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The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1916-02-11
One of the N
Presidents Few Z
Smiling Moods

m IN but he was an unusual lover Just
ANNM - he was unusual In every other
MNAW way. His nrst recorded aRair Of
IN T. ~ the heart an emotion deeper than
~ the calf love OF halfsrown youth.
~ came when no was twenty-five
years old and clsrkins IN store
q New Salem. III. Ann Rutledse tavernksepers
daughter. was the girl.
Tho second AFFAIR came whom he-waa ahout
twenty-six. It began a. . Joke. after Lincoln had
become lawyer and was practicing ct Spring.
neld. but 1t caused him untold woery-because
the girl. Mary Owens was fat and he didn't
want to marry her. The third azRair took"
That IN. Mary Todd became Abraham Nncoln's
VIE, when he was thirty-three years old.
When he was . youth in the wilds Of southern
Indiana. Lincoln had his sentimental vaporinrs,
one OF which appealed 70 strongly to his sense Of
romance that he wanted to write Q story about
II This vaDortng was the kind most Of 10 have
along about the time tho down on our upper np
begins to tougher.
It 10 doubtful II Ann Rutledge sv,r loved Lin.
colin She simply appreciated his sympathy and
aMection-she had been tilted by James McNeill
Who tired OF her and went East to escape his
obligation. Her father. James Rutledge, one Of
the founders Of New Salem, kept . tavern and
there Lincoln went to board when in 1881 he left
his home and became clerk in q store there.
At breakfast, dinner and supper he sat by the
side OF the tavernkeepers daughter. He was
twenty-five; she was less than twenty She WAS
evmr.+h1 .,,...s 49,. 80. S.. e -. -.
-. 600, ~ ~ ueop enect.on. out INC slri
~ MoNar, .A~" 'o~' " 'no "s"o1S,
H~sn 90 ~. .,., .s -m,-
IN M ro.,.,or - - 80 III ., Hnoon W., W,
20. ~ -, 49, A.. :. N,... 'eS poo' ns
H. -. W.. ~" .o.a"eeei ~ INC DiacA
tn-nad ~ Ma. ST.. e wa vas ehueu NO 70
and was defeated. His financial condition was 20
muddled ut this time that he seriously c0ntem-
plated becominr hlsck.m,th IN ordsr =, T,srs .
nvinr. An opnortunitv came - him - Sst AZ -.
terest in a store without nntt;n1 m snv -,
money. He 10. . vretchad sto-aI.ap.r "a -.
partner vas mo hetter Ths hn.tra.. ala ~.
nourtah hnt M. conrt.h,, did IL and Ann MI.
ledge sat at nixht on the tavern stems or waiked
along the roads around the little settlement.
They were young and. youth IN the age of glamour
Lincoln was beginning to think of career n n
lawyer. He believed he would be able in . year
or two to support a wife, Ann could not Sorset
McNeill, but the devotion of Lincoln prevailed
and she consented to marry him,
The summer of their enKaxemeut was the han.
piest. perhaps in all Of Lincoln's life Ann Rut.
ledge was beautiful in face and figure and charm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-05
The Methodist Educators
harmony

Members of the Methodist church form large part of Birmingham's population and no religious band could we'll be chosen in their view point or more strongly drawn together in their sympathies than these good folk who touch elbows with the suc- cessors of the Wesleyan type of church leadership. Methodism is a synonym for hospitality, especially so in the south, and this being true, the large gathering of educators from Methodist academies and colleges as sembled here at this time is being cordially received and hospitably en- tertained.
 The visiting educators will find not only the latchstring hanging out, as in the good old days of the circuit rider, but modern culture and public spirit among the laity. Other south ern cities are noted for the prestige of Methodism, but it is safe to as sume that Birmingham leads them all in numbers and in civic influence.
 One thing is certain, the visitors will find at Birmingham college, on Owenton hill, Methodist institution, the most attractive seat of culture in this broad land. With millions of dol lars other colleges have constructed magnificent properties. With few hundred thousand dollars Birmingham college is adding to its buildings and beautifying it's grounds. But was ever a campus so inviting, or pros pect so enchanting?
 It is not too much to hope that when the visitors return to their homes they will carry with them impressions of landscape and cultural atmosphere that will not soon be forgot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-05
THE MIGHT-HAVE-BEFN

