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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15
AMONG THE COYOTES

From the New York Telegram
 Expectations of predatory animals ac- companied by outbreaks of rabies among them in parts of Oregon, California. Ne vada, Idaho and Utah resulted in the shooting. trapping and poisoning of over 11,O0o coyotes during the last fiscal year by hunters in the employ of the biologi- cal survey of the United States depart ment of agriculture.
 Altogether over 15,0o0 noxious animals, including wolves, coyotes, mountain lions and bobcats, were destroyed. The seri- ousness of the outbreaks of rabies will be realized when it is stated that more than 60 persons were treated by state authori- ties of Nevada during the year on account of having been bitten by either wild or domestic animals
 The loss of live stock has been very heavy. At Winnemucca Nevada, single rabid coyoate caused the loss of 27 steers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

There was time when the women folks were satisfied to play the harp and the piano. But the stuff movement has given them the idea that they should be playing the trombone and the bass drum. Men and women are alike in one re- spect The more you argue With them the less you convince them After a man has been married long enough he doesn't have to sit down and worry every morning over which suit of clothes and which tie he will wear that day. He has only one of each Any time you find a woman who wears No shoe it is almost safet bet that she has No. 12 brain. It is wonderful how thick a woman S waist can get when she has to devote more time to raising her children than she can to her personal appearance. If you live long enough you'll find that a day will come when your hair hair will 1 grow faster in your ears than it will on your head.
 It is safe enough to tell bunch of l single men that your wife let's you do as | you please. But don't try to spring it
 on bunch of married men, The reason why man keeps his grouch under cover until he gets home and then ! takes 1t out on his wife is because he l doesn't want people downtown who are absolute strangers to know how mean | he Is.
 1 When man falls, he only falls so far | But when woman falls. she never seems 1 to hit the bottom.
 | Before he gets her he thinks he isn't 1 good enough for her. After he gets hei 1 he thinks she isn't good enough for him ! The female of the elephant species doesn't require a larger trunk than the male. But it is different wlia our own | species.
 l It has got so that he war news from ] Europe is almost as contradictory as a woman.
 You imagine that you are a pretty well l informed fellow. don't you? Well, let's l hear you repeat the 10 commandments l from memory.
 If the meek shall inherit the earth, we
 know lot of men who will never have
 any property
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15
HOTEL LOBBIES
White Way Lamp.

As soon as the condenser for the mu- nicipal electric lighting plant is installed, our capacity will be doubled,' said Will liam H. Abernathy, city electrician and superintendent of the North Birmingham electric plant and waterworks. ''The engine has already been placed in posi- ton and the machinery assembled. We are now waiting for the new condenser to be placed in position ready for service.
 When this is done it will be only a matter of a short while before the white way lamps in the city will be switched onto the municipal current. I am of the opinion that we will be ready to take care of the additional load within 60 or 90 days. Commissioner Weatherly is doing all in his power to equip this plant so as to be of greater benefit to the people"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15
srR1NG1NG ALONG WITH ELSIE

From the Pittsburg Post. In the kind of show which you see in vaudeville at 50 cents and which, when called a musical revue with chorus girls and scenery thrown in, Is priced at B a seat-and higher if it happens around Thanksgiving week-Elsie Janis in New York is initiating Will Rogers monolog with a rope.
 While proceeding to loop her lariat Elsie remarks to no one in particular:
 At some place in every show the scene shifters make so much noice that none of the stars will go on at that time. So that's where I come in.
 The twirling loop is gradually enarg ing on her wiggling finger.
 When I saw the rehearsals of this here show, all of a sudden it came over me why Dillingham; and ziegfield went to- gether You see, heretofore Dillingham; would come along and go ziegfield one and show Dillingham; up. So they finally decided they might as well get together and lose all their money in one spot.
 The loop meanders around all sides of the roping Elsie.
 It looks like a nice show. Some of these stars have great future behind them.
 The loop is spinning all over the stage now, with Elsie in the middle of it.
 It Is kind of hard on me to follow Frank Tinney with the same kind of bunk act. But I've got it on him one way. I can throw the rope, and all he can throw is the bull.
 Away she goes, hopping in and out of the loop.
 They say that Ford is going to run for President next time. He thinks it will be a cinch for him to carry every state. He's carrying two-thirds of the country now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15

ton. am now giving 1t all my time and attention, but, unlike my friend,
 Monte UIlman, the city attorney I am
 not stalking my reputation on the re- suit.
 However, am very much gratified at
 the number of citizens who have called me up to urge that the movement for
 change of city government be continued
 to successful finish. It proves to me
 that the people are behind this proposi- tion and that the politicians had better
 get on the bandwagon or the steam roller will run over them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15
Is Very Much Gratified

