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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11
sKIPPER's ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

From the New York World
Captain Koenig and the crew of the
German submarine liner, now headed for
European waters, cannot be attentive
readers of the hyhenatsd press. When
they took leave Of the persons who es-
corted them to the open sea they cheered
the United States and it's people and ex-
pressed thanks for the protection and
hospitality they ha d enjoyed Noting that
no enemy ship was in sight, the captain
said: I'VE are getting the chance we
hoped for. You can do no more for u.s."
Within the three-mile limit the Deutsch-
land was Is safe as any American vessel
Beyond that line it's captain knew that
he must rely upon his own resources
The treatment that he received here is
precisely what any number of German
merchantmen. Navigating under or over
the waves, would experience if they sue
ceeded in making port. Thus Captain
Koenig has proved that the neutrality
of the United States is sincere. and he
is man enough to admit it,
Perhaps the German language press
will make a similar confession some
time, but 1t will first have to abandon
the contention that it is our duty as .
neutral to nullify British sea power.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11
"HELLO! CHARLIE"
From the Montgomery ADVERTISE.

From the Montgomery ADVERTISE.
Our sense of the proprieties is jarre1
by the rough Chicago voters who
greeted ex-justice Hughes with cries
of Hello. Charlie!' Judge Hughes does
not fit into any environment where or
binary politicians can slap him on the
back and call him Charlie
Unless the republican nominee il
Jared by such flippancy, the earle,
stages of his life have been lived in a
hypocrtical way. If there, ever was a
man in public life who lived apart from
the every day crowds, who lived aloot
from the average man and the man OF
the streets, that man is Charles Hughes.
1t was his very aloofness and his cool.
ness which made him the logical nomi.
nee of this presidential year.
If Judge Hughes has any close persona,
friends nobody ever heard of it, If he
has any human weaknesses nobody every
knew of them. II he has any bubblins
spirits. any warmth of personality, those
gifts have been concealed The man who
calls him Charlie may have a genuin.
desire to be affable. but he is guilty OF
a jarring social error.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11

did. He became matchmaker in Bran
denburg under the name of Naundorff.
and, aside from being arrested on sus-
picion of arson, never figured in public
life. He also became a travelling missions
airy in America under the name of the
Rev. Eleazar Williams; there are still liv-
ing people who have seen and talked with
him. Huckleberry Finn, it will be re-
called, met him in another shape. You
see before you, in blue jeans and mis-
cry, the wanderin', exiled, trampled-on,
and sufferin rightful King of France
Marshal Ney was similarly we'll be-
haved; after he was shot he came to
America and became a schoolma ster in
North Carolina under the name of Peter
was rudy-faced, slept five hours at night.
and otherwise resembled the Marshal I'M
mstakably. Archduke John of Tuscany,
John Orth, has never disturbed anybody
either; he lives peaceaby, usually as
farmer, at various places but principally
in South America. On the other hand,
the murdered Prince in the Tower made
a great deal of trouble after their death.
more so than did even Nero. They kept
reappearing at the head of armies and
greatly disturbing the order of the Eng
fish realm. We have presented these diff
ferent conceptions of the role of Mysteri-
Gus Stranger for the purpose of appealing
to the better side of Yuan as he stands
at the brink, facing the choice momen-
tOuS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11

