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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-07-30
PEARLS AND PEARLTNG

From the Christian Science Monitor.
nm HERE are pearls and pearls. and
there is pearl fishing and pearl
ing. Pearling is mainly mid
western United States industry; pearl
fishing is carried on mostly in the Per-
sian gulf, in the Gulf Of Manaar. and in
the Gulf OF California. Pearl fishing is
associated with the oyster; pearling with
the clam. Some of the figures relating
to pearls are amazing. as, for instance
those representing the value of the
pearls imported into the United States
last year. which was put at S52.o0o.0o0. the
highest in the history Of the nations
customs service This was an increase
of S23, 100000 over 1915 one is disposed
to wonder if pearls are helping to finance
the war, and IL so, to what extent,
The oyster pearl would hardly notice
the clam pearl, except in patronizing
way, and yet the clam pearl is identified
with figures which also run heavily into
ciphers. The oyster pearl is jewel; the
clam pearl enters into the making Of
buttons, which. If not 81 ornamental,
are often more useful taan jewels. Deep
sea divers go down after the oyster
pearl. save on those rare occasions when
some fortunate diner bites on one in
cafe, Pearers rake or drag for the
clam pearls, and in fresh water, mostly
in the upper Mississippi river, paradox
caly described as the most important
pearlng ground" in the world. The
rakng or dragging is called, by cour-
tesy, fishing. and it is done mostly in
the summer and fall, and in an average
of about 10 feet of water.
The fresh water CLAIMS turn upstream,
with an open shell, so as to catch the
flow of water. Millions of them may
be in this position when the pearler
comes along in flat-bottom or keel
bottom boat, as the case may be, trolling
with bar, to which are attached four
pronged books. The moment prong en-
ters the mussel she'll, the latter closes
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on the hook. daily catch may run
from 500 to 10000 pounds Of shells.
A mussel OF the kind desired in but
ton making, requires between 10 and L
years TO reach a length Of three inches.
and from Is to IS years to reach length
of ~ inches How important it is that
the clans shall be numerous. and that
they shall be large and heavy. will be
seen when it is known that something
like GOO. coo 900 dozen pearl buttons year
are demanded Of the Mississippi peariing
grounds. Millions OF dollars are invested
in the fisheries and the factories. and
those employed in both branches OF the
work number about 1900 persons. Mus
catine Ia. is the principal center Of the
Industry, but other towns in the upper
stretches of the Father of Waters share
in the business to some extent.
The process of pearl button making is
a very nice one, as anybody can see who
uses pearl buttons, and almost every
body does use them, more or less. Tney
must be cut in uniform size; they nausx
be punched for the needle and thread,
and they must be polished smooth, SO as
to pass easily into and out of the button
hole. Some of them, especially those
used in lingerie, are exceedingly small, /
and they must be perfect in finish, else
they spoil garment otherwise correct
There are numerous grades, every one
of which is known to the trade and to
the shopper. The buttons must be as
sorted, counted, carded, tissue-papered,
and boxed; and, in the end, even the
very best of them are sold. by the
gross. at a price which makes the cost
of the individual button exceedingly
small. Only the most punctilious regard
for the economies could make the indus
try lucrative. Both the hand and the
machine work necessary to the turning
out of the finished article, from 1900
tons Of mussel shells annually, has
necessarily been reduced, mechanically
speaking, to a fine art
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Surplus Food Crops

Il am from the hustling little east
Alabama city of Roanoke said ]. W.
Rucker. while have farm in south
Alabama. live in Roanoke / am both
countryman and a cityman. 1t is
about as hard to get the country out
of fellow as it is to get the city
fellow out into the country. You can
say that Roanoke never stays behind
the procession. but keeps up with the
leaders, and that our citizens have
already organized to build and equip
a mill to take care of the corn, velvet
beans and peanuts grown in Randolph
county. We also have one of the big
gest and best arranged warehouses in
the state to care for surplus foodstu,e
We have progressive citizenship and
city and country are working in hearty
cooperation
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GREAT PROSPERITY COMING
By HOLLAND