Horace c. Wilkinson is very much gras-
 flied at the pledges of support he has
 received in the past few days concerning
 the legal proceedings he has instituted
 to test the Laferty law. regarding it's
 effect on the city of Birmingham. The
 Laferty law provides means for cities to change their form of government, but it's last four lines have a provision to the effect that it has nothing to do with
 cities of population of 35,00o or over.
 Tt is that section of the Laferty law that we must overcome before the citi-
 zens of Birmingham can have the change of municipal government that they evi- dently so much desire. said Mir. Willin- son last night. and if energy and a thorough research into the law can se- cure a favorable decision from the su- preme court. why l believe we may as we'll get ready for the election. as l am
 working mighty hard on this proposi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15
Higher in Detroit

William Fry of Detroit, who is in Bir- mingham on business. is strong for his home town, but he is shorter than the average Michigander in advice to the young man to trek to the auto metropolis.
 Living is high here in Birmingham, ' he said, but you don't know the attitudes that brand of high can attain until you try to make weeks salary do it's full. duty in Detroit Restaurant prices are from 50 to 100 per cent above what they were even eight months ago. It is the same with everything else. Houses are almost impossible to get, and room rent seems to begin at the lower fringe of the moon and end at the upper. Detroit is prosperous, yes, very prosperous-in fact, so prosperous that us fellows who work for our grub won't have a picayune to our names in another year unless some body sticks a pin in the cost balloon"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15
PERILs OF THE MODERN SHOE

other may prove detrimental. It is an
 open question as to how soon reputable
 shoe houses will recognize this and have
 a responsible and reliable orthopedist
 available for their patrons.
 Likewise change in the manner or
 making measurements for the shoe is sure
 to be demanded, as we recognize the inn
 portance of properly fitting our footgear,
 Instead of measuring the foot in ths
 hand, as is now being done, with no re-
 gard to the width of the foot measure
 ments will be taken, both for length and
 width, while the patron is standing with full weight of the body on the feet. +
 is considered desirable to allow three
 quarters of an inch extra in the length or
 the shoe and half an inch In the breadth
 above the actual size of the foot. True, conforming to this standard of measure ments, larger shoes will be required. but
 as Dr. Woods Hutchinson says, Shoe room is like money in the bank-the only way to have enough is to have too much
 In pointing to the low-heeled shoe as correction for all these abnormalities one must emphasize the desirability of nlak- ing the change from high to low heels gradually, otherwise this radical change may react in greater pain than ever. A we'll known New York chiropodist says this is why women form the larger per- centage of his patients when the tennis and sport season is on. The sudden change to low-heeled shoes puts heavy strain cn the muscles that have been contracted by the continued use of high-heeled shoes, particularly the muscles of the calf The properly made stocking should also
 be straight on the inner margin, just as the shoe should be. The value of a prop erly fitted shoe can be greatly diminished by wearing an ill-shaped stocking or sock.
 Of course, properly made stockings are not easy to obtain and will not be until
 the public, aroused to the harm latent in a poorly made stocking, creates de-
 mand for the more sensible and comfor-
 table type. made in rights and lefts, just
 as shoes are Here is an open field for the progressive American manufacturer. In modern days rubber heels have be- come a necessary adjunct to every shoe, particularly to the city dweller, for the reason that all sidewalks and many of the floors on which we walk now are l made of inelastc and unyielding material Since the average person walks in such a manner that the heel strikes first and the toes last, the jar of walking would be considerably lessened by the application
 of a rubber heel. s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15

