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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08

with MT. Ford, she was not able to gain an audience at all, up to last re- ports. She published an open letter to MT. Ford in which she told him with stinging intent that he had come to be more exclusive than any Emperor, King or President. Whether the former peace enthu- siast replied to the communication has not been stated.
 Dr. Aked has returned to his home in San Francisco and will there re- sume his pastoral duties, and Madame Schwimmer will doubtless return to Hungary to take up her old work of agitating for women's rights.
 These recent phases of MT. Ford's exclusiveness manifested to the able divine and the fair lady should have the effect of serving notice on all re- formers looking for money that De- troit's multimillionaire is now as wary as the wariest.
 A New York woman tried to raise cot ton on the roof of a skyscraper says The Age-Heralds veracious correspondent New Yorks roof gardens are noted for raising something altogether different.
 Mrs. Wilson is reported to be gathering material for book of memoirs, but that is not the principal reason why she and President Wilson desire four more years in the White House
 The prices of auto cars are tumbline, and as each reduction is announced there is some rapid calculation done by the people who have not yet been able to buy one.
 The citizen who is handy with a fly swatter and keeps an eye on his garbage can may not be a health expert, but he's working along the right lines.
 A fondness for actresses has gotten a Kentucky millionaire into a peck of trou- ble. Por men seem able to avoid stage sirens without much effort.
 The flourishing town of Bolts, Fla, has name that sounds suspiciously like a disease but it's enterprising citizens say there's nothing in a name. And now a mysterious Japanese craft lis suspected of charting the Panama ca nal. That yellow peril bugaboo simply will not down.
 Say the Australians, we don't try for nibble, but for big bite of the cherry" Gallipoli was a cherry that proved a jawbreaker.
 Sweltering Chicagoans fight to get into grand old Lake Michigan. If they are in such a hurry why wait for bathing suit?
 The jitneys reap a harvest during a street car strike, but nowadays labor troubles of that sort don't last long.
 
 If all the anecdotes about Hetty Green have been printed, the public will gladly turn it's attention to other matters.
 It used to be said that the camera would not lie, but that was before the trick movie" became popular.
 Occasionally you see a photograph of a movie star with all her clothes on, but they are her street clothes.
 You don't hear the boys brought up cn cornbread and potlicker complaining about army fare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
That Summer Cold

T have been afflicted with one of the worst summer colds it has ever been my misfortune to catch" said H. D. Cullen yesterday as he sneezed violently. T wouldn't mind a little cold, one of these nice little fellows that stay with one for day or two and then fit away to catch another unwary victim, but do seriously object to having a cold use me as a camp ing ground, or one might call it mo- bilizaton camp.
 "I have been the recipient of many courtesies from my friends, all of whom have a sure-shot cure. I have cure Of my own which I have followed religiously, but the cold does not seem to be abated by it. I have now started with the rem edies offered by my friends and hope to have tried them all within two months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
THE CITY OF THE POWDER PUFF

Michael MOnanan III tHe FHOeHIX.
 As everybody knows New York is- the woman. It is the most femnized of all our cities; the one in which Amer ican woman worship is carried to the widest extreme; the one in which scarcely anything is done without refer ence to the eternal feminine Almost comic is the universal preoccupation with sex. as reflected in the newspapers, the magazines, the theatres, the cafe lifc everywhere. And (though I am the first to announce it the true symbol of New York Is the powder puff. This, in spite of the fact that 1t has so far refused the ballot to women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
CLIPPING THE swALLOWTAILs

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 According to the International Custom Cutters association, in convention at Ce- dar Point, O., the green blue or gray Tuxedo is to supplant the "swallowtair' at evening dancing functions. The tails have been found objectionable by the foxtrot- ters, who need all the lower contigu- ous atmosphere for their dancing gyra- tions.
 For decades the well dressed man has been carrying about with him the bi- caudal adornment known as the swallow tail. It seemed almost sartorial recog- milton of the evolution theory. In the stately and graceful dances in which we formerly indulged, the twin pennants that flew from our figures as we spun round or hopped about were not accounted in the way They were as flags that flap from the stern of a tossing battleship They added to the flutter and gaiety of a ball room.
 But we were dancers then. Today we are acrobats. Gradually we are doning the impedimenta of mans dress to meet the physical demands of the new dances. There is no limit to our possibilities after we have clipped those tails from our dress coat It will then be but a matter of time when man shall appear on a ball room floor revealed as the acrobat he is. Our custom cutters association will then be advising pink and blue and green tights with trimmings of vari-colored plush for the ensuing season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
NEXT THING TO IT.

