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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31
ALABAMA PRESS

Troy Messenger: An exchange says that
some farmers are actually Dragging about
how little they are going to make. 1t
Of them are rather fond of telling
about 1t.
Montgomery Advertiser: Fifteen-cent
cotton and a general optimistic DISPOSE
ton will bring as much happiness to mid
die Alabama this fall as the promised
democratic victory
Tuscaloosa News: Because he dares up
hold states rights in the regulation OF
suffrage the women's party is trying to
hyphenates are trying to punish him for
upholding American rights. This is indeed
time for some sober thinking.
Mobile Register: Speaker Champ Clark
returned to the democIatic national COM
mittee a check which had been sent to
defray his expenses on his speaking trip
to Maine. Making speeches for the
democratic party and paying my own ex-
penses are the only way can contribute
to the cause, the speaker explained.
These may not be old Roman days, but
some of our public men would not have
been out of drawing in the ancient re-
public.
Selma Journal: The not unlocked fol
clash between Governor Henderson and
Attorney General Martin has come. The
knowing ones have realized that 1t was
bound to break out sooner or later. evel
since the legislature was in session. II
will be recalled that there was fight
over the project of giving the attorney
general more authority, to which the gov.
ernor strenuously objected, and some sort
of compromise was effected. The question
Is now in the courts and will be settled
by the tribunals established for that pur'
possA
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31
WILL STICK TO THE TANGO

New York Correspondence Pittsburl
Dispatch.
If the views of professional dancer'
are any criterion, the threat made Il
Chicago at the convention of the Nd;
ticEal Association Of Dancing Masters
abolish the tango and restore the "
fashioned waltz will have no effest,s1
The old-fashioned, dreamy waltz mn
suit Chicago, but New York. "accus.
toned to progressiveness in everything
will not tolerate that conservative form
of dance, professional dancers here as
sert. Unless it is supported by dance
of still more intensive action the tango
will remain, they add. But it is certain
that the waltz, the fox trot and the bun
ny hug will never again be the popular
media of terpsichorean expression in this
city, they insist. The waltz would spell
| the ruin of public dancing If it were re.
ceived here, said Grafton Virgins. who
with his wife. has been giving exhibit
ton dances on the roofs here. 1.-The old.
| time waltz is too much work." said Mr.
Virgins. land it is a mistake to say
that the tango is being forced out. When
| it first came it was foreign and may
have been difficult AS 1t now Is danced
| it is easy to learn"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31
DOLL AND POWDER CANDIDATE
From the New York World.

fIOH1 LH6 new DIX w OIAO.
Mr.. Hughes reward for approving ma
tional suffrage amendment to the con-
stitution of the United States is swift
and generous. The women Of the Hughes
alliance are preparing to open shops fol-
the sale of dolls and Hughes sachet
powder. than which there could be moth
ing more appropriate to the Hughes cam
paign.
Dolls are usually stuffed with sawdust
and so Is the Hughes candidacy.
The purpose of sachet powder is to diff.
fuse an agreeable odor among articles
that might otherwise have an ancient
and fish-like smell. A Hughes sachet
powder compounded to conceal the stencil
OF old guard politics from susceptible
progressive nostrils has become impera.
tive, and whatever the supply may be
it can never equal the demand.
The republican national committee has
not shown very keen understanding
of the situation but the women OF the
Hughes alliance know what Is needed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31
JOURNALISM IN THE TRENCHES

From the Nashville Tcnnessean.
The Rebel was a newspaper published
every little while by Confederates on
the run or on the advance. as opportunity
afforded. Morgan's soldiers issued a
small sheet at Huntsville. Tenn, while
occupying that village. some of the news
items being kept for posterity in the pub
lished "reminiscences of a Nashville lady
now deceased. A few issues of a Mem
phis Journal, we believe were printed
while it's publishers were hiking south
ward under the protection of our troops.
But the paucity of such enterprises made
them notable. The fixedness of the lines
during the present war appears to be
more favorable to journalism. Anyhow,
80 journals are said to be sent out from
the French trenches. and from the Eng
lish lines in France some 60-odd. num-
Der of regiments own their plants, and
get out their papers without sending the
copy to the various towns still able to
have printing plants. Strangely enough.
cheerfulness is characteristic note. but
| it was the case with the Confederate
journalists. AS someone has suggested.
to the historian these ventures will prove
invaluable.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31

