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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
YOUNG WOMAN UNDERsHERIFF

H'rOm the ILOCHtotCi -NSAA&OSAe~S
 Chronicle.
 Womans powers of detection will scarcely be called into question. One is inclined to rate them more highly than mans, and not without warrant It is said that young woman was so successful in giving assistance to a New Jersey sheriff that he appointed her an undersheriff, and now has made gifts to her of a gold-plated badge and a gold plated pair of handcuffs. The disposition of some women to seek official places, especially if there is a chance of their bringing glittering in signia, goes against deep seated senti- ments in the souls of most males, and yet little reflection might temper the latter's animadversion. The lord of creation" has been seeker after of flee and badges and titles ever since the stone age He can hardly contain himself when he finds himself "all dolled up in a uniform, cockade, me- dallion and sword. and if his everyday glad rags" continue to grow gaudy as they have in the past few years he soon will be rival for the courtiers of Charles Ills day. <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
''The Hypocrisy of statesmanship''

'The Hypocrisy of Statesmanship'
 J. Ham Lewis, democratic senator from Illinois, is not always taken seriously, but his speech yesterday on the Hypocrisy of Statesmanship," " in which he assailed Elihu Root for his address before the New York re- publican convention, was to the point and it's appeal to the thoughtful American was every whit telling.
 Senator Lewis quoted MT. Root to the effect that it is necessary in this international crisis to have a Presi- dent who means something more than words; that we should follow words with action.
 "What action?" the senator asked. "There can be but one other thing, and that is war. If he means that he wants war with Germany why doesn't he say war? If Mir. Root, speaking for his party, expects to pledge the party to war, let him declare it with courage and the democratic party will meet the issue"
 Words truly spoken. According to the accepted programme of republican
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
septuagesimo sunday

In the liturgical churches today is known as Septuagesima Sunday-ap- proximately 70 days before Easter.
 In the early church the more devout of the faithful were in the habit of fasting 70 days before the great feast of the resurrection; and today's ob- servance is in commemoration of that pious custom. The penitentia1 colors are seen about the altar and in the Latin liturgy the Gloria in Excelsis Dec" is omitted and is heard no more until Easter. The season of Lent does not begin until Ash Wednesday, which comes this year on March 8, but to- day penitential note will be heard as reminder that Lent is approaching.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
,m he New York Telegram.

From the New York Telegram.
 temple-like, white stone structure, with a big park for a front yard, IS the most unusual of Kansas Citys new bus mess buildings. It tops high hill be- side Penn Valley park, fully mile and a half from the business center of the city. For time the builder kept mum about the purpose of his temple and Kansas City amused itself trying to guess whether the building was to be residence bathhouse or a church. All guessed wrong. It is an insurance of- fee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

Robert Louis Stevenson by Mrs. Field, her daughter.
 While Kipling is perhaps the most universally popular writer living to- day and has achieved fame which will endure for all time, Stevenson will probably never lose a following which is singularly loyal. One of the recent successes staged in New York is a version of Treasure Island" '" which has given an impetus to the sales of the book and has again called public attention to the irresistible charm of nearly everything Stevenson wrote.
 The lamented o. Henry has already a place among the immortals and his reputation has grown greater since his untimely death. Twenty years from now the stories of o. Henry will still be read with keen appreciation and enjoyment, while Stevenson will hold his own. There is in the work of both w-Iters buoyancy, the gift of and rare understanding of human nature. Even the most faithful admirers of Stevenson have conceded o. Henry place near the author of Treasure Island" and 'The strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and MT. Hyde"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

is a special committee to look after this important interest.
 With proper energy and spirit of cooperation a great deal should be accomplished this year. The Cham Der of Commerce should be able to promote at least a score of small in dustries within the next twelve months. The chambers new presi- dent, Morris w. Bush, has outlined many projects, but few of them are of more vital concern than the building up of small manufactories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
A TRUE HARBINCEn

