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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
Marriage and Salaries

That was timely symposium which an Associated Press dispatch from Minneapolis, printed in Saturdays Age Herald, condensed from the student newspaper of the University of Min nesota. The young women who form a large section of the matriculates of that great institution, on being asked, How much salary must man receive before you would consent to marry him ?" were wide apart in their re- plies, ranging as they did from $500 to $1O,0OO per year. The average was $1600.
 That was a dear, old-fashioned girl who wrote: "What is money to me? Give me true, loving husband and a cottage
 The woman who would be willing to marry man on $500 year prob- ably contemplated home in the coun- try or else living with the husbands "people" without paying board. Any young couple could, by practicing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
Not For Prohibition


 T have heard of the model saloon, and we have such in Boston, and there are such in New York and some other large cities, but from my limited observation would say that Washington, D. C., was the best regulated city in the country, so far as outward appearances go," said B. R. Asmond of the New England me- tropolis.
 q spent part of several winters at the national capital and never did I see man there who was under the influence of liquor. I occasionally patronized one of the bars on Pennsylvania avenue, and never once did I find anything like bad manners. Washington is a distinctly or derly city, albeit there is a vast quantity of liquor consumed there If the people are allowed to vote on the question of wet or dry it is a safe bet that the majority would be three to one in favor of saloons
 Senator Underwood is exactly right in his contention that the citizens of the district should have the right to express themselves, and not leave it to fanatics in Congress to try to run prohibition steam roller over them.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
Verdun

One of the greatest and bloodiest struggles yet waged in Europe's war is now being fought around Verdun, where the Germans, inspired by the presence of the Kaiser and the Crown Prince, are hurling themselves with a reckless disregard for life against the French. The world has be- come accustomed to sickening slaugh- ter in the various war zones but the present assaults are being made with almost inconceivable ferocity and the losses already suffered by the Ger mans are appalling. More than 150,- 900 men are estimated to have fallen in period of four days, and the bodies of dead Germans are piled high on the battlefield.
 The Germans are making a supreme attempt to reach Paris. The capture of Verdun would be tremendous achievement for them. It would send thrill of hope throughout the Ger man empire and would correspond ingly depress the French, while at the same time the great strategic inn portance of the fortress would render the position of France precarious. Paris waits the outcome serene, with confidence unimpaired, a sublime
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
An Address to the Birmingham District

reference to the need of team work We cooperation much talk and little actual the of religion in cooperation desoated while the Death beats his chariot rides her carnival
 be Plenty hold their mild fruitful reign.
 We are sympathy in in Birmingham will which Europe this hour Warfare warfare death
 together Let labor and capital
  brothers industries the vision multiplied citizenship profits individual swords powshaes with be led forth with
  of the clap their hands, Webes great words: Union liberty and nseparable, and forever"
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27

multiplicity of it's activities the pro- motion of small industries should not be overlooked.
 To the large number of industrial plants already operated in the Blr- mingham district many should be added. Never was this field so inviting for the small manufacturer as 1t IS to- day. Made in Birmingham" IS a familiar. phrase. It is the most con- spicuous legend in the permanent ex- hibit building adjoining the Cham her of Commerce and hundreds Of commodities shipped away carry the Birmingham label. But there is room for wide expansion in this line.
 The industrial committee of the Chamber of Commerce is composed ot public spirited men who are in close touch with the manufacturing situa- tion. This committee should start at once a mall-industries campaign. 1t should set out with programme for assisting prospective manufacturers who lack sufficient capital, but who have the practical experience. Many articles in common use here are pro- duced elsewhere. Let's produce them in Greater Birmingham.
 This city has ample capital for founding and operating variety ot new industries and with reasonable efforts on the part of the Chamber of Commerce committee the men with money to invest could be induced to take stock in such enterprises as might seem promising. But in order for a small-industries movement tc succeed the true cooperative spirit must be in evidence. The goal is cer' tainly worth extraordinary exertion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
-
 THE GRAY PARIS

Paris letter to the London Times.
 Paris has become a study in gray It is all gray. harmonious and softly ap- pealing. Not simply in the architecture and in the outward semblance of things, but in the cafes, the clubs and houses. Gray are the men who wait upon you with coffee and lieuers; gray and quar- tet playing cards upon the green cloth, a gray haired chauffeur returns ''Mercr' for the customary pourboire. Even the "buraliste," when you buy stamps, mas become sympathetic under her blanched locks.
 A world of gray And in the shadows pass women yelled, secretive, pressing upon some mission of urgency. They also, are gray-perhaps in grief, the white edging of the black bespeakine the youth of the departed-or living in gray world of their own. the more tc serve those who suffer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27

economy, live in city on S16O0 a year and save something, but it would be next to impossible to live in town on $500, or even $9OO year, especial ly if wife had intellectual tastes such as university education is sup posed to develop. Good literature is not as expensive as it used to be, but books, magazines and newspapers still cost something, to say nothing of theatre and concert tickets.
 Yet there are some women-excep- tions to the rule-who are such mar vels of thrift that they might be able to finance a family on $66.67 month, keep out of debt and roll up snug bank account. But the wife who can do that should be able to command pretty good salary herself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27

