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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20
Executives In the Making

] "The demand for young men and women of commercial training is con stantly on the increase in this rapidly growing industrial center, and as for
 that matter throughout the state," re-
 marked Prof Willard J. Wheeler, whose genial personality and clean-cut man. ner has long been associated with the institution which bears his name.
 "A good business course is, indeed a step in the right direction, and in most instances a scholarship is suffi cient to firmly plant the footsteps jof the ambitions youth on the straight path leading to success in com mercial and industrial fields.
 Naturally no one should enroll for ia business course until reasonably we'll satisfied that he is to receive the bene- fit of the best instruction available. Confidence is, as every business man will affirm, of most vital import to suc-
 cess in any branch of endeavor And in this connection let me say that nothing is so calculated to stimulate self-con- fidence and assurance of manner tha1 is thorough and efficient business training where the student encounters almost the same conditions as when &C., tually on the firing line.' Again, in some instances the business discipline and the brisk atmosphere and hum of business college activities outweigh in importance the actual classwork in moulding the career of the embryo ex- ecutive.
 Speaking of executive success, I feel that l am in no way eXaggerating when I say that nothing is so effective in bringing out this quality of the in- dividual than is the right kind for
 business training. It is by no means seldom that I am in receipt of appreci- ative letters and communications from graduates who have risen to high ad- ministrative positions through we'll directed effort. However, I am free to recognize the fact these men had the l backbone and innate qualities of lead ership in their personal makeup,
 which was partly brought to the sur face through the application of the sharp tool of efficient training. As
 an example, I will cite the instance of 1 a young lumberman whom I chanced to
 meet several years ago. This vigorous young giant was at that time engaged | in the manly pursuit of hauling logs
 He later enrolled with me for busi-
 ness course He is now president oi
 one of the large lumber concerns witt
 headquarters in Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20
LOSSES AT LOOS

Martin Marshall in Leslie's.
 Interesting statistics of the losses In the battle of Loos, in France, have been made public. In a general action along the British front, which was localized in it's most severe aspects at the French town of Loos the British lost in killed 773 officers and 1O095 men; wounded, 12SS officers and 3S,095 men; missing, 3l7 ot- ficers and SS4S men-a total of 59,666. These losses cover the period from September 9 to October s, or two weeks. As we do not know how many men were en- gagged we have no basis for calculating the percentage of loss, but if as many as 240,000 took part in the fight the per centage would be only p, which is per cent less than the losses of the Federal army at Gettysburg in four days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20
BIRMINGHAM, WARRIOR, MOBILE

From the Mobile Register.
 Our neighbor city of Birmingham is en- toying unusual prosperity at this time. The price of pig iron is s1550 a ton and future deliveries are being sold at $16 a ton at the furnace. The reports from the mineral district are that the Decem- has broken all records for the Birming- ham furnaces. Twenty-siX stacks are now in full blast and with others con- templating going into blast the production for 1916 may reach the enormous total of 100000 tons.
 This is a remarkable showing and must be gratifying to the people of Birmng ham, as it surely is to the people in other parts of Alabama. The foundation of all the commercial growth and pros perity of Alabama's 'sN biggest city is the production of iron and steel, and when the market for those products is active the whole community feels the impulse of their movement And Birmingham is too important a place for this activity to be confined within her own borders.
 Any student of affairs understands that this prosperity is not momentary or that
 1t will expire with the ending of the war. The demand for iron and steel and their products is going to increase rather than diminish for years to come, and the iron masters realize this and are making their plans for meeting it. In the Birmingham district a large number of important im- provements are being projected and the districts greatest development may be said to be at hand
 Mobile is going to profit by this devel- opment. Birmingham is planning to take advantage of the Warrior river for the transportation of her manufactured prod ucts and raw material and when this be- comes an established fact Mobile must perforce be the depot through which this vast tonnage will move. This has created community interest that is binding Mo- bile to Birmingham and the business men of the two cities realize it and are seek 1 ing to strengthen the bonds. It is to l the mutual advantage of both cities that l this should come about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20
Talks of Prosperity

The last reports from the federal re- serve districts reflected a great degree of prosperity in the country at large, and believe the next reports will be fully as buoyant," said L. F. Stevenson of St.
 Louis. The west is in a highly pros porous condition, and many sections of the south seem to have recovered entirely rom the depression caused by the rav- ages of the boil weevil and the low price Of cotton in the early part of 1915. Crop diversification has accomplished wonders.
 Birmingham appears to be as busy as It was in high-record good times in 19O6.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