'In our country when the King passes along the street he Is cheered by vast crowds" said the foreign vis- itor. Now, you have nothing like that here" ras.
 "oh, yes, we have" answered the American citizen. You oufiht to see the excitement created when on. of our celebrated baseball pitchers goes to take the air in his motor car"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08

Al N Oakland street car company A seems anxious to hasten the millenium. As an experiment second conductor was installed on one of its cars who will not be expected to ring up fares, call streets or exchange pleasantries with the wits on the rear
 platform. He is sCourtesy Man" for "courtesy Oakland Trolleys man." who will tions, help women on and off cars, look after children, chuck crying babies under the chin and make him. self agreeable to passengers, large and small. It is expected that no erouch will be able to survive his presence for more than two blocks of travel, unless the owner of the grouch gets off.
 Something of this sort has been needed where trolley cars are nearly always crowded. The conductor has his hands full merely collecting and ringing up fares, punching and pass ing out transfers, ringing once to stop and twice to go ahead.
 The courtesy man. may be said to fill long-felt want. It remains to be seen, however, just how we'll the all truistic scheme of Oakland's traction company will work out.
 TROM Berlin comes an inspiring U word picture of Kaiser Wilhelm, forbidden by his high destiny from risking his life in the trenches, where
 he recent Emperor William Works ly assured as Harvest Hand his sol
 diers h e longed to be, working at great head
 
 Having laid aside his field gray uni form, the Kaiser is said to be spend ing whole afternoons" toiling in the hot sun and yielding scythe in the rye fields with the muscular expert ness of a peasant" which latter state ment we are constrained to take with copious pinch of salt.
 It is easy to imagine what thrill ran through Germany when these tid- ings were spread abroad. Harvest hands of the common or garden varie- ty toll from sunup to sundown, and even longer, but when you come to think of it, an entire afternoon spent cutting rye is rather good showing for crowned head who subscribes to the divine right of kings.
 BIRMINGHAM should find it com- D paratively easy to convince the farm loan board, now being organized under the rural credits act, that one of the twelve regional farm loan banks should be located here. The
 board will soon Farm Loan Board begin a tour of Ready to Proceed the country foi
 the purpose oi holding hearings in various states with a view of establishing regional banks in the cities presenting the strongest claims.
 It may be assumed that Alabama and Mississippi, and possibly Georgia Tennessee, Florida and Louisiana will be grouped into one region. In this state Montgomery as well as Bir- mingham is an active candidate. As announced thus far Mississippi has only one-Columbus Louisiana, as g matter of course, has only one, but ir Tennessee Memphis, Nashville anc Knoxville is each a candidate. Geor. gia does not appear to be asking for . farm loan bank. One never can tell however, what our thrifty neighbol has up it's sleeve.
 As Atlanta has federal reserve bank it would be unreasonable to think that one of the farm banks would gc to Georgia city, although severa Texas cities, including Dallas, which has . reserve bank, are among the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
NAMED JUNGLE SAMMY" George Patullo in the Saturday Evening

To the average individual turtle is an unlovely object. Few care to fondle him. But the Fourteenth New York picked up one at their camp outside of Mission, and he has joined the ranks of company pets. They have him tethered to a rope so that he can move only so far and no farther--and they call him Uncle Sammy don't know what they meant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
AIDS TO .CuPID.

"The telephone is a wonderful thing, remarked the man who poses as a stu dent of science.
 Sure" replied his friend with sloping brow Next to the stage, more girls have quit the switchboard to mar " millionairies than any other kind of employment ever undertaken by tho fair sex"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08

BEGINNING THE DAY-I thank Thee for the name, Father, by which I call Thee. I am glad when I breathe it and remember that am not nm alien in Thy world. l i've in my Fathers house. l praise Ihee for the relationship that name oe- tokens, for the love 1t assures an" the tenderness and the long sui fering and the understah"hs' Amen-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
HOTEL LOBBIES
Location of Minus

subshcriber asks The Age-Herald to settle a controversy as to the location of United States hints. Mints for the coin age of money are located at New Or leans, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Denver, while Carson City is equipped as an assay office
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
SLIPPING.

restaurant?" asked the confirmed bach elor.
 Because the waitress smiles as if she were glad to see me-"
 Take care. When fellow gets so he has to have smile with his meals he's on the verge of matrimony."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
NITRATE ON THE SIDE

