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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26
WITH KITCHENER'S MOB

From the Kansas City Star. Then it's Tommy this, an Tommy that,
 an Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?" But it's "thin red line of 'eroes" when
 the drums begin to roll.
 The drums begin to roll, my boys, the
 drums begin to roll,
 Oh, it's thin red line of eroes" when
 the drums begin to roll. We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we
 aren't no blackguards, too, But single men in barracks, most re-
 spectable like you;
 An if sometimes our conduck isn't all
 your fancy paints.
 Why, single men in barricks don't grow
 into plaster saints.-Kipling. KEN England, before I knew him for
 the man he is, I said, How am l
 to endure living with him?' And now I am thinking how am l to endure living without him; without the inspira- ton of his splendid courage; without the visible example of his unselfish devo- tion to his fellows
 The words are those of an Amer ican, James Norman Hall, writing of Tommy Atkins, the British private sol dier. Hall was a Tommy for some 15 months himself, a member of the great est volunteer army the world has ever known, a volunteer army which, in it's eagerness to avoid any suspicion of play ing the heroic, nicknamed itself "Kitch- ener's Mob" And "Kitchener's Mob" Hall calls his graphic picture of the English Tommy, fresh from the press of Houghton- Mifflin and for sale at $1.25. Hall joined the British army after he had reserved passage back to America. The contagious enthusiasm of recruiting was too much for him.
 Nine months he drilled in England be- fore he got chance for foreign service And he and his comrades needed it. AS the old drill sergeant said:
 'Lissen ere, you men I've never saw such a raw, roun' shou1dered batch O rockies in 15 years service. Yer pasty faced an yer thin chested. Gawd 'elp is majesty if 1t ever lays with you to save him. 'owever. we're ere to do wot we can with wot we got.'
 The rockies, though. supposed they'd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26
WARNING TO "FAvORITE SONS,

From the Kansas City Star.
 Irwin Cobb found a ghost in the Con- gress hotel at Chicago yesterday. It was an old man who was powerful in politics 35 years ago, but has dropped out O. sight since that time. and now haunts the national conventions with his pres ence. He occasionally recognizes some of the old-time leaders. and they shake hands with him in a patronizing way, and pass on, with sympathetic shake of the head.
 The Chicago hotels are full of such ghosts this week If MT. Cobb will look around a bit for them. They were all state leaders once or, perhaps, some of them might have been ''favorite sons'' Tn some of the conventions of the past
 There is nothing quite so ghostly as a down-and-out politician, and there is no game, among all the other sports. in which it is quite so easy to become an uninteresting has been. as the game of politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26
sAUERKRAUT. 191s

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 Sauerkraut made during the first half of 1916 is reported to have been the piece de resistance of the annual picnic and reunion of St. Henry's parish, East St. Louis. The Mississippi river can draw no arbitrary line between East St. Louis and West St. Louis in such matters. Sauerkraut made of the young and ten der cabbages planted in the spring of this year ought to be a piece de resist ance among epicures anywhere. And we are able to gather from the name of the chef responsible for the making of such a luxury, Mrs. Amelia Kistner, that she would not have ventured upon this innovation without the exact knowledge growing out of a refined taste for this comestible. Had we any doubt on the point the fact that Frederick J. Lang hauser and Henry Roewe partook of the delicacy with gusto and approval would remove it. All of these names connote cpl cureanism both in the making and eat ing of sauerkraut.
 Yet we must not be understood as say ing that the Germans have a monopoly of the refined palate against which sauerkraut can shed it's appetizing juices and evoke a keen appreciation. Sauer- kraut is not for one people, but for all mankind, and not for an age, but for all time. But we want to be distinctly understood as insisting that German ap- proval of spring sauerkraut gives it a badge of distinction which will, ere long, give it that world standing which sauer- kraut made in the fall of the year by the Germans of generations ago, did so quickly command. They who talk so glibly of a German ambition to con- quer the world, forget that the Ger mans have already conquered the world in other ways, for which the world Is grateful. Giving to tn world the splen- did gastronomic law of sauerkraut is not the least of these.
 Our headliner has set down "1916 sauer kraut a drawing card at parish picnic" as the immediate fact he was called to deal with. But we go further, and ven- ture a prediction that spring made sauer- kraut having come under such auspices, has come to stay; to dwell as immor- tai among all the people of the earth as the autumn yield has been for genera tions. We can sing of sauerkraut as Kipling has sung of an oriental dish:
 "He who has never tasted the food,
 By Allah, he knows not bad from good"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26
AMERICAN DIET LUXURIOUS
m the Boston Traveller.

