The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-08

mlssIoned officers. They start as sec ond lieutenants and may be advanced to the grade of major.
 While veterinary medicine has been practiced since very ancient times the profession of vetenarianism is com paratively modern. The first school for specializing in the treatment of ailing animals was established in Paris in the second half of the eight eenth century Up to that time regu- lar physicians looked after sick horses and cows and gave directions for their physicking.
 Several years after veterinary sur- geons were being graduated in France the Royal Institute of Veterinary Surgeons was founded in England and a little later Germany began to teach vetenarianism as seperate profession.
 Notwithstanding the fact that a man must have brains and education to be veterinary surgeon, time was when practicians were spoken of slightingly as "horse doctors" Like all science on which medicine and surgical operations are based, the veterinary practice has advanced steadily along scientific lines. And the war department did wise thing when it raised the veterinarian status in the army. In Great Britain the veterinary expert was an officer from the beginning. It should have been so in this country.
 The large number of veterinary graduates from Auburn passing the army examination is another strong card in favor of the Alabama Poly technic institute.
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 A young woman in New York suggested as sporting proposition" that men give their seats to women in crowded cars. A visitor comes right back with the counter suggestion that as sport ing proposition" she start campaign to encourage women to say Thank you' when a man rises and gives them seat. That's certainly fair enough.
 It will do no harm, of course, for some of our erstwhile state troops who have been in service a year to pose as vet erans, but they might at least wait until they've had a brush with the boche.
 A British tunneler, we are told, likes nothing better than "holing'' into German trench. No doubt there Is al- ways a certain element of surprise in doing thing like that.
 Eggs at 75 cents a dozen are being pre- dicted for Christmas. Oh, well, thered be precious little "nog'' consumed in this part of the country if eggs were dirt cheap.
 You would think the former Czar would have enough of the fierce light that beats upon throne, but there are signs that he hankers to get his job back. Speaking of John Barleycorn's decline and fall Peoria, H., famous for it's distil- leries, is beginning to live in the past, instead of the future.
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 A New Jersey justice fined man $500 for driving an automobile while intox- icated and slightly injuring boy. More power to him!
 Whisky is selling as high as sS quart at Anniston, and even at that price it is probable that the supply is not equal to the demand.
 We've lived through a great many pop ular songs and the chances are we'll also survive Send Me Away With a Smile, Little Girl"
 If the Italians want to fly across the Atlantic in airplanes, they can count on cordial reception and no end of spaghetti.
 So far as the I. w. W. and similar or ganizations are concerned, Uncle Sam's patience shows signs of coming to an end.
 "Mary's Ankle,' play discussed by the metropolitan dramatic critics, is not half as naughty as it's title would indicate.
 Senator Works has withdrawn from the peace council, but stin asserts that he is every inch a pacifist.
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 General Cadorna seems to dislike news paper notoriety about as much as a movie star craves it.
 There are a great many orators run ming at large just now who should be