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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
WOMAN'S CLO1THIlES

unconventional conduct and its plain inn p1;cations. Similarly immodest, and al most equally so, is the girl who, to at tract attention, goes to extremes in the matter of short skirts for street wear or low gowns in the evening; the girl who wishes to copy the daring" after- noon costume worn in Paris by the "boul- gown worn for advertising purposes by a professionally immodest frequenter of Maxim's or the Dead Rat
 The young woman of this inclination sometimes an indiscreet adolescent who will learn better before it is too late, and sometimes a person of settled convictions and sophisticated intentions-always is to certain extent In evidence. Short skirts and peekaboo waists do not pro- vide her only daylight opportunity Off of the shoulders evening gowns are not her only means of achieving salacious- ness and conspicuosity after dinner. When skirts were tight she wore the tightest; when underskirts were light she wore the lightest; when skirts were full she wore the fullest, but invariably she contrived to be provocative. bent in that direction can be revealed no mat ter what the styles of the day.
 "A woman's clothes someone has said, should be sentiment expressed in fabrics'' They are, at any rate, her sem tments expressed in cut. The indiscreet girl, the gay girl, the tough girl, the girl beyond redemption, employ in their respective ways and effectively each style in itss period
 Is there any period in which the girl who is in intention discreet is made im- st1r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
Climax of Tragedy

"The Age-Herald's announcement of the death of Dave Overton, by extra, created a great sensation on the streets of Birmingham last night said E. C. Robinson.
 Tt came as the climax of perhaps the bloodiest tragedy in tho annals of the state. The story of terrible murder at Huntsville, the sensational trial in that city and Overton's final death in the suburbs of Birmingham reads like one of the feuds of old Kentucky; and one can hardly bring himself to realize that it all occurred within the confines of this state.
 ''The Age-Herald extra, which appeared on the streets shortly after the death of Overton. which occurred about o'clock. fully covered the tragedy; and the peo- pie of Birmingham read the account with absorbing interest," ~4a4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
Golf Tournament

q am greatly interested in the southern golf tournament which will be held at the Roebuck Golf and Auto club in June,' said Robert H. Baugh "Birmingham Is a great golf town and we are going to do everything possi- ble to make the tourney this year the greatest held in sometime.
 Birmingham always has number of entries We are going out to get a number of players from other cities. Last year the tourney was held in Dal- las and was largely attended Bir- min ngham, is more central point, how ever. and even greater entry list is expected.
 Bob Jones. the brilliant young player of Atlanta and Perry Adair, an other young phenom, will both be here. We are expecting all of the prominent players in the south to attend in other words. The playing dates of the tour- ney will be June to 9, inclusive'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
Cotton States
Changing Rank

Changing Maal&
 lE OR several years Alabama had A held third place in cotton pro- duction in the list of states, but ow- ing to the torrential rains of last summer and the ravages of the boil weevil it dropped to seventh place. It used to be that Mississippi ranked third, but when Alabama moved up it was believed that this state would hold third place indefinitely. Arkan- sas is now third.
 The question is, How long will it take Alabama to regain her normal position? That depends. The weevil was worse here last year than in any other state. The farmers had been urged to reduce their cotton acreage. They diversified their crops, and had it not been for the floods Alabama's cotton belt would have been better off than when they planted a full crop of cotton.
 This year the farmers are being ad- vised to plant more cotton than in 1916, but hot as much as in the rec ord-breaking year, 1914. In that year the crop in the United States totaled 16,134,930 bales. Alabama produced nearly 100000 bales. Last year the production in this state was only 532, 1926 bales. This year with more favorable weather conditions the crop might reach S00,0O0 or O,O00 bales, but not tenth of the entire crop as was the rate in ten-year average before the boil weevil got here. But with more grain and forage, more vlevet beans, more peanuts, more sweet potatoes and more live stock Alabama farmers will increase in wealth if they do not actually roll in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
Making Good Start
 As Free CoWmGry

1D USSIA is making good start as 4ApIoT ueqM 'uo!4eu eeIJ ~ Milner, member of the war council of the British cabinet, was sent to Petrograd recently to urge Emperor Nicholas to yield to the demands of liberal leaders for reforms along democratic lines it was believed in London that a revolution was about to be organized, and it was feared that it might be a repetition of the great French revolution. Plans for the upheaval were kept out of the newspapers and even members of the diplomatic corps could only surmise that something revolutionary was about to happen.
 Had the Czar acted upon Lord Mill ner's advice the coup which abolished the monarchy might never have been. But an autocrat is hard to convince. < Nicholas contended, as Russian rulers had contended for long years before him, that the masses were not ready for the electoral franchise and would never be capable of self government.
 But the hour had struck. By a revolution, with virtually no violence, the people of Russia were freed at last from their bondage.
 The manifesto issued by the pro- visional government is an admirable document calm, patriotic and reso- lute. It narrates the history of the Duma and the struggles that cul- minated in revolutionary methods. There is no exultant phrase in it. Its dominant note is liberty of conscience. It has the ring of sincerity and is pcrmeated with human sympathy.
 In the circumstances the committee charged with framing the manifesto might have been pardoned had they indulged in language more or less
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
Eight-Hour Law

