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w ANTED-Men to learn the barber
trade; few weeks completes; position
open; tuition s25; free catalog. Biz
mingham Barber College, BirIning-
ham. 1-4-tf-we-fr-su
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ARMY OF UNITED oTATES-M Ell
wanted Able-bodied unmarried men I'M
der age of 50. citizens OF United states
OF good character and temperate habits,
who can speak, read and write the Eng
lish language. For Information apply
to recruiting officer. % Commerce St,
Montgomery. or Watts Bldg, Birming-
ham, Ala. 7-2-39t-su- tu- thu
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MEAT CUTTER with II years exper-
fence wants situation best of ref
erences. Address, W-20, care Age
Herald ooo
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Sanitary Dry Closets

built for s.. IS by l.. W. Williams g. Son,
al3 Ave. Z. Main 1917.
S-22- tut i-sun-tf
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BUSINESS CHANGES

RATES-One cent n word a day; no nd
taken for less than 35c for first iDser-
ton. Cnsh naltsf nccompnnY 0rder
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WAN1ED-Two statesmen; don't answer
unless you have good references. and
can make small cash bond. Apply to
Mr. Smith. 1900 Ave. Z, Ensley, Ala.
g-22-3
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WANTED-Competen and experienced
saleslady for ladies' ready to wear
store. None but capable and expe-
Eenced need apply. Apply in own
handwriting, stating age references.
experience, salary expected, etc. The
Ready to Wear Store, Gil S. Paiafox
st, Pensacola. Fla
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LADY representatives wanted every
where. SIS to $65 weekly; whole or
part time, taking orders for well adj
vertised "Knittop" and Carleton"
made to measure silk petticoats; fac
tory to wearer direct; experience un-
necessary; we show you how, Spell
man Co. (Est. 1899, 237 S. Mar
ket, Chicago
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ARRIVAL AND TRAINS, BIRMINGHAM
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AGENTS-If 81 an hour looks good to
you, answer this. NJ Mfg. Co., 1850
Menard St. St. Louis. Mo
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I CURE "Syphilis' with newly discov-
cred herb medicine. If fail it will
cost nothing. Address Fitzgerald. Ath-
an. Tenn 9-2-7t
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AGENTS to travel by automobile to In
troduce our ESQ fast selling, popular
priced household necessities; the
greatest line on earth; make $40 a
day; complete outfit and automobile
furnished free to workers; write to-
day for exclusive territory. American
Products Co.. 982.sd ST.. Cincinnati. O.
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WANTED-Persons to color art pic
lures at home, easy work; no expert
ence; good pay; sample free Wheeler
Co, S37 Madison, Chicago
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CHANCE to make money; new inven-
ton; enormous demand; whrlwind
seller: agents coming money Perfect
Self-heatlng Iron; new kind with auto
matte starting and heating. Takes like
wildflre. One cent does all the ironing
Guaranteed. Low price; all can afford
it; all want it; make 500 to $50 a
month. Territory being snapped up.
New selling plans. How to get one
free. Postal today. Home Manufacture
ing On, IA Wright Bldg, Cincinnati. O..
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shields at home, $40 per
100; no canvassing required; send
stamped addressed envelope for par
tculars. Eureka Co., Dept 6oA-39.
Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Maps and plats may also be obtained
