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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25
HOTEL LOBBIES
The Observation Car Popular


 "The Birmingham Special is well patronized and since the observation car from Birmingham to Washington was added this train is more pop ular than ever," said J. P Thomas, city passenger agent of the South ern
 Passenger traffic has been very brisk ever since last fall and the out look for continued improvement throughout the year is bright indeed" Interest in the Approaching Reunion
 There seems to be great interest all over the south in the approaching Con- federate reunion," said Maj E. T. Tal- iaferro. Virginia will be well repre- scented and veterans will come in large numbers from the neighboring states.
 "rhe last reunion held here eight years ago was such a splendid affair that it is still recalled with enthusi- asm by those who attended. Many veterans have passed away in the re- cent years, but there are yet many survivors who are strong and active and thousands of them will make a special effort to answer the roll call here in May"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25
nnronchlng ReunIOn
Business Recovery Here and Elsewhere

Birmingham seems to have recoV- cred fully from the recent depression,' said c. w. Tylee of Boston, treasurer and general manager of the Federal Metallic Packing company. "This is my second trip to Birmingham. When l was first here about two years ago I was greatly impressed with the city and I note many evidences of improve ment since my former visit The Hotel Tutwiler is one of the most striking improvements This is indeed an ele- gant hotel-one of the finest in the United States.
 'T was in Texas recently and was glad to see conditions improving there. I found Houston exceedingly prosper ous
 up east, especially in Boston ana New York, business in every nne IS humming."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25
WOMEN AS JURORS

From the hanSas CIty Star,
 The two women called as jurors in Kan sas City, Kas., occupy their time with knitting, which appears to excite consid- erable curiosity. The usual way for jur- ors to occupy their time while waiting to be called to the jury box is by smoking, chewing and splitting and telling vulgar stories. The men knew all the time that women would not make good jurors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25

President Wilson has steered the ship of state through stormy waters and he may point with more or less pride to the fact that it is able to weather few more squalls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25

Tn all the war zones Mars seems to be taking a much-needed rest. disturbed but little by the intermittent roar of big guns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25

The Philadelphia bridegroom who com to wipe the dishes was trifle nasty. He might have been asked to wash them first.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
A PAINFUL REMINDER

A PAINFUL REMINDER "I can remember when old MT. Grabcoin of servants"
 Used to carry hod, you say?" Yes"
 That explains something" "What?"
 'I intended to pay the old gentleman compliment when I said he was a brick but I noticed Miss Grabcoin gave me a queer look.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25

The Montenegrins may be laying down
 their arms, as the Teutons claim, but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25

MT. Willard is a busy man, if he writes all the newspaper articles credited to him. However, nobody believes for a moment that he does.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25

Mrs. Pankhurst expects to let politics severely alone while in America. Mrs. P. is more sensible than some of her past performances would seem to indi- cate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25
BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord'

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord, stop me from bcsieging Thy throne with petty requests for things. May | come to Thee for life. May pes Thee for ThyseIf. And taking Ihee into myself may I go forth to i've rTbee uII the days Give me thus the victory: give me thus a nameless peace; give me thus an utter satIs- faction. In Christ's name. Amen'- H. M. k.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25

Judging from some of his published pie lures, Villa wears the smile that won't come off. It's up to Carranza to re- move 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25

A contemporary refers to George w. Perkins as the progressive party. Might include at least one other distinguished gentleman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25

Patience on monument Is outdone by the long lines of negroes waiting at the express offices to get their allowance of liquor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25
LLET-PRooF STREAM OF WATER

From the Popular Science Monthly.
 A factory in Grenoble, France, utilizes the water of reservoir situated in the water reaches the factory through a vertical tube of the same length, with a diameter of considerably less than an inch, the jet being used to move a turbine. Experiments have shown that the strongest men cannot cut the jet with the best tempered sword; and in some instances the blade has been broken into fragments without de- flecting a drop of the water, and with as much violence as a pane of glass may be shattered by a blow from an iron bar. It has been calculated that a jet of water a small fraction of an inch in thickness, moving with sui
 fcient velocity, could not be cut by a
 rifle bullet
 The engineers of some big water power projects of the far west are will ing to wager that a 200-pound man, swinging a four-pound aX with all his might, cannot make a dent" in the water as it emerges from the nozzle at the power house. Burying an ax in a stream of water looks like child s play, and the average 200-pound visitor l is likely ito bite" He invariably loses.
 So great is the velocity of the water emerging from the nozzle in these modern power plants that an ax, no
 matter how keen it's edge, is whirled from the hands of the axman as soon as it touches the water. The water l travels under pressure exceeding 800
 pounds to the square. inch in many | instances, and no power on earth can | turn it off at the nozzle, once 1t gains
 momentum. It has the same effect on ones fingers as rough emery wheel, 'and will shave plank with the nicety
 of razor edged plane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25