The eight-hour law will have little eff feet upon the schedules and number Of men employed by the railroads in the Birmingham district for the present. The Adamson bill does not prohibit the train men from working more than eight hours, but makes a basic eight-hour day
 l.. Sevier J. H. Doughty and other gen. eral agents in Birmingham reported that the changes which would follow the in troduction of the basic eight-hour day will be worked out later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
HOTEL LOBBTEs
Birmingham Best of All

Birmingham is certainly the town, v said o. l.. Bum, manager of the Bir- mingham traffic bureau.
 You hear a lot of talk about Atlanta, but people in Birmingham should realize that they have it all over that town, when it comes to having a real city At lanta is made up of lot of fine people, who are expert boosters. but I expect if you only knew it half the time they are boosting, they have their fingers crossed. Whereas. in Birmingham, you have lots to boost.
 Tn Atlanta there are a lot of rail- road offices, and distributing offices for various concerns, but their industries are as nothing compared with those of Br- mingham. l have studied practically all of the southern cities, and to my mind Birmingham is the best of them all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
SMILES
From the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post
 A Chicago girl won a prize in a con test for the sweetest smile. A sweet smile is the genuine smile that comes as a fruit of sweet soul. pure heart and a gentle nature There is nothing com parable to it. There may be pretty smiles that are not sweet. The girl who wants to smile right must have care for her soul, heart and disposition. She always marries early and well and is an artist in frying chicken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
Why Are Negroes
Le@YImg Glhe S@WGI


 Leaving the South?
 THE EMERALD this morning
 0 publishes statements made by several prominent negro pastors of the Birmingham district regarding the negro exodus from southern to northern states. These breaches have large and influential churches. They are men of intelligence who are fa- miliar with local conditions and under stand the sentiment among colored people. Their views are worthy of consideration by all persons, whether white or black, who have the best interests of the south at heart.
 Contrary to the opinion previously formed, it is not the worthless negroes, the riffraff of the race, who are leaving in such large numbers. There are, to be sure, many poor ne- groes among them who have little more than the clothes on their backs, but others have property and good positions which they are sacrificing in order to get away at the first op- portunity.
 ! Rev. T. w. Coffee, presiding elder l of the. Bessemer district, A. M. E. church, says: "Too many people have l the idea that it is the alley negroes, ] the shiftless class, that are discon- tented and leaving. This is great error. Many of the very best among us are leaving and others are in a state of unrest which we hope our white friends will help to compose 1 instead of fomenting."
 Various reasons are assigned for the migration of negroes from the south to the north. It was believed for awhile that they we're lured away by the glowing reports of labor agents who promised high wages, easy work and better living condi- tions. But there is something more behind their going, something that lies deeper than temporary discon- l tent and the wish to try new en- vironment merely for the sake of a | free trip on the railroads.
 The entire negro population of the 1 south seems to be deeply affected. l The fact that many negroes who went north without sufficient funds and without clothing to keep them warm 1 have suffered severely and have died in large numbers, has not checked i the tide leaving the south. It was exs pected that the negroes would come back, sorry that they ever left, but comparatively few have returned. With the approach of warmer weather the number going north will increase. In two years the negro population of 1 Chicago has increased 30,000 and 10000 more are expected this spring and summer.
 | Birmingham does not want to lose 1 it's substantial negro citizens, nor ] can it afford to lose the negro la borer. The leaders seem powerless to prevent their people from leaving. The white people of the south should lend whatever aid is desired of them to get at the causes of the universal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
A PARAGON.
|, certainly a

Your new stenographer is certainly beauty. but is she enicientg'
 Don't breathe word about it." an- swered the proud employer, "and I'll tell YOU the truth. That girl devotes as much attention to business as if she didn't have a chance in the world to get mar red"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21