or the Aztecs. We might have hunted the mammoth In Siberia, or rounded the Cape with the Phoenician trader. But our business is severely with today, and upon this spot We must know whore the interest on the mortgage is coming from, and why the furnace will not work: and we must furrow our brows over the price of bread and potatoes. eggs and mutton. Perhaps the heroes of old did not just walk from glory unto glory through wide-flung doors of opportunity. Perhaps they had their troubles, too Plumbing and electricity and the telephone are not the severest encumbrances of life. Even the comforts of the modern norle are en- durable. We complain of the rapid pace at which we are driven to move in these busting, hustling days; but 1t is not cer- tain that we should be abler performers If we reverted to the stage coach and the tallow dip, or retraced our steps still further to shaggy skins and knotted clubs When every cleft in the rock breathed de- fance toward all the rest of the land- scape. It is best to accept our destiny. and live in our own century and our own town-with every inspiration we can draw from any quarter-and try to do our duty by here and now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-05
NITROGEN FROM THE AIR

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch
 Certainly this government should en- courage in some way the establishment of plant to extract nitrogen from the at- mosphere. The United States imports nitrates in large quantities from Chile, and is dependent on this source of sup ply. Nitrates are essential to the coun- try in time of peace. and in time of war their presence might spell national saliva ton.
 Fortunately, we are rich in water pow CTS and nitrogen exists in the atmos- phere in inexhaustible quantities. That it may be extracted on commercial basis is proved by the offer of the Du Pont Company to construct hydroelec- tric plant for this purpose Whether the Du Pont offer should be accepted is to be determined only after the closest in- vestigation of all it's terms, but the gov ernment will be recreant if no plant be esta blished.
 Germany seems to have shown it's ca pacity to extract from the air nitrogen sufficient for all it's enormous war needs We should be prepared to do the like, nor should we wait until war impends The time to prepare is now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-05
HOTEL LOBBIES
Interest Grows in Baseball

With the near approach of the open ing of the Southern league season, inter est is increasing in baseball" said Ear nest Williams This interest is mani Tested not only in the Southern league, but in the doings in the majors as well. The doings of the various major league clubs in their training camps excite keen interest among the followers of the game here.
 If the joys of anticipation are greater than those of realization, then this is the happiest time of the year for the baseball bug. Now all is roseate Every team has pennant winner or a first division organization and hopes that will be blasted by the hot suns of July are in full bloom now
 T think one of the most interesting propositions in baseball today will be the fortunes of the New York Yankees. Money has been spent like water to make this team pennant winner and it will be interesting to watch the cooperation of number of brilliant stars all developed under different management. Will Baker, Magee, and the others be able to pull the Yankees out of the rut in which they have consistently remained for the last several years? The answer to this question wip furnish one of the most interesting themes in baseball this year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-05
ON WASHING YOUR FACE

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 One of the lady essayists of the Okla homa City Daily Oklahoman the lnfer- ence being that the said paper IS pup lshed in the state of Oklahoma) writes an article on the controversial theme, ''The Daily Use of Soap" So often l am asked by correspondents as to whether the use of soap is advisable for the daily cleansing of the face" says the lady writer If the complexion is muddy look ing, with a tendency to blackheads, the daily scrubbing with soap and warm water is most advisable" we read. As water alone cannot dissolve the grease upon the skin the use of soap is essen- tial in order to effect perfectly thor ougn cleansing"
 We call attention to these authorized views for the benefit of those of our read CTS who may be contemplating writing us a letter asking for information on the same subject. We trust we shall be spared the pain of giving an elaborate opiaion on the subject, for we are a honest man. and on matters of this kind we find that we have a stern and exact ing conscience. We hereby warn all em- bryo interrogators that if they have any hopes of being comforted by us on the soap issue they are not thinking clearly and logically. We shall tell inquirers more than our contemporary has said. We shall tell them that not only should the face be washed with soap every day, but that the ears. neck and the feet should be washed daily, and with soap at that.
 iG ssfI1nda mental " Cap tain Hobson is wont to say; we cannot evade the issue; we cannot temporize. We must face the facts of life, and we say this notwithstanding we may be charged with unseemly friendliness for the lye soap trust
 What the human race needs is more soap and water and less talcum powder except on the face.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-05
Reunion Music and OratOry

