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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
AGAINST THE SKY

with a method. Contest, rivalry, the will to beat out ones neighbor, stick out in every jutting cornice, in every soaring tower. The brick facades of the newer dwelling houses quarrel with each other in exactly the same fashion. Restraint, modesty, a desire to melt into the general scheme of things almost never occurs to owner or architect. One of the newer houses on Fifth avenue comes to mind, a. perfect word in dignity and restraint-it is almost indecently conspicuous by req son of it's contrast with it's shouting, tenpestuous neighbors.
 Therefore, New York must look a hor- TOT of horrors, a hopeless medley of ar rogance, you might conclude. Perhaps 1t does so appear to any one utterly out of democratic idea. But to any American, no. In the mess of our streets. the pat tern, the idea, does lose itself. Pulling off to distance that brings the roof line up against the sky leaves no con fusion of doubt. Almost any New Yorker who returns to his city of a winter even ing, crossing on a downtown ferry to the huge, twinkling mass that is down. town New York, feels the truth in his heart. He is returning not only to bis city, to a magnificent factory, but to slowly forming ideal of struggle and free. play, already fiinging it's hope and chal- lenge against the stars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06

5NNPROFESSOR SCOTT of the Uni lD versity of Michigan says that a S lack of uniformity in the English spoken by Americans does not prove that our English is inferior to that of the
 English people.
 Professor Scott is right, of course, but is it necessary to say such tnlns to an intelligent audience made up of Americans?
 An English lecturer spoke recently Ill Louisville of the lack of uniformity III American English, and employed It. leslu- mately enough, as theme Tor the proVo- cation of laughter. Treated humorislicai ly the differences between the speech or a New Englapder and a Kentueklan, or the difference between the speech ol d
 Texan and a Miehigander constltu'e hrse rate material for the snowman whoSo special stage is the lecture platiorih' pu'
 if we consider the matter seriously the en,arkable fact is that there IS such similarity between the pronunclauoiis
 and intonations, the idioms, the col loo,,ialisms. of Americans whose places of residence are as far apart as Daroe-
 Iona and Paris, or Edinboro and Vienna, Were it not that the habit of traVei IS
 widespread. and migrations from one state or section to another state or sec t;on freouent it might not be true that Americans speak common ians uase ny greatly affected by dialect.
 In many countries chain or noun tains or some other natural opstructlon kept tribes or nations apart ana rnaoe tbeir language different. That is true notably in Europe In China, although tho ;nhabitants speak Chinese" dialects ara numerous and differ one from the other so radically that there Is great growth of pidgin English as hhsua franca'' among Chinese who cannot un- | derstand' one another when their respec- | five dialects are used. China has not | had. until recently. railroads, newspa- ners of general circulation, mail sys- tam an dother conveniences which bring ths inhabitants of a large country into | close contact and give their language ! uniformity In India the various dialects spoken of as Hindu languages are widely different Pali, the tongue Of the com mon people in the period in which per sons of rank spoke Sanskrit, is employed | in books especially religious works, for purposes similar to that of pidgin Eng llish as a medium for the exchange of | thought among Chinese speaking diff ferent dialects. IIindustani, the tongue | of the Mohammedan conquerors of Delhi, lis used by the British government for purposes of administration.
 ! The striking fact about English in
 America is that 1t is so nearly uniform
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
.JoEara ID. Archb0ld
Made Millions in Oil