From the PrOVldence Journal.
 A song sparrow seen by a New Jersey man the other day was described by him as "a hamburger of spring. The spar row is about as reliable as the ground hog in this respect. When it comes to these harbingers there is only one of them that is absolutely dependable, and that is the robin. When you see robin you may be sure that winter has SUI fered spinal paralysis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
AN ARTISTS suNRIsE

AN ARTISTS SUNRISE
 From ''The Barbizon Painters by
 Arthur Hoeber
 There is famous letter which Corot wrote to his friend Jules Dupre, wherein he describes his sensations at getting up before dawn and watching the ap- preach of day. The letter is worth quot ing, for never before nor since has one so deliciously described the sensations of painter under similar circumstances. It may be translated thus into English, although for many of the expressions there is really no equivalent for the French:
 "One arises early at 3 o'clock in the morning, before sunrise; you sit at the foot of aAtreeh looking, waiting. At first you don't sec much. Nature resembles white sheet or which are scarcely vis- lble the outlines os & sew great masses Of things. Everything is perfumed and all rren,blcs under the freshening breeze of dawn. Bing! The sun gets clearer UN- IL its~s7 HUI yet lOtH SSWdy- Ltie VCll. O. gauge behind Which lie Ihe meadow, the valley, the hills on the horizon. Bingl Blng! The first ray of the sun another ray Little flowers seem to awake joyously. Each has it's trembling 6ewdrop. The quivering leaves are agi- tated by the breezes of the morning and in the trees invisible birds sing. It is as if the flowers offer up prayer The landscape lies entirely behind the trans parent gauge of the ascending mist, gradually sucked up by tho sun, which pel mits us to see, as it ascends, the silver striped river, the meadows, the cottages, the far receding distance. At last you can see what you imagined at first. Bam. The sun has risen. Bam! Everything sparlSles, shines. Everything is in full lght-light soft and caressing as yet The backgrounds with their sim pie contours and harmonious tone are lost in the sky through an atmosphere of azure and mist. The flowers lift up their heads. The birds fly here and there. A rustic on a white horse disap- pears in the narrowing path. The round- ing willows seem to turn light On the rivers edge; and the artist paints away
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
BEGrNNrNG THE DAY-I thank

BEGINNING THE DAY-I thank Thee. Q Lord, for the kindly SOIL -notherinc bulb and seed and sAvlns to the light in due season tn miracles of fIOwsr and fruit Witn what power and what censtancy ThOu hast endowed the earth! HOW ratlentIy she waits, how uDfalilng- " rhe remembers. how divineiy sme apeaks! Lord, might I ask that my heart be like the good soil, hOiulns xvhnt Thou givest and turning DacA abundant harvest! In Christs name Amen.--H. M. 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
CHARM OF CHINESE PORCELAIN


 From "The Field of Art" by Dana H.
 Carroll, in the March Scribner.
 To look long upon Chinese porcelains is likely for numerous causes to result in falling under their persuasive spell. If you are interested in the sculptural stage of art, susceptible to the beauty of line, you will find it there in dignifed sim- plicity. In color the eye is appealed to in a seductive infinity. In range of dec orative motives the celestial potter's mind is fertile with an imagery found only in the east. And there must not be left out of account the interest and satisfaction awaiting the technical student of struc- ture that is found in a substance so quickly responsive to the delft touch of the artisan.
 The fine white bowls surpass hoarfrost and snow" is Chinese description of one of the ancient fctlle fabrics. As the aroma of delicate wine is enriched and refined by being served In a fragile glass, so the tea drinkers as far back as the days of the Tang, in the seventh and eighth centuries, appreciated their bowls according as they "enhanced the tint of the infusion. And here comes in another element in the charm of Chinese porce- lains Like the European art Of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. they were so intimately related to life that they contribute to a human and better understanding of a strange and distant people. No sooner is one interested in this truly national art of the Chinese than he finds a certain. even if meagre, knowledge of them matter of concomi- tant interest, even though not essential to an appreciation of their creations. Wine cups of the Tang were hkened by their poets to tilted lotus leaves floating down a stream" There came into porce- lain the hue of ''rosy dawn" Does one not find here a sympathetic communion with nature in far Cathay? Those so- called ginger jars of the capriciously named hawthorn pattern'-the most commonly known, perhaps, of all Chinese porcelains in the Occident-were used for sending presents of fine tea at the Chi- nese New Year anniversary. Their dec- oration, which has nothing to do with the hawthorn, was made in representa- tion of the blossoms of the winter bloom ing wild prunus tree lying on streams whose ice covering was disintegrated under the warming influences or the ap- proa ching yernal season
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
NO DEMAND FOR TT.

