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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25
BEACHES
From Life.


 Beaches are stretches of land pordered on one side by the ocean and on the other side by summer hotels and amuse- ment concessions. Beaches are covered by sand, pebbles, seaweed. ocean breezes, rude stares and bathing girls. The. waves of the sea touch the breach on one side, and the hotels and amusement schemes touch those who visit the beach on the other side. Love is frequently made upon the beach, but sr is seldom any more enduring than any other house which is reared upon sands. Some peo- pie visit the beaches because they enjoy the ocean breezes. Many people visit the beaches because they have nothing to do and because they know that there is less than nothing to do on a beach, and be- cause they are sure that they find any number of idle people to help them do it. Other people visit the beaches be- cause they have nothing to wear, and because they know that next to nothing is worn on a beach, and because they are sure they will find any number of peo- pie wearing next to nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25
Dave Rich in Boston

Copies of the Shoe Retailer received in Birmingham this week contain a picture of Dave Rich of Birmingham taken on steamer in New England, showing that he is getting lot of pleas ure out of his annual trip to the east ern shoe markets. The same issue con- tains the following:
 Dave Rich, of D. & A. Rich, the well known retailers of Birmingham, Ala, is making his usual midsummer visit to the Boston market and look as happy and prosperous as ever. MT. Rich is not buying very many shoes at this time because he is pretty well sup piled, although it is dollars to dough- nuts that he will not overlook any good bets"
 MT Rich also stopped in Atlantic City and he writes a friend in Bir- mingham there may be lot of sharks in the Atlantic ocean this season, but some of them are in the hotel busi- ness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25
DRAMATIzING STEVENSON

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 The playwrights are turning to Rob- ert Louis Stevenson for their plots.. Jules Ecker Goodman was successful last season in transferring to the stage the adventures of Treasure Island, and Granville Barker has announced that he is engaged in the dramatization of The Wrecker,' the novel that Stevenson wrote in collaboration with his step-son, Lloyd Osbourne. The fact that the copyrights on Stevenson's books have expired, has caused numer- ous other playwrights to announce their invasion of the golden field of adventure the great novelist created.
 But playwrights will encounter an obstacle in Stevenson that will re- quire ingenuity and some imagination to overcome. Stevenson never created a real heroine. His women were mere ly colorless adjuncts, veritable shadows of character. who moved among tho virile men he always introduced into his pictures. When Stevenson took his pen in hand, he was not ladles man. He evidently knew little of the way or a woman and cared less.
 On the stage IeHldle cHdrdCtciS ch- joy equal rights unless some unique reason exists In the dramatization of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde the play wright created the single female char acter of consequence, but she merely assisted in contributing to the horror of the male title role, the quality that gave the play its great popularity. In Treasure Island" the plot pro ce eds with the intervention of only one female character, who obligingly disappears after the first act, when there is a mans work to do. Treasure Island" however, is kind of Peter Pan." in which any freedom with dram- atic canons becomes permissible.
 But will the public permit the dis pensing of "heart interest" the love of man for woman. in the other dram atizations of Stevenson's novels? Will not the dramatists be forced to sugar. coat the pure adventure of Steven son, whose appeal was to healthy boys and to men who enjoyed a good tale well spun? Must not some concession be made to the caramel element of our audiences?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25

Not at all so with the village scenes and characters that play themselves-that need no mining. Firelieht and dusk in the wee but-and-ben' lure readers in as they did a quarter century ago. And it will be a poor world that will not add Jess and Margaret Ogilvy to Sir Walters Scots folk, and let them round out their hundred years.
 In the Window" indeed, character and incident are so vivid and so varied that most readers do not observe the well night total lack of any appeal to the eye. I cannot now recall any notable fic- tion since 1850 or thereabouts that makes so slight an attack upon the optic nerve. That the lack is not due to a lack of de- scriptive power in the writer is proved by the impressions of storm and flood in The Little Minister" by the pictures of the Den and the Cutie we'll in "Sentmen- tai Tommy and by many another col ored page of Barrie. Thanks to the ar- lists sparing brush, each reader of "A Window in Thrums' will have according to his powers, vision of his own. If, however, any man would know how the
 
