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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
LINES FOR A LISTER

New York Correspondent Cincinnati
 Times-Star.
 It has developed that "Bill Rock. besides being able to originate and execute marvellous dances and to teach little girls to be as charming and amusing on the stage as Frances White is. can write lyrics when he tries hard enough. His team mate. Miss White (s) told him the other day that she'd like to have a special song to sing at a benefit to raise a comfort fund for the men of the famous New York Irish regiment. the Sixty ninth.
 "All right. Frances said Bill; "I'u see what can get hold of for you.'
 Subsequently, MT. Rock was ob- served to be in the agonies of liter ary~ composition in a corner of his dressing room. After this he gravely delivered to Miss White the following lyrics:
 our lrfLh iautn are tHoon 10 tnall.. .Acroth the thea. for Uncle Than; Let'h thend them all a Christmath
 mail;
 Let'h thip them loadth of caketh and
 jam.
 Our heroeth all need thiareth
 And thoda pop in quarth and pinth; Tho let uth prove no one forgeth
 The tholdierth of the Thickty- ninth.
 CD Unnecessary note: Miss White lispS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
AFTER FOREIGN TRADE
By HOLLAND

turers to operate their plants to the limit of their capacities.
 While the International corporation is perfecting a selling agency modelled upon that established by President Farrell. the United States Steei corporation is invest ing some s2OoO0,O0O in a new plant at Ojibwa, Canada, and has already appro- priated $11,o0O,OOo, an amount which will Soon be much increased. for the improve ment of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company's plant at Birmingham. When the work at Birmingham is completed the corporation will be in a position to command large trade in South America because, by reason or the proximity of the Tennessee plant to the Panama Canal and, in fact all of South America, it's products can be marketed in the south- ern continent at prices which should prove attractive. Then, too, the Steel corporation is establishing great ship building plant upon tidewater, near Newark, N. J. This is. done because the managers of the corporation believe that there will be heavy demand for steel ships and steel barges after the war is ended.
 The difference between the American International corporation and the United States Steel corporation, so far as for eign trade is concerned, is to be found in the fact that the International cor poration is not manufacturer of steel and iron products, whereas the United States Steel corporation has now the largest output of these products of any steel industry in the world. Both cor porations have ample capital. Both are officered by men of very great ability. Both understand modern selling methods and both are familiar with conditions which prevail in all of the foreign mar kets. Both should therefore find that the markets are great enough or large enough to absorb American steel at least for years, because the German and English manufacturers will not be in position to enter strongly in competition with the steel exporters of the United States at least until some years after the war is ended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
Lower Proportionate
 Death Rate in War

N5ZTHILE the total number killed
 WV ir ,ie world war unquestion- ably stagger1 the imagination and far surpasses tle number in previous wars, as ConAnn Mann, writing for LesIie's says, the best available information points oo lower pro 1,ortionate death rate than in any previous struggle.
 All the large nations have made wonderful strides in conserving man power. In the Spanish-American war this country made sorry showing in caring for it's soldiers. The sad ex- perience of those days caused an awakening in our military life, and today the United States army is un- surpassed-in many respects un- equaled- commissaries, discipline
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
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CABARET PERILs

From the Louisville courier-Journal.
 "Beautiful Cabaret Singer Shoots and Fatally Wounds Married Veterinary Surgeon" says headline in a Chicago paper Beautiful Cabaret Singer Com mits Suicide After Prominent Broker Promises Court to Return to His Wife, ' says another headline. Brewers Ask Law tc End Cabaret Because Such Amusements Bring Bars Into Disrepute. ]" says third headline. Brother of 15- year-old Illinois Girl In Chicago Seeking Sister Tn cabarets." says still another The cabaret does seem to be disturbing social influence in the Windy City and It's vicinity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
LIKE N,I.IIKE SAYS

When man beats another man to it in a crooked transaction, he will an nounce that the right invariably tri- umphs
 Before he gets her he will promise to spend all his days by her side. And after he gets her he remembers that he didn't say anything about his nights
 Lots of us are dissatisfied with our lot in life. But only few of us are mean enough to erect spite fences.
 We are all afraid of a good many things that couldn't possibly hurt us
 Every time man looks at certain paintings posed by artists models he wishes he had become an artist
 You may not believe it. But bank account will help you heap more than Will reputation as a good fellow.
 It makes woman feel good all over when her pastor tells her that he missed seeing her at church.
 After a woman cleans house, about the only thing her husband can find when he wants 1t is fault!
 When a man asks your advice on some big question he may flatter you, but the chances are that he is just easing his way along to touch you for a few bucks. We hear a lot of tales about mashers, and we do not doubt but that some of the mashers have gall enough to do any, thing. But the fact remains that well- behaved girl seldom is accosted by strange men.
 A beauty specialist advises girls to watch their shoulder blades if they would have beautiful backs. Watching your shoulder blades may bring you beautiful back, but the chances are that the pro- cess will also make you cross-eyed One of the most pathetic sights we know of is the spectacle of faded girl throwing herself at some man to avoid remaining an old maid. Once or twice in her lifetime woman will buy an article at bargain sale and discover when she gets home that she can make some use of it. A married woman will tell single wom- en how she trusts her husband and act as though she really meant it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
Situation in Russia Fraught With Peril

