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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-05
Hot Water for
Sick Headaches
Tells why everyone should drink
hot water with phosphate
In It before breakfast.

I Headache of any kind, is caused by
Ruto-tntoxication-w means self
poisoning. Liver and bowel poisons'
called toxins, sucked into the blood
Through the lymph ducts, excite the
,heart which pumps the blood so fast
THAT 1t congests in the smaller arteries
and veins of the head producing vio-
lent. throbbing pain and distress, called
headache. You become nervous, de-
Epondent, sick, feverish and misera BILE /;
your meals sour and almost nauseate
you. Then you resort to acetanilide. !.
aspirin or the bromides which temper
ltSr11y relieve but do not rid the blood of
these irritating toxins.
| A glass of hot water with a teaspoon
Hui of limestone phosphate in it, drank
before breakfast for awhile. will not
Ionly wash these poisons from your sys-
ITEM and cure you of headache but will
cleanse, purify and freshen the entire
" ELEMENTARY canal.
Ask your pharmacist for quarter
pound of limestone phosphate. 1t is in
Expensive. harmless as sugar, and al
nlost tasteless, except for a sourish
ltwinge which Is not unpleasant
If you aren't feeling your best, il
tongue is coated or you wake up with
bad taste, foul breath or have colds.
biliousness, constipation
Tor sour acid stomach, begin the phos-
Iphated hot water cure to rid your
system of toxins and poisons
Results are quick and 1T Is claimed
that those who continue to flush out
1.-THE stomach, liver and bowels every
morning never have any headache or
haow a miserable moment.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-05

lures. If that amount of money or one
half of it were spent on good, clean
movies, the educational effect on the
minds and morals of our country would
be tremendous.
Twenty years ago the dime novel was
the bette noir of every careful mother.
Boys sneaked them into the house and
hid them between mattresses so they
could read them after bedtime. In homes
that bcasted of three or four sons these
tabued publications could be found un-
der the rugs in the parlor, hidden be-
tween the back and the seat of the ma
hcsany davenport, and on the stairs be-
tween the carpet and the cotton pads.
But you who have read these lurida sheets
will recall that, while they We're full OF
cheap melodrama, the crook always was
sent TO Jail and the hero was always a
good, clean fellow who won out by hon
est fighting. Women were protected at
any cost.
That erstwhile menace of the home-the
dime novel-was a Sunday school sheet
compared with some of the moving pic
lures that boys of an impressionable age
see today The sons of the fathers who
once bought dime novels are now spend
ing that same amount to see moving pic
lures which show them how to rob a
safe, or how to forge check, or how
to choke a woman, or worst of all, some
form of distorted sexual life.
At least % per cent of the people who
go to the movies are under 16 years of
age, and the answer to the world old
que stion: Where is my wandering boy
tonight" finds as logical answer: AT
the movies" A certain well known edu-
Gator made survey of the pictures
shown in city of West Virginia. This
report read;
Good and not bad pictures, 25 per cent,
bad and very bad, 70 per cent. Drink
was shown in so per cent and gun play
and murder in so per cent a
The better class of producers acknowl-
edge these facts and are fighting for
clean pictures-to purge the industry.
They and their pictures should be sup
ported by all right minded people. On
the other hand, certain other producers
clamor against any kind of regulation,
arguing that it will take the life out OF
the movies That is not what the public
wants; it wants to take the death out OF
Them as one clever critic puts it, death
to every good moral feeling. and every
thing the best of our race holds dear.
Granted that the moving picture indus
try is not charitable institution, ii
would be worth while finding out how
many good, clean, wholesome, patriotic
pictures of domestic dramas and comedies
have been financial failures. Have not
the most successful, the longest lived,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-05