Martin Marshall in Leslies
 Regardless of what conscrption may do toward strengthening the British army. or how deeply it may affect the politics of the United Kingdom, the fg- ures brought to light by the debate in Parliament are instructive. The popula- ton of the United Kingdom is about 4o'- G0000o. It is generally estimated that 10 lation that can be utilized for military service. This would give 6,150,000 for Great Britain. The total number not enlisted is put at a little over 5,O00,090, so that the number enlisted cannot have been as much as 100000, from which we must deduct the net losses, or say 40 per cent of the eC0,O 900 casualties or 24o,GOo. There fore it is to be doubted that Great Brit ain has under arms today as many as l. colonial forces Br1tains resources In men are still far from exhausted
 One cannot but compare the orderly and efficient mobilization of the armles or France and Germany with the slow, ln- efficient enlistment of the British forces under the volunteer system. The raising of the Kitchener army was not dlsnl- fled proceeding, and in the light of the figures quoted by the premier from or fical reports, it was not a highly sue cessful one. The British have volun- teered as well any people would, put though there are more men I'll any na- tion who would join an army voluntarily than would pay taxes without being com pelled to, yet we do not hear any sus- gestions that taXpaying be left to volun-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20
Agreed On Roosevelt

was quoted by The Age-Herald a month or more ago as saying that Colonel Roosevelt would probably be the candi- date of the regular republicans as well as the progressives and now I feel cer- tain that he will be-" said Charles H. Scott, formerly member of the national republican executive committee for Ala bama.
 Everything points to Roosevelt's nomi- nation in the republican convention with out any serious opposition. or course, he Will be unopposed in the progressive con- vention. The campaign will be one of the most exciting in recent years, and as the situation looks to me now I thing it a safe bet that Roosevelt will be elected"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20
"BEST SELLERS"

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 The list of "best sellers" published every
 month by the Bookman has long been an invaluable barometer of popular taste. The figures are gathered from every large city throughout the land, and they reflect faithfully the rise and fall of the novels of l the moment. Some titles appear only once; others persist for a year or more. | Yet it is somewhat difficult to draw con
 clusions from this evidence, unimpeach-
 able as it is. Good literature and trash
 seem t ohave an almost equal chance with readers. It is discovered, for exam pie, that of the six novels which stand at the top for the whole past year, two
 fairly deserve that eminence-a large pro-
 portion, all things considered. None of
 the six is without merit, though objection
 able in various degrees by reason of l false sentiment and distorted views of life.
 Taking the lists for any long period, it l is seldom that a novel with claims of
 whatever kind to attention fails to appear at least once. That is to say, despite the 1 lack of critical standards, the best as we'll
 as the worst in fiction is reasonably sure of an audience. It is not often that WOfk OI genius, III SWlQDuTne line phrase, drops a still-born immortal from l the press.
 Judging by the "best sellers of days be- fore the name was coined, it is at least arguable that the taste of the present gen. eration is quite as good as that of it's pre- decessors "Thaddeus Of Warsaw" for example, which furnishes to modern read CTS food for laughter rather than tears, had fame in it's day that the most pop ular novelist of our time might envy. Again, it must be borne in mind that the best sellers are by no means confined count of the reprints of classic authors.
 The volumes in a collection like Every
 mans Library have had a tremendous sale No doubt there are those who buy them and do not read them, but the en4 terprise would soon fail if they were the majority. There never was a time, per haps, when good books could be accumu- lated so easily and so cheaply No doubt the popular taste too often declines to a low level; no doubt genuine culture is still far to seek in the reading masses. Yet those who decry this age for it's deticien-
 cies are too often oblivious of the fact
 that the leaven is working, even though
 it is yet far from leavening the whole
 lump.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
CAUSE AND EFFECT.

The sure-footed mortal who never falls
 down, Regarding his fellows with sheer or a
 froWn Because they go creeping OCT ice coated
 paVeS With tlmorous looks and a manner that
 craVeS Forgiveness for being so awkward and
 slow, May boast all he pleases, but truly we
 know A sudden down sitting conveys to the
 brain A strongly convincing sensation of pain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

Charles R. Miller, editor of the New
 York Times, recently delivered a lec- ture in New York on How We Got Our Newspapers" One of the earliest methods for disseminating news, said Mir Miller, was the letter, In the time of Cicero the scribes were the reporters. The custom of letter writing, as a means of con- Veying general news, continued through the middle ages Church and state both attempted to wipe out the practice and in April, 1572, Pope Plus V issued bull against letters. Another bull was issued by his successor, in September, 1572, a few weeks after the massacre of St. Bartholo- news day. directing that writers be condemned to the galleys. The first news papers appeared in Peldn, although they were soon being published in the western world. In 50 B. C., the Roman govern ment began the publication of an official organ. It was written by hand and only a few copies were issued. The paper con- tained general news and was similar to the newspapers of today. The invention of the printing press and movable type in the middle of the fifteenth century resulted in private news letters being printed instead of written, but the ap
 pearance of regular newspapers was pre- vented until the beginning of the sev- enteenth century, due to the opposition of church and state. In 1926 paper began to appear in Holland. The first Amer ican newspaper was issued in Boston in 1coo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20
THE BACKWARD KIND.