7OHN D. ARCHBOLD, the Stand 0 ard Oil magnate who died yes- terday, like many other men promi- nent in the financial affairs of the United States, rose from obscurity, He began his career as a clerk in a little country store at Salem, O., but when he first attracted the attention of John D. Rockefeller, with whom he was associated from 1875 until the day of his death, he had already begun his career in the business in which he won fame and fortune, having been lured to the oil fields of western Pennsyl- vania in 1864 by the reports that men were becoming rich there over night. For sometime he was a refiner and huyer at Titusville. Later he became } the agent of the Acme company, a part of the Rockefeller holdings.
 It is characteristic both of Mr. Archbold and of Mir. Rockefeller that the latter's attention was first drawn to his future associate by seeing the inscription, "John D. Archbold S4 a Bbl.," on a hotel register. At that time MT. Archbold was trying to put the price of crude oil up to $4 bar rel
 It is doubtful if any member of the so-called Standard Oil crowd" has been exposed to more attacks than Mir. Archbold, with the exception of the Rockefellers themselves. He was al- ways firm believer in trust methods. and being a fighter, with keen sense of humor, and being remarkably we'll informed of all the details of the oil business, he contrived to give as good ss he received on the witness stand, where he became a familiar figure during the government hearings on the dissolution of the Standard Oil 'trust"
 At the time of his death Mr. Arch bold was president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. His for tune of about $100,00O, ,O0O was made chiefly in oil and its by-products. He was typically successful American business man, strong, resourceful and aggressive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
Safety First


 "The National Safety council, that Bir- mingham hopes to have hold it's annual meeting here is doing a great work D said James L.. Davidson, secretary of the Alabama Coal Operators association. Tt issues bulletins that are read by 25oo. .- 900 workmen each week.
 follow the few simple rules of health. For instance, it urges them to take good care of their teeth. After showing a typical example of workman who has allowed his teeth to be neglected, one bulletin enumerates under Don't F'aii:'
 "1. To bush your teeth for two minutes every night and every morning, using a simple tooth powder or paste or even table salt. Use a soft brush with a twisting motion. Allow no one else to use your tooth brush.
 '2. To rinse your mouth with plenty of clean water-two glasses-after brush ing.
 ''S, To go regularly to the dentist twice year to have your teeth cleaned and examined.
 A. To see that your children grow up with clean mouths and sound teeth "The bulletins, with pictorial aids, are issued with the view of promoting health among the working classes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

We would hate to be an undertaken
 and have to look solemn and sorry all
 the time when business was good There wouldn't be so many divorces if
 a woman would bridle her tongue when
 she is travelling in double harness. There are some men who would rather
 go to jail with the sheriff than so to
 church with their wives. After two weeks of married life she believes everything he tells her. After two years of married life she doesn't be- lieve anything he tells her. Once in a while you will find an old fashioned man whose wife and whose affinity are the same woman. No man is superstitious. He merely
 avoids the number '13' as a plague or
 grabs it and makes it his lucky number. Even when a girl is so thin that she looks as if she could take needle and thread herself, she'll tell you that she l wouldn't be stout for anything. The first baby is always being awaK-
 ened from it's sumber and exhibited to
 callers But it is different with the fifth baby.
 Almost any married woman can tell you what lot of wealthy admirers she had before she met the dub she married. 1 We are all ingrates. Those of us who | are not thankful for what we get are
 not thankful for what we don't get | When some fellows try to combine busi- ness and pleasure they lose the combina- ton.
 l Even when married man does his duty as he sees it. his wife will tell him that he should have his eyes ex- amined
 | lot of men who are smart enough | to know that they cant get into a show called Going Up with a ticket that is ] only good for show called Going Down" will attempt to get into heaven with their obituaries as passports. | The greatest illusion in life is the il- 1 fusion that you haven't any l Ycu can dodge an argument with a
 man by agreeing with him. But 1t is
 different with a woman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
swamped With Orders

Tt newer rains but it pours." said Caine o'Rear of Jasper, well known Walker county coal operator, who was at the Morris yesterday. Not very many months ago, used to come over to Birmingham to beg people to buy some of our coal at almost any old price to keep the mine running enough to hold the force together. Today I am over here begging for coal cars with which to move some of the product we have already sold.
 The coal business is enjoying splen- aid prosperity, but the car shortage is serious. All the mines are swamped With orders at good prices and there would be no cloud on the horizon if we could get all the cars we wanted. I think the situation will improve rapid ly immediately after Christmas and we should have fine times in the coal business for some weeks to come"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
Let's Make It Unanimous