From the Boston Traveller.
 People in America live so well that we do not realize the comparative luxury of our diet and the restricted fare of certain other countries" pr. Edward E. Pratt of the United States bureau of foreign and domestic commerce said re- gently. "Our breakfast foods, which are so popular and so much advertised, have not been used to any appreciable extent in other countries. In wealthier lands a simple breakfast of coffee and rolls is the rule"
 Not until we are able to show the people of other lands the value of a stable meal to start the day will we be able to market any considerable quantity of our many and varied brands of break fast food" he said. The development Of our foreign trade means, in almost every case, a change in the interna- tional dlet."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26
Crisis In Mexico At Hand

Events in Mexico moving swiftly to a climax
 Last nights dispatches from Washington from the border and from Mexico City all point to the mminence of hotes
 Carranza admits that the Carrza made accord with his orders President Wilson demands the immediate release of prisoners and immediate declaration of the hons of the de facto government Department commanders urged to rush the guardmen the border with the utmost dispatch The President conferred with the foreign relations committees of the House and Senate and may address the two houses in joint session today tomorrow.
 The people of the United States will realize today focb than that intervention is the best thing that could happen Captain Morey letter to General Pershng in which he says the Mexcans fired the first shot, will stir the nation
 War with Mexico is inevitable and when begun should be prosecuted swiftly relentessy and with all the at the nations command
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26
A MIDsHIPMAN,s STORY

From the London Times.
 As you no doubt have read, the weather was very misty, which kept us from a decisive victory. It was very exciting, and once we were in 1t I quite enjoyed 1t. but the waiting before wasn't very nice. My action station is in a turret right in the forepart of the ship, and I viewed the action through a periscope in the turret. The noise was deafening. and had lost my ear protectors. but was too excited to notice the noise.
 The battle cruisers gave them hell, and were firing just in front. A de- stroyer just in front of us had its fun nel blown off and started 70 blaze away. It was a desperate sight. Then a big ship close to us blew up amidships and started to sink. I got a fine view of her. There were lots of men hanging from the stern and rafts in the water A destroyer stood by to pick them up.
 Huge splashes came from the German shells falling into the water fairy close to us, and some recochettcd over us q can't spell itD.
 I am absolutely none the worse for 1t. Our captain and commander both wore white heather in their caps. As the first gun in the turret I was in fired our guns crew gave a great cheer. which made me feel all funny. l though at lot of you and how wonder fully good you've been to me all through my life. I also thought of daddy I had quite a long time to think in before we got into 1t.
 Next morning we met a zepp and fired at it. but it disappeared behind a cloud. I have a memento in the shape of tube which fired the second shot in our turret. .
 We had memorial service this morning, the hymns being 499, 401, 14U. At the same time the dead were buried ashore. We sent a midshipman to as sist in carrying the coffin of a mid shipman.
 All the next night we had to sleep in our turrets. An overcoat laid on a steel floor was my bed. We expected de- stroyer attack in the night and some ships had one. Our fierce part of the action lasted about 40 minutes.
 After a few shots from the turret it became very hot. and we all took off our coats. Of course. I was wearing my new Gieve's waistcoat. We went into the action with big Union Jack flying and two white ensigns cn the mast and another ensign astern. so there was no mistaking our nationality.
 The next morning We were continual ly passing wreckage and bodies some with lifebelts on. Once an open boat passed with some officers and men who luckily escaped. We haven't received any London papers with the account Of it. I bet the Daily Mail has a colossal headline. We have obviously sunk more big ships of theirs than they have our ours. Well, well, this is enough!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26
EVOLUTION