from said superintendent at cost OF
from CSC to SOC each. $3.50
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AGENTS-Doube your sales; increase
your profits: let us show you the Sc
crets of agency success; particulars
free. Hoosier Speciality Co., Rising
Sun, Ind
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ANTED-Experienced plantation man
wants situation. Capable of handling
labor. stock, farm implements. Man of
family. For an all-round plantation
man write me for further particulars,
-, eare Ase-Eerald 9-24-2t
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BADLY WANTED-A position of almost
any Kind except commission work; can
De there at any hour desired. Name,
Lamar Brown, age %. Address shady
side. Ensley. Phone Ensley 359-J. 9-23-2t
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ADMINISTRATION. money coiner
Genuine Sheffield silverware free with
every 25-cent sale of flavors soaps.
baking powder. creams Quick, steady
sales has everything beat. Outfit free.
Peoples Products, Dept F, Kansas
City, Mo.
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RIGHT book at right time for farmer
and merchant. Quick seller; good COM
mission; exclusive territory to hustlers:
act quick. Mosco. Lock Box 235-II, Biz
mingham, Ala.
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SEND 10 cents for our circular, distrib-
uting proposition; make SIS weekly. Ar
row Advertising Agency, Box 200, Car
<orsxtlIo 10
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CHEWING GUM-Sell Grape Juice Gup
to all storekeepers. new flavor. novel
package. Good profits made quick
Write today. The Helmet Co., Gin
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NIGHT school opens September 70 Get
information. Massey Business college
20241s Sd ave. 9-22-it
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WILL gladly tell any person addicted to
the drug habit who will write me of
remedy which cured me after doctors
failed Mrs Mary d. Mitchell, 10 E.
linden OF Atlanta Ca 9-19-3M
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WOMEN WANTED-Full time salary
SlS selling guaranteed hosiery to
wearer; Zoe an hour spare time; per-
manent; experience unnecessary.
Wearproof Hosiery, Norristown, Pa.
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A AMAZING, new invention, marvellous adj
ding machine. Retails $3.50. Adds, sub
tracts, multplies. Does work of $500
machine. Five-year guarantee. Offices,
stores, factories buy from one to dozen.
Enormous demand. Every demonstra-
ton sells. Write quick for trial offer
and protected territory. Dept. 1O4, CAL
culator Corporation. Grand Rapids.
Mich.
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70 w r. Hardin, last heard of in Biz
minEham. Friend wants your ad-
dress. To your advantage. Oscar L.
Tompkins, Dothan, Ala. 9-22-7t
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l. An uitimatum in international law Is q fnal
statement of terms, rejection of which
may lead to rupture of friendly relations.
2. One unit of horsepower is the amount of
work required to lift $4,000 pounds
foot In IA minute.
3. An eX post factO law Is made after the
commission of the ofense II Is intended
to punish.
4. To repeat ones lines listlessly and In an In
different manner.
.. Louisiana was named for Louis XIV.
@. The assumed name of Benjamin Franklin
in his almanac of that name.
Z. PclSwick Papers,
8. Meade commanded the Union, Lee tho Con-
federate forces.
o. Trebizond In the Black Sea coast OF Asis
Minor. 600 miles east of ConstantinOpie.
10. Dukes, Nnrquises, Earls Yiscounts, BarOns,
in the order named.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-21

