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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03
OUTPUT IS SOLD WELL IN ADVANCE
Cotton Goods Trading Con- tinues to Reflect the
 Scarcity of Supply

New York, December 2.-Cotton goods trading, while quieter than last week, continued to reflect scarcity of supply for immediate needs. Top prices are be- ing paid for small spot lots of print cloths, sheetings and convertibies, and as mills are closely sold for the next three months very trifling concessions are possible when contracts are dealt in. The jobbers In many sections of the country closed their fiscal year on the 29th instant, showing the largest profits in more than a generation.
 The rise in prices has been very great and persistent Colored cottons of all kinds are tending still higher, especially on the hard yarn grades. The compara- lively few lines of novelty wash fabrics offered for spring are snapped up prompt Ny as imports of fine novelties are very light. The excited buying of knit goods for fall has passed and mills were so overwhelmed with business when any thing like a low price was offered that several lines were withdrawn after part of the product was disposed of. Yarns continue exceedingly high. bid of STA cents being reported for 10s southern frame cones, that sold at 151A cents two years ago
 Prices current for cloths are as follows; Print cloths, 2S-inch 64x64s, 6c nominal; 64x6Vs, 5% cents; 3S12-inch 64x64s, S1a cents; standard southern brown sheet ings, 12c; denims, 2.2 oz. Indigo, 21c; ticking, S-oz staples, 201s cents; prints, &c., staple ginghams. 91s cents; dress ginghams, 11l2 cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03

Wednesday morning in their private car, Jimmie" on their first trip of the present season. Their first stop will be in Jasper. where they appeared last year with such success that & standing invitation was received for % return engagement each year. At their next stop in Florence tho boys will be the guests of the State Normal school and will enjoy several social features, being arranged by the young ladies of the student body of that in- stitution. On Friday and Saturday nights they are billed in Huntsville and Decatur. where they will be heard for the first time.
 The personnel of the Gles club ls as follows:
 Tenors. W. W. Adams. Charles Mar tin, T. B. Gibson, F. r, Martin, ". E. Kettles. C. w. Phillips.
 Second tenors. Lee Blackwelder, c. Cunningham. H. P. Cross. [. W. Dock cry. Roney Hilliard, Gladstone Jack son.
 First bases: Allison Bell, J. R. Mar tin. C. E. Price, A. H. Read, w. w.. Sowell. J. R. Simmons.
 Second bases: w. w. Bowen. r. E. Bryant. T. L. Bond, Mercer James. T.. NJ Strickland. ". F. Marlborough.
 Substitutes: F. B. Pearson, J. W. Patterson. J. F.. Leath. R. L. Smart, T. A. Morton, H. G. Williams, F. L. Haynes. W. K. Vardaman.
 The Howard college chorus of 4S voices. including the 24 members or the Glee club, will give q concert at the Jefferson theatre, Friday night December IS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03

At the Bijou theatre The Old Homestead" for the first time at popular prices, is booked for the week. No need to write anything of this ancient drama Suffice to say that those who have seen it will see 1t again, for it is like old wine-it be- comes more lovable with age.
 At the Lyric theatre Manager Monte" Semon has selected another excellent vaudeville of bill of 10 acts for the cur- rent week.
 "MY KILLARNEY ROSE"
 If you feel in need of tonic to cheer you up. If you imagine that you have not freed your system of as many laughs lately as you should then by all means make it a point to go and see and hear the great character dialect comedian and singer Al II. Wilson, and his company when they appear at the Jefferson Fri day and Saturday and Saturday matinee, and after witnessing his performance in his new Irish comedy song-play. My Killarney Rose" and listening to his portfolio of new songs-you will leave the theatre feeling rejuvinated in spirits and fully able to appreciate that feeling which makes the whole world akin.
 Wilson is a comedian in the true sense of the world, the possessor of a font of humor constantly bubbling to the surface. He can make smiles of pleasure gather to be followed quickly by genuine tears of laughter furthermore he is an actor of ability who can infuse into his char acter just enough sentiment to give it proper balance and then he is a sweet singer of ballads--an attribute that has endeared him to thousands of theatregoers in all parts of the country. The new Irish song-play in which he Is to appear has a romantic story with the first two acts laid in Ireland and the second in Dublin. The songs are all new and so varied in character that they will prove particularly attractive. The titles are My Killarney Rose,'' Where the Sham rock Crows" "The Love I Gave To You,' "Aary Houlihan." and "The Yodel That Stole My Girl Away" The Wilson entertainment this season is certainly the most enjoyable of his career.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03

