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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28
Birn1ningham's s Need
 Of Am AwdiGoriwrn

17NHAT Birmingham needs a large, H modern auditorium for conven- tions and musical festivals has long been an admitted fact. It is an oft told tale-this handicap of Birming- ham without an auditorium. And the handicap will be felt especially in the week of April 15. Two large conven- tions will assemble here then-the music biennial and the United States Good Roads association.
 Birmingham is in the first class of cities as regards hotel accommoda- tions. No city in the south, not even Richmond, noted for its splendid hostelries, surpasses Birmingham in respect of hotels. And Richmond is the only city that approaches Bir- mingham in the matter of hotels. New Orleans has two large hostelries and Atlanta has several; but neither can compare with Birmingham. And yet Birmingham is behind them all in convention hall accommodations.
 This city owns several parks. One or two of them would provide ad- mirable sites for civic auditorium such an auditorium as would have ac- commodated the multitude that pressed to see and hear William How
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28
THE REPUBLIC

By Henry Warsworth Longfellow. Thou, too sail on, 0 Ship of State! Sail on, o Union, strong and great! Humanity with all it's fears, With all it's hopes of future years. Is hanging breathless on thy fate! We know what master laid thy keel, What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel. Who made each mast. and sail, and rope. What anvils rang. what hammers beat. In what forge and in what heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope! Fear not each sudden sound and shock, Iris of the wave and not the rock: 'Tis but tho Tapping of the sail. And not rent made by the gale! In spite Of rock and tempest's roar. In spite of false lights on the shore, Haii on. nor fear to breast the seat Our hearts our hopes arc all with thee, Our hearts. our hopes, our prayers. our
 tears.
 Our faith triumphant OCT our fears, Are siI with the6- -are all with thee! Y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28
ADRIFr WITH THE TIMES
TEST OF OPTIMISM

TEST OF OPTIMISM The guns of battle thunder Across the oceans foam And statesmen are predicting They'll soon be heard at home It takes no little courage.
 Amid these troubles rife, To get in tune with morning And sing the joys of life.
 SARCASM "PI never carry another intoxicated friend home to his wife" Why not9p "The last time I tried it the lady came downstairs, looked us over coldly and said. Deliver all packages in the rear "
 TRYING EXPERIENCE How was the play?" Rather dull' You didn't have any tense moments during the performance?"  "oh, yes. A man weighing not less than 25o pounds climbed over me twice to go out and pull himself together for the next act''
 A SACRIFICE 'I hear that Putsdorf has married his landlady." "Yes. Poor fellow. It was most un- fortunate" why so?" He owed six months board and that was the only way he could cancel the debt"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

A bad man sees no good in anybody, and good man sees some good in every- body.
 If the children happen to bo handsome, mother can never see that they resemble father in any respect.
 Father wants to name the boy after a great man. But mother objects because she knows that the boy is going to be a greater man than any man you could name him after.
 Criticism is when the man who can't do thing himself objects to the way 1t is done by a man who can do 1t.
 We have an idea that when politics first came into being the man who voted under the diplodocus thought that any mar who voted under the dinosaurus was a wall-eyed idiot.
 The editor of magazine devoted to women announces that man contributes nothing to the home. The editor must bf an old maid, so we won't bother about referring her to the census reports
 Every time a college produces gir who has the exact measurements of tho Venus de Milo the average man would like to dispute the correctness of tht mea asurements in the hope that he be per. mitted to do his own measuring.
 Isn't 1t funny how a man can be SC afraid that he will ruin his stomach afte, it has happened?
 It makes girl mad not to have dim pies in her cheeks because she knows tha' she has dimples where you can't set them.
 Women are always complaining tha they are abused and imposed upon. But somehow or other. they manage to liv' longer than men.
 What has become of the old d-fashionet man who pulled his pants out of the toI of his boots when he wanted to lool dressed up?
 The reason why. mother thinks it awf1 for daughter to flirt Is because whel mother was daughter sage she was flirt ing with every man in town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28