New York, July 29.-(SpeciaL)
Frank A. Vanderlip voiced a thought,
which has frequently been expressed
in private, when he stated that bust
ness in the United States is now at
top speed and is likely to continue
the close OF the war in Europe. There
are many reasons given by some of
those who are competent to speak, for
Mr.. Vanderlips view, although he, him
self has not set forth any reason for
his opinion. excepting one stated in
very general terms. Business pros
perity Is to be continued and to be
highly inflated but not dangerously in
flated for a long time after the war Is
those which explain the excessive bus
mess and railroad activities which
were carried on for eight years after
the close of the Civil war, from 1865
to 1878.
John Sherman, in his autobiography,
states it to be his opinion that the
revival of business activity in the
we're depression, characteristic of the
first two years of the Civil war. was
unquestionably stimulated by the issu-
ing by the government of millions of
paper money which contained an in
definite promise to pay, but also had
the legal tender quality. Vast areas
of the country had been devastated by
the war and millions of men had
turned from their customary vocations
to service in the armies. These found
speedy employment after the war was
ended, and the construction of the
Union Pacific railroad which was com
pleted four years after the close OF
the Civil war greatly stimulated 9TH
er railroad construction. But this was
overdone chiefly because our money
situation was not equal to the strain
which these excessive activities put
upon it. Moreover, we borrowed a
great deal of money in Europe and
were constantly increasing our indebt-
edness. chiefly incurred for the pur-
pose of building railroads.
Now we have a banking. fiscal and
monetary system. capable of meet
ing any conceivable strain that is put
upon 1t. How adequate it is was set
forth in a recent communication By
W. p G. Harding of the federal re-
serve board. who in some detail ex-
planned the manner in which that sys-
tenn made it possible to float loan of
$4,000, 900, 900 without any serious dis
turbance of the money market We
have now what we did not possess in
the first decade succeeding the Civil
war, namely, an abundant supply of
gold. and should the war be continued,
our store of gold is sure to be In
creased, and in addition to that which
was sent to us by England We are
presumably to have a yearly fresh
supply from our own mines of approx
imately s1O0.ooo,ooo.
In addition to these resources we
are to have payments on account of
loans obtained in the United States by
the allies, chiefly England. 1t is in
conceivable that any considerable part
of these loans can be paid until some
years have passed through exports
England and the other allies send to
the United States for presumably the
nations across the sea will be COM
PEELED to buy in the United States many
commodities with which to repair the
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LOVES ME. LIVES ME NOT.

Dora Sigerson Shorter, in Westminster
Gazette.
shall rest no more on the fragrant
MOSES
Under great trees where the green
bough losses
Scents of the lime; and the wild rose
f1inging
Sweets to the breeze with their censor
swinging,
shall count no more, as linger lazy
Deep in the mead, from the pink
tipped daisy,
Who loves me we'll, and who leaves
me lonely?
Who loves me not and who loves me
only?"
/ shall walk no more by the great sea
Secret dreams, with the black gull
screaming,
Child of the cliff and the wan wave
falling,
Songless he cries with no bird-like
calling.
I shall seek no more for the sea shells
story
BY the wet sands in the sunset glory,
Hear the sea call from the spiral hol-
soul who is seeking. dare you not fol.
low"
Whom have loved, and who loved ME
only?
II shall stand in the churchyard lonely.
And see the tombs of the dear de-
parted,
Read of the love Of the broken-hearted
Writ on the stones how they loved
them only,
Who loved them well and who left
them lonely?
Yea. l shall see all the cold white faces
Lying so still in their secret places.
Under the earth goes the last new
conner.
What were the life of her, winter sum
mer
What if her silent grave holds one only
Who loved her well. and who left her
lonely?
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Called to Georgin