the Milky Way will form an arch over
the entire heavens from the east to
the west
1t is the conspicuousness of the
Pleiades at this time which has given
to November the name of the Pleiad
month. 1t was with this month that
many of the primitive people began
their year: on the "Pleiad Night"
which was the night on which the
Pleiades were found due south at mid
night no petition was presented in
vain to the ancient kings of Persia.
The Pleiad night of the present year
will occur on November 20. A mem
DRY of the midnight rites of the Druids
on the first of November still sur
wives in our Halloween.
Probably nearly every reader of
these monthly articles is familiar
with the three brilliant winter con-
stellations now shining just above the
ground in the east They have exam :
ined the wonderful golden star Ca
pella, and perhaps traced out all OF
its constellation, Auriga. and also the
interesting Perseus now lust above
it. They have, perhaps; many times
examined the wonderful double clus-
ter of stars at C. Fig. 1, and watched
one or more of the eclipses of the re-
markable variable star, Algol at k
the star which loses no less than rive
sixths of it's light at the constant in
terval of little less than So hours:
But many observers are not aware OF
the wealth of interesting objects to be
found within the borders of any one Oh
the fainter, little known, consultations.
This month, for example, the widespread
group of Cetus, or the Sea Monster. is
in excellent position for observation, and
will we'll repay a careful exploration with
a small telescope.
It's brightest star, at d, has BLUSH,
fifth magnitude companion west of 1t
which is easily visible in small glass,
while the stars at e, b and p are also
all beautiful doubles. The first of these
is the most beautiful double star in this
part of the sky, it's principal sun being
golden and it's companion blue; around
the last there are many distant COM
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-05

Every that would have to for rentthiS $4,000 and
the immense savings make in buying to youthats
why Hood Wheelers prices by far the lowest the city
lifetime furniture
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-05

From the Pictorial REVIEW.
Censorship. insofar as it has gone is
an acknowledged farce. National CEN
sorship does not work, local censorship is
n failure. and federal censorship is being
fought tooth and nail. And. in the mean
time, 1.OO0,0OO of our boys and girls are
sitting daily in badly ventilated, unsani-
tary amusement halls, while their youth
full, impressionable brains are being fed
on pictures of sordid crime and salacious
passion which. if presentedai in the spoken
drama. would be stopped by the local po-
lice on the opening night.
Nearly $400000.c0n annually are paid by
the American public to see moving pic
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-05

From the Electrical World.
While it is not always possible to make
every type of lamppost significant, it may
be desirable to have it conform to the
style of building found in the section to
be lighted.
A certain section of Los Angeles, for
example, is built in an old English type
of architecture, most of the dwellings
being timbered houses. For this part
of town the square post with mission de-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-05

sign of masonry and tmbers was Sc
lected
At Glendale, Cal, situated as it is in
. land of flowers has developed a most
attractive street post which makes use
of the foliage and bloom The bronze
shaft of the cluster light is surrounded
by a hanging basket octagonal in shape
and with an opening in the center to take
the metal post. The basket is filled with
earth and moss, and vines. flowers and
Sc mitropical plants flourish there.
The cork oak of Span is said TO crow
best in poorest soil
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-05

Throughout this month the sun isl
gliding rapidly downward among the
stars toward the winter solstice, so
that the steady shortening of the days
is very noticeable. On November ]
the day is three hours shorter than
the night, but by November 30 the in
Equality has increased to five hours,
which is only one-half an hour less
than the shortest day of the entire
year Though to many people cana
probably to most9. this rapid lessen
ing of the hours of daylight is far
from welcome. it is of the greatest
advantage to astronomers. Not only
do the long nights of winter give
many additional hours for observa-
ton but it is at this time of the year
! that the heavens are seen in their
greatest brilliance and beauty.
THE NOVEMBER STARS
Even at the very beginning of No
vember we may witness the entrance
of the brilliant Orion and Gemini into
our evening sky, while by November
80 these consultations will at the
same hour be high above the ground,
and the beautiful Dog Stars, Sirius
sand Procyon, will be seen Just rising.
BY this time the leaders of the bril-
aiant winter groups will have filled
the whole eastern part of the heavens;
the very bright group, Taurus, will
shave nearly reached the meridian and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-05
THE VARIABLE STAR. MIRA

