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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29
THE JOYOUS DISHWASI1ER

with the gladsomeness of the song of the lark.
 Mrs. Wilkinson got in tune with the in- finite by reading Ruskin Mrs. Browning, James Russell Lowell. Being in tune she established the custom of having tidbits from her favorite author above the drain board, and reading-sometimes singing inspiring verses al she scrubbed pots and pans, polished glasses, removed the traces of scrambled eggs from plates.
 Note the result:
 with Mrs. Browning I can say my kitchen became:
 "A glorious court, where hourly I con-
 verse
 With the old sages and philosophers: And sometimes, for variety, I confer With kings, and emperors, and weigh
 their counsels.''
 There is enough dishwashing in every home to provide time for becoming &C., quainted with the classics. Dr. Eliot's five-foot shelf of books could be learned by heartff anyone charged with the duty of washing dishes should study them at the kitchen sink instead of intending to read them in the library, and neglecting them for the picture shows ephemeral joys.
 Under the Mrs. Adam Wilkinson plan the sink becomes well of education, spigot of culture, faucet of philosophy. Each greasy saucepan becomes the in strument for the requirement of the wis dom of the sages or the lyrics of the songsters who have showered upon the world pearl and gold that are not bar barrie.
 But, unfortunately, Mrs. Wilkinson's point of view is unusual if not unique. The average woman, even tlAe woman who would rather read the works of Laura Jean Libbey or George Barr Me Cutcheon than vote the unscratched up- lift ticket, prefers to do her reading in the Morris chair and her cish washing by proxy, and the professional dishwasher is not an enthusiast And nothing-not even the rhapsodic song of the one de- lighted dishwasher of the known world will so affect popular taste as to make it otherwise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29
Increasing Value of the Peanut

One does not have to be a very old citizen to recall the time when the con- sumption of peanuts was confined largely to the gallery gods of the stock company theatres. As late as 1902 the United States agricultural department, in its crop reporting division, failed to dignify the peanut by special classification, rating the production under the general head of minor crops. In agriculture 1t was considered picayune production. But not so now. During the past few years the peanut, oily and nutritious, has been coming steadily into it's own as . food crop. In 1905, when the gov ernment began to give due prominence to the culture of peanuts, the pro- duction, mostly in Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia, totaled about 12,OO0,00O bushels, valued at s7,S0O, 1000. In 1915 the peanut crop amounted in round numbers to 20,- 100000 bushels, and the value was about $19,OOO,O0O.
 In Alabama's crop diversification campaign the peanut is playing an inn portant part and it is safe to predict that this state alone will produce this rear nearly as much as the south's en- tire crop of fifteen or twenty years ago.
 The peanut sandwich, deliciously toothsome, which has recently become a recognized commodity of trade, is vet in it's infancy. Its popularity is growing rapidly and the sandwich out nut will soon reach high figures.
 But the largest use to which the noanut is put as an economic factor is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29
From the Louisville courier-Journal.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 tion Mrs. Adam Wilkinson writes O for The Nautilus a moving article upon the joy of washing dishes.
 Emptying dishes is pastime more pop ular than looking upon the wine when it is red or white or amber colored. In the language of popular song, ''Everybody's s doin' it. But the washing of the dishes never has been more popular than hewing the worlds wood and drawing the water. Because of the fact, (which we hold to be self evident" the writer who can ex- press heartfelt devotion to dish washing puts the lure of novelty into the title of the article and addresses herself to a theme that has the charm of freshness.
 Mrs. Adam WilSinson-hooray, hip, hip, and again hooray for the luck, the judg- ment, or whatever it was that guided Adam Wilkinson in his selection of a mate delights to wash dishes as the mocking- bird delights to sing; as many women de- light to lie abed til noon and have savory dishes brought to the bedside; as duck delights in water; as debutante delights in dancing; as a gentleman of leisure de- lights in the quiet joys of contemplation while his wife is solving at the washtub the problem of procuring the daily bread
 "On account of the title of this article it is already condemned" begins Mrs. Wilkinson. Such was the modesty of Abe Lincoln, who feared that his Gettysburg speech had lacked the punch.
 .'Brimnning cups of spiritual joy are found at the kitchen sink by Mrs. Will kinson, and drunk as Omar quaffed his wine.
 'Dish washing fills my soul with high ideals and ideas; it arouses my noblest ambitions and desires; it strengthens all good resolutions; it raises my spirits so that ascend into the seventh heaven and am inspired with strange, new and fascinating thoughts. I am in tune with the infinite"
 Aha! Here's the nub of the matter! The average dishwasher is not in tune with the infinite. Hire a general servant or marry a girl who is in tune with the infinite and dish washing wills progress
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29
HOTEL LOBBIES
Painting City's Bridges.