Il am here busy packing my household
at Quitman, Ca, where l have been
called to the pastorate of the First
Baptist church, said DR.. w. NJ Ander-
son, who for several years was pastor
of the Woodlawn Baptist church, but
more recently one of the home board
evangelists. II have lived here for seven
years and have made many friends
from whom it will be hard to part, but
a preacher must expect to break up
home ties and ties of friendship and go
Birmingham, but hope to keep up with
it through the daily visits of The Age
Herald"
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My grandmother was not an educated
woman" said Jake Burger, the dry
goods merchant, "but she had lot
of hard. common sense. l remember that
whenever she passed a church, it didn't
make any difference what kind of one
it was, Catholic, Baptist, Methodist,
Presbyterian or what not, she would bow
her head in reverence. What makes you
and remember her answer to this day.
My boy she said, who knows they
may be right. l bow and leave it to the
good God, who knows"
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AsxlDzN&E41aau,1lI-
FISHING WITH a "HER. ALONG
From Cartoons Magazine.


1t doesn't serve to mellow mans
disposition to take woman or two into
the boat when he goes bass fishing.
For women always want to fish, vet
never could they or would they stick
those horrid, nasty. wriggling angle
worms on the hook Sc, between bait
ing their hooks and removing the perch
and pumpkin seeds and straining your
spine TO keep the boat from turning tur-
tie and the lines from getting snarled
up, you have most enjoyable days
outing. do you not? Yes, you do not!
I'll ruin the risk Of answering that ques-
tion for you. And then, when you fl
nally hook five-bound bass weighing
at least three pounds and eight ounces
by his own standard scales and play
him Ter 70 minutes against their earnest
entrcaties not to bring that big, ugly
thing into the boat or else they'd jump
outs-you calmly ease up on the line
and give him slack. also his freedom. do
you not? Yes you do not! And when
the day Is spent, they tell you what a
gorgeous time they have had and make
you promise to fetch them again, and
you promise. of COURSE. do you not2
You do like-heaven!
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Brave Bengal Lancer.

II received a letter from my brother,
Jonas Ellinger, who lives at Karachi in
northwest India, near Baluchistan,"
said j. Ellinger of the Sommer Tailor
ing company, land he writes that his
son-in-law, Captain Gauntlet, of the
Bengal Lancers, who was sent to Elan
ders, received five wounds and is now
at Bangor, Ireland. recuperating. My
brother married a Scottish lassie and
she and the children are with him My
brother is a commission merchant and
broker"
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Resigned Charge

Il ran up to Birmingham from Lin
den to put my wife on the train, as she
is going to Minnesota to visit her peo-
ple,' said Rev. C. G. Johnson, a Swed-
ish Baptist preacher who was grad
uated from the University of Chicago,
but who for years served the church in
the Swedish colony in Baldwin county
Il will remain over and preach morn
ing and night at the Jonesboro church
| have resigned at Linden"
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New orIk Loses
Last Horsecar

6NHE passing of New York's last
u horsecar was picturesque
event in the busy life of the metropo-
lis. Jim Cusick, who has been horse
car driver for forty-two years and is
now "a, made the last trip in state,
with public service commissioners,
city officials and newspaper men as
passengers. The fares amounted to
$1.55, Constituting the biggest days
business in many months" The ubi-
ouitous movie man was there to film
Jim's car as it passed along and thus
he is sure of Pickering Immortality.
The Blocker Street and Fulton
Ferry Railroad company, owned by
the New York Railway company, had
only one car on it's line and that was
Jim's car. July II, 10 cents was taken
in for the company. The total receipts
in 1916 were $178.80. 1t cost $3.50 to
carry 5-cent passenger, so it can
readily be seen that the line was not
profitable. 1t was merely operated to
retain franchise.
AS a theme for jests, New York's
horsecar line will cease to figure in
the public prints, but at least one per-
son viewed its passing with heavy
heart. The old driver, after jogging
along peacefully for so many years,
will be lost without the occupation to
which he has been accustomed and no
doubt his faithful nags will at first
wonder what has come over the spirit
of their dreams.
No mention is made of a pension,
but Jim deserves one, while George
and Dick, who furnished the motive
power, should be turned out to frisk
in pasture for the rest of their days
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BEGINNING THE DAY -- What
shall 1 do, my Lords Because my
voice is so tiny, shall 1 cease to
singe Or shall I add my little to
all the rest and have at least
part in n world of songs Yea, grant
me to sing, and thereby learn how
many others are singing; and may
hap awaken still others, and they
others. Grant me to sing until
sleep. For Thou hast ordained thnt
the song shall overcome the sign.
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Great National
Conservatory Discussed

