The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-31

credibly brief time the ''help" is so
 badly demoralized that a mere coun- !, try banker who travels light" and cuts down expenses as much as possi- ble is apt to be tramped beneath the
 feet of "bellhops" flying to do the
 rich mans bidding.
 From psychological point of view,
 it is easy to understand why walters
 tip walters. It is not fellow feeling "a sympathetic bond of attachment.
 Oh, mo- For a little while the walters
 who dine want to forget that they are
 walters. They want to ape the man
 ners of people to whom they bow
 down in calculating deference. As the quickest way to do this they dis
 tribute largess on their own account.
 The negro Pullman porter is
 famous for his itching palm. Yet, ob-
 serve him when off duty getting a
 shine in barbershop. The industrious
 bootblack who labors over his expan-
 sive feet knows full well that the
 great man will pay him a double fee,
 as being in keeping with the dignity
 and importance of a Pullman em- ploye.
 The Munich military authorities have forbidden the Unnecessary wearing of mems clothes by women." But if women are going to do mems work during war times, it is only just that they be per- mitted to wear mems clothes. < Twelve of the thirteen police "rookies' of New York who recently completed & diet test gained from one to six pounds in weight. The other man lost nearly four pounds and probably doesn't wish to repeat the performance | * * l WllHdm A. bfady says he has to t3!xe half the salary paid his daughter for motion picture work to keep her from spending it foolshly. Still, she has enough left to buy a new motor car whenever she feels like it. * < l That German commerce raider in the 
 south Atlantic is said to be prepared for every emergency. However, she isn't particularly anxious to run afoul of British cruiser. 1 A Greek citizen of Birmingham says Greece will eventually get into the war on the side of the allies. If she does, Queen sophy is apt to pack up her things and leave.
 The human fly who scaled Bir- mingham skyscraper yesterday by merely using his hands and feet is in kind of business where there is very little com petition.
 | Now that the war in Europe has been declared "a conflict of irreconcilable ideals" there is little hope for the man in the trenches to learn what it is ali about
 ! T. R. says the curse of Meroz is on the United States. Politicians are hastily searching borrowed Bibles to find out just what the colonel means.
 
 l Ambassador Gerard attended the Kais- CTS birthday party, but as it was not masquerade, he did not go disguised as i the dove of peace. * * * Shoes, size 21, have been made for an i Iowa giant who is such a mollycoddle that he has also had them fitted to a pair of rubbers
 | Jesse Pomeroy, who spent 40 years in l solitary confinement, is probably one man who wouldn't mind hearing a book agent talk
 | * * l It must seem like a dull day to Thomas l w. Lawson of Boston when his veracity is not question by somebody or other * < 1 Historians tell us that there have been | a few beneficent Turkish rulers, but they are all dead now it seems. l < * < l The man who is getting ready to plant | a garden has no time to read the sonnets poets write about spring :; < * | Old Man Winter is a kind of pacifist, kafter all At least he has halted the l slaughter in Europe LUKE M'LUKE SAYS girl would rather have lover who says a lot and doesn't mean it. than have | nnn yb0 lot