 and who the Auld Lichts are, and what bothie is, and what a cruizie, and what dam- -brod, he need but apply himself to "Auld Licht Idylls." With only a promise of Sir James Barries full creative power the book is highly valuable. It should be advertised as an introduction and gazet- teer to "A Window in Thrums." It is late to speak of that book, with all it's mirth and all it's sadness, with it's ''bub- ble in the little kettle as terrible ''as on the cauldron of the world" But per- haps not every one remembers what Stevenson wrote to Mir. Barrie from Vali- ma in December 1892 There are two of us now,' he said, writing of the Win dow,' that the Shirra might have patted on the head. And please do not think when I thus seem to bracket my self with you that I am wholly blinded with vanity. Jess is beyond my from tier line; I could not touch her skirt; I have no such glamour of twilight on my pen. I am a capable artist; but 1t begins to look to me as if you were a man of genius"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25
EFFERvEsCENT FRANCISCO

From the Cleveland Plaln Dedief'
 Francisco Villa is such a playful fei- low that one may almost regret mo- mentarily that the dead or alive edict was issued against him. It might seem coldly unemotional to cut him down in the midst of his bubbling playful ness. One may imagine his cute rhetorical filings at Carranza and oth- CTS as he hits with his admiring fol- lowers after a day of strenuous murder, loot and arson. He is remarkably clev- CT with his persiflage and his repar- tee, it is claimed.
 A new evidence of Villas abounding good humor is recorded in recent dis patches from Chihuahua. The bandit, it is declared, has put on exhibition diversified collection of ears cut iron, the heads of Villa victims and pains takingly pickled for the benefit of posterity. This incident shows how much more of a humorist this rowing cutthroat is than has been commonly recognized. We have been thinking of him as merely clever, personally lika ble murderer, highwayman and general plug-ugly. He is more.
 Warriors of earlier days put the heads of their victims on poles as a warning to others who might contemplate chal- lenging their authority. To another school dangling scalps best bespoke military prowess. Human teeth have sometimes been esteemed as trinklets by those who extracted them from an enemy without the formality of an in- vitation. Villa, student of history and psychology, if not of orthography, re wives the best traditions of medieval bloodthirstiness But his special de- light is ears.
 person is supposed to express him. self most freely in play. The efferves- cent Villa uses the severed, pickled ears of his dead enemies to express his philosophy of life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25
Noted Stallion Dead

All the people in the south who are interested in fine horses and racing re- gretted to learn of the death of Pulsus, the famous stallion, in Montgomery Satur- day. said Joseph Spaner, in charge of the horse racing of the Alabama State Fair. "Pulsus was owned by Fred Newell of Montgomery, and was for many years one of the fastest trotting stallions in the country. At one time he was owned by P. G. Bowman of Birmingham, and his record of a mile in 2:09R was made on the local track Pulsus was one of the best trotting stallions that ever ap- peared here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25
REDOMICILING JONAH

From the Knickerbocker Press
 The National Geographic society, which has for it's object the increas Q of geographic knowledge and its diff fuslon among the people, swims into the limelight with the suggestion that the whale which swallowed Jonah may have ben shark.
 How easy it would be for man. eating shark to devour a person whole may be judged from the geographic so- ciety's assurance that an entire loO- pound sea lion was discovered in the stomach of a 30-foot shark on the Cal ifornia coast. Another man. eater. S61s feet long, had jaws 20 inches wide, in side measure, and teeth two and half inches long. It is likely, the society, that at the time of Jonah much larger man-eaters existed than are\ now known, as shark teeth with cutting edges five inches long have been found on the sea bottom, and these are bs- lieved by naturalsts to have belonged to sharks not long dead.
 It is possible, too, that Jonan 8 great fish" was a basking shark. This SpecieS TedcneS d lio>iiiiu iuiii iSAi9 'ii - 5n feet, but despite it's enormous mouth its teeth are very small, and 1t feeds on fishes and floating crustaceans and is not of a ferocious disposition. Men of science appear now to agree that there is nothing inherently improbable in the biblical narrative which has gig en rise to so much incredulity. Thus are the faithful vindicated and the scof fers confounded. The National Geo. graphic society stands on sounler ground-not to say in deeper water than some of the theological semi naries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25
Time for Co-operation