From the New York Times.
 "Coosa," "Coosa," "Coosa," calling,
 While the Muscle Shoals are spra wiling.
 Where shall the 600 government nitrate plant be planted? It seems to be settled that it is to be a southern inn provement Muscle Shoals of Alabama was and perhaps is the favorite site, but Georgia is now pleading passionately for the virtues of her own waters Unfor- tunately, Georgia started wrong. The Georgia senate, in too eager comity to a sister state, passed a resolution in favor of Muscle Shoals as the sole possible southern place for the venture Realizing that charity begins at home, the Floyd county delegation in the House directed the eyes of a benevolent government to the charms of north Georgia, referring to the immortal Coosa. A vigilant mem- Der got the resolution amended so as to include all Georgia as deserving terri tory.
 The Hon. Thomas W. Loyless's Angus ta Chronicle is full high advanced with project for a nitrate plant convention, to be held in Augusta and properly to present the Savannah's claims to the gov ernment." Representative Adamson of Georgia, an old friend of the Chatta- hoochee, telegraphs the Atlanta Journal that mot only could the nitrate plant be completed for less cost there than any where else, but it would also open the way to badly needed navigation" Four states, a hundred rivers, cry for the plant. There should be a referendum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
WOODEN SHOES NO DISGRACE

From the New York Sun.
 Speakers at the convention of the Illinois shoe dealers uttered an inter- esting prophecy:s
 Unless the world develops a substi- tute for leather within two years America will be the next wooden shoe nation"
 It is only 10 centuries ago--yester- day in the minds of those who view time broadly-that all the toilers of civiliza tion wore wooden shoes Many of Europe's most honest feet wear them now. If we come to wooden shoes there should be no shame about it. Perhaps the change. instead of bringing harm, would bring goodness and joy,
 Make everybody wear wooden shoes and the porch climber would join the roc and the dodo. or else the Y. M. c. A. The efficiency expert, able no longer to slip noiselessly about your business, would be more occupationless than Othello. The pussyfooterr could annoy us no more with his sickening stealth Men would come home earlier of nights soberly clankins oak upon pine as they mounted the front stoop. Clog dancing would be restored to its proper place in the arts. All the world would click xylophonic tune. Mahogany shoes, made from old pianos, would take us out on Sunday
 But what would become of the Hon
 Bill Stone of Missourif
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
Glad to Be Back

T have just returned from business trip to New York; said Fritz Larlkln of the Realty Construction company. T can say truthfully I am glad to get back to Birmingham. We hear whole lot about the heat of the summer season in the south but I cannot see how those who live in the east can complain about our climate.
 There are few, if any, nights in Blr- mingham that are so hot that an cleo tric fan is a necessity. In New York it is the height of comfort to have one of these modern devices.
 The shows for the coming season have opened for the season and it is de- light to take them in. Everybody seems to have an abundance of money and times are undoubtedly extremely good in this section. Just the same I am glad to be back in Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
WHERE IS GRUB sTREErs

WHERE IS GRUB STREETf From the New York Telegram.
 Grub street" is nowadays name for the general state of financial distress in which writers without the necessary abil- ity-or "cheek!"-usually find them- selves.
 In the reign of George III Grub street was the home of those unfortunates who tempted fortune by writing histories and dictionaries and engaged in literary hackwork of all sorts.
 It is known now as Milton street, but the Grub street of today may exist wherever there is pen. ink and paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
IN THE VALLEY OF cAurERErx

IN THE VALLEY OF CAuTERETZ By Tennyson. All along the valley, stream that flash-
 est white, Deepening thy voice with the deepening
 of the night Ali along the valley, where thy waters
 flow,
 years ago. All along the valley, while walk'd to-
 day. The two and thirty years were a mist
 that rolls away: For all along the valley. down thy rocky
 bed, Thy living voice to me was as the voice
 of the dead. And all along the valleys. by rock and
 case and tree. Thesvoics of the dead was living voice
 to me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
STILL TAKING CHANGES.

The Deutschland's well upon her way, To Britain's great regret; But allied sympathizers say,
 She's not at Bremen yet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
QUITE AMENABLE.

This Texas capitalist says he is go- ing to show those New Workers a thing or ty5o."
 well, if one of the things he shows them is his bank roll, they won't ob- ject.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
BoOsts the Barons

T am glad to learn that Burleigh Grimes, who, in my opinion, is one of the mainstays of the Birmingham baseball clubs pitching staff is not going to be sent to Pittsburg before the end of the Southern league season." said Roy Kay, classed among the dyed-in-the-wool fans of Birmingham.
 Pitchers are hard to get at this time of the year. Grimes has been one of the most consistent pitchers on our roster, and to lose him at this time would be a calamity. I believe the lot of pitcher on baseball team is one of the hardest. You can take the poorest pitcher on the staff and sometimes he will be able to luck out a win. Most of the time the pitcher is consistent and can keep the oth- CT fellows, from landing every other ball for single will win.
 Contrary to many of the fans, have not lost my faith in the Barons. I think we will yet strike a winning streak, and show the rest of the clubs that we have regular ball team
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08