Commissioner James B. Truss requested of the commission yesterday that the iron bridges over the various creeks that traverse the city be scraped and painted. MT. Truss dwelt on the necessity of this and requested funds wherewith to do the work.
 Why not have the city prisoners do the work?' asked Commissioner Barber.
 You would have the labor unions on your neck if you did" said Commissioner Ward.
 T do not see why" answered MT. Bar ber
 Try it then; it's immaterial to me, ,' said MT Ward, "but you'll find the busi- ness agent of the Painters union in your office within 10 minutes after you start that sort of thing"
 The board promised MT. Truss to eon- slider the matter very carefully.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 N insane man sat at the window
 A of an asylum room one day ( short time ago, sketching winter scene. At the same time Il of the pictures he had painted before his mind proKe down were being sold at auction for total of s46s9O. One of them brought W. 600. a record for American art. For the il the artist had netted less than s2ooo when he sold them.
 That was more than 16 years ago, when Ralph Albert Blakelock, crazed by his struggle with poverty. threw the pittance he had received for the s2o,oOo master niece into the street for newsbobys to scramble for. They took him away vlo- lently insane and left his family in pow erty.
 Rut now it is said he no longer IS Vio- lent. The paintings he has done recently in his asylum cell with nothing except ink. water and one small brush on cigar boS covers and stray pieces of brown wra apping paper again show traces of the masters stroke. And a fund IS peing started to place BlakeloclS, who is 69 years old, in surroundings where his genius can find expression.
 A visitor called upon his family a few days aeo. In little two-room cahin' two, miles from Catskill, N. r., the' wife of Americas greatest artist was found living with the youngest of her eight chil- dren. One daughter also is in an asylum. The cabin Tn which Mrs. Blakelock lives rents for s4 a month.
 Mrs. Blakelock returned from the vll- lage, walking all the way through knee deep snow. She entered the cold living room with it's few pieces of cheap fur niture and greeted the visitor. No. she hadn't seen her husband recently, Three years ago was the last tAtime she had been to Middletown to visit vhim. It took too much money to go the short distance. She showed the visitor the only painting he did before he went insane that she still has little bunch of flowers he painted wheE he was just a boy. It's all she has left ana poverty can't force her to part with it for the several hundred dollars it would bring. And she was de- lighted when the visitor offered to take her to Middietown to see her husband.
 Wondering whether in three years she
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29
Work For Athens College

Gratifying progress has been made in preparing for the Athens college endow- ment campaign, the canvass of which is to be conducted next month"; said Mrs. J. B. Reid. 'The work of organizing the forces of Methodsm in the North Alabama conference to be ready at a given signal for the intensive soliciting to start in a few days, has been in prog ress for several weeks and the response on the part of the laymen has been be- yond expectations The canvass will radiate into every village and circuit of the conference from the various centers which have been selected as strategic points from which to conduct the effort as the work can be more effectively carried on from the larger communities.
 Some of the most prominent Meth odists of Birmingham have promised their support, and these include MT. E. J. Rowe of the Yolande Coal and Coke company, who regards this opportunity to work for Athens college as one of the great honors of his life; MT. R. s. Munger, Dr. Gun bingham Wilson, MT. George Tarrant, Dr. Felix Tarrant, Mr. J. B. McClary, and MT. Reuben Lewis. More than score of members of churches in the city have sent in their names as volunteer workers and have requested that they be called upon when the time for canvass arrives. There is ample evidence that the Bir- mingham part of the campaign Is going to show up we'll. Every place thus far visited has responded splendidly, and pre- liminary conferences have resulted in the definite promise of a fully organized conl- mittee.
 'The chairmen announced thus far at the various places are as follows: Deca' tur Mrs. D. D. McGehee; New Decatur MT. J. F. Lovin; Huntsville MT. s. O. Holmes; Birmingham, Mir. E. J. Rowe 1 Florence, MT. J. J. Douglass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29

in the form of oil. Peanut oil mills are becoming as common in Alabama as cotton seed oil mills. Peanut oil is es- teemed at once for its culinary value, it's hog fattening value, and its illum- mating value. It is one of the finest of lamp oils.
 The peanut is easy to cultivate in this section, and vast stretches of cotton land will be converted this year to peanut acreage.
 The Alabama peanut has great future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29
ARTISTS BRAIN QUICKENS