It is too soon to say that Mr.. Bryan is polit-
ically dead. but the news from Nebraska is not
cheering to those who have regarded him as
a powerful leader. Four delegates-at-large to
the st. Louis convention have been elected.
There were seven candidates. Mr.. Bryan ran
sixth. II he sits in the convention. it win have
TO be as proxy for some other delegate. Even
as a paeihst. Nebraska likes Henry Ford bet
ter than Mr. Bryan. for the indications are
that the Republicans have preferred the De-
trolt manufacturer TO all other presidential
candidates. Since the peerless orator made a
aasc0 IN the State Department his decline In
popular esteem, not only in his own State but
IN the country at large. has been rapid He
still has 3 handful Of loyal followers In the
House q Representatives. however ana we
shah soon see hOg much influence they have.
acting under his inspiration. IN deciding ne
course zhich ths nsEisn ls 70 follow b lhs
present crisis
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The Legend of Verdun

A man who spent year and half at the
front has confessed recently, that the war has
no meaning there. The meaning you have to
worry out for yourself. There has grown tp
a legend about Verdun, even in this short
time, and the essence of it is that the German
machine has broken down under the attacks
of the French individual. 1t isn't exactly So
The German machine.man has broken down
under the attacks of the French man.machne
The machine.man puts the emphasis on the
product-the machine. The manmachine
puts its emphasis on the materal-the man.
The Frankfurter zeitung, which is in no
humor to dole out praise without warrant,
comments almost with surprise on the fact
that 'the individual Frenchman, indeed. fights
brilliantly" The astonishing thing is that in
n defense which works like machinery, indi-
vidual brilliance should still be noticeable The
German machine is composed of men who
might be as brave, who certainly are as self
sacrificing as the French. But the German
system, so wonderfully successful heretofore
depends too much on the machine itself If
1t cannot win by system. it cannot win.
That is part of the meaning of Verdun but
a more significant part is in the new doctrine
which Germany has evolved about the strug-
gle there. simultaneously number of papers
began to print articles of the same general
tone. The Cologne Gazette, when the battle
was a month old, wrote that "the business is
not merely to destroy dead works." but to
overcome very live spirit. 1.-THE decision de-
pends upon whether the enemy's will is broken
or not" The article goes on:
We have already insisted that the battles
whlch are now taking place before Verdun
arose from the fact that our Supreme Com.
mand chose its place and time and
compelled the enemy 10 fight where II
wanted, Since then phase OF the opera
tlons has linked on to another according to
our scheme, and the pauses have not been
dictated to us by the, enemy, but proceed
from our intentions and the direction of our
Will We do not to say that the
enemys viii did not come into question nj
an Tor such view would not be in accord.
ance with the nature of war, which is a two.
sized and not one.sided activity The de.
clsiVe point Is that stick firmly to our
purpose in order ultimately to attain it,
That is why Verdun is important 1t is the
CONNECT OF two great wills, and the only ques.
ton Is which can remain steadfast until the
end. Because one or the other must break
under the dreadful strain
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CRUCIFIXION

As told to Pontius Pilate by Longlnus. the
centurion in the paved court of the Roman
citadel In Jerusalem)
We nailed Him there
Aloft, between the thieves I'm The brigbt af
The rabbe and the readers mocked with oatbs
The hangman's squad were dicing for His
clothes.
The two thieves Jeered at Him Then II e-rer,
dark, e"
TIL the noon sun was dwindled to a spark,
And one by one the mocking mouths fell still
We were alone on the accursed hill
And we were still, not even the dice clicked
only the heavy blood gouts dropped and licked
onto the stone; the hill is all bald stone
And now and then the hangers gave a eroap
UP In the dark three shapes with arms out.
spread,
The blood drops spat to show how slow they
They rose up black against the CHASTITY slxv.
God, LORD It Is a slow way TO make die
Man. strong Man. who can beget men!
Then there would come another groan, and then
One OF those thieves Cough cameleers those
two)
Would curse the Teacher from lips bitten
And the other bid him let the Teacher be.
l have stood much, but this thing daunted me
me dark, the liVid light. and long, long groans,
Cne on another, coming from their bones
And It got darker and a glare began
Like the sky burning up above the Man
The hangman's squad stood easy their spears
And the air moaned. and women were in tears
While still between His groans the robber
cursed.
The sky was grim; it seemed about to burst
Hours had passed; they seemed like awful days
Then The towers bent like moss
Under the fiery figures from the sky
Horses were In the air, there came a cry.
Jesus calling God; 1t struck US dumb
One said He is calling God. Wait VIII God
come?
Wait" And we listened in the glare. oh, sir
He was Gods Son. that Man that Minister
For as He called, fire tore the sky In two
The sick earth shook and tossed the cross asIxsU
The earthquake ran like thunder, the eareh's
boneE
Broke. tie graves opened. there were falling
stones.
Once more and dropped saw that He had died
Lord, in the earthquake God had come for Hin.
Ths Thought OF It shakes me sick. my eyes are
John Alaseheld.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-21
The Size of Dinosaurs

Editor Of "Whdt Do You RHop"-Can you
tell me about what was the size OF the dino
saurs? Is anything known Of their habits and
intelligence? 7. r. T.
The dinosaur was able to raise its head about
80 feet above the ground by using its very
strong tail and hind limbs a tripod on which
to support the body. These giant lizards varied
greatly In size. and the weight OF the largest Is
estimated at between 20 and 25 tons They
were terrestrial and often amphibious. and the
structure of the tail in some generally indicates
it's use as a swimming organ. The head was
dIsproportionately small and the brain always
of very small size and low degree OF convolu-
tion indicating low degree OF intelligence, the
prime cause of their disappearance.
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Tom Daly's Column
THE MORNING SUN