THREATENED by civil and menced by the Germans who have taken Riga campaign Petrograd the situation nfavorabe to the allies Latest Kono time regard with  Russia blood  unwilling sanction  the better the dsorganza
 
 
 
  
   Developments dntegrae
  situation will the qualities win
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
Use Less Flour
 and More Meal.

1E1 YER since Herbert c. Hoover @0 began to talk to the public about food conservation he has stressed the importance of strict economy in supplying the family table and in serving the patrons of hotels and restaurants, He made it plain that notwithstanding this years large crops there would not be enough food to go round at home and spare some for the allies unless households and hotels cut out waste.
 Good results of MT. Hoover's food administration have been felt already. There is less wastefulness and people have learned to eat more vegetables and less meat.
 But there is still room for improve ment in conservation activities. This country's wheat crop being smaller than usual and it's corn crop record breaker, it naturally behooves the housewife and the public caterer to Use corn meal to large extent in the place of wheat flour.
 Corn dodgers, when not baked too long, are toothsome. And what is more enjoyable for breakfast than Indian cakes or batterbread; or for lunch than hoecake and butter milk? And yet while MT. Hoover's advocacy of corn meal has been partially sue cessful there is every reason why it should be wholly so. If there is any man, woman or child who does not appreciate the nutritive value or the flavor of corn bread it is time that all such were cultivating the taste.
 As for the indulgence in meat, eat a moderate portion every day, but do not overeat. Dr. Scale Harris, specialist in hygiene and dietary science, in one of his instructive ar ticles written for The Age-Herald, recommended meat at only one meal day. That is now the practice with many men and won en blessed with good health. It should be the uni versal rule.
 In view of corn crop estimated at 3,250, 100000 bushels-more than three billion bushels will be harvested even if early frosts do some damage it would be good thing if MT. Hoover were to organize corn bread cam paign. It would help.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
Great Achievement
 of the Railroads

1.-THE transportation companies are
 O still winning. high praise for their strenuous and efficient efforts in handling the governments vast and increasing business, serving the pub lie as well. Fairfax Harrison, chair man of the railroads war board, says: "The voluntary act of the 693 railroads of this country in merging their com petitive activities for the period of the war and uniting in one continental system, has not only made the trans portation problem presented by the war less cumbersome to handle, but surer of satisfactory solution.' Among concrete instances of what has been accomplished through the cooperation of the railroads, the shippers and the public since April 21, when the new board was created, are these:
 The excess of thrilled car requisi- tions over idle cars, or what Is com monty called car shortage, has been 1 reduced 70 per cent. On April 30, the so-cal!ed ear shortage amounted to 14S.627 On June 30 these figures had been cut to 77.144. On Aufust l the excess Of unified car acquisitions over idle cars amounted to only 33,T76 Tn the Rlnonth of May, freight trans portation service rendered by about 1 70 per cent of class I roads (earnings 1 of S1,0o0,00oo or more), was 16.1 per i cent in excess of the service rendered l in 1916. In that year, which was one l funusual activity, the freight service
 rendered by the carriers was "A per
 cent greater than in 1916. So the car riers have achieved the astounding 1 feat of adding to their freight service, 1 ins the short space of two years, an
 amount equal to the freight traffic ] of Great Britain, France, Russia,
 Germany and Austria combined. Approximately 29oo0,0O0 miles of 1 train service year have been saved { by discrimination of all passenger 1 trains not essential to the most press I ing needs of the country. This re- 1 duction of passenger service has re- l leased hundreds of locomotives and l train crews and cleared thousands of 1 miles of track that are absolutely
 needed in the freight service for the l transportation of necessities.
 Freight congestion at many impor-
 tant shipping points has been averted l if promptly moving empty cars from one railroad to another irrespective of
 ownership By ordering the adoption l of this policy. which is brand new to American railroad usage, the rail- roads war board has moved 113,42o empty freight cars into districts where they have been most needed.
 Through the pooling of lake coal and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
CAUTIOUS.

"Dubwaite is hard man to please 'so I've heard" He went into a cabaret the other night and complained about the jazz band"
 Didn't it make noise enough to suit him?'
 NO. He said he didn't believe the drummer was exerting. his full strength"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
ABSENCE OF ENTHUSIASM.

