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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
THE RETURN OF POETRY

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 Poetry is looking up. There is a grow ing interest in verse. quite plainly mani fested, and it is not limited to a local ity, but extends apparently to all parts of the country. For many years poetry has been leaden weight in the book market. There was no sale for it, except to a small class who still perceived the beauty of numbers and were willing to invest dollar now and then for~the sat- isfaction of their aesthetic taste. The publishers looked sourly upon the metrical manuscripts that came to their desks and were disposed to take them between thumb and finger and hold them at dis tance as if in fear of temptation. The magazines found poems geographically useful as tail pieces, mere filters for the end of a page. Their mechanical linni- tations clipped the wings of the muse and held it within the range of 20 lines or such matter. No poet could do any grand and lofty soaring in such a cir cumscribed area, and few ever got off the ground. It was left mainly to the school readers and the newspapers to keep alive the feeble spark of appreciation in the public mind.
 But a change has come People have suddenly, it would seem, acquired a taste for poetry. Volumes of verse by au- thors of reputation have become really salable to such an extent as to be profit able to the publishers Certain books or this character are reported among the best sellers in some places. The maga- zines are beginning to feature poems as if they expected them to be read. The poets themselves have acquired a dignity and standing in the popuar mind that would have been quite impossible to ob- tain sometime ago. They travel over the country to exhibit themselves and their works and are paid well for the privil- ege of personal contact and adoration. What is the reason for this literary re- vival, this Renaissance of verse? It can not be due to increased culture, nor to a growth of aesthetic appreciation. It has come too suddenly for that We are inclined to believe it is due largely to the influence of the war. The world is more serious today than it was two years ago, and it is discovering emotions that it knew not then-elemental emotions that have been covered with a veneer of the thing called civilization, and breaking through the crust find no adequate ex- pression except in that which is at once the most primitive and yet the highest the divine vehicle of verse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
Population of Cities

It may be assumed that urban popu- lation increases steadily but the growth Of most cities has been at less rapid rate within the last two years than formerly" said H. J. Maxwell of the District of Columbia. T believe that Washington city, however, whose ooundry is coteminous with the dis trict gained more last year than in any previous year of the decade The census credited Washington with SS1,- O69, and it is estimated that the popu- lation is now near the 100000 mark A year ago the estimate was only about S6OOOO
 Birmingham is supposed to have a population of nearly 100000. The last New York World Almanac gives it as 1s5,OoO. The next census will probably give Washington 45O,oOO. It will not be surprising to those of us who have watched the growth of cities if Bir- mingham has 225,000 in 1920"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
Cron Diversificntinn

While there is more diversification of crops in the cotton south as a whole, than in former years, Alabama, from all accounts, led all the other cotton states last year." said R. F. Sunderland of St. Paul.
 'The large increase in corn production iH this state has attracted attention in every part of the country, and I have no doubt but that many homeseekers from the north will gradually settle in Ala bama. I am not a farmer, but I can appreciate the importance of crop diversi- fcation in section that had been rais- ing only one money crop.
 When Alabama becomes generally known as a corn and live stock state, as well as cotton state, new settlers will come here in rapidly increasing num- bers.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
ON THE FIRING LINE
From the Diary of French Slid

From the Diary of French Slider. in
 Everybody's Magazine.
 One who has not been on the firing line and who does not know how it feels to know that every minute may be the very last one. does not understand what it means to remember olden times which never may come back. The feeling ia simply maddening, and one mus Dc a brute or else the brains would not work any more and one would become crazy. Looking at beautiful landscape while iu the trenches, makes one feel full of mel ancholy. The idea of not being able to see such landscapes in peace is onOugh to get one mad. Thinking of honls. wife and children is so maddening that sweat comes on the forehead. and it is a nat ural movement to wipe ones heaa With the back of the hand and to endea 9r to throw far away the thoughts of all nat ia dear to one. Trying to think of rQthlns is more maddening than all the rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
THE WHISPER OF THE SANDS

Clinton Scolard in the Bellman. Night and the golden glory of the moon Above the undulant sweep of desert
 lands And borne OCT dusky dale and simmer
 ing dune The whisper of the sands! Faint as the faintest ripple on the shore Of Nile that holds it's enigmatic spell; Faint as the dawn wind where tall palm
 trees soar, Or murmur in shell! Faint and inscrutable freighted with the
 breath Of ages that have long, long ceased to
 be; Weighted with mysteries of birth and
 death, Time and eternity! And so I finger till the night grows old And the rose blossoms of the morn ex-
 pands And hear these ceaseless marvells man.
 fold The whisper of the sands!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A MUSTERED sAvANT.