L. H. Baekeland, in Harper's Magazine
 for April.
 TIN chemistry. as in other practical
 matters. Americans have had the 9 wisdom to direct their energies to the special needs and opportunities of their country. For instance, they have built up the greatest sulphuric acid fndustrury in the world. And they have given so much attention to sulphuric acid simply because it Is a prime requi- site for our superphosphate fertili- gers, our petroleum refining, our ex- plosives for blasting, and the numerous other substances of which the United States is the leading producer. Simi- larly, American chemists originated and developed the largest aluminium industry in the world. which supplies us wieh that lightest of all metals in ever increasing quantities. They built up, from it's very inception, the largest calcium industry, which fur nishes us that new chemical for pro- ducing acetylene light and which, mixed with oxygen, permits us to weld and cut metals by means of burning jet of oxyacetylene-an eneirely new way of cutting steel-melting 1t like butter, instead of slowly cutting or saving it by mechanical devices They built up the largest electrolytic soda industry, in which the powerful elec- trolytic current decomposes common kitchen salt and sets free that green gas chlorine, as well as caustic soda. The public hardly knew this chlorine gas before its horrible use in com- pressed, liquefied condition for trench warfare in tho asphyxating gas-bombs; it's splendid uses for peace. as g puri- fer of our drinking water supplies, as an antiseptic, and as bleaching agent, were hardly ever spoken of. As to caustic soda, it is the base of soap making, of mercerized cotton goods, of soda-pulp for our paper supplies. and 1t has endless other uses in chem ical industries.
 Our chemists were instrumental in providing us with the largest sulphite- cellulose industry. whereby wood is changed into the raw material from which paper Is made, and with our im- mense petroleum refining industry-a succession of chemical treatments and chemical processes. Another American
 chemical industry Is the manufacture
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28
Union Labor Will
 Serve the Nation

T 1NIoN labor of Birmingham does " not indorse the unpatriotic and socialistic resolution passed by the Trades Council Sunday. Prominent union men have expressed themselves in no uncertain terms regarding this unpleasant incident and there is evil dent in all quarters, save among a few disgruntled men who have per- mitted their hatred of capital to blind them to their patriotic duty, desire to set the laboring man right before the public.
 Such resolutions as the one passed by the Trades Council, which did not voice the opinion of majority of it's members, reflect seriously on union labor. It Is source of much satis- faction to friends of the workingmen that they hastened to repudiate such unworthy sentiments.
 To take the attitude that if there is war with Germany the sons of the wealthy class should be sacrificed first is striking at the very foundation of the American government, which is based on liberty and equality. No man who has any self-respect would let another man fight for him at a time of national peril, regardless of the differences that might exist be- tween them. Rich and poor will fight together-the workingman's son and the millionaire's son-and one class will be as quick to volunteer it's serv- ices as the other.
 The unfortunate resolution of the Trades Council should not be taken too seriously. Freedom of speech and freedom of opinion in America have often been carried to an extreme, but such incidents are soon forgotten. They do not make lasting impress sion, because they are contrary to the spirit of the American people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28
Honor the Flag of
 The United States

Honor the Flag of
 The United States M1 EXT to his God, there should be ! N nothing fairer in a mans eyes than his country's flag. At time like this, when it appears that the mettle of American manhood may be tested in a great world-war, in which other nations, cherishing our own national ideals, have raised altars to patriotism and laid thereon the flower of their citizenship, every right thinking American should regard the stars and stripes with increased reverence.
 There are not enough American flags flying in Birmingham. A few are to be observed, but every public and semi-public building in town should have a flag pole and flag. This is particularly true of the tall office buildings. "Old Glory" Haunt ing in the breeze that always fans the top of skyscraper is an inspiring sight. Birmingham should lose no time in bringing out all the available flags. It would not be amiss to fly the national emblem from private res idences, while 1t is certainly befitting that all school children be taught to honor the flag.
 The United States, known to the Russian peasant, the Polish Jew, the Turk ridden Armenian, the sleepy eyed oriental and all the races of the earth as the cradle of human liberty, should certainly be as much beloved by it's citizens as France or England. Yet, we have grown careless. Even when we are on the verge of war with powerful European nation, we are still indifferent to our flag and only within a short time have we learned to stand up when the national anthem is played
 By all means raise the stars and stripes over your place of business or your home, and when the wind has whipped it to tatters, raise another flag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28

