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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
Frank Julian's Card

81 have received number OF beau
tiful Christmas cards from my friends
throughout the country" said Frank
Willis Barnett, but the one from
genial Frank Julian, editor OF the
Sheffield Standard, was the most
unique. His smiling face looked out at
me from a card which was surrounded
bv the following sure enough holiday
greetings:
"Do YOU remembe r how you lay
awake nights, way back yonder, Won
dering if Santa Claus was really com
ing? And do you remember how the
visions of the gifts you anticipated
fitted through your notwithstanding
and waking? And do you remember
what joy was yours on Christmas
morning? What thrill when you
grabbed your stocking and gifts! That
was Joy sublime wasn't it?
"eWen, that's the kind of genuine
JOY I want to wish for you. I want to
travel back with you to days whep
"Christmas Gift" meant more to you
than anything. I want to go with you
to the mantle-board where your stock
ing hung, and stand by your side ana
see you take it down-and | want
everything in that stocking to be my
wishes for your happiness; and when
your Christmas day ends and you drift
into dreamland may every picture in
your dreams be replica of the good
| things 1 wish for you, this Christmas
day, Friend OF Nine"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25

ton which reflect and tend to increase
mobiles the aristocrat.
Why should it be assumed that Colonel
Doores would sell 95 pints of bottled
in-bond whisky, after the labor of trans
porting it from Louisville in luggage
containers; after the task of coming to
Louisville to make personally and dis
criminatingly the selection Of IS pints
What is there in the possession Of 81
pints of bottled-in-bond whisky that
suggests to the unprejudiced mind a
money grubber's ambition to traffic
upon famine in prohibition town; to
batten upon the misfortune of unsup-
piled neghbors?
Is Colonel Tom Doores Sylock? Has
he, in all of his life demanded a pound
of flesh from anyone in the vicinage,
high or humble? Is the personal con-
sumption of a small drayload of liquor
so far beyond the capacity of a canaille
in Bowling Green that they cannont con-
ceive that Colonel Tom Doores could
use 95 pints in limited or unlimited
time?
If there is no further evidence than
that the police counted So pints in Col
onel Doores' grips while the drayman
waited, why did the authorities permit
the liberty of Colonel Doores to be for
moment infringed. and suspicion of his
purpose thus created in the minds of
those who could not personally use 95
pints if they had them?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
Number of Lives
Lost at Halifax

6T7HE latest estimate places the
u number of lives lost in the Hall
fax disaster at 1900. The chairman of
loss of $5o,OO0,O0O. The chairman of
the mortuary committee states that
more than HOO bodies have been re-
covered, and about 800 persons are
missing. These figures do not include
a large number of victims who were
moved to cities outside of Halifax and
died of their injuries.
1t is probable that 1900 fatalities is
conservative estimate. So terrific
was the force of the explosion caused
by the ramming of the Mont Blanc by
the limo that rows of buildings were
leveled as if by giant hand and the
conflagration which followed COM
pleted the work of destruction, aided
by a blizzard. There were doubtless a
number of persons killed who were
never found Their lives were snuffed
out without leaving a trace behind.
But the rescue work was ably con-
Quoted and all that human power
could do to relieve suffering and re-
cover the dead was performed with a
minimum of delay and a maximum of
efficiency.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
Red Cross Drive Wonderful Achievement

Birmingham its activities!
which closed yesterday this city
Birmingham and Bessemer
the of the tabuae
that members totaed 1881
will be received today and probably tomorrow and next
the final statement is issued the
should SURPRISE indeed
go over top" of $4,000
Birmingham has ahead of Atlanta
and in the membership ourpped New
Birmingham tg The is easyeaderhp
of zeal and patriotism
movement seeking to win the war and care
battle fronts And these good souls
the community known for their
onalca capacity falling mette
Jemison Field Marshal j. Frank Rush
publicity oked together for this
membership Kirkpatrick commanding the rank
army H Meade charge of the Ensey d
of Bessemer there could be
confidence from the start the people
responded Loyalty Red Cross appeal
Team work humane And
Birmingham than this behalf of the Red
Cross society.
the goal and accomplished
their undertaking-and more
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
c3mlElI1MdAan6H
MISTAKEN IDENTITY
From London Tit-Bits.

