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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
IS THE QUEEN CARELEsss

From the Pittsburg Dispatch
 From all accounts there has been no great rush to subscribe to the relief fund for suffering royalties promoted by Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt. The announce ments of the affair said the minimum subscription was to be s10,0oo and eacn o1 the three purses into which the fund was to be divided was to be limited to $100,O00; but even with this exclusive feature as an incentive, no word has come that the fund has been oversubscribed. Whereat there may be even more grief In the courts of King George and King Albert and the Palais de 1Elysee than has been caused by any other single development of the war; but at the same time there Yacht club that life after all has it's little compensations.
 If the imperial patron of the Kiel re- gatta has time to give such incidents thought, it must strike him that the relief move launched by the society leader is
 
 inasmuch as the Kaiser was omitted from the notables to be relieved and, goodness knows, the Kaiser has done more to pro, mote the social importance of Mrs. Cor nelius and friend husband than all the rest of the royalties put together. Does she not recall days at Kiel when the Vanderbilt yacht was honored by the presence of the Emperor and the royal yacht graced by the visit of the Wander blts, of which incidents the cables car ried proper notice to the great joy of some persons and the great distress of many more? Can she have forgotten the visit to. this country of Prince Henry of Prussia when her house was selected above every other American house as the one place where the Emperor's brother would be entertained and the boost the selection gave her struggle for social su- premacy, which was not then altogether assured?
 Peace will come some of these days, and the sailing festivities at Kiel will be re- stunned, without regard to wehther or not the royal relief fund was a success. It may be doubted whether there will be any great demonstration of favor toward Americans at Buckingham palace be- cause of the latest Vanderbilt bid, for Americans are pretty well represented in that part of the world as it is, and in the other countries to be relieved the re- suit, no matter waht it may be, cannot be considered of much importance But is the Kaiser likely to forget the unkind- ness of one whom he has delighted to honor? Even a war-worn ruler may still be sufficiently sensitive to resent direct cut. Sometimes even society queens slip up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
A FRENCH CHARGE

From "The French Offensive in Cham
 pagne," by Captain x, of the French
 staff in the May Scribner
 Every officer had set his watch by the
 hour of the general headquarters
 One must have lived through such mo-
 ments to realize their tragic and passion
 ate beauty. Hundreds and thousands of
 men in the viger of their youth are
 massed there together awaiting the
 shock. Many of them-and they all know it-are inexorably marked for death. All
 of them feel the great shadow groping for them, invisible yet ever present in
 their ranks; but it's nearness, far from weakening their courage. touches their resolve with stern and manly gravity. By seven in the morning I was at a post of command from which part of the battle field was visible. Our artillery fire still went on, ever intenser and more furious, as though seeking, during the minutes that remained, to crush and submerge such portions of the German lines as had escaped our heavy guns. It was obvious that after three days oi such uninterrupted bombardment, the | hour was at hand. Every few seconds flares rushed up from their lines, inn ploring the barring fire that was to stoT our infantry.
 l Suddenly, at the preordained moment I the French, headed by their officers, re- volver Tn hand, flung themselves out o1 the trenches along the whole of the i'm mense line In order to maintain tht necessary discipline and self-control O. l the troops under the deadly fire tha' | awaited them, each section was mar I shalled into line as soon as it reached open ground. Then. at double quick SC l that they should not lose their wind py l too impetuous a dash forward, they
 broke in first immense wave agains 1 the German trenches. Hardly had ont wave of infantry swept forward whel
 another surged up benlnd it and flowed 1 impetuously in the same direction. Th' advance was like that of a mighty ses whose irresistible breakers must under mine the rockiest coast
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
ChiIdrep's Chorus

Following up the study of the pro- gra nlme of the Minneapolis orchestra which the children made a really serious study of during the late winter, they will now have chance to take active part in programme accompanied by a great orchestra" said Mrs. Edward Rice who is interested in the music festival. Two hundred children from the public schools will sing The Walrus and the Carpenter at the afternoon engagement on May H. and they are tremendously in- terested in taking part with an orchestra so soon after studying the programme of the Minneapolis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
NO SHORT CUT TO FILMDoM