varnishes, soaps, rubber substitutes, hnoleum, waterproof goods and lubri- cants."
 Travellers who have visited Japan recall shoyu (soy sauce), misc (bean cheese), tofu (bean curd) and natto (steamed beans). The familiar soy is the chief ingredient.
 A vegetable milk is produced from the soy bean, forming the basis for the manufacture of different kinds of vegetable cheese" This milk is used fresh and a form of condensed milk is manufactured from it. "All of these foodstuffs," says a food specialist, fare used daily in Japanese homes, and for the poor classes are the prin- cipal source of protein"
 The countries of Europe were some what slow in recognizing the value of the soy bean, but it is found in culti- vation in most of them now. It re- ceives great attention in France and England.
 Says the New York Sun: Follow ing the recent production in the south ern states of bean cake and oil from American grown beans, fertilizer manufacturers have taken an active interest in the fertilizing possibilities of the meal, but analysis by the United States department of agricul- ture have shown that while soy bean meal, like cotton seed meal, has high fertilizing value when applied directly, a more economical practice would be to feed the meal to stock and apply the resulting manure to the soil. Extensive tests with domestic beans indicate that one ton of seed will yield an average of 30 gallons of oil and 1900 pounds of meal"
 As Alabama farmers have proved themselves eager to keep in the pro- gressive line, a bumper soy bean crop should be the outcome of this years planting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28
More About the
 Soy Bean Crop

1H HE soy bean has long been valued 4 in the agriculture of Asia and it is now beginning to be known as . universal favorite in crop classifi- cation. Considered from every angle, the world over, it comes near being the greatest crop.
 The soy bean is not only fine food for cattle, and it's oil and other by products good for man, but it is of exceptional value in fertilizing the soil. Every farmer has been made familiar with the soy beans varied ~potentialities, but the more in- forniation the United States depart ment of agriculture imparts about this wonderful vegetable the more ap- peal it has for the wide-awake hus- bandman throughout the country. An immense soy bean crop will be planted in the west and south this spring. Alabama should come well to the front in this comparatively new farming activity.
 The experts of the agricultural de- partment are exploiting the bean as never before. The soy article may be utilized in greater number of ways than almost any other product. "The whole bean," says one expert, "may be utilized for food as are the seeds of other legumes, or the oil alone may he consumed" The oil resembles that c& cotton seed.
 "In addition to its availability as g .ood soy bean oil" says an authority sshas foind important uses in the mar ketssof the world for making paints.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28
THE DIFFERENCE

why is gambling debt any more debt of honor than any other kind of ob- ligation?'
 "oh, my dear sir! You don't under stand the mental processes involved. When gambler wins sum of money and falls to get it his disappointment is 10 times as keen as that of the merchant who, for instance, sells you bill of goods and whistles for his money
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28
CAN'T BE DONE

Good heavensl This chorus has next to nothing on.''
 You will notice that everyone of those girls seems unconscious of the fact that she has next to nothing on.''
 That's true"
 well you should try to put yourself in the same frame of mind''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord. pray that Thy kingdom may come and when Thou wouIdst bring 1t to me I flee. I am afraid of the very blessing which l crave. am not ready to pay my part. am not ready for the baptism Wherewith Thou vast baptized. am not ready for the tears and the labor and the renunciation. Amen.-H. VI. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28

wiler and pass unnoticed. and left to him. self wouldn't know dozen people. and yet his modesty makes him g very likable young man.
 We sat and talked for an hour and when got up to go felt that 1t was good for baseball to have such man as Johnson in the game. And there are many others like him. Here Is hoping that the managers will keep the great American game out of the hands of tho gamblers and let 1t continue to be what 1t is-the greatest outdoor game in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28

