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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
COLUMBIAN NATIVES

From Tn Quest of the Cock of-the- Rock" by Leo E. Miller in the May Scribner.
 Before us passed the motliest crowd imaginable each bearing the fruit of his toll to be appraised and sold in the parties, the men leading decrepit mule that threatened to collapse at every step, laden with fruit and vegetables, firewood, hemp ropes and bags, calabashes, pot tery, or any one of a hundred different things. The wife, acting as auxiliary beast of burden, carried the surplus. A | band passed over the forehead supported the heavy pack; usually small child was carried in sling at her side, while sew eral larger children clung to her skirt or trudged behind. As she walked she | worked. spinning from a bunch of wool or cotton tucked under her arms the spindle, a sharpened stick with a potato stuck on the end, dangling from her hands, The most characteristic occupa- ton of the women Is the making of small fibre bags, or muchilas, from hempen cord. They are meshed entirely by hand as the over-burdened worker trots along. and wher completed somewhat resemble a lady's shopping bag. If the meshes are close, it requires weeks to finish one which would fetch 40 or 50 cents.
 | The men are dressed in loose white cot l ton trousers that come below the knee; l then there is the inevitable square of | homespun woollen cloth, usually brown l sh, gray, or blue, called ruana; the | head is thrust through hole in the centre so that it drapes down to the waist, the corners often touching the ground and giving the same effect as ! the toga of a Roman senator. At night ] the ruana serves the place of blanket
 under which the whole family sleep. A bread-brimmed, high-crowned straw hat | completes the outfit. The women are | fond of dark blue skirts (also the product
 | of their industry, pink waists and a
 shawl Of almost any color so long as it has fringes. Their hats are similar to
 those worn by the men, The feet of | both sexes are, of course, bare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
THE wIND AND rHr sTREAn

By William Cullen Bryant. A brook came stealing from the ground:
 You scarcely saw it's silvery glcam Among the herbs thai hung around
 The borders of the winding stream, The pretty stream, the placid stream, The softly gliding, bashful stream, A breeze came wandering from the sky,
 Light as the whispers ot dream; He put the O'crlanSiny grasses ,y,
 And softly stopped to kiss the stream. The pretty stream, the flattered stream The shy, yet unreluctant stream. The water, as the wind passed OCT,
 Shot upward many a glancing beam, Dimpled and quivered more and more,
 And tripped along, livelier stream, The flattered stream. the simpering
 stream,
 The fond. delighted, silly stream. Away the airy wanderer flew
 To where the fields with blossoms teem, To sparkling springs and rivers blue.
 And left alone that little stream, The flattered stream, the cheated stream. The sad. forsaken. lonely stream That careless wind came never pack:
 He wanders yet the fields, I deem: But. on it's melancholy track,
 Complaining went that little stream, The cheated stream, the hopeless stream, The ever murmuring, mourning stream.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10

Miss Jeanette Rankin, who is soon to be in our midst, says she did not sob when she voted against war. Still she has been vindicated by all the sob sisters, so why worry?
 The Teuton conspirator is convinced that Uncle Sam has even more eyes than the young woman in vaudeville who claims to have thousand
 war tax on chewing gum is proposed. What a pity that the energy that goes to waste in gum chewing can't be utilized to speed up preparedness!
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 Although the Indians are anxious to fight for Uncle Sam, the French have not expressed a wish to hear the war whoop on the firing line
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 The high school girls of Sioux City, Ia., are so busy making their own dresses that they haven't time to sew shirts for soldiers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
LUKE NI'LUKE SAYS