The board of revenue yesterday did the patriotic and the graceful thing in providing the salary of health expert for 1917
 They realized that this is time for qbblng The lives of and chdren-our loved ones-may be at stake
 Many home circle in this city and county narrowed by last summers epidemic
 The people of Jefferson county repetition of that ep demc Neither does the board of It is too serious subject to be trifled with.
 Let's all get together to the pest hoes the hog wal lows and filthy spots in this city and county.
 Uncle Sam is willing to go the limit in helping Let's do our part and do it graciously, gladly and heartily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
A NEW CLUB

From the New York Globe.
 A prominent clubwoman is quoted in a western paper as being desirous of form ing "Get-along- without" club. It is her idea that the present high cost of living may be a blessing in disguise.
 Most of us are So accustomed to having things" says this woman, that we have entirely forgotten the pleasure of getting along without. It never oc- cured to me until this winter, for in- stance. that I might do with my last years coat instead of buying new one. I've had the old one steamed up a bit, and you've no idea of how good it looks. It's the same with hats. I've resur- rected several old frames from the attic and trimmed them up, and everybody says they're most becoming. As for our table-that's where we're learning beau- tifully how well we could get along with out. We always used to have soup and two vegetables and salad, besides the meat and potatoes, and a heavy dessert. Now we have eliminated the soup and have either one vegetable or salad never both. Or if we have rice we don't have potatoes. And we usually just have a little fruit or preserves for dessert. And if someone uses honey or jam or jelly on bread they don't use butter, too. We all feel better for the change.
 Also. we have discovered that we can wait little time for the new books from the public library, instead of buy ing them. And we read the dramatic criticisms carefully, and go to only a very few plays-the ones of which we
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
HOTEL LOBBHES
Story of All Babn

The teachers in the schools nowa- days teach the youngsters to pro- nounce Ali Baba with very broad a." said F. N. Andrews, wire chief at the Postal Telegraph company. q have couple of boys, one 12 and the oth- CT 5.
 The other day I overheard the older one telling his brother the story of All Baba and the 40 thieves. The younger one had heard another name quite ire quently which sounded somewhat like All Baba with the broad a and he said he was very fond of the story of Arlie Barber and the 40 thieves"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
More Attention
 to HealGh Rules

1 A LTHOUGH rules for the promo GA ton of bodily comfort and pre- vention of disease are based on con- mon sense and are therefore easy of duplication, they have not appealed to the mass of humanity as they should. It is only in recent years that hygiene has taken it's place in the forefront of everyday life. Community "agita- tion" for the physical benefit of man. kind may sometimes be faddish, and great remedial movements may some times be overdone. But not so with sanitation.
 Lack of knowledge of the funda- mental laws of health have been re- sponsible for countless deaths and frightful epidemics; but indifference to such laws after the public has been enlightened has been the cause of a still higher death rate, even in rich and populous centers.
 The United States government, through it's health service, is now do- ing valuable work in issuing bulle- tins in which the "don'ts" regarding diet are stressed. Don't eat too much :! and don't eat food too rich for the blood have been the burden of recent warnings. People whose weakness is overlooking should not have to be cautioned by the government, but evil dently the tendency to gluttony is on the increase, else Uncle Sam would not think it necessary to hammer away on rules that everybody knows and understands.
 And now the borough authorities of New York have found it worth while to appeal to the householders of the great city to open their windows and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06

are sure. We can't afford to take chances this winter, though we used 10 consider taking chances as part of the fun. All these things have made me feel that want to establish Get alongwithout' club"
 The idea is worth thinking over. Why not start a "Get-aIong- without" club you who have more than you need-in your neighborhood?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
TWO POINTS OF VIEW.