There are all kinds of correspondence schools nowadays"
 Quite true, but as long as there is a vacant lot left in the land, there won't be much inducement for anybody to open a correspondence school of base ball.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
HOTEL LoBBIES
A Sign of Prosperity

"one of the best evidences of pros perity is the fact that professional musicians in Birmingham and in all the other cities in this country are in un- common demand this winter" said John Wiegand. leader of the music at the Tutwiler
 q have been trying for months to bring violoncello player here from the north, but without avail. T have all can do at home. is what each musician to whom have made an offer writes me. It was not so a year ago"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
NO CHANGE.

What sort of fellow is Dubwaite?"
 "An optimist who is destined some day to be sadly disillusioned."
 How soT'
 He thinks if he ever gets hard up he can easily make $50 or s1OO by writing a picture scenario"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
MOST RARE.

That life is full of ups and downs
 There's truly no denying, But every time misfortune frowns We see no use in signing, For seldom doth a friendly ear,
 To tales of woe inclining, Make clouds of trouble disappear
 And start the sun to shining.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
cDU.rEsT BALLOON ALTITUDE


 From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 According to the geographical insti- tute at Pavia, Italy, the highest alti- tude so far reached by any balloon was 1o5.O9o feet, or slightly over IS miles above sea level; and 1O4,OS2 feet above actual ground. The balloon was of rub hor and was filled with hydrogen gas.
 The actual distance traversed meas ured 116,064 feet. At height of 5s,- 1se feet the temperature fell to minus 4s degrees and maintained that fig ures all the balance of the way up, with only slight variation.
 The aviator, Giaccomo Piccolo. was compelled to utilize his oxygen in- halator after he reached the height of two miles, and reached ground In collapsed condition nevertheless.
 Prof. Pericles Gambia, in the Annali di Ufficio, states that the benefits to science from that ascent were ineal- culable, as 1t proved mainly two things: That the assumption of 8 15-mile at- mosphere above the ground Is erro- neous, and that the theory of ether out side of that limit Is not admissible, eff it does not altogether do away with the ether theory at any height, The word "ether" has been formed to express the medium for light beyond the assumed atmosphere. This ascent establishes beyond peradventure that the mdium is uniform after the height of about 5o,00O feet was reached. If the atmospheric consistency remains the same for 55.OOO feet after that alti- tude,. the assumption is that 1t will remain the same further up reaches the dignity of a presumption"
 The Annali suggests that the data furnished by this ascent must, tmper- atively, be substantiated by further ascents before definite conclusions sbouId he drawn from this one alone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
sWAMPED.

You said you would have a walkover." That's what thought" answered the defeated candidate, ruefully. T had 1t, all right. but not in the way expected" :" "Yes?'
 'The entire field walked over me"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

It's true that Great Britain and Sweden have reached an impasse, so far as the mails are concerned, but sweden's well known state of preparedness will prob ably keep John Bull from doing anything rash.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

Representative Mondell of Wyoming who says the country has gone crazy over preparedness, will have to speak louder if he wants to be heard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

Between paying a 5o-cent inspection fee and fine of $10. the average consumer will decide that it will be cheaper to let the inspectors stamp his liquor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

The city chamberlain of New York set a good example by resigning his job be- cause he thought it useless expense to the city, but it is an example that won't be followed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

The United States government doesn't have much trouble, apparently, in nego- tiating with Nicaragua and Colombia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

That new paper money engraved for the Mexican government by the United States is probably already picking up lots of germs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
PROVING IT.

