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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-22
uAkEsPEAHg poetry

reader of literature and poetry a de-
lightful understanding of what gems
were used in the days of Queen Ress,
and in what terms her chief singer
referred to them This has been done
and comparisons were made with the
precious stones of the present time
schowing what mines were worked in
Snakespeare's day, how he could have
obtained knowledge of them, and few
words as to comparative prices.
For the sake of absolute accuracy
not only the page but also the column
and the actual line in the folios OF
1923 and 1864 are given in the 1872 ref
erences, as taken direct from the copies
in the possession of Henry n Hunt
ineton.
The illustrations are of matters
much sought after; reoroduclion oil
the portrait given in the first folio edf-
ton of 1923; five of the six known
authentic signatures Of Shakespeare
are reproduced-one from the mort
gage and one from the deed Of mis-
house and the three remaining ones
from his will; Elizabeth arranged in
Jewels; a diamond cutters shop such
as was existent in Shakespeare'r time,
and the device of Richard Field
SEakespeare's first printer.
There il a SAVIOR of c,Ejoinel artis-
try and erudition in the books by the
great gem expert. All the skill at the
call of the Washington Square press
has been exerted in the endeavor tic
make the volume in book-making quail
ties fitting memorial to the great
poet. Those who venture that book
making is dead art will reverse their
/, judgment upon examining the binding
the title page and the letter press OF
this jewel of the publishing season.
RETAIL SELLING"
BY James w. Fisk; Harper Brothers.
publishers, New York.
Retail Selling: a Guide to the Best
Modern Pratices," by James w. Fisk
is one of those books of modern bust
ness which are now frequently APP
pearing and which mark the advance
of the scientific method and the gospel
of efficiency in the commercial world
The author has enjoyed both theoreti-
cal and practical experience in his
field. The problem of the retailer is
surveyed and analysed from every pos
sible standpoint Beginning with a
consideration Of the general community
and the scope it offers to the merchant
in his particular line, every phase OF
the organization and conduct of a re-
tail business is thoroughly dealt with
The physical problems of the store it
self. it's lighting, arrangement and
display of stock, ETC., are succeeded by
"a discussion of the psychological prob
lens involved in the selection and
training of employees, and the methods
which they, in turn, are to employ in
dealing with the customer.
The competition which has arisen in
the last decade through the depart
ment store, the chain store and the
mail order house, has compelled the re-
tail tradesmen to stop and reconsider
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Get the Burger Habit

Three reasons why Burgers sells
so many children's shoes: First,
quality; second, style and correct
fitting; third, last, but not least.
price. Bring the little ones and have
them shod correctly fitted at Bur.
gers.
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1.-THE WOODCRAFT GIRLS AT CAMP
By Lillian Elizabeth Roy George H
Doran Co., publishers, New York.
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dent of craftsmanship in all it's ramifi-
cations. Mr.. Fisk's book is the latest
and most complete summing up of all
that science and experience have to-
gether worked out in this field.
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Pretty Ribbons to Make Bags

Are what many women asking for just now Lit
tie bags and big bags are wanted. and we have any
number of new designs in the desired ribbons.
Cut Steel Beads New shipment just arrived and a
full supply of all kinds Beads for making bags and
trimmings. iArt Dept9
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1.-THE TRIUMPH OF TIM" BY Horace
Annesley Vachell. George Fl. Dorau
Co., publishers, New York
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THE IRISH AT THE 'FRONT.'

IftISft If1E HftON l..
By Michael MacDonagh. With an In
PRODUCTION by John P. Redmond. NJ. p.
Holder & Stoughton, George NJ. Doran
Co., publishers, New York.
When you pick up Michael MacDonagh S
book, entitled THE Irish at the Front, .
read the cleverly written PREDATORY
Note which will give you an insight
as it it's accuracy.
The author says:
This narrative of the more signal
feats of the Irish regiments in France
Flanders and at the Dardanelles, Is based
on letters of regimental officers and mere
interviews with wounded soldiers of the
battalions, and those invaded home
and, also, in several cases, on the records
compiled at the depots.
1.-THE war is the greatest armed strug-
gle that the world has ever seen, and
when we think of the heroism and reso-
luton shown in 1t, the trials and the
sufferings, the victories and the disasters
and then turn to the bald and trite Of
fetal dispatches, the dissimilitude Of
things, the contrast, is most abrupt and
Earring. But SO it is, and probably we
must continue to rely upon the accounts
given by the men in the fighting line
for any real appreciation of the nature
of the war"
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To aid those obliged to kneel at work
a device has been patented which strapped
to the leg, holds the knee away from
ed by springs
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1.-THE TOWER OF ILLIUM." BY Ethe.
Ign Leslie Huston. George H. Doran
Co., publishers, New York
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These Cool Days Call for Warm Gloves
and Stockings. Burgers Store is th
LOGICAL Place to Buy Them.