SOMETHING NEW AT bAN4UEIS Pittsburg Correspondence New York
 Sun.
 The members of the Canadian club are wonderful gourmets. Every year they in- troduce something new in the eat line at their banquets. Last night they held another feast at the Hotel Astor. and the piece de resistance was a delicious baked Lake Wahquelzobling Bombo Cas- tropod with potatoes de Collette. This doesn't taste nearly as bad as it sounds The Gastropod is an Arctic fish. about the size of a good-sized man. That was not all. They had some wild caliber from Calabria but as the supply was not enough to go around, it was made into s puree soup, so everybody could enjoy the taste. Some of the strange dishes the campers have eaten at previous banquets include alligator tails, polar mice, Catalo and Persian lamb wild boar sea cucum- bers, mountain cat, Polar bear and wal rus, tiger. whale meat, monkey, boa con- strictor and other tidbits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
As to Graduate Instruction

"Although not an alumnus of Yale, l take deep interest in that hesitation, as I have many pleasant associations with it." said E. H. Payson of Boston.
 Vale celebrated it's third alumni uni versity day last Wednesday with the re- turn of hundreds of graduates from diff ferent parts of the country. President Hadley in his address of welcome uttered some practical truths. He said in part:
 The graduate school occupies pe- culiar position in university organiza- ton and university life. It is essentially a professional school. But it differs from the schools of law or of medicine in pre- pairing for many professions instead of for one or two. It must organize it's teaching to meet the individual needs.
 "I believe that the best hope for the
 future of the school lies in making a closer connection between studies pursued
 here and professional opportunities to be setting sin of American graduate schools to lay too much stress on investigation and too little on scholarship; to crown the man who would make himself master of new details upon trivial subject in preference to him who chose to interpret the really great work of others instead ot attempting to do small work himself. They have offered fellowships to men whose intensity of application was great, but whose range of vision was too small to enable them to do really large service to the community They have encouraged | rren to discover things that were not worth discovering.
 l" For a good research man who can | do large and necessary pieces of work l there is always a demand; for a poor | research man there is no demand Ii
 such man goes into the teaching pro fession. as he generally does he becomes l disappointment to himself and an in cubus upon his department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
In the Eighth District

"One of the warmest congressional races in the state is in progress in the Eighth district" said Hector D. Lane of Courtland. former state official, who was at the Morris last night While supported E. B. Almon in his successful race against W. w. Callahan last time, am strong for MT. Callahan in the present race and I am confident that MT Callahan will win. There are num- Der of things which have contributed to make MT. Callahan stronger than he was in the race two years ago.
 MT Callahan is making a strong fight for the place now held by Congressman Almon and his friends are certain that he will win the fight. MT. Callahan is one of the strongest men in the Eighth dis trict and his friends in the various coun- ties are extremely active. I am inclined to think that the state of Alabama will see surprise when the returns for the Eighth district come in."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27

spectacle of national faith and hero ism. Paris is the shrine of French men and they are making a heroic defense, which is equaled if not sur passed by the valor of the Germans. Whole brigades are swept away like chaff before the wind, cut down by a frightfully destructive artillery fire, yet they come on. More troops are thrown into the cauldron of fire and blood, as if the fatherland had an unlimited supply of men.
 Such battles cannot endure long, The losses are too. enormous, the phys ical exhaustion is too great, the hor- TOT is too profound, even for trained soldiers, the veterans of many con- flicts. If, as stated, previous artillery engagements were mere fireworks" |" the devastation wrought in this latest assault on Verdun is almost incon- ceivable. It is an inferno compared to which the most sanguinary conflicts of earlier times seem tame. This may mark the beginning of the end, al- though 1t is never safe to make pre- dictions about the war. If the Ger mans cannot break through the firing of iron," it may indeed be the end, unless they assume strictly defen- sive attitude In that case, the war might conceivably be prolonged for years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE SELECTION OF A NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN FROM ALABAMA

