The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02

is understood. and he will soon find
out his mistake.
All Americans but the ultrapacifists
realize the need of a powerful navy
for defense and a powerful navy can
not be built in day or in year or
in 10 years, but regular army Oh
500 900 is not needed and is not to
be thought of.
Mr.. Hughes in discussing prepared
ness said it twas apparent that the
United States was shockingly UMPIRE
pared" Yes, it was so until Presl-
dent Wilson took up the issue
and pushed his programme with
characteristic energy. President Taft
| had a Mexican situation on his
hands and modified on the Dor
der part of the little army at his COM
mand But he made no move for pre-
paredness. President Roosevelt must
have realized how "shockingly UMPIRE
pared" the country was, but if so he
did nothing to better conditions in
respect of the military. 1t remained
for the democrats to act.
Mr.. Hughes is not the only politician
who is disingenious. Lack of sin
certify is a common failing among
ordinary men seeking office, but a
iurisconsult like Nh. Hughes should
be above juggling with facts.
z VAUDEVILLE, the legitimate
v stage and the amusement world
in general will have to worry along
henceforth without Hon. John l.. Sui
Ivan, who is going to be chautau-
qua star and give "moral show"
BY this is meant no disparagement
of the Hon. Johns efforts toward
the uplift Of
A Stage Celebrity vaudeville. On
Invades a New Field his appearance
in the "two-a-
day" houses, and in lean years, three
a-day" houses, his monologue could
have been heard by any lady without
shock and his sparring matches sell
dom if ever brought the claret." In
fact, as a vaudeville performer, the
great John L. was several laps ahead
of the trained monkeys and looked
with kindly condescension on the
puerile efforts of song and dance
teams to "get over"
Plans have been made for starring
John L. on the chautauqua circuit as
perhaps the nations most famous
"booze fighter" Time was when his
battles with John Barleycorn were
give-and- take affairs in which John l..
received most of the punishment
Nowadays, however, the erstwhile
champion is aB temperance lecturer.
He is fighting with the reformers and
is hailed as a rival Of Billy Sunday.
The stages loss will be the chau-
tauqua circuits gain. And think
what a pleasure it will be for thou
sands of nice old ladies who look on
the theatre with adherence and
would faint at the thought of attend
ing a prize fight having such an un-
paralleled opportunity to see and
hear former heavyweight champion
of the world in the flesh-a mountain
of it.
r EAVING out the shark yarns,
- which have crowded ordinary
'fish fiction" into obscure corners of
the newspapers, veracious corre-
spondent at Rochester, N. Y, seems to
have won first honors with the &C
count of how a
Cake of Ice Helps member of the
Fisherman's Luck Lake Keuka Fish
ing club lured
black bass to his hooks with a cake
of ice.
But let the fisherman tell of his ex-
plot in his own words. BLACK bass
feel the hot weather as much as we
do" said he, $50 l planned to make
place for them to cool off in and
then catch them. dropped cake
of ice in the weeds in the rocky cove
off Fish Point. Two hours later,
with golden sinners on my hooks,
captured three bass there, two and a
half, three and four pounds. A few