It isn't hard to tell the head of the house. She wears a larger and more ex- pensive hat than the other half of the family.
 A real mother doesn't care how light her purse may be as long as her baby is heavy.
 We are pretty easy in some ways. But no professional wrestler ever used any of our admission money to buy T-Bones and Java.
 Even if a girl has a very skinny arm she hopes you will have sense enough to realize that the rest of her anatomy isn t that way
 If the bride knew the groom as we'll as she is going to know him later on she wouldn't promise to love, honor and obey A naughty princess may sweep into a room when she is around the house. But her mother has to sweep 1t out.
 A man can act mighty important and still be afraid of losing his job Once in a while you will run into a polite and obliging employe of a concern. And the next time you ask for him you will learn that he has been promoted. When you enter room and conversa- tion suddenly hushes and lags, it is a sign that you have been getting yours
 Many an old married man looks back on his matrimonial career and realizes that he has spent one-third of his time working for his wife and two-thirds ir fighting with her.
 It must be the feminine desire to oh- tain something cheap that causes some women to marry some men.
 What has become of the old-fashioned man who used to hire a livery-barn oorse and buggy when he wanted to go ou on joy ride?
 If it is any comfort to the fat men, we will announce that every penitentaiy contains 99 thin men to each fat man. When you notice that a boy has got ten over his contempt for soap you vii know that he has gotten over his con tempt for girls.
 However, we will continue to have faitf ir the men folks as long as they refuse to wear the bows o.l top of thclr hats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
MEANING OF WAR PROSPERITY

business. Selfridge's, in London tells the Canadian stores"
 At another store 1t was said that the rise. in prices was more psychological than actual.
 A woman's clothes allowance is small CT now than it used to be. Qn account of the increased cost of food" this man asserted. Most of her money goes to- ward stocking the pantry, and when she begins to shop everything seems higher. because things she could formerly buy are now beyond her reach. It all reminds me of the tulip craze In London many years ago. For no reason that could be discovered people demanded tulips. The prices rose higher and higher. until tulips sold like diamonds. All of sudden the tulips sold for 2 cents.
 "If people keep their heads there will not be any further rise in prices. But, if the women stop buying, prices will go up; the stores will have to discharge many of their employees. It all goes around in circle, and that woman who stops buying altogether will find her hus- bands wages decreased. The consumer inevitably pays. Depression reacts on everybody. People can meet the increased cost of foodstuffs by having gardens of their own. It would not be easy to bring back the spinning wheel"
 Most of the stores anticipated the scare ity of labor and raw materials and stock ed up heavily, so that the effects are not yet being felt by the public. The Ameri- can manufacturers have been thrown on their own resources, and they have rallied wonderfully. But our entrance into the war is going to mean that most of the raw materials will soar in price, partlcu- larly cotton and wool. and labor will be even scarcer than before. To balance that, however, will be the large amount of money in circulation and the higher wages that come with more munition fac tories. What will happen to prices now depends largely on skillful management by the merchants and absence of panic on the part of the buying public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
--s
 DANIEL WILLARD
Magazine.

From Eyerybodys Magazine.
 Daniel Willard was born to his profess slon. He has always been railroader. His reputation has gone afar His loyalty to the property he heads is sec- ond only to his loyalty to the nation of which he is so active and valuable citizen. He believes that he is, as presi- dent of the Baltimore and Ohio, in no, small degree a public servant. He be- lieves that the highest duty of any car- Tier is to serve the public. And his ac- tions repeatedly show that these beliefs are not the can't of mere words. Hs has builded his railroad into a public servant.
 Willard is straight slim, almost boyish in appearance. His hair is turning gray. but he refuses to grow old
 You no sooner come within. his office than you realize that you are in the presence of an executive-a man born not alone to railroading, but to winning of the respect, the confidence. the co-opera- tion- of his fellows. For here is a man born to command and now come into the fitness of his birthright.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
Gardening is Art

Gardening Is as much an art as any, thing else," said J. w. Wilkes yesterday afternoon. "A great many people have an idea that all that Is necessary to make garden is to get some seed and put it in the ground and let 1t grow, but my experience has been that unless 1t is given constant and careful attention very little result will be attained. I always have good garden and I attribute it to scientific treatment more than anything else. Whenever I notice that something Is not coming up according to schedule, l always look to see what the trouble IS, and if sprout has become twisted over to one side or for any other reason is not doing properly, I always remedy it in time, if possible"
 MT. Wilkes believes that the people of the state will have to depend more than ever this year on their own gardens be- cause of the high price of things and that they should do everything to get the best results out of the smallest area of ground,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
THE RULING PASSION