The fretful traveller laments
 The hardness of the road Ana Voicing doleful discontents,
 Complains about the load He carries-one would think that he
 Of all the human throng From Weighty cares were never free
 And suffered grievous wrong. And yet, mighty multitude
 Plod on from day to day, Still with the spark of hope imbued
 And cheered along the way By dreams of better things to come
 When they shall win success. They nave no time for feeling glum
 And shedding tears, guess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
GETTING EVEN.

Mrs. Gadder was caught in a heavy shower of rain yesterday without an umbrella" said Mrs. Dubwaite.
 That was too bad"
 "Of course I don't want her to have but that woman has said some mean things about me and it did me a lot of good to see her complexion run"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
THE HUMOR OF PROHIBITION

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 A liquor firm in Covington. Ky, re- gently received an order for some whisky from 8 woman in prohibition Virginia. The whisky was sent by express, but was later returned by the state author ities. The package containing the whisky bore this label, which was attached by the dry powers that be in the state that once had George Washington as a cit- izen:
 NOTICE.
 '"The Virginia law says that female must be at the head of a family with children in order to receive liquor ship ments. The woman who ordered this whisky is widow without children. Ac- cording to our state law she will have to go dry"
 Can you beat it?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
THE ENDURING GOOD

John Masefied, in the December Atlantic Out of the special cells most special
 sense Came the suggestion when the light was
 sweet All skill, all beauty, all magnificence Are hints so caught, mans glimpse of
 the complete. And though the body rots, that sense
 survives; Being of life's own essence it endures Q'ruit of the spirits tillage in men's
 lives) Round all this ghost that wandering
 flesh immures. That is our friend. 'who. when the iron
 brain Assails, or the earth clogs. or the sun
 hides, Is the good God to whom none calls in
 vain, Mans achieved Good. which. being life. yS- abides. The man-made God, that man in happy
 breath Makes, in despite of time and dusty
 death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
Teachers' Salaries

''The financial condition of the state is not as bad as it has been painted" said w. l.. Lancaster, state treasurer, who was at the Tutwiler yesterday. About this time every year and for the first two or three months of the fall, there is always shortage However, when the tax money begins to come in, the treas ury gets in more prosperous condition and we take up whatever claims there may be outstanding.
 ''The school teachers of the state will receive their money by Christmas and we hope to be able to meet these claims in the future without any delay or the necessity of placing the warrants with the various banks over the state. Ar engagements to take care of the salaries of the teachers by Christmas have been made by Governor Henderson, so there need be no uneasiness on this seore.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
PresidemG Wilson's
 ImsisGenG Measures

M s rule, little important legisla- N ton is expected or attempted in the short session of Congress. The consideration of appropriation bills necessary for the operation of the gov ernment usually takes up most of the time embraced within the three month limit, but at this juncture measures seeking to improve traffic conditions and prevent railroad strikes will be pressed by the admin istration.
 The Adamson bill, rushed headlong through the last session, taking the side of the railroad brotherhoods as against the railway executives in order to avert a threatened strike, was far from satisfactory to many congressman, who voted for it purely as an emergency measure and at the earnest solicitation of the President, who saw the business interests of the country facing a great crisis.
 President Wilson read his message to Congress yesterday insisting upon the passage of bill that he hoped wtuld meet the situation. Congress
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06

BEGINNING THE DAY--"To some of you in America this may seem m unnecessary and wasteful quarrel, BIS other peoples quarrels often are; but 1t comes to this, that though we are all killed there will be songs again, but If we were to submit and so survive there could be neither songs nor dreams, nor any Joyous .ree things any more."--Dunsany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
SENSITIVE COWS

From the London Opinion. The lady was complaining to her dairy
 man sometime ago regarding the quality of his milk.
 Short O grass feed, mum; short O
 grass feed this time O year, said the
 peculiar milkman. "B.ess you, them COWS O mine are just as sorry about 1t as I 9m I often stands and watches 'en cryin', reg'lar cryin. mum, because they feel as how their milk don't do 'e.n credit.
 Yor don't believe it?'' "Oh, yes. l believe it, said the lady but I wish in future you'd see that they don't drop their tears into our can"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
ECONOMY.