If there was ever time for the need of the people cooperating and observing good roads days, August 14 and IS, now is the time," said J. Bob Taylor, county road supervisor On ac- count of the rains, washouts and the finances of the county treasury, the CO., operation of every landowner. public spirited citizen is needed at this time. If the people will turn out in their respective neghborhoods and help put the roads in a passable condition like they were before the rains and floods it will be a great help to the county and will save considerable money. As county road supervisor I am appealing to the people to help us in every way to observe good roads days and put the roads in good condition.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25
MAsEFIELD's LITTLE PLAY

From the New York Telegram.
 John Masefield's short one-act play Good Friday is comparatively artiii- cial. according to Harriet Monroe. The poet presents the drama of the Cruci- fixion from afar off, through it's reaction upon Pilate, his wife Procula. the cen turion Longinus. Herod. the Jewish crowd and a madman who, like most stage lunatics, is saner than the world ly wise.
 We watch the approach and consum : nation of the sublime event as throu2 h l veil darl1ly, noting only kind of dim processional
 The play has movement and cer- tain decorative quality, but, as in a procession, the people are conventional characters rather than individuals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25
FavOrs Cleanliness

Harry Greenwood a well known res- tauranteur, stated yesterday that he was pleased with the activity of the pure food department in enforcing the health reg ulations of the city.
 We have all been careless in the past" said MT Greenwood, but the activities of the food inspector and the publication of scores is likely to make us take due notice, which is something I heartily ap- prove of. To keep a clean restaurant does as all that is necessary is to make the employees stay on the job and clean up. I welcome the food inspector and believe that the strict enforcement of all pure food laws is the best thing that could happen"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25
SIR JAMES BARRIE

From an Address Delivered at the Har-
 ward Summer School by Professor Cope
 land.
 NCOTCH writers have made il1ustrious
 and enviable names for themselves A> as creators of character, odd, pa thetic, and humorous, in humble life-or what used to be called humble life. Scott, Burns, and Barrie are the best of these. But Galts minister Balawhid- der, and Moir's "Manse Wauch," are not to be forgotten. Several imitators of Sir James Barrie have a lessening band of admirers.
 As to Sir Walter, if his kings and great folk and his magicians gift of romance brought him most lame at first, it is probably true that more and more read CTS are coming to care most of all for his characters of farm and village and "the road" Louis the Eleventh, James the First, Charles Edward, and Claver- house make grand reading, but do they abide in our memories like Edie Ochil- tree Andrew Fairservce, Caleb Balder- stone, Cuddie Headrigg, and poor Mause? Certainly there is room for the question. Certainly in these days, T mind the biggin o't' is better phrase to conjure with than My foot is on my native heath, and my names MacGregor.'
 Similarly, as to Sir James Barrie, no one would do Miss Maud Adams and the public so i'll turn as to destroy '"The Little Minister" Quality Street." and What Every Woman Knows" Nor could the baronetcy have been given MT. Barrie on the strength of "A Window in Thrums," Sentimental Tommy" and Margaret Ogilvy alone. Without the profitable plays there would have been no fortune to support the title. Yet charming as they are. often fanclful often exceedingly entertaining, these pieces are bits of painted artifice by comparison with Thrums and its people Least of all do I, for one respect the plays in which Thrums is adapted to the boards. To tell the truth that needs no prophet, all these whimsical, clever things will soon pass into the limbo Of forgotten drama. Some of them to our regret.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25
"HURTING BUSINESS,
om the New York World.