R1rlNa a~ in anfDsrs ,os Mss1 Hnls
w tells the story of Barbara
Fritchie as it was told to her recently
at Frederick Her version skaters an
other literary myth.
"I fought with the SOUTH said the
veteran.
'"'He did, continued his wife, and my
brothers fought for the north. The two
armies used to come raidin' through the
town, and pickin' each other off right
in the street sometimes
Would you be scared?' 1 probed.
scared?' Why I'd be that sacred l
couldn't tell the colors of the uniforms.
Thought / saw my brothers in the front
yard, and they were rebs. But they
never hurt women, neither side.
".No, nobody ever hurt women in those
days. said the old soldier.
but us girls used to have good times
with both sides We'd joke an laugh
with the rebs. and they'd say they would
come back and marry us, and while that
would make us hoppin' mad, some of EN-
did come back and marry u.s. The old,
old lady and the old, old gentleman
smiled at each other
"'This amt tellin her about the flag,
insinuated the husband.
No, faint. Daughter, run up and
get that picture of Mrs. Quantrille. You
know, aam, we always felt battle
ahead. and when the orders came from
Lee for General Jackson-there didn't
many call him Stenewall then-to march
his troops through the town to seize Har-
per's Ferry, we felt something in our
bones. He came by way of that creek.
Not past Mrs. Fritchie's house?'
"'No'm, just this side of it. We were
son, who. we had heard, always rode
with Bible under his arm. There was
good deal of delay along the road, be-
cause, you know, ma am. they waited for
the commssary. The Confederate band
was payin down at the drug store, and
it was Hill. D. H. Hill-there were two
in this corps-who sent for the musicians
to serenade Mrs. Quantrille and us girls.
He had refined his horse alongside of us
and we were all cutting up.
All this time Mrs. Quantrille had a
little union flag in her hands It's the
rule when an army comes through town
that only the flag of the army is shown,
so l reckon hers was about the only one
flying. Mrs. Fritchie was very old
lady and was sick in bed that day.
But didn't anybody protest about it?'
well, Mr.. Hill said, madam, you
ought to take that flag of yours and
make an apron Of it," but quick as
flash she came back. you ought to take
yours, sir and make breeches out OF 1t.
They were terribly ragged. that corps.
Then Hill rode on. and no sooner
had he gone than one of the privates'
gettin into line. grabbed 1t with his bayo-
net. and used some language that wasn''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11
ABOUT BARBARA FRITCHIE

very nice. Mrs. Quantrille was as perky
as you please. She made fuss about it,
and said the man ought to be arrested
for rudeness to a lady. So one of the
officers rode on ahead and said he'd see
to it. Southern gentlemen were very
particular about language before a lady.
I don't suppose anything was ever done,
because there was a good deal to think
about just before battle
But Mrs. Quantrille said, Girls, have
any of you got flag?" We used to
all carry union flags in the bosom of our
basques, and May went into the hall
and took hers out. So by the time Gen
eral jackson came along she was waving
one again. He never said word that
l can remember and we We're all so ex.
cited bowin' to him that we had to laugh
afterward because we forgot to look fol
his Bible. Yessum' we did.
'''It was the other Hill of Jackson's di
vision-I always call him the Hill on
the cream-colored horse-who brought UP
the rear. And he said to Mrs. Guam.
trlle, You ought to be shot for wavin'
that flag His pistol was out of ita
holster, but he didn't shoot her. And
Mrs. Quantrille, who always had the
last word, said, You'll be the one to be
shot" 1t seemed a kind of a prophecy,
for he was killed. But then a good many
was And after that another soldier
encouraged by what Hill said, l reckon
cut the second flag out of her hand and
trampled on it. So if the poet had got il
right he'd have had two flags torn
down.
So that said is the story of Bar.
bara Fritchie'
Yessum. They say people who write
just naturally can't tell the truth--ex.
c,,co
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11
EXPENSIVE

I've hunted all around this town
To buy a cheap pillow said Jane
Rupp;
II thought perhaps down might be down.
But l found out that down is up"
Youngstown Telegram.
Then madly homeward Jane Rupp tore;
Gone from her face the puzzled frown;
Her pillows she threw on the floor
And gaily said, Now down is down."
Newark Advocate.
About the time friends came from town,
Jane Rupp was quite distracted then,
And all the down that had been down
Was up and in it's place again.
Nebraska State Journal.
And then her little brother slit
And shook the feathers over town,
On the winds to the skies they fit
And now it is all up with down.
Houston Post.
Not quite-the festive wind grew still,
It's voice was heard no more in town;
The down that went up with a will
Reversed it's course and settled down.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11
SHE HAD NOTHING ON HIM

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
He says that a friend of his called
Jones had the misfortune to get in the
way of an automobile driven by lady
on Euclid avenue. The friend was taken
to hospital, but his injuries were not
serious, so he was Immediately removed
to the police station, where his assailant
was being held. And as soon as Jones
got there the lady started in to impress
him with the fact that the blame for
the accident was all his.
You know, Mr.. Jones" she said, you
must have been walking very carelessly.
I am very careful driver l have been
driving a car for seven years"
you've got nothing on me, ma am,
said Jones, politely. I've been walking
for "a years."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11
A MODERN JEAN VALJEAN