Waiter, I notice you charge fo -e. and butter here"
 ''Yes, sir"
 T presume everything else hs up?"
 Nearly everything, sir. Drin still the same price,"
 Ahemi In tl1at case bring me ;ota cocktail. The first cocktail gives appetite, but the second almost inv takes it away"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
THE WRONG FLUID.

Doctor, my druggist wouldn't fl prescription. He referred me garage"
 Let me see that paper. Hum. II for 10 gallons of gasoline. You SC order intended for my chauffeur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06

From the Baltimore American.
 Did you have homily when your minister came to dinner. Mrs. Jimps?' Dear me, no. mem. l don't never try them strange dishes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
QUITE APPROPRIATE.

"I see where a writer calls modern skygcraper a beehive Rather good, eh?"
 ''The term certainly is applicable to the particular building in which Beetum ana skinnum have their offices" answered the melancholy man. T was badly stung there"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
THE RIGHT IDEA.

THE RIGHT IDEA A line or two Bout Christmas cheer May help to fill Some space. I fear The gladness of The season will Be lessened here And there, but still 1 rather think We ought to be As happy as We can, and free From gloomy looks, With hearts elate, Scorn living's cost And celebrate.
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
Schools to Help
 I'm Sale of Seals

sIYSGAVQ19 w ASSlD
 I'm Sale of Seals INTEREST in the anti-tuberculosis
 U cause in Alabama is much greater now than it was last year. This is the result of an educational campaign which has been in progress for many months past. And with the increased interest in the movement there is naturally an increase in the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals for the benefit of the nti-Tuberculosis league.
 A million or more of the little tokens which have become so popular for enbelhshing Christmas packages sent through the mail are being distributed through local associations and the public schools. With the school pupils enlisted in this good enterprise the |
 total receipts will be largely aug mented this year as compared with last. The price is only one cent and lit should not be a difficult matter to
 dispose of two or three million seals.
 Every boy and girl in the schools of 
 Alabama should feel it duty to buy some of them and to sell to others as
 many as he or she purchases. If this plan is pursued the anti
 tuberculosis organization of Alabama
 will receive into it's treasury before
 the new year twenty-five or thirty
 thousand dollars. And the good that
 would be done with such sum at the leagues disposal could not be over
 stated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
MORE THAN LIKELY.

Think of man being able to study botany when Europe is drenched with blood!" exclaimed the excitable indi- vidual.
 Who's doing that?'
 Professor Plodders."
 ''Oh, well. Maybe he doesn't know that there Is war in Europe"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06

may find it anything but easy to har- rnonize capital and labor from the viewpoint of the recent disagreement between the railroads and the train men. Yet, given sufficient time to thresh out the issues over which the two sides disagree, the lawmakers should be able to find solution that will be fair to all interests concerned the carriers, the brotherhoods and the public.
 There will be less excuse for playing politics at this short session than there was when the Adamson bill was hurried to it's enactment, just as the presidential campaign was starting. In fact there should be no politics at all in the consideration of President Wilson's pending programme. Con- gress will have to forego it's accus- toned Christmas holidays of two weeks. Even then it will have to work overtime nearly every day between now and the fourth of March; but if it accomplishes something to heighten it's already fine record, and make strikes next to impossible, it will be well repaid for it's strenuous efforts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06

AN EYE TO BUSINESS.
  "I got pain in my neck from looking up so long yesterday while you were flying about" said the county fair visi- tor.
 ''You did, eh?'' replied the professional aviator. T carry as a side line Dr. Jig gers Eureka liniment, the greatest prepa- ration of it's kind. The price is $1 bot tie. Rub a few drops on the back of your neck and the pain will disappear in a jiffy."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
NO STRANGE EXPERIMENTS

Despite his valiant attitude. Genera Trevino reminds one of General Debility
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06

What mockery 1t is for the Kaiser to order church bells rung to celebrate a man who has taken the Deity into part pership with him as a war lord?