think it's nicer In our house
Than almost any other one
And believe the reason Is
Because zee haze the morning sun
For houses not eastSide Ike ours
They do not get the sun so soon
And sunlight Is much staler u
1t don't get round tHl afternoon
But here 10 shines right on mn bed
Before I am dtoake at all
And get up so spry and quick
That mother never has to cali
And then dotcn stairs at breakfast time
IT dances on the plates and things
And everybody looks so bright
And o hotc the CANARY sings.
And then I think IL Is not strange
Ihdt men Dho HUe IN jdil8 are bad
Ihe rails are made so high and gray
IT Is enough to make them .s1d.
And don't think In all the tSorld
Would be a naughty child not one
Or grotO up into aUicked men
II they could haze the morning sun.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-21

No $4,000 invested for advertising this city
was ever put to better use than that in
which the sum that the Poor Richard Club is
raising viii be employed The Associated
Advertising Clubs OF the World, which meet
here In June, will attract 10000 delegates.
Divided among this number the sum asked for
is only IS head for showing the most alert
advertising men in the country what sort
OF commercial metropolis this is. A pretty
inexpensive way to do IT, is It not7
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-21
Old Age Pensions


Editor OF "WhGt Do You Knot0"-Can you
tell me what the general terms of the British
old age pensions act OF 1908 are?
REYNOLDS
BY it's terms every person more than 10 years
of age, who is and has been for 20 years a
British subject, resident in the United Kingdom
and whose yearly means do not exceed 81
pounds 10 shillings Sl5Sl is entitled to q PEN
sion provided he had not received poor relief
since January l. 1908; has not, through habitual
idleness failed TO maintain himself and his de-
pendents, is not lunatic in an asylum and has
not been a convict in prison during the pre-
vlous 10 years. The weekly sum paid as a
pension is 5 shilling, II the yearly means Of ths
pensioner do not exceed 81 pounds shillings
The pension Is graded down II the income is
greater. When man and wife are both eli.
gible the pension for the two Is slightly Iess
than two separate pensions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-21

The effects Of cooperation are manifesting
themselves in increased wages for the employees
OF the Rapid Transit Company. A system Of
cooperation and proht-sharing was intro
dueed hve years ago under which 22 per cent.
OF all the fares collected was set aside as a
fund from which to pay 10 benefits OF one kind
or another TO the men, including increases in
wages. The maximum pay is now 80 cents
an hour. but after May 1t is to be 81 cents,
and an increase Of a cent an hour is to be
made all down the line. The average num-
Der OF discharges or designations was $50 a
month for fve years before this plan was put
into effect. Since 1911 It has been only so a
month.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-21
Dryden on the Militia

Editor of "Whdt Do You RnotD"-Can you find
out for me who wrote the line. And raw in fields
the rude militia swarms," and what the rest OF
the quotation is? A. G.
The line is Drydens. The complete quota
ton is:
And in fields the rude militia swarms,
Mouths without hands; maintained at vast ex-
pense,
In peace a charge, in a weak defense;
Stout month they march, a clustering
band,
And ever but in times of need at hand.
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Crossing the Rubicon

Editor of "WhGt Do You Knoto"-PIease let
me know what the significance of the phrase,
"to cross the Rubicon," is and what was its
origin j. X. ROBB.
ITO pass the Rubicon" is to adopt some meas
ure from which it is not possible to recede The
Rublcon was a small river in Italy beyond
which returning conquerors were not allowed TO
bring their armies the way TO Rome When
Julius Caesar crossed this river he became vir-
tually invader When, in 1856, the Italians
passed the Adige that constituted a declaration
of war against Austria,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-21

biiity Of entirely amicabie settlement Nothing
hes been done. Whatever the basis Of Mr.
ROOsevslts attacks may be, he Is perfectly
and iamentabiy right when he says that I'VE
are not now stronger by a man or rife or a
boat or gun" than we We're when the arst
note to Germany was sent The army has
been ordered raised to war strength-war
weakness we should call it--but the acces-
sions have been taken up by Mexico The
naval and military programs still are lighting
their way in the halls and committee rooms
of Congress.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-21