From London Tit-Bits.
The other Monday afternoon woman
rushed excitedly down an alley in a
poor quarter Of Manchester, and, stop
ping at a house. knocked loudly
Receiving no reply, she knocked a sec
ond time. Still no answer.
A third time she knocked, and then a
window above was hastily flung open and
woman whose appearance betrayed
signs of a sudden awakening, leaned
out.
well, what is it?" she asked.
The woman below looked up and ex-
claimed, with bated breath:
days!'.
Dear, dear me, Mrs. Jones'" was the
reply, lis that all? Ow' yer did unnerve
me! All thought it was that scarecrow
after the rent again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25

every year, will depend upon the con-
dition of our highways. Within the
last five or six years, Alabama has
made substantial progress in good
roads building. Of the hundreds OF
miles of highways that have been i'm
proved, a goodly percentage has been
of the best Macadam type. But there
is still large mileage of unimproved
roadway and auto travellers, in tour
ing through the state on hard roads
will find short stretches of old mud
road.
In the approaches to Birmingham,
the roads are excellent as whole,
but several links in the Forrest high
way, the Bankhead highway and the
north and south route are yet to be
brought up to standard.
The Empire Tours association re-
suited in a transformation of the state
of New York, and the New England
Tours association started the ball
rolling in that section. The dirt road
of other years has disappeared from
the north, and if the south responds
to the pressure of public sentiment
stimulated by tourist demand, it will
in the near future disappear from ev-
cry state south of the Ohio. Eventual
~ we must have paved roads in every
section.
While the Southern Tours associa-
ton is the outgrowth of the public
spirit and enterprise of hotel proprie-
tors, every interest in Birmingham
should back it up with enthusiasm and
aid in making this industrial center
as famous for it's good roads as it is
for its iron and steel products.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
Southern Tours
and Good Roads

6H HE Southern Tours association,
y scheduled to meet in Birming-
ham next month, for the purpose of
electing permanent officers and adopt
ing bylaws, will inaugurate a move-
ment of far-reaching benefit to this
section Of the country. The meeting
will be attended by prominent hotel
men, representatives of commercial
bodies and officers of good roads asso-
Citations, who will cooperate in bust
ness-like way to turn the tide of tour
lists to the south central states.
Pleasure seekers looking for winter
resorts, have long had the Florida
habit, but automobilists can reach the
sLand of Flowers" and at the same
time enjoy enchanting scenery, by TAX
ing route leading through Tennessee
ana Alabama. AS Cne ALldnClc COAST
roads traverse flat country, devoid
of scenic beauty, it should be an easy
matter to educate tourists to travel
this far inland. The Southern Tourist
association will bring about the
change.
As Frank A. Dudley of Niagara
Falls, N. Y, president of the United
Hotels Association of America re-
marked when he was in Birmingham
a few days ago, an organized effort
to attract tourists from the north will
bring hundreds of thousands of wish
tors to Alabama, many of whom will
see this part of the south for the first
time.
As to whether or not the south will
witness this desirable tourist invasion
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS

BY Martha s.. Gielow..
Merrie Xmas! Soldiers! Sailors!
Gallant Air-men! Brave Marines!
Merrie Xmas happy New Year,
Lo! the dawn of Peace-noW beamsl
On this day came Christ the Savicui.
I-Swly Nazarene of birth,
And the Angel Choir of Heaven
Sang Of Peace" to men on earth.
Lc. His star again has risen!
See it cleaning Ger the land!
Cheering darkened souls in prison,
With the light of Loves command.
Wrong and ruthlessness must cease!
righteousness, must be the plan
That alone can bring the peace,
peace cn earth, good will to man.
He who came to set men free,
Free from sin and death and crime.
Is your Guide to Liberty,
Is your Leadership sublime!
Lei He comes this Xmas day.
Lo! He gives you courage high!
Fills your souls with faith to pray.
Faith to win, and faith to die!
IT'S His cause-No other claim
Than the Right, the Freedom True.
Wears the sanction of His name.
Lights the flag that's borne by you.
Merrie Xmas, soldiers! sailors!
Over here and lover there!
Merrie Xmas is our greeting
God be with you IL our prayer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
1N1S Football outlook

