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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
New York Holds Traffic Record

A count recently made by the tra11lc committee of the Fifth Avenue asso- c;ation showed that the intersection of Fifth avenue and Forty-second street is the busiest spot in the world for vehicles, even surpassing Charlng Cross in London. A traffic engineer made the actual count under the dlrec- tion of the chairman of the traffic committee. Between 3:30 and 4:3o III the afternoon 1149 vehicles were counted going south. For street of the relative width of Fifth avenue this is a new worlds record. London's highest figures is 900 an hour In the Strand, and Paris comes next with 600 and hour along the Boulevard des Capucins.
 The total number of vehicles counted between the hours of 8:30 in the morning and 6:30 at night, on cloudy day when the pavements were wet and conditions unfavorable to heavy traffic, was S662 going north and 7190 going south.
 It is interesting to note that 92 per cent of the vehicles in Fifth avenue are now motor propelled, which af- fords a striking example of the de- cline of the horse as factor in city traffic.
 New York has surpassed London in point of population and has firmly es- abolished it's claim to be the premier city of the world. In comparison with it's teeming millions, the world cities of the past, famed in song and story and exerting powerful influence on the trend of history, are insignificant. Many of the greatest cities of ancient times are now surpassed in population by American cities which fall far be- hind New York in population.
 The American metropolis also has about 4500 hotels, and yet, so many visitors flock to New York every year that these numerous hostelries, some of them modern wonders in luxury ano size, barely suffice to entertain the transient population, particularly or special occasions when the crowds are larger than usual.
 No doubt Chicago still hopes tc equal, if not surpass, her great riva some day, but the chances are that New York will always retain the SUI premacy, although Chicago has plen ty of room in which to grow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
NATIONALIZE THE GRAND CANON

From the Chicago Tribune.
 The Grand canon of the Colorado and the terraces and forests on both sides of it should be made into a national park.
 More than 10400O persons visited the canon in 1915, and the number will prob- ably increase. For the gorge is one of the wonders of the world. It is not only the largest but the most gorgeous of it's kind. The climate of the region is mild. Flowers grow in the canon the year covered with forest.
 Because it is so startling and so unique it is a danger to America to leave it in private hands. Nature has been lavish in this country, but we have not recipro- cated It would serve us right if some enterprising advertiser of malt bever- pensable timepiece, were to decorate the place for us. We have been willing to trust our scenic effects to these gentle men in the past, and we confess the results have not been inspiring.
 It is preposterous that We should hesi- tate about it. Yellowstone with it's gey- sers is not half so inspiring as the canon. With the exception of few special in- terests every one will be in favor of such a plan A bill creating the Grand Canon of Arizona National park should pass Congress without opposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
National Politics Warns Up

We are likely to have a pretty hot presidential campaign this summer" said Fl. w. Pearson of New York.
 q have traveled a good deal in the middle west since the first of the year, and in that section as well as in the east men are talking politics with un- wonted interest l am democrat and l will say that President Wilson's chances for reelection are first rate The tide is certainly toward Wilson now. If the cleo ton were held tomorrow I believe he would win by a decisive majority.
 "All the republicans I meet tell me that Roosevelt will be the nominee of both standpatters and progressives and they talk as if they were cock-sure of vic- tory. Roosevelt has strong following, but the independent vote of the country is larger than ever, and thousands of them will vote the democratic ticket rather than for the man with the big Stick''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
A Great Hotel Town

Birmingham is the best hotel town of it's size in the United States so far as l know and I visit most of the inn portant cities of the east and the south" said Josiah Bates of Boston
 When I was last here about seven years ago I found hotel accommoda- tions quite limited People were ask ing why Birmingham did not have modern fireproof hotels. Well, 1t has many fine hotels now-large and small. Birmingham could well take care Of plg conventions, so far as hotels are con- sidered.
 "Richmond and Atlanta have many large hotels, but those cities are not up to Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

