The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-29

is not the same as it was four years
ago. Then every progressive was full
of enthusiasm in the thought of sup
porting their doughty hero. To vote
for Roosevelt was a joy unspeakable,
and every progressive was proud
to let the public know where he stood.
Truly in the colonels recent course
they have had enough to sadden them.
While few of them talk out like the
progressive vice presidential nominee,
John M. Parker, it may be assumed
that a majority of them feel humili-
ated and sore.
In Names state election on Septem-
Der IL, some idea may be formed as
to how the progressive vote in No
vember will be cast. In the meantime
it is chiefly conjectural. Yet when the
leaders of the democratic clans meet
and greet ca hcother in New York
as they are headed for Shadow
Lawn" Chairman Vance Mccormick
may be able to extract enough depend
able information from them to aid
him materially in his plans, especially
in impressing what today may seem
most illusive-the independent balance
of power.
A GLORIOUS era is coming to
"A these United States of Ameri-
ca. You may take the word of Albert
P. Warrington, president of the Amer
lean section of the Theosophist So
ciety, that race of supermen is on
the calendar and will arrive sometime
after the war"
The American melting pot" the
plains of the western part of this
.. country and Aus
Theosophists Are tralia will produce
Looking Ahead beings whose re-
ligion will be the
brotherhood of man. They will have
remarkable brains and the transmit
grated souls of soldiers slain in Eu-
ropean battles-"the purest of souls
because they are those of men who
unselfishly have given their lives for
an idea"
The new race will not have to de-
pend on their "hindsight" for knewl-
edge but will receive promptings in all
great crises which will enable them to
make the proper decision. War under
such circumstances would of course
be out of the question. These superior
mortals will express spiritual at
tainments," above all else. President
Wilson is described as a sort of fore
runner of the new race, while Mr..
Warrington thinks it quite likely that
Colonel Roosevelt is a reincarnation of
Julius Caesar. This may tickle the
colonel's vanity, but it is remembered
that Caesar met with rather deplor-
able finish"
It stands to reason that humanity is
going to keep on improving. 1t may
be great deal better
after the war is over. However, the
theosophists are somewhat too opti-
mistic. When the superman does ar
rive, America will be the logical
place for him, but it is apt to be a
long time before he appears.
rHE national democratic campaign
i committee is being congratu-
lated upon the fact that Irwin Cobb,
the popular writer and waggish after
dinner speaker, has offered his serv-
ices for the stump to tell what he
thinks about Will
Irwin Cobb to son. He will be
Speak for Wilson heard every day
for two weeks in
September and his wide reputation
will draw men from far and wide. He
will always have crowd.
While most voters who attend po-
litical barbecues and listen to cam
paign orators like facts and argu-
ments, even if the unvarnished truth
is dry, they also enjoy first of all well
told stories set off with original
humor.
Cobb is one of the few men who can
look throng in the eye and be seri-
Gus one minute and screamingly funny
the next. Eloquent speakers are
plentiful in both political parties; and
some of them are SO gifted that they
can even juggle with statistics SO us
to charm. But the real humorist-the
born variety like Cobb-is
rare.
Irwin Cobb and Tom Helm are
among the few who can entertain au-
diences by the hour and make the most
sober-sided fellows laugh as we'll as