FfOm LlIe.
 Some call it evolution and others call it God.
 I am evolution.
 In my name are committed most of the crimes that history records.
 l am Herbert Spencer's child, but I come of long line My ancestry goes back to Horaclitus.
 When murders are committed it is said to be my process of making men better. When governments change, I did it. I am the modern substitute for Jeho- yah. Progress is my progeny. My other name is mutability. am the accommodation elevator for humanity. Going up?7 or Going down." That by the way. is my secret.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 N R. ARTHUR NEWTON DAVIS,
 dentist by appointment to the 0 Emperor William, is now in this country, his native land. He refused to talk in New York about William or the state of affairs in Berlin. It is not likely that he will talk more freely in Pick away-we had almost written Pick wick-Ohio, his old home A prudent dentist, even if he has not taken the oath of Hippocrates, keeps his mouth shut if there is inquiry about the mouths of his patients, nor does he be- tray the condolences of patients who are never so confidential as during the breathing spells in the chair.
 It should be source of pride to the profession that the Emperor in spite of the furious German press retains an American dentist. A pamphlet might be written about the glorious deeds or American dentists in Europe. In Paris pr. Evans assisted the Empress Flu genie in her escape. In Berlin of the Eighties two Americans divided in rule the American colony, and one of them plugged and pulled and crowned the teeth of Bismarck. of the foremost gen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26
Warrior Guards Famous Company


 The departure of the various compa- nies of the National Guard will serve to recall to the minds of many people the history connected with number of the various organizations" said w. P. Williams, publisher of the Tuscaloosa News, who spent yesterday in Birming- ham. "In all the state there is no com pany which has played more import ant part in the history of the nation than the Warrior Guards of Tuscaloosa, and the company bearing that name first time the Warrior Guards came into prominence was when the company took part in the Mexican war in 1S4S.
 "The Warrior Guards again saw ser- vice in the Civil war, when it was com manded by Capt. Robert E. Rodes, who was destined to become one Of the most famous of the leaders of the Confeder- acy, winning lasting fame as a general with Lee at Gettysburg. It will be re- called that one of the most interesting incidents in the pageant given as a part of the Tuscaloosa centennial last month was the chapter relating to the dramatic incidents connected with the departure of the Warrior Guards for the Civil war.
 Again, when the Spanish American war broke out, the Warrior Guards vol. unteered. being among the first to answer the call. Therefore the people of Tus- caloosa were not surprised when the guards, in response to the call of Pres- dent Wilson, again declared themselves ready and willing to go to the Mexican border or to any other place where the exigencies of the situation might de mand. Alabama seems to have done her full part in the matter of the militia and it is certain that if volunteers are need ed there will be plenty of men ready to answer the call"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26
GENEROSITY IN INSTRUMENTS

From the Saturday Evening Post.
 A certain Scotch singing comedian, who is notoriously thrifty, played weeks engagement to enormous business in Chi cago last year. Desiring to show his appreciation of the theatre managers s kindness to him during the week. he called that gentleman into his dressing room on Saturday night.
 q want to thank you, sir" he said, for your courtesy to me this week and for the fine crowds you've helped to bring in to hear me. Here's a photo- graph of myself for you; and If business is as good next year when come back I'll put my name on it for you then!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26
A MONUMENT TO ERICSSON