From the NeW IOTK WOrIu.
 Two new and serious complaints have been filed against the New York press. One is that undue attention has been given to infantile paralysis, to the great inconvenience of individuals and the pos sible injury of business; the other that the publicity according to the shark visi- tation has hurt summer notel trade 1t the seashore. With epldemics on land al l man-ea ters in the waters, all carefully suppressed or denied New York would soon be without business to injure or newspapers to curse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25
ALABAMA PRESS

Sheffield Standard: No sharks in north Alabama waters, but several species do- ing business on land. However, the dry land shark only pulls leg, never bites one off.
 Anniston Star: The New York repub- licans are reminding the voting public that man-eating sharks were never heard administration.
 Russell Register: Even those who crit cize the foreign policy of President Will son have not so far offered any sugges- ton of substitute for it. They have nothing better to offer
 Rockford Chronicle: Just because Washington said: Tn time of peace pre- pare for war" is no reason why we should wait till the war is over before beginning preparedness.
 Montgomery Advertiser: A Texas preacher says it is as much of sin to steal a watermelon as it is to steal e mule. We know what's the matter. Watermelon doesn't agree" with him. ..
 
 Mobile Register: It is observed that the Birmingham Age-Herald, with fine jour- nalistic candor, has reprinted what the Register had to say in Mobiles defense against exaggerated storm reports sent abroad to the ports injury. Pine Belt News: Some of the state pa pers are already bringing out their favor ties for governor in 1918. The Greenville Advocate names Hon. D. M. Powell, we'll Known lawyer of Greenville, as its choice. By the time the race is on, there will probably be a dozen or more after the highest office within the gift of Alabama voters.
 Albertvlle Banner: As one cheerfcs farmer remarked in our office the other day, Sand mountain people are not dam aged nearly so much by the excessive rains as some of our neighbors in the river valleys and along the creeks. Just further proof that Sand mountain suffers less from floods and drouths than any other section. A crop failure on this "hill'' is an unknown quantity. 1allaoega nome: The B1rm1ngham Age Herald has come to the conclusion that some of the Alabama towns "have so much local pride that, so long as they can keep their heads above water, they declare the storms have done little or no damage" Yes, and some of them with | their heads sometimes above and some. times under water, spit out the water long enough between bobs to make the same assertion and get right red-headed if anybody questions it. Hurrah for 'em. We honor their pluck and civic pride, and wish every town in Alabama could be in | oculated with the same spirit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25
NOT A TIN SOLDIER
From the Chattanooga Times.

From the Chattanooga Times.
 An Alabama National Guardsman put on trial for kicking a man down set up as a defense the assertion that the "tin soldier" He was discharged by court before which he was taken by an aresting officer The Philadelphia Inquirer comments: Add to his dis charge hearty vote of thanks" Such vote would be unanimous outside the senseless ranks of the opponents of pre- paredness and the circle of contemplate slackerA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25
ONE LESSON

By Arnold Matthew. One lesson, Nature, let me learn of thee One lesson that in every wind is blown, One lesson of two duties serv'd in one, Though the loud world proclaims theiI
 enmity- Of Foil unsever'd from Tranquility: Of Labor, that in still advance outgrows Far noisier schemes, accomplish'd in Re
 pose,
 Too great for haste, too high for rivalry Yes, while on earth thousand discords
 ring,
 Mans senseless uproar mingling with hsl
 toll, Still do thy sleepless ministers move on Their glorious tasks in silence perfecting Still working. blaming still our vain tur.
 moil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
A RUDE INTERRUPTION.

A RUDE INTERRUPTION. Life seemed to him a rocky road, Its burdens hard to bear. A modest home was his abode And while he rested there, He dreamed of stately piles upreared, Wherein he fain would dwell, And swarms of servants who appeared Each time he touched a bell But oft his wife's sharp voice recalled Him from these pleasant scenes. Some such command as this she bawled Go pick a pan of beans.'
 ONE OF THE SIGNS. Are you sure this is fashionable re- sort?'
 Tt must be. Nearly everybody you meet laments because the war makes a trip abroad quite out of the question:"
 LIBERALITY REWARDED. Have you ever noticed Dubwaite order dinner in a fashionable restaurant" NO. How does he go about it?' Pointing at the bill of fare, he says, Some of this, and some of this, and some of this till he reaches the bottom of the card"
 "EIa! Ha!''
 And the remarkable thing about it is that he always gets a meal that would delight an epicure."
 That might not be so remarkable ii you knew how much he tips the waiter T
 ANOTHER COME BACK" He soon wore out his boots But now most every morn we read He's walloping the Teuts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25

