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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
Iniustice to Suffragists

Hugh w. Roberts, The Age-Heralds $ Washington correspondent, has some good friends among the Alabama suffrage la dies, but they well know that he has lit tie sympathy with the cause they repre- sent" said c. M. Stanley. Tn last Sundays Age-Herald Dolly Dalrymple had page story on the anti race suicide views of Alabama suffra- gists with a half page devoted to pictures of their children. The article was evil dently a choice morsel for MT. Roberts. have just had note from him in which he writes:
 T wish you would impress upon Dolly Dalrymple the unfairness of criticizing suffragettes for those crimes which they
 committed before they saw the new light of itelligence and independence. It would have been great deal more akin to the subject and more pertinent to her peculiar line of argument had she pub lished pictures of babes borne since the initiation of their propaganda.
 T do violently protest in that a repre- sentative of The Age-Herald has done estimable ladies the grave injustice of proving that in the time of their ignor- ance they behaved as ordinary crea- tures''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 A N editorial writer in weekly
 "A publication propounds us ths 4 A query What is a classic?" He suggests as an answer, 'This cameolike sentence of Lafcadio Hearn's, spoken in one of his lectures at Tokyo and printed in Interpretations of Literature,' a book compiled from his Japanese students classroom notes" The quotation from Hearn follows:
 .In the minds of the old Greeks, who utterance consisted in expressing the largest truth in the most direct and frank way, and in language that child could understand
 Whether the writer of this query and producer of this quotation intends that we shall regard Lafcadio Hearn as a classicist, or that the words reproduced depreciation of the classical, we may not say. The distinguishing word, first ap- piled to the classici of Rome, as leading people in the second century of the Chris tian era, and then to writers of highest rank in Greece and Rome, is used in a more general way by moderns, although they may, in a narrower sense, continue to look upon productions and writers of antiquity as models. If we shall accept the more liberal thought of classical writ ings during various succeeding centuries we may readily accord place to Hearn as classicst of the nineteenth century. Surely none of us who have studied his writings would relegate him to a place as mere disciple of the great leaders of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
Steel MeH Buying Ahead

"The great majority of those con- nected with the iron and steel indus try are expressing their confidence in the future by planning ahead and buy ing ahead" says Rogers. Brown & Co., tug ahead" say RogersidSLrvb5.o1 .o1 uu weekly letter During the week au- thority was received from English pro- ! ducers to offer a limited amount of ferromanganese for first half delivery. subject to conditions covering every
 contingency which might prevent de- livery, at SITS per ton. When it is re-
 called that this alloy was selling as low as s3S per ton seaboard before the war, the fact that considerable ton mage has been placed at the new price is proof in itself that the steel men
 do not expect any appreciable let-up in present conditions prior to July l. 19I7
 "Steel men and foundrymen as well are doing all tnelr shopping early this
 seas. Pie iron is being purchased quite
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25

in the war, lies grave peril for Greece. The Kaiser will hardly be sat- isfied with the explanation that she couldn't prevent the violation of her neutrality. The Bulgarians, who have no love for the island kingdom, will be ready to renew old hostilities and the allies will not feel called upon to suc- cor a country that would not throw in it's lot with them.
 Added to his present troubles, Con- stantine has a dubious future to con- template.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
THE MUNICIPAL BAT

From the Louisville courier-Journal.
 MY HEN each of San Antonios ln-
 \X/ numerable bats, from mpnicipai
 w roosts. has eaten 1000 mosquitoes
 a day-or 1000 night-until there are ho more mosquitoes in the remotest. ana loi- merly the most mosquito bitten. supuro, if will be plain that the bat serves other uses than to brighten up the routine or country life by getting into the house and giving the boys chance to exercise their skill at the bat by trying to mt the bat with brooms as 1t does an aeiia'
 pas seul' between the ceiling ana the swinging parlor lamp.
 But upon what meat doth our mos quito killer feed after he has grown rat mon the anopheles and the stygomia fas-
 ciata?
 .Breed bats" wrote Dr. Campbell or
 San Antonio bat fame, when nelshpoi- ing city inquired about the best means oi
 getting rid of mosquitoes.
 "But when we are rid of the mosquitoes
 how shall we get rid of the bats?" came
 the reply, which has not been answered. If it be granted for the sake of argu- ment that a few hundred thousand pas occupying municipal roost by day ana batting about town at night would not be objectionable, the question of what IS to keep the bats nourished after the mos ouitoes are gone arises naturally.
 There would be two reasons for not wishing to destroy the bats. One would be the probability that couple of mos ouitoes had escaped and might repopulate the city Another would be the sense ot gratitude which would stand in the way | of any plan to get rid of the leather winged benefactors. And if the bats con fine themselves exclusively to a diet oi 1 fresh mosquitoes, as they must to De CT flcient exterminators, there must be Dat boarding house as well as a bat roost to 1 keen them alive and in condition to re- new the attack upon the first evidence oi the recrudescence of the mosquito evil. ] pr. Campbells advice to the neighpor' | ing city seems ill considered He should 1 have written: Wait till San Antonio has been cleaned up and lease our bats. Obviously the only practical plan is fol | one bat roost, or few of them, to keeI
 the country clear of mosquitoes, and keer themselves supplied with food, by bat. l tening upon the mosquitoes of one city | at time. Ferrets kill rats. But 1t IS | not the custom of property owners tc bb.,ed ferrets and board them the rest of ltheir lives. The popular method Is to rent ferret when needed.
 No amount of time spent in contempla- tion of-sNis usefulness will make the bat attractive to the average human being He is an uncanny, unearthly combina- tion of unclean bird and unclean varmit His presence causes cold shivers to TUT 'up and down the human spine. If he
 sails within few feet of the bravest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
No Time Wasted