From the Eagle Grove Qa-) Times Ga
 zette.
 l wish in this manner to thank the lawyers of this city for their sympathy, thoughtfulness and fraternal good will manifested by them in sending to me last Saturday at the Morse hospital a vase of beautiful flowers. Their beauty. fra grance and variety dispelled the gloom that invariably accompanies illness, and inspired me with the hope that will soon recover modicum, at least, of my former health and strength. Gentlemen, I thank you.-Frank G. Yoeman, attor- ney and counselor at law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
FASHIONS AND FRIPPERIEs

The decadence of the American smart set" is often commented on-its devotion to dogs instead of babies. it's slavish ex- penditures on dress and knickknacks, its waste of good money on monkey parties,' drink, and high living.
 Whatever justice there may be in these criticisms America certainly has not as peries and follies of the past, as repre- sented by the fashionable sets of former times. A glance, for instance. at the article "Costume' in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, with it's pictures of men and women of fashion in the sixteenth and following centuries, will convince even the pessimist of the truth of this state ment
 What American idler could be charged with matching in his daily routine the eighteenth century lord who boasted to Casanova of his changing shirt several times day, his chin being shaved on each occasion?" Or where is the lady of fashion in our time who would fairly rival the women of George ITS reign That age saw womens head-dressings reach an extravagance of folly passing all that had come before it. fHair kneaded with l pomatum and flour was drawn up over a cushion or pad of wool. and twisted into curls and knots and decorated with arti- ficial flowers and bows of ribbon,
 "As this could not be achieved without the aid of skilled barber, the head sometimes remained in this state for sev- eral weeks" Admitting the fact that our age and race exhibis their due proportion of follies. there is thus much 10 epcour- age us in a slight excursion into the hls- toFy of past absudities of this kind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
To Offset Wheat
 Shortage In U. s.

A MONTH ago the governments GN report on the winter wheat crop in the United States indicated a short age of 50,OOO,OoO bushels. Tues days report made it much worse.
 In 1915 the wheat production in this country totaled little more than a billion bushels. Last year it fell off to 6O7, 100000. This year, instead of being 5O,OOO,OO0 less than it was in 1916 the governments estimate for winter wheat is now placed at only 66,116,000 bushels. It will be the lightest crop in many years.
 It is good to know that agricultural conditions otherwise are good. It is recalled that although the. winter wheat of 1912 showed an equally dis couraging outlook, the total produc- tion of crops that year was the great est ever recorded.
 This years wheat shortage makes the demand for increased planting of corn and other food crops all the more urgent. Two weeks of the seeding season are left and the farmers and truck gardeners will be busy all of that time. With we'll directed energy from now until the latter part of this month the south may have bountiful harvests. There is reason, indeed, to hope for bumper crops of vegetables and feedstuff.
 But along with the diversification campaign Alabama should be especial ly spurred to raise more wheat. This state was noted for it's large wheat harvests before the civil war. Jeffer- son county was one of the best of wheat counties. Chairman John H. Frye's food preparedness committee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
NOT ENOUGH.

