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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
s'Masculine Psychology
 and the Food Problem

A CRY-not exactly from the 6A depths, but nevertheless a poignant cry-is uttered by Mrs. Henry Wade Rogers, of the National American Woman Suffrage associa- tion, in an article recently published.
 "Masculine psychology is getting all out of joint on the subject of waste," declares Mrs. Rogers, who thinks not more than 20 per cent of the food crop reaches the kitchens of the country. Just what masculine psychology" has to do with the prob lem is not quite clear, but there is food for thought in this pungent par agraph:
 Tt has become 8 popular thing
 to scold women and threaten them
 with the bogy of possible starva-
 tion unless they put their families
 on a bread and water diet. From
 dutiful. inoffensive soul. striv-
 ing to stretch last years income
 over this years inflated cost of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
THE OPEN LAND

Richard Burton in Poems of the Earth'a Meaning. S We of the open country, Men of the ranch and range, Bronzed of skin and out to win, Men of the landscape strange Hail you and bid you hther, Brother so far away, City-beguiled and greed-defiled, Into the air of the day! Here are visions splendid Girdled With space and light; Ride where you will, there Is beauty still. Breath and the body's might. The silver gray of the mesa, The alkali blotch below, The waters pool where the grass grows
 green,
 And the far peaks tipped with snow. The great gaunt scars of the chasms. Where the pines are writhen things. Small of girth and stunted from birth. Where nothing flies or sings. Yellow the sands or dappled, Up where the foothills wind, And the white stream leaps down the
 canyon deeps
 With the roar of the beasts behind. Myriad changes. myriad moods. on. the glad gamut of life! Deserts abloom or bare as doom. Places for sleep or strife. All of it splendid, all of it ours, Brother by brother stand! Ho, for the West, where to breathe isf
 best, Hall, from the open land!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
Scott Witnesses
 Russiam Offensive

E SPECIALLY heartening to the A allies is new Russia's stabiliza- tion and her display of fresh prowess on the firing line. Maj. Gen. Hugh l.. Scott, chief of staff of the United States army, who is a member of the American commission headed by Elihu Root, reached the southwestern front just in time to witness the Russians begin their offensive July 1. In an enthusiastic telegram to MT. Root describing the battle General Scott re- ferred to the artillery preparation as "excellent." He and his aides stood on hill overlooking the Russian and Austrian lines and saw an army corps take three lines of Austrian trenches.
 Whether or not the presence of Gen. efal Scott had stimulating effect on the Russian soldiers, they were at their best and were doubtless proud of the fact that they made a good impress
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
WILL EUROPE ADOPT BASEBALL. From the New York Herald

WILL EUROPE ADOPT BASEBALLs From the New York Herald.
 Americas greatest outdoor game came into existence few years before the out break of the civil war. Its growth in popularity was slow until the soldiers at the front fell under it's spell Then 1t spread from regiment to regiment, from northern army to southern army, until it became the universal means of obtaining relaxation from military duties. When the war was ended the soldiers took thes States, and soon thereafter the formation of intercity leagues placed 1t on the threshold of its present popularity.
 Baseball, like trade, follows the Ameri- can flag, and today the game Is played in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and ,thd Philippines. That it will follow the flag to Europe is shown by the announce ment of the Young Mems Christian as- sociation international committee that it is sending to the American concentra- tion camps in France 5000 baseballs 300 baseball gloves and 400 baseball bats NeaTly every American solder VIII have besides lieutenant generals baton, . baseball in his knapsack. Already the Americans in the armies of France have been teaching their French, British and Belgian comrades in arms, and it is not too much to expect that when the main America army arrives on the west front there will be such baseballizing of our allies as will make an after the war international league a necessity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

The trouble with having a cinch is that 1t is so hard to get a sucker to take bet on it.
 It is different when he is going to take her to a theatre. But man doesn't care how long it takes his wife to get ready if he is going to take her to church.
 The contented man, who is satisfied with the cards dealt him in the game of life doesn't win many pots.
 A man never realizes how trifling his personal needs are until he marries and has a few babies in the house.
 A woman's idea of economy is to have her dresses cut higher at the bottom and lower at the top.
 Discord is when a man is singing the praises of some other man. Harmony is when he is singing your praises.
 A lot of men do their hardest work on Sunday, when they do not get paid for it.
 Some men want a lot of credit for be- ing decent because they are compelled to do so by law.
 The man who has the thinnest watch in the crowd knows that he is the only man in the crowd who has the correct time.
 If politics, religion and the weather were eliminated from their conversation some men wouldn't be able to say word.
 It has just about got so that a mod ern boy doesn't make half as much fuss over his first automobile as the old-fash- toned boy used to over his first watch.
 The average man would get mad if you said that he was conceited. But the av- craze man imagines that his opinion is public opinion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
BEAUTY OF BIRMINGHAM