The all but unanimous vote by which the army increase bill passed the House of Representatives was significant as showing the changed sentiment on the question of prepared ness as compared with the feeling of apathy in congressional circles few months ago.
 It is greatly regretted that the pro- vision authorizing the government to build nitrate plant was stricken out of the bill, but Senator Underwood will endeavor to have that feature re- stored, and as the operation of such an industry at Muscle Shoals could be made ideal and as vast quantity of nitrate would be needed in the manu- fracture of high explosives, the rejec- tion of the proposition would be woe fully shortsighted on the part of Con gress.
 The army bill in the Senate calls for
 
 10000 more enlisted men than the House bill provides for. The latter places the maximum on peace foot ing at 140,000 men, while the Senate bill makes 210,00o the maximum. When the two bills are considered in conference committee there may be a compromise on 100000 or 1000, but the number proposed by Chairman Hays committee is really adequate for a start.
 The main feature of the military ex- pansion programme is in gradual building up of reserve force and the Liberalization of the National Guard. According to Chairman Hays calcula- tion the United States would have in five years, if the essential points of the measure he sponsors are adopted, an available land force, thoroughly trained, of something like 00,000 men; but from that number would have to be deducted about 10000 men stationed in this country's outlying possessions. and also many thousands
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
MIR. HARDING,s ADVICE

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 Mir. Harding says the south should think of its own stomach before it thinks of the worlds back. That's good philosophy. If we must think of the needs of the whole world, the world would appreciate it if we would think more of it's stomach than it's back. The world will pay more for something to wear. Time was when peo- pie didn't wear anything but a yard or >so of animal skin; but time never was when people were not compelled to eat something.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
HOTEL LOBBIES
Great Aid to Farmers

T want to thank the Weekly Age-Her- ald," said R. c. Arnold, farm demonstra- tion agent for Fayette county, when in Birmingham Friday on his return from the Huntsville agents meeting, flor the full and accurate report of our meeting at Gadsden last week. In fact, the Weekly Age-Herald is the best farm newspaper in Alabama, and is doing statewide work in encouraging better farming, and this weeks issue contains most excellent reports of work all over the state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
BRYAN CALLED LIAR

Lincoln dispatch in Philadelphia Ledger
 The lie was passed to w. J. Bryan ps Col. John G. Maher. a local politician. Th' insult was received by the former Sec retary of State with meekness. no effor being made to resent 1t.
 The incident followed an inquiry mad by Colonel Aaher of Judge S.. D. Weakle, of Birmingham. Ala. as to whether thu latter was paid for his speech at mas' meeting held to celebrate Bryan's birth day and to open the prohibition campaisr in the state.
 E MT. Bryan heard the inquiry, and, com ing forward said to Judge Weakley:
 "Maher is the only man who woult ask that question. He thinks of nothini but money. and money will get him t do anything"
 MT. Bryan, that statement is lie,' Maher retorted. Anyone who says eve took money in a political way utters 1 lie and knows it is a lie.'
 Bryan replied that that was "Maher' opinion" and with Judge Weakley wake, away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25

head that adorns human shoulders that head ducks as if lodging a bullet. Prini- tive peoples have believed that bats are the evil spirits of the evil departed, living in the internal regions, or in caves lead ing thereto, and issuing forth Tn the
 glimpses of the moon. Nothing. no amount of enlightment as to the true benignancy of the bat, will ever popularize the creat- ure. Who would not rather be bitten to
 the bone by mosquito than grazed by bat on the wing? It might do very we'll to turn loose q
 billion bats during the height of the mos
 quito season, issue a Zeppelin warning to keep the population of the city indoors with windows closed until the mosquitoes should be devoured and then call off the bats, and take them to the next city needing their services. But if san An tonic should become ever so free rom mosquitoes, where would the pront He n it must board and endure standing army of idle bats. and allow them to gad aoout by gaslight every night?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
Manufacturers, Agents

