper lips and can smile cas- ily And there is no relation between character and dimples."
 To the last part of the statement excep- ton of the most drastic kind must be taken. Let the lady S>'om Kansas rail as she will about the square chins and praise the recedng kind; she can insist all she wishes that some smiles don't amount to any more than some Kansas statesmen; but when it comes to dimples-hasntM Mar garet got heart? Does she want the rest of the land to believe that Kansas, with all it's faults, has not the redeem ing feature of red around cheeks in which Love made those hollows?' And with her reading and her teaching-literature have ever been loves nesting places, or claim that the world of men and maids would want them otherwise?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-27
Modern Gladiat0rs

Although super-refined people con- tend that prize fights are shocking and brutal, marking back to cave d.vs and a survival of mans primitive instincts. the interest taken lh the Willard Moran bout in New York shows that physical strength, courage and skill are qualities that still awaken unbounded admiration. me nropress of Willard and Moran to Madison Square Garden in then motor cars was like that of Roman conquer DTS and their reception by vast crowd. in which there were many rational celebrities, must have been thoroughly disheartening to moralists who don't believe man should ever raise his hand against his fellow, either for the purpose of self-defense or as incidental to defending ones self against foe in the ring, to win both fame and fortune.
 All over the United States news paper offices and other sources ot ln- formation were eagerly sought by peo- ple who wanted to know who was win ming. while Willard and Moran were exchanging blows in Madison Square Garden. As soon as the bout was over. the news was flashed to every nook and corner of the land and 1t IS safe to assume that out of popula- ton of approximately OO,o0O,OOO peo- pie, considerably more than half knew inc result short while after the bout was ended. The rest read 1t In the morning newspapers.
 A boxing match, such as Willard end Moran took part in, is clean sport. There is no reason to believe that either man had the slightest intention of "stalling." Nearly everyone is sat- isfied that the best man won and de- served to win. If any one of the lS,- 900 persons who saw the match felt that he didn't get his moneys worth, he failed to make himself heard. And in these days, when preparedness is being preached on every side and self defense among nations is quite as nec- essary as among individuals, it is en- couraging to know that we still have plenty of red corpuscles in our blood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-27
ONE TOUCH OF GENIUS

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 One touch of genius makes the whole world pause. The Amsterdam newspapers are not internationally prominent. Of 100 persons in the wide world who know who had heard of the ''Telegraaf'' of Am- sterdam, or of the "Amsterdammer. But Louis Raemaekers, a Dutch cartoonist whose work has appeared in the "Tele- graaf'' and "The Amsterdammer" has won wider recognition than any other car toonist since the European war began.
 London weekly says of the Raemaek- CTS cartoons, which are to be exhibited in America:
 'These pictures, with their haunting sense of beauty and their biting satire, might almost have been drawn by the finger of the accusing angel. As the spec tator gazes upon them the full weight of the horrible cruelty and senseless futility of war overwhelms the soul, and, sinking helplessly beneath it, he feels inclined to assume the same attitude of despair as is shown in the cartoon entitled, 'Christen- dom After Twenty Centuries Never. so long as these pictures endure, will the
 punishment of Germany cease for her crimes against Belgium first and foremost,
 but also for her studied brutality against
 women and children. The great
 achievement of the genius of this Dutch
 artist lies in his power to demonstrate to his fellow creatures war in its entirety, and not only one small part of it. The great majority will leave this exhibition with an entirely new sense of the hack neyed Teuton phrase: Krieg ist Krieg.' Amsterdam. as the channels of publicity flow, is on the backwater. But Dutch cartoonist, book illustrator of no great fame before the horrors of the war in- spired his pencil, has become world fam ous.
 America will have~a better view of the butchery and the barbarism, and will more clearly understand war as it is be- | ing waged after the Raemaekers cartoons ! have crossed the Atlantic upon their mis- sion of enlightenment Only genius can rise to the occasion and put upon paper | the grimness of civilization's tremendous l tragedy. And genius always gets a hear I ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-27
SPENDING TT ALL

From the New York Telegram.
 Of Booth Tarldngton the anecdotes are legion-almost as numerous as they are about O. Henry. It remained, however. for Jesse Lynch Williams to tell this story in connection with his comment on Tark- ngton's ever ready repartee;
 After The Gentleman from Indiana had made it's hit" he says. and Mans field had put on 'Beaucaire' and that made a hit, said to him one day, Now. hope you're going to stay in New York for a while
 His reply was a most charming satire upon himself. oh, I'll stay here till l get it all nicely spent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-27
BOSTON AND SHAKESPEARE