< T I]OoA fo(AN AIN "Is Prof. Diggs still interested in Egyp- tology?"
 "Oh. yes. but he had a rather trying experience recently
 What happened to him?" He was asked by some of the local stage censors just how far, in his opinion, an oriental dancer should be permitted to go."
 ONE OF LIFE'S NECESSITIES
 'Dubwaite figures h,s expense ac- count rather closely"
 "He didn't use to be that way.'' "oh, he has a car now. A man has to be careful to keep balance in the bank large enough to cover his gasoline bills'
 ARTFUL ARCHERY. shot an arrow in the air, Up toward the merry twinkling stars; I never saw that dart again Perhaps the thing got stuck in Mars Ed Oliver in Yonkers Statesman. It may have been just as you say With that there little dart. but-mind
 you If you had been shot up that way I'd look toward Venus, Ed, to find you - Rhody McPhee in Springfield Union. If Ed had been shot up that way, And 'mongst the stars become a skip
 per,
 He'd pass up Venus, and we'd find Him blowing foam off the Big Dipper
 Houston Post. Who shoots an arrow in the air, Fen though he's in a mood for testing, Should exercise the proper care And when it falls find where 'tis rest
 ing.
 For, should it pierce a peaceful COW, Or crash some neighbours window
 through, There's apt to be a pretty row, Unless one makes the payment due.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
The Knights Templar Triennial

The next triennial conclave of the Masonic order of Knights Templar will be held in Los Angeles in June of this year, and it will be a most brilliant af- fair," said w. B. Waldron of St. Louis T was in Los Angeles in January and learned that arrangements for the con- clave were well advanced. It is expected that fully 25000 knights will be in the parade, and that the crowd of visitors will be the largest ever seen in Los Angeles on any convention occasion.
 'The order of Knights Templar has nearly doubled it's membership since the first triennial I attended in Cleveland in 1SS0.- The membership was then about 12o.0OO. It is now about 240.OOO.n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
CONFIDENTIAL AvowAL.

I'm perfectly willing for you to marry my eldest daughter"
 Thank you, sir. did not venture to hope"
 That I woud give such ready con sent?'
 "Why-er-yes, sir.'
 Young man, now that you are about to become member of the family, I don't mind telling you that the attitude of the father of six marriageable daugh- ters is one of watchful waiting,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
SHRINKING SKIRT POPULAR

New York Correspondent Rittsburg Dis
 patch.
 Heavy snowfalls this winter have made the shrinking skirt seem the only sen sible thing, but when the ordinary walk ing skirt shortens up past the limit for bathing suit skirts, the authorities may be constrained to order the hanging of clothes on other limbs besides the nick ory one. Other cities have taken up the agitation against the display of feminine ankles and 1t is likely to hit this town sooner or later. Some of the styles seen on Broadway are bad enough to cause domestic complications. The newest skirt is shorter by inches all of which indi- cates that the wearers must have been left leg-i-see to purchase them, be- cause the shorter the dress the higher the cost. Jumbo squabs are beating the prodigal sons to it. For the first time fatted calves are much in evidence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

Among the tracts of land set apart by the government for the preservation of natural wonders and places of historic interest, none is more interesting to scien- lists than the dinosaur national "monu-
 ment," which was recently established in
 Utah and is said to be the most remark able deposit of fossil bones of reptiles in
 the country. These remains are buried in
 solid rock and had it not been for the in- vestigations made by scientific men, they might never have been discovered. It is expected that the new monument will be
 a valuable mine for museums in the United States. Although plans for devel- oping the tract have not yet been worked out, it is thought that provisions will be made so that many institutions through out the country can profit by the govern ment's fossils. Representatives of the Carnegie museum of Pittsburg have so far done the only work of uncovering these prehistoric remains. The deposits were discovered by Dr. E. B. Douglas of the Carnegie museum, who has had charge of the explorations since, by au- thority of the Secretary of State. The dinosaur monument is about 15 miles from Vernal Utah, and is located in the Unita basin. It is only 80 acres in ex- tent but the tract contains the bones of hundreds of huge prehistoric animals, which scientists think were washed there by some ancient stream, their skeletons being imbedded in mud which turned to stone An almost perfect skeleton of brontosaurus has been discovered in the basin. This animal was over 20 feet high and more than 80 feet long. When alive it probably weighed as much as six large elephants. This specimen has been sent to the Carnegie museum
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
A FANCY.

Perchance, in some far distant vale, The sound of strife is never heard; Across the blue the cloud-ships sail At intervals a Hitting bird. Sings joyously and breezes blow With blossoms sweet and wondrous
 bland Just where that is I do not know
 It must be Never-Never Land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
A FRANK CONFESSION.