Birmingham gridiron fans are prom
Used some fine games next season., salu
Bill STREET, prominent official in big
contests in past seasons. 81 notice where
Alabama and Auburn are each arranS-
ing to play three or more games in Biz
mingham.
Alabama will probably play Wander
bilt, Sewanee and Louisiana State uni
versity Auburn will probably play Iu-
lane, Mississippi Agricultural and Me-
chanical and Vanderbilt. Every one Oh
these games should be banner attrac-
TONS and will undoubtedly be witnessed
by record beraking crowds.
This will afford local fans an oppor-
tunity to see every southern eleven OF
Importance in action with the exception
of Georgia Tech. However, it has not
been positively stated that the schedules
Of any of the Schools will be carried out
but it is most likely that all will par
ticipate in sports, rather than discon-
tinue them. I expect to see every col
lege in the south represented on the
gridi1on with a representative aggrega-
ton in 1S1S.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
Bar Recuperating

IT regret to learn that my neighbor,
John Barr, chairman of the board OF
the First National bank, who is now at
his old home in Columbia, Tenn, rest
ing UP, is not doing so well as had been
hoped" said Robert c. Redus
"Mr. Barr for more than a quarter
of century has been closely identified
with the social, business and civic life
of the city, and numbers his friends by
the score
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
BRuTALLY FRANK

BRUTALITY FRANK
How would you look on me as a SON
in-law?"
Judge for yourself"
Your eyes are fixed on the ceiling"
Yes. 1 can't see you in that capac-
ity"
A HERO
Charley Dubson is made of heroic
stuff"
HAS he enlisted in the army?"
mo. He was rejected for defective
eyesight, flat feet and several other
disabilities. but at great personal sac.
rifice he sent his valet"
UNDER SUSPICION
How many Jumps of sugar do you
put in your coffee?"
Three, ordinarily, but you'd better put
just one"
what are you afraid OFF,
lheres a stranger seated at the ad-
joining table. don't like the way he's
watching me.''
INFALLIBLE
"There is no infallible preventive for
seasickness'
ooh. yes. there is"
1--WE tried dozens of preparations ana
none has ever worked. What is your
remedy"
"Pick out town like Kankakee, ILL.,,
to be born in and never leave it."
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
Health Record Good

81 was glad to get chance to run
home for short visit" said DR.. Will
Sheridan.
II am proud that our Alabama camps
have made such fine health records. l
do not see how a camp could have
shown up better than the one at Mont
gomery There is always danger of GER
tain epidemics breaking out where
large bodies of men are quartered, but
SO far our camp has escaped
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
Kirk Moore and the Midget

my friend Duster' Brown tele-
phoned me Saturday that he wanted me
to meet his little friend. Lord Roberts"
said J. Kirk Moore, but unfortunately
failed to get in touch with him. 1t
would have given me pleasure to have
stood by the side of the famous midget.
dare say many of my friends would
have enjoyed seeing us together"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
DOMESTIC AMENITIES

DOMESTIC AMENITIES
"Mr. Dubwaite, 1 have been talking to
you for the past half-hour."
Il was vaguely aware of it, my dear"
"Umph!"
IF you will keep on talking for about
five minutes I will be in a position to
give you close attention. I've nearly
ing"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25

BEGINNING THE DAY-It is Thy
sword, O Lord, that L WELD. LIT Is
Thy strength that l use. 1t is my
life that 1 live. 1t Is also my sword
INV strength and my life; for L never
find my sword, my strength and my
life until L find them in Thee,
souI of my soul. Amen.-H. NJ. e.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE



I have just received a letter from my
brother, Private Lyle Gather, who is a
member of Colonel Sewelrs regiment OF
engineers now in France said A. II.
Gather. and from it | gather one thing,
and that is the boys "over there get
plenty to eat and of the best kind.
My brother sent the menu card from
the banquet his company gave on
Thanksgiving. He said that all the men
gave toasts for their respective states
and towns, and that he was the only
one from Birmingham in his company.
THE menu reads like the menu at
the Tutwiler, except down at the bot
tom there are two items one never sees
now on the card at that up-to-date
hotel. In other words, the boys had two
kinds of wine to wash down that delec-
table dinner, and this was printed in
good, bold type just as the harmless
coffee
Here is what the banqueters had to
eat: Oysters cream of tomato soup, rad
ishes celery, roast turkey, sage dressing,
candied yarns, creamed onions, Waldorf
salad, pumpkin pie, nuts, fruits, raisIns
coffee, port wine, red wine and cigar
cites. Some dinner, wasn't it.
con the back of the 1i8nu was the mu-
steal programme, headed by the Mar
seillaise,' and ending with the star
Spangled Banner
MY brother says he has time to take
a pretty French girl to the Cinema show
now and then, but that all are holding
themselves in readiness to be called to
the first line at any time"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
A CITY DREAM