There will be no lack of band music at the Confederate reunion. More bands and better bands will be in the parade than were ever heard at any previous reunion. And there will be excellent chorus music by children and by clubs of adult singers, but that suggestion made recently by well known citizen who happens to be a member of the Arion society that programme of all southern songs and especially of the songs in vogue dur ing the war and sung in camp be ar- ranged for a free concert on the sec- ond or third night of the reunion, should have the right of way Nothing would give greater pleasure to the veterans and such programme would be highly enjoyed, too, by the Sons and Daughters of the Confectionery and the visitors in general.
 As for oratory there will be good ly supply of gripping speakers. While the master orators of the old school; those who won fame on the field of battle or gave wise counsel in de- liberative conference-John Warwick Daniel, Billy Payne, Fitz Lee and the Rev. Dr. Moses D. Hoge of Virginia, Den Hill of Georgia, J. L. M. Curry of Alabama and the Rev. Dr. Ben Palmer of Lousiana-are no longer heard, the glories of the Lost Cause will be presented nevertheless in we'll rounded sentences and with moving fervor in Birmingham in May. Many of the scared veterans who are still in the land of the living are fresh of thought and eloquent of speech; and these will be heard with profit and delight.
 But let not the programme commit tee forget to give us the old songs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-05
s MUSICAL ART AND "MOVIES"

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 It is an interesting and a very modern question that a correspondent raises in connection with the censorship of the movies" He IS the composer of the music to that very successful venture, ''The Birth of a Nation," and he com plains that when the film is chopped by the censor the music is mutilated, and there is an abrupt jump from one part Of the score to an unrelated portion. The issue is by no means unimportant. The best moving picture houses provide high order of music. The pleasure of the spec taror is greatly increased by suitable accompaniment The kind of music per- formed, in view of the immense follow ing of the photoplay, will have a pro- found effect in time on popular taste. It would seem no more than fair, when the censor employs the pruning knife, to let the customer as well as the producer of the scenario know what has happened, that he may amend his score to the Pro- crustean action of the conservator of pub lie morals, and restore symphonic sym metry where the censor left the raggec edges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-05

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 The continued neutrality of Greece Is earnestly desired by the central powers Greek belligerency would practically off, set the value of the Bulgarian alliance and would materially increase the diff ficulty of the Teuton position on the Bal kan peninsula. Moreover it is well un- derstood that the French and British, to- gether with a reorganized army of Servian refugees, are planning to inaugurate spring offensive from their Saloniki base The active cooperation of Greece, in- stead of her passive acquiescence in the entente plans, would greatly facilitate the Anglo French drive.
 With these facts in mind the German commanders displayed rare tactlessness when they dispatched fleet of aero planes to bomb the city of Saloniki. To be sure Salonik; is held by the Anglo French army, but it is inhabited by Greeks It is g, Greek city, and the 30 men and women killed by German bombs were Greek citizens. The result has been new upblazing of Greek hostility toward the Germans. sharp note has been sent by Athens to Berlin, and further aerial demonstrations against Greek cities may result in Greek belligerency despite the pro-Teuton sympathies of King Con- stantine and Premier Skoloudis.
 From the standpoint of the allies the German raid on Salonik was highly satis- factory. No military damage was done and the French aviators, who gave bat tie to the raiders, brought down two of the German planes.
 Saloniki Is a fortified city, and 1t is held by Germany's enemies. Were it not for the past exploits of the German aerial raiders much could be said in justifica- ton of the attack. But it Is remembered that the attacks on London and Paris and on towns and villages in England and northern France have been wholly with out justification The attack on Saloniki, technically neutral city. will therefore be classed as merely another instance of German aerial frightfulness.
 The net military value of all these op- erations has been nil. The material dam age suffered by the allies is insignificant in comparison with the moral harm done to the German cause. If the Salonilli raid is instrumental in bringing Greece to the fighting point the penalty of cruelty and folly will be well merited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-05
Joke. on James Davis