Plain and embroidered Lambskin Gloves, in black,
white, white with black black with white and tan, and
cape and P. X. Gloves in black white and tan. Same
Gloves sold in other stores for $3.50 pair On sale
Monday, pair SIPS
special Offering of plain and fancy Silk Hose for 81
a pair SLIPS values and excellent value at that
Plain Lady Pearl" silk in black, white and colors,
sMcCalums" in white, black and colors "Rivoli" in
white and coors and many styles Of cocked and
striped Silk Hose In different coors now in demand;
SIPS Hose pair .......-.......-..----.-,$ 1.0o
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OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED.
(ReyieMs Laterl.

DEAD YESTERDAY By Mary Agnes
Hamilton. George H. Doran Co., pub
fishers, New York.
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MAKING MONEY MAKE MONEY
By II. L. Barber. A. J. Munson & Co.,
publishers, Chicago.
In a Preface" to his book with the
clever title, Making Money Make
Money" Fl. l.. Barber, the author, ex-
The Washington times., 1916-07-03
Allies Strike at
:: Unexpected Point

LONDON, July s.-H. II. Tomlinson.
formerly the correspondent of the Daily
News at British headquarters In France,
writes:
THE topography OF the Anglo French
offensive is totally unlike the fiat.
aqueous. monotonous plain Of Flanders.
The Somme is a formidable bar to any
sweeping advance for II often flows deep
and wide between high escarpments and
chalk downs. breaking into innumerable
channels. There are spacious and
largely unsurveyed marshes throughout
the valley.
"The river fronts the French in .
parallel line for some distance. For
some distance the British have between
them and the town OF Dapaume ranges
of very considerable hills.
THE writer believes that the choice
Of this SouI,try for an offensive must nus
blow must have struck them where
| they least expected 1t. He visited
the area when the British took II over
F from the FrenSh ,s and the change fr9m
lagos close to the firing line were In
habited and untouched by shells.
Nothing seemed to happen. Each
quietly. The arrival Of the British
| stirred the Germans into anxiety and
| places like Hebuterne and Fricourt
| became fairly lively.
But II is evident that the British
policy was not to make the enemy too
anxious and to let him get the fixed
idea that the Somme country was ex-
| eInpt. Nevertheless. 1t is net to be
supposed that the Germans gave our
troops ar easy chance. Their defense
| strong.
| "Hebuterne itself and much of the
! line south were captured by the
no more elaborate defenses along the
frcnt. The shelters in the chalk We're
subterranean chambers which one en-
| tered by ladders. The enemy seemed
| Doubtless the works our men have
Just captured were of similar con-
| struction."
The Washington times., 1916-07-03

ing. there is no power visible that can
torn the current back into the old chan
nels. The end may still be far OF: we
cannot tell. But today VIC know that
victory is assured"
The Daily Telegraph compares the
new offensive to the beginning of a
great musical composition. saying:
with SO good an overture we may ex-
pect the main body of the work equally
to flatter our hopes"
The Morning Post says: The task
confronting the allies Is long. bloody.
and difficult. The people ut home must
steel themselves to the painful fact that
the offensive must involve heavy losses.
The end IL not In sight. but the thing
must be fought to a finish. and we shall
see to It that the sacrifices are not
made in vain
The Daily Mail declares that the
allies offensive Is the surest and quick
est way to victory.
"Prussian ambitions" Il says, can
never be broken on French or Russian
soil. UNLESS the allies can invade Prus-
sia and dictate peace on Prussian soil.
all the great sacrifices will have been
in vain. Germany kept the horrors OF
war FROM German soil, and In that fact
IL its great strength. We can never
regard this war as won unless the
ayenging sword Of the allies is thrus,
70 into the heart OF the German en-
pire."
The Washington times., 1916-07-03
500 D. c. MILITIA
WILL ENTRA|N FOR
BORDER TOMORROW
Signal Corps, Field Hospital, and
First Separate Battalion
Equipped for Service.