tAkON A4NNT u. "Hurrah for tn Germans!" shouted the bibulous man. Mos effishient people on earth"
 Say" remarked truculent citizen. I'm for the allies" "1sh that so? I'll tell you sonethin' bout myself"
 "wen?"
 I'm tn mos adapt'bIe .feller you svss saw. Hurrah for tn atnesr~
 HoRRENDoUs. T had 3 dreadful nightmare last night"
 'grell me about it." T dreamed was trying to dodge a cross-eyed woman who was driving motor car''
 STILL EFFECTIVE T understand some old-fashioned weapons are being used in the European war, along with the latest inventions" "Yes, that's true. The diplomats are up to the same old tricks that were ser- vioeable a thousand years ago"
 HE SHOULD WORRY. The purse-proud man Is seldom one Who wins to popularity; In fact, when all is said and done, A friend to him's a rarity But does that leave him feeling sad And make him want this life to quit? And cease to grub for wealth? Egad, Not a bit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

suffragette takes pride in the fact that women are learning how to play politics" Is woman on the downward path?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

When anarchists are about it's good idea to have an official taster for ban quets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

MT. Hughes impressive whiskers con tinue to figure in political cartoons, but he is not appreciably nearer the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

If the opinion of some ''experts" is to be taken, we might as we'll scrap our navy and start all over again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

Government aviators who haven't done much flying will certainly Ego up in the air. If the service is investigated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

It must seem like old times to Pan cho" Villa who is knocking about with few trusty cntthroats at his back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

Anna Held is credited with saying that
 men of brains could end the war in Eu-
 rope. Sure. But they are not ready to end it yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
Hr SHOULD WORRY.

ly unnecessary. The censor complained further:
 Tt (the film) misrepresents the mar ried man and will have a tendency to shake the confidence women have in their husbands. That seems to be it's 1esson-that you can't trust man."
 But by Rev. MT Fosters own ad- mission:
 ''Men are to be trusted. Not one Kan sas man out of 10 would first with married woman"
 Of course he wouldn't, and therein lies the difficulty in fathoming Rev. MT. Fosters, opposition. For our part. we believe that the censor is entirely too conservative. Surely far more than 90 per cent of the men of Kansas know nothing of the wicked ways of the world, nothing of badness, and are proof against the charm of even so seductive thing as little of Mime. Anna Held's shoulder, as pictured on the movie screen.
 On the other hand, Mime. Anna can blame only herself or her manager for having the temerity to think of in- vading Kansas. Did she not know that William Allen White found canvases in the Louvre-old masterpieces, the world had considered them theretofore- which Emporia, and supposedly Topeka, would never tolerate? Furthermore, he wrote:
 "One sees pictures in the Paris boule- yard windows which would make Kansas man run screaming down the street"
 What would the Emporia sage say if Rev. Festus Foster permitted him even fleeting photographic shoulder glimpses? A-si
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

There is no particular reason why King George should congratulate Czar Nicholas for something Grand Duke Nicholas did
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

That row in the Oklahoma legislature might have been worse. No artillery was used by the belligerent solons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

n. beware, my lord, of jealousy; N ia the Ereem-eyed monster which doth mock
 The meat it feeds on. -OthellO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
TOPEKA AND PARIS

From the New York Sun.
 HE respective moral tendecies of
 Paris and Topeka have just been
 d the subject of an illuminating controversy between Mime. Anna Held and Rev. Festus Foster. As chief film censor of Kansas. Rev. Mr. Foster branded Mme. Held's movie production of Madame la Presidente" as immoral and unfit for exhibition in Kansas "opera houses The chief film censor explained:
 Mime. Held displays her lingerie and little too much of her personal charms. That condemns the picture. It Is the purpose of the Kansas censors to put the ban on anything that is harmful. It is better that our people know nothing of the wicked ways of the world. A person would be better off if he knew nothing of badness
 At which Mme. Held exclaimed ac- cording to report, Donkey, n'est-ce- past" adding, as if it were possible to emphasize the eloquence of the com ment:
 "If I show my shoulder little, what is the harm? I do not know him (the censor.) I never heard of him until he announced that I am a dangerous person to the people of Kansas. If he feels that way. then I say he Is the kind Of a man who should live in a narrow little chicken coop"
 All will agree that the controversy viewed from whatever standpoint, is to be deplored It is unfortunate that friends of the belligerents did not take steps to prevent it by diplomatic means say an exchange, of notes-for the resort to verbal bombs seems so utter-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