had passed out of his memory, Mrs. Blakelocls awaited eagerly her husbands approach. His face beamed as he grasped her hand happily in both of his.
 "How do you do? It is so good to see you. am very glad"" he exclaimed.
 He greeted tine strangers and continued to talk excitedly and partly incoherent- ly He rambled through imaginary f1nan- cial affairs. All of his broken sentences seemed to have some connection with the days when he walked sick and exhausted about New York trying to sell picture. only to return to find nothing at home for the family of 10 to eat.
 At his wifes request Blakelock took the party to his room to display his pie lures. IIe apologized laughingly for the baroness of his studio" The best of his work, all done in the last few months, was on cigar box cover. One sketch showed especially beautiful sky tints A wo ,dland scene was on a torn piece of cheap cardboard.
 He refused to sign one of the pictures he gave his wife. He explained that he must sign nothing, because a committee of rich men were keeping him there to ex- ploit his name. So he signed it "A l" and explained that it stood for Albert the First"
 Blakelock became more coherent when he talked about his art. He played some selections from Wagner on the plano for his visitors Officers at the asylum think that the removal of Blakelock to different surroundings might produce results. He has tegun to take on weight, which is q good sign. He now weighs 90 pounds. His interest in his work is reviving.
 Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Adams of New York has undertaken to interest the pub lie in the artists case. She has received offers of aid from wealthy persons. Her plar Is to have trust company receive contributions which should be handled by a small committee to provide Blakelock a proper abode, attendance and care, so ho may live and work under Stimulating surroundings.
 Under such conditions" she says. "Blakelock may yet produce his greatest work. At any rate the richest country in the world would be saved from the sigma of allowing its greatest artist to live and die an insane pauper."
 In tho meantime friends have supplied him with artists materials. Blakelock laid aside the brush he had made from fiber stripped from the trunk of a tree and wired onto a stick, strengthened the cravat he fashioned from a piece of an old raincoat and began to paint with Se- 'neWeu " GQxsfs 70 sl' x. x x
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29
Impressed With City.

There are few visitors who come to Birmingham that are not greatly im- pressed with the Birmingham district, saiG Robert N. Malone prominent real es- tate dealer ''The real estate men who spent last Sunday here were impressed with the progressive spirit of our city, and a great many of them were delighted to see the beautiful residential portion of Birmingham. The exhibit at the Tutwiler was inspected by all of them. The party of men whom had to entertain were par ticularly interested in the large map of the Birmingham motor speedway, showing the plan of the race course and it's loca- ton.
 TT took the entire party had out to the Birmingham Motor and Country club and showed them the lake and the l6ca- ton for the building of the track. They were unanimous in their opinion that no finer location could have been picked out. With no exceptions they stated that the greatest project on foot at the present time for the good of Birmingham was the building of the speedway One of the men in my party was from Chicago. and stated that a speedway had recently been completed there He was enthusiastic over the speedway game, and expressed his opinion that this track, being the only one in the south, would do a capacity business. I will be down for the first race myself he said. The speedway promoters deserve boosting, and they are getting it, all of which is a credit to the progress siveness of this city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29
LIIIEs or THE FIELD

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 Rediscovery has again been made that some men are born vagrants aud, para doxically speaking. will undergo suffer- irgs to be at ease. The long established bread line in New York maintained by the Salvation Army is to be abolished, because it has been ascertained that the persons composing it are beggars who have no inclination whatever to work to support themselves. Experts who sur veyed the situation for the authorities found that the members of the lines had regularly plotted routes, going from one benefice to another and spending thelr
 intervals at the various public hpraies' Invariably they pretended that they were physically unfitted for work.
 This condition is not peculiar to New York It is to be found duplicated in every large city where charities are dis pensed without investigation or system. At the state capital the industrial bureau learned that contractor desiring men badly went to the municipal lodging house where 23 inmates had registered the night before Of this number but one accepted the proffered employment Some of the slackers laughed at him as they trooped out to beg their breakfasts.
 This was identically the experience of the investigators in New York. Offers of s3 per diem were refused. Before the coming on of the great war Germany had abolished the bread line and other forms of well intended, but totally foolish, efforts to assuage human want and mis- cry. Highly specialized labor bureaus and thorough police supervision eliminated the beggar and the lazy loafer and gave real charity the opportunity to realize it's mis- sion to aid the deserving It is to be hoped that the present lesson will not bt forgotten next winter when the vagrants
 after summer of peregrination amid the fields and groves, turn again to the large cities for their usual parasitic period.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29
ALABAMA PRESS