The trenches are still yawning for Mr. ble to skip about on the stage in America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25
PERHAPS

The man who never brags about The good points of his motor car Ad nauseam, has not found out, We're fain to think, just what they
 are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25
A VAIN HOPE

A forward looking brother
 Was Abner Jenkins Blue, But. strange to say, Would show dismay
 Each time a bill fell due. What he anticipated
 Was some fine stroke of luck He's waiting yet, Overwhelmed by debt
 To lift him from the ruck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25
NOTHING NEW FOR HIM

"Asphodelia seems to treat every mem Der of the party with kindness and con- sideration except the rather timid old gentleman in a gray suit.'
 "Oh, I dare say he isn't surprised. 'No?"
 "The old gentleman her father.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25
ALABAMA PRESS

Decaturs Daily: That majority against the bond issue in Morgan county was about one vote for each dollar in expense incurred by the county
 Baldwin Times: We admire those papers which stood so strongly for the state bond issue, but a kindly feeling prompts us to warn them that if they do not quit shooting at the late 1amented Alabama legislature they will render themselves liable to arrest for throwing rocks at d hearse.
 Talladega Home: When Disraeli was hissed from the floor of Parliament, with dramatic air he said You will not hear me now, but the day will come when you will be glad to hear me- Since the repeated trimbles and serious occurrences of the Panama canal, we are reminded that in his great labor for the Nicaragua route John T. Morgan might have said: You will not hear me now, but the day will come when you will wish that you had"
 From the Montomery Times: All over
  farmers hunting something else besides cotton to make money out of. Up to the time the European war started you did not hear much of this kind of talk. Men were content to go on in the same old way they had been going for the past 100 years, but when the boil weevil and the stringency brought on by the war in the old world struck them at once and the same time, then they comm enced to put on their thinking caps and looked around for something else to plant to keep the wolf from the door. It is said that the war has stimulated the inven~ tive genius of the people of Germany and that they have made wonderful strides in producing things that they for merly imported. So will it be with the people of this country. Necessity will force us to plant something else and that will soon relieve us of the old plan of planting cotton and nothing else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25

L. D. Griffis and w. D. Brumbeioe are the only authorized travellng repre- sentatives of The Age Herald ln it's cir eulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25

q fear" remarked the jealous citizen to the party boss, "that you are not in politics for your health''
 Well why should I be-" asked the boss, genially. "Ive never been sick day in my life"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. nostoffice as second class matter un- der act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25

No communication Will be published without its authors name. Rejected mauuscript Will not be returned uh- less stamps are enclosed for that pur- pose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25

Daily and Sunday ge-HeraId, year S6.0O Dai1v without Sunoay 400 Daily and Sunday, per month. 'oV Daily and Sunday, three months'' 1'9O Weekly Age-Herald, per annuIn' 'eo Sunday Age-Herald, per annun'- z'OV
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25

Health authorities say the open air kiss is safest That depends a great deal on who's being kissed and who's looking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25
NARROWING EXPERIENCE

NARROWING EXPERIENCE ''You war correspondents must endure many hardships," said the .-oung woman. Indeed we do'' answered the object of her admiration. "On one occasion out cigarettes for 4S hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25
From the Augusta Chronicle.

