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The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1917-04-19

heart expanded with 1t. lie took pride
In II even more when they began to
push the suspended span across the
river on the outer end OF the completed
cantllcvcr. toward Its fellow rising on
the other side. He fingered about II
when the rest OF the workaday world
which was concerned with II had with
drawn to rest. Frequently late in the
night he had arisen and had left the
sheet-iron shack he occupied near the
work (for the topography OF the land
and the course of the river had deter
mined the loo alton OF the bridge far
from any town.. and In the moonlight
he had gazcd bcwitched by the great
web of steel. all its mighty trnccry deli
cntcly silycrcd, family outlined. lace
like. lofty, lifted high into the heavens.
He fell into little rcvcrie for n
brief moment from which she recalled
him.
"WcllT" she asked.
Eyes, naturally" he found himself
saying In II conventional tone of voice,
at means great deal TO me. My
father"
"Oh. your father" she began indf-
fcrcntly. although she knew and liked
the great engineer.
at Is his browning work and"
"Your beginning"
at Is not In me. or In amy engineer,
TO begin where my father LEFT OF" he
said. "But this will count II great
deal, because through fathers kindness
had some hand"
81 believe you did It nll," interrupts
ed the girl.
lie broke into sudden laughter, md
his mcrrlmout had that boyIsh ring
she liked. lie seemed 10 think that
WINS u sufficient answer to that state
mcnt, Tor he went on quickly,
GLOW long shall you stuyT
Aud In spite 81 himself he could not
keep his anxiety out OF his voice.
81 think fathers going on to the city
sometime tomorrow probably In the
morning"
Mcudv's face fell.
80 soon ms thntT'
u viii try to persuade him 10 stny
longer I've seen lots ~ bridges built
but never one like the International.
nna should enjoy standing by aud
watching you work"
81 don't do the work. Abbott does
TINT aud the mon. ~ course"
"Nour work is the work that makes
possible mud profitable the labor of the
others" she answered. "Nou plan, you
lead, the rest only follow, liy the
why. father told mo TO ask you and
Mr. Abbott TO dine with us tonight Ia
the car"
Mmdc's mood changed into positive
gloom.
II can't" he said ac'cctcdly. II
haven't amy clothes. neither has Abb
bolt We lcf, our dress suits behind
us when we came into the wilderness
10 work"
"Oh." she laughed. "Whnt difference
does that mnkc1 Come Just M you IRE.
II will be II relief. Ike you that way.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1917-04-19

81 have heard so much about It,"
said the girl, standing by the door.
81 want to see it when the wOrkmen
are all off and it Is all quiet, In the
moonlight"
"Very WELL You had better change
your dress, Helen, before you CO." said
the colonel, turning to Abbott and en-
gaging him in conversation on techni-
cal matters.
"Tll wait for you at the front door
of the car" said the engineer, his heart
beating like a pneumatic riveter and
sounding almost as loud In his ears.
81 won't be long" she whispered as
she left him.
Helen did not want to waste time
any more than Meade did. So, instead
Of taking her fathers advice, all she
did was to cover her beautiful shoul-
ders with light wrap and hasten to
the car door in the shortest possible
time. Every moment they were apart,
since the sum-total in which they could
be together was so small, was a mo-
ment lost.
Now" she said, coming out Of the
door Of the car and descending the
steps toward him, eagerly expectant,
II want prize for my swiftness."
"a prize!" returned the man, "why,
you've been gone years, and you
haven't even changed your gown. You
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1917-04-19

hero TO me- TN got Il la plucc In short
order" answered Abbott
I'VE aren't worrying about anything
with you aud Meade on the job. Ab.
hutI" said the colonel guulully.
"los, you are father" said the girl.
Ever sine" the International has been
started you have scarcely been able 10
give n thought oven TO me. Tn tired
of II. hope the old thing will soon
hc finished, SO that We can nil 20 back
TO normal lifc ngnln."
II hope so, too" asscntcd the colonel,
"nnd ! guess you arc right. The fact
Is the bridge Is mn obscssion with us
Nil. II Is the biggest Job the Mnr,iet
has ever handled Indeed, Il II the
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1917-04-19