There are many Eentucldans nevada! who cannot eat pork house hams or ci made butter and possess their souls peace. There remain, no doubt, chlldrt who hunt sweetgum and rural Romeo and Juliets who find among the swee gums the. excuse for seeking freedo from intrusion. But sweetgum never "; advertised as a preventive of indigest1o a cure for the blues and pastime never failing interest, so there are m lions of confirmed users of pink, peppe mint-fiavored, paper-wrapped and attra lively labeled chewing gum who new heard of gum hunting as a form Of s cial activity. They would chew the bu of a parrifin candle as willingly as an u1 labeled "gob' of unadvertised gum fro a tree by the roadside.
 It pays nightly to advertise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
An Early Spring

While the ground hog is regarded as a joke, I think it a safe prediction that the south will have an early spring, just as the ground hog sign indicated,' said T. s. Thornton of Louisville.
 'In Kentucky we never look for real spring before April, but in Alabama it will not be surprising if vegetation is well advanced early in March. l have long observed the seasons, and will risk my reputation as a goosebone prophet by say ing that Strawberries will be ripe in this part of the country two weeks ahead of the usual time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
The President Arouses the Public

President Wilson's ringing speeches delivered to vast audiences on his short tour have had the desired effect of arousing the public to a realiza- tion of the necessity of national pre- paredness for the country's defense against possible attack by foreign power.
 While strong sentiment in favor of army and navy expansion had manifested itself among the more throughful and patriotic Americans, there was apathy in some quarters, and much open opposition on the part of the peace-at-any-price propagand- ists.
 There should be little apathy now, and the note of sincerity in the Presi- dents clean-cut arguments for pre- paredness could but make a profound impression.
 If there be some people who are still willing to see this country re- main in jeopardy, the number is fast diminishing.
 One of President Wilson's most ef- fective speeches was that delivered at St. Louis Thursday. It was trumpet appeal to the American people to face the situation calmly and rise up in a patriotic demand for congress sional action seeking national secur- ity. The speech was as trenchent and virile as it was argumentative. A few of the truths which will be pondered are here reproduced:
 My fellow citizens while we know
 our own purpose, it does not follow
 that other nations understand.
 Men press forward with a sort of
 blind recklessness.
 "The peace of the world, including
 America, rests with the remainder of
 the world and not with America. "Either we shall sit still and wait for the necessity for immediate na- tional defense to come, and then call
 for volunteers who would be, for the first few months impotent as against a trained and experienced enemy; or | we shall adopt the ancient American l principle that the men of the coun- | try shall be ready to take care of | their own government. ''Our navy should be unconquerable. | It should be the greatest navy in the world.
 'FNo man can lead America any, where that the people do not desire to be led.
 "It is useless for any man to go among us preaching peace. We are
 disciples of peace already, and no man
 need preach that Gospel to us.' l T am ready to make every patient | allowance for those whose tempers are upset by war
 You have got to get the men of the country ready for the first onslaught | or you have got to be ready to suffer | the first defeat"
 President Wilson has been cheere' and braced by the outpouring of tn masses at the meetings he addresse and by the tumultuous applause tha greeted his emphatic utterances. H returns to Washington more conf dent than ever that the administra tion's preparedness programme vii be adopted by Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