musical comedy stage, and who are con- tinually recalling the good old days when Suppe Balfe, Offenbach and Strauss were composing their charming scores, John P. Siocums production of Nobody Home" will be respectfully submitted on the stage of the Jefferson theatre to demonstrate the fallibility of their stats- ments.
 Nobody Home Is staged as regards scenic investiture and costumes, in keep ing with the high standard the theatre going public has come to look for in the attractions of all the big producing man. agers.
 Among the early attractions at the Jef- ferson will be the widely heralded mod ern morality drama, Experience" which has been one of the biggest theatrical sensations of recent years. Experience was written by George V. Hobart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03
Dieters Are Heavier With No Indigestion

Chicago, December 2.-Members of the Chicago diet squad whose two weeks test of the theory that 40 cents a day is enough to feed person well will end Tuesday night, are in excellent physical condition, slightly heavier than when the dieting began and with all signs of indigestion and distresses of the stomach missing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03
AT THE LYRIC

An unusually attractive bill will be presented at the Lyric this week and the programme includes some of vaudeville's best known and most popular enter tainers.
 Such feature acts as Harry Richards and Bessie Kyle in Fifty fifty" comedy and song; the great Choy-HengW Wa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03
Boycott in Louisville

Louisville, Ky, December 2.-An ab- solute boycott on the use of butter and eggs for two weeks, effective imme- diate1y, was decided upon here today at conference of representatives ot more than 40 Louisville organizations called by the Louisville Women's Suf- frage association A committee was ap- pointed to observe the effect of the boycott on potatoes and to make recom- mendations at second conference, De- cember 15.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03

1 troupe from Pekin, skilled equilibrists, Comfort and King, the peer of all black
 face entertainers. and Hopkins and Ak tell, in a travesty, Travelling" will be presented. and in addition there will be
 six other high-class Keith acts and Pathe pictures.
 ] The ChoyHeng- troupe and Rich
 ards and Kyle will be the headline at
 fractions on the bin for the first half
 of the week and the other acts on this
 bill will be Wilfred Clarke and Company
 in ''Wwho Owns the Flat" rolicking 1 farce; Ethel Hopkins singing come dienne, and Mantilla and Cahill, in 8 smart and up-to-date singing and danc- | ing act
 l The headline attractions for the last , half of the week will be Comfort and King and Hopkins and Axtell, and as CO., entertainers, there will be Hickman, Shaw and Campbell in Moments Musi- cal Lew Wilson, the variety boy, and The Escardos, gymnasts de luxe. The Choy-H -Heng-Wa troupe, headliners for the first half of the week, are direct from Pekin and are said to be troupe of skilled performers who accomplish
 some wonderful feats.
 Harry Richards and Bessie Kyle, also headline attractions for the first half of the week, and there are not two better
 known entertainers in vaudeville. They
 appear Tn vehicle called "Fifty-Fifty' because they devote half their entertain ment to song and half to fun. Both Rich ards and Kyle are among vaudeville's s best entertainers.
 Comfort and King. two of the funniest black face artists now before the public and feature attractions on the bill for the last half of the week are king of fun
 makers. Tn Coon Town Divorcons' is the vehicle of these clever performers, and they are riot all the way through their act.
 Monro Hopkins and Lola Axten also headline attractions the latter part of the
 week, will present a travesty, Travel ing" They introduce some clever enter
 tainment in their travesty on the com forts of railway accommodations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03
Coming Attractions