care, constantly reporting the prog
ress to his father, every step taken
under the superintendent Of Abbott,
a man Of great practical ability as an
erector. but Of much less capacity as
a scientific designer or office engineer.
Meade had watched its daily growth
with the closest attention. Like every
other man in similar case, the work
had got into his blood. 1t had become
part of his life. He loved the bridge;
yet more he loved Helen Illingworth.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1917-04-19
CHARACTER TEST
~ONFlDENcE and good.na.
ture are easy for folks who

~oNFlDENcE and oood.na-
ture are easy for folks who
are already prosperous and
successful. The true strength Of
mans character Is revealed,
however, In adversely. Tear the
foundation from beneath one
who has always enjoyed advan-
taoes Of wealth and position, and
see II he has the backbone to
conquer evil days-to rise above
circumstance and win. In web
Of Steel" we have the story Of 4
man whose foundation Is de.
stroyed. His fight to rebuild Il
makes the novel. Il Is not mere.
ly entertaining fiction; Il 10 q
piece Of inspiring literature. We
feel sure all Of our readers will
enjoy this Cyrus Towsend Brady
serial.
THE EDITOR.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1917-04-19

To N CONTINUED
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-06
INTIMATE GLIMPSE OF TOL LSTOY

The counts lecture is mainly interest," ing for the light it throws on the inti- mate side of the life of the lecturers distinguished father He worked every day until 5 o'clock in the afternoon and was infinitely painstaking in polishing his stories. One of these, 'The Captive in the Caucasus" was altered no less than 101 times. He lived and talked over his creations with his family before writ ing them, and Countess Tolstoy, the au- thor's wife, although the mother of 1s children, of whom eight grew to matur- ity, found enough time to do all her hus- bands copying for him.
 Although Count Llya Tolstoy declares that lat this epoch, when the hurricane of madness is sweeping the earth, it is indeed proper to consider tine gigantic work of my father in giving to human ity the gospel of love and nonresistance," the fact that he himself has sent two sons to Russias firing line indicates that he does not go quite to the impractical extremes his father preached in observ- ing the doctrine of nonresistance. Neither do the Russian people, in whose devout reliance in their Orthodox faith Leo Tolstoy found the inspiration which saved him from self-destruction in the days of his great spiritual crisis But although few Americans will accept this cardinal point in the tenets of Leo Tol- stoy, the philosopher, there are thousands of them who love Leo Tolstoy. the man intimate account of him from his son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-06
THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINEERS

to think that in our midst for nearly 300 years have lived these hardy, hospital ble, well qualified, poor, destitute, illiter- ate, but proud and high-minded people, shut off from the worlds life and prog ress in thought, education, culture and achievement"
 Says the writer already quoted, who seems to have espoused the cause of the mountaineers with ardor .'They are worthy of our attention and aid, because when given, opportunities they usually seize them avidly and profit by them" Thomas Nelson Page has written of them: Tt is race that would have re- turned manyfold the care expended upon it. Their faults are the faults of Ignorance and the consequences of the want of opportunity, and their virtues are the old-time virtues of hospitality and generosity. With the light of opportunity shed upon them, they blossom and fruc- tify into rich harvests." John Fox. dr.. Miss Murfree, Seth Shepard, Miss Gie- low Gardner Murphy and many others have written of them in like vein. And now the motion pictures are presenting many phases of life in the hill country of the south which testify to the bravery, the fidelity, the personal loyalty, of a people who for many years were regarded as mostly sullen. treacherous, quarrel- some and lawless. No doubt they have been, to great degree, arrayed against what they understood to be society. but in the past, society's attitude toward them has not been of a nature to win or to deserve their respect. It was neces- sary, for change for the better, that ignorance should be dispelled on both sides
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-06
THE POLISH WOLF HUNT