But the most remarkable of all the va
riable is the bright star at NJ, Figue 1,
which is known as Mira, or the "Won-
derful STAR This great sun increases in
brightness sometimes 1550-fold at quite
regular interval of about II months. And
its wonderful increase of brightness will
take place during the present month
when the constellation is favorably sit
uated in our evening heavens; the OBJ
server will therefore have a very I'M
usually favorable opportunity of wit
Messing it.
On November 1 the star may be seen
with some difficulty with the naked eye,
though with pair of opera glasses 1t
may readily be found, almost ON a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-05
Artistic Lighting Posts

movie plays been of the unobjectionable
type?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-05

panions, one of which, lying due north
of it, is an interesting double star.
The most interesting feature of Cetus,
however, is the remarkable group of
variable stars which are found within
its borders. One of these at the point
F, little to the left of the line joining
H and L, varies from the seventh to
the tenth magnitude in a period of II
months, while the star at N changes from
the seventh to the thirteenth magnitude
in one-half of this time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-05

Throughout the month it is in very un-
favorable position for observation.
Jupiter is now high in the southern
heavens in the position shown in Figure
/. 1t is moving southwark among the
stars, and also retrograding, or moving
westward,
Saturn, almost in line with the Twin
Stars, Castor and Pollux. rises at hours
80 minutes and so is just beyond the
borders of our evening map. Toward
midnight it is high in the heavens IN ex-
celent position for observation.
A DISTANT COMET
There is most interesting comet now
in the sky which was discovered on a
Photographic plate so long ago as April
q of the present year. At that time it
was nearly 4OO,0OO,OO0 miles away from
| us-almost as far away as the planet
IJupter-and it consequently appeared ex-
tremely faint But the fact that it could
be seen at all at so great distance
leads us to believe that it must be very
| unusually large and bright object. Since
it's discovery it has been steadily APP
preaching the sun; it will not attain it's
! least distance from that body, however,
! until next June AS seen from the earth,
| it will. from June to September, follow
the path RS, Fig. /. AT present this
comet is so very distant that it still APP
pears very faint, but it is hoped that
during the coming summer and autumn
| it will become easily visible, and perhaps
even strikingly conspicuous to the naked
eye.
The Washington times., 1916-12-02
PRICES AND MONEY VALUES

Grain prices in England, it is re-
ported from London, are up to the
level reached in the Crimean war,
and may get to the high point Of
the Napoleonic era.
This means, of course, prices as
measured in terms Of sterling
money; that is, in gold. But an
ounce Of gold is worth, broadly
speaking, the world over, far less
than IL was in the periods Of the
Crimean or the Napoleonic wars. It
10 easier to get. To dig It out of the
earth is immeasurably easier and
cheaper; to earn It by doing work
with head or hands Is easier; to
exchange something for II requires
that less be given in the exchange.
So II the nominal price Of cereals
reaches the levels Of two and three
generations ago, the fact will not
prove anything in particular. The
real way to measure present prices
~ compared with those in other
eras Of imitation, is by application
Of the index number standard.
The Washington times., 1916-12-02

manic ruling class in that country
may want to do. There is always
danger Of Russia, but the people
are making their sentiments felt and
understood as never before. The
Russo-Japanese war was an un-
popular war with the masses; but
1t was brought upon the country by
the intrigues Of the aristocracy.
This war is proving popular with
the people, but some elements Of the
aristocracy have been feared because
Of their Teutonic extraction and af-
filiations.
Under these circumstances, peace
talk is not going to bring peace; but
It is making a record for Germany
that may serve her a useful pur-
pose later. The determination of
France and England is as un-
shaken as ever; probably 1t is more
firm, for they are now in possession
df armies that have proved them
selves equal IL not superior to the
German legions in fighting capacity,
and their industrial mobilization has
accomplished results that the world
does not yet fully realize.
The Washington times., 1916-12-02
THE HIGH COST OF SUCCESS.
A study In Figures.