From the Kansas City Star.
N ordinance was enacted by the
"a city council the other day, max
4 = ing 1t a misdemeanor. punishable
by a fine of $780, for anyone to tattoo any
mark or design upon the skin OF boy
or girl who is under age, and requiring
professional tattooers to pay a license
fee of $500 a year before they can operate
upon the skins Of adults.
So passes. In this city at least an an
cient calling and practice, time honored
and linked with the romance and mystery
NJ the sea: for the art of tattooing was
brought to us by sailors from the islands
OF the South seas. If the enactment or
such an ordinance as this had been at
tempted a generation or two ago in some
city of the sea coast there would have
been a protest against it, because then
nearly every boy thought it just as manly
and as necessary to have an anchor and
a heart tattooed on his forearm as to be
able to chew niggerhead tobacco with
out getting pale and sweaty beneath the
eyes. In those days nearly every boy
had an ambition to run away and go to
sea. and many of them did make voy-
age or two; but. whether Whey had ever
sailed salt water or not. nearly every one
Of them had some kind Of emblem tat
tooed on arm, leg or chest And man
was no sailor at all unless he was well
decorated in blue and red.
1t was fashionable then among sea-
faring men to have a square rugged ship
under full sail tattooed across the chest;
ballet girl or TWO on one forearm; a
mermaid on the other, and anchors,
hearts, crosses, birds, snakes and other
decora lions scattered about the arms and
hands, wherever there was space to put
one. In the forecastle of every ship was
man or two, expert in this art, and
every seaport had several tattooing shops
where the work was done and you could
90 in there almost any time and see a
brawny sailor lying on his back. with
chest exposed, while the artist picked the
design into the skin with a little cluster
of sharp needles stuck through corA
their points dipped into pigments that
stained the inner skin and would never
come out. Sailors had habit, too, OF
having the names of their sweethearts
| tattooed upon their arms. and, as sailors
are noted for having girl in every port
| sc metimes these names multiplied. There
would be Kate and Poll and Jane anl
others, and occasionally a name in {
strange language of far-away lands And
oh the stories those old sailors could tel
as they pulled up their shirt sleeves ant
exposed some fanciful designed worked ir
Hongkong or Calcutta!
| Tattooing is famed in literature Ridel
Haggard wrote book, Mr. Meeson'i
WILL" which was all about an old fel
low who had his will tattooed on hi
back. and only last week Judd Mortimel
Lewis, the Texas poet. singing of tn,
days when he rubbed elbows will
romance. wrote:
My mother had a cousin in the days o
long ago,
An he use to come to our house abou
once q year or 30:
And his arms was tattooed splendid. grill
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31
THE UNKNOWN WAY

BY Bryant.
A burning sky is DER me,
The sands beneath me glow.
AS onward, onward, YEARLY,
In the sultry noon 1 go.
From the dusty path there opens.
Eastward, an unknown way;
Above its windings, pleasantly,
The woodland branches play.
A silvery brook comes stealing
From the shadowTof its trees.
Where slender herbs of the forest stoop
Before the entering breeze
Along those pleasant windings
I would my Journey lay.
Where the shade is cool and the dew Of
night
Is not yet dried away.
Path of the flowery woodland!
Oh, whittier dost thou lead,
Wandering by grassy orchards
Or by the open mead?
Goest thou by nesting cottage?
Goest thou by stately hall
Where the, broad elm droops, a leafy
And woodbines flaunt on the wall?
BY sleeps where children gather
Flowers of the yet fresh year?
BY lonely walks where lovers stray
Till the tender stars appear?
Or haply dost thou linger
On barren plains and bare
Or Chamber the bald mountainside
Into the thinner air?
Where they who journey upward
Walk in q weary track,
And oft upon the shady vale
With longing eyes look back?
hear a solemn murmur.
And listening to the sound,
know the voice of the mighty sea.
Beating its pebbly bound
Dost thou, path of the woodland!
And where those waters roar.
Like human life. on a trackless beach,
With boundless sea befor~1
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31