"Do you care for the finer things of life?" asked the soulful young woman.
 "Oh. yes" answered MT. Dubson. If had to work all the time and never play I'd want to die"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
Signs of Prosperity

From all appearances Chicago is more prosperous this winter than in many years past" said B. G. Wiles of the lake metropolis
 "One of the many signs of business recovery is the large attendance at the theatres All shows draw we'll Last season was poor, but this season am told, is one of the best. In hard times places of amusements suffer more than any other branch of business, but when good times come they thrive.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord,

BEGINNING THE DAY-LOrd' heIm me to be a prince today in the Kingdom of God. May l wear my poor garments with such content ment and such honesty that they shall become royal robes. May my small task grow kingIy from the way | shall perform it. May my crown be fin my heart not on my head. In Christ's name. Amen.-H.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

Strange and incredible as it may seem to Gothamites, there are a great many people in this country who pay no at tention to what happens on Broadway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

The one-term plank has been converted into kindling wood, but nobody seems dis posed to make a bonfire out of it. MT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
AIMLEss LIVES

From Harper's Weekly.
 How many of us have sufficient direc- ton to our lives? Outside of the funda- mental necessities of support and edu- cation for our children it would be diff fcut for the majority to give a scheme of existence planned to bring the fullest value to life in it's changing phases. On the intellectual and spiritual side. the existence of most is not unlike that de- picted in the pleasing ditty
 "A mother was chasing her boy round the room; she was chasing her boy round the room; and while she was chasing her boy round the room, she was chasing her boy round the room"
 The direction in early childhood, as ia. as it is not taken care of by natural tendencies, is in the hands of parents and teachers, often conducted as in the above quoted masterpiece. In youth we often have an ideal, but by middle age it has too frequently been replaced by mere ambition. In age how many of us are fit to enjoy the possibilities of contemplation. as thus suggested in Maccabees:
 The ancient men sat in the streets, They all communed together of good
 things.
 Life ought to be like a great drama, reaching its height at the end of the third act but requiring the last two acts to clarify it's meaning, round out it's story and complete it's unity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
A word to Say About Krcisler

Tt would seem as if everything that could be said of Fritz Kreisler is sum- med up in the simple statement that he is the worlds greatest artist in his line" said Frederick Gunster in speak ing of the renowned violinist's appear ance here on Wednesday evening, March 1, under the patronage of the Music Study club.
 When Kreisler made his bow to his first audience in Carnegie hall, New York, after being wounded, the ova- ton he received was little short of phenomenal. The people actually shouted with delight He came upon the stage limping-and that alone made such an appeal to the hearts of the peo- pie that their outburst so spontaneous and genuine, was the greatest tribute that could have been paid to an artist. In the first place, it was reported from the front that Kreisler was dead, the whole music world mourned him. Then the report came that he was only wounded and a shout of joy went forth for hope was entertained for him. Then when he recovered and did not have to go back, the cup of happiness to musical people was filled to overflow ing. One great factor with foreigners is their veneration of talent, and while they do not commercialize it, they pre- serve it, and Fritz Kreisler having done his duty to his country was not asked to further subject himself to the grim ravages of war. and this made his pres ent concert tour possible"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
Luck,s AGAINST HER

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 Give Italy the benefit of the doubt: She's doing what she can for front page rights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

Apparently nobody was to blame for the Eastland disaster, unless it was the victims. Might as well consider the inci- dent closed and wait for the next catas- trophe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

Birminghams liquor inspection ordi- nance has failed to produce the expected revenue, but it hasn't failed to make some of the more thirsty citizens hot under the collar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

It's rather thoughtless congressman who sends free garden seeds to a man who works on a morning newspaper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

The Turk is once more on his way with out having definite idea of where he's going.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

The governments aviation service is palpably in need of preparedness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

The souths battle poets are marshall ing their adjectives for odes in honor of the Confederate Veterans reunion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
ALABAMA PRESS

Anniston Star: Billy Sunday wants to be colonel. Well, maybe T. R. will let him lead a moose regiment and sing, Onward. Christian Soldiers"
 Mobile Register: The democrats are onto Roots curves. They want to know why, if he means we ought to go to war with Germany over Belgium and the Lusitania he does not say so, and not make such dabs at 1t.
 Decaturs Daily: Certain Nashville ministers who went to Chicago and got quoted as opposing any hostile pro- nouncement against dancing, are now using considerable space in the Nash vile papers for the purpose of ex- blaming just what they did say
 Selma Journal: Seventy-six Ameri- cans were killed in Mexico in the last three years, we are told in flaming head lines in the newspapers. Wonder how many Englishmen, Dutchmen, Ger mans, Italians, Chinamen, Japanese Russians, etc., were killed in America in that time. Still there is not one of these countries which seems about to make war on us about it.
 Montgomery Times: Because the state has paid up s1.2OO.OOO of the outstand- ing indebtedness of the state, some of our exchanges gre publishing the fact that the state is oat of debt. The Gads- den Journal is one of the papers that has fallen into this error. It says. Alabama has paid her debts, even if there is nothing left"
 It is true that there is nothing left in the treasury, but Alabama has not paid her debts-not all of them. While the money was being saved in the treasury to pay that amount in New York, the warrants of the state were accommodating and new debts were be- ing formed that will have to be met some day.
 It is misleading to say that the state is out of debt. It ought to be, but lacks a whole lot of being on easy street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