From the Boston Herald.
 Are any arrangements under ~'~-- in this city for an adequate celebration Of the death of Shakespeare? No other city in this country, with the possible excep- tion of New York, has more reason to keep the anniversary upon a scale com mensurate with the fame of the great dramatist and poet whose works are the common inheritance of Americans and E7glishmen and belong indeed to the whole human race of every language. Boston published an edition of Shake speare in eight volumes when the last century was in it's infancy, and once the Puritan attitude toward the theatre had been erected, the works of the Stratford dramatist were at once put upon the boards. Romeo and Juliet masked as kind of moral lecture was crudely presented some years before the e'~1- teenth century terminated,
 In this city were born everal of 41s most famous players in Shakespearean parts. Charlotte Cushman's birthplace was in the north end, and she made an address when the school which bears her name was dedicated. We are - within few months ok her centenary. She appeared for the first time on any stage at the Fremont theatre in 1855; she died in this city in 1876; and, as Law renee Barrett said, ito the last she was the greatest Lady Macbeth of her age" D. l.. Davenport, eminenty successful as Brutus and as Hamlet, also was born in Boston, and his centenary also falls within this tercentenary year. John Gil" bert long associated with eminent Shakespearean players. was another Bos- ton born actor. and in 1928 in a Boston theatre he first essayed to Speak his part upon the stage" Then, too. it was at the old Boston museum that Edwin Booth first undertook part, appear ing as Tressell to his fathers Rich ard III
 elaborate observances of the anniversary in spite of the war. New York has extensive plans well under way. The school children of Greater Boston are busy collecting facts and pictures and becoming acquainted with the life and work of the dramatist. But in New York a great number of local ce'0' is to eliminate in "a large municipal fes- tival in which the whole city can ke making huge demands upon the art Of the theatre, under the direction of Percy Mac Kayes, with the official sanc- tion of the city and the cooperation of citizens of every race, creed and class"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-27
HOTEL LOBBIES
Wants ReantifnI City

Now that the spring fever is upon us again. said President George Ward of the city commission, my old city beau- tiful hobby is getting a new grip on me.
 I hope the newspaper boys will help out on this again this spring, because l really believe there is nothing more i'm portant than improving our surroundings. beautiful city puts it's citizens in + ter frame of mind. Sordd surroundings encourage sordid ideas. This is a day or striving for higher and better things and beautiful flowers, lawns. trees anu shrubs can do wonders in keeping us happy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-27
GENIUS

 By Richard Hengst Horne. Far out at sea-the sun was high, While veered the wind and Tapped the sail We saw a snow-white butterfly ] Dancing before the fitful gale,
 Far out at sea! The little wanderer, who had lost His way, of danger nothing knew; Settled awhile upon the mast, Then fluttered OCT the waters blue.
 Far out at sea. Above, there gelam'd the boundless sky: Beneath, the boundless ocean sheen; Between them danced the butterfly, The spirit-life of this vast scene,
 Far out at sea. The tiny soul then soar'd away, Seeking the clouds on fragile wings, Lur'd by the brighter, purer ray Which hopes ecstatic morning brings,
 Far out at sea. Away he sped with shimmering glee! Scarce seen-now lost-yet onward borne! Night comes!-with wind and rain-and he No more will dance before the morn.
 Far out at sea. He dies unlike his mates, I veen; Perhaps not sooner, or worse crossd; And he hath felt. thought, known. and seen
 A larger life and hope-though lost
 Far out at sea!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-27
Yesterdays Age-Herald

Frank G. Carpenter, probably the most widely known newspaper cor respondent in the world, is doing the greatest work of his life in the series on Alaska which he is now running in The Sunday Age-Herald.
 Readers could not have failed to notice yesterday the superiority of the manner in which the Associated Press handled the Willard Moran fight in New York and The Age-Herald is the only Sunday newspaper in this section which is allowed to use Associated Press dispatches.
 Yesterdays Rotogravure Section was unusually rich in local features and many complimentary expressions were made on the fine reproductions of some of the big industrial plants of the district.
 Yesterdays Age-Herald contained 562 separate and distinct advertise ments, which occupied 3100 inches of space This was an increase of 25 per cent over the same Sunday last year in spite of the fact that Sunday one year ago was the Sunday before Easter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-27
FLAG ON THE SEA AGAIN