I'M OW that representative must
j " clans are taking an active in
terest in the movement for founding
national conservatory which will
have the recognition Of the United
States government, if not it's actual
support, there is hope of an early
development of practical plans.
Until recently great national
school of music was regarded as only
dream, but since educators in gen.
eral and men of affairs, as we'll as
leaders in the musical world, are TAX
ing hold of the project in such an earn
est way, there is no longer doubt but
something will come of it.
The committee in charge of plans
includes Reginald de Koven, chair
man; Horatio Parker, George w.
Chadwick, David Bispham, Clarence
Eddy, Albert Spalding, Fannie
Observation-Disclosures, DR.. Frank Dam
rosch and Rose L. Sutro.
Congress will be asked to indorse
the proposed conservatory movement.
While not many men among repre-
sentatives and senators are unsteady
cultured, perhaps, there are not few
who understand what music in the
larger sense stands for, and who
would be willing to do something to
promote musical progress, especially
from an American creative viewpoint.
In the library of Congress is found one
Of the greatest musical libraries in
the world the fourth largest; and in
the value of its manuscripts second
to none. Now let Congress go step
further in the cause of music and
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strong arm of the law had placed its
iron hand I believe in helping men
and women who are in prison to be-
come better citizens so that they can
get back into life and fight its battles
on the square and make good
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Raermaekers Will Draw
American Cartoons

1N0lG8GAGSSASIS wv I'LL AOTGlW
American Cartoons
m HE war brought worldwide fame
4 to Louis Raemaekers, Dutch
cartoonist, whose drawings have pill
loried the militarism of Prussia. Now
Raemaekers has come to America,
because" as he expresses it, Gamer
lea is the center of gravity for the
war;" Hencaforth he will portray
American ideals in his cartoons and
will depict the part this country is
playing in the struggle
No other artist has been able to
make the German government vince
as Raemaekers has done. His pic
lures of war scenes, are SO graphic
that every one seems drawn from life
and death, for he has introduced
that grim figure into many of his most
striking cartoons. While in Holland it
is said that several attempts were
made to assassinate him and a price
has been put on his head by the Ger
man government, for Raemaekers has
a faculty of making enemies for the
war lords. His cartoons have been
reproduced in all parts of the civilized
globe and it is needless to say that
none has redounded to the glory of
the 'Boche" or his master, the Kaiser.
One of Raemakers' most recent
cartoons was inspired by the battalion
Of Russian women, which has been
fighting with the utmost heroism in
Galicia. By the dead body of wom-
an soldier stands a Russian infantry
man, cap in hand, paying the last
mark of respect to one who, despite
the privileges of her sex, made the
supreme sacrifice for her country.
There is breadth and vision to all
of the Raemaekers cartoons. He will
find fresh inspiration in America.
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Remedy For DieGetic