Kathleen Hills, in Leslie's
 F1HE foot is probably more abused than any other part of the human 4 anatomy. We crowd the foot iilto tipht shoes, walk on it in distorted po- sition. overtax it's strength without sur cient rest and give it no more attentloii
 than is required for personal cleanliness
 But nature will not be cheated and we pay the price of our thoughtlessness' Possibly because of the lack of vanity men are less troubled by their feet than
 women Ninety per cent of the latter foot troubles can be charged to the fash ionable shoe, which, with it's narrow pointed toe and extreme heel, is doing ln- finite harm
 There are shoe manufacturers in thls countrv-not only the makers of custom shoes. but also those who manufacture on A large scale-who have made It a pusl- ness to educate the public to reail1a- tion of the necessity of wearing com- fortable. sensible and healthful footwear
 And it is a tribute to the common sense
 of the people that the business of these
 manufacturers has steadily expanded. Corns are usually the result of wearing
 tight or i'll fitting shoes, bunions, phsters' Morton's toe, flatfoot, a predlspositlon lo chiIbIains due to impaired circulation' hackache and many other pains and some serious ailments are all attriputapie u the same cause. A shoe that IS too mar row will press the toes together, interfere with the function of the transverse arch' force the great toe outward and result ID a disfiguring bunion. So painful can this deformity become that not infrequently
 an operation is required for relief.
 Flatfoot, more commonly referred to as broken arch, is the source Of 90 per cent of foot trouble. This painful affiic- ton is often the result of being forced by occupation or otherwise, to stand too long, but not infrequently 1t is chargeaole 1 to a, wrongly shaped shoe. It is sad that people suffer the excrucuiating pains caused by broken" arches without reaiiz- | ing that properly fitted shoe will relieve them. often without the further correc- ton of the strapping and arch supports required in advanced cases. The fitung of arch supports should never be left to d
 shoe clerk ignorant of the anatomy Of
 the foot No two persons feet are allke and there can be no such thing as standard" arch support. Only such arch supports should be worn as have been made on the recommendation of an ex- perienced orthopedist or chiropodist and scientifically fitted to the foot. Any
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15
What's the Matter
With Married Men?

WlIB0 WH@TTNGQ 4V8SGGS
 E1T1HE astonishing fact has been U brought out that married men spend more time in saloons than sin gle men, thus upsetting theory al- most as old as the saloon itself.
 The commission on temperance ot the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, holding it's quadrennial meeting in St. Louis, IS responsible for the statement and evil dently has data--so dear to the heart of the investigator-to back It up. Home life is supposed to have a so- bering influence on a man. Additional cares and responsibilities, if he is the right sort of husband and father, make him think twice before looking on the wine when it is red, the festive highball or the seductive cocktail.
 Gan it be-" asks the commission, 'that in many of these cases the home has failed to function?" It would so appear. Take the word of Careful student of the subject" who discov- cred and revealed that ''twice as many married men go to the saloon as do single men," The absence of single men is accounted for on the supposi- ton that they are with their sweet hearts who naturally won't visit sa- looms, but that doesn't seem to cover the case entirely.
 Perhaps the real reason for the at tendance of married men is the failure of the home to function, whatever that means. Guesses on the subject may range all the way from a shrewish wife to pestiferous relatives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15
Glad to Get Rack Home


 The only trouble about these so-called prosperous sections of the country is that they are too far from Alabama" said Col. Hector D. Lane of Courtland. who has been prominent in Alabama politics for a number of years.
 For the past several months I have been in Ohio. representing company for which I am agent in Alabama, dur ing the spring and summer. That sec- tion of the country is making much money and business is fine. But I am certainly glad to get back to this state.
 "Of course, for a man who travels, it is mighty fine to have an interurban train leaving. your station about every hour in the day. When you retire at night you do not have to leave call, for you know if you oversleep yourself, there will be another train along in a short time. Here, in some parts of Ala bama, if you miss the train that leaves about two hours before daylight in the cold winter months. you can't get an- other one until late in the afternoon.
 Those fellows up in the north and west may be making more money right now than we are. but had rather live in this state and make less. However, our time is coming and the people of other sections of the country know it, even if some of our own people do not Just as soon as the war is over condi- tons which have held us back and have advanced the other sections of the coun- try will change Then we will go for ward and the rest of the country will be forced to work to hold its own.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15
Week More For
Christmas Shopping

0'IIT Tl0 IBIlaS 0IIUlplOA11g
 TN New York and other eastern U cities the holiday trade has been active beyond precedent. Never has the volume of money in circulation been so large as it is now. This years boom, which started in the iron and steel centers, has extended to almost every industry, and those southern cities which have depended chiefly on agriculture have of late been sharing in the general prosperity, despite short crops.
 The pay rolls in the Birmingham district have reached new high rec ords. Wages are high and production is enormous, and these two facts in conjunction have made for prosperity spelled with big P. Now that Christmas is only little more than a week off great shopping rush
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15
WITH THE OTHER PoRKERs

From London Tit-Bits.
 "stop!' The brakes of the motor were suddenly applied. a pandemonium oi whirling wheels ensued. and the motor1st came face to face with Constable Cop penn, who had been hiding in the hedge
 Excuse me. sir" said the portly po- iceman, taking out his notebook and pencil, but you exceeded the speed limit by two miles over a measured piece of road"
 '.I have done nothing of the kind. retorted the motorist. land besides"
 well, if you don't believe me I'll call the sergeant, bein' as it was i'm as took the time. IFS in the pigsty yonder."
 Don't trouble to. do that" was the prompt reply; T would sooner pay 0( times than disturb the sergeant at his mealSi"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15
Pan-ArmericaHa UraioH1
 ayadl It's Message