It must exasperate the Teuts to real ize that Paris is so near and yet so far.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

No matter how many times he IS beaten, the Turk can always fall back on Constantinople
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

No communication wall be publisheH eyithout its HuLnors name, heJecteo mAnuscIlpt wIA AoI be returned uA- ,ess stamps are enclosed tor that put- pose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
LIKE A TEMPLE

Nearly two months since Christmas, and those boys are still in the trenches
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

Daily and Sunday Age -Heraie, year S6.01 Dsiiy without Sunoay ..........., A.O0 Daily and sunday, per month. .oV Hally and sunday, three nScnths.. l.ov Weekly Age-Aerald, per annuns '6O Sunday Age-Aerald, per annum.- S'V"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

Mss Bessie Shaw and w. D. Brum- Deloe are the OnIy autnollzed tfaFeA- Ing representatives or Ane ASe-def ala in it's circulation department 1he Aae-t,erald is not responsible Tor money paid to out-of-town carriers or dealers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
ALABAMA PRESS

Gadsden Journal: Birmingham wants to be Ion, not near the Warrior" It will be big job to move the Magic City.
 Alexander City News: The good roads business is becoming popular, so much so that even the weak-kneed politicians and demagogues are favoring National interference with our domestic affairs
 Cleburne News: over in Jefferson county last week one man was sentenced to the penitentiary 10 years for stealing a mule, while another was sentenced for two years for killing man.-M Montgomery Times. Seems that Jefferson county prizes mule higher than the life of a man.
 Alabama Democrat: Birmingham's big bank failure does not seem to have very much disturbed the surface of the Magic City's commercial activity. The Age Herald says that up there ''the financial situation is satisfactory and capital is seeking investment" And as if this op- timistic burst does not spill all of the glad feeding of our big neighboring city, The Age Herald adds: "The output for high record prosperity in the spring IS exceedingly bright" Bully for all that!
 Mobile Register: In the event Of war ii would be impossible for this country to equip itself with adequate aerial de- fense within a year, no matter how much money was spent, according to Charles Foster Willard, one of the leading aero plane designers, in a talk with the New York Times; and this but emphasizes the dictum that obe well prepared we must begin long before there is apparent use for our preparedness. succintly stated: in time of peace prepare for war; for In lime of war it will be too late.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
wa.n,nxtOu bursal. aO7 AiDbs build

Washington bureaGs z07 Alobs build ing. r,.,,,4a s,~s.+
 European bureau, Henrietta street. Covent Garden, London.
 Eastera business office. Rooms AZ to so. inclusive, Tribune building New york city; western business oLLlcs Tribune building, Chicago me ?: V Beckwith Special Agency ssen's eign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20
THEAGE-HERALD

Entered at Jne Blrhingnam. Ala. postoffice as second class matter un- Ser act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-20

Gadsden Journal: Birmingham wants to be "on not near the Warrior" It will be big job to move the Magic City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-09
1& GsEIS9'1D

May 13-New York city. Sheepshead
bay speedway race.
May 3O-Indianapolis speedway race.
June 11-Chicago speedway race.
June 2S-Des Moines, Iowa, track
race.
July minneapolis speedway race.
July 4-Sioux City speedway race.
July 15-Omaha, Neb.. speedway race.
August Tacoma speedway race.
August 1S-19-Elgin road race
September 15-Indianapolis speedway
race.
September 30---New York city, Sleeps
head bay speedway race.
October Omaha speedway race.
October 14-Chicago speedway race.