MT. Burr is entitled to his own views, but he is so antagonistic to Senator Un- derwood that he would never do for national committeeman.
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 Everyone must admire President Will son for his firm stand with the congress sional leaders in Washington. He has plainly told them to hands off in the management of the foreign affairs of this government.
 The President and Secretary of State Lansing have handled the affairs of the United States with the warning nations of Europe in thoroughly practical man. ner. They have not pleased all the people nor the politicians, but they have main- tained the dignity of our government, at the same time avoiding complications.
 Secretary Lansing is thoroughly lrdIneu lnl6IlldtlOudl lawyer anu d NlpiO- mat. He is a man of courage and deter imitation and is the ideal man for secre- tary of State under the existing circum- stances.
 Congress should keep hands off regard less of the advice of MT. Bryan, who made a signal failure as Secretary of State and who is now apparently at- tempting to stir up turmoil between the legislative and executive branches of this government
 President Wilson is one President in the history of this country who has been free and frank with the people. He has is- sued statements and made speeches, keeping the people advised fully of his acts, his plans and his purposes. He has the courage of his convictions, but Is de- termined to maintain the dignity and ex- ercise the full powers of the executive. The people admire him for his frmness.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
The Threatened Railroad Strike

The railroad brotherhoods, that or the locomotive engineers included, are acting together in asking that eight hours constitute days work in all freight yards.
 While there is no direct demand for an increase in wages, the contention for an eight-hour day with time and half to be paid for overtime means to all intents and purposes large wage advance. The brotherhoods are now voting on the proposition and the re- suit of the canvass will be known early in March.
 According to the programme as 1t stands today, if the railroads do not grant the concessions a strike on all the lines will be ordered. The car riers will have thirty days in which to reply and if their action is not satis- factory to the brotherhoods all the freight traffic throughout the coun- try will be tied up. This would cause a general paralysis of business, which would be most deplorable.
 The railroads are showing good net earnings now, but 1914 and 1915 were hard years with them, especially on the lines traversing the south. It has been several years since the railroads have enjoyed real prosperity. Many of them were forced into receivers hands and those that remained sol vent were unable to make purchases of rails, rolling stock and other equip ment except in very limited way.
 During acute depression the rail roads did not cut wages, and now that the carriers are only beginning to share in the business revival it would be only reasonable and just on the part of the brotherhoods if they de- cided that this was not time to press their demands.
 Trainmen are receiving high wages and that is as it should be; but if what they are asking now is granted the general prosperity prevailing will be to large extent negatived so far as the railroads are concerned.
 If the brotherhoods would have pub- lie sympathy, let them wait awhile. It is hoped, at any rate, that conserva- tive counsel among the leaders will finally prevail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
KreisIex wednesday Night

"There has been large advance sale for the Kreisler recital at the Jefferson theatre Wednesday night and I feel con- fdent we will have crowded house, said Mrs. George Houston Davis, presi- dent of the Music Study club. under whose auspices the great vfo1inist comes to Birmingham.
 There are several fine violinists now on the concert stage, but Kreisler towers above all of them. All the critics agree that he is the greatest violinist of all time. He plays to capacity houses every where"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
LAND OF THE FREE

From the New York Sun.
 While Senator Underwood of Alabama is fighting to stave off the drouth that threatens the District of Columbia a dele gation of apostles of aridity from his own state is aking Congress to exclude from the mails all publications that carry liquor advertisements. This petition, which makes ridicule struggle with the sense of outrage for mastery of the mind. has another aspect, in addition to it's alco- holic side, which Alabamians and others who retain their senses, and among them the sense of justice, cannot fail to rec ognize. Its promoters would choke on the line in the national anthem that cele- brates "the land of the free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27

"HB vicious assault upon Senator
 Underwood by some well known
 citizens of Alabama because of his proposal to submit the matter of prohi- bition in the District of Columbia to a vote of the residents of the district is petty, small and unjust to the greatest statesman Alabama has produced in the present generation.
 It was a blow below the belt to accuse the senator of submitting matter of this character to the negro voters of the dis trlct
 The people of the District of Columbia vote every four years to elect delegates to the several national political conven- tions. Why should they not vote on a local issue involving prohibition or open saloons?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
Traffic on the senhonrd

Passenger business over the Seaboard Air Line is very brisk, indeed, and as far as I know freight traffic is increasing right along" said District Passenger Agent w. B. Gresham,
 We made an excellent showing in Jan uary The general passenger office re- ported an increase of 40. per cent over January of last year, and February will make fine showing. Business originat- ing in my territory grows larger and larger, and our general passenger agent, MT. c. B. Ryan, says the Birmingham office stands in the front rank
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
New York Booming

q have been going to New York at frequent intervals during the past 20 years, but have never seen it as crowded or as busy as it is now" said Louis Pizitz, who returned from the east day or two ago.
 The hotels and cafes are overcrowded, the people are waiting in line to get into the theatres and photoplay houses, the merchants, both wholesale and retail, are as busy as busy can be, and the thor oufhfares are damned morning, noon and night
 prosperity is certainly in full swing in New York, and optlmists talk as if they expect the boom to continue. Prices of all kinds of merchandise are, advarc- ing rapidly and sometimes asked if all the optimism in evidence was justified. But no matter about that, New York is wonderfully prosperous now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
ADRIFT'
THE TEST.

