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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
The Life of a Child

Death is the gres.
 asylum for the insane is sadd coupled perpetual pain easily nic deadl blow sadly | wait
 Dshonor is far back to life and afterwards witnessing the decay of character, wished that he had died
 that that death simple without complications phrase Without complications That is good deal to
 in of death hushed
 buried child Fridaya child little sturdy playful laughter girl three and half hard to associate death with her. Her life
 period Bbyhood past childhood individuality both to those who look little lips and in the little Yesterday Baby does that is spoken, individual babytalk It is the little soul just beginning to it's separate self the charms that though conscious of self again does the soul swing There irresistible touched again Later it is pride hardness catching nstinctve called God to be rosebud
 noticed setting of the house in order that childhood number of babyish habits like twisting picking the face are laid aside as he o three approaches
 In hold in It is o be reckoned with differently
 there has been time for the flower show it's kind its color its form it ready.
 foolish had better die that had better not His to bear all things beauties in the chdor put dieenty-there elements o com pleteness in the life of child
 has been avoided No unkndne story of this differently there elements of mother!
 forever story O perfect flaw, senial mother, heart will be forever surrounded by her angel children
 HENRY M. EDMONDs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05

for the government to do but to con- script.
 A selective draft measure was en- acted into law by decisive majority in each house of Congress. Its pro- visions are liberal and no honest, manly American drafted will think of shirking by the exemption "route." :" Only cravens will try to evade the law.~And congressman and others in official life who encourage slackers to defy the draft law should be, and will be, held up to public scorn. At this juncture they are to all lntents and purposes traitors.
 The spirit of patriotism should be all-pervading. Of the 10,000,O0O men who registered under the selective draft act several millions should be found able bodied and fit for the fir ing line, after making reasonable al lowance for exemptions. Millions will be needed to help win the wal, and Uncle Sam must see to 1t that he has them in good marching order when the time comes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
HARRY LAUDER Frank Willis Barnett

dear, brave men. for when the meeting seemed over. Lauder began to speak to the soldiers. And a real speech he made. full of imagery. poetry and fire. May just tell you how he closed? "One evening in the gloaming in northern town, was sitting by my par Tor window when I saw an old man with pole on his shoulder come along. He was a lamp lighter, and made the lamp opposite my, window dance into bright nss Interested in his work. I watched him pass along until the gloaming gath cred round and I could see him no more However, I knew just where he was. for other lamps flashed into flame. Having completed his task. he disappeared into side street. Those lights burned on through the night. making 1t bright and safe for those who should come be- hind him. An avenue of lights through the traffic and dangers of the city,
 With passionate earnestness Lauder cried: Boys. think of that man who lSS the lamp, for you are his successors only in a much nobler, and grander way You are not lighting for. few hours
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
LIKE M,LUKE SAYS

| Maybe if some men would stay home | long enough to get acquainted With ! them, they would find that their wives are pretty good company. When Congress gets through wranglinS about the prohibition of liquor, it might /, pass law prohibiting the manufacturers l from putting more than 20 pins in new ! shirt when they doll 1t up for the mar | ket.
 There was time when a woman couldn't get into society unless she had ancestors. But nowadays she gets in on the strength of her poodles, pedigree. l The children are a big bother to mother during the school vacation. The I only redeeming feature is that she ! doesn't have to sterilize them every morning the way she has to when they are going to school. | During the honeymoon she imagines that if he ever went hunting he Is such a dear that he would be shot by mis- take
 | It Is great disappointment to wom- an to have neighbors who send their washing to laundry. It prevents her l from finding out so much about them !, A woman often wonders how on earth her husband ever kept from going naked before she married him and found his clothes for him.
 Doing a lot of thinking for ourselves
 we have sneaking suspicion that Adam I and Eve were run out of the Garden of Eden because Eve raised so much racket when Adam happened to come
 home with one of Lilith's blonde hairs tangled up in his whiskers Old people seem to get up so early ir the morning so that they will have more time to loaf.
 We are strong for the city beautiful
 But how are we ever going to have ont when the girls insist on displaying theil
 elbows on the street?
 There are a lot of folks in this world
 who are willing to go to the other place if Billy Sunday Is going to heaven. After a man has lived half century
 and has gained some experience. ht learns that they are not all as innocent as they look.
 A man may not cough once during thu week. But he makes up for it when h, is in church on Sunday.
 A well built girl is too modest to go ou with nothing on. But she will wear ar invisible corset cover and an invisibl. waist and act like you can't see any thing.
 A fat woman saves her husband none,
 on water bills She fills the bath tul
 only halfway up and when she gets in
 her displacement makes the water fil the tub.
 It might help some if the prohibition sts would devote a little of their tim
 to working for temperance in food ant
 language.
 Every man brags that he isn't afrai,
 of his wife. But she has her own wa, just the same.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
the field from all directions.

