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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
From the Kansas City star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 0C1HE little Cockney girl is doing her bit for England; and some
 S times, such is human nature the sacrifices which a paternal govern ment urges her to make-and which she does make with patriotism not less thrilling than that of Ger boy al the front-are almost more than she can bear.
 Maude Radford Warren, writing in the Saturday Evening Post, tells of one pathetic little canary" as they call the girls who work with lyddite shells. The government allows them to work with the poisonous explosive only the short lest possible time, but their faces turn yellow from the fumes, probably for all time. Girls, young, full of life, with the first chance in their lives of buying pretty clothes, and with more men in London than were ever there beforer Mrs. Warren phrases it that way.
 This particular canary had been working beside the writer in a muni- tions factory. They were on their way home in third-class carriage when the days work was over. The canary showed a clipping which she pulled from her pocket-one of the most ef- fective government advertisements that have been issued. It reads:
 "Is your best boy wearing khaki? Ii not, don't you think he should be? Ii he does not think that you and your country are worth fighting for, do you think he is worthy of you? Don't pity the girl who is alone; her young man probably is a soldier, fighting for her and her country-and for you. If your young man neglects his duty, the time will come when he will neglect you.''
 "So I says to 'er like this"-the girl was saying (she had been telling about had been talking about the evil of buy ing things we didn't ave to 'ave")- Miss I says, do you know I have a boy at the front, and that I sent i'm there?" The girl paused an instant then went on:
 Miss I says, T know as we'll as il you had said it that somebody's beer tellin you I bought pair of 'igh boots and a feather boa and new at. An6 so I did; and I'll tell you why. Before my boy went to France he inted that when he got his furlough maybe 'eo ask me to get married. When he was gone I worked 'ard in the shop, and ] do my bit at the canteens too, and ] saved ard, as the advertisements said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
ICELAND LOVES LIBERTY

ir kind of aristocratic republic. Life in characterized by no little turbulence It was, however, in a way both free and varied It fostered bravery and adven- ture, and was productive of no little progress.
 This state of things continued until the middle of the Thirteenth century. Dur ing the eleventh century Iceland had been converted to Christianity, and it was the disputes amongst the clergy in the thirteenth century that led to that civil strife which ultimated in the sub- mission of the island, quarer by quarter, 1264 The union of the three Scandina- vian crowns in 12S0 transferred the praa- tical rule of Iceland to Denmark, anu this change proved permanent. There after, the old independent life of Iceland came to an end; the country sank to dead level of stagnation, wherein the great aim of the peasant proprietor was to live on as little as he could, and to pay as little in taxes as possible. So con ditions remained, with but little change for the better, until the beginning of the nineteenth century. The reformation had brought only half of it's blessings to Ice land. It had changed the Icelanders' out look on religion, but it had never brought to them the social and poliaical revolu- ton which it had brought elsewhere. Gradually, however, as the nineteenth century wore On, the greate ideas which had been spreading themselves over Eu- rope penetrated into Iceland, and a great awakening followed. A constitution was granted to the island in 1874, according to which the King shares the legislative power with the Althing. Iceland, more over, has her own budget, the Althing having been accorded the right to vote supplies. As to the country itself, it has large bibliography: for. as has been said, it is land which many people find in special degree interesting. The very geographical position of the island, far away from anywhere, on the confines of the great arctic circle, lends to it a strange attractiveness. Its mountains it's glaciers, it's deep fjords and glens, shut in by precipitous walls of basalt; its high plateaus and barren, grassless deserts, have grim beauty all their own; whilst it's sagas present, in a superlative de- gree perhaps, all that wealth of story which is so characteristic of the sagas of Scandinavia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
AN EXPERT WHO IS EXPERT

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 If our business council has not sus- pended operations on the employment of experts-in figures and expertness-the splendid qualifications of a young man in New York, Adolf J. Loeffler, aged 30, should be looked into immediately. The budget season is open, but it is not long and what is to be done ought to be done promptly.
 He is shipping clerk employed by wholesale grocery firm of New York at weekly salary Of $25. He lived in an apartment for which he paid $150 a month. His ordinary living expenses were in excess of $500 a month. His apartment furnishings cost $35,O00 He wore jewelry worth $500. He owned a chain of cigar stands in a large number of office buildings and hotels from which he derived a large income. One item of his living was the use of three high power automobiles driven by a. chauffeur who received $25 week.
 All this is submitted humbly, but with confidence, that if Mayor Armstrong takes time to inquire into these figures he will see that Loeffler is the very man he has been looking for and hoping to find or see fall out of the sky some starry bright night. If this isn't the young fel- low to solve the problem of doing big things with the minimum of money it seems useless and hopeless to look fur ther
 At present he is in the Tombs, where 1t will be easy to find him. His efficiency broke down at critical moment-but he Hooks good' in spite of a puncture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
COCKNEY 'sCANARIES''