! sources of North Alabama and til M
ton to the question of national j
ness, says that the armor pla
should be located either at Birn
Gadsden or Admission, and rema
ut is sufficient to say that this
could never be occupied by an
enemy until the United States WI
to sue for peace as a result of
experienced elsewhere"
The armor plate plant cannot
to but one place. 1t cannot be aNe
among the cities in Alabama w
justly contending for the award.
| bama doesn't get it the plant woi
south. 1t should be clear to all t
mingham's chances are better til s
of ana smaller city in Alabama
mingh m has more influence Il W.
others because it is bigger and its
ton as a steel center is wider.
In its efforts to convince the Presidenl
of the superior claims of Birmingham t
this plant, Birmingham is entitled to the
active support of the people in othel
parts of the State. Whatever enriches
Birmingham, or any other one town O.
city in Alabama, logically enriches thu
rest of the state.
To Montgomery people especially do we
appeal to come to the assistance of Biz
mingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31
FOND OF AN ARGUMENT

FOND OF AN ARGUMENT
IT dare say the time passed rather
quickly for old Mr.. Rasper at the summer
resort he visited"
Plenty to amuse him, chr
"Yes--in a way. He met another old
codger there as contentious as he was
and when the two of them locked horns
they forgot whether 1t was morning, noon
or night"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31
LOOKING AHEAD

Now, this is the kind of movie I like.
It's educational"
why, it's all about vampire"
Just SO. 1 may meet a vampire some
of these days and then I'll know how to
protect myself"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31
ART OF TATTOOING

and ships and swords and things,
And an eagle that was flying on the real
est lookin' wings
He was older than my mother and my
father, seems to me,
And when he was only little he had rur
away to sea,
And he'd been sailor and had beer
most everywhere, I guess;
To China, and to islands where the Kids
don't have to dress.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31

Birmingham certainly has the hustle
and hustle and looks good to me after
my absence of about four years." said
Harry Stevenson, remembered as for
mer manager of the Majestic theatre
in the old vaudeville days. and now the
advance agent of THE Natural Law
the opening attraction at the Bijou.
81 am meeting lots of my old friends
in Birmingham and 1 certainly enjoy
seeing them again.
"As to the show that I represent 1
can say 1t is one of the best produc-
tons now on the road. This production
comes to the Bijou theatre from the
Republic theatre, New York, and ex-
pect capacity audiences on opening day
in Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31
ADRIFTT WITH THE TIMES

NOT WORTH WHILE
An honored name
Has William Peck;
'Tis always good
When on a check.
But If 'twere signed
To any book,
I would not care
To have a look.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31
MONEY IN 1T

Now, your friend Jibway evidently
thinks he knows a great deal. but nobody
ever pays any attention to what he says"
with a few exceptions"
Name them"
i've seen chauffeurs leap to do his bid
ding"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31

BEGINNING THE DAY-God os
Joy and of grief, do with me what
Thou wilt, grief is good ana JOY
Is good also. Thou art Leading me
now through joy. 1 take III from n.
hands, and L give Thee thanks i"r
1T Amen.-H. Nj. Il.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31
POINT IN HIS FAVOR

Wen have to promote this young
man"
He seems to be doing good work"
Yes, And, furthermore when some
thing turns up and he has to stay at the
office half and hour later than usual, L
notice he doesn't call up four or five peo-
pie over the telephone and in despair
ing voice tell them they will have to go
on without him."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31
A STOCK PHRASE

Greece is not yet in the war, be-
lever"
mot yet, but If she ever does enter it.
you may rest assured of one thing
And what Is that?'
'she will be fighting to realize her ma
tional ideals +"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31

a thor, monster. Ignorance, how de-
form'd dost thou look. Il. L. Nv -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31
LEAVES OF ALL SHE CAN