A Movie Queen" in the Saturday Even
 ing Post.
 It is the pelasure and expectation of advice and comfort to their sisters. and now propose to unload mine, knowing perfectly well that not one of you will pay the slightest attention to them.
 If you wish to become movie queen do not seek your crown via any of the get-there-quick schemes advertised by the quack doctors of the film drama. 1 have met but one girl who presented such ere dentials, and she couldn't have been kept out by all the fakers combined. This does not mean that good dramatic school is useless, fors on the contrary, film work has reached that point where it is almost hopeless to break in unless one has had dramatic experience of some kind When the business was new, and growing by leaps and bounds, all sorts of people were acceptable; but now our forces are largely recruited from the legitimate stage. Directors simply haven't the time to train beginners. So first ot all try to learn the rudiments of dra- matic expression.
 Next, get some good camera man te tell you the truth about your face. Some of the prettiest girls in the world will bt frosts on the film. and vice versa. 4 bad complexion can be altered and is nc handicap; fut form is the great necessity You may be the chorus girl type ,ol you may have the boyish figure of Petel Pan, or the heroic proportions of tho Statue Of Liberty; but whatever typ' lyou represent you should approach per
 lection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

Hugo, the 'tallest man in the world" and giant of the Barnum & Bailey circus died recently in New York. Hugo came from Italy The original Hugo" was his brother, who returned home last year. The giant who died was feet inches high and weighed in normal health 5Ss pounds. He was 47 years old had been in poor health for sometime It was said that he was homesick About week ago his illness became serious, and he was removed to a hospital. Hugo was not size, although his parents are slightly below the average height. The ball of his thumb would easily cover a silver dollar and a half dollar would slip through his finger ring. He wore shoes that would have been size g if such large shoes were sold in stores. He slept cross wise in three beds, as no ordinary bed was long enough for him to stretch out in, and one of his meals would have been 6llCuSn TOT lOuf or nN6 OTulflaTy peTSOIlS. His breakfast usually consisted of six cups of coffee, If to IS slices of toast, dozen or more eggs and six oranges. For dinner he would eat three or four steaks, or whole roast, with many side dishes" Hugo's closest friend among the circus people was an Italian midget, Count Faucet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
Great Agricultural Advances

Alabama, agriculturally, is showing great advances within the past few years,' said J. A. Evans of Washington assistant chief of agricultural extension work in the southern states. "Every triT I make through the state shows greater and greater development and improve ment upon old methods"
 AIr. Evans was in Birmingham yester- day with State Agent J. T. Watt and District Agent C.. M. Mauldin. Messrs Evans and Watt left Wednesday after noon for Montgomery, where boil weevil conference will be held today. Similar meetings will be held at Greenville Fri day and Selma Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
ADAMS ADVANTAGE.
AUTHOR OF DON QUIXOTE"

uty purveyors to the fleet in 15SS-that
 fleet which was to be famous as the in-
 vincible Armada. Two years later he
 petitioned the King for an appointment
 to an office in America, but the petition
 was promptly pigeonholed. In 15s2 he
 made a contract to submit six comedies
 which were to be the best ever exhib-
 ited in Spain,' and for which he was to- receive 50 ducats each; but evidently noth- ing ever came of the matter.
 In 1595 he was successful in a literary
 contest, receiving the fine prize of three: silver spoons. He had been appointed al collector of revenues for the district of Granada, but unfortunately he intrusteds the money collected to merchant, whos atsconded with it, and poor Cervanteso was sent to prison in Seville in 1897. Hes was released after year.
 It was while travelling from town to. town collecting taxes that he gathered. the marvellous material which he used sol skllfully in Don Quixote.'' He must- have noted down at this period those in-T cidents of the Benedictine monks mounteds on tall mules, the strollers in costumel going from one town to another, the bar-s Der with his basin on his head onl his way to bleed a patient, the recruit with his brooches in his bundle. trampingI along the road singing. and all those
 other human touches which went to make the power and beauty of his masterpiecel
 in later years.
 Here it was that he first sounded the true note of his genius in a humorous | ofa i0 out of which Don Quixote" was to de- velop later. In fact, the preface to the
 masterpiece seems to show that, like Runyan, he wrote at least the first part while in prison. From the various literary indications' Don Quixote'' must have been circulated in manuscript or read aloud for some time before it was first printed in 1894. "Don Quixote' grew in popularity al- most from the first day of publication.l So early as 1907 an edition was printed8 In Brussels, and by 1908 the seventh edi- \ tion had appeared in Spain. With all this growing popularity of Don Quixote'I Cervantes did not understand that here ing to write plays and novels. instead of pIiASHS oul the seconu part oI DoIa Quixote," which had been promised in the first While he at last became proud of the success of his book, he would have traded it in moment for a tithe of theS dramatic laurels which came to Lope dsi Vega 1t that time. When his publisheis demanded eagerly the second part of the book, ne put him off always with tho promise that he would have it done soonk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
Boston for Preparedness