| the field from all directions.
 If you have never shot a dove you have never dreamed of how fast they can fly. I know that, because although fairly good shot, missed the first seven. Later there was improvement in craftsmanship.
 At 8 o'clock the shoot was over and there were more than 800 doves in the respective bags of the party.
 The shooting ground covered some 4C acres and for three hours or more it sounded to me like sham battle I was in in my young days, when I occupied the position of colonel on the staff of the governor of Georgia.
 In the midst of the shoot the old negro, Ed Harper made the rounds of the party and gathered from each of us 10 birds for the purpose of making a dove stew or soup, which was served with the bar becue later in the day. It was made of the breast of the doves, green corn, green peppers and various other good things which were put in gumbo-like stew.
 One who has never tasted this dish cannot well appreciate it's delicious flavor.
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 The exhilarating joy of the shoot and the boasts of the sportsmen over what splendid shots they had made were sadly interfered with as we wended our way lin groups back to the oak grove A stranger introduced himself as Ford by name and game warden by profession. He proceeded to take names and ad- dresses and asked how many birds each one of us had killed. He managed to get 20 names, some of visitors and some of homefolks, and announced that he would have to make case against all who did not have hunting licenses and written permission to shoot on another mans land.
 Later in the afternoon the sheriff ap- peared on the scene of the barbecue and interrupted the various games of cards being indulged in under the shade of the old oaks, to announce to Colonel Lee that he had 20 warrants, which he re- gretted very much his duty required him to serve He did 1t as gently as pos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
AD[RIF1T WITH THE TIMES
THE CARPENTER.

My. but the carpenter is slow, With him my patience fails; He even stops his work to go And manicure his nails.
 & Luke McLuke For getting things done in rush He does not care straw; He'll lay his work aside to brush His teeth upon his saw.
 Boston Transcript. For laziness there cannot be The equal of that lads; His work neglected now, while he Sits there and reads his adz.
 Columbia State Such laziness in one man stored Is trying. I'll admit; If there's a hole already bored, He will not work a bit.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. In spite of all you say my friends, Of good he has his share; For he brings things to a level, and His rule is always square.
 Memphis Commercial Appeal But work neglected always brings Sure ruin, certain fall; He's feeling hard lucks sharpest 'stings, For he has lost his awl.
 Cincinnati Enquirer The carpenter may be quite slow. And talk with quite a stammer, But then he's not knocker, Though he always has a hammer.
 Memphis Commercial Appeal.
 NATURALLY so. Are all your drugs pure?' Certainly, madam. That is. all but oul vaccines."
 And what about them?" T must confess that they are pretty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY

From the Columbus Commercial.
 Hon. E.. w. Barrett has recently com pleted his twentieth year as editor and manager of The Birmingham Age-Her- aid, and on Sunday morning had an in teresting story dealing with the success full fight which he made to make the paper one of Alabama's leading and most influential dailies. The staff of The Age-Herald includes several of the south's most brilliant writers. prominent among the number being Mrs. Orline Arnold Shipman, who is a native of this city, and who under the pseudonym, Dolly Dalrymple, has gained a repu- tation which extends not only through out the south but throughout the entire country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05

citation Men. the Y. M. c. A. publica- ton, which he calls "The Heart of Harry Lauder" It takes the actor from before the footlights and reveals him as tender. loving father, and makes a great lump come into my throat when think of his grief and loneliness. It epitomizes the sorrow of every father who gives a boy to his country.
 am going to let Dr. Adam tell his story:
 ''The Sunday following the announce
 ment of the death Of his boy I happened to be preaching in the City Temple, Lon don, and MT. and Mrs. Lauder were in the congregation. After the service they came into the vestry to see me. My heart went out to them both, but the courage of their bearing conquered much that was sympathetic I felt like saying: Harry, We are all proud of the won
 blow.0 The answer came quickly: "When a man has been hit as I have
 been. there are only three ways open
 to hin-drink, despair. or God; and I
 am looking to God for the consolation and the courage I now need"
 1 On recent Sunday although working
 at full pressure during the week in the play Three Cheers" at the Shaftesbury theatre, he gave up his rest day gladly to go away down to two of the great
 Canadian camps with me- Someone in London asked the little man why he was going down to the camps. Why not l join them in quiet weekend on the | river? Lauder's reply was quaint as
 usual "The boys can't get up to town | to see me. so I am off to the camps to
 see them." A right royal time he gave
 them, too. Picture 10000 men in a dell on the rolling Downs with a little plav- form in the center and there Lauder
 singing the old favorites you have heard so often and the soldiers love so much,
 Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep. '
 "Bantry Bay" "The Laddies Who
 Fought and Won,'' "Children's Home
 and many more.
 ] This was not all; his soul must have
 been stirred by the sight of so many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES
 AT COLONEL ED LEES ANNUAL DOVE SHOOT