1. what is meant by eek officio"2
2. What is signiied by the expression "a
Parthian shot?
3. What Is the national flower of England?
4. What was the doctrine of nul1ihdation?
3. What is the difference between n republic
and n democracy?
O. What invasion Of England was the lsrE-
est scale and when was IL undertaken
Z. OF what metals Is brass composedf
3. what is "a howitzer?
o. Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?
10. Has Washington, ID, c., n Mayor? How IL \
IL governed?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-21

THE Atlantic was once our greatest blessing.
- 1t is curse. We have grown so used to It as
defense that we do not understand what
defenses we must build against It, The Secre.
tary Of the Navy estimates that since the war
broke out England has built 16 new dread
noughts. What Germany has done no one can
guess but we may assume that she now has
nearly 200 submarines in service, and guarded
reports indicate that her shipyards have never
been buster, while every private yard has been
Communicated into government service. japan
recently began work on her new public pro-
gram, while the work on her secret program
continues increasingly.
Our own contribution to this activity Is the
prospect that when the navy yards are made
ready for such work, construction of a few
dreadnoughts may begin. Thirteen years ago
a naual program, adequate for defense as we
then understood naval warfare was published
1t called for 4s capital ships in 1919. Had that
program been followed we should, in 1916
have a dependable navy. 1t was not followed
Mr.. Franklin D. Roosevelt is authority for the
statement that our navy is now fourth in size.
building programs.
If necessity drives us to war this year we
must man what ships we have and recruit a
volunteer army. 1t is too late for anything
else. But it is not too late to learn the lesson
of our criminal negligence in the past. 1t is
not too late for US to be shaken from the cor
ruptng comfort which prosperity and fatal
sense of security have given to us, A thou
sand times better an orgy of preparation now
than slaughter tomorrow!
Preparedness is a dead ISSUE The live issue
III immediate preparedness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-21


An hour after the President issued his call for
4 = joint session of Congress Tuesday night
the Senate passed a large army bill. II was
originally intended to meet the House bill pro-
viding for 100000 regulars with a bill for
100000 In the stress Of emotions the num-
ber was raised to 25O,Ooo, and Federal vol
unteers and Federalized militia were planned.
The army bill now goes into committee. but
even were it to become effective today the
result would be negligible. The pony has been
stolen from the stable and Congress is making
a great noise slipping the bolts The army now
under discussion in Congress may become eff.
fective in 1919. At that time our navy even
according to the most sangune programs, will
be only beginning. For the crying desperate
needs of today there is no provision. There
cannot be. Had we foreseen today on the
14th of May 1916. we might have prepared.
But Congress, looking toward the madness OF
blood in Europe, only the Atlantic and
fancied that whatever hand reached across
that sea would be cleansed of blood by its
waters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-21

ITNTn the LusItania was sunk there could
- have been some excuse. But from the day
President Wilson threatened to hold Germany
. aztrisE aeeountability' we were bound by
solemn obligations to the honor OF the country
and to ne safety and security of its citizens
70 provide adequate means for making good
our threat. Without such provision our threat
either meant nothing or 1t meant a crime
greater than the crime OF the Lusitania. That
5 the crime Of sending unframed men to be
shot down BY the greatest military enicient In
ths world
Il i trne that time after time Germany has
-.naoshed over our dinicultes It is shame.
aslly trus mat once. With every guarantee OF
81 faillng honor. she yielded to the demands
81 tHls country. But before those guarantees
lad been siFsn this country had confronted
nar ana had done nothing to prepare for II.
re cannot forget that after Congress had met
lsas December. after the President had re-
lzaefsd every nattsring phrase eoncsrning our
I.sasnsgabnity. after he haa urged with every
.s1msDt in his power that some few meas
zzss = taken for national defense. it was
81 nseaasary for him 70 appeal In person
= ~ voters Or this country In order to per
=..laz . stubborn and eilfuly blinded Congress
|asi ne eounsry would stand for = program
s aaasfafs defense
s|aes lhat tine We have been compelled 70
- iion. pitlfullv inaaeauAts. into
~. HIthIa = pes ilsa aass or Fslztisaz
. nz hess pssssa bszana re poezl-