From the Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
 The movement toward federal monu- ment to John Ericsson, builder Of the Monitor, coming when national defense IS before the people, will do much to cal attention to the gifts of the United States to the science of warfare. As the trench fighting of the civil war was the fore runner of modern field strategy, so the battle between the ironclads, the Merrl- mac and the Monitor, ushered in the era of the armored war vessel. While France gets the credit for first armorlng a warship and while Great Britain at the time of this memorable conflict had two ironclads. it remained for the north and south to demonstrate the utter help lessness of wooden ship before the at Jacks of an ironclad. The day the Mer- rimac retired before the hammerings or the Monitor marked the end Of wooden fighting ships as vessels of the line, The London Times remarked, in commenting on the engagement, that whereas we had 14s first-class warships. we now have two"
 Ericsson's ship was, of course, but de- velopment of the armor idea. but he de- parted from the accepted styles in such a degree, using submerged hull and a revolving gun turret, that his Monitor may be regarded as a new type. It undoubtedly would be patriotic to mem oriaize him. Ericsson was a Swedish American, which would make a memorial all the more interesting. The state of New York years ago erected a monument to him on the Battery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26
SOMEWHERE OR OTHER

By Christina Rosetti. Somewhere or other there must surely
 be
 The face not seen, the voice not heard. The heart that not yet-never yet-ah
 me, Made answer to my word. Somewhere or other. may be near or
 far;
 Past land and sea- clean out of sight; Beyond the wandering moon, beyond the
 star
 That tracks her night by night. Somewhere or other, maybe far or near; With just a wall, a hedge, between; With just the last leaves of the dying
 year
 Fallen on turf grown green.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26
WHISPERS BRIGADE TO MARCH


 New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dis- patch.
 It is announced that all the Hughes men with whiskers will mobilize and march in a single division. And the announcement caused paroxysms of grief among barbers. They see in the exam pie set by MT. Hughes and Mir. Fair banks a nation wide mania for whiskers. Whiskers are not good business for bar bers. Bad business for barbers means that everybody will be unhappy. Barbers are the most popular set of people in the United States. They run even stronger than the brush boy, the waiter or the taxicab driver. Nobody likes to see the barber trade downtrodden or abused. If the whiskers parade takes place the hirsute artists are likely to make counter attack on the marchers with asphyxiation bay rum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26

BEGINNING THE DAY-Gracious Father, give me brotherIy sympathy with the weaker travellers in this pilgrimage of life. Teach me to en- courage, not to criticize. Make me to know that l in my own way am also full of faults and that in their circumstances l might be far worse than they. For Christ's sake. Amen.--H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26

cording to a. Paris dispatch to the Lon- don Times. At the depot of the Sev- enth battalion of the engineering corps 2S women soldiers are employedaas clerks. three as storekeepers (dressed in uni- form), nine as cooks and three as tailors. The experiment is being made at num- Der of other depots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26
THE EMPEROR'S DENTIST

erals living there, and of leaders in the court. At Rome a dentist from Maine had the honor of caring for the teeth of King Humbert and his beau- tiful wife. In Dresden lived dentist who not only gave comfort and re- lief to the Austrian court at Vienna, but to Richard Wagner, and in his home the young Siegfried dreamed of being an architect.
 What stories could not these dentists have told The life of Dr. Evans has already been published, but not all that he saw and did. The fashionable Amer ican dentist in Berlin came to a tragic end Many poor students of those years remember gratefully his kindness, gen. erosity and hospitality. Montaigne gave a grotesque illustration of the fact that kings and queens after all are only mortals. These dentists could have given equally amusing illustrations. The hair dresser of Marie Antoinette published his memoirs; the valet of Maupassant wrote entertainingly and shrewdly of his master; why should not pr. Davis at some future day tell of the Emperor William in the chair, with diagrams of the royal teeth from year to year?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26
FRANCE ENLISTS WOMEN

From the Army and Navy Journal.
 The new idea of replacing auxiliary sol- diers by women specially enlisted for the purpose has given excellent results, ac-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26
Factors in Coal Trade

