The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-08

large waste, in the killing of chickens before they are we'll grown. Every body likes spring chicken, just as most of us like new potatoes, but they should not be served as food until they have had their growth.
 One well known citizen who dis cussed this phase of the food ques- tion in the columns of Mondays Age Herald recommends that towns and cities be urged to adopt ordinances forbidding the slaughter of calves and little pigs. Such laws should be made effective during the war, or at least until the worlds food supply has Caught up." Saving such as this would amount to vast millions of dol lars in the course of the year.
 The people in every part of this country have responded we'll to the appeal for food conservation. More vegetables and more feedstuff crops have been planted than ever before and people in general are taking a deep interest in the food preparedness campaign. Let the conservation of the undergrown be made one of the stressed features of the campaign. It will pay we'll in the long run.
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 The man who draws a ring around July 1 on his calendar may have 8 note falling due on that date, but the chances are that he is bibulous person who is preparing for prolonged drouth.
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 Miss Alice Paul, who is coming to town soon, is hailed as the woman who was responsible for pieketing the White House But is that good advertise ment?
 Inventors are racking their brains to devise something that will put the U-boats out of business. In the mean time, U-boats report business as usual"
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 The Russian provisional government has decided that liquors containing low per centage of alcohol are preferable to shellac and varnish as beverages German newspapers continue to in- flame the people by false rumors. Some of those German editors may have to migrate when the war is over Many of the women in Europe are wearing trousers now and it's quite prob- able that some of them have learned how to strike matches man fashion The average American may not know how to pronounce General Joffre's name, but that doesn't prevent him from cheer ing the hero of the Marne.
 Colonel wattefson * is iTn favor of send ing Colonel Roosevelt abroad with an army. Colonel watterson knows a fight ing man when he sees him.
 It has been suggested that the Vater- lands name be changed to verdun. That's enough to make the crown prince kick his favorite orderly
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 When motorist has three or four American flags on his automobile 1t must be a. painful duty for traffic cop to arrest him for speeding.
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 Ruth Law looks like a young woman who might make 8 success of teaching a Sunday school class, but she prefers to be an aerial fIipfapper.
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 A newspaper writer says German diplo- macy has been successful in Spain. It has been unsuccessful nearly everywhere else.
 The Baltimore American discusses The Trousseau of Spring." Spring, as done in oil, seldom has any clothes to speak of.
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 At any rate, Count Tarnowski has tar ried long enough to think America is not such bad place to live in, after all.
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 It is said that 21S,000 Boy Scouts are en- gagged in gardening. Now let's hear from the Camp Fire Girls.
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 A slight imitation of the chest is per- missible if you've bought war bond.
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 Life is filled with disappointments Who wants to wear an overcoat in May?