From the Memphis News-Scimitar
II has been said that truth is stranger
than fiction, and it may be said that very
often truth is more veracious than fic-
ton, and the case of Thomas Edgar
Stripping of Georgia, amply bears out the
assertion. Many years ago he committed
a homicide in his native state of Geor-
ga, which jury pronounced murder, and
on which charge he was convicted. He
was sent to the pententiary for life,
and there remained for many years. He
state, and after series of adventures
settled down in Danville Va. where he
married and reared a family, leading the
life of a most estimable citizen. Some
Nemesis followed him, just as the great
French criminal chaser followed Victor
Hugo's unfortunate character, and While
he was acceptably serving as chief of
police of Danville he was arrested and
brought back to Georgia and committed
to prison, that he might serve out his
entire sentence In spite Oh his COlNiCtioii
Stripping always maintained that he had
justifia BILE grounds for taking the life
of his adversary. He admitted that he
violated the written law by invoking the
higher or unwritten law. He suffered
patiently and was model prisoner until
he found opportunity to escape, and his
life after obtaining freedom was SO exem-
plary that Governor Harris of Georgia
could not resist the pleas of his friends
and the pleadings of his young daughter,
and granted him an unconditional pardon.
Whether Stripping is right or not In his
contention that he was justified in the
act which he committed is not pertinent
to present consideration of this ques-
ton. If he firmly believes in his heart
that he did the right thing, and what any
other citizen under similar circumstances
should have done, his Incarceration in
prison must have been an extremely Bit
ter experience. There is perhaps nothing
that fires the human heart to resentment
and rebellion as effectively as does
sense of unjust punishment. To be made
to suffer when no conscious guilt accom-
panies the punishment is the greatest of
all tortures. 1t was so with the original
Jean Vatican of fiction, and it will be so
with all future and present Jean VAL
jeans of real life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11
Output Increasing

Business conditions in Admission are
rapidly improving" said w. A. burden,
secretary of the Kilby Car and Foundry
company. who was at the Tutwiler yes
terday. THE Admission Ordnance COM
pany is greatly increa sing it's output and
is now turning out about 300 shells daily.
This company had considerable trouble
for time but is now moving ahead rap
idly. 1t is expected that the daily out
put will soon get up to 800 shells daily.
This probably does not sound very large
but when it is known that each shell is
sold for s19, this daily output seems more
formidab able
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11
HOTEL -LOBBIES


L am glad to see so many good edi-
torials appearing in The Age-Herald on
prison REFORM said j. Morgan Flowers.
The one appearing in Wednesdays is
sue, entitled College Course for Inmates
was timely and inspiring to those who
are in sympathy with the poor unfortu-
mates who are serving prison sentences.
Most states are sending out their prison
inmates better and more useful citizens
than when they entered prison walls.
This can only be accomplished through
education and proper instruction by men
in charge of our penal institutions who
look upon the inmates as human beings
and treat them accordingly. Only men
OF the highest character, integrity, and
intelligence should be placed at the head
of these institutions. Upon the wardens
largely depend whether an inmate will
be released a better or worse citizen"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11
PICKING THEM ACCORDING TO EYES

From, the youngstown Telegram
The Rertillon expert at the Ohio state
penitentiary, whose acquaintance with
criminals and their little conceits and
nannerisms is extensive and thorough,
offers a little first aid advice TO young
women who are not only marriageaple
but willin' and even anxious. In selectlns
husband particular attention shoulo
be paid to the eyes. Many young women
already do this of course. but they are
governed too often by the roundness and
drea miness and depth and not by the evil
dences of character or lack of character
that the eyes offer. To show what kind
of men not to marry the expert finds
that.
The majority of murderers have light
gray or black eyes.
Safeblowers and highway robbers
usually have light brown eyes.
Forgers and counterfeiters have large
and dreamy blue or brown eyes
Wife deserters usually have blue eyes
The most dangerous prisoners have
light blue or small black eyes
| Men with eyes that come in other
shades are perfectly safe as husbands
| It is only fair, of course, to say that
there are exceptions to the above rules
and that there are men with black eyes
, who are so lacking in blood lust that
i they hate to swat a fly and men with
blue eyes who turn their pay envelopes
| over to their wives unopened. Also there
are men with dreamy brown eyes who
wouldn't forge their wife's name to an
order for tobies So to one who is willing
to take a chance the market in hus-
bands isn't confined entirely to the oc-
"a sional pink-eyed man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11
ON SAFE GROUND