France is suffering from a shortage of
 bottles According to correspondence of
 the Associated Press, the bottle deficit at
 present is about 235 O0O,O0O. This state of
 affairs is due to the occupation of terri
 tory of the department of the North and
 the department of the Marne where
 large glass factories are located. About
 310OO0,OOO bottles are required each year
 by the wine and other industries of France In normal times French glass works produce about 3250 GOO, of which
 between 1O,0O0,G0O and 100000 are ex ported. At present French glassworks are turning out about 9O0OO,000 bottles a duction mineral water bottles which for merly sold for 1 cent are now bringing 2 cents. The price of lamp chimneys has trebled, as well as gobets and window glass. Wine bottles which hold a quart have gone up from $4 to $7 hundred and in the Namur district wine bottles used for the natural sparkling wine cost $9 a hundred. The scarcity of bottles in France is not due entirely to the suc- oesses of the Germans, as heavy inroads on the industry have been made by the of French workmen for the war. A skilled glassblower is hard to re- place. Bottlemakers in the Cognac dis trict have imported workmen from Amer ica, Brazil and Spain. Arabs and Kabyles have been imported by glass makers in the department of the Allier W omen have also helped in some dis tricts. The situation is still further com plicated by a deficit of material. Glass sand and lead have doubled in price, while potash is hard to get. The price has risen from $10 a hundredweight before the war to $9O The cost of coal has also doubled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
TICKET BY COLONEL HARVEY

 From the Rochester Democrat and
 Chronicle.
 Colonel Harvey's success in discovering Woodrow Wilson's presidential availabil- ity has given him such prestige that he is listened to with great respect when he enters the field of political discussion Naturally, therefore. his remarks at a banquet in Boston are attracting some attention, for he predicted there that the republican party would nominate Elihu Root for President Senator Borah for vice president, and that Colonel Roosevelt would be the next United States senator from New York Evidently the discussion of the name of Justice Hughes has not been taken very seriously by Colonel Harvey. "The republican party, he is quoted as saying. will be a coward if it does not nominate for President the man universally recognized as the fore
 most statesman of the world; and stupid though it has been In prosperity the re- publican party is wise and shrewd and far-seeng in adversity." It is pleasant to have the ability of MT. Root recog- nized by as stanch democrat as Colonel Harvey And republicans who are inter ested in national politics will not make 'any mistake if they listen respectfully
 to his suggestion about their ticket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
ABOARD A SUBMARINE

From "Uber Land und Nee"
 The wind was blowing hard and the glaring rays of the sun almost blinded our eyes.
 Now and then a flying fish would jump out of the water and occasionally sea gulls flew to and fro. Suddenly from the English coast we noticed two black points which as they came nearer we saw were British patrol boats of the newest type, one following the other at a distance of a mile.
 They signaled each other.
 'See anything?"
 "No. Do you?'
 Nothing at all Full speed ahead. ;"
 They went away in a southerly direc- ton.
 Above we noticed a sea bird almost sta tionary Of a sudden he plunged down. but had not reached the water when to our surprise he ascended again.
 The haddock, not noticing the danger he was in a few moments before, swan peacefully his way. We saw a great steamer coming toward us.
 From a distance we heard the powerful engines On the bridge stands the pilot, who has to bring the big vessel through the mine fields. Alongside the pilot the captain, the telescope before his eyes, searching the horizon. He lowered the glass.
 Here it is.'
 The pilot took the steering wheel him self
 Full steam"
 The periscope of the submarine with the German war flag on the tiny mast was just in the way of the big ship. !, The pilot did his best to run the sub marine down, but it wobbled out of the way.
 "Stopr' rang the command from the submarine commander, "or I sink you"
 The pilot put the telescope to his eyes. Help was coming
 Three small cannon were fired from a patrol boat The pilot called out:
 We have got him!"
 The submarine dived and two we'll aimed torpedoes sank the big ocean boat within a few minutes.
 The British destroyers came, but too ldlt Lo dO HUI lietli PiSh e'p elC Ni ON AAAiS sailors.
 The submarine had been badly dam aged by the salvo and some of it's instru- ments injured beyond repair It had pro- visions for only two days.
 For the present they must stay below the surface, for the British boats might be waiting for them
 After long tinkering the engineer man. aged to put the telegraph instrument in shape so that he could signal to the Bel gian base, telling of his condition.
 After dark we managed to raise the boat to the surface and with slow ma neuvering set out on our way home. After eight hours of sailing under difficulties our plunger reached it's base.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