E ENRY Holt, the publisher, is con- vinced that American literature IS 4 going to the dogs. The maga' zines, he maintains, are primarily respon- sible, and they are aided and abetted by the government.
 The most pernicious effect on our liter- ature, he explains, is the exploitation of by the periodical publishers. It used to be that magazine articles were unsigned. Even until recently, while the authors names were printed with their articles and stories, there was no emphasis on them. The work was supposed to speak for itself; the name was of secondary importance. But now all that is changed. Every weekly and monthly magazine screams at the reader, in big type and red ink, the names of the men and women whose contribution it contains
 Literature is commercialized It is like the star" system which has been the bane of the American stage. Just as our acting and playwriting have suffered from undue emphasis on the actor, so our lit- erature suffers from the systematic ex- ploitation of star wrters-that is, the writers popular at the moment.
 The effect, says MT. Holt, Is the "over- working of the authors who have names" Magazines clamor for their work, because their names have selling power. They write too much, too rapidly,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25
FOOLISH IDEA

The old gentleman her father"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25

Decaturs Daily That majority against the bond issue in Morgan county was about one vote for each dollar in expense by the county.
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arose. dQnned huge fur coat TO
play iis little act hrayeIy. A worn,
tired smile played around HIS usually
grim mouth as he thought OF the scenes
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this night. He crossed the town With
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26
IN CONGRESS

HOCSE-The first definite move to-
ward adjournment was made in the
House today. Both Republicans and
Democrats sent out word to absent
members to be on hand next Tuesday
for quorum. with this accomplish
ed leaders said IT would be possible
TO hnish and to pass such legislation
as remains for consideration by the
House so that adjournment from one
week from today was possible.
without record vote the House
concurred in the Senate amendments
to the army bill. The bill Is now ready
for the Presidents signature in the
way in which II originally came from
the conferees except that one amend
ment was dropped. This was pro-
vision in the revised articles OF war
excepting retired army officers from
yhe operation OF the articles of war.
its conclusion In the previous bill led
to President wilson's veto.
A point of order OF no quorum by
Representative Buchanan. of Illinois,
prevented action on the Webb bill de-
signed to permit the organization OF
Americans to promote export trade.
without violating the antitrust laws
or the country.
representative Greene. OF Massachu-
sets. attempted again to place further
obstacles in the way of the admins
tration shipping bin. His motion,
however, to take the bill from the
speakers table and refer II back to
the House committee on merchant ma
rine and fisheries, was overruled by
Speaker Clark and the bill will come
up next Tuesday.
SENATE-Senator Gallinger. the Re-
publican leader. stirred up a hornets
nest IN his own party by defending
''Cannonism'' and "Aldrichism" and
scoring the Progressive Republicans
on the Senate floor today. Senators
Cummins, OF Iowa, and Gronna. Of
North Dakota both Progressive Re-
publicans made vigorous retorts TO
Senator Gallingcrs speech and denounc
ed the 'old guard"
Senator 0allinger pledged his faith
to protective and praised the Dingley
and Payne-Aldrich bills.
Leaders practically reached An agree
ment to adjourn next Friday regard
less OF the legislative situation. This
plan win shut out the immigration
bill and the corrupt practices bill.
The Democratic members Of the A.
nance committee voted to strike from
the revenue bill the provision taxing
Of insurance policies.
The foreign relations committee dis
cussed the Danish treaty and voted to
recommend ratification of the treaty
with Great Britain. providing for the
Joint protection Of migratory insect
eating birds In United States and Ca
NADIA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26
Giving the Children a Chance.

On recent Sunday afternoon q
thousand little street waits gathered
in the auditorium OF the Marking
Methodist Church, while their moth
ers were invited to the woman's De-
partment. The tots learned to sing
Jesus Loves Me-" and listened with
interest to siE pie Bible story. In
strumental ny Sic was provided by
the university orchestra, and a girls
choir led the chorus.
To further entertain the crowd d
simple experiment in physics was
performed by one of the students. A
the Riddles" passed out, each re-
ceived handful of peanuts and .
ticket inviting him to como to Sun.
day school the next week.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26
WILCOX EXPLAINS
HIS CARE FOR HUGHES
Health OF Candidate He Conserved
On Long Trip.

New York. Aug. 2s.-Republican
National Chairman Wilcox was much
disturbed today that Utah Republi-
cans held him responsible for the
frigid reception OF Mr.. Hughes the
presidential candidate.
at Ia true said Chairman Will
cox that ! wrote Senator Srnoot. as
have every national committeeman
In a State where Mr. Hughes is to
visit. that 10 spare Mr. Hughes
health and strength. unnecessary
functions for him and Mrs. Hughes
should be avoided. 1t is true that I
have Insisted that Mr.. Hughes travel
to and from his trains in a closed
carriage
'T have issued such directions, not
TO screen him from the public, but
that he might DO better fitted to carry
on his campaign.
Originally. we planned only Ave
speeches going and FIVE more coming
hack from the Pacific. Instead Mr..
Hughes has been compelled to deliver
some twenty speeches a day. No
man can endure such q campaign as
he is waging unless he is protected
Tits my business 20 protect him. for
the campaign is by no means over
and Mr. Hughes has many trips and
speeches yet to make"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26
HOW THE JAPANESE
REGARD THE EUROPEAN WAN