"All women think about is something to
put on their backs.o remarked the cynic
You are mistaken there"
Show me one who doesn't"
well, there's a certain type of dancer
If she had to cover up her back she
would die of chagrin."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31
First Bale of Cotton

L. c. Steele of the Warrant warehouse
announced yesterday afternoon that the
first bale of cotton of this seasons crop
had arrived in Birmingham from Har-
persville, and had been sold to Burt &,
Arnold, cotton merchants, at 151s cents
a pound. The cotton alone on the bale
brought s7s.05 and including the seed
will bring a price OF close to a hun
dred dollars.
Mrs. E. N Kidd of Harpersville, a
small community several miles east of
Birmingham on the Atlanta, Birming-
ham and Atlantic railroad, had the dis
tinction of shipping the first bale of
cotton into the city.
1.-THE first bale of cotton arrived in
town today" said Mr.. Steele, land 1t
was Immediately sold at the highest
market price-15h cents a pound. AT
that price, including the seed, the bale
will bring close to hundred dollars.
This is price for cotton that would
indicate some prosperity for the south
ern growers"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31
DEATH OF SUMMER

DEATH OF SUMMER
Down in the valley
Bird notes are still;
Breezes are quickening.
A voice in the rill
Murmurs of autumn
AND the last blossoms blow,
Ere winters rude power
Shall lay their beauty low.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31
Details in Railroading


mo one who is not in the railroad
business can possibly understand the
enormous amount Of money necessary
to operate a railroad" said Robert An
derson, district passenger agent OF the
Illinois Central lines, yesterday. There
is no business that requires more cap
ital and energy plus brain power to
manipulate. The maintenance end of
the railroad business is an immense
item. The excellent salaries paid rail-
road employees is another item of large
ness.
THE railroads are looked upon by
some people as being just one train
after another running along snooth
iron rails with little or no trouble. The
detail necessary to conduct a railroad
properly is almost beyond comprehen-
sion 1t takes the highest type of abil-
ity to overlook the management o. a
railroad and each individual working
for the road has many annoyances and
troubles to bob up each day that the
public would never think off,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31
Civil Service Exams

1.-THE civil service department OF the
United States commission announced
yesterday the date for civil service ex-
aminations for male stenographers and
typewriters in Birmingham" said e. X
Norman, assistant postmaster. THE
date set for the examination in Biz
mingham and other Alabama cities, in
GLIDING Admission, Gadsden, Dothan
Mobile, Montgomery, Opelika and Sell
ma, is set for September IL and 2s
Those taking this examination and
passing the governments requirements
will fill the 200 or more vacancies for
this position at Washington and other
offices"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31

well, it looks like a big strike" re-
marked DR.. Howell T. Helm yesterday.
However, If this disaster comes to
pass 1t cannot be laid at the door of the
Wilson administration, for the President
has certainly shown the greatest patience
and perseverance in his untiring efforts
to bring the opposing factions to an ami
cable understanding. He has apparently
exhausted almost every resource at the
command of his office in futile attempts
to effect fair adjustment of the differ
ences between capital and labor.
Wilson has been on the job night and
day since the railroad situation began
to look up with a threatening aspect
Speaking of presidential trials and tribu-
lations, 1 believe no one will dispute the
fact that the present administration has
encountered more than its share. With
the world war, the vexing Mexican situa-
ton, and numerous internal troubles,
Washington has been storm center Of
peril for the past two or three years."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31
HOTEL LOBBIES
The Three Sides

There is a saying which Is very old
! and to the effect that There are two
| sides to every question: said T. S.
Pounds, who has been prominent in the
Brotherhood of Railway Engineers for
many years. However, I disagree with
the adage. and say that there are three
sides to every question. That is, there
is your side, then my side, and then
the third side, which is the right side.
Now, that is the situation with the
railroad officials and the brotherhood
said Mr.. Pounds in reply to a question
for his opinion. Both factions are equal
ly positive that their side is right and
they in all probability are going to stick
to their own distinctive opinions. The
| officials of the railroads can't give in, at
least without a. fight to the last because
| they are being backed by others higher
up, the money powers. 1t would be sui
| eide to them to give in to an agreement
that would mean thousands of dollars adj
| ditional expense daily.
Then the brotherhoods feel that they
| cannot longer work for their present
wages. They feel that the high cost Of
living makes an increase necessary. And
In the meantime the public Is hoping
that an agreement can be reached"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-31