From the New York World.
 From the sad story of a woman writer who committed suicide, Robert Under- wood Johnson, secretary of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, deduces the need of a Maecenas. It is, he says, astonishing that we have not yet had in America one man of large means with the vision to make for himself an undying position as a patron of literature and art in large way"
 How many American authors would re-
 turn to the old days when talent bowed
 it's head to soon forgotten lordlings for cast-off raiment and the broken meats of the second table? In the Roman re- public just turning to empire, was Hor- ace, more a poet or less man for hail.
 ing with crudest fiattery sybaritic im- perial favorite as sprung from royal an- cestors?' Has our own republic need of such patrons?
 l Some literary art does not pay Why
 not accept the fact, as many masters of English letters have done, and earn by
 daily toll the right to literary leisure l Was Matthew Arnold the worse for his school work or Trollope for serving the
 postoffice? Are American authors who | work as editors, like MT. Johnson him | self; as publishers readers or school
 masters; in .he professions or in busi-
 ness, really whining for private pensions l The unfortunate writer who ended her ! life last week did so because of i'll health l No Maecenas can guard against disease | CT wounds, old age or failing faculties Writers cannot be immunized to the ac- cidents of humanity. They have less ex- | cuse to lay their future upon the broad shoulders of some rich man with taste | for adulation than has the clergyman
 teacher or faithful family physician.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

the Mouse heights in France-his im- pressions of St. Mihiel-that salient thorn thrust into the French front. Mir. Davis sees and tells about the very things in which the reader is most interested.
 In tomorrow's Rotogravure Section there will be a full page of views of Bagdad. The city of the Arabian Nights is hemmed on two sides by the great war This section will be one of the handsomest and most artis- tic yet issued by The Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
Great Interest in Symphony

"The brisk demand for seats for the Minneapolis Symphony orchestra concerts at the Bijou Wednesday, February lo' afternoon and night, indicates large audi ences," said B. B. Burton. ''The matinee programme has been arranged especially for the enjoyment of children, although it will appeal to grown-ups as well. Seats for the night concert are now on sale, but the tickets for the afternoon per- formance will not be offered to adults until next Wednesday. There is great interest in both concerts and this interest will increase as the date approaches"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
HOTEL LOBBIES
The Contribution of the Walters

"Everybody assisting in the canvass to raise money for the suffering Jews of Poland has been touched by the con- tribution of $50 pledged by the colored walters of the Tutwiler and what made it all the more appreciated was the fact that this donation came unsolicited and without prompting," said J. E. Shelby.
 This generous act on the part or the walters should have the effect of stirring up many white people Of Inn ited means. If every citizen working for wages would give something to this good cause Birmingham's contri- button to the relief fund would total $20.000 OF S25.OO0"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
MASCULINE VANITY

From the New Orleans States.
 A Wellesley girl has sent out poetic appeal for "a tall Apollo in full dress suit" If she gets all the men who think they could fill that bill she will be mobbed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
THE REAL PROBLEM,

THE REAL PROBLEM. Our new pastor looks like a moving picture actor.''
 "Does eh? Then he's not the sort of preacher we need" "Why not?"
 "Oh plenty of women go to our church as it is. We must devise some way to attract the men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
HEB APT TO FAIL.

HEB APT TO FAIL. "We now have an opportunity to study new type of optimist." And what sort is that?'' "The old gentleman who hopes to get into heaven by founding hospital With part of the money he makes in war stocks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
ALARMING SYMPTOMS.

