The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
leader that measured with the giants.

Ellyson had many elements of the
statesman, but he preferred to be
known simply as a politician and
business man. In view of what he had
done for the democratic party he had a
right to expect the states highest
honors.
He ran for the democratic nomina-
ton for governor four years ago and
was defeated. When he ran again this
year his supporters had high hopes of
his landing in the gubernatorial
chair.
Mr.. Ellyson had been SO long in
democratic harness that he had won
something of a national reputation.
His friends in the south will regret
sincerely that he was on the losing
side again this year. But notwith-
standing the fact that he is Confed-
crate veteran, he is still young
young in appearance and young in
feeling. Few Sons of Veterans who
attended the reunion in Birmingham
in 1916 were more active or virile than
J. Taylor Ellyson. In his modest
gray uniform he was the picture of
the soldier on his mettle. Ellyson is
strong enough to try once more for
the governorship, but would it be
worth while? That unwritten law that
no citizen of Richmond can become
governor blocks the way. 1t is I'M
reasonable, to be sure, but no guber-
material candidate who claims the
capital of the old Dominion as his
home, has ever got by.
Popular Concert Night will be OBJ
served at the Zoo again Wednesday
evening" says the Cincinnati Times-Star.
Presumably the mingled believing and
roaring of some Zoo concerts" is not
the popular kind.
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The Reichstag does most of the talking
for Germany, but the Bundesrath decides
what shall be done. You don't hear much
obo,,t +ho Pundaera+b opd theratS /, rea
son. It's the stronghold of autocracy.
While it's no disgrace to be rejected
for a commission in the army, the aver
age young man who gets turned down
feels that his chance of becoming mill
| tary hero has forever gone glimmering.
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| Louis Raemaekers says it would be a
good thing if the Germans were extermi-
mated However, he doesn't expect any
thing of the sort to be done. Neither
does anyone else, for that matter.
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/ A famous ballerina says dancers are al
ways hungry If so, they starve them
selves for arts sake and not because
there aren't any number of rich old boun-
| ders ready to buy them fancy food
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! Must be something. after ali, in the al
! legged slowness of Philadelphia. judging
from the way some of those Philadelphia
papers lambaste the south, they don't
know that the civil war is over.
Oh, well, if one young millionaire
claims exemption on the ground that hi
has a dependent wife, there are plenty
of other young millonaires setting pa
triotic example of self-sacrifice.
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Kaiser Wilhelm's autograph letter t
President Wilson shows tendencies to
ward simplified spelling. but one or tw'
slips of that sort don't necessarily com
nit person to the movement.
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When king gets close enough to tn
. front to hear the big guns roar, hi
, studied calm is intended tc show tina
kings have no fear.
! There may be various and sundry al
ticles on a food pirates desk, but you
never find a photograph of Herbei
Hoover there.
: The German Crown Prince continues
, hurl his men against the French with
fine disregard for human life that an
king might envy.
+ American troops abroad are being give
! whiffs of gas so they will know what
smells like That seems fair enough
X
The Stacker who hides behind won
ans skirts is going to discover that the
are quite transparent to Uncle Sam.
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At any rate, the food pirates didn't |
any grass grow under their feet while II
food control bill was pending.
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It is a curious thing how black mar
character becomes after he has been sh
by his wife.
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New york Correspondence Pittsburg d
patch.