Errors is e IWcaGi0m
a IL of DR.. Scale Harris "short
IA talks" written for The Age
Herald on dietetic errors have been
Of distinct interest. and exceptionally
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greatest of Conservatives.
1t is the purpose of those fostering
the movement to give every opportun-
ity to American talent to develop
without any excuse for going abroad
to study or to get in touch with a
stimulating atmosphere as was the
case in other days. There will be nc
discrimination against foreign artists
"but it is thought only right that the
institution should be under the execu-
tive control of musicians who are
known to be identified with our ma
tional musical life"
There has been marked increase in
appreciation of musical art in this
country within the past 10 years. The
generous patronage of symphony or
chestras in all the large cities and
the eager audiences attracted by art
list recitals in the smaller cities &c
to prove the public's love for the best
in music. Trivial musical entertain
ments no longer attract.
Of course the logical location for
a national conservatory of music
would be in the national capital. New
York, Boston, Chicago and Cincinnati
have more of the atmosphere" but
Washington, D. c., would not be slow
in creating a keen interest in an in
stitution having for its object the
furtherance of such humanizing
thing as music. C
Mr.. De Koven and other musical
celebrities who attended the biennial
convention in Birmingham dast April
discussed the conservatory project.
In speaking of it very recently Mr..
De Koven said:
Those interested in this movement
believe that this time of ardent pa
triotism and newly aroused national
feeling is really the propitious mo-
ment to enlist the sympathies of the
nation in a movement which will GER
tainly tend to develop our national
possibilities of musical expression,
and will also serve to overcome, with
out chauvinism, those influences in
our midst which have tended to retard
our development and musical express
sion along national lines,
This proposed national conservatory
of music will, it is thought and hoped,
provide an authorized body whose
judgment of musicians in every
branch of the art will have definite
weight with the public at large and
will serve to promote that confidence
in and recognition of our artistic
possibilities, which alone can beget a
national art.
Opposition to existing musical edu-
cational institutions is not intended;
it is thought, on the contrary, that it
will help them, as it will give chance
for the prize pupils in our various
musical and educational schools to de-
velop their art by musical training
not hitherto available in this country.
The conservatory would be expected
to properly outline a syllabus of
musical instruction to be followed in
the public schools and also license
those private teachers in this country
who fulfill the requirements, so that
the standard of efficiency set by the
institution would be recognized in
Europe as well as in America. Mu-
sicians and educators throughout the
United States will be expected to give
the national conservatory movement
hearty support.
ID NVYeO0 TN
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Athletics to continue

Prospects for the University of Ala
bama for the coming year are very good, -
said Prof. Thomas of the university.
Prof. Thomas has been in Birmingham
for several weeks working to get new
students to his college for next year.
1--WE are going to run on much as usual
and do not expect the war to interfere
with us in any way. All our regular
athletic activities will be continued and
advance indications seem to show that
we shall have strong teams. Letters
from all over Alabama are. being re-
ceived from boys that say that they are
coming to us next year and we would
not be surprised if our attendance is not
larger than ever"
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Our foster-nurse of nature is repose.
king Lear.
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HOTEL LOBBIES
Retrenchment MT club


In view of war conditions. many mem
bers having left for the colors, and eco
nomical conditions in general that pre-
vail. the Country club has decided to
curtail their service in the cafe some
what and to make any other retrench-
ments that can be enforced without in
jury to the club
There are so many of our members
who have gone to join the colors." said
President Robert Jemison, Jr, land as
1t is well known that we have suspended
their dues while they are away, it was
necessary for us to take this action, or
to increase our dues or make an assess
ment on the membership. We decided to
retrench and though we win reduce the
cafe service to some extent, it win not
greatly impair the service. We are in
fine shape and the attendance at our
recent meeting showed the intense in
terest in the welfare of the club"
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Entered at the Birmingham, Aid,
postoffice as second-olass matter IN
der act of Congress. March 8. 1879.
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l was struck with the new cannery
and it's equipment. Just before going into
the building l had to jump across
crimson stream that looked like the out
let of slaughter pen, but when / got
on the inside l knew that neither man or
animal had been killed, but that it was
the red juice from the beets that were
being peeled and put into cans. The idea
is to put up enough stuff to feed the in
mates during the winter and also have
enough left over to go to other county
convicts.
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The Age-Herald is the only mornIns
and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham
carrying the Associated Press dis
patches.
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