ALARMING SYMPTOMS. I'm greatly worried about my wife. " said Gadson.
 'Why so?" asked Dubwaite. "When I got home this morning about 2:3O o'clock instead of the usual lec- ture she merely opened the door and said. Come in "
 That's curious
 "Very. And don't know whether she s sick or figuring on getting a divorce"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
AN OFF YEAR

From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
 Birmingham wants money; a proposi- tion is pending there to tax all unmarried men between the ages of 21 and 45, as much as s1O0. Is leap year good one for that?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
BEGINNING THE DAY-'Love is

BEGINNING THE DAH-"LoVe is the fulfilling of the law" Chrisuan- itx, consists first in an attituoe .o- ward God, and next in an att.t"ue toward men. I prove my TIE with God by riGhtness with One is the root and the otne fruit. Help me, then' U my
 .d ,n,x my Deighbor be the man ,. side. the man above me, and AZ. ,,,,r beJoyy me-unto the utter ,,os+ mart of the earth. In ChrIsts name, Amen.--H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
THE COMMON FATE.

A mortal passes from this earth And thinks twill go to pot without
 him;
 The cynics voice unseem1y mirth Who read what papers say about him. The busy world rolls on through space, With sunny days and showers falling, And soon to all the human race His name, his deeds are past recalling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

Spain has reduced the policy of watch ful waiting to an exact science.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

MT. Willard will be paid something like .$15S3. 3S a minute for toying with MT. Moran in a 10-round bout. And the chances are that he won't have to fight the allotted number of minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

It was George M. Conan who rhymed Norfolk with war talk" but he didn't know at that time that the Appam was going to be captured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

The writers of sea yarns will have to bestir themselves if they hope to create any adventures to equal the experiences of the Appam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

Tell it to Bernstorff'' seems to be the accepted formula, but does it get us any where?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

Loves heraIds should be thoughts Which ten times faster glide than the
 suns beams, nr;xinc back shadows over low'ring
 hills. -Romeo and Juliet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

If the belligerents don't hurry up and get a move, on themselves, war news will be relegated to an inside page
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

President Wilson seems to have suc- ceeded in convincing the well known Show Me- club of Missouri.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

The next time the Survey publishes an article about Birmingham, would it not be well to get the facts?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
PAGE MIR. EDISON

From the Atlanta Journal.
 Fortunes await the inventor of life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

At least Uncle Sam will be relieved of the arduous duty of trying to find out who set fire to the Canadian Parliament building
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

Something else to talk about: Why did Secretary McAdoo suddenly decide not to visit the south at this time?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

Maybe France will think more kindly of Americans when the tourist tide starts toward Europe again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
LUST so HE LANDS

From the Florida Times-Union.
 Any candidate will agree that it is bet ter to be minority President than nc President at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

Whether or not the magazines are de- stroying literature, they are certainly do-
 ing all they can to boost stage celebri- ties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

King Constantine has quit protesting. Doubtless he found it a waste of time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

Prohibition is spreading so rapidly will soon cease singing the mint julep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
LOCAL COLOR AT PALM BEACH

From the Boston Advertiser.
 With those pink and lavender suits for men, they'll be calling it Palmjama Beach soon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

The Turks may not take very kindly to German "kultur," but they have profited greatly by German military methods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
DO LETTERS NEED A PATRON.

Lest we forget, the Lusitania case is still to be settled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

l. D. Griffis and w. D. Brumbeloe are the only authorized IraVellng repre- sentauVes of The Age Herald Ill Its cir culation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

No communication wiu be publishe0 without it's authors name. keJecteG manuscripI Will not be returned un- less stamps are enclosed tor that pur- pose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

Livingston Southern Home: As will be seen from an announcement Of negro farmers institute to be held at Demopo- lis, the United States department of agri- culture has undertaken the work of get ting the negro farmers to diversity. Some of the successful negro farmers have been appointed farm demonstrators. Tom w. Scales holds that position in Sumter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

Washtr gton bureau, POT t1ibbs build ing. .
 European bureau, Henrietta street. CoVent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, Rooms 4S to 50, inclusive, Tribune building NC" York city; western business o1tlce' Tribune building, Chicago. The S C' Beckwith Special Agency. agents Aot eign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05

Guntersville Democrat: With moun- tains of iron ore and untold deposits of coal Birmingham now names Warrior river it's greatest asset. What would that city not do if the broad, blue Ten nessee rolled by it's doors!