This is an age of specialists. The man usually succeeds"
 "So T hear."'
 By the way, what's your speciality" 'I teach people how to remember" q presume you get good results?" Pretty fair, although some of them for get to pay me after I have taught them how to remember
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20
TOO UNDIGNIFIED

From the Montgomery AuVeftlSef.
 "The Manchester Union certainly got scoop on the Boston papers in the report of the Peaslee trial at Concord last week., boastfully announces the said Manchester Union. That's nothing to brag about. Any newspaper ought to scoop Boston occasionally. Those Boston journals seldom permit themselves to en- gage ill vulgar scramble for news.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20
Marked ImnrOYement

There has been marked improvement in buIness in Alabama and neighboring states" said Hugh M Brown, the shoe factory agent
 Tn all parts of Alabama the mer~ chants are preparing to lay in larger stocks for their summer and fall trade than was the case this time 13 months ago. This is going to be a good year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20
CO-Operative Spirit Needed

CO-Operative Spirit Needed Birmingham has had phenomenal
 growth and the time will hardly come
 when it will cease growing. Since
 the federal census of 1910 the increase
 in population has been rapid, as in-
 dicated by the school census taken by
 the state every two years. The next
 biennial school census will be taken during the summer vacation of this
 year and it is believed that it will
 show a total population of fully j2O0,OOO.
 But as fast as Birmingham has
 increased in the number of it's in- habitants and in the volume of it's trade it might have made even greater strides in the recent years if it's citi- zens had manifested more of the CO., operative spirit that makes for up- building and that has distinguished cities less favored than Birmingham.
 Certain it is that if Birmingham is to keep abreast of it's opportunities, it must cultivate the get-together habit.
 1 What this city needs now more than anything else is traffic connection with the Warrior river. The people I of Birmingham have, expressed them selves unreservedly in favor of the county building highway and a rail- road from here to the river and start ing on the work of construction with out delay. Four routes have been sur veyed, but two have been eliminated from consideration, thus narrowing the number from which a C @ will be made to two. The board of reve- nue should make the selection shortly, and after that a question of very great importance will have to be de- cided-the character of road to be built. Another question of equal inn portance will be that relating to the railroad. The two enterprises-the highway and the railway-should be begun, or at least decided upon, at the same time.
 When Birmingham is advanced to the position of being in reality a river town, it will so far surpass itself as mercantile and manufacturing cen ter as to look like a new city alto gether. It will undoubtedly outstrip all previous standards set for expan- sion.
 In order to build highway on mod ern lines and to build a railroad of the best construction the county could easily finance the undertaking by the issuance of bonds A million dollars would probably be required to do the work right, but what is million dollars for this rich county to spend for development purposes that will yield early and large returns to the public?
 i In view of the defeat of the state bond amendment Tuesday, a cam paign of education would be needed i to make certain that the people of Jefferson would vote $1,000,000 bond proposition. But there is where the cooperative movement would be felt.
 Tie reorganized Chamber of Com merce should start out at once with get-together programme and back up with all energy the board of reve- nue in the Warrior river project.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20
HOTEL LOBBIES
New Orleans Forging Ahead

"On a recent visit to New Orleans I was glad to see that city forging ahead" said R. w. Ewing.
 Activity was the rule ill nearly every branch of business. The people of the Crescent City are very buoyant. and look forward to rapid development of their South American trade"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

Opelika News: Reports come to the effect that farmers generally are doing their best to get ready to plant large cotton crop this year. Such news we hope will serve to make our east Alabama farmers go slow on the cotton question end stand by diversihcation. If the crop is large and they diversity they will be all right and if the crop is small and they diversity they will be o. K. In fact, they have the chance to win either way if they only diversity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20
SPEAKING OF PUZZLES

From the New York World.
 Wilson Victory Will Rivet Belgium Prussian Yoke.-Tribune headline.
 They say pigs-in-clover and similar p zles are popular again this-year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

BEGINNING THE DAY-"Christ is said to have set His face stead- fasfIv toward JerusaIem," where the cross awaited. God help met to set my face steadfastiy toward where my duty lies. Put iron in me; make me like Hint Amid all the grace and tenderness which Christ can give, may there be hardness which cannot De turned aside. In Christ's name. Amcn.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

The state bond issue was overwhelming ly defeated. Perhaps there is something after all in the theory of certain polltl- clans that the people don't know what is good for them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

From present indications down in Mex ico, General aCrranza's S firing squads wll
 be kept busy for sometime to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

Great Britain professes to be greatly surprised because the Germans say their warfare is humane. It's one surprise after another for John Bull these days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

Travel on Mexican railroads is fraught with peril but the pernicious activity of the Pullman porter has at least been abated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

It's tough luck, of course, but the eN- plosion aboard the United States subma- rine E-2 has given MT. Edisons stor- age battery some undesirable publicity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20
X LONESOME FEELING

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 Kansas is out of debt and now, she'll growl about having nothing to growl about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20
SHUT HIM UP.