Woe doth the heavier sit, Where 1t perceives it is but faintly borne. --Richard IT.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28
,TMouLD SEEM so

DO you consider 1t an affection for person to have his photograph taken with a book in his hand?'
 q. do when he has to borrow the book"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28
HOTEL LOBB1Es
Billy Sunday Praises south

Billy Sunday, who has been urged tc
 come to Birmingham to convert the min ions of the devil. is strong on nerve, as
 well as slang
 In fact, the renowned evangelist told the northerners of Boston that "the truest, the purest. the finest men and women in America are below the Mason and Dixon line"
 This was the verbatim statement of Billy Sunday in the Tabernacle at Boston:
 Sixty-eight per cent of the men of the south are in the church. Why? You may not like it, but the truest, the purest, the finest men and women in America are south of the Mason and Dixon line. That's the reason it took 3O,O00, GOO peo- pie to lick s,OOOO00. There's more pure blooded Americans south of the Mason and Dixon line than anywhere else in this country. That's why so many of those men are Christians. 1 say that boys in blue and fought against them. They were hard to lick down there, be- cause they were real Americans. So south of the Mason and Dixon line they have got the north licked to a frazzle in re- ligion and in morals"
 People Are Patriotic When Aroused
 The American people are probatxsI among the least demonstrative about their patriotic feelings in ordinary times of almost any people on the globe" said w. M. Sorrell, we'll known Birmingham attorney, yesterday. However, when the real test comes, and the situation be- comes sufficiently grave to detract the average man from his attention to busi ness, the American can be as demon strative as the Frenchman.
 While the people of Birmingham are still apparently more or less uncon- cerned about the probable war and the real gravity of the situation, once our country is actually in conflict with Ger many, there will be a marked change. Another thing that accounts for much of the apparent indifference is the fact will amount to nothing beyond con fliet in which the navy will take part.
 However, it is becoming more certain every day that large army of possibly l. 100000 men will be raised by this gov ernment once war is declared. The United States could not afford to sit idle after we get into the fight with Ger many. We can't afford to rely upon the fleet of Great Britain to keep the Gel mans, the most powerful military nation in the history of the world, from our shores. Some of the other members of the entente allies might make peace terms which would not be acceptable to the United States, and we would then be left to fight Germany alone with navy no more than her equal, and with no army at all, compared with her mill lions of trained veterans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28
WALKING INTO A TRAP

The Teuts opine the time is ripe
 To strike a blow at Petrograd; They may find, as in hunting snipe, The denouement is rather sad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28
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P. S.-If you want to get baseball dope read Fred Bodeker's page of sports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28

