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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12

From the Dry Goods Reporter
 1NURING the last two or three weeks there has been great deal of G talk about business hysteria and economic hysterta. The intentions of many people advocating certain principles of saving are good, but they do not real ize what they are starting when they set these good examples
 The retailer is always looked to in his community to educate the people in such matters as style and merchandise and bis word is respected. Right now is the time when he should make a special effort to educate the people of his community re- garding present conditions.
 It is true that we need prosperity in war time even more than in times of peace The declaration of war should not have and will not have a direct depress- ing effect on business. The evils that exist and are liable to exist are psycho- logical, for our markets are the same as they were and the need for merchandise certainly Is no less.
 Economy in certain lines is advocated by the best authorities, but there is liable to be an indiscrimnate economy that would be ruinous. The waste of food stuffs should be avoided, of course, but if men and women have money to spend there Is no apparent reason why it should not be spent for the things that same money has always bought, provid- ing the making of these things makes for the employment of labor not needed worse in another field.
 There is an evident fear among business men that the impulse to economy may suddenly contract the volume of business te such an extent as to disorganize in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
THE FIRING LINE

By Joaquin Miller. For gIory' For sood' For fortune or Why, he for the front when the bat
 tie is on Leave the rear to the dolt, the lazy.
 the lame; Go forward as ever the valiant have
 gone; Whether city or field. whether moun-
 tain or mine, Go forward. right on to the Firing
 Line. Whether newsboy or plowboy, cowboy
 or clerk, Fight forward, be ready. be steady.
 be first; Be fairest, be bravest. be best at your
 work Exalt and be glad; dare to hunger.
 to thirst. As David, as Alfred--let dogs skulk
 and whine There is room but for men on the
 Firing Line. Aye. the place to fight and the place to fall- As fall we must all in Gods good It is where the manifest man is the
 wall, Where boys are as men in their
 pride and prime, Where glory gleams brightest, where
 brightest eyes shine, Far out on the roaring red Firing Lins. a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
FOR THE AGE-HER1ALD
From the Presbyterian Standard (char

From the Presbyterian Standard Char
 lotte, N. C.)
 Miss Mamie Bays of Charlotte N C., a reporter of skill and experience, who is well known to many of our ministers, is to report the coming assembly proceed ings for The Birmingham Age Herald. The reputation of the paper in which this report will appear as well as of Miss Bays as a reporter guarantee an accu- rate and readable account of the doings of the assembly.
 From the Christian Observer Gouisville,
 Ky.)
 Miss Mamie Bays of Charlotte, N. C., who has reported many assemblies for local daily newspapers, will prepare the report of the Birmingham assembly for the daily paper, The Birmingham Age Herald. Miss Bays is thoroughly fa- miliar with the work of general as- sembly and her reports will be accurate and comprehensive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12

Worlds Washington correspondent, MT Fosdick says that he is paying especial attention to the methods used in the English and Canadian camps. In Canada and in England, he says, great emphasis is laid on interunit games. Contests in football, shooting and fencing are held frequently be- tween squads, companies, regiments and even brigades. In this way the spirit of competition is aroused and the interest of the men is diverted into useful channels.
 In Canada the officers take part with the men in these games and con- tests and thereby democratic spirit is fostered in the army. "We hope to introduce something of the same spirit in our training camps" said MT. Eos dick. "Intelligently planned recrea- tion will be our aim from the start" Certain it is that only the man natur- ally depraved will feel lonesome. The stigma attaching to army life in time of war in earlier times will be alto gether missing. While the camp may not be Sunday school, it will have moral if not a distinctly religious tone about it that will differentiate it from the camp even of the Span ish-American war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12