Was your vacation a success in every sense of the world?e
 T wouldn't go so far as to say that. met few pleasant people and a great many disagreeable ones, spent twice as much money as I could afford to spend, had half as much fun as I expected to have and came back wishing somebody would kick me for going away. All in all, my vacation was about the average sort.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12

BEGINNING OF THE DAY-Show me, 0 God, the two men who live in me-the one doubting and fear ing and sneering and hating; the other believing and daring and sniii- ing and loving. And help me, Q Builder of Men, to know the nobier part as Thy plan for me and to nntne it my true self. For Jesus sake. Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
WORSE STILL.

What do you think of man who wOudl give his wife bad check?"
 He's rather low"
 Could anyone play meaner trick than that2"
 "oh, yes. I know man who saves ev- cry counterfeit coin he gets and gives it to his wife for car fare"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12

lake ore, saving of 52,o0o cars in moving those commodities alone has been achieved.
 Shippers who have been in the habit of "cussing" the railroads will have to change their tune. No matter what other lesson may be learned from this wonderful record in voluntary merg- ing of hundreds of lines, as a new measure it shows what can be done when carriers and shippers cooper ate. Publicists who used to write about the false railroad methods em- ployed in operating the roads, and the economic waste that resulted, would find it hard to pick flaw with the methods now in use by the war board.
 If Dudley Field Malone thought he was going to make President Wilson shed tears by resigning as protest against the treatment of 'tsuff" pickets, he has already discovered his mistake. If Nicholas Romanoff fails to keep out of monarchistic plots, he's apt to be con- fronted some day in quiet Tobolsk by the more or less familiar apparition of wild-eyed Russian with a bomb, Hello there, old boyl" MT. Bryan and Sir Cecil spring-Rice bumped into each other in the corridors of the state department. The delightful informali- ties of the great!
 I; * *
 Having voted dry" Dallas may lose the patronageso great many prosper ous cattlemen who foregathered there in days gone by and got rid of enormous bank rolls.
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 It is considered good form to jest while Teuton airmen are raiding London. Still, it's no reflection on Londoners if some of their jokes are a trifle forced. There are doubtless times when the King of Sweden wishes his pro-German spouse were Somewhere in Germany fos the duration of the war.
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 Maine voted against woman suffrage but Maine may have been a trifle prejudiced by the antics of those. female hooligans in Washington.
 Don't make your wife kitten" ad- vises magazine writer. In the natu- cat.
 While the Germans may dislike being called Huns, the word is certainly an in spiration to our patriotic poets
 
 Argentina now has first-class op- portunity to line up with the nations who are battling for democracy
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 There's nothing like little cold steel to make the Boche forget his obliga- tions to the Kaiser.
 Count Luxburg in the role of a fox seems to have left tracks like a pachy- derm.
 The old guard-in spiked helmets: Bo- rah, Gronna, LaFollette and Norris.
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 It's up to the Swedish people to show where they stand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
VALE.

The time-worn straw we now discard, And not without regret; It stood up well heath usage hard
 And many times got wet, But shelter gave us all the while
 And broke the suns fierce rays. And travelled with us many mile
 Through long, midsummer days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
CORRECT.

From the Oxford Tribune.
 The Age-Herald devoted it's leading editorial last Sunday to the all absorb ing and perplexing question of whether it is correct to say 'the bread raises or rises" One thing we do know she's up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
INDIREcr REFusAL.

Suppose I were to ask you to lend me s1o for few days, what would you say?"
 Why, don't know exactly" replied Titephist, ''but suspect that my reply would cause you to make a similar in- quiry elsewhere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
A KEEN APPETITE.

A KEEN APPETITE. Why did you insist on your office boy putting stamps on all those letters be- fore he went out to lunch?p
 Because he licks stamp when he's hungry in just about third of the time it takes him to lick one when his stom- ach's full"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
Praise for Scribes

T have one rule for newspaper pee ple." stated o. l. Bum. land that is to be absolutely fair with all report CTS, putting the items down where all anything for publication.
 q believe that the average reporter has his city's interest at heart and that he will not print a story regard : ing an industry unless he Knows that he is not going to injure the prospect of getting that industry for Birming ! nam. At least. that is my experience with newspaper folks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
UNUSUAL CHARACTER.

A, man who makes a hit with me Is William Abner Barr, Who's friendly, though l fail to see The good points of his car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
War Spirit Evident

T had very pleasant vacation" said August Hirsch. T spent several weeks at the Hotel Nassau at Long Beach. This is the hotel where Madame Sarah Bernhardt has been recuperating. The Sundays, but during the week the crowd was not uncomfortable. Everybody in the east is talking and thinking about the war. It is hard for us down here to ralize how excited they are about it.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
HARD TO DECIDE.