I I can show you my war savin's certif- cate.
 "Id walk round the streets at night and Sundays alone, for I wouldn't want to walk out with any boy but i'm. I'd see all these Canidian and Austrilian soldiers out wifi girls they'd picked nm I could ave had one myself if I would. saw girls out that 'ad never been asked for their company, before. I was glad they'd got their chance till began to think: Maybe these Canidians and Australians ave left sweet'earts be'ind 'em that'll get their carts broke twice, So I thought of my boy goin' through France, where the girls ave so much style, and seein' pretty nurses: and thought: All men is weak" When saw low bad my boots was, and ow fided my at, and knew my boyd be back on furlough, says: q don't care; 'e's goin' to see me 1ookin' better than 1 e ever as before" So I up and buys things; and I ain't sorry. I been doin' wifout meat and butter and eggs to make hup If I 'ad 1t all to do over, I 1 with low I look.
 That's what I said to the Iidy; and. my word, she criedi And she says: I 'ope he, comes back to you safe; my boy didn't So I cried, too, and she went off; and next thing I card of her she Twas drivin' a van for canteen My boy e did come 'ome safe, and met i'm at Charing Cross; and we 'adnt got to Trafalgar square before e asked me if l was ready. The lidy that drives the van, she bought special license for us, so we wouldn't lose none of his fur tough. You can see my ring. And 'e's back in France now, and I'm wearin' old clothes again to set good hexam- pie; and my nice things is in the bot ltom drawer till e gets back And, what ever appens, we've ad a bit of 'appi- ness"
 Poor, brave little cockney womanw the writer exclaims. Poor little proto- type of every woman of every nation who has husband or son or lover at the front! I don't think the hardest person in the world could go down the London streets and see the soldiers walking with their wives and children without feeling touched. The soldiers seem to want to feel the physical touch of those they love. It takes a wife's hand to make them forget the trenches; the glance of baby's innocent eyes to close their own eyes to all the horrors they have seen. One passes them saying silently: Good luck and safe re- Iturn!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
REVELATIONS OF IMMORTALITY,
By Wordsworth.

By WordSWOrtn.
 o joy, that in our embers
 Is something that doth live,
 That nature yet remembers
 What was so fugitive! The thoughts of our past years in me
 doth breed Perpetual benedictions, not indeed For that which is most worthy to be
 blest- Delight and liberty. the simple creed Of childhood, whether busy or at rest. With new-fledged hope still fluttering
 in his breast;
 Not for these I raise
 The song of thanks and praise, But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things
 Fallings from us, vanishings,
 Blank misgivings of creature Moving about in worlds not realized, High instincts before which our mor- tai nature Did tremble like a guilty thing sur- prised: But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day. Are yet master light of all our seeing, Uphold us, cherish and have power to q make Lour noisy years seem moments In the \ being
 Of the eternal slleAce; truths that wake, | To perish never; " hich neither listlessness, nor mad en- l deavor, | Nor may nor boy, | Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy! | Hence in season of calm weather, | Though inland far we be, l Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither;
 Can in a moment travel thither And see the children sport upon the
 shore 4 And hear the mighty waters rolling ever
 more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
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More Men Than WoEmem
CornEmie Suicide

A CCORDING to the Spectator, an GA insurance paper published in New York, the male suicide rate for 1915 was 24.1 for each hundred thou sand population. The rate for females was only 7.7. The suicide rate in the United States, while still regarded as high, shows a slight decrease from 1914 and remains about stationary.
 The fact that considerably more men than women take their own lives does not necessarily mean that women have more fortitude than men. Where the average of business failures is high a correspondingly high suicide rate among men is the result. During last year business failures on the Pa- cific coast showed high average and the percentage of suicides in that part of the country was larger than any, where else.
 The cares and responsibilities that ratnrallv form ra~t of practically ess mans lie rest on woman's
 aass y A ,eptional cases. Finsr ehs common cause for sef-destruction among men, but it is rare among women. The year after the financial panic of 1907 had the highest suicide rate ever recorded in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
From the Christian Science Monitor.
 0NJHE interesting news from Rt