 Universal Service
 Earnestly Urged IWHEN Senator Chamberlain first w proposed a measure for uni- versal military training and service, he had comparatively few supporters. All the professional pacifists were emphatic in their opposition to it. Nothing can change them. They will never agree to any legislation seeking to make soldiers of our young men. Many congressman have been passive but now that a strong tide of public sentiment in favor of universal serv- ice law is rising the feeling on Con- gress will soon become pronounced on the right side.
 The high officers of the army, in- cluding Maj. Gen. Hugh l.. Scott, the chief of staff, have approved a bill worked out in detail by the war col lege that would require one year of intensive training for all boys of suit able age.
 Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood, in reply ing to critic of military prepared ness at the Economic club dinner the other day said he spoke earnestly be- cause a doctrine had been proclaimed by one of the speakers that war "means the murder of your men, the violation of your women and the ruin of your country" After enlarging upon his subject General Wood went on to say: "No one but a wanton would advocate sending a volunteer army of untrained men against the trained forces of this day" | In commenting upon the generals speech, the New York Sun said: "The fundamental blunder of the pacifist position could not be more strongly stated. The mother who does not raise her son to be a soldier raises him to be a victim to the first soldierly people who may invade his country"
 A campaign of education for uni versal training is now in progress. The response is sure to be favorable. l Forty men were arrested in Chicago the other day. A search of their cloth | ing revealed 10 cents and bottle of whisky. The police thereupon decided that they were not well known in bank ing circles.
 | Some of the negro pastors in Birming- ham are finding their flocks so dimin- shed by the exodus to the north that it is hardly worth while to pass the collec- tion plate.
 { The railroad operators are receiving many compliments. but they can't for get the fact that they will have to pay out many millions of dollars in increased wages
 The high cost of food is compelling sa- 1 Icon keepers to abolish free lunch People living in dry states take merely an aca- demic interest in the passing of free I lunch.
 LaFollette's filbuster is being de- fended by some of his followers in Wis consin. The chances are that most of them speak German fluently. The Kaiser has stopped the deportation of Belgians to Germany It is too late now to remedy one of the worst blunders Germany ever made.
 |
 No American lives were lost in the Rus sian revolution. As matter of fact. the Russian revolution gave the undertakers very little to do.
 It is stated that Uncle sam will drive German submarines from the seas. How ever, that's easter said than done. Ask John Bull
 1 Can the Czar come back?" asks the Pittsburg Dispatch. Not chance. The czar trained with the wrong people.
 < < ] As the days go by, the erstwhle ter ribIe Turk is less and less inclined tc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
TROUBLES GALORE.

"she married diamond in the rough you say?"
 "oh, yes, and she's having pretty hard time with him, according to her fashionable friends"
 Any particulars?"
 well, for one thing, he isn't yet pol ished to such an extent that he won't create disturbance when he comes home and finds her smoking perfumed cigar cites"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A WEAKNESS.

A man who makes
 The best of life, And still survives
 Misfortunes rife; Superior
 To earthly ills, Like sicknesses
 And monthly bills, Will yet affect
 Objection deep And even say
 He cannot sleep, Because, forsooth,
 He's losing hair And soon will find His dome quite bare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
QUITE so.

Tt occurs to me"
 'well?"
 That if the gilded scions of wealthy Ia small business as they are to drive a large motor car, there would soon be a considerable addition to the list of names in Dun and Bradstreet."
 PLEASANTLY MISSED. "Too bad about the Grabcoins'' Whats happened to them?" "The war has kept them away from Paris for more than two years, according to Mrs. Grabcoin."
 Do you suppose Paris is aware of that?"
 NO, but Mrs. Grabcoin talks as if her absence were a source of profound re- gret to all the capitals of Europe"
 CONFUSED. Whats wrong with our navy?" asked the excitable man.
 How do know?" replied the weary newspaper reader. "All know about the navy is what the experts say, and no two of them say the same thing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21

BEGINNING THE DAY-GOd be praised that | have . Father in heaven. | have a friend and coun- sellor above the travail and limita- tions of this time. I have recourse in any day of need. The world may fn some awful emergency become barren of family or friend or help, but I shall still have God--my Father in heaven.-H. M. F..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
A DECIDED DIFFERENCE.

When perspiration's streaming down your
 face
 And sultry waves are rising from the street,
 Perhaps your sufferings will then erase l The bitterness of winters snow anu seet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
BLIGHTED CAREER.

1T wonder why the Dabsons have sud- denly lost their interest in the movies?'
 Haven't you heard the latest neigh borhood gossip?"
 "Evidently not"
 "Gerty Dabson, who went away to be- come an idol of the screen, is home again." PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21

unrest among the negroes and try to remedy the conditions which are driv- ing them to seek homes elsewhere.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-30
GIu lTER iNEQUrTY.