TELEPHONE
Bell (private exchange connecting al
departments) Main 1900.
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in Political Field chairman OF the
western repub-
lican national campaign organization.
After making survey OF Kentucky
he hurries to Chicago to report to
associates there that the Blue Grass
state will be carried by Hughes and
Fairbanks. He felt that it would be
so because he was told that the pro-
pressives were back in the republican
ranks.
Why should any intelligent man put
Kentucky in the Hughes column? 1t
would be just as reasonable for Ma
tional Chairman Wilcox to claim Ten
nessee or Virginia for Hughes.
Only once since the Civil war has
Kentucky failed to go democratic.
That was in 1896, and then the repub-
llicans lacked one electoral vote of
having the full number. In 1900 Ken
lucky was solidly democratic again
and in all succeeding presidential
years it has polled normal democratic
] majorities.
In 1912 Wilson received 219,584
votes, Taft 5,512 and Roosevelt only
! 1902, 766. AS Wilson's plurality was
1O4,072, if Hughes were to get the
entire progressive vote he would lack
few thousand of having a plurality.
It seems certain that fair percent-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-08
New Record Made
In 44O Yard Dash
by Howard Of Pittsburg

Newark, n. j., Sept. S.-W. P. How
ard of Pittsburg established new
Junior record in the first track event
to be completed in the junior A. A
L. championships here this afternoon
winning the 440 yard dash in so 81
seconds. A. F. Lagay, New York A. G
was second; A. B. Boothe, Chicago A
A., third.
the former junior record for the 44C
yard dash was so As.
Summaries:
100 yard dash: A. f. Ward. Chicago
A. A. won; F. Motley, Atlantic City,
second; II. n. Williams, Spokane,
third; J. L. Foley, Boston A. c., fourth
Time 10 flat.
Mile run: A. D. Colby, Boston A. A.,
won; H. S. Carroll, New York A. c.,
second; George Benish, Chicago A. A..
third. Time 4:2 As.
16 pound shot put: J. J. ComerfOrd,
Philadelphia won; II. Elsey, Mohawk
A. c., New York Second; R. J. Moore,
New York A. c., third; n. f. Yeahuise,
New York, fourth. Distance Al feet
III. inches.
120 yard hurdles: f. J. Thompson,
Los Angeles won; A. r. Bush, Univer.
sity of Chicago, second; B. Brown,
New York. A. c., third; F. ]. Loorhis,
Jr, Chicago A. A., fourth. Time l6
seconds.
One mile walk: w. J. Rolker, I. A. A.
c., New. York won; T. A. MarOney,
Bronx Church House, New York, Sec
ond; J. L. Aronson, Pastime A. c.,
New York, third; W. McFadden, New
York A.. c., fourth. Time $3.50 l-5.
This established new junior record
for the mile walk, the former mark
being Z As.
Pole vault: J. D. Nagle, New York
A. c. won; F.. A. Watkins, Los Ange.
les. A. c., second; E. c. Reich, Pitts
burg, third; X. Caldwell, l. A. A. c.,
New York, fourth. Height IL feet 3
inches.
44O yard hurdles: W. S. Hummel,
Portland, Or, won; c. A. Hoenish, San
Francisco, second; c.. 4. Walsh, New
York, third; A. Bennis, New York A.
c., fourth. Time Sc 2-5. New junior
record; former record Gl 10.
Running broad jump: j. Sheehan,
won; f. f. Jones, New York
second; |. f. Hugh, Philadelphia, third
j. Karimo. New York, fourth. Distance
81 feet 1l1s inches.
+. j. Loomis of Chicago broke the
Junior record for the 900 yard hurdles.
He went over the stocks in % l-5. The
old mark was 25 %, held by W. S. Lee
of New York.