IEoLLowING his Christmas custom J John Barrett, director general of the Pan-American union, is distribut- ing calendars far and wide accompa- nied by holiday greetings. Under the caption, "A Reminder" he tells what the organization over which he pre- sides stands for and what it offers in the way of an educational asset.
 The director general is a trained diplomat, and more than that, he is a business statesman. As the father of the an-American union he is one of the most highly esteemed men in Washing's official life, and the building which the union occupies as it's principal seat is one of the most serviceable in the national capital
 Here are some of the facts set forth which, according to Director General Barrett, are not generally realized: The Pan-American union is the only permanent official interna- tional organization in the world of a group of nations-21 republics-de- voted to their mutual betterment; the Pan-American building is literally the capital of the western hemisphere in the national capital of the United States; the Pan-American union is the only official bureau of informa- tion in the world, publishing as it does . monthly bulletin in four languages; it issues special reports on each of the 21 American republics and main tains library of 35,000 volumes of up-to-date Pan-Americana. The beau tiful white marble building in Wash ington belongs to all the American To- publics and to all the peoples thereof. T., c public is at all times welcomed.
 The American union has al- ready achieved great things in promot- ing the commerce of the United States and of nurturing the sentiment of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15
SONG
By Bulwer Lytton.

By Bulwer Lytton. Whom stars are in the quiet skies, Then most pine for thee; Bend on me thy tender eyes, As stars look on the sea. For thoughts, like waves that glide by
 night,
 Are stillest when they shine; Mine earthly love lies hushed in light Beneath the heaven of thine. There is an hour when angels keep Familiar watch OCT men, When coarser souls are wrapped In sleep Sweet spirit meet me then! There is an hour when holy dreams Through slumber fairest glide, And in that mystic hour it seems
 Thou shouldst be by my side. My thoughts of thee too sacred are
 For daylight's common beam; I can but know thee as my star
 My angel and my dream! When stars are in the quiet skies.
 Then most pine for thee: Bend on me then thy tender eyes,
 As stars look on the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15
RANCHO MUST HAVE PRESS AGENT
om the Arkansas Gazette

From the Arkansas Gazette.
 Before he retired from Chihuahua Villa issued manifesto, which said in part:
 People of every nation in the world are capable of the greatest sacrifices at certain moments, moments when they see the national integrity and their rights imperiled We have a beautiful example in the great European struggle. particu- larly heroic Belgium. which went into the devastating war without u egi hope of victory
 Rancho evidently has a pl eas wgent But this press agent has done nis uori g little too well, considering the charsctes of the man who is supposed to 5oVa F ft. ten this manifesto and tq hay pse iAs author 'of the sentimdnts tleFeir N pressed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15
FEARED HE'D BE ANGRY

From Answers, London. She was a muscular young Amazon from the wilds of Hoxton, and she was doing war work down at the old farm. One morning the farmers wife, passing a belt of trees, which the Amazon was learning to fell, found her in tears.
 Whats the matter, Annie?"
 Annie fingered the ax dolefully. i've been and cut down the wrong tree, and I'm afraid the master'll be awful wild."
 ''Oh, that's all right, my girl. He un- derstands that you're new to the work, and you've got to learn. We all make mistakes sometimes. I'll go and explain matters to him. Where is he-in the cowshed?"
 No, mum. Els under the treet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A FLoUTED OFFER.

A FLOUTED OFFER. This talk of peace
 Would be more cheering, If the allies would
 But quit their jeering. Such bitter fun
 At him they're poking, You'd think Wilhelm Were simply joking. We hoped the dove Would soon be Hitting, But statesmen now
 Are all admitting Unless the terms
 Are much amended, This cruel war
 Will not be ended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15

BEGINNING THE DAY-My Fath- CT in heaven, I would remember those whOm in prayer | am inclined to forget. | pray for those whom dislike. Defend me against my own feelings: Change my tnclinations' Give me a heart of pity! Give me the purity of heart which hnds rhfue image everywhere !-JOwett.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15
so IT WOULD.

This artist depicts Santa Claus making his rounds in an aeroplane."
 Lust so I dare say old Santa could carry more trinkets in a Zeppelin, but for obvious reasons a Zeppelin would be out of place in a Christmas picture"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-15
TRUE PETTY.

You can say what you please, but it's the big, high power cars that are always getting joy riders into trouble"
 T believe you are right
 "But pass by any house of worship on Sunday morning and you will notice that it's the little Fords that go to church.