Wc have called attention already 20
the fact that when rho nation needed
money ogen Democrats f.d not hes.-
tatc 20 clll upon the tariff 90 ease the
situation The par'y oi course. has
always held that the very principle
of aun was wrong. and that what
ever tariff vas tolerated should be
ns negligible as circumstances would
permit Every device under the gun
has been n ed By the present admin
istratlon 20 find ways Of raising money
10 meet the nations demands without
rcsorting to tariff Increases But at
last they have come 10 H. According
10 the present proposition the froc
list will be no more and everything
subject to urn charges wll be in
creased fiat 10 per cent This is a
tardy and grudRing acknowledgements
Of the efficacy Of tho tariff as o. reyc-
uue-producer but even this idea is
messed up by characteristic stupidity
Of those who claim 10 make laws for
ua Horizontal" Hiu Morrison never
proposed anything more absurd.
We aIl agree that the present tariff
law is miserable moustrou'y It's
npoloplsis are few and its defenders
fewer Rut lt o. rendered even more
monstrous by this flat 10 per cent adj
dition. i's Inequalities are made an
the more unequal Tho bl1ndore in
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-30
NOLU NTNRY CENSORSHIP.

a reading of the governments I'M
strucuoue Io the press for thoir voun-
forlly regulating The nows 70 conform
fo what the president believes BE- the
nations welfare iu thia emergency. one
iH struck with the rcasouabloncss of
tine requirements There may bc
.oscr concealed in tho document. Of
'ourec. bui lt looks all right ana tho
prow OF 'ho country iu general Will
not hesitate 10 patr,oticaly follow us
Ilrortlona How FAR 'hm voluntary
censorship Will go in preserving the
secrets of the government is yet "a
matter of conjecture. II ls hoped that
lts workings may bc so satisfactory
that the proposed stringent measures
in the espionage bin may be rendered
altogether unnecessary People. oapc-
cinlly those people who arc IN tho
newspaper business. are suspicious OF
anything so ful Of tyruunical posi-.
bnitics ns the espionage act II places
d tremendous power I'm the hands Of
he president. If he can and viii
ilways exercise those powers wisely
md Justly there can be no danger.
Nevertheless II puts In the hands of
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-30
\ BATTLE OF WITS.

A prominent business man ~ ma
,ional connections is anxious 10 see
Mr. Hoover match bis wits against the
wheat spoculators and the beef trust.
lie fears that Uncle sam ls not looking
well enough No. his own lnrdcr before
dealing u out unfortunately 10 our
allies II only rambling could Doe
eliminated. this country and Canada
could meet AN reasonable requirements
ana siill Keep the price within logical
limits The chief reason why our sta
pie cereals are selling ut the present
inflatcd values is because. while the
allied nations were bidding against
each other Tor the purchase Of our
supplies. crafty German agents made
"a prctonsc OF buying too 30 ua to en-
courage the boosuug of prices and
make them pay nH dearly as possible
Tor whnt they got incidentally thcy
aided the kaiser by impoych.hIug the
nations opposed to hlm and helped
10 unfit America for assisting them.
The government stepped in and
checked Tho gambling but not until
the prices had gone out Of all reason.
The American consumer OF 2l5 and
SIS flour a the patient victim of this
International cupldlty
There never was any good reason
for the price Of flour flying to amy
such dizzy hD.rht Nobody H amy
better Off for DO ,Nr,pt tho Gambler.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-30


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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-30
Twin souls.

81 hate the movies"
81 can't sell my scenarios. either
Sour owl,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-30

II. F. BROWN yesterday afternoon for.
teitcd a So bond. lie had been arrested
Tor exceeding the speed limit
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-30
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The nonpartisan leader., 1917-11-08

an maid up my mind that I'd try to
wiggle outen this wun. walked back,
sot down in my cheer, picked up wun
Nv the seegars that jumped outen the
box when I hit the table, struck a
match an lit it. While wuz doin' this
Crafty peered at me outen the corner
Nv hiz left-hand eye. I got up an
walked around an sot down on the
edge NV the table, close to him an
placed my hand on his shoulder.
Crafty, ole sport" I sed, IT hope
you'll pardon my rashness, but you
know I'm gitten to be troubled with
theze nervus spells jist like you air.
I hope you don't think I ment emmy
thing in my recent, lamented remarks.
I hope-I hope-I-"
DO you mean it?" he asst, lookin' up.
assured him that I most shorely
did. He hung hiz he'd agin an rubed
hiz hans together, lookin' down at the
floor.