Nearly 500 members Of the District
militia will leave Rosslyn. Va, tomor-
row night for the Mexican border, ac-
tording to plans made at the mobillza-
ton camp, near Fort Myer. today.
These mon will compose the Signal
Corps. Field Hospital Corps, and the
First Separate Battalion. the last being
composed of colored men. All three or
CARNATIONS were declared to be In rea-
sonable readiness for service on the bor-
der today, and II Ia confidently expected
that the few remaining details incident
to their departure will have been COM
pleted by tomorrow afternoon.
Issuance OF ten days rations to the
Signal Corps, Field Hospital Corps. and
rirst Separate Battalion gave rise to
the rumor In camp today that these
organizations were going further than
Bisbec. Ariz.. which is only a five-day
journey.
Go By Nashville. -
High officers at the camp. however,
stated that Bisbee would be the desti-
nation Of the militiamen. Iney will go
by way Of Nashville. Tenn. and
shreveport, La. and from there to
Bisbee. The additional five days ra-
tions are said to have been issued so
as to allow for train delays. and TO
DAYS after their arrival at Bisbee.
Although the Third Regiment Of the
national guard In 100 men shy of its
minimum war strength, officers of the
militia today expressed the belief that
the needed men will be recruited By
the time the guard Is ordered to entrsin
for the border. Recruiting officers
throughout the District are being spur
red on to enlist the mon tc make up
the regiments complement as soon as
The Signal Corps is composer, or sew
enty-five men and the following off,
GERS: Capt Oliver c. Terry. and Lieuts.
George c. Lands and r. NJ. MacLen-
nan. The Signal Corps also has tnroe
each containing five miles Of telegraph
wire. 1t Ia also outftted with telegraph
Instruments, buzzers, photographs. acete-
lyme lamps. and a great variety Of flags
and other equipment necessary for the
eyes aud ears" OF an army.
Medically Trained Men.
The Field Hospital Corps consists OF
sixty-seven medically trained enlisted
men and tho following officers who are
| surgeons: Major Charles Bowker. Capt
William b. Hudson, Capt Clarence Doll.
man. and Lieuts. J. b. Began and Hen
ry F. Sawtelle. The corps Is also equip.
ped with all necessary medical and
surgical appliances and other equip.
| ment
The First Separate Battalion will
consist Of four companies Of ninety
men each and twelve officers with
Major James Walker in command.
Each OF these organizations 10 under
orders to entrein tomorrow night. They
have becn ordered to carry ten days
The Washington times., 1916-07-03
Russ Announce Capture
Of Carpathian Positions

LONDON, July 3.-The capture Of i'm
portant Austrian positions west Of Kolo-
mea, near the foothills of the Car
pathians. is announced In the official
statement issued by the Russian war
department.
The positions were taken by storm
after a furious encounter. About 1000
prisoners have already been captured.
These. according to the official state
ment. were fresh troops which had been
concentrated in the Carpathian region
to oppose the Russian advance along
the foothills and north in the direction
of Stanislau. The statement adds that
most OF the prisoners were intoxicated.
The Russians are making every EFFORT
to capture Stanislau, as by doing SO
they will compel the retreat OF the
Austro- German army which Is defend
ing the approaches to Lemberg.
Desperate attacks in Volhynia, be-
tween the Styr and the Stockhod. In
the region OF Kiselin. are being made by
the Germans. but. according to the
Russian statement, no progress has
been made. Several columns were put
to flight, but the Germans brought up
reserves and commenced new attack,
which was repulsed.
According to the German statement
progress Is being made in Volhynia
where seven officers and lao men were
captured. In Galicia Austro-G German
troops captured hill southwest of Tar
nopol. taking s9s prisoners.
Along the south coast Of the Black
Sea, In the Caucasus region the Rus
SLAMS captured n chain of fortified
mountains from the Turks, according
| to the Russian statement.
! An earlier Russian statement an.
nounced that a Russian naval detach.
ment consisting OF several cruisers and
torpedo boats was attacked in the Bal
tic near the Swedish coast by notilis
The Washington times., 1916-07-03
Mason Says British
Want German Verdun
Immediate Objective of Great Drive Is Won Kucks
Old Corner at Southwestern Corner War
Expert Asserts.
BY ]. w. T. MASON.