The plays the thing.
 Wherein I'll catch the conscience or the king. -ha"iet'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 A sour 1000 pieces of real estate now figure in the delinquent tax list of A Nashville
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08


 got out by Christmas. The war is being waged today with greater fury than ever. But it was hardly fair for the public to ridicule MT. Ford, when such men of affairs as David Starr Jordan and William Jennings Bryan encouraged the archpacifist and bade him godspeed.
 MT. Ford provided his co-laborers with funds enough to remain abroad and carry on the peace work for such time as might seem necessary, but after sojourn of only few days he tock French leave and came home. MT. Ford is still pacifist, but not quite so ultra as he was. Also he is still generous with his money, but he is no longer ar easy mark. He was quick to learn. A few weeks ago Dr. Aked left his peace committee in Europe and hurried to this country to report in person to MT. Ford and ask his approval of reorganization of the work. He had to wait in De- troit several days before he could get an audience with MT. Ford and when he did discuss matters with him the one-time peace promoter gave the reverend doctor to understand that he was through.
 But the unkindest cut of all, accord ing to Madame Schwimmer's way of thinking, was when that lady came from Europe ten days ago to confer
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-06

The H. A. Jones Real Estate company is the largest
organization of its kind in Detroit.
More than that, it conducts the largest general real
estate brokerage of any company in this countyor any
other country, for that matter.
The H. A. Jones Real Estate company is also of
Detroits greatest commercial organizations in ANY line
of business It's annual sales amounting to many millions
of dollars exceed the yearly business of many of the city
prominent automobile neutrality-suspicious. well known
wherever motor used
This big, solid progressive company its really re-
markable business the combined efforts of ten special
departments and eleven separate districts.
One of these-the Brokerage department--has more
than hundred who buy and sell houses, flats and
vacant lots exclusively in all parts of the city.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-06
A Super-Service

This growth in field already possessing many
we'll established and excellent real estate
agencies can be due to but one cause.-the ability
of this company through its 81 departments and
districts. and its 162 service men-a specialists
to render super-service in real estate nowhere
else obtainable.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-06
Men Of Character

The H. A. Jones Real Estate company prides
itself upon the standing and character of the
men who are its representatives in the field, no
less than upon their judgment, ability and energy.
And it takes great pride in the work these l62
specialists are accomplishing and, more, in what
they will accomplish in the future.
Next month the H. A. Jones Real Estate
company will celebrate its fourth birthday.
In less than four years it has grown from an
exceedingly small beginning to be the most
important and most influential factor in Detroit
real estate activities today.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-06

And because Of the regulation and order given
by this plan the very size of the II. A. Jones Real
Estate company instead of making for confusion
and top heaviness-adds power and weight and
effectiveness to every mans efforts, to the actvi
ties of every department, and to the achievements
of the organization as whole.
Permanent Employees
Back of the size and plan of the organization---
and of infinitely greater importance-is the
character Of the men who do the work
They are not "hoaters" hired for some
particular period of activity or until subdivision
is sold out.
They are the permanent employees of
company in business to stay-of company which
knows that tomorrow's business is founded upon
the satisfied clients of today
Constant Study
The service men Of the H. A. Jones Real Estate
company - these l62 specialists "a given
instruction in school from which they never
graduate.
The result is the intelligent, systematic
analytical way of going into every step of every
transaction entrusted to them
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-06
1872 Specialists and Service Men

erty is more valuable to him in the final analysis
than all the wild and unsupported claims
imagination can suggest.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-06

The Building department has nine executives with 5S8
men engaged in construction work on its pay roll.
There only twelve in another department. but they
outnumber by three times the force Of other
firm specializing exclusively in the kind of work.
They handle downtown business properties.
What impress upon you is that each of these
departments is big complete organization in self-not
a affair by any
Big for two reasons-because it takes many men to
do the work in each department THOROUGHLY-and
big because the increased clientele brought by this thor
oughness has required greater force of men to
handle their growing business promptly and efficiently
The very size of the H. A. Jones Real Estate company
has made it grow still larger all the time.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-06
Intimate knowledge

Such intimate, detailed neutrality-suspicious.
undue emphasis on some points and without hid
ing other ponts-is Of nestimabe value to the
buyer. 1t is his protection against bad invest
ment, against wasting his time investigating
something he does not want
To the seller it is of infinitely greater service.
The intelligent truthful presentation of his prop
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-06

You will never hear one of these service men
say This is good buy This is wonderful
proposition" This is the finest piece of property
in Detroit"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-06
Facts and Figures

Instead, he lays facts and figures, statistics
and comparative values before the buyer.
Because each salesman is specialist, he
knows ALL there is to know about the piece of
property he represents.
He knows not only its advantages but its dis
advantages-and he realizes that it is good bust
ness to acquaint the prospective buyer with BOTH
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-20
WILSON Av,0LUTELY REFUSES TO WITHDRAW
TROQgo FROM MEXICO AND CHIEF CARRANZA
IS WARNED AGAINST CARRYING OUT THREAT
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