The Special Aid Society for Ameri- can Preparedness, according to dis patch from Boston, is making plans to
 Investigate boarding houses and hotels in the middle west for the purpose of finding suitable asylums for women and children. Mrs. Barrett Wendell,
 wife of Professor Wendell of Har- yard, is president of the society. A number of prominent women are members.
 Boston seems to have resigned it.
 self to the possibility of being cut off from the rest of the country by the invading foe-when he comes-and lis seriously considering what is best
 to be done with its noncombatants.
 Being in a more or less exposed sit uation Boston is unwilling to take any chances, as may be seen by the activities of Mrs. Wendell and her associates. Small wonder that pre-
 paredness means more to the Hub" than to St. Louis or Cincinnati, or, in fact, to almost any other inland city,
 which an army of invasion would not reach, presumably, until the last patriot had been ground under the heel of the enemy.
 It is no doubt fitting and proper to consider the problem of preparedness from all angles, but perhaps the good women of Boston are just trifle be- forehand in some of their plansH If it is ever deemed expedient to send the women and children out of Bos- ton for safety, there will be plenty of hotels and boarding houses in the middle west where they can find refuge. Private homes would proba- ply be thrown open to them if they lacked the means to pay for accom- modatlonS at public houses. In fact, unless the society is afraid that the middle west would take advantage of the situation and raise prices--a pro- cedure almost acknowledgements ing asylums for refugees from the Att lantic seaboard is about the last mat ter needing attention.
 It is to be hoped that neither Bos- ton, nor any other eastern city, will ever be attacked by an armada from across the seas, but the bombardment would probably be preceded by a pro- longed interchange of diplomatic notes which would give the noncom- batants plenty of time to escape into the interior, or if the foe decided to strike quickly he would hardly be able to get his warships within striking distance without some arrangements having been made for his reception.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
OUR GOLD PRODUCTION
n the Literary Digest.

From the IlitefdFy DIStSt.
 In the year 1880 the gold production of this country was s36,0OO,000; in 1914 it was s94, ,5OO, ,0O0 Inasmuch as the worlds total output of gold is now approximately $460.- GOO, ,000, the output of this country in 1914 therefore represents 20 per cent of the total. Our output, moreover, is exceeded by the output of only one other country South America-which produces nearly half the worlds total-that is, s2l2, 900, coo. Outside of Russia every country in Eu- rope is dependent absolutely on the rest of the world for it's gold supply. In this country 20 states reported outputs of gold in 1914, the largest be,ng California, Colo rado, Alaska. Nevcada and South Dakota.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
pemonstratlon Agents Busy

Alabama farmers are making such fre- quent calls upon our demonstration forces" said State Agent J. T. Watt when in Birmingham Wednesday, that it is with the utmost difficulty that the county agents can keep up with their work, and some of them are so busly engaged with their work that they have hardly. had time to make their reports.
 This, however, is an encouraging sign, for it shows that the agents are doing just what the extension department wants"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

hours a week to the study of Latin or any other educational branch"
 The harmony work being taught in Pittsburg is directed toward compost tion, not with the intention of fitting pupils for a professional career as composers, but because it teaches them to understand and appreciate great works.
 Truly, music is fast coming to it's own in this country as it long ago at tained high standard in Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
HOTEL LOBBIES
About Persons

Commissioner of Agriculture J. A. Wade stopped over in Birmingham Wednesday, returning from the commencement of the Sixth District Agricultural school at Hamilton, where he delivered the com- mencement address Tuesday. Mir. Wade says that g young men and six young women were graduated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

From the Kansas City Star.
 A washerwoman in Oklahoma City died one day last week and the philan- thropic Arkansas City Traveller is agi- tating relief fund for the husband and two little children who are left destitute. ff
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

p cents for flag Many will pay 50 cents, and not few will give $1. And the dimes and nickels should come in showers. Every contribution, no matter how small, will help.
 The cause has distinct sentimental appeal and the flag sale should add s25OO, to 5000 to the reunion money already in hand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
. APRIL MUSIC

Clinton Scollard, in the Independent. The lyric sound of laughter
 Fills all the April hills The joy-song of the crocus, The mirth of daffodils. They ring their golden changes Through all the azure vales: The sunny cowslips answer
 Athwart the reedy swales. Far down the woodland aisleways The trillium's voice Is heard; The little wavering wind flowers Join in with Jocund word. The white cry of the dogwood Mounts up against the sky; The breath of violet music
 Upon the breeze goes by. Give me to heat, o April.
 These choristers of thine Calling across the distance
 Serene and hyaline To clear my clouded vision
 Bedimned and dulled so long. And heal my aching spirit
 With fragrance that is songl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
ANIMAL IMPRESSIONS.