sible by simply notifying Colonel Lee that he would be glad to have him look after the matter and see that all those for whom warrants had been issued should appear in court at Marion and make bond the following morning.
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 It was show in Marion the next day. The townspeople and the country people alike were on the courthouse lawn, all indignant that the guests on their an- nual sportsmens festival should have been put under arrest because some of them had forgotten to bring hunting licenses, as provided by state law of recent legislature.
 NO grand jury of Perry county will ever bring an indictment" was the al- most unanimous verdict of the hundreds of people there, but nevertheless the party of 20 had to march up and each make separate bond. Of course there were scores of farmers and merchants and professional men who volunteered to go on everyone's bond.
 Carson Adams, whose good looks and glib tongue passed him untouched through the meshes of the game warden, volunteered to serve any jail sentence that might be imposed upon Dr. Cooke. as the doctor has volunteered to serve in the medical corps of the prospective who were a bit jealous of Carson Adams skill as a crack shot, wished that he would have the full privilege of a jail sentence at the time of next years shoot. Adams skill, however, is said to be due to the fact that he used some sort of machine gun that would carry more than 1000 shots 200 yards and scatter the same in circle of fully 30 feet in diam eter.
 The trip to the courthouse at Marion destroyed the next mornings shoot, but on Thursday afternoon some 10 of us met in the field again and almost every one bagged his quota of 25 birds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
Rnxs Like Camn Life

T ran down from Washington recently to sAe my son at the Greenbrier camp, " said Eugene Fies, and got to sleep with him in tent
 T tell you it's a great experience for boy to put in a summer at Green brier. They have a lot of fun but then they have a plenty of work. They have the faculty of knowing how to handle boys All of the Birmingham boys were well and happy They will know better how to appreciate the high school here when they get back for their fall les sons"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
Like Old Times

Tt feels like old times to be back in Birmingham" said J. H. De Windt, now of New York city but formerly general manager of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. T took a ride through Mountain Ter race where I used to live. and I could hardly believe my eyes. The Clare mont avenue road improvements make number of handsome new homes. have a number of good friends in Bir- mingham and whenever I am nearby always run in to see them.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05

6NHE dove shooting season in Ala bama opened on the first ct
 August. and last Wednesday Col. Ed Lee of Perry county gave his annual shoot and barbecue
 tored down from Birmingham. There were Walter Fowlkes. pr. Norborne Cooke, Word Hooper, Donald Conner, Carson Adams. Robert Jemison, J. S. Pevear and several others. Colonel Ed Lee and his friends in the neigh borhood entertained their visitors with degree of southern hospitality of thC ante -bellum days. There was a spe- cial negro man to take care of every visitors gun and shells. and from one to three fleet-footed black boys to pick up ones doves in the field
 The crowd of some twenty-five huntsmen met in grove of ancient oaks at 3:S0 in the morning. The smoldering coals of the barbecue pit lent mellow glow to the surround ings The plantation negroes and the pickaninnies, to the number of more than one hundred. were gathered around enjoying the aroma of the bar becuing meats, chanting melodies, and occasionally cracking crude jokes at one another's expense. Just before day. light the old bellwether of the ne- gro flock of Perry county, Ed Har- per by name, as black as coal, but with a mustache and eoatee well trimmed and carrying himself with the dignity of General Joffre, lowing gracefully. announced in almost mili- tary form: "Gentlemens. follow your leader to the field" Then he led the way through corn and potato fields followed by more than twenty five all legged crack shots and an army of ne gro attendants.
 Here's your place, boss" he would announce to each one of us in turn as he would place one after another in a clump of bushes surrounding a cut-over grain-field Each of us had a natural blind and shortly after day. light the doves commenced flying into
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
How to Eat And
 When Not to Eat

MNHITH all this country's advanced w thinking correct dietary practice" has been woefully neg lected. It is only recently that food in it's relation to hygiene has been discussed in a popular vein and with compelling interest by high authori- ties such as pr. Scale Harris, who is contributing a series of instructive articles to The Age-Herald. Every one who reads what Dr. Harris says and follows his suggestions will surely be benefited.
 And now comes booklet entitled Food Facts,' prepared by an emi- nent scientific authority of New York, and published and distributed by one of the great life insurance companies. It tells what to eat and what not to eat; how to buy food with economy and how to serve it. As in all treatise on food and health, stress is laid on the importance of keeping away the flies.
 Many of the Food Facts" are familiar to persons who are reason ably well informed, but here are a few that cannot be too often empha- sized: "It is important to drink plenty of water, because it dilutes our food, improves digestion, gives the stomach and intestines much needed wash out and helps to keep our blood and tissues in good condition You should drink at least eight glasses of water day, both between meals and at meals. Do not eat too fast, but chew your food we'll. Remember that your
 stomach has no teeth.
 These are homely, common sense
 rules which most people know about,
 but too seldom observe Also this: "Do not eat when you are excited or angry, for you won't be able to digest
 your food we'll" And yet how few
 people who are in the habit of get
 ting excited or becoming angry act
 on this rule? A scene created by a southern statesman of much avoirdu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05