"How did you silence that jingo so fectively?"
 T told him there was a United Stat recruiting office in the next block"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

A magazine writer says New York reputation is sullied by the casual Vlsltol who "has his fling" and then returns te the moral atmosphere of Oskosh. Must a great many respectable people in Paris
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

| Before another international crlsis de-
 velops Ambassador Bernstorff shoule seize the opportunity of taking a mucf needed rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

According to a correspondent general on the firing line without at least oiie decoration is painfully conspicuous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

Kut- -El-Amara figures in the war dis patches so often that telegraph editors are learning how to spell it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

The man who bought enough coal to fast all winter is qualified to speak or preparedness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

Montgomery Journal We would re- mind the politicians that there are i've eclipses of the sun alone this year and the eclipse of favorite sons during the coming campaign for state., county and congressional offices will not attract the usual attention, though they are never theless likely to happen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

Already the eyes of the United Con- federate Veterans are turned to Birming- ham. where a warm welcome awaits them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

The Turks seem to think that the Brit over-rated affair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

The new styles in hosiery make the man in the street blink more than ever
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

Tuscaloosa News: Watchful waiting in this country would be easier if Carranza did not pursue the same policy and allow foreigners to be murdered by his rebel lious subjects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

Gadsden Journal: A council of the United Commercial Travellers IS Gaos- den's latest addition to her assets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20
PLENTY OF FIGHTING MEN LEFT

Montenegro, at any rate recognized th' moment to quit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

It begins to look as though Greece will be compelled to lay down her cards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

L. D. Griffls and w. D. Brumbeloe are the only authorized traveIlng repre- sentauves ot The Age. Eteralu III its clr- euIation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20
ALABAMA PRESS

Anniston Star: Texas wears $52,OoO,OOO worth of shoes a year, and if Uncle Sam would just give her a chance she'd have a walk over in Mexico.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

'Aheml I shall be very busy.'
 But it concerns my happiness"
 ''In that case, let him speak to your mother. If Jack happens to be matri- monial misfit, I don't want to be blamed for it the rest of my life.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

No communication w.l be publisheG without it's authors namc. Rejected ma1uscrlpI Will not pe returned un- less stamps are enclosed tor that pur- pose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

Daily and Sunday Age Herald, year S6.0G Daily without Sunoay. 4.O0 Daily and sunday, per month";. .5g Daily and Sunday, three months. lot Weekly Age-Herald, per annum. .0O Sunday Age-Herald. per annum.. 2.Ou
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20
NOTHING ELSE TO DO.

NOTHING ELSE TO DO. What do you do when you come to, name in the war dispatches that consis chiefly of consonants?'' What everybody else does," answerI the busy man.
 "And what is that?''
 q blink rapidly two or three times al go on reading the war news.'
 SEEMED LONGER. How long has Colonel Bluegrass bel in the city?" "Oh about a week. ''Why, he talked to me as if he h| been here at least six months" You forget This town is dry"
 NEVER HAS TO COOK.
 You say Dubson is happily marri man?"
 "He must be-" What makes you think SOP" He's been married for seven years al hasn't yet learned how to fry an egg
 THE BIG RAKEOFF A pugilist must give and take, But all the time he fights He thinks about tho coin he'll make From moving picture rights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20
LOOKING AHEAD.

Father, Jack will call on you tomorrow morning to speak about a very important matter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-20

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter uu- der act of Congress March 8. 1879.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-02

England the past few days, because the British on the west front have been comparatively inactive, while the French have been engaged in desperate encounters, and it has been often asked by the man in the street why it is that this is not the proper time for a great British offensive to deliver a smashing blow and relieve the pressure on the French side.
 Some of the special dispatches to the London morning papers from the Brit ish front endeavor to reply. The Times says:
 We are fretting because the British troops are not yet engaged in the fight We need not fret. They are acting
 closely with the French and Belgian allies and when the hour strikes they will take their part The Daily Sketch believes the Brit i ish may get d chance soon to take a 1 hand by the use of their fleet and quotes Lord Fisher as saying he is con vinced that a "big Anglo German fleet
 action may take place at any day or l hour now"