ANIMAL AVERSIONS. An elephant I'd hate to be, For how do you suppose When he gets the grip, like you and me The criter wipes his nose?
 Youngstown Telegram. I'd hate to be a whale these days, His life is hard, I ween, He's apt to be, where'er he strays, Shelled for g. submarine.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. I'd hate to be lulu bird, I'm very sure of that For fear that might find myself Upon some lady's hat. And think how very sad 'twould be, How very, very tough, To start out as a gladstone fox And wind up as huff.
 Macon Telegraph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
BORN roo SOON
, Portland Telegram.

From the Portland Telegram.
 If Edgar A. Poe and Washington Irving, who had some reputation al short-story writers in their day, had come along century later. they, tool might have left estates valued at $25o,o ,oe' the amount of Richard Harding Davisl fortune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

DO you mean to tell me that it is cheaper to keep a touring, car than a horse?'
 T find it so"
 You will pardon me, but I can hardly believe you.
 T used to bet on the horse I owned"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
A MERE TRIPLE

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
 There is one fatal flaw in the decision of the Chicago Judge that Shakespeare did not write his own plays. It utterly ignored the convincing testimony of on unimpeachable witness, Ben Jonson, tha r he did.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

BEGINNING THE DAY-O Lord, may | take my joy gladly. may l bear my pain braveIy. may l pc thankful in all things. Teach me the xvondrous height and depth anu richness of living my life faithiui' in high place or lew. May sec ioot- prints of the Master or men. Ane" aud amen.-H. M. 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

Life seems unable to cultivate friendly feeling for Josephus Daniels and Josephus is unwilling to court it's favor by resigning his job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

The fact that Sweden has been import ing 10 times more lard than she has any Germany is getting it. There are doubt less more millionaires in Sweden and Norway now than there were three years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

It is none of our affair, of course, but it is difficult to understand why London should celebrate "Anzac Day. the anni- versary of the landing of Australian and New Zealand troops on Galipoli penin- sula
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
STILL INTACT.

STILL INTACT.
 Your friend Dubwaite seems to have very good opinion of himself"
 "Oh, Dubwaite is hardly to blame for that"
 "Why not?"
 ''Wel, you see, he has never been candidate for office and nobody has ever taken the trouble to puncture his con ceit'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

THE EXCEPTION Who would not sing When comes the spring And 1oyousness is everywhere? I'll name you one That woman, son. Who says, I've not thing to wear" What though the hills Are clothed and rills Thread smiling valleys sweet with
 bloom, She will not stir, ATS dark to her And naught doth mitigate her gloom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

It is hard for congressman to concen- ton when he knows that his political fences back home are badly in need of rcpoirS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

It seems no use telling those angry Germans that the United States will sell them all the ammunition they want if they will only come over and get it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

Colonel Pershing's troops will no doubt be glad to rest for while on their laurels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

discussion is> raging as to whether or not the movies are art. The ques- ton does not concern MT. Chaplin in the least.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

There is no easier way to start an ar gument than attempting to explain what is meant by adequate preparedness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

This is no time for us to be mourning the ill will of Japan. we are told. Japan knows that even better than some of our own statesmen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

recent photograph of Mime. Schwim' mer shows that she has the sort of ohir nearly everybody thought she had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

General Carranza may be unwilling to trust Generol Obregon out of his sight, but man in his position has to take some chances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
ALABAMA PRESS

Gadsden Journal: Denver school girls have just sworn off smoking cigarettes. The world grows better.
 Tuscaloosa News: If Henry Ford could only poll the entire Ford vote. he would stand a fine chance in his race for presi- dential honors.
 Dothan Eagle: When woman gets the vote she'll be more concerned over going to the polls with her hat on straight than voting a straight ticket after she gets there
 Roanoke Leader: The political boil weevil will reach Randolph county on or about May g, and the experts are prophesying that not less than D per cent of the crop will be totally destroyed.
 Anniston Star: The shortage of dye stuffs has not yet resulted in a reduce ton of the number of yellow journals, blue devils, red herring and pink teas and green backs are no scarcer than ever.
 Mobile Register: No matter what the courts say about Brminghan's way of assessing a tax of 50 cents upon inbound packages of liquor, the people who nave paid the money will never get it back and the total of it is some s3O,0oo. Each payer can sue for his 50 cents; the ex- pense would be greater than the return, and he will pocket his loss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

Apparently, whenever the German fleet needs little exercise it steams out and bombards Dunkirk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

The Berlin papers are calm, but MT. Hearst's papers continue to view with alarm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

The Easter parade at Atlantic City was fully up to the expectations of the cam era men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

There seems to be an increasing de- mand for spring 'tonics' in the prohi- bition belt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27

Even the Baconites are willing to con- cede that Shakespeare was a good busi- ness man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-27
A SAD CASE

Nebraska seems to have overcome the Bryan habit at last