Men who once sang in qnartettes are captains of industry now You never can tell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

Still, if Ambassador Won Bernstorff should return to Germany, the state de- partment would miss one of it's most ire quent visitors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

The Rev. Bob Jones is not so well known as Billy Sunday but his income compares favorably with that of Geral- dine Farrar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

If there are any Armenians left after the war is over, they may possibly en- joy autonomy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

Millionaires in Norway are getting more and more numerous. Sometimes it pays to be neutral
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

The Birmingham police department &C., acknowledges that it doesn't expect to capture the thug who murdered Chi nese laundryman. This won't do. It's contrary to precedent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

The deadlock along the western battle line compels the belligerents to do a great deal of their close fighting in the air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
Faces Easy for the CartOonist.

The two opposing candidates for the presidency-Woodrow Wilson and The odore Roosevelt-are. particularly easy for the cartoonist, for each of them has rugged features" said c. H. Henson of Boston. ''rhe smooth, even featured face does not appeal to the cartoonist. But Teddy always shows well in caricature and so does President Wilson.
 T voted for Wilson in 1912 and ex- pect to vote for him again this year. believe his chances for reelection are good, although the republicans and progressives will get together and pre- sent a pretty solid front"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
HOMESTEAD MOVED ao MILES

The south does not aspire to place in the earthquake belt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

"At least, all the other club members thought so well of the paper that none of them believed Mrs. Gadders wrote it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
TOO GOOD.

Was the paper Mrs. Gadders read be- fore the Literary clug-er-illuminating informative and all that sort of thing?"
 T suppose SO" ..Yas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23
HOTEL LOBBIES
A succeaafnl Venture

Business at the Erckert has improved steadily ever since I took charge of the hotel' said Sam Erckert, proprietor of the hostelry that bears his name for merly known as the Birmingham.
 Nearly all my rooms are filled. have many family boarders and my transient business is entirely satisfac- tory"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter un- der act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

Miss Bessie Shaw and W. D. Brum- beIoe are the only authorized travel ing representatives of The Age-Her- ald in it's circulation department. The Herald is not responsible for money paid to out-of-town carriers or dealers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

Daily and Sunday Age-Herald, year S6OO Daily without Sunday. ............ 400 Daily and Sunday, per month";. 5O Daily and Sunday. three months. 1.5O Weekly Age Herald, per annum.. .50 Sunday Age-Herald, per annum.. 200
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-23

Anniston Star: Billy Sunday wants to be colonel. Well, maybe T. R. will let him lead a moose regiment and sing, Onward, Christian Soldiers"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-17
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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-17
rid STOMACH OF
GASES, SOURNESs,
and INDIGESTION
"Pape's Diapepsin' Ends All
Stomach Distress in Five
Minutes

You don't want a slow remedy when
your stomach is bad-or an uncertain
one-or q harmful one-your stomach
Is too valuable; you mustn't injure 1t
with drastic drugs.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in giving relief: its harmless
ness; its certain unfailing action in
regulating sick, sour. gassy stomachs.
It's millions of cures in indigestion.
dyspepsia. gastritis and other stomach
trouble has made it famous the world
over.
Keep this perfect stomach doctor in
your home-keep it handy-get large
fifty-cent case from any drug store and
then If anyone should eat something
which doesn't agree with them; IL
what they eat lays like lead. ferments
and sours and forms gas: causes head
ache, dizziness and nausea; eructa-
tions Of acid and undigested food
remember as soon as Pape's Diapep.
sin comes in contact with the stomach
all such distress yanishes. Its prompt.
ness, certainty and ease in overcofn.
ing the worst stomach disorders is a
revelation to those who try it.-Adv.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-17
Children HATE
PILLS, CAL0MEL
and CASTOR OIL
If Cross, Feverish, Constipated,
Give "California Syrup
of FIGS"

+, Look back at your childhood days
Remember the dose" mother insist.
ed on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form Of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is we'll
founded. Their tender little "insides"
are injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup of Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take It; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that teaspoonful
given today saves sick child tomor-
row.
Ask your druggist for 50-cent bot
tie Of California Syrup of Figs,
which has full directions for babies,
children of all ages and for grown-ups
plainly on each bottle. Beware of
counterfeits sold here. See that it is
made by california Fig Syrup Com.
psny." Refuse any other kind with
contempt.-Adv.