Harry Lauder. I can close my eyes and the figure of the canny. kilted Scot,
 swaggering and singing his tuneful airs'
 stands clearly before me-
 For years I had read about his pe-
 nuriousness and excused it because It
 was bred in the bone. Some of the
 tales of his niggardness passed belief.
 Oh! the fun the funny paragraphers hau
 at the expense of his Scotch thrift. I confess the multiplication of the an- ecdotes about his love of money got me at last against the man and all the time he was singing at the Jefferson was thinking about the money grubbina views of the man.
 And then one day I picked up an Eng fish paper stating that Harry Lauder had given up a great engagement in London to go over to France to see his began to warm toward the father heart that was showing there was something In his life bigger than dollars. l His only son, Captain John Lauder ol the Argyl and Sutherland Highlanders | lately graduated at Cambridge. was 1 slain in battle. but before the news oi his death reached the great Scotch com. l edian, he had written to London newspaper saying: When my son comes l home from the wars hope he will take kindly to thoughts of sheep farming 1 and become established as a decent ] Scots laird, growing the nations meat
 That's the life that is reality. bu'
 most of your doings in town are just g cinema show
 | I know of no more unique wish made
 for a son by an actor of world wide reputation than this It shows that back of the snowman was a man of tht
 soil; that behind the love for applause
 was the knowledge that he was buying i at the expense of something that wa. very sweet to him, the quietness ana repose and homelikeness of life livet
 close to nature, and so he wanted hi,
 son to have it:
 Dr. George Adam of Icdnburg has { ! wonderfully illuminating story in Asso
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
Must Make Its
 Strong Arm Felt

S7N HERE are too many slackers in 4 this country; too many spineless young men who are lacking in the first instincts of patriotism. The anti-draft demonstrations now found in spots make the solid manhood of America ashamed of considerable proportion of the nations citizenry. It is time for the government to make it's strong arm felt.
 Everybody would have been glad to see the great army sought to be raised composed of volunteers. For small war volunteers came forward in sufficient numbers to make up an adequate fighting force. But the present war being unparalleled in the size of the armies engaged the volunteer system was regarded by military experts as entirely made quate. Earnest appeals on the ground of patriotism were made for volun- .eers, but the response was singu- larly slow. There was nothing left
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
HOTEL. LOBBIES
Pleasures of Outdoor Swimming

OI OutOOOr SWlmmAhS Frank Willis Barnett's article on The Old Swimming Hole in Thursdays s paper put a lot of us to thinking about our boyhood days" said II. c. Abbott.
 "A big lot of the substantial business men of this city were raised either in the country or small towns, and know all about swimming holes along the creeks or in the ponds A natatorium in a city or pool in an athletic club or Young Mems Christian associa tion may be very much more sanitary, but the boy who has never raced to the creek and swan around under the shade of the trees or had his back blIstered in the sun and gone home at night to have his mother put cold cream on it has missed one of the pleasures of real boyhood."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-05
Gen. GoeehaIs Desires

NS14e SSVS SA4oS4S' 4>SSaS SS
 to Serve His CoumGry
 1T T is reported from Washington that A Mai Gen. George W. Goethals called on the Secretary of War and offered his services for duty in France.
 The American people would be glad to see this patriotic offer accepted in the spirit in which it was made and General Goethals rewarded with commission. No one questions his great ability as an army engineer. His success in building the Panama canal, where he was confronted with obstacles which had caused repeated failure, earned him lasting fame. While it is true that he was involved in a rather unfortunate quarrel with MT. Denman, chairman of the ship ping board, a controversy which re- suited in his own resignation as gen. eral manager of the emergency fleet corporation and the forced resigna- ton of Mir. Denman, few people doubted that he would have been able to carry out the task assigned him, if he had been given a free hand. A technical man, trained in his profes- sion and with notable achievements to his credit, it is not surprising that he found the meddling of congress- men intolerable.
 Regardless of the contentious of MT. Denman and General Goethals, as to the best way to carry out the governments shipbuilding plan, the latter extricated himself from the muddle with more grace and patriot ism than Mir. Denman, who compelled the President to put him out.
 General Goethals would perform an invaluable service for his country abroad. His engineering skill and ex- perience would enable him to solve many of the problems on which will depend the success of General Per shing's troopsin France. His restora- tion to the active list would enable him to gratify his laudable desire to serve his county, instead of accepting the lucrative offers of corporations, and would be approved by the great majority of the American people who have by no means lost faith in Gen. eral Goethals.