many books regarded as valuable cons tributions to romantic literature at tho present time are little If any better than the dime novels of generation ago. And. strangely enough, this impression should be taken in the light of 8 compliment rather than a reflection. by the best-seller writers of these times; for 1t is a fact. vouched for by good authority time and again, that many of the dime novels were written for relaxation by literary men of far more than passing ability. Fiction extended to the names given the authors. Not to confine ourselves altogether to the dime novel output period, the Nick Carter product will go far as an illustration. The original Nick Carter' has been identified, to put It conserva- lively, dozen times. Only the other day an event in Michigan identified Alfred B. Tozer as the only Mick Carter" And
 it was said that he also wrote light fic- tion under such names as 'Dick Stew art" John K. Stafford" Carl Frisbie," and so on. Then came Frederic Van Rensselaer, Dey of New York, who, while admitting that Tozer was sometimes, he was not altogether, or always, Nick Carter" Nick Carter was a name that belonged to the publishing firm MT. Dey claimed that he had himself written 4000o,000 words about Mick Carter" A score or more of well known authors, he says, were writing Mick Carter'' stories at one time.
 Speaking of these works of fiction. the mistake is again made of calling them dime novels. The dime novels had gone out before the Nick Carter" tales came in. Like the dime novels, however, the Nick Carter tales have been translated into many languages, but neither class is included by those who compile inter- esting statistics about the best, or the best selling, American fiction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
LIKE MEuKE SAYS

Once in a while you will see a white crow. And once in while you will see woman who thinks her husband really appreciate her.
 It requires 8 great deal of patience on the part of modern, well-bred child to keep from reproving its parents in public.
 What has become of the old-fashioned boy who used to have flock of bls- tered fingers on July 5?
 Havelock Ellis used to be considered some expert on anomalies of sex. But lot of the lads who are writing serials for the popular magazines are trying to make him look like piker.
 After man has been over the jumps for a while he discovers that advice that is worth taking has to be paid for like any other valuable commodity.
 Another reason why we have so many divorces is because girl marries a man, not because she thinks he is good enough for her, but because she thinks he is too good for her rival.
 Just because a man belongs to the same church you do Is no sign that he isn't going to put the large potatoes and apples and strawberries on top when he sells them to you.
 The average man is too chivalrous to say anything mean to another mans wife. He saves all his meanness for his own wife.
 The difference between an evening gown and night gown Is that when q woman gets home from reception she has to dress all up to go to bed.
 The average man has lots of time to hand out advice, but is too busy to wait for some other man to unload any on him.
 Never judge mans income by the careless way in which he tips the waiter when he is feeding at cabaret cafe
 When girl knows that she has a per- feet figure she doesn't mind dressing so that she will let the rest of the world in on the secret.
 It always makes small boy feel good when he brings home from school a problem his daddy can't solve.
 A man is never so true to his wife as when he has q suspicion that she IS untrue to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
Clean Sport and
 Morals in Camp

M7 or only will the war department IN look after the morals of the training camps, but will foster all athletic games and make military life as attractive as possible. Veterans of the civil war can easily recall the trials and temptations of the young men in the ranks, but Secretary Baker is determined that the training camps of this present time shall be as free from drunkenness and vice as it is possible to make them. There will be wholesome recreation of all kinds athletic sports, billiards and chess room games.
 Fifty years ago social service had not been much thought of. There were no organized activities for camp recreation. It was drill, drill, drill and fight, fight, fight! After that it was the hospital or else restless hours of questionable diversion.
 The churches have been very busy 0: late in propagating mission work in every direction. Every denomina- ton m this country has it's agencies for good in close touch with young men and never were the morals of American youth so safeguarded as now.
 The war department has recently created a commission on training camp diversion, under the direction of Raymond B. Fosdick of New York. This commission is charged with the responsibility, first of keeping the Secretary of War informed as to training camp conditions and the ''zonesv surrounding them.
 In an interview with the New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
1T HERE is the explanation of the II U repeated recurrence of the