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Contest breeds respect for an opponent. It has always been so, since wars began. among civilians than among those on the firing line. It is hard to hate one whose sheer ability demands esteem. This has been demonstrated on every battle front in Europe-on the western front where, at Christmas time, the soldiers of the all lies fraternized with their German an- tagonists; in the Italian Alps, where deep snow and biting cold brought deadlock and proximity brought a feeling little short of genuine friendliness; in Gallipoli, hearty respect for the stolid Turk. Now, or the Polish front, one sees similar phenomenon.
 There are still wolves in Russian Po- land, and the devastation of the land by marching armies has given wild life a chance to thrive. The great gaunt timber wolves, along with the ravens. have feasted on the bodies of the slain and have proved themselves enemies alike to German and Russian. Now dispatches relate the troops on both sides are quit ting their trenches to hunt down the beasts, have declared armistices to pro- tect their wounded against them. The wolf has been the horror of mankind for ages. It is pleasant to note this evidence of the brotherhood of man.
 War is curse, but incidents like this tighten it. Occur de Lion fraternizing with Saladin, English bowmen and French n.en-at-arms chasing the deer in Burgun- dian forests instead of fighting for Saint George and the Golden Lilies while Joan of Arc looked on. Wellington's men drink ing from the same stream as Soult's at Talavera, Yankees swapping coffee for tobacco with Johnny Rebs-these things may work evil to military discipline, but they can i'll be spared. The wounds of war will heal the more quickly for them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-06
From the Outlook.

1 From the Outlook.
 | NONS of famous fathers are disap- N pointing. partly because some of " them overestimate the extent to
 which their inherited luster can be used
 as capital. Count Ilya Tolstoy, son of
 Count Leo Tolstoy the great Russian
 writer and philosopher, is, however.
 somewhat of an exception to this rule.
 This is perhaps due to the fact that he looks so much like his celebrated parent | that his audiences, to whom he lectures /, on ''The Life and Ideals of My Father"
 are inclined to be satisfied with looking | at him and not ask for more.
 i Not that Count Tolstoy as lecturer is principally commendable as statue, to coin a Hibernicism. Not at all. For one who has hardly practiced English in 25 l years he speaks with remarkable clear ness and fluency. Still, much of the in terest with which audiences will hear him ! lies in the fact that he has the straight classic line from brow to tip of nose. the
 deep set eyes smoldering with a serious
 ness that seems partly pity, partly mys-
 ticism, the wide, lofty, thoughtful brow and that rough hewn look of the whole head characteristically Slavic in its sug- i gestion of strength which marked the appearance of the remarkable writer
 whom Turgeney called the elephant of Russian literature"
 l One of Count Tolstoys purposes in lec- l turing in America is to create interest
 in the establishment of a. home for aged
 writers in Yasnaya Polyana, near the birthplace of Leo Tolstoy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-06
His Home Town

Birmingham is constantly growing, said Roy El1am, manager of the Nash vile Vols. who was in Birmingham yesterday. After visiting some of the big cities in the north and then coming g south, the towns down here are natur- ally smaller but at that can see the marked increase In Birmingham s growth
 "I visited all of the large towns in the south last year when the South ern league season was on and in ev- cry one I took particular notice to compare them with Birmingham, None of the other towns are growing as fast as Birmingham. and when think that I lived here seven years I want to call the Magic City my home town.
 My home. however, is in northern Pennsylvania. but I like the south and may some day change my home address to some city In the sunny south. The winter in the north has been severe and I understand the south got a touch of the real weather during the past months. The best weather of all will be here soon and no one will appreciate 1t more than myself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-06
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HE WAS ABsENT-MINDED