From the Christian Science Monitor.
 DNlHE interesting news from Reyk-
 javik, the capital of Iceland. that
 9 at the election which took place, recently, for the upper House of the AL thing, the Icelandic national assembly, a woman only just missed election, being placed next below the six successful can didates, marks another step in the march of the island toward fuller political freedom In the early days of his his- tory the Icelander was remarkable for just that love of liberty that Is today once again so characteristic of him, and for this, amongst many other reasons, the story of the island has always held a special interest for many people. This story begins, roughly speaking, in the latter half of the ninth century. Ice land received the greatest portion of it's population from Norway, between SeO and 8S0. Some Irish monks had settled on the island towards the close of the eight century, but the first real colonizing project was carried out by the Nor wegian. Ingolf, about the year S70. He, along with three other great noblemen from Norway" established themselves and their followers on the south coast at about the place where Reykjavils now stands, and some four years later the settlement had assumed perma- nont character. Ingolf's immigration was followed by immigrations from other countries. About s9O. Queen Aud. the wife of Olaf the White, at one time King of Dublin, arrived with many of her fol- lowers and settled the land in the west, northwest and north of the island. Then there were vikings from the western is- lands, seeking a free home in the north and finally about 930, came more immi- grants direct from Norway
 At first the government was in the hands of the 'overseers of the temples. They were, in fact, the chieftains who led their followers into new country, staked out the claim, distributed the land' and thus founded new colony. Such a chieftain became the established leader of the band, presided at the temple feasts, and so exercised a general authority. The need, however, for some central govern ment quickly became apparent, ana about 93O, there was founded the famous constitution of Ulfliot, which gave to the island a central moot or assembly with a speaker who should speak a single law that is, a common law for all. Thus was the governance of the island vested
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04

prominent southern teams to Birnhng- ham and will, in addition, play several northern lives.
 "The first game of the season is on December Is with the Missouri School of Osteopathy. A game before then may be arranged. The game with Atlanta wlli' of course. be the classic of the season in Birmingham. Coach Ed Spencer is work ing his men hard and the fans can ex- pect the B. A. c. to be well repre- scented as usual"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

After being married three weeks she can't talk of anything but how her hus- band adores her. And after being mar ried three years she can't talk of any thing but how her husband neglects her.
 And, maybe the compositor who set it up: Hail Columbia, EIippy Land," had just given a collection of corn feds the once over.
 We have laws that protect grown girls from the kisses of comparative strangers. But what we need is 8 law prohibiting comparative strangers from kissing help les girl babies.
 Mother may not know anything about a Marconigram. But when she has com pany at the house and father keeps on making breaks, she sure is kept busy sending wireless messages to father
 Every now and then you will meet 2 man whose object in life seems to be U see how much he can avoid doing.
 Why is it that little effeminate look ing man who can't grow anything but a little white fuzz on his face usually mar ries a big masculine looking woman who gives you the impression that she has tc shave every second day? No matter how smart man may bt when a pretty girl smiles at him he for gets all that he ever learned. Another cheerful liar is the owner O. a high power Henry who tries to con vince you that he wouldn't have big car for anything because the big cal costs too much money to run. The trouble with the man who has ; | yellow streak is that the streak ism made of gold.
 | Many a man who marries girl wh | has a voice like a bird discovers late
 that she uses it to talk like a parrot.
 Leave it to an outsider and he will tel | you that if there were any such anima | as a fool killer, Manhattan wouldn't b able to brag about it's great population And we would all be wealthy if we al l worked as hard as we worry. 1 You are never going to make both end meet if you spend too much time makinl
 one end drink.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
Can't Keep Away

Did you know there is such thing as the Birmingham fever,'" said Sidney Riddle of Gadsden. "Well, there is, and have it. Somehow. I just can't stay away. Of course, while the football games were in progress l really had some excuse, because if there's anything that touches my heart it's a football game, and especially football game In Birmingham, where they have such en- thusiastic fans. I came up to witness the Alabama Georgia game Thanksgiving and it was some game And now that the football season is over I'll have tc get some other excuse to come 10 Blr'
 mingham, because I just can't stay away"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
Ready for Basketball

Now that the football season is over, the sporting public will turn It's atten- ton to basketball said William Strelt, Jr. Birmingham is always we'll repre- sented in the basketball world by the five of the Birmingham Athletic club, and the prospects for successful sea- son are excellent at presenet.
 "We have all of our old men back with the exception of Robinson A number of new men are showing up exceptions ally strong.
 "We are arranging number of games and an excellent schedule will be figured out. We propose to bring all of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
Chef Must Pay
 $lWOO For Kiss

