The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06

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 A are much more comfortable during the prevalent hot weather than a great many, in fact, the ma jority, of the city's poor people. Elec- tric. fans and streams of ice water
 flowing over the On Being Confined floors of the in City "Zoo" cages are said to
 be keeping the inmates of the lion house cool, while most of the animals have been put on a vegetable diet with watermelon for dessert.
 The inmates of large city "zoo" are invariably well cared for and live pampered lives, doubtless serving the purpose of instructing the young and entertaining all ages, but is there a more patheic sight than an elephant condemned to stand chained to a peg for the greater part of his life, or a "monarch of the forest" dragging out a monotonous existence in a cage, gaped at by the multitude and taking his food tamely from keeper instead of striking it down in the jungles?
 How intensely he must long for freedom as he gazes meditatively at the array of foolish faces before him, a ''lifer" who has committed no crime ~ ENATOR Walsh of Montana does ID not mind speaking out in meeting." He says the nomination of MT. Hughes for the presidency di- rected deadly blow at the federal ju-
 dietary sys- Senator Walsh Is tenn. "Intri- Alarmed for Judiciary guing for a nomination first from one party and then from the other" has sullied the fame of MT. Hughes, according to Senator Walsh.
 In suggesting that the republican nominee remained ''discreetly but ex- pectantly silent" while on the bench, the Montana statesman voices the sentiments of great many other democrats who take no stock in the office seeking the man. Most politi- clans regard such notion as high flown and visionary, figment in the brain of dreamers and not to be given weight by practical men.
 While there is excellent reason to believe that MT. Hughes knew the re- publican party had it's eye on him and deep down in his heart he desired the nomination, thanks to his natural dig nity and that of his office, he gave a remarkably good imitation of gen. tleman who let the honor seek him.
 However, democratic orators will not give MT. Hughes credit for being disinterested--at least, not until the campaign is over.
 TN the World Almanac's list of "prin- u cipal cities" with sobriquets or by- names, one finds Birmingham the Beautiful" This is a beautiful city, Nature and the landscape architect have made it enchanting to the eye
 and thus height Cooperation for ened it's fame. Now City's Sanitation let's make it nota-
 bly, clean and sani- tary. Whenever typhoid fever or other fatal disease has been prevalent in Birmingham the health authorities have started cleanup campaign and have impressed upon the people the necessity of cooperation in every movement looking to disease preven- ton. But after crisis was passed the public became indifferent and sanita- ton work, so well begun, was allowed to halt.
 Birmingham might have been made typhoid free ten years or more ago if the recommendations of sanitary ex- perts had been fully carried out. When certain phases of sanitation were first discussed the city was financially able to do its part for the health better ment of the community, regardless of cost, but in the absence of civic senti-