Senator Grabbins made a fine speech
yesterday at the corner stone laying"
senator feels safe in letting himself out.
No matter what an orator says at cor
ner stone laying, it isn't going to affect
his political prospects to any extent, one
way or the other"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11
WOMEN PICkPOCKETS AT WORK

New York Correspondent, Pittsburg Dis
patch.
Women pickpockets are at work In
Fifth avenue. Women dips" are steal
ing in the department stores and in the
fashionable candy shops and ice cream
"parlors" in Fifth avenue. They dress
well, and, like the male pickpocket, two
or more of them usually work together
The one who does the stealing passes
the plumber to her sister pickpocket.
Women, says Lieutenant McKenna of the
police flying squadron, are the easiest
kind of victims for the pickpocket. They
are careless with their valuables, and
while slipping a soda or looking over
display of goods on a store counter, the
woman pickpocket standing beside them
opens the handbag dangling from their
wrists and extracts their money.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11
BYRoN,s GLOOMY PROPHECY

From the Kansas City Star
To Mr.. r. H. Owen of this city the
Star is indebted for the following lines
from Byrons "Chlde Harold
There is the moral of all human tales;
It's but the same rehearsal of the past,
First freedom, and then glory-when that
fails,
Wealth, vice, Observation-Disclosures at
last,
And history, with all her volumes vast,
Hath but one page.
who shall say his vision was not pro-
phetic of the transition now going on in
Europe?' Mr.. owen writes.
Hardly so bad as that. Byron lived be-
fore Darwin and his reading of history
was not illumined by the light thrown
en- it by evolution and the study of the
gradual development of civilization from
the primitive beginnings of the stone
age.
1t used to be taken for granted that
history went around in circle from bar
barsm to civilization and back to bar
barsm. Now it is seen that the race as
a whole has been making progress since
the days when man first discovered how
toiproduce fire and how to make wheel.
In early times here and there groups un-
der favorable conditions shot ahead of
the rest. But progress had not been suf-
ficiently general to save them from being
overwhelmed by the surrounding barbar-
ism.
After the Teutonic reorganization of
Europe in the middle ages and the enor-
nous progress made by man in control
over nature, the advancement was sufh-
GENTLY widespread SO that the old bar
barian menace lost it's force 1t is i'm
possible to conceive of world in which
armed conflict, no matter how extensive
could blot out the use by man of the
| great natural forces which have made
modern civilizati ton possible.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11