'The Birth of Nation,' the colossal film production which was witnessed by a capacity audience at practically every performance during it's three engage ments at the Jefferson theatre last season, is coming back for another week, begin
 ming Monday, January l. the Griffith mas terpiece to be presented exactly as it was seen on the occasion of it's first visit to Birmingham, and inquiries already re- ceived at the box office indicate that an other rich harvest awaits it.
 One reason for the continued success Of the Griffith offering is that the high standard upon which it was first present ed has never heen lowered. When it re- turns here for it's forthcoming engage ment the splendid musical accompaniment
 will be played by the same orchestra of 30 New York symphony artists heard last season, and the same realistic stage eff fects will be employed. A complete tour ing organization of 35 people is carried and with the attaches of the theatre, each presentation engages the services
 of nearly 50 people.
 'Gypsy Love- the gayest and most
 satisfying of the Viennese operettas, will be presented here at the Jefferson shortly by Andreas Dippel This delightful mu-
 sical entertainment comes almost directly
 from a record-breaking run of a solid
 year in New York city, where it's re- ceipts at the Eltinge theatre set a new
 mark for box office takings on Broad
 way. The brilliance of its musical score,
 which teens with seemingly irresistible
 numbers finely orchestrated, together
 with the appeal and merriment of it's
 original story enabled "Gypsy Love- to captivate exacting metropolitan pleasure
 seekers in greater numbers than any light
 operatic offering of recent seasons.
 To those sleptical folk who claim there is nothing meritorious on the present day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03
SSMY KILLARNEY ROSE" AT THE JEFFERSON
 OTHER ATTRACTIONS
''The Old Homestead" Presented By Superb Com pany is Booked At the Bijou For the Entire Week-WiIfred Clark and Company in "WhO
 Owns the Flat," One of the Headliners At J the Lyric-Other Theatrical Notes

Following the heavy theatrical fare of last week, light menu will be served local hearegoers this week. the Jeffer son theatre will be dark first five days of the week. but it's doors will be opened next Friday night Saturday. matinee and night when AL H. Wilson, popular local avorite will present
 r Killarney Rose his latest production AL Wilson makes pilgrimage to Birmingham and he is always welcon ed bv large audiences.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03

Leaves of the Manaca palm, probably the commonest forest plant in Central America. have a queer habit of trembling violently when no wind Is stirring that the human faculties can detect.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09
One Out of Every Three
in England Has Gone
Into the Army.
NATIONAL MEDICAL
SERVICE PROPOSED
Isle of Wight Man Suggests
That Government Care for
Health of People.
BY ARTHUR s. DRAPER.

London, June 30.-Perhaps there is
no profession on which the war has
made more Of a drain than the medical,
it being estimated that one out of
every three English doctors has gone
into the army. But while prices have
advanced on every side medical charges
have not increased in the slightest. 1t
is little harder TO get n physician
now than in pre-war days, but that is
the only difference the public notices.
Graduates just out of medical school
have no difficulty in obtaining commits
sions in the British army, which pay
them a salary of $500 and more for
their first year of service. Those ply
sicians and surgeons who still are prac-
tising their profession in civil life are
greatly overworked.
Out of the war socialstic schemes
are developing, such as the communal
kitchen in Germany, which the Kaisers's
government has organized to feed the
people and defeat the aim OF the Brit
ish blockade. Germany has advanced
much further than the other belliger-
ents in organizing the people under
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09

to deliver goods as per sample? Char
acter of some of the cases.
Article 7-BRA2lL: Will Brazil's
prosperity continue to depend upon
whether people drink coffee or not,
and continue 70 buy automobiles? Is
the war teaching her the necessity Of
dlversifying her products as il is in
the South? Will she become n factor
IN cattle raising? Greater in area
than the United States. exclusive of
Alaska. Brazil presents some of the
biggest questions affecting the whole
south American development How
far can the United States have a part
IN solving these questions?
Article S-URUGUAY: The smallest
republic in South America. but one of
the most substantial. What the Amer
lcan meat packers have accomplished ID
IN the country. Will they obtain con-
troll of the entire industry?
Article ARGENTINE: The Argen-
tine Republic is the South American
leader. Its recovery from the effects
OF the war has been almost as rapid
as that of the United States. Its ex-
port business for 1915 was the great
est in its history, and 1916 promises
TO pass that record. What the packers
are doing in Argentine. American
machinery on the farms. Is there
good opportunity for investment OF
American capital now?
Article l0-CHILI: What the Pan
anna Canal means to Chill. rs prin-
cipal wealth lies in mineral resources
Will these be developed by Americans ?
How the war has increased the value
Of its coal supply. its copper and its
nitrates. Growth of the cattle in
dustry in the South.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09
PADDY NOT DADDY.