Oh, this life may be gamble And a most unseemly scramble Through the weary years we travel
 from the cradle to the grave; And misfortunes still assail us And our efforts naught avail us, Though we never cease from hoping
 and we struggle to be brave. Yet, it has some compensations, Yielded men as well as nations, Which we think it just and proper in
 this manner to relate; Though. we finish sorely battered, After all, what has it mattered If we've never bowed like cravens to the
 buffeting of fate?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
HOTEL LOBBIES
About FanhIon Week

"Fashion Week will begin March 1S, and we believe we will have the largest crowds ever before seen in Birmingham in the spring season." said Sam II. Fowlkes, secretary of the Business Mems league.
 This year we are spending more money than ever before on Fashion Week. There will be more attractions for those who come, and the whole state appears to be aroused. We expect Fashion Week crowds to rival those in attendance at the annual State Fair'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
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HAS LOST IT'S PUNCH

From the Providence Journal.
 "Carranza on the Verge of Falling says recent headline But we have seen so many institutions right on the verge without reaching the threatened fall within the past year that verge has lost its power of imparting any thrill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27

Ambassador Won Bernstorff doesn't have to keep his ear to the ground to learn what's going on in Washing ton. All he has to do Is to stick his head out of 9 window.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
CoNsIDERATE.

Sorrows come not single spies, but in battalions,'" remarked the man who quotes Shakespeare on the slightest prov ocation.
 How do you feel this morninga" asked his friend. somewhat irrelevantly.
 That's how I feel.'
 ''Um. was about to ask you for the loan of s5, but rather than join bat talion. I'll tackle somebody else.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27

Senator Underwood will, in all probabil- ity. be candidate for the democratic nomination four years hence. He has great following in every state of the union, who believe that he would make an ideal President. The great ma- jority of the people in Alabama believe in him and will be for him for the presi- dential nomination four years hence.
 It would, therefore, be a great political mistake or the part of the intelligent people of Alabama to elect one of the men who signed and who is responsible for this vicious assault upon Senator Un- derwood to represent this state on the National Democratic Committee. The committeeman from this state will have great power in party councils and he should represent the true sentiment of the state.
 Mir Borden Burr, one of the signers of this statement assaulting MT. Under wood is a candidate for Democratic Ma tional Committeeman. He cannot agree
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
More Small Industries Needed

The Confederate reunion, the audi forum project and the Warrior river road are among the important matters now occupying the attention of the Chamber of Commerce, but in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27

society dame nearly burned to death because spark fell from her cigarette and ignited her dress. smok- ing requires certain amount of con- centration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27

How is it that our warships when planned are the largest, fastest and most powerful in the world, but when built turn out to be second-raters?" seay. It takes so long to build them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27

HER FAvoRITE ADJECTIVE. 'This Is perfectly splendid book" "Why so, Asphodelia?"
 "The heroine wears the ioveliest clothes, and she's in love with the love Hest man and always has the loveliest times"
 "Umphl And how about the authors literary style?"
 "Oh-er-that's lovely. too"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27

BEGINNING THE DAY-My Lord and my God. I praise Thee that Thou art not far to seek. Thou art near CT than hands and feet and closer than breathing." Thou are m the building I raise, the song simS' the days labor and the nights rest. Phou art the life of my life and the Ieort of nay heart. Thou art my present and my future. Amen.--H' II. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27

Scottsboro Progressive Age: Just when flivvers were getting down to the price of an oil can the oil went up to price which makes it necessary for us to walk during the coming auto season. Life is just one chug, chug, after another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27

The Britons are still chuckling over the way they fooled the Turks in the execution of Gallipoli. However the Turks can well afford to join in the laugh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
SUPERIOR WISDOM.

What is that ruddy glow in the slxy?" asked a visitor.
 That" replied the old resident, lis furnace making run
 Come now. None of your spoofing. happen to know that your bally furnaces are not on wheels"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27

Moulton Advertiser: Bluebirds, black martins and English sparrows will soon be disputing over holes in which to. build their nests. This is a forecast Of spring of blooming flowers and a gen eral resurrection
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27

Old Ed. Howe complains in his monthly that somebody is always call ing him old. Come to think of it, this paragraph should not have been writ
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27
OyERsTOCKED
Kansas r,itu gtar

From the Kansas City Star.
 Denmark wants to sell her West 1n- dian islands to the United States. Good heavensl Doesn't Denmark know we have got islands to give away ourselves?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-27

Admiral Winslow must be con- firmed pessimist. He says our navy could not be brought up to the eff ciency of Great Britain's navy in 50 years