P. MORGAN has made as much
-. money in the past two years as
his father made during his entire ca
reer as one of the worlds foremost
capitalists and industrial leaders. He
is said to have already doubled his
personal fortune.
To be sure, enormous war orders
and commissions on loans have
brought III e
Times Are Good for Morgan firm
]. P. Morgan astonis hing
profits in
short while, but the present Mr.. Nor
gan is conceded to be quite capable of
filling his fathers shoes. In fact, he
stepped into the position left vacant
by the elder Morgan so well equipped
for his duties that there was scarcely
a ripple in the financial world.
Mr.. Morgan and John D. Rockefel-
Ter, Jr., contrast rather sharply with
the sons of some other American mil
lionaires Those young gentlemen toll
not, neither do they spin, and they
have not the slightest idea of ever
varying their useless lives.
* X *
IT HERE is no holding the worlds
/ richest town. Hibbing, Mimi, is
adding to its wealth. Assessment fig
ures recently turned in to the clerk of
Stuntz township, of which Hibbing is
the center, gave valuation of $84,-
199,4o2, ex-
Worlds Richest Town elusive of
Grows More Wealthy pc n |
properly val
ued at $36,964,937. These estimates
are the largest in the towns history.
Hibbing's wealth consists chiefly of
unmined iron ore and mining securi-
ties. It is not quite as well known as
New York, but yields the palm in con-
centrated opulance to no town on the
globe.
Brilliant futures are predicted for
many budding hamlets which fall I'M
der blight and cease to attract the
wary investor. Hibbing's future is as
sured, collateral being safely stored
away in the earth. And according to
The figures, her present is not to be
sneezed at.
~ GORGE w. WILLIAMS, pioneer
~ blacksmith of Chanute, Kan,
and said to have been the hero of
Longfellow's poem, recently cele-
brated his seventy third birthday by
entertaining 602 girl friends from
to IA years old.
The individual who inspires a cele-
brated poem or novel has fame thrust
upon him.
Longfellow's Blacksmith There have
Has a Birthday been cases
where the publicity or the notoriety to
which persons in obscure walks of life
have been exposed by authors is any
thing but welcome, yet they have
writhed and protested in vain.
As rule this sort of fame has been
quite agreeable to its recipients. One
of those curious chances of which life
is largely made up, revealed them in
. favorable light at the psychological
moment to an author who probably
had the idea of poem or a story
buzzing around in his brain and they
achieved vicarious immortality.
m HE crossing of the Isonze river
j and capture of the Austrian
stronghold of Gorilla brings the Ital-
ians within % miles of Trieste, the
chief Austrian port on the Adriatic
sea.
Italy's part in the allies coordinate
offensive is less spectacular than the
operations on the east
Italy's Part and west fronts, but it
in Great War bristles with difficult
ties met in no other
field Of operations. Fighting in the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11
Praises Women's Work

The health campaign in which all
classes of citizens are taking part for
the purpose of cleaning up Birmingham
is certainly worthy of much praise" said
j. N. Minor. Il have been especially in
ttrestec in the movement of the women
of Birmingham who have determined to
see that tie premises of TIE citizens arc
cleaned W ard Kept clean
The modern woman is demonstrating
daily her usefulness to the community
in which she lives. This modern spirit
manifested in the present day woman is
worthy of commentator. | noted what
DR.. Cecil Castor had to say about the
kitchens of many people IN this city be-
ing insanita:y 1 know that in may
instances This is true and the only way
to combat this conditi IN is to have these
women boldly condemn these places. /
am for the women in their good work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11
A SHARP TRADER

A toiler in the Lords vineyard
Was Henry Abner Lee;
His pious face on Sunday morn
Was something good to see.
But when he dealt in corner lots
And other propertee,
Nobody ever got the best
OF Henry Abner Lee.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11
A Boost for ELAN

Il hate to see the baseball season COM
ing to an end said AL D. Abbott, a
fan f>the most enthusiastic type. 1T is
true that Birmingham has little if any
chance to capture the pennant this year,
but there is some consolation in the fact
that a former Baron, and one of the
most popular players who ever donned a
local uniform, will land the pennant for
Nashville.
Roy ELAN is the type of ball player
that makes the national pastime worth
while. He is a gentleman above all, and
a conscientious ball player at all times.
No one ever heard of him sulking or act
ing in a rowdy manner under any cir
cumstances."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11
WHAT HAS BECOME OF THEME

From the Topeka State Journal.
The old fashioned man who used to
60 home to lunch.
Those neckties with hand-painted flow
ers on them.
The party who used to take pepper
mint drops to church.
The statesman who used to chew Pride
of the Gravel Train
The old-tashoned person who thought
dancing was a sin.
Those hand-carved meerschaum cigar
holders.
The presidential candidate who thought
it undignfied to make stump speeches.
The torchlight professions and the oil
cloth uniforms.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11

BEGINNING THE DAY-My God,
help me to be faithful. show me
what adventure, what romance, to
stick to my post. Show me what
heroism and endurance to abide by
the task until 1t Is finished. Remind
me of what mighty deeps and what
noble heights Thou uncoverest for
the faithful. Keep me steadfast by
the promise of the satisfaction ana
the peace which will come after
while.--H. NJ. e.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES


Cast down, my friend?
Opprest by care
You find it hard,
Forsooth, to bear?
Cheer up, my friend,
And do not blench.
Just think! You might
Be in a trench.