 New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dis- patch.
 There are many ways of beating a ride on the surface cars. Here's one: Yester- day slim man boarded a Sixth avenue surface car and, as the conductor held out his hand for the fare, the slim man began searching his clothes diligently. The conductor was patient. but after a moment started on, saying he would come back. Presently he did, but the slim man was still searching. For the first time the conductor noticed that the man had g traDsfer in his mouth. He drew it forth. smiled at the slim searcher and went back to the end of the car. The slim man sat down, and pleas ant faced passenger next to him giggled. "You are as absent minded as I am,' he said. Absent minded nothing" an- swered the retired searcher, T found that had come away from home without a penny It took me a minute or two to lick the date off that veteran transfer P This is a tip for John McKirdy of the Philadelphia company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-06
LUKE M.LUKE SAYS

If you are unpopulr there must be a reason for it. Maybe you try to monop- olze the conversation.
 One good thing about middle age Is that when a man has reached 1t, he is so used to disappointments that he doesn't mind them-
 We hate to see it, and we hate to say it. But too many modern mothers are merely slaves to tyrannical and sassy children.
 It takes mighty good loser to lose without hanging out an alibi.
 Our own belief is that if George Wash ington had been golf player he wouldn't have acquired such a reputation for ve- racity
 The man who brags that he Is his own master seldom exercises the privilege of bossing himself. A man can wear white shirt and con- ceal the fact that he chews tobacco. But he can't wear white whiskers and get 1 away with it. Ever notice how mad the man who hasn't set foot in his church for 10 years l gets when he hears anyone knocking his church?
 | Another cinch bet is that the man whose | expenses are being paid is going to make | himself.
 l Every man can recall a time when he | was so close to death that the doctors gave him up. 1 Why do they say that nobody loves g | fat man? There are more thin men who
 would like to be fat than there are fat men who would like to be thin. | We are living too fast. Tho luxuries oe yesterday often become tho necessi
 ties of today. But, on the well knowr
 other hand, the necessities of yesterday | in some sinstances have become thu luxuries of today. Said instances belnt eggs, onions and potatoes. It is remarkable home that doesn
 need peace conference every now ans | then.
 Most of us never think of casting oul
 bread on the water until it is too stall
 to do anyone any good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-06

i The Prussian war lords will make a grievous blunder if they judge the public sentiment of this country by the actions of a handful of senators, some of whom truckled to their foreign-born constitu- ency. Japanese and Mexican agents profess to look on the German plot as joke. Americans have a keen sense of humor, but they don't see the point to that joke"
 Believers in preparedness are estimating the number of quarts" they will be able to order between now and July 1, when the Reed ''bone-dry" law goes into ef- feet
 A writer declares that American wom- en are not angels, but ordinary human beings. There's nothing like taking a common sense view of the fair sex.  Denmark has prohibited the sale of all spirits and alcoholic liquors. However, the order Is temporary and Danes with a thirst are asking, How long?"
 s< * *
 Gamers have provided Harvard with money to investigate ptomaine poison ing. That beats trying out ptomaines on the ultimate consumer.
 * < *
 There are millions of patriotic Ameri- cans who would not change places with Robert M. LaFollette and "Gumshoe Bill" Stone
 New York has come down hard on for tune tellers, but Wall street tips can still be had for the asking.
 # * *
 Rain may not dampen the ardor of marching suffragists, but it plays havoc with skirts and banners.
 The country is saved to this extent Jess Willard has signed circus contract for the coming season.
 < The German government needn't think that the United States has been whipped without a struggle.
 * * < , It's about time for some promising poet to sing the swan song of the little brown jug.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-06
DISCOVERING CoLuMBus

From the Saturday Evening Post.
 During the recent campaign Tam many leader on the East Side. self made man and one not entirely completed yet in some rspects. was addressing a mass meeting of Italian-born voters or behalf of the democratic ticket
 Gentlemen and fellow citizens he be- gan. q deem it an honor to be permitted to address you upon the issues of the day. have always had a deep admira ton for your native land. yinerate tht mimory of that great, that noble, Eyetal ian who was the original and first discov' erer of this here land of ours.
 ''Why. gintlemen. at me mothers kne' was taught to sing that inspirin' song Columbus, the Jim of the Ocean"
 Whereupon there was loud applause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-06
Great Year For
Birmingham District