NEW YORK. July S.-capture OF Gen.
eral Won Kluck's old army Of the Aisne
Is the immediate objective OF the Anglo
French ofrensive.
General Won kluck has gone into re-
tirement, but Won Kluck's corner at tho
southwestern curve Of the western
battlefront remains one OF the major
defences of the German holdings In
France.
10 compel the evacuation OF this area
under penalty or capture OF Won i<iuck''
veterans, Is the reason why the allies
have started their drive SO near the
Aisne. -, - -
Won Kluck's corner Is the verdun Of
the German western front. and the al
lies are trying to duplicate, on a larger
scale, the German offensive strategy nj
Verdun. An advance Of twenty miles to
st. Quentin will put the allies in n pc.
sition to dominate the principal lines OF
communication on which the German
southwestern Aisne army relies for Its
sustenance.l
How long II will take to reach St
Quentin depends primarily on the Brit
The Washington times., 1916-07-03
GEN.DE LA o WOUNDED
MEXICO CITY HEARS

MEXICO CITY. July 3.-The Zapatista
General DE la o was seriously wounded
In a battle with Constitutionalists under
General Mendez, according to a dispatch
received by the secretary Of state from
General Mendez.
This success. coupled with the recent
victories over the Zapatistas reported
b.? General Gonzales, has revived the
hopes Of the Constitutionalists that a
death blow has been struck to Zapatism.
Extensive preparations are being made
for the celebration OF July ~. anpiver-
rary Of the death OF Benito Juarez,
Mexico's national hero.
The recruits who offered their SER
vices to the government In view OF the
crisis with the United States got their
first military instructions in Mexico
City and ncighboring towns.
The Washington times., 1916-07-03

ish supply Of artillery. ammunition. The
gains Of the British and French since
, Saturday have been due to the intensity
OF their artillery fire.
The British reports that their casual
ties have been small are unquestionably
correct. The big guns Of the allies dew
astated the German ffst-line trenches
before the infantry began to move for
ward,
The hand-to-hand fighting that follow
ed was largely for the possession OF
craters blown into the earth by the
allies artillery.
: Now. however. the allies are unques-
tionably facing new German entrench-
ments fully as strong as those captured
during the past forty-eight hours. II
will be necessary to renew the artillery
attack. and when the second hne OF
defenses 10 taken. n third and fourth
will remain to be blasted away before
the infantry can consolidate the gains.
The British have been boarding their
ammunition for year. In this fact
must lie the hope OF the allies that the
present drive will force the Germans to
retire from the Aisne.
The Washington times., 1916-07-03
Bills Garry Out Gift
Of Town of Ripon, Wis,

At the request Of citizens Of Rfpoa,
Wis. Senator Hastings today intro
duced two bills which divert the S7B.ooo
which was to have been spent on Ripon's
postoffice to the improvement Of he
army aviation corps.
One bill repeats the appropriation
which was made in 1918, and the othse
appropristes $4,000 to the army svfa-
ton corps.
Ripon recently protested to Hastings
that they did not need a $4,000 post
The Washington times., 1916-07-03

up after dawn. while the artillery
suddenly let loose a terrible fre upon
the German works. The same thing
was happening south of the Somme.
where the French were Smelling every
German position within range and
every road leading from Jerome.
British and French aeropianes be-
gan taking the air. disappearing In the
clouds of smoke, toward the German
lines. Then the order to attack came.
Men leaped from the trench parapets
and went stumbling out through the
been concrete, armored German
trenches.
The French moved forward at pre-
cisely the same time. The whole at
tack, according to Colonel Repington.
military critic of the Times. who re-
turned from Paris last night. was
timed by General Joffre.
The Washington times., 1916-07-03
District Official Is
Given Rank of Major

Captain Julian L. schley. Assistant
Engineer Commissioner. has been pro-
NOTED to the rank Of major. Captain
or Major Schley. as hereafter he will
be known. entered the service of the
District Government in October. 1912.
He has charge OF the electrical de-
Commission was organized in 1913 was
appointed executive officer Of the COM
mission.
The usual detail Of an engineer officer
to the District Government IL four
years. Whether Major Schley will be
relieved in October and assigned to an
other post has not been announced. He
is cousin of Admiral Winfield Scott
Schley.
The Washington times., 1916-07-03

on the Sumner. All the refugees wsss
ADMIRAL WINSTON. commanding ~
Pacific fleet, reported the arrival at 601
Diego Of the transport Buffalo With -
men, 20 women. and % children from
State Department advioss TO-DAY
showed that practically all Americans
in interior Mexico had made their vAy
to the border or the coasts.
The Washington times., 1916-07-03
James T. Greaves Makes
Will in Eleven Words