Decaturs Daily: The war has been car roomers are still with the Salvation Army.
 Gadsden Journal: A Chicago teacher g by a jury. The small boy also gets the impression that the teachers arm is very efficient at times.
 Alabama Democrat: The State Senti' nel says if Senator Underwood grows as he has grown in American favor he will be one of the strongest candidates for the presidency in 1920. There is no question of fashioning complete and satisfactory compliance for the Sentiners "if.'
 Mobile Item: Birmingham is contem- plating an election to be held some time during the summer on the question Of is- suing $1,OO0,ooo or s2,0oooOo of bonds for school purposes. Here's hoping that if the proposition is undertaken that it will meet with much better success than the recent effort at bond issuing to pay the Magic City's debts.
 |. Pell City Progress: MT UnderWood mas written frank and manly letter urging the nomination of Ed D. Smith for na- tional committeeman to succeed Governor Jeiks. The other candidate is Bordon Burr. In a former issue Progress gave reasons why MT. Burr should be defeated and MT. Smith elected. These same req sos are advanced by MT. Underwood and will, of course, coming from such a dis tinguished leader, carry decisive weight with the voters. The party has suf- ficiently heavy load to carry in Novem- Der without adding national prohibition to it's troubles. Time was not so very long ago when the very thought of con gressional regulation of such matters would have been repulsive to southern statesmen, the men who stood for states rights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29
DARING KENTUCKIAN

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Down in Kentucky man was sentenced to long term in jail for stealing bath tub. No man will be permitted to vio- late with impunity Kentuclxy's well-known views on the conservation of water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29
sHAKEsPEARE
By Hartley Coleridge.
 (1796-1849.)

Q796-184s.) The soul of man is larger than the sky, Deeper than ocean, or the abysmal dark Of the unfathomed center Like that ark Which in it's sacred hold uplifted high, Der the drowned hills. the human family, And stock reserved of every living kind. So in the compass of the single mind, The seeds and pregnant forms in essence
 lie That make all worlds. Great poet. twas
 thy art To know myself, and in myself to be Whate'er love, hate, ambition. destiny, Or the firm fatal purpose of the heart Can make of man. Yet thou vert still the
 same, Serene of thought. unhurt by thy own
 flame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29
Harvey Branscomb Wins Prize.

Word has been received in Birming. ham that MT. Harvey B. Branscomb, Q Rhodes scholar at Oxford university, England, has been successful in winning the university prize of $10o in competi- tive examination in New Testament Creek" said Prof. E. L. Colebeck.
 This information is very gratifying to the students and faculty of Birming- ham college from which he was appoint cd to Oxford as we'll as to a large circle of friends and acouaintances in the state
 MT. Branscomb is son of Dr. L. c. Branscomb, presiding elder of the Bir- mingham district of the M. k. church, south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29
TROURLEs AT HOME

From the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
 The Housemaids union of Denver is de- manding weekly salary" of SIP, shorter hours and politer treatment. Which should keep the Denver housewives from worrying themselves sick over Mexico woman suffrage or the European war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29
u,h. aexf, knew not what he did, when he made man polite.
 -Timon of Athens.

BEGINNING THE DAY-o Cod Thou art my Father, and | am my child, May the sense of It striNe new chords in my being. May tnrhi with it as | have not before. "as I rest in my Fathers love uha'u' and go about in my Fafners "ou
 with the liberty of the sons oi "o"' rr... f,h-,.t,s sake. Amen.-H. M. F..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29

Under certain atmospheric conditions the range of the human eye is very great. However, the average man is content if he can see fair debutante across the street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29

If the United States should sever dip lomatic relations with Germany, Ambas- sador Bernstorff would be able to take
 a n11ch-needed rest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29

Villa. who has hitherto considered him. self something of a firebrand in Mexico, has evidently overestimated his ability to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29

After some person treads on the toes of a private individual half dozen times or more he's ready to fight. Uncle Sam, however, is not built that way, so far as Germany is concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29

little thing like having his remarks exnunged from the Congressional Record won't discourage Cyclone" Davis of Texas He has plenty more of the same sort left.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29

Having mended their fences as well as possible in the time at their disposal recreant congressman are hurrying back to Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29

These cold spells coming so unexpected ly, prove rather disheartening to baseball fans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29
NOTHING DOING

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 General Funston modestly asks for eight more aeroplanes, but the expert avi- ation department regrets to report 1t hasn't any.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29

Secretary of War Baker discovered sometime ago that he had stepped into a man s-size job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29

It is said that MT. Willard may never fight again. As he is a rather thrifty fel- low, there may be some truth in the pre- diction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29

Birmingham needs and wants so many things she hardly knows what to go after first
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29

Contrary to expectations, those Paris Apaches have not yet carved their way to Berlin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29

What a pity that all Americans along the border can't keep as cool as General Funston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29

The grand old veterans may look for ward to an unlimited flow of grape juice when they visit Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29

Two of the government aeroplanes in Mexico are still serviceable. Every little bit helps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29

A few years ago no one dreamed how important the Mexican railroads would become to the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

old friend. T know you are busy man, and don't want to take up much of your time Just show me and I will be on my way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29

The cracker-box philosopher can't un- derstand why Villa hasn't been captured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-29

Doctors have declared milk stimulant However, a milk jag is comparatively harmless It does not arouse a fighting spirit.