convention city par excellence Of the south.
 Let's Have Thorough
 Spring Cleanimg A IL seasons invite cleanup ac- GA tivities, for good health de- bends largely upon the strict ob- servance of sanitary laws; but the spring of the year calls for concerted action in this line of endeavor. A In recent years the "city beautiful" idea has taken strong hold upon the people of Birmingham. With the first signs of spring come thoughts of gar dens. Violets have been in bloom nearly all winter, and large beds of spring and summer flowers are being nurtured
 No home is beautiful home with out flowers, but no home can be rightfully called beautiful unless the law of cleanliness is observed. The first of April is cleanup time for Birmingham. Every back yard, as we'll as every front yard, should be spick-span. And when every vestige of dirt is removed then let every householder go to work all the harder on his flower beds.
 The bar has been closed in one of New Yorks best known hotels However, a thirsty mortal may still drop into the restaurant and send a pussy-footed waiter for any number of drinks he may desire.
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 The revolution in Russia will hasten the settlement of the Irish question. Yet, there probably wasn't an Irishman in the world who thought any good could come out of Russia.
 * s; * It is much more pleasant to watch mo- ton pictures of presidential inaugura- ton than to stand out in a blizzard for hours while the troops march and the bands play.
 The sight of the tricolor raised over their, ruined homes has helped French German inva sion.
 Naturalized citizens who are not willing to fight for their adopted country are simply wasting time in taking out natur- alization papers.
 Birmingham will send Josephus Daniels some recruits for the navy who have been brought up in the strict atmosphere of prohibition.
 The Germans will never forgive them selves if they fail to poison all the wells in the territory evacuated in northern France.
 Won Hindenburg has an indomitable air. according to all his photographs, but never was a man born who couldn't be broken.
 The former Czar of R1lSSio ic coid to weep often. Evidence accumulates that Nicholas Romanoff is the weakest of his line.
 man. is drunk with prosperity" So is little old Gotham, but on a larger scale. By the way, what became of the move ment that was to make the sweet potato popular in all well regulated kitchens?
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 The high cost of living is also affecting patriots who discover that they have to pay more for American flags.
 Even people Who do not pose as war experts declare that the Turk has noth- ing much to live for
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 Luckily for Rasputin he died before democratic Russia got chance to settle scores with him.
 Of course. Uncle Sams credit is good with J. F. Morgan & Co. for a mere trifle like $1,0oo, 900.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28
Must Win Attendance Trophy

q am very desirous of seeing Bir- mingham win the attendance trophy for the largest paid attendance on the opening day of the Southern league season again this year." said Blanks Everett, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. we will hold a meeting Saturday at the Tutwiler hotel to per feet plans for our campaign.
 Birmingham has gained the repu- tation of being the best baseball town in the south, and I think we should hold it. We won the attendance trophy last year, but several towns had more attendance for the entire year than did Birmingham. Give us good team, however. and we will take that honor also.
 q hope the fans will respond again this year and Birmingham will thus be enabled to 'Kop the Kup.' We will have the hearty cooperation of the merchants of the city. and I firmly be- lieve that over 15,000 will witness the opening contest. With 10 days of real campaigning, I believe we will easily accomplish the feat"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28
Union Men Loyal

T was certainly shocked when I read in The Age-Herald the other morning that note of disloyalty to our country had been sounded by the Birmingham Trades counci,'' said Hardie Browne, but I was correspondingly pleased when read how quickly the action of the coun- eli was repudiated by men who have always been stanch and loyal to union principles. It may have been an error Of judgment on the part of those who were responsible for the passage of the resolu- ton, but certain it is that in the time of the nations need many believe that neither private opinions or popular theories should have place in a discussion when matters pertaining to the welfare of the country are concerned. Those who are familiar with the membership of the trades council know that such resolu- tions could not have passed at repre- sentative gathering of that body. and in my opinion it behooves the membership to take such action as to prevent a repetition of all such unwise and nasty action"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-28

Whats your side line?@ L. fired into him., Dogs" said he. ''what breed ?' queried. 'Coon," he answered. Just think of it. He said he wished he could get the chance to hunt them down south. I am surprised that some of the Au- jeans have been in training. did not take him on a hunt Perhaps Clark Griffith. | the astute manager discouraged 1t for fear his priceless pitcher might get lost l in swamp.
 | He said he had a lot of sport in rum ming jack rabbits with greyhounds. Per haps this accounts for his speed. I dare say he could bag few if he went out with pocket full of balls and shot some of his famous drives into them. 1 Yes, he is married. His wife is the only daughter of Congressman Roberts of Montana. When I asked him if she would be willing to retire to farm he said: Sure. she will be-"
 l His two-year-old boy is the joy of 1 his life Johnson Is not a college bred man, but he talked very sensibly about the need of being educated. While he did not have a chance to go to college. I'm sure he is going to give his son the op- portunity.
 asked about Kansas and liquor. He thought whisky was bad for anybody
 T never touch a drop" said he. Tive
 seen it get too many good ball players
 He owned up to drinking soft drinks. Johnson has none of the dash of T,
 Cobb; he could spend . week at the Tut