'The joke is on me all right" said James Davis assistant county solicitor. "I was trying negro named John Me- Gee in the criminal court before Judge H. P. Heflin yesterday, charged with sell ing whisky. When the case was called the negro appeared without counsel, and, when l asked him if he wanted a lawyer, he said, No suh, cap, I don't need one We went into the case and had the deputy who made the arrest testify and the man who bought the booze also, but when we opened the bottle the negro was alleged to have sold for whisky and collected a perfectly good s1 9 for. we found nothing like whisky. The negro said he had pre- pared a bottle of colored water with , cents worth of Viva and two drops of whisky on the cork, and had sold it for 100 proof
 The case provoked a good deal of laugh ter from court attendants, and Judge Heflin told Deputy c. F. Cunningham, who made the arrest, he would convict the negro if he would sample the alleged whisky and swear it was whisky. Neither the deputy nor anyone else would do this, so the negro was dismissed, and left the room laughing over the success of his oTn joke"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-05
Tomorrow's Joint Conference

The city commission and the of- ficers and directors of the Chamber of Commerce will hold their first joint conference tomorrow afternoon. This innovation in municipal affairs origi- mated with Presidents Commissioner Ward and his resolution inviting the representatives of the chamber to meet the city fathers in cooperative spirit received the hearty approval of the other members of the commission.
 It is capital idea. If these confer ences are held frequently much prac- tical good will result.
 Public opinion in Birmingham is virtually unanimous on many propo- sitions, among them the need of more school buildings, need of a big au- ditorium, the need of first class highway and railway to the Warrior, and the need of more small industries; {; and these things can De all the easler accomplished if the city authorities and the civic body cooperate.
 The city's business has been often retarded by a disposition on the part of some of the commissioners to "scrap" over minor questions, and worse still, important municipal leg islation has been unduly held up be- cause the commissioners could not agree.
 Let the commission and the Cham Der of Commerce make a favorable start tomorrow and Birmingham will soon become distinguished among
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-05

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 COME lives seem miscast in our time
 in their place on the worlds stage. o Here, for example, is girl who might have made bellgerent monk in the middle ages; and this is maid who would have done very well as a warrior in baronial siege. She is sister-in-the- blood of Jeanne, the sainted Maid of Or leans This woman would have fitted neatly into the picture of the Puritan era, or the resounding period of Elizabeth, or the more sophisticated age of Anne. And here are men in business clothes, tied at polish desks, who ought to be out with Drake and his armada, or exploring with Frobisher and Cabot, pirating through the Spanish main with Henry Morgan. Who condemned this buccaneer to be teth- cred to bidding routine amid office fur niture, and gave him pen and ink in place of the dripping cutlass? This ruthless captain of industry, intent only on cut ting competitor out of the game by any method ought to have been Sultan of Turkey a Shah, the proclaimed Shadow of God upon earth and. therefore, responsible to no man for his behavior. He does not seem to stand in with the peaceful processes of civilization. He be- longs with Villa or those who harry Po- land or ravage Servia, for like them he represents the last remnant of the race of cave dwellers and has much in common with the few cannibals who may be left in the Pacific seas.
 No doubt, if we had the ordering our own lives and if we could vote on the question of our immigration into the world we would not in this tame con- formity accept the arrangement, over which we have no power. We must make the best of it. We may well be thankful that it was no worse. It is bewildering, when we stop to think, that we were not born Hottentots or Zulus. If any Hotten- tots or zulus read these lines. perhaps they were mystified that they were not Chinese or Mexicans or Esquimaux. One result of the knowledge of other peoples and other ways is an increase of human charity under the sun and the reduction of our own conceit The trouble with the people of Lhasa in Tibet is that they do SCSo | pass through the Potaa. They think with Holmes typical Bostonian that they are at the very hub of the wheel of things.
 How little does it profit the children of men to speculate upon where and who they might otherwise have been The first consideration is not how valorously we would have enacted the part of Charles XII of Sweden or that of Julius Caesar or the Negus of Abyssinia, but whether we are fetching and carrying for the good of our generation as we should. down; we might have loaded Noah's Ark or built the Pyramids or carved the stone
 images on Easter Island or left the glyp- tic figures on the stones of Yucatan or performed the repellent rites of the Incas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-05
HE WAS PREPARED
From the Galveston News.