Birmingham has numerous manufac- tureEs' agents who travel Alabama out of this city, and who earn comfortable in comes selling to the retailers of the small CT cities in the state,' said George M. Plaisance. These agents, or rather, salesmen, have in the past come in for a
 share of criticism from certain interesta who had the welfare of Birmingham at heart and thought that the manufactur- CTS agent was not an asset to the city. "As a matter of fact, the manufac- tically all of them who make Birming-
 ham their headquarters also make their homes here. Their commissions on sales are spent in Birmingham, and they are good, solid substantial citizens
 Every manufacturers agent is look ing forward to the time when his house
 will establish branch store in Birming- efforts in this direction wherever possible
 They all are boosters of Birmingham, and if, in competition with salesmen of local jobbers, they manage to get the cream of the business. then the jobbers ought to get better salesmen. The man.
 ufacturers agent is a salesman who has become a master of his art. The manu- lecturers agents who make Birmingham their headquarters constitute one of the best advertising assets the city has, and
 should be encouraged, for they are the beginning of established branches of big concerns"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
INNOCENT BYSTANDERs.

Under the circumstances it is rather difficult to feel any sympathy for the Mexicans who are forced to submit to what is practically an invasion of their country"
 snorted the choleric man. q feel much more like apologizing to the prairie dogs and jack rabbits our troops are disturb ing in large numbers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE

By Robert Louis Stevenson. When was sick and lay a-bed, had two pillows at my head, And all my toys beside me lay To keep me happy all the day And sometimes for an hour or so I watched my leaden soldiers go. With different uniforms and drills, Among the bedclothes. through the hills; And sometimes sent my ships in fleets All up and down among the sheets; Or brought my trees and houses out, And planted cities all about.
 was the giant great and still That sits upon the pillow hill, And sees before him, dale and plalnl The pleasant land. of counterpane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
BOSS PREvAR1cAroRs

There goes 8 man who boasts that he has never bought a gold brick
 Reminds me of the fellow who says he has never told a lie"
 Yes He reminds me of the chap who says the upkeep of his automobile is next to nothing."
 And he'es in the same scategory with the man who says he never was sick a day in his life"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
,e,NN,Nc THE DAY My

Euther God, I would keep my eyes on Thee, | would think Thy thoush.s after Thee, I would live in Thy hie' Lift me with the thought oi my heavenly percentage. May my con d,ct comport with my sonship to Sod. When earth would drag me down, may point to the hills where my Father lives. In Christ's nai"e' Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
COULDN'T TOUGH HIM.

q hear we are face to face with a dia- mond famine" remarked the talkative old gentleman.
 'TUmph!' replied the occupant of a neighborlng stool In lunch room, who was making a meal on coffee and sink ers" T could be face to face with 8 diamond famine for ss years and not be aware of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
Interest in Skating

Much interest is being shown by the skating set in the approaching opening
 of the big IIippodrome rink at the old l Orpheum theatre,'' said Manager J. H, Edmondson.
 1 If possible the opening date will be I April 1, which is next Saturday, and the filst session will be in the evening. But I can't promise positively, as much de- bends upon prompt arrival of the bal
 aEce of the skates, which must be care fully overhauled and trued up before us- ing
 We are making fine progress with lay ing the big floor which is the main job, after all. The other details are being rap- idly covered. The force of employees and instructors have all been engaged and are ready. It may be interesting to know
 that Miss Margaret Hogan, the popular
 young cabaret singer for a long time en- gagged at the Birmingham Newspaper club, will be the girl on the box at the
 Hippodrome. Memoli's band will furnish
 the opening music, and we will make
 everybody glad they came when the
 curtain raises"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
Pleased With Speedway Outlook

Solon Jacobs, vice president and gem eral manager of the Birmingham Mo tor Speedway company; Selden D. Mad dux, superintendent of construction; G. T. Brazelton, secretary, and A. T. Newell, local contractor, returned from the north and east yesterday morning after having visited the speedways at Indianapolis. Cincinnati, Chicago and New York.
 The party was met fin Cincinnati by August ("Garry") Hermann. presi- dent of the local speedway, and Messrs. Henkel and Sullivan, who have been awarded the contract for the building of the Birmingham speedway. ''We have been able to learn things on this trip that would have been impossible to find out in Birmingham" said MT Jacobs. "We talked with numerous speedway experts in all the different lines from construction to racing. We were treated cordially by everyone and all the questions we asked were an swered fully and promptly.
 We come back to Birmingham thor oughly convinced that we have the best speedway proposition in the United States. When it comes to climate, we
 of Birmingham canont realize how for tunate we are in having the sunshine , every day in the year. We are glad to | get back and are ready to go to work on this project which will be tho
 means of doing more real good for Bir mingham than anything ever at | tempted"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25