HARD TO DECIDE. The high cost of living Is the cause of much rue, But the high cost of dying Being added thereto, Doth lead to conjectures That are truly profound, Whether one should pass out or Still finger around.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
Tent Meefings

T have at last got gospel tent erect ed at the corner of Eleventh street and Woodlawn avenue south," said Rev G. w. Wilburn, pastor of the Hamilton crowds are coming out to preaching and to hear the singing, led by Prof Stephen Allsop. who had charge of the big chorus in the Gypsy Smith meetings. I am ex- pecting a good meeting. The public is cordially invited to any of the services"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
THE GREATER 1uxuRY.

T hear Mrs. Calder is in the hospital again.
 Yes. She wanted a new town car this year. but MT. Calder told her firmly that she could not have new car and an op- eration, too so naturally she chose the operation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
Camps Help Business

T just ran by from Atlanta on my way to my home at New Orleans to see my brothers" said Reese C. Barnett, who travels out of the Crescent City for a big rubber concern. There are two mill itary camps in my territory, one a can tonment and the other an aviation camp, and they certainly add to the life and to the business of the communities in which they are situated. Louisiana has had great crops and the outlook for business is good Being in the automobile access sory line, am greatly interested in good roads and the Pelican state is certainly building some great highways
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
Car tn VinesxilIe

T thought I knew all of the car lines" said N. c. Montgomery, but the other night I saw one that. car- ried a sign which read vinesville. knew there was such place in Jeff ferson county, but I did not know there was a special car going to it. Upon inquiry I found that there was one leaving the city every night at 6:10. It is between Birmingham and Besse- mer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
Prophet Weatherly

My prediction that the war would end December 19 of this year still holds good" said James Weatherly.t
 Although, as stated when made this prediction last spring. am not one of the old, experienced seers. I believe that the fulfillment of this prophecy will place me among the high lights of our most illustrious soothsayers.
 But seriously and confidentially. would hate like the dickens for my first real prognostication in the big league prophecies to go awry. have a hunch that it would discredit me i'll the foretold profession.
 But seriously again, events seem tu be shaping themselves for peace some- time along about the date I mem toned"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
Resorts Crowded

T had a great summer vacation said B. M. Allen. the well known attorney. I made a considerable swing around, going as far east as Boston and south as far as Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs and everywhere the resorts were crowded
 The European war kept thousands in this country who were in the habit of running across the pond for the summer. l am glad to get back to Birmingham and still think something ought to be done to get a highway to Lock IT,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12

1t is the witness stilI of excellence To put strange face on his own per lection. K Much Ado About Nothing,
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
sB. A. c. Basketball

There is some talk that the Bir- mingham Athletic club will not be represented in basketball this season . said J. D. Beavins secretary. "This is erroneous, however, as we have no in . tention of discortinuing the sport which has made our institution ia : nous.
 The games may not be up to the standard of former seasons. but can see no reason why they should not be equally as hard fought. The Atlanta Athletic club lost all of their stars, but we have yet to lose any of our performers
 The club, however, has been hit exceedingly hard by the war. I sup pose that over 100 active. members have either volunteered or been draft : ed. Of this fact everyone in the or ganization is proud"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
In Birmingham 40 Wears

T have been living in Birmingham 70 years said John D. Strange, the lawyer When I came here it had 1900 inhabitants.
 ' have just stopped here on a busy downtown corner to watch the rush, and can hardly believe my eyes when I look up and see the skyscrapers and the street cars filled with thousands Magic City, and more so to those who have grown up with it than to those who have moved in since it got to be metropolis"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12

I want the men who land to go into office backed by such an overwhelming force of intelligent public opinion as to be able to set our economic house in order, and then they can go about ask ing us to make sacrifices in order that every man can have the maximum of security and the maximum of well being for the money that he is contributing to run the citys finances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12

Tt made me real homesick to read MT. Barnett's article on the Chatta- hoochee river" said William J. Wise of Caheen Brothers.
 T was reared on it's banks and have had many a swim in it's rapid waters, and then have known for years Char ley Wingate, the steamboat pilot of whom he spoke. He Is still on the river, and is on one of the govern ment boats. The Chattahoochee at one time was a busy river between Colum- bus and Apalachicola bay"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12

Remittanees can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-H Herald sRln not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address.
 THE AGE HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12

If the plain facts are brought before the voters of Birmingham, the fair minded and progressive people without doubt will be found to be in the major ity, and will support the best men to carry out liberal and sane policies. Con necessary developments cannot Be se- cured. No man likes to pay taxes, but he will do it with better grace if he believes that the amount asked of him Is needed and will be, economically spent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Theft of SIX Shirts

RgHHEN tJEENN
 T believe I have at last broken up ene gang of thieves who have been roooing us of silk shirts" said L. T. stern the head of the mems furnish ing department in Louis saks. T caught one not long ago in the act with the goods on him and had him ar- rested and fined and his pals must have lert town, as we have been unable to locate them since he was jailed"