From the New York World.
 Something like 20oO merchant ships of
 nearly 4,OOo,ooo aggregate tonnage are
 listed by the department of commerce as
 having been sunk or captured or lnterned
 since the war began. Approximately half of the number appear to be at the bottom
 of the sea.
 This, however, is only partial meas ure of Americas opportunity to recover it's old position in the ocean carrying trade. Immense amounts of tonnage ad- ditional have been withdrawn from or djrary commerce and from the custom arv routes of commerce and diverted to
 war purposes. This tonnage at the peace slowly, where it survives to get back at all.
 There are encouraging evidN- - that
 American capital and enterprise are at last awake to this opportunity Energies
 which used to be absorbed in organizing
 raids on the public treasury as the only
 hone of competing for the ocean goins trade are now busy in taking chance
 on their own hook. The more they ven-
 ture to walk alone the better the going becomes.
 The company which under one own ership found itself driven from the Pa
 cific by the seamens law is buying under another ownership all the ships It can find to get back on the Pacific under the same law. Other companies are I showing the same spirit. The American shipyards are crowded with work instead ! of with banauets and talk for Old Ship | Subsidy.
 1 Since the war began, the oversea ton
 mage under the American flag has dou- | bled. The end of the war ought to find 1t ouadrupled. The business Is | there. We have only to reach out ano
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cabs and cars pedestrians and jehus, that wonderful dog went directly to the box office of the theatre.
 Frank Bunce, the business manager, beheld him. What has he got there?' said he.
 "A play" said l.
 Docs he want me to read it?" said Bunce.
 If you please" I replied.
 ''Take it upstairs to Mir. Frohman, said the bt siness manager.
 Twas done F'rohman read it. He ac- cepted it and produced it. The play had been written 20 years before for my father by Madison Morton and Robert Reece They called it Trade" Frohman chris tered it 'The Highest Bidder" The hero was an auctioneer who fell in love with the daughter of naughty baronet; hence the conflict between Trade and Birth. The play was a great success and started both Dan Frohman and myself on the waters of prosperity. Out of the mouths of dogs cometh wisdom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-27
UP IN THE AIR
From the New York Telegram.

From the New York Telegram.
 In small town in California the city engineer, who desired to sleep in better air than the usual sultry bedroom. hit upon the ingenious scheme of building an elevated sleeping apartment far enough above the ground so that there would be a noticeable change in the temperature and the purity of the air.
 The result of his efforts is vertically a nest in an iron tree. He erected four stout iron pipes, braced them securely and built comfortable sleeping room at the top. The distance between the ground and his bedroom floor is nearly 40 feet, and it is safe in all weather.
 It's builder estimates that it will with stand -mle-an-hour hurricane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-27
wooDENfGUNs BLUFF SUBMARINE

New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dis
 patch.
 Four dummy guns made of spare spars and mounted on the after and quarter decks of the Harrison line steamship Dl- rector saved that vessel from pecomns a submarine victim, according 10 |. A. Rivers of Santa Fe, N. M., horsemah' who arrived here today on the steahsihp Cameronia from Liverpool. MT. Rivers said that he was on the Director when the incident occurred. ''The ship left Fem sa acola. Fla, on January 15, with cargo
 for Liverpool" he said. "On January 25
 when about 200 miles from the Irish coast, submarine was sighted several miles
 astern. It immediately gave chase, and
 for two hours it hung on to us despite
 the best speed that the engineer of the
 Director was able to get out or her. Finding that the submarine was galnng the Directors captain gave orders 10 bring up from the hold a spare derricA spar, and it was sawed into four lensths which were mounted in eonsplcuous manner on the decks, so that they would resemble guns. It was evident the oum- mics were immediately noticed by the U boat for it slackened speed and began to maneuver evidently so as to present difficult mark. Our captain, to Keep up the deception, also did some maneuverlng, and without lessening his sped. endeav- cred to convey to the submarine that he was trying to get into position for good shot Our bluff succeeded, for the sub-
 marine soon gave up the chase and dis anneared"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-27
COLONEL HOUSE WAS POLITE

From the London Daily News
 q suppose one of the American jour- nalists Gin London) began, you had very lively time in Berlin?'
 Tn what way?" Colonel House asked.
 Why, in every way"
 "They would be glad to tell you that over there," he replied quietly.
 Where did you stay in Berlin?'
 q stayed with the amba ssador, and all the entertaining that was done was done at the embassy" He had met and dined with the Kaiser he admitted, but whether on this visit or not he would not say.
 Did you hear anything of the possi- bilities of peace dscussed?'
 T have not heard peace discussed any where, because I purpose,y avoided It.
 Did you see any signs of shortage of bread?"
 q did not see any signs of anything in particular"
 But you saw good deal of interest on your visit?'
 Europe is always interesting
 Did you find the Berlin people very cheerful?'
 T didn't make any opseINdIlohs oi that sort at all.
 You had nice mild weather there?'
 q have found the winter very mild ev- erywhere." Weather is very good thing to talk about.
 'Could you not tell US what contrast you have found between London and Der lin?"
 T never saw any contrast at all
 Has your trip been successful?'
 ''It depends on what you mean by suc- cess. I am quite satistied.''
 And have you no message that you can give?"
 '.1he only thing I would like to do IS 10 express appreciation to the newspapers in all the countries I have visited for their very great courtesy"
 And with these words this silent envoy "a little active figure, with iron-gray hair and mustache- himself the perfection or courtesy. shook hands all round and re- tired into secret chamber.