"The commercial coal trade in the Bir- mingham district is unsatisfactory from both standpoint of production and price Smith, manager of the sales of the Co., roma Coal and Iron company and the Birmingham Fuel company. Very few of the mines are running more than half time, due to restricted market for the coal.
 tonnage, and is adding new plants al- most daily.
 Since the beginning of the European war wood has replaced considerable coal in the pine forest districts on account of lower wages to wood choppers.
 'The railroad consumption of coal is being constantly reduced by use of larger and improved locomotives, and reduction of grades. This condition has resulted in overproduction of the cheaper grades of coal and lower prices to consumers.
 On account of shortage of cars, some of the railroads restrict billing of equip ment into outside territory where we might expand our market. From parts or the territory, considerable tonnage goes to Illinois and Kentucky mines that should be supplied from Alabama on ac- count of the mines being able to get suit able railway cars for handling the busi- ness, while the supply of such cars is limited in this district and our mines cannot take the business"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26


 1 sales representatives men who write and speak Spanish. Not a few Ala bamians have visited Latin-America. Some of them had speaking knowl edge of Spanish, and those who had neglected this branch of their educa- ton were at great disadvantage.
 In Birmingham Spanish classes are being taught under the auspices of the | Chamber of Commerce. Portuguese, the language of Brazil, is likewise taught in the Spanish course. Similar classes are conducted under other auspices, but the Chamber of Com merce instructors impart first-hand information about South American manners and customs and "point of writings as important to know as the native language itself.
 In the course of time English will be the language of commerce in all the cities of the world. People of the Latin races are as tenacious of their speech as they are of their social and commercial ways. The sentiment IS to be admired, but as the greater part of the western hemisphere is English speaking, the business men of South America should not be slow in meet ing us with our language.
 In the meantime let the bright boys of Birmingham take up Spanish. It will stand them in good stead, whether or not they ever have occasion to visit the Latin countries. And the lan- guage is not difficult.
 It's friendly, and all that sort of thing for Latin-American countries to offer Sam and Mexico, but a slap in the face is hard to arbitrate.
 Just to show that there are no "hy- phenates" among them, Birmingham colored citizens are planning big pre- paredness parade for the Fourth of July. Germany has lost her most famous airman, but there are plenty of ambi- tious young Teutons who aspire to fol- low the flights of Immelman.
 
 If Uncle Sam takes charge of Mexico there will be some important jobs to cures.
 wilson luck" may fail in the Mexican situation, but the President doesn't ex- pect the stars to work overtime in his behalf.
 After many years of effort, the suf- fragists have managed to get themselves taken seriously-and that's some prog ress.
 Birmingham has been called the most socalistic city in America, but socialism here is merely in it's swaddling clothes. King Constantine's letter to the Kaiser doubtless contains some references to the strong arm" diplomacy of the allies.
 There is not single aeroplane ready for service on the Mexican border. Truly, we have an army without wings"
 At any rate war with Mexico would add a great deal of life and color to American towns along the border.
 
 The gopher is a menace to irrigation projects in the west because of his fond ness for digging himself in
 Whenever a submarine is "stung' by motorboat wasp it's career of de- struction is ended. The governments dissolution order will take a lot of starch out of the Corn Products company. Selling food at exorbitant prices dur ing war time offers a sad commentary on human nature.
 China has ordered 25 aeroplanes, sign of progress that will not go unnoticed by the Japs.
 The Czar reads the war news these days in an agreeable frame of mind.
 American soldiers are being killed with ammunition Made in America"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26
Montgomery Awaits Guardsmep

It's generally rather hard on a man living in Birmingham when he gets good business proposition which takes him away from this city," said Leslie Fairchi'd, formerly assistant manager of the Tutwiler who is now operating the Exchange hotel in Montgomery But when the business proposition happens to mean removing from Birmingham to Montgomery-well, that's different. You see it doesn't make much difference to a man where he lives just so the place happens to be either Birmingham or Mont gomery.
 The presence of several thousand of- 1cers and men connected with the Na- tlonal Guard will serve to enliven Mont gomery during the next few weeks, or as long as the men remain there. If the government should not call them to the border in the immediate future, which seems to be what all the guardsmen want, we will promise to do our part to make their stay in the camp extremely pleasant"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-26

Our foster-nurse of nature is repOsc.
 king Lear.