A man past middle life sat In his OF,
nate library,
An open book before him. 1t was the
diary OF his life.
He read:
am seventeen years OF age A..
can earn eleven a week.
Out of which sum i save nearly
half.
He turned q few pages and his eye
paused at the line;
Twenty-one years old today I.
Ana s% fT Rsna this iif"s sum put six nifty
in bank every Monday.
A faint smile played upon his lips
when he came to the page;
desk and thirty'seyen dollars,
But, strange TO relate, i md Il
hard to break even.
With the suggestion of a frown he
Thirty,three and assistant man.
agerl twenty-nine hundred
strange I am in debt near,
And the frown became deeper when
Manager, with six thousand all
my own. a house and a. +. Z.
I am nearly engulfed four
Near the. end-his hands were trem-
bling-he dimly saw:
Today forty-hve and superinten-
dent eight thousand In
A lot of money. VIII ever pay
the eleven thousand ] owe?
1t was the last page his face was
Made fourth vice president =,
fifteen thousand every twelve
month.
Success Is making me old .,
liabilities nearly twenty thou
He closed the book. His breath came
hard hard when a wire was put into his
Cautiously be opened It, read and then
reread Il. gave q gasp
And cried: Tor me II Is the poor
house. Oh, my wife, my children!"
And in a dead faint he fell upon the
fioor, the telegram beside him.
He had read that he had been made
Ave thousand and commissions sv-
r. Scott w. in Coming Tower. New
yeyk Tribune.
The Washington times., 1916-12-02
SHOOT Somebody WHY MOTIF

tuberculosis kills 100000 persons
each year in the United States. II
costs, in dollars and cents, more than
$500, 900, 900 year in loss of life and
labor. Not less than 1000, 900 per-
sons. 1t is estimated, suffer from II.
II these figures are aimed at too
wide a target to make a deep per-
sonal impression, those presented in
The Times the other day by DIR. w.
C. Woodward. Health Officer, regard
ing tuberculosis among children may
bring the peril closer home. The
Health Office records show 2s1 chill
dren Of school age now suffering
from tuberculosis. In 1915 there were
ninety-one deaths in this city from
that cause. Of children of school age.
Tomorrow the Society for the Pre-
vention of tuberculosis in the Dis
trict launches its campaign known as
Tuberculosis Week." Sermons will
be preached in the churches. Bush
ness houses will be asked to CO.
operate.
Most important Of the events
planned is the Medical Examinst ton
Day" upon which persons are asked
to have a physician test them. This
should be done not only for tubercu-
losis, but for traces of incipient dis
ease of any sort which a doctor can
perceive before its symptoms make
it evident.
Second in Importance is the Chill
dren's Health Crusade Day. Tax
payers face a first hand knowledge
of the monetary cost of this disease,
because they are to be called upon to
pay for a special school for care of
the tubercular children excluded
from the schools.
A physician has remarked that
some one ought to be shot for every
death by typhoid. because medical
The Washington times., 1916-12-02
JOKER H0AxES FIREMEN
Phones Wilmington, DEL, About .
DIo Blaze In Baltimore. .-.

y BALTIMORE. Nd. Dec. 2.-what
Seems 20 have been q practical Joke
was perpetrated upon the whining.
ton tDeil IRE department yesterday
morning when IL received three teie.
phone calls, supposedly from this
city. stating that a great confagra-
tion was raging here and ask Ing for
assistance. Three fre companies pre-
pared their apparatus for shipment
to Baltimore. one going so far as to
drive TO the Pennsylvania Railroad
freight yards and engaging a nat car.
and officials OF the railroad company
were requested to arrange TO give
the "fire specials" the right OF way.
While these arrangements were In
progress officials OF the Wilmington
fire department, a volunteer organixa.
ton, telephoned here Offering assist
ance and asking how much apparatus
was needed
1--WE don't need any apparatus; we
have no fre here" explained pinkney
w. Wilkinson, secretary to the nre
board. Its all wrongl" Then the
fre chief on the other end OF the line
told OF the message received OF Bal
timore burning up,
The Washington times., 1916-12-02
THE WASTE OF WATER POWER