Dothan Eagle: The suffragetters, who demand equal rights usually don't want the rule to work both ways, when a woman has exterminated her husband. Franklin County Times: If you think this has been a bad weather season, read the reports from the Atlantic coast and great lakes Then be thankful you live in Alabama.
 Alexander City Outlook: The people of the United States may be divided in their opinions regarding all other important is-
 sues, but when it comes to upholding the honor of their country, they stand as a unit.
 Talladega Home: Birmingham is mak- ing extensive preparations for the meet ing of the Alabama Educational associa- tion in April and the Confederate Vet erans' in May, and we know that both organizations will be properly cared for.
 Montgomery Advertiser: Birmingham playgoers don't have to pay anything to see Commissioner Barber perform twice a week-that is, they don't have to pay him anything but his salary Stlll, It worth that much money we suppose 10 be advised once or twice a week as to the name and personal appearance of the only honest many in ones home town.
 Guntersville Advertiser: Tennessee, like Alabama, is cursed with the fee system, and Marion county in that state furnishes an object lesson. The county issued Sloo'- 600 in bonds and the county court clerk is trying to collect $500 as his fee for signing the coupons He insists that the law allows him 50 cents for each sigma ture Other officials contend that ne is entitled to only $50 for signing the bonds themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25

The armor manufacturers apparently hate to see Uncle Sam lose money by going into business for himself Is this patriotism or something else?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25

Some of Colonel Houses enemies would
 probably be glad for President Wilson to send him down into northern Mexico to
 size up the situation there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
A woEFUL WORK.

''I suppose the Grabcoin reception was characterized by the usual eclat," re- marked Mrs. Gadson.
 Well. mo-" answered Mrs. Biffkins. T understood some of the gentlemen to say that MT. Grabcoin didn't have a drop in the house."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25

The man who made the "57 Varieties famous says Birmingham is fine town
 There's pickle king who observes things when he travels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
CROWDING KILTs

From the Memphis News-Scimitar.
 Dame Fashion has decreed that the good ladies are to wear shorter skirts. Unless the Highlanders of Scotland take the pre- caution to get out a copyright on their kits they may be put out of business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25

Yhe grand jury went softly through the Jefferson county jail and had nothing to say. However, if conditions there are as bad as reported, let us hope the grand | jury did some thinking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25

If all war news were as dull and unin- ! teresting as the news from the Italian
 front there wouldn't be much chance for | headline writers to Spread" themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25

Thanks to the Associated Press corre- spondent for telling us how to pronounce Villas name However, the troopers who have gone after him pronounce the name as it is pronounced by the average news paper reader.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
CAN'T EAT.

''The high cost of living doesn't seem to bother Dubwaite to any extent" 'Is he philosophical?'
 NO. Dyspeptical."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25

The war is not an unmitigated evil. It has kept a large number of students in this country under American masters who would otherwise be spending their par art centers of Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25

Real estate deals around Muscle Shoals were halted by the unfavorable action
 taken by the House on the proposed nj trate plant. However, the spectators haven't given up hope yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
ECHO OF EUROPE

From the Atlanta Journal.
 Name of place delected" is an old phrase in the modern war dispatches from Mexico.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
GIVE THEM TIME.

Get Villa" was the message flashed We state this with regret; Right after him our troopers dashed
 But haven't caught him yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25

The Chinese merchant in Neuva Casa Grandes who offered to exchange a bale of Mexican money for $5 bill has evil dently bee nabout enough to know the difference between good money and bad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25

Big shells are piled up around Saloniki like cordwood. While hoping for the best, the allies are prepared for the worst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25

If you got up feeling excited this morn ing it was probably due to the fact that Mir Willard and MT. Moran will meet to- night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25

Although gray-haired and elderly. Gen eral Pershing is setting pace in Mexico that is playing havoc with soft men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25

The editor of the Phoenix wonders how modern stage ladies retain their youth. Is it possible that he has never seen drug
 store?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
NO NOVELTY.

NO NOVELTY. Oh, wherefore waste the angry word On those whose ways you may deplore. It's likely most of them have heard Just what you'd like to say, before.
 Washington Star. Waste not your own words to deplore What is not waste, for you will find Some words, though often heard before, Still leave effective stings behind.
 Philadelphia Ledger. And that is no place for a sting, If you will take our words for that; What we hate is to waste string Of words where we are living at.
 Houston Post. How many words will go to waste In-well-the course of one short day! 'Tis just because men speak in haste And seldom think of what they say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
ALABAMA PRESS

Dothan Eagle: The suffragetters, who demand equal rights usually don't want the rule to work both ways, when 8 woman has exterminated her husband.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25

There are a sort of men, whose visases Do cream and mantle, like st"h"i"e
 pond. --Mercnane "A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25

Entered at the Birmingham Ala, pose. office as second class matter uiiuei of Congress March 5, lS'9