What are you doing for your coun- try?"
 "Wen, I have a flag in my front yard, two on my automobile and half dozen at my place of business. There is also one on my coat lapel"
 Anything else?'
 "why-er-no."
 'I see. You are like a great many other people in this country. You think that all you have to do to prove your self patriot is to fly few flags
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
Defective Airplame
 Claims Trwn Wichirns

THE defective airplane, which has 4 become notorious in the United States army, claimed two more vic tins yesterday. Victor Carlstrom noted aviator and instructor at the Atlantic coast aeronautical station and young student flyer of Newport News, named Gary B. Epes, were killed when an airplane in which they were flying collapsed about $500 feet in the air.
 For no apparent reason the ma- chine crumpled up and fell. The right wing was seen to break off and fol low the descending airplane. Carl strom had just recently been ap- pointed first lieutenant in the avia- tion reserve corps, and young Epes, who had resigned his position in a Newport News bank to take the avia- tion course, was making his first flight.
 The lives of these two men seem to have been needlessly sacrificed The aviation corps has been subjected to a storm of criticism, much of which was deserved. It has been a byword that the aviator who went up in an airplane took his life in his hands, not because of any danger in flying, but because of defective ma chimes. The less said of the exhibi- tion made by our aviators on the Mexican border the better. It re- quired court-martial to bring out 8 discreditable state of affairs on the Pacific coast.
 The United States needs nothing more urgently than at first-class avia. tion corps. It is high time that the country which gave the world the heavier-than-air machine build up its aviation corps until it is no longer a farce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
HOTEL LOBBIES
Strong For Muscle Shoals

About the greatest Muscle Shoals booster alive is M. J. billiard, who nap pens to- have quarters with me in the Brown-Marx building" said A. B. White
 So enthusiastic is Mir. billiard over the location of the nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals, he having made a thorough in- vestigation of the merits of all the loca- tions submitted to the United states government, that his friends are thinking of having the next legislature to repeal his middle initial, J' and insert in lieu thereof the letter S. so that we can make him sign his name Muscle Shoals billiard" continued MT. White.
 MT. billiard does not seem to object to the substitution, If it will aid the Muscle Shoals location in landing the nitrate plant, either" concluded MT White.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
POOR GIRL.

A foolish young woman named Clara, The rest of whose name was OHara, Just worried and worried And kept herself Hurried, Because she was tall, and so nara.
 Cleveland Plain Dealer. She went to a dear friend named Ida, Who sized up her grief thus gida; Tt is simple, my dear, Do not waste one more tear; Just make yourself shorter and wida'
 Springfield Union She went to another named Gladys, Who said to her, Nothing so sadys As a girl who ain't plump, But throw grief on the dump, There Is nothing so good as a padys."
 Houston Post. She called on maiden named Theta, Who couldn't be fairer or sweeta; Her figure so trim, Hurt the girl who was slim, So she sat down and squawled like a cheetah.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10

BEGINNING THE DAY-Help me today, o Lord. to think until I learn to think sOberly of myself. Keep me mindful that whatever I have of prosperity or happiness or grace k of Thee. But give me entire confi- dence ns I remember that Thou art working in me both to will and to do of Thy good pleasure. For Christ's sake. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
FavOrs Universal Training

Paul Burlingame, field secretary of the Universal Military Training league, is in Birmingham.
 Now that the conscription measure has been agreed upon and is backed by such strong sentiment all over the country said MT. Burlingame, i've are devoting our efforts to getting lawmakers to real- ize that the sentiment of the nation is for a continued policy of universal train ing.
 There is danger now that the law makers may feel that they have done all the people wish along this line As @ matter of fact. universal military training is recognized as of the highest impor- tance in the years to come. It Is good for the boys who take it; 1t will make bet ter citizens and it will put the nation in position of being capable of meeting de- mands which might be made upon it in case of emergency"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
HAVE YOU?

Have you ever stopped to ponder,
 As the days are speeding on And the skies are bathed in crimson
 When the sun leaps up at dawn, And the whole world seems expectant
 Of the glory that's to be- Felt by every bird and blossom, From the thrall of winter free That the time is drawing nearer
 And will be upon us soon, When we'll sense the newborn wonder
 And exclaim, why, this is June!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
YE ED RETURNS TO TOWN