An interesting light on Japasso
view Of the European war u Affor6-
cd by the following extract from
letter recently received from Z mis-
sionary In that country:
you all know that England ana
Japan are allies The Japanese afe
rather tired of their part Of the
bargain, however. and there 10 much
criticism OF England. No doubt,
there will be some revision of the
treaty of alliance soon. There 10 q
strong undercurrent of sympathy to-
ward Germany. but 1t does not ap.
pear very openly as yet. The Japa-
nese admire the military prowess Of
Germany greatly
Then. too, the Japanese feel that
England has departed from the
original reason for beginning the
war by violating the rights of neu-
trails. The following anecdote Will
show the Bushido spirit of the peo-
pie: Years ago two diamyoes whose
territory surrounded that of a third
had occasion to carry on war with
him. In the course Of the war they
heard that his people were suffering
Tor want of salt. so they sent him
salt, but continued to carry on the
war. Some of the old Samurai can
not understand the blockade which
England ts trying to establish"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26
WAlGAST IS DEFEATED
BY FRANKIE CALLAHAN

New York. Aug 25.--Ad Wolgast
one-time lightweight champion OF the
world. got a licking from Frankie
Callahan in a ten-round tussie at
Washington Park. Brooklyn. tonight
In the ninth Callahan sent the ex-
champion reeling with a right hand
smash 10 the jaw. The ropes saved
Ad from falling. The former wild
cat weighed 1873 Ia TO Galatians
1872. and was fat and paunchy and
had little speed
Callahan easily outboxed him. but
got into trouble at close quarters.
In the seventh and eighth wolgast
had the Brooklyn lad slowed down TO
walk with rips to the stomach.
Things looked very cloudy FOR frankie
in the seventh. but he made a strong
finish A good crowd saw the battle.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26
Two s0UIHs|Df CITIES
POOL THEIR EFFORTS


Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
Washington, d. c., Aug. 26.-The
yirgintA Senators and Congressmen
were appealed to today by the Hope
vel Board Of Trade and Petersburg
Chamber OF Commerce and other
business concerns Of these cities 70
use their combined influence towards
having the government armor plate
plant located near Hopewell.
These two communities have agreed
TO pool their interests md exert every
effort to have the plant for the manu-
iacture Of armor plate for the navy
located on . site on either the James
Or Appomattox Rivers near the big
DUPONT powder plant, little above
Hopeweil and below Petersburg. II
10 planned to have tho site selected
eminent
Congressman watson has assured
the Hopewell and Petersburg people
ne will do his very utmost to have
their Wishes fulfilled. He called on
all the members Of the Virginia dele
cation today and received their prom
Use that they will not pledge them
selves to any other site, and will do
all in their power for the Hopewell
site X II turns out no localities In
their own districts have a better
Chance than Hopeweli.
Movements are also understood to
be on foot by the business interests
Of Roanoke, Norfolk. Buena vista.
Newport News and several other towns
70 have the plant located in their
vicinity
The Virginia delegation is anxious
70 give all the influence II can pos
sfbly exert to bring the $50, 900
plant TO Virginia, but II Is already
realized that as this matter will be
decided purely on Its merits by naval
omcers. political influence will play no
great part in the selection OF the loca-
ton
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-26
THIRD DEATH FROM
PARALYSIS IN DISTRICT

Washington D. c.. Aug. 25.-Ths
third death in the District of Columbia
this year from infantile paralysis was
reported to the health department to-
day, The victim was Lawrence Joseph
HeadIey, three years and eleven
month"; old, of 17e5 X Street
This case was recorded by the health
department yesterday. and Is the hrs,
instance OF the death OF an infant The
other two fatalities occurred in adui
cases There are still ten cases un-
der treatment.
Health Officer Woodward has receiv-
ed word from DR.. e. @. Williams. vir-
ginia, State commissioner OF health.
that the quarantine declared by that
State against areas infected by In
fantile paralysis does not apply to the
District of Columbia