BEGINNING THE DAY-Humble contrition for sins is an acceptable sacrifice unto Thee, Lord, savor- ing much sweeter in Thy presence than the perfume of frankincense. This Is also the pleasant ointment, which Thou wouIdst to be pourch upon Thy sacred feet; for con- trite and humbIed heart Thou hast never despired.-ThomasA A. kempis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25
SOON FELL OUT.

SOON FELL OUT 50 you have been camping with a party of friends?'
 Well" replied the man who tries to speak the truth and nothing but the truth, i've were all amiable enough when we started, but can't say we, were a party of friends when we got back home"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25
A PAINFUL REMINDER,

A PAINFUL REMINDER. What have you there? "A diploma from the school of experi- ence."
 What do you mean?" "A deed to gold mine that isn't worth two cents"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25
.He says it gets his wind"
A TOTAL LOSS.

"Old MT. Grabcoin is a thrifty man. He always buys his summer suits in the fall when they are marked down and keeps them until the following season."
 Some of these days he may lose $1o or $12 that way"
 How"
 He may die some winter and leave be- hind suit he's never had on."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25
STILL ABLE TO BLOW

STILL ABLE TO BLOW. "Blusterly says he is going to quit smoking"
 Why" He says it gets his wind.'' "Umph! If you could hear him talk ing about his new motor car, you wouldn't think SOL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to heaven.
 ATS We'll That Ends Well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25

Sheffield Standard: No sharks in north Alabama waters, but several species do- ing business on land. However, the dry land shark only pulls a leg, never bites one off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25

Anniston Star: The New York repub- hcans are reminding the voting public that man-eating sharks were never heard of along the beaches during a republican
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25

From an Address Delivered at the Har- ward Summer School by Professor Cope
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25

Russell Register: Even those who crit clze the foreign policy of President Will son have not so far offered any sugges- ton of substitute for it. They have nothing better to offer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-25

siderable headway was in evidence, but owing to incessant rains this sum- mer and resultant floods, road build ing has not only been seriously inter fered with, but in several localities in Mississippi as well as Alabama much of the work that had been com pleted will have to be done over again. In view of the situation the Jackson Highway association will probably find it advisable to make further postponement in the matter of select ing the southern end of the route.
 But regardless of the present out look the members of the Alabama branch of ,he Jackson Highway asso- citation should continue their activities toward securing the route location through this state by the way of De- catur, Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile.
 The Jackson highway, which is to extend from the lakes to the gulf, is about finished as far south as Nash vile and is already one of the most popular tourist thoroughfares in the country.
 All things being equal as to road conditions the Alabama route is the more desirable from pleasure-travel point of view, because of the greater number of cities embraced in it. But will the inspection committee find the Alabama roads up to the Mississippi
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-14

planned Danny. I'VE ought to see IT!
Some day Miss Genevieve wants to go
hunting with me. Dye mind II we
take herr"
No" agreed Tommy huskily. I'VE
might take her tomorrow"
Danny was trailing deer. Tom
my, perfectly happy, was breaking
frosty underbrush for Genevieve to
get through. The girl. to a casual
observer, was as happy as Tommy,
and in her fawn-colored hunting suit
was rs pretty as she was In the pink
and blue summer frock.
Suddenly Tommy turned. Say,
what's the difference between Latin
grammar and cook book?"
She thought moment. "Why, I
don't know. What's the answer"
she asked.
Tommy caught her hand and look
ed into her eyes. 1.-THE answer Is, he
said deliberately, that I'm going to
marry you, dear, il you'll have mel"