From the Carlinville Enquirer
 In a recent issue of the Enquirer an item left the impression that at a so- cial gathering at the home of our fell low townsman, M. l.. Keplinger, cards were part of the entertainment. This was an error, as card games are never played at the Keplinger home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10

could do a good work by starting early in the fall to "agitate" for largely increased sowing of winter wheat. The yield in Alabama was 100000 bushels last year and the same the year before. But this should be 5000, ,000-bushel wheat state. If the soil is treated with lime-about $2 worth to the acre-it can be made to produce forty bushels to the acre. Try it, you progressive farmer. It will pay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
PRACTICAL PERSON.

pear mel" exclaimed the slum visitor. "This room has no windows"
 ''Wot's de diff?" inquired the grimy oc- cupant. T ain't payin' 50 cents a week just to look out of winder. Dis room Is to sleep in."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
THE DUTIFUL SON

From the Valparaiso Qnd) Vidctte.
 MT. and Mrs. E.. B. Reading are enjoy ing visit from their son, l.. l.. Reading of vineland. N. J.. who has just pre- sented his father with a fine new hat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
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P s.: For further details, address Food Preparedness Campaign. T, P. Hay, Jr.. Secretary, Birmingham. Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
Enormous Sale
 Of Cigarettes


 OE Cigarettes
 II N the meantime, Henry Ford's Git 4 tie white slayer" goes marching on. Cigarette sales in the United States in March were approximately 2,500, 100000. The increase over March, 1916, was a little more than 800,000 cigarettes, about 50 per cent.
 Some statistician with plenty of time on his hands may estimate how far 2,5Oo,oOo,OOO cigarettes of stand ard size would reach, if laid end to end. The Anti-Cigarette league might like to have his figures.
 The gain for the three months of 1917, ending March 31, 1917, was ap- proximately 2,5oo,OoO,oOo cigarettes, which represents an annual increase of 10000, 100000. If that rate of in- crease were maintained, it would mean more than 35,oO0, 100000 ciga- rettes sold annually by American com- panies.
 The sales of smoking tobacco in March fell off nearly 50O,O0O pounds. The cigarette is supreme just now in the tobacco business. A trench is an ideal place for the lounge lizard" and the tango pirate" Conscription is just the thing to put them there.
 The Hatians are showing a surprising reversal of form. They now want to fight Germany Instead of fighting among them selves.
 Let the allies along the battle front cry, "On to Berlin" Uncle Sam's tackles will soon be shouting, "On to the Kiel canal!"
 So much talk about slackers who marry to escape military duty may interfere with the harvesting of the June bride crop
 Those inventors who have promised to put the U-boats out of business sim ply can't afford to disappoint the public now.
 Young men who enlist just for a change of scene" should wake up to the fact that they are not going on a picnic. Texas has half million men of mili- tary age, It might be we'll to wait that information across the Mexican border * There would be fewer screaming head liners in the papers if those fighting Cam adians were not at the front. General Joffre may not be able to speak English, but he can always salute at the psychological moment. * * As the price of food goes up, the lowly prune acquires new dignity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10
FREE MAN AT LAST.

FREE MAN AT LAST.
 "Jobbles has gone into business for himself"
 Good"
 There was a celebration out at his house the other day. The family gathered around Jibway in the back yard while he smashed the alarm clock that has walked him up every morning for 1s years" PROFESSIONAL MAN. with a satchel In his hand. He's evil dently foreegner and I wouldn't be at all surprise if he had some designs on foot" T should say he has some designs on feet"
 What do you mean7' Hes corn doctor" RATHER PREVIOUS "The artist who drew this picture is the champion pessimist, all right" '@What did he choose for subject"
 'New York in ruins, following bom- bardment by German warships" MORE TO THE PURPOSE. What has become of the old-fashoned lover who said his lady was worth her weight in gold?" He has given way to the more practi- cal swain who swears his lady1ove Is worth her weight In golden butter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10

Fortune brings in some boats tha are not steer'd, CymbeIine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala postoffice as second-class matter un- der act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10

TELEPHONE Bell (private exchange connecting all departments) Main 1000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-10

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