The Water Power Development
Association, in q booklet dealing
with power possibilities and needs,
declares that the present develop
ment Of available water powers in
this country Is only about one-tenth
its possibility. II Is calculated that
available, disable, economical powers
aggregate over 10000, 900 horse
power. There has never been a
time when the need for development
required 80 little argument to
demonstrate it. II national concern
about exhaustion Of coal reserves is
less keen than II was some years
ago, the higher cost Of getting the
coal mined has been impressed on
the community.
As time passes, coal will be more
and more expensive, as compared to
water power, because the transpor-
tstion Of coal for the increasing
population will multiply the demands
on the railroads. Already the rail-
roads are unable to care for the
business offered to them. Capital
II ready to develop water powers,
II only II could be given the privi-
lege on terms reasonably attractive.
Legislation dealing with the subject
has become surrounded by q maze
Of eontradicting statements as to
whether 1t represents the public in
terest, or whether IL menaces the
country with q dangerous monopo-
hzation Of this source Of power. So
accomplishment has been limited.
II will be necessary, before many
years, to make the water powers
useful. They should not forever
run to waste while coal is needless
ly used, and railroads congested
with heavy freight that would not
have to move II other than steam
power were available. II should be
realized that water development Is
really one Of the surest ways to re-
lieve the railroad situation.
The Washington times., 1916-12-02
Three OF Four Preats.
VALUE OF SERVICE
Heeht's Employees Told II 10 Secret
Of salesmanshlp.

Service as the secret OF successful
salesmanship was the theme or an ad-
dress delivered before the employees
OF Hecht & Company at the store In
Seventh street. last night by L. +.
Sheldon. of Chicago.
Mr.. Sheldon said that judgment
memory. and imagination were three
OF the most essential intellectual
qualities of good salesmanship. and
that loyalty. honesty. and enthusia SIN
were three OF the most essential
heart qualities"
There are many other qualifications
necessary for successful salesmanship,
he said, and. summing them all up he
said they meant just one thing
service. The salesman who could give
the best service. in the broadcast mean
ing OF the word. would be the success
full salesman. Mr.. Sheldon said.
Mr.. Sheldon was introduced by
Manager Levy, OF the Hecht Com
pany.
Al the close of the lecture 1t was
been perfected by the store manage
ment for such of the employees as de-
sired to take courses In salesman
ship. A large proportion OF those
present took advantage of the on
portunity offered and registered for
the courses. Glasses will be held dur
ing the evenings.
With view to establishing an or
ganization for social welfare work
among its employees, the management
Y. NJ. Franz. a Boston social welfare
graduate. Manager Levy introduced
her to about 100 senior employees of
the store last night and said he hoped
tion under way soon, that will com
pare favorably with similar organise
lions in the big department stores
OF New York and Boston.
The Washington times., 1916-12-02
PEACE TALK AND WAR DEEDS

Germany is in position to talk
about peace. Her navy is intact
after more than two years of war,
though her merchant feet is driven
from the seas. Her armies are win
ming one Of the important campaigns
Of the war, in Roumania, while on
the east they have stopped Russia,
and on the west they have not per.
mitted their line to be broken. Bad
weather has suspended the advance
Of the allies on the Somme, while
the submarine warfare against the
shipping Of allies and neutrals has
been made more terrible and more
effective than ever before.
Since the battle of the Marne,
there has been no time when Ger
many was in better form to discuss
peace without being suspected of
weakness. The central powers, far
from weakness, are showing a
strength and staying capacity, in the
face Of increasing organization of
enemy resources, such as would not
have been believed possible. THE
war goes on, with the program of
relentless terrorism still unchecked.
The Belgians are carried away into
slavery, the Serbians have been
driven out of their country, the &C.
cupied provinces of France are un-
der the military heel, Roumania's
wheat fields are in process Of an
nexation to help meet the needs of
food for the central countries.
Either there must be greater eff
forts on the part of the allies, eff
forts great enough to give them
just as effective utilization of their su-
perior wealth and numbers as Ger
many and Austria have &C
complished, or else they will never
dictate terms of peace. Above all,
they must be proof against the temp
tations to separate peace. Rou-
mania is declared firm in her pur-
pose to stick to the end regardless
Of misfortunes that may befall her.
Rusaia's people are just as de-
tsrb&ned, no matter what the Ger