Eleven words comprise the will Of
James T. Greaves. filed for probate to-
day In the office OF the register of Wills,
They are: II leave all possess to my
wife and children"
The will Is dated April 20, 1915.
The Washington times., 1916-07-03

rations. with them instead Of five as
as meaning that II will take ten days
for the. organizations to reach the camp
probable they viii viz 70 to ii Paso to
report to General Bell. and that he
Will assign each OF the organizations to
a different place.
Continue Examinations.
Medical examinations of the members
OF the Third Regiment have been prog
reHsing with dispatch. and the doctors
believe they will conclude their labors
by tomorrow night Companies I and X
will be examined today, and IL In be.
lieved Companies l. and NJ. the only
other commands not examined. will be
Scenes Of the greatest activity in an
ticipation of the departure OF the Third
Regiment were observed in the mobili-
zation camp today. Capt. william II.
Chase. Of the supply company. kept his
men and wagons busy distributing cloth
believed they will all be outfittcd with
regulation army clothing and ordnance
by Wednesday or Thursday.
ARRANGEMENTS were made to begin the
fermentation OF members OF the miro
Regiment against typhoid fever tomor.
row.
Drill Men For Battle.
Meanwhile the company commanders
awaited themselves Of the remaining
time today to thoroughly drill their mer
in battle movements. scouting and patro
duties.
Although It was expected Captain
Louis C. Wilson, paymaster of thu
militia, would disburse FUNDS among tn
men today for their camp services. thi
had not begun at noon. II Is understood
that Gen. Leonard Wood has beer
communicated with as to whether OF
Captain Wilson should pay the troops.
Many guardsmen today confessed they
were short OF funds and said they wer'
not particular from what source the
money came so long as II came.
The Washington times., 1916-07-03
ARMY ON BORDER IS
SPLIT into 3 PARTS
War Department Explains This
Is Made Necessary by Add.
ton Of Militia.
CONTINUED from First Page,

chief OF staff OF the army, who might
take the field: Maj. Gen. Tasker II.
Bliss. assistant chief OF stan. who is
regarded MS one of the ablest stratcglsts
Of the army; or Maj. Gem Leonard
Wood. former chief Of staff. and now
commander Of the Department OF the
East. who Is looked upon as one OF the
ablest organizers of the army
At the War Department the explana-
ton given Is that the large Increase In
the number Of troops sent to the South
ern Department by reason Of the calling
out OF the national guard. has placed
too heavy burden Of administration On
General Funston.
While II Is declared In military circles
tnat such n reorganization would be a
necessary preliminary to any agrees
sive. action toward Mexico. the atmos-
where the Mexican policy II being
SNAPPED under the direction OF the Prcsi-
dcnt. Is ANYTHING but aggressive.
LAS, hs a matter nat OF fact. It was made
state today that the demand for an
] immediate" reply from Carranza has
lost Its force by reason OF Carranza's
| action In guaranteeing the troopers held
| a1Ier the Carriz8l movement
There is now no thought OF pressing
Tor reply. II was stated authorita-
lively that unless the Mexcans attack
Pershing. or unless It becomes neces-
1
Mexico. II will not become a matter OF
pressing Importance to get Carranza's
| reply.
Withdrawal in Progress.
In the meantime and under cover OF
concentration" withdrawal OF Per-
| shinR's force Is gradually but actually
in progress
1t Is now hardly more than 100 miles
south Of the border. whereas a month
! ago the advance columns We're nearly to
the state Of Durango. 800 miles south.
Whether this "concentration" IL being
effected under orders from Washington
Is not known. Secretary Lansing mani
tested a degree of Indignation today
that the State Department was RESPONSE
BILE. and declared that no official o. the
department had a right to make any
| such statement.
From the military standpoint, how
| ever. any capital campaign in Mexico
Pershings force. in order that the lines
| Of main attack might be made from
| Juarez. Laredo. and Eagle Pass, or
along the lines Of the railways.
Refugees on Sumner.
Practically all Americans in Vera
Cruz left Mexico last night on the army
| ment was advised today. The Sumner
was held ut Vera Cruz until the arrival
| OF a refugee train from Mexico City.
Captain Burrage. OF the Nebraska, re-
| ported that refugees held on that ves-
| sci had been transferred to the Sumner.
| Fifty refugees from Yucatan. arriving
on the Wheeling. were also sent north
| A DELIGHTFUL ACID DRINK.
The Washington times., 1916-07-03

Of German torpedo boats and subma-
rtnes. The Russian naval forces beat
of the German attack and returned to
their base without loss.