He was very small boy. Paddy was
his dog. Paddy was nearer TO his heart
than anything on earth. says "rid.
Bits" When Paddy met swift and
hideous death on the turnpike road his
mother trembled to break the news.
But il had TO be. and when he came
home from school she told him simply:
PADDY has been run over and killed" "
He took It very quietly; finished his
dinner with appetite and spirits unim-
paired. Al day it was the same. But
five minutes after he had gone up to
bed there echoed through the house a
shrill and sudden lamentstion. His
mother rushed upstairs with solicitude
and sympathy.
"Nurse says" he sobbed, that Paddy
has been run over and killed"
"But, dear, told you that at dinner,
and you didn't seem to trouble at all"
"No; but but didn't know you said
Paddy. Il thought you said daddy"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09
We Pay a Million a Week to Brazil.

Our largest purchases from Brazil
were in 1912. when they reached Sl23,-
ce9eo0. They dropped S22,000,000 for
1919; 1914 was lower still. But in 1915
our buying jumped back again TO Sl20,-
100000, or within S3.000,0OO of the best
previous record. The figures thus far
show that for the full year Of 1916 we
Will buy more from Brazil than ever in
the history Of trade between the two
countries The coffee at our breakfast
table and the rubber in our automobile
tres call for a payment of a million a
week 20 Brazil, more than we receive
'or what we sell her. Here is large
opportunity for more business.
thlh, the other great South Ameri-
ean leader, suffered seriously because
OF the cutting off of transportation
tad especially because OF the closing
oi the Panama Canal. Our trading
WIN Chill was developing steadily
N both directions before the
war Since then we have bought
copper and nitrates in increaS-
ns quantities. Our sales dropped
~ about the same proportion
SS 70 the other countries, but Chill
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09
Synopsis Of Articles
TO Follow

Article 3-ATTITUDE TOWARD US
OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN PEO-
PIE: Importance of the friendly atti-
tude of the people and the extension
of business relations. Has Souih
American suspicion of US subsided
Why did it exist? Foreign influence IN
nromntine il. Some of the foolish
things we did which inspired hostile
sentiment. The newspaper ana otheI
Article 4-OUR NEED OF SHIPS:
Shipping in its relations TO the South
American problem. If European couh-
tries have ten times as many shlpS
orerating in South American ports as
we have. and the advantage IN rates
in time of peace of from 10 TO 80 per
cent. what is the effect on the prices
of our goods in South America and on
the raw material we bring from these
countries? ,.,.e.,,
Article 5-BANXING AND INVEST
MENT CONDITIONS: American banks
in South America. Tremendous success
Of those already there. In fourteen
months the Buenos Ayres branch or the
National City Bank, starting with nlne
clerks. now has more than hundred.
Prospect for other American banks IN
South America Effect of investment
OF American money on our commerce
in these countries. Present outlook Tor
safe investment.
Article 6 ARE WE LIVING UP TO
OUR CONTRACTS IN SOUTH AMER
ICA? What kind Of a reputation Tor
good faith in business matters have we
had in South America? Is our reputa-
tion improving? Is II true that we lalI
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09

state control, and this has made II
possible for her to carry on the war
without greater disarrangement of hcr
economic life.
Urges National Medical Service.
The County Medical Officer of the
Isle of Wight-Dr. J. p. Walker-now
comes forward with plan for the state
to take over the task of caring Tor the
health of the people.
AT the present time" says DR..
Walker, every doctor is in competition
for his daily bread, and this competi-
tion is good neither for the medical
man nor for his patients. II leads to
cutting of prices and to cheap and bad
work. The private practitioner is also
in competition with public medical ser
vices and their allies, general and spe-
cial hospitals, school clinics, tubercu-
losis dlspensarles, trained mldwives,
district nurses and maternity and infant
welfare clinics, which are all excellent
in themselves, but tend TO rob the gen.
eral practitioner of his source of in
come. Consequently, the struggle for
what is left becomes kecner every day.
and it would astonish very many could
they know the large number of medical
men who take in paying guests to exc
out their too scanty incomes.
"This competition is increased by the
greater numbers who have qualified IN
recent years. There were in 1897 34,284
names of medical men in the Medical
Directory. Sixteen years later this num-
Der has increase to Al, ,587, despite the
declining birth rate and the various
clinics, etc, just spoken of
These figures show that there is ap-
proximately one doctor TO every thou
sand persons in the British Isles.
On Civil Service Lines.
Dr.. Walkers scheme for state med
ical service is to found 1t along the
lines Of Britain's civil service and to
have it embrace all branches Of the
medical profession and its allies den
tistry. nursing and dispensing. II this
plan were in operation, he thinks, doc
tors would have more time for research
work and study, with freedom from
anxiety as to their later years through
the certainty of pension should they
live TO an age when they were unable
to practice.
Scientists are studying the war from
every angle, ard no subject is the cause
Of more anxiety than Britain's falling
birth rate and the high percentage Of
infant mortality. If these continue at
the present rate the problem soon will
become as serious here as in France.
England. always slow to adopt anything
new, may be forced TO take radical
steps in caring for the health of the
nation.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09
Mems Suits to Order
Reaularlu $3.50 to S3S, at S19.75 and S2i.7