From the Galveston News
 One atternon recently New York tray cling man called prominent Fl Paso at- torney Into consultation at one of the leading hotels. He explained that he contemplated very perilous undertake ing and desired to make his will. The lawyer drew up the will, and the trav- cling man paid him fat fee, left the doc ument with the hotel clerk, accompanied by conditions to be carried out should he naver return, then hailed taxicab and went to juarez Mex, where he bought picture postal cards and Mexican stamps ani addressed them to relatives and friends Then he returned to Fl Paso quite unscathed. Tt wasn't as thrilling as l thought it would be- he admitted. .'But always believe in precautionary meas ures."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-05
BoNNIE,s FIRST SUNDAY SCHOOL

From Bonnie May the New Scribner
 serial by Louis Dodge.
 '"They put me in with a lot of chl- dren"-ths somewhat scornfully--' a sort of leading lady asked LIE riddles-s that what you call them? One of them was: How long did it take to make the wcrld?'"
 "But that wasn't a riddle
 w ell, whatever it was; and they caught one smart, Alec She said: Forty days and 40 nights, and they all laughed-so you could see it was just catch As if anybody knew That was the only fun l could see to the whole performance, and it sounded like Rube fun at that. One odious little creature looked at my dress long time. Then she said: I've got new dress Another looked at me and sniffed, and sniffed, and sniffed. She wrinkled hsr nose and lifted her lip every time she sniffed. It was like a kind of signal. Then she said: My papa has got bis store, and we've got horse and buggy She sniffed again and looked just as spitefu! l had to get back at that one. Don't cry, little one I said. Wait until it's pretty day and I'll come around and take you out in my automo- bile"
 But you haven't any autOmobile!' That" with great emphasis, ''doesn' t make any difference. There's no harm in stinging people of certain kind.' oh, Bonnie May! Surely one should tell the truth"
 Yes, one should, if two would. But you can't afford to show your hand to every Bedelia that gets into your troupe. No, you can't she repeated defantly, reading the pained look in his eyes. Then the leading lady turned to me, thinking up another question. 1 made up my mind to be on hand if l had to sleep l in the wings. Why were Adam and Eve driven out of the garden?' was mine I
 said: Because they couldn't make goody
 She looked puzzled. and I patted her on
 the knee You can't put over anything | on me- I sald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-05
MEXICO'S INFAMOUS PRISON

against him. He left the prison an emaci-
 ated wreck-almost living skeleton. I had heard so many unbelievable stories of this grim prison on the water front that made up my mind to explore l ir with notebook and camera. This l was before Admiral Fletcher came. Much to my surprise, saw on all sides soldiers, prisoners, women, children and dogs mingl,ng in the soft and genial sun shine. Some were sweeping the walks or working at odd jobs around the grounds. while others were lazily reclining on hard benches or picking at the tradi- tional Mexican guitar. It seemed unbe- leva bla that in the foul and loathsome dungeon under our very feet were human beings who, for years and years, had been confined in total darkness-men who, at that very moment, were crying out their
 souls in wild despair, as they sat in living cCffins ohalned and shackled to the stone floor. And these unfortunates were guilty of no crime save that of being politically opposed 10 the administration in power; while the trusties above. with privileges of fremen, were assassips, thieves and pickpockets.
 AS we entered the dark portals of the foul prison, I recalled Dante's inscription
 over the gates of his Inferno" Abandon hope all ye who enter here.' Within, | there was the silence}as death and hope
 abandoned, as the soft strains of a gui-
 tar and mandolin floated through the iron
 bars. It was, indeed, scene to chill the blood.
 In one of the large underground cells 40 or 90 prisoners were huddled together like so many sheep. There, in space only a trifle larger than an ordinary bedroom, these unfortunates slept on the cold stone floor at night and cooked their own meals
 by day.