Birmingham District ~ APPEAL is coming this way, and N if certain things now pending work out to our advantage there will be new impetus to prosperity. The governments $11 100000 armor plate plant will probably be located here. If it is so decided then Bir- mingham will have boom which will make most booms of the past look small in comparison. Our best metal lurgical authorities are confident that the government will pick Birmingham as the location for the armor factory. But whether we are so fortunate or not this section will be more than ever in the limelight.
 The United States supreme court is soon to render it's decision in the so- called steel trust suit.
 If the Steel corporation wins, as it is hoped here it will, then the cor poration will celebrate the decision by announcing plans for vast expendi- lures in the Birmingham district.
 It is believed that not less than 1 $15, 100000 will be spent here within 1 the next two years. If the corpora tion's suit should be adversed, how ever, and the United States and the Tennessee company be dissolved, then the shock would be felt, but only temporarily.
 The Standard Oil company was dis solved, but that company goes on practically as before. So it would be if the Steel corporation were dissolved Birmingham is strong in it's re- sources. Ten years ago we thought we had unbounded potentlalltieS. To- day we know we have them. We are praying that the United States su. preme court will decide that the Steel corporation is not trust, in the technical sense, but come what may the Birmingham district is safe. * * *
 Lawyer Whipple got s15,0oo for tn leak" investigation. Considering tn, extent of his discoveries, that wa enough.
 Judging from some recent girl shows firms who specialize in next-to-nothin costumes are making lot of money.
 
 There is no pleasing some people They'd rather see the fair Annette in glass tank than in miles of film.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-06

From the Christian Science Monitor.
 6T1HREE hundred years or so ago,
 detachments of the white races
 S that were destined to people the United States in the first instance, wan dering apart from their fellows, found their progress arrested in the mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee. They were of Celtic and Saxon stock in all particu- lars the equals of the other colonists, but as the course of a river may be changed by pebble in the brook, the history of the people composing these detachments was changed by the difficulty of getting their families and their few belongings over the rugged ridges of the Alleghenies and through the trailless forests of the Blue Ridge. To their knowledge at the time there was nothing beyond the mountain heights that promised more than they had already experienced. They had met with disappointment and hard ships enough to satisfy them for time at least And so they built themselves rude cabins on the hillsides, cultivated a few acres, became inured to isolation, and achieved a contentment that deprived them at once of restlessness and ambi- tion.
 If the soil of the clearings was washed out and reluctant in production, it suf- dced the wants of these people were few and easily satisfied. They raised some corn and potatoes, they raised some cows for milk. some pigs for pork. some sheer for wool; the women spun and wove the linsey- -woolscy and the jeans that consti- tuted all the clothing material the com. munities knew for generations: some oi the men were good shots. and the woods were full of game. On the whole, the mountaineers were independent. and many of them had the habits of tho old country squires of the seventeenth cen tury. They lived among themselves They were law unto themselves. They in termarried. The clan spirit was strong among them. Their feuds were many. in. lveterate, and implacable.
 i Now and then some of the less con tented would cross the ridge. descend into the valley. seek the town and city. ant opportunity. From such adventures thu nation has derived some of it's greates 1 leaders Out of the mountain stock O.
 the south came Andrew Jackson, Stone wall" Jackson, Abraham Lincoln ant scores of other men of eminence in ever, walk Said Howard s. finders, A. M. speaking in defense and in behalf of thes' people recently: 'Let us not forget tha
 these mountaineers represent the walled
 off, secluded, undeveloped. unenlightenet
 Ulster and Huguenot blood of early days
 they are of the essence and conscience Q 'Anglo-saxon Americanism. It Is almos
 startling. thrilling, romantic and tragi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-06
ENTERTAINING TO WAR

From the Louisville Courier-J Journal. saying that war is "hell foolery." The foolery of it is according to Jane Ad- dams, that if man is not drunk he will not charge. Is the hell of 1t that when prohibition is put into effect the Euro peans will not declare peace because they hate one another and will not charge because they will be cold sober, so will stand pat in the trenches till they perish miseraby?