1T HERE is the explanation of the ll U repeated recurrence of the words "Chemin-des- Danes s"-Ladies road-in the reports of the French offensive in the Aisne river region. When troops have to cross river and then cross road which lies along the edge of plateau 600 feet above them they are having their real fibre tested.
 Here is being shown some of the bitterest fighting of the war and it's success is indicated in recent days by the several references in the dis patches to the fact that the French have crossed the Chemin-des-Dames at various points.
 This plateau is the famous Craonne plateau, for the possession of which Napoleon made one of his most gall lant fights in 1914. He was attempt ing to get to Bluecher's rear and stormed these heights. He succeeded in reaching the top within one day. Fifty thousand men were engaged.
 Correspondents are getting much satisfaction in making comparisons between that day and this and won dering how Napoleon would have handled situation where millions are involved instead of the meagre 50,0o0 with which he ascended the Craonne plateau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
LivinE Within budget

Tt should be a matter of deep sat isfaction to the citizens and taxpayers of Birmingham that the street depart ment of the city is now living within its budget" said J. R. Tindall, promi- nent citizen of West End.
 Although since Commissioner weatherly relinquished this depart ment the garbage collection has been transferred to another commissioner the expenditures above the appropria- ton for the first six months of the fiscal year were at the rate of about S90,000 a year. The board of commis- sioners is to be congratulated in call ing halt on this tremendous over- draft"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12

The Italians have been mighty quiet lately There are certain types of men who are the more dangerous, the more silent and unconcerned they appear when angry.
 * * * The young men of America when they get in action will not be as slow as Con- gress Is.
 These must be blue days for pro-Ger- mans in New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
"Chermim-des-Dam1es
 Crossed by French

At several points the French have seized the backbone of the plateau, where at heights of some 500 feet or more runs the Chemin- -des- Danes, made in the last generation of the old regime for Mesdames de France when they used to pay summer visits to the Chateau de Ia Bove, and had wonderful views as they travelled so high above the Aisne valley and all the surrounding country.-London Ob server.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
Commend Article

q truly hope that every congress man, senator. member of the locating committee, every farmer and every citizen in the United States who is interested in this great country will read the illustrated and timely article by Robert c. Skerrett on nitrate plants in tho Saturday Evening Post of May 12," said M. J. Dillard of the Dillard Investment and Insurance company
 Muscle Shoals is the only place in the United States that will success fully solve this problem.
 T congratulate the writer and the Saturday Evening Post for this com- plete article and hope in few days that the announcement will go out from Washington that Muscle Shoals has been selected for the location of the governments nitrate plant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12

From the Connersville Gnd.) Examiner.
 The Guest Day meeting of the Cary club will be held at the home of Mrs. l.. A. Frazee tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. De Marchus Brown of Indianapolis will lecture on William Butler Meats and the Garlic Revival
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
CORRESPONDENCE FROM JAPAN

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Sir: A few signs of the times in Tokio that Sam Blythe may have overloo-ed:
 "T. Cockeye, Tailor, Respectable Ladies Has Fits Upstairs"
 Fresh Milk for Sale Just Squeezed Out By a Vet"
 And it happens that three bachelors named Chicken, Curry and Rice live in the same apartments in Kobe. slB.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12

BEGINNING THE DAY The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer, like the cover of an old book, it's contents torn out, and stripped of its lettering and gliding, lies here, food for worms, yet the work it. self shall not be lost for 1t will, as he believed, appear once more in a new and more beautiful edi- ton. corrected and amended by the author. = Frankiin's suggestion for his own epftaph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
HOTEL LOBBIES
A Tribute to pr.sb,t.rlanisp.