Consider the plight of the plodding
clerk,
With not enough coal to keep him
warm;
Who cheers himself at his dreary work
BY thinking of having little farm,
Wherein he'll settle and lead a life
Free from the cares that hedge him
round,
Away from the din. and the city strife
Where never a day for rest is found.
But seek him out some years from now
You'll find him thrall in the same old
place,
With shoulders bent and wrinkled
brow
And a hopeless look upon his face.
THE ONLY WAY
"Jagsby told Mrs. Jagsby he wouldn't
take drink during the Christmas holt
days"
do you think he will break his prom
ise?"
Eyes. Mrs. Jagsby is not the sort of
woman to keep her husband under lock
and key for a week"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25

Montgomery Advertiser: Quebec re-
fuses to take warning from history. 1t
threatens to secede from the Canadian
confederation. Has Quebec forgotten a
similar threat by Massachusetts few
decades ago, and what happened to the
other states that did subsequently with
draw?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25

Pickens County Herald: The greatest
service ever performed by the county
commissioners of Pickens county, was
the establishment and the hiring of an
al, time health officer. The necessity
of this office was long in existence, and
the crying need for someone to look
after the general sanitary conditions of
this county, in way that ought to be
looked after did not come too soon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25

and kindness is still manifest among
people of fortitude and patriotic fer
vor.
For children Christmas is always
day of supreme happiness. With no
cloud upon their innocent lives, every
Christmas comes to the nursery with
joy unrestrained, and a great part of
the pleasure that comes to men and
women at this festal season is found
in contemplating the glee of the little
ones.
Let old and young alike get all the
brightness they can out of this blessed
Christmas day.
Il < X
According to letter received from a
Baltimore boy, now with General PERISH
ing German soldiers were told by their
officers that the Kaiser's troops had
captured New York and were marching
on Washington. Another yarn that
would be important if it were true.
* 4 y.
A Kentucky colonel was arrested for
transporting IS pints of whisky from
Louisville to his home town. The ca
pacity Of the average kentucky colorel
is not to be sneezed at
* y *
To show how much superior they are to
their Pruss1an allies, the Turks merely
looted the Church of the Holy Sepul-
chre, in Jerusalem, instead of blowing
it up.
4 4. *
Sizing the situation up in a nutshell,
Germanys hest wits, and those of her
aiIIes. VIII be pitted against lot OF
Russian nincompoops at -Litovsk.
X * =
There is no use wasting any more
time or newspaper space on Mr.. Will
lard if he isn't willing to risk his crown
for the Red Cross.
y * 4
Motor boats are Swimming over the
| dead sea and Welsh troops entered Beth
lehem. The Holy Land is getting to be
strictly up. to-date.
| A email fortune in liquor is stored in
10 OH ian of
chances are it will stay there until de-
stroyed.
| The Venetian plain looks like the
promised land to the acknowledgements
Like Moses, all they'll get will be look.
| i; x 4
| The Kaiser shows a disposition to take
the Bolsheviki seriously no matter how
lightly they are regarded elsewhere.
J Rear Admiral Fiske, just to prove that
you can't keep a good man down, now
has plan TO win the war.
| * X !;
Switzerland rightly thinks the Swis.
army will guarantee the neutrality O
Austria ard Germany.
y * y
So General Pershing's men will get thei
CHRISTMAS turkey, after all. And it viii
fill long-fel want.
y y y
Camouflage takes variety of forms
including the new Christmas tie tina
hides a dirty shirt.
4 "a X
Chewing gum is acceptable to a fight
ing man. but a smoke is considerable,
more SO.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25
ALABAMA PRESS

