The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-27

lin Alabama was evident, and even if
the Mississippi route is officially
designated it is safe to say that most
of the auto-car tourists that visit the
south by the way of Nashville will
take in this part of Alabama, either
going or coming. And when the Tom
bigbee is bridged the matter of which
is the official route will be of small
concern. Pleasure seekers will always
find out the highways that offer es-
pecial attractions.
Even if Alabama fails ITO get the
decision" the good road construction
in the southern end of the state must
be pushed as rapidly as possible. New
Orleans is more than ever the tourists
goal, and Alabama and Mississippi as
well as Louisiana will TEEN with north
ern visitors this fall and winter. Thou
sands of them will pass through Biz
mingham, and only continuous high
way is needed right on to Mobile to
establish this as one of the most popu-
lar tourists centers in the union.
| A stage beauty was seen the other
day when out for a stroll wearing a
nose ring. 1t didn't look quote SO bar
barous as you might think, but an orna-
ment of that kind would be In the way
| if person had hay fever.
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| correspondent back from the front
says there is constant Misrepresentation
in America" regarding the war Any
body can see that by merely comparing
the average dispatch from Berlin with
the average dispatch from London.
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By moving s25,O0O,OOO worth of tobacco
| into the interior, most Of it the prop
| erty Of Americans. the Bulgarians won't
| have to cali on philanthropists for some
thing to smoke this winter.
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Recent pictures of alleged "blackmail
| queens" published in the newspapers
rather Justify those unwary old codgers
who fell into the tolls. One or two are
real beauties
The young woman who recently swan
around Manhattan Island in Ii hours and
50 minutes probably doesn't complain
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The old saying that politics makes
strange bedfellows may or may not &C.
count for Mr.. Wilson and Boss" Muir
ply occupying the same four-poster.
The Mexican-American commissioners
are in no hurry to end their conferences,
but the border bandits may do something
before long to hurry them up.
The President is putting exclamation
marks in the official copy Of his speeches.
a other indication that the campaign is
getting warmer.
Private banks are going to the wall in
Chicago with a frequency that may do
away with private banks in that town al
together.
The time Is coming when the ultimate
consumer will take an option on a. loaf
of bread. just as some people do now on
corner lots.
Scientists have decided that cats don't
carry infantile paralysis, but they still
have a great deal to learn about that
disease.
after an humble sergeant. IT'S fell. All
the heroes don't wear shoulder straps.
BY the way, how many members of the
class remember what American tug was
made famous by the Deutschland?
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It's wise candidate who can make
the voters think he's thinking what they
think he ought to think,
The suffragists are unusually quiet these
days. They must have something up their
slaves.
LUKE MLUKE SAYS
The school teachers of Chicago have
formed union 1t will be pie for a
small Boy to go to the schoolhouse some
morning and find pickets bearing placards
reading; keep Out! Strike On! Scab
Teachers Employ cdr
Every girl should know that the way
to make man run after her is not to
run after him, but to run away from
| him.
1t doesn't hurt to tell the truth once