Regularly s22.5 to S3S, at s19.75 and s@i.75.
Now odd Suit-lengths in finely assorted Custom
Tailoring stock of woolens marked for quick exit
Tailoring is the when ask full prices Style
is the same Fit is the Your contentment with the
Suit you order guaranteed But prices are dollars lower
1t is the sale for which many who like their Clothes
made-to-order have been waiting
Choice of probably forty patterns in weds cassmeres and
worsedsevey thread wool There are gray rue pkS
blue black in the group at $Z4|5 ony
Usually not more two three Suits OF pattern .
in single doubebeaSted sack style Win
slight extra charge for sizes A. ,,.
'S ird Building
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09
Bows Sailor Blouse Suits
RequIarly $50 to 81, at S1.29.

Regularly $50 to ST. at Sl.29.
400 Suits in style that is becoming to most boys at D.
and years. These Suits the product OF maker
who speciazes in fine washable garments for boys and
the evidence of his ability to turn out good Suits is ap
parent at a single glance.
There Madras Chambrs and Reps In fancy
and color Sailor BouseS full, with various
combination trimmings made in beach style with short
'''N' ~ " ~ ssondnoo East Building
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09

state control, and this has made it
possible for her TO carry on the war
without greater disarrangement of hcr
economic life.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-09
Brief Budget
Brimming Over
With Fine Offerings

Women's Coats Of "Fisken"
Tweed. Se.95. At any other time,
$l2 to SIS. Store orders only.
Second floor. Central Bldg.
A Sale of voile Flouncings.
Regularly s1.25 to $3.50, at
SOC. and CSC. Yd.
Street floor. centre. Central Bldg.
$3.50 Untrimmed Satin Hats at
$1.29.
Street floor. East Bldg.
Valenciennes Iaces at &c.,.
49c., sec. and CSC. a piece.
Street floor. centre. Central Bldg.
81 Pink COutil Corsets, 69c.
Second floor. East Bldg.
Misses New Navy Blue Taf-
feta Silk Dresses at $3.50.
Second floor. Central Bldg.
81 Summer BlOuses at 69c.
Second roor. Central Bldg.
Crepe BloOmers at 36c. Store
orders only.
Second floor East Bldg.
1899 Cut Glass Water Pitch
ers, s2.75.
Subway floor. Central Bldg.
s10.ss American Porcelain
Dinner Sets. 100 pieces, S7.9s.
Subway floor. Central Bldg.
All-Wool Black Chiffon Taf-
feta, regularly 81, at 75c. Yd.
Store orders only. None G. o. ID.
Stree, A.. Livingston st. West Bldg.
sl.4s All-Silk Taneta, SLIP
Yd.
street n. Livingston St. West Bldg.
sI.ss and $3.50 Parasols, s1.24.
Street n, Fulton ST.. Central Bldg.
s9c. to $3.50 White Fabrics,
49c. to csc.
Street f.. Livingston st, Cent Bldg.
$3.50 Envelope Purses, S2.9t.
Street A.. Fulton ST, Central Bldg.
Lenox Laundry Soap, reg. &C.,
at 10 for 25c.
Subway floor. East BLDG
A. & s. Pure Witch Hazel,
1901, usually zoe, at l5c.
Street a. Livingston st. East Bids.
White Sateen Petticoats az
76c.
Second floor. East Bldg
35c. Stamped Hemstitched
Napkins, 29c.
Second floor. West Bldg
S. Camping Blankets s3.4s.
subway roor, West Bldg
Fancy Striped Ribbons, fine
value at 24c. I'd.
Street floor. centre, East Bldg
Hemmed Sheets, lhx21a yds.,
58c. each.
Subway floor. West Bldg
SOC. Sample Socks at 24c. Pair.
Mems Shop. Street floor. Ess, Bldg.
Children's 81 MILDLY Dresses at
soc.
Second floor. East Bldg
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-01-16

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