Opelika News: One of the most notice
able features of the present gubernato-
rial campaign is the attitude assumed
by the state press. So far not so many
as half a dozen papers in the state have
taken stand for anyone of the candi-
dates. That is certainly a marked
change from what it used to be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25

Admission Star: 1t now remains for
some man to write a song Down There"
and dedicate it to the Kaiser.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25

Selma Times: Birmingham had the
honor of entertaining the nations most
distinguished banker, Frank A. Wander
lip A big man engaged in big bust
ness He is an inspiration, and an ex-
ampler of the fine spirit that when
the country calls, selfish interests count
for nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25

o mischief, thou art swift
To enter in the thoughts of desperate
men, Romeo and Juliet.
81 x *
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25

Ratars1 at the Birmingham, Ala,
rskfosf4ra IS second-class matter I'M
Gar as cE Congress, March s, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25

No communication will be published
without its authors name. Rejected
manuscript will not be returned unless
stamps are enclosed tor that purpose
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-17
Something WRONG

something like two wears a1o q
scaHoid was built and all prenarstfo.v,-
made 20 hang EIstou Scott. q Tnur-5e-
err. IN Murphysboro, Ill. but. owing ~
me s1eriH's fondness for public hs7p-
ilssr the governor stayed execution
1t the sentence when he could NOT va+
satisfactory guarantees from the sher-
IN mat the execution Of the sentence
would be private.
This difference OF Official oDfnfos.
brought eight repriaves for Scott 7.r-
ing Governor DUNES regime. SCOTS
doonsa8y was approaching again
Wnen Governor Lowden took oHea
3dt this time. upon the recoumeu8a-
jlon OF the board Of pardons and ujfH
the approval Of the Judge and prose-
cutor who tried Scott. the sentence Is
committed 10 life Imprisonment.
II this disposition OF the case fs
right. then Illinois prepared nine
different times 10 hang man v-bo
ought nor % have been hanged. and ms
lice IS achieved because OF a Dnraft.
EoFLultous disagreement between the
0stentatious hangman ana "a governor
VINO does not believe in that kind Of
Ostentatiou
ne facts may very well be used fa
argument by those who think Thar The
hnaiity Of the death penalty is a strong
condemnation OF it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-17

One Common Cause Of Cough.
Bronchial trouble. ID acute. IS q
Luea more pr0slTatng illness than
MOST people and O. few doctors seem
90 realize When child or adult de-
FsloHs bronchial trouble. chat IS.
bronchitis. he is i'll and generally glad
tu remain il bed. There Is much mis-
uudeE5 audlng about the location &c
fLe Inflammation i'm most cases Of
acute cough. People imagine that q
barking cough must necessarily come
-raM bronchial trouble. whereas nine
times out oL ten here IS lo bronchial
OF chest trouble whatever. although
there may he much soreness i'm the
chest or deep IN the sides-musc1s
soreness from the strain Of coughing
lt IS customary for victims of self
diagnosed "coLd on the bronchial
tuaes to reach that incorrect C0uclus-
ION bF the obvious but faulty deduc-
ton that where there is soreness or
pain there must be disease Such an
idea rs az once OFFSET when you re-
uuEie and hurt when YOU strike your
funny bone" luIuar nerye} blow
just inside of the elbow.
The actual seat Of @ large majority
OF every day acute cOuEhs-or rather
the seat OF the infection causing the
coughs in the throat ana the back
OF the nose cavity. In children p sim
pie coryEa jacUte cold in the head1
commonly causes a frequent. irritat-
iuE harAy- alarming cough with OF
without fever Iu adults the ordinary
corEEa is less likely to cause much
cough. because adults manage 70 keep
the current running forwards and also
because the adult nasal cavity IS more
roomy But a posterior trouble. par
lcularly g slight Inflammation Of the
aGenold region. ia child or adult is
sure 20 produce annoying cough
There is no question but that many
3 case of dangerous bronchitis or
pneumonia is directly due 70 E1-ad-
H1sed self-treatuenr OF a conuarativeEv
s mple coryza or pharyngirs in the
earlier stage dope. narcotic drugs. It
q time when il is important rather to
keen the Secretions free. And a great
many such minor acute troubles are
made chronic by the same iIl-iudred
Once more a word in behalf Of