 The following quotation Is taken from the decision of the Kentucky court of ap- peals in the case of the Cumberland Presbyterian church at Sturgis, ky' which involved the validity of the union recently formed between the Presbyterian church in the United States of America and the Cumberland Presbyterian church." said Frank V. Evans. Tt Is one of the finest tributes to Presby- and 1t loses nothing, but rather gains m force because it was written by Justice Barker, who is a member of the Chris tian CDisciples) church. It is worthy place in Dr. Smiths Greed of Presby- terians' alongside of the numerous quota tions of opinion of those who are not Presbyterians. The Kentucky court Of appeals said:
 The history of the Presbyterian church is the history of very large part of what we know and enjoy of civil and religious liberty. The teachings or her faith are such as have always at- tracted to her the most lofty minds and the boldest spirits; in following her path through the pages of history, whether her votaries be called Lutherans, as In Germany; Huguenots, as In France; Covenanters, as in Scotland, or Puritans, as in England, they will always be found to be among the bravest and the best.
 AS a religious organization, it had no compromise along the lines Of con soiapca to n, ake with poUer and 1t could be deflected from the path of rectitude neither by the frown of authority nor the Establishments of corruption. With the same indomitable courage, 1t con fronted the naughty princes of the house of Tudor, and the crowned weddings Of the house of Stuart; with the same words of scornful condemnation it rebuked the sins of Messalina on the throne and the wanton in the street.
 .sHer path has led her oftener into ex- ile than into favor with the great, oftener to the dungeon and the stake than to the pleasures of kings houses, or the friendship of courtiers. But under her searching gaze the shackles have fallen from the human mind, and the divine right of kings has shrunk to the mean thing 1t now appears.
 wherever a battle was to be rousht for ohuman liberty, wherever a forlorn hope was to be led or mine braved TOT conscience's sake, whenever the blood or a martyr was needed as a testimony 10 truth. her answer was always that of the nropbet of old, "Here am I; send me-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
F Farmers Handicap
 Lack of Mooney

0NHAT was a sensible and most
 H timely letter which w. R. K.
 Stanford, president of the Bibb Coun- ty Farmers union, wrote to The Age
 Herald anent the food crop situation.
 It appeared in yesterdays issue and
 should be read and pondered by bank
 CTS and the public in general. Loans
 will help more than talk" was the
 burden of his remarks.
 Mir. Stanford says he knows of many men who now have a crop
 planted that cannot finish it unless
 they get food for their families and
 their stock. He himself was in that fix. With 200 acres of land he can
 not raise $1OO to finish his crop. "The poor farmer" says MT. Stan ford, lis not asking for donations. He is willing to mortgage for financial help. I think if our state officials
 and moneyed men would make
 house toulouse canvass they would | find out the condition of the farmer, then help him and that quick" i That is an honest appeal. And MT. Stanford is representative citizen and a representative farmer, being the president of his county union. Something worth while has been
 done in talking about the need of
 larger planting. In kitchen gardening alone the food supply will be greatly increased this year, because of the en- thusiastic interest in amateur horti- culture.
 The Alabama farmer needs if nancial help and needs it now to fin ish his crop. In the meantime the people living in cities can help by eating less and wasting less. From the way Marshal Joffre beamed when Senator Bankhead was introduced tu him as the only Confederate Veteran in the Senate, it Is too bad the great
 Frenchman can't remain long enough to see the rest of the veterans in Washing ton next month. When Special Ambassador Elihu Root and his associates return from Russia we shall at least find out the real sit uation over there.
 Alabama negroes dissatisfied In the north find it harder to make the return journey than it was to get away from home
 If Joffre stays in America much longer he will require a special ship to carry
 his gifts back to leance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
Eaot of a Fairy

One of the most interesting display or boots ever shown in Birmingham is the new samples made by the Sorosis com pany for their salesmen. The shoes are just the most wonderful piece of work manship representing the latest fall styles for women. They measure s1s inches in length and inches Tn height In speaking of the boots, MT. Rich said: Tn my B years experience as shoeman have never seen anything like them They certainly are the most unique and origl- nal samples ever saw. They aAe Just beautifully finished and as complete as the most expensive shoes offered for sale in our shop.
 ."They are built with the idea of eco nomy in leather as we'll as space, as travelling men are able to carry an en- tire line in suit case. where as hereto fore trunks were used with the regular size shoe The shoes look as if they were made for the foot of fairy, they are so small and dainty"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
,..-t.t Interest secondary