1T T was an unlucky day last May J when Xenophon Kuzmier, chef in a New York hotel, stole kiss from Mrs. Julia Nish, at that time bride of two weeks. MT. Nish and MT. Kuzmier met later on and there was battle royal which did not end until 2 deputy sheriff separated the combat ants. Mrs. Nish then filed suit for $5000 damages. While she did not wish what the amorous chef took to be re- stored, she thought $5000 might soothe her injured feelings.
 The other day sympathetic jury, duly impressed by the charms of the fair plaintiff, awarded her 5000. The chef will thus have to pay weeks salary-or could it be a months sal ary flor "mere peck on the cheek" :" Despite the fact that he owned the house the Nishes lived in and claimed he went there to collect the rent, his protests availed him not. There was a suspicion in the mind of the court that he had tried to have something thrown in that was not mentioned in the lease. 1 However, the average hotel chef, particularly in New York, could set tie any number of 5000 damage suits and not have to dispense with his linn cuisine or any of those other evidences of wealth which impress the pedes- trian. Neither will MT. Kuzmier have to skimp his Christmas shopping, but he will probably be more careful the next time he goes wooing.
 Colonel Roosevelt evidently feels SOFT, for the man who voted for MT. Wilson
 but his sympathy is neither desired no
 appreciated.
 | * *
 According to the ruling of a Chicag judge, golf is like medicine, That ma. explain why some people call golf bal
 pill"
 Educated toes. it seems, win plaudit
 ol. the gridiron as well as on the stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
Vamderlip Sees
 Peril For Credit

1l RANK A. VANDERLIP of New
 J York, who is recognized as an
 important factor in the banking world,
 may not be a full-fledged pessimist,
 but he seems to be acquiring the habit
 of viewing with alarm" financial
 conditions in the United States. He
 is a stanch republican, and as as- sistant secretary of the treasury under Secretary Gage in President
 McKinley's administration, began to attract public attention. In Chicago he had won a local reputation as financial editor and student of eco monies, and it did not take him long after he had been installed in the treasury department to gain national distinction. He resigned his office to accept an executive position with one of the powerful banks of New York, where he made good" from the start.
 Vanderlip is likable man, as every Washington correspondent who knew him in the latter part of the nineties will today testify. Few officials were ever so accessible. Having been a newspaper man himself he had the @glad hand" for every reporter who went to the department to "pick up news" From all accounts he is the same pleasant gentleman in New York never too busy to talk to a duly accredited representative of the press. But genial personality is one thing and economic boise is another, MT. Vanderlip is considered by his asso- ciates and admirers not only broad visioned man but past master in the science of finance. Yet even the bes. authorities are sometimes influ- enced by political environment. Dur ing Mr. Hughes campaign MT. Van derlip made an address before an as- semblage of bankers in which he criticized the federal reserve board
 intimated that there had been too much politics in it's origin and in the organization of the board. He did mol say so, but it might have been in
 ferred that if he had his way the banking act, which gave the country an elastic currency and made panic' impossible, and which broke the power Of the money trust, would be repealed Such was the programme proposed bs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04

BEGINNING THE DAY-May he today, Lord, more than ] appear. Grant me an anchor unseen and deep, hidden in God Himself. May l feel within my life the flowing tides of the life of God. Where I lack do Thou abound. Where should fall do Thou stand. In Christ's name. Amen. H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04
Better Day for Farmers

Never before have the farmers of the United States stuck together and co-operated as during the year just passing" said c. $. Barrett, national president of the Farmers union.
 'The result has been that we have had not only a good and satisfactory year from a business standpoint, but our organization everywhere has been unusually free from friction and strife of any sort. We are working to- ing well. In this connection I must commend the national officers of your organization who have worked with me for the splendid service they gether in harness, rendering excep- tionally loyal and faithful service in every possible capacity and much, very much, of the good progress we their efforts.
 Many cooperative associations have been formed in different communities which have returned the farmer a fair price for his years labor. This cooperative spirit is the only saliva tion of the tiller, and we are going to see more of it when the farm loan act goes into effect, and the farmer can have some cash to work with, something he has not enjoyed before"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-04

Wall street men in case the republic ans had won.
 MT. Vanderlip's latest economic dis cussion was in an address before the students of Princeton university, when he expressed the belief that the "mam- moth credit structure" built up in this country since the outbreak of the European war would crumble ten times as fast" at the end of hostilities. "The field of sound economic thinking is bare in this country at the present time," he said, land the need for trained economic minds to meet the new situation that will arise following the war is greater than ever before. Changes in the world of political economy after the war will perhaps be as tremendous as those that fol- lowed in the wake of the French revo- lution."
 There are economists and econom- ists. Not to underrate MT. Vanderlip's prestige as a financial oracle there are other distinguished economists who take brighter view of what the future has in store. When the time comes there will be no lack of trained economic minds"