The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-12

obsession is so ingrained that he does ! not realize that he faces defeat. Professor Cattell, who was ir charge of the division of philosophy psychology and anthropology at Co., lumbia university, but who was dis missed from the faculty recently be- cause his expressed sentiments were regarded by President Nicholas Mur- ray Butler and the trustees as dis loyal, boasted that he had developed the strongest psychology course found in any university in the world.
 The psychological side of the Kali ser is of no practical consequence now, yet his case might be of aca- demic interest if Professor Cattell were to make an analysis while he is waiting for "new job"
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 Paraphrasing Briggs. if you were to wake up some morning and read in glar- ing headlines that the Germans had overturned the government and clapped the Hohenzollerns into prison and were ready to talk peace in earnest, wouldn't it be a grand and glorious feeling?
 
 Birmingham had two parades yester- day, one so close on the heels of the other that the average small boy barely had time to catch his breath before the vet erans were gone and the minstrel men hove in sight
 Nowadays whenever 8 bibulous man makes a trip to a wet town he Is under suspicion, even though he is called there by urgent business which has no bearing whatever on his thirst. After reading about the great work being done in his behalf by the coal ad- ministrator, 1t certainly does jolt an ul- innate consumer to pay a dollar more for his coal than he did last year.
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 The Confederate Veterans did not step to the strains of Dixie" because they rode in automobiles, yet there were evil dences that they recognized that grand old tune when they heard i,.
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 You will see women knitting every where these days, but Miss Ruth Law has not yet gotten to the point where she cares to do any knitting while loop ing the loop in her airplane.
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 German artists used to picture Ger man soldier with the Eiffe1 tower under his arm. That was probably about the time the Kaiser was planning to eat his Christmas dinner in Paris.
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 " hile there may pc sucn a tnlnS as arl for arts sake, in these crass times we are slow to concede superiority to an artist who fails to make his art pay handsome dividends.
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 There Is no reason to believe that Senator LaFollette will ever repent, so the sooner he is placed on the political toboggan the better it will be for this country
 Still, the Kaiser's sailors ought to be willing to eat sparingly without grum- bling Since this war started the ma jority of them have been more or less idle
 Soldiers at Montgomery must not moon and spoon with pretty waitresses. Always thought that was one of the fighting mans most highly prized privileges. The United States will be ready to dis cuss peace when the proper time comes, but the time isn't coming until autoc- racy Is as dead as a doornail.
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 Khaki Is getting to be the prevailing color these days In the malarial belt khaki complexions have been tle regueur since time immemorial.
 Grandma may not wear her skirt quite as high as granddaughter. but when 1t comes to the jazz clothes she is right in the procession.
 As a chancellor pr. Michaelis seems to be all that was expected In other words, he doesn't function worth cent LUKE MLUKE SAYS A thin girl can give a man the impress sion that she is pining away when she does a lot of signing. But when a fat girl does it she merely gives him the impression that her corsets are too tight. A clock that isn't running is right once every 12 hours. And that Is oftener than some men are right Another reason why you think you are slperiOr to fha other fe1fow Ia heoausa