Hinder condit tions such as prevail al present. tho attention of even those most interested fails to center about markets on commodities, the ups and downs or which are usually of keen interest to the general public" says Brown & Co. weekly market report. This same pubic is now centering it's thought on matters pertaining to the war, such as bond ls- sues. conscription bills and revenue tax hills etc., to say nothing of relief ana preparedness work of all kinds being un- dertaken in every community.
 Despite rumors of the taking over or iron and steel works or their products py the government, the prospect Of crop shortages in some lines and other condl- tions which might prove disturbing fac tors under more normal conditions the market for both pig iron and the finished iron and steel products persues the tenor of it's way, not quite an even tenor, as prices continue to move up as more ana still more tonnage is contracted for over the coming year. Prices are somewhat irregular, each producer making quota lions based more on the condition of his order book than on any figure which might seem to represent the market"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12
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WHY THE EDITOR HID

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12

The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala postoffice as second-class matter un- der act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12

When Special Ambassador Elihu Root and his associates return from Russia we shall at least find out the real sit uation over there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-12

Alabama negroes dissatisfied in the north find it harder to make the return journey than it was to get away from home.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-01
RECRUITING ON
INCREASE HERE
Navy Station EnliStS Seven,
teen; Army Ten,

The days of recruiting activity such
was manifest Immediately after war
was declared with Germany was again
manifest this morning at the local re-.
cruiting stations for the army and
navy, Especially was this true at the
navy, seventeen men having already
been sworn in, while there were a,
many applicants waiting for cxamina
ton The army accepted ten recruits
this morning and twenty yesterday
The navy got twenty-slx men yester
day and forwarded twenty three to the
training station at Great Lakes, H.
last night.
% Ahead Of Draft.
According to Lieut. { s. Wander
beck OF the navy, the realization ,ha,
the Young men may be forced into
placed in the army contrary to thei,
irclins,ions is responsible for this in
cteasing recruiting at the navy.
young man from Coalgatc. Okla. VIII,
was enlisted by the navy this mornin,
said tha, six were enlis,lng from ,ha
place in different branches Of the mil
hary service because they did no, wan
to be drafted.
II said two weeks ago that man,
who were then holding back woul,
rush ur here as soon as the draf, sys
TEN went into effect" said Mr.. Van
derbeok this morning Three youn,
men have told INC this morning the
we're enlis,ing in the navy SIMPLY 4
escape being drafted"
Captain Robert Whitfield said ,hcr
was room IN the army for about 5000
Volunteers, and tina, men OF 0klahom
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-01
Athletic Contests
Will Be Stopped

Athletic contests have been discon-
,inued until after the close OF the war
at the Central State Normal school at
Edmond. according to an announce
men, made today by Henry Broom,
star football PLAYER at tho normal
school last fall. who enlisted in the
navy a, the local recruiting station YES
tetday afternoon. Mr Broom said the
teams had ALREADY been broken into to
such an extent that i, would be i'm.
possible to continue any athletic con
tests. ~
Coach Mainland is at Fort sill now
getting ideas with the view Of es,sb,
fishing military training at the school
IN Enmond to substitute for the usuaI
mean, of training
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-01
Aged Man Unable
to Hold Burglar;
$4,000 Pin Taken

TRENTON. n. J.. May l--Chasies
G. Roebling the aged president OF the
John A. Rocbling Sons company. dis.
covered a burglar hiding behind q Jap.
anese screen in his home early today.
He pushed the screen over on the In.
truder and then jumped on top of i. at
the same time calling for help. The
burglar was too powerful for the older
man and soon Tough, himself loose. Be-
fore servants reached MIR Roeblina's
room the man had made his escape
taking with hi ma pin valued at $4,000.