 out whether they were in Birmingham or Fairyland.
 In the Birmingham district are found the various coal, iron, steel, wire mills and by-product mills that made Bir- mingham possible and are bidding fair to make it a city of half a million inS the next 10 years-and that would be no larger percentage of growth than 1t has experienced in the past 10 years or so. Birmingham has a pay roll-some pay roll, too, a real Dixie hospitality and the 'git up and git' to move mountains. and 1t is moving some of them into the furnaces and across the seas to the sel- lies. Birminghams hospitality Is so aNl inclusive and cordial and complete tha& you begin to boost for Birmingham after the first 10 minutes in the city. It was the Rotarians who were in the stop a. day in Birmingham party that werty, told that Birmingham considered it a. privilege to share all it had with them andSto assurerthem that, having partaken of the barbecued feast together, here after all that is was necessary to do was to raise the sign of the broken bone to call all Birmingham to their aid." It was Birmingham that entertained the hundreds of Rotarians so well, after the stopovers on the way down and the won- derful five days in Atlanta, that the en- tire party marveled that the city, having such Rotarians was not bigger than Chicago. Yet Birmingham is in Dixie land and all it's hustle can't take Dixie out of industrial Dixieland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05

From the Bartlesville (okla.) Examiner. TN1IG, busy, booming, beautiful Bir- lSN ningham claims 19S,000 inhabitants ~ and no one cares whether 1t has
 included 50 or so thousand of the inhabitants of the surrounding territory in the count or not.
 Birmingham's business and manufac- turing district proper is laid out in flat, surrounded by dense1y wooded low lying ranges of mountains, and the broad streets make 1t possible to see the top of the 26-story skyscrapers without lying tho street as you would have to do in Atlanta.
 Birmingham's streets are numbered, as are the avenues. This sensible system makes it impossible for you to lose your self, you can tell at once where you are and just how far 1t is from one point to another.
 Birmingham's residence district Is so entrancingly beautiful that no one could object to being lost in it's winding roads, bewitching boulevards and charming driveways along which are builded the homes that are the pride of Birmingham. Any doubting Thomases will have all their doubts about the beauties of resi- dential Birmingham knocked into cooked hat if they ever take the drive of 20 or 30 miles through its devious winding avenues and take the bird view of the city while motoring up and down Red Mountain and trying to figure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
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DOES "oLD FRITZ" APPROVED

DOES ''OAD C AtA hA AsO From the New York Herald
 The Kaiser has assured his soldiery that Frederick the Great, whom he names familiarly as "Old Fritz" will look down approvingly on him from his place in the Elysian Fields.
 It is only by virtue of his partner ship with the Deity that the Kaiser is able to convey this information of what goes on in heaven. He has cre- ated a winged Prussian autocrat smil- ing with seraphic face on the Huns. whose deeds of vandalism make the worst pages in German history look like the children of Sun day school. He has given to the loyal imagination of his army a Little Eva in knee brooches and wig seated on damp cloud of cotton wool and urging them on to further deeds of valor |against children as defenceless as her. |self. That the grim old warrior could approve of the frequent murders of women and children is difficult to be- |lieve. Certainly such approval will not be shared by others of his race who are far more likely than he to be Iamong the present dwellers in the Elysian Fields.
 Goethe will not look down with ap- lproval; nor will Schiller; nor will "Old family. The Kaiser Is assuming alto gether too much in trying to guess what his famous ancestor is thinking about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05

living, the housekeeper, that hap
 less victim of masculine condem-
 nation. has been dragged from be-
 hind the shelter of the cook stove
 and thrust into the limelight as
 reckless spendthrift who wastes as
 she goes"
 Do we not observe here tendency, characteristic of some suffrage work CTS, to make men tyrants whose chief aim in life is the oppression of wonl- ankind on any pretext whatsoever?
 There is no intention shown any, where by anybody of standing to pill lory the American housewife, All that is asked of her is cooperation in the campaign to prevent waste, a service which she can perform with honor to herself and profit to her country. American housewives do not believe that they have any par ticular grievance and it is certain that they are not bothering their heads about masculine psychology" as ap- piled to the food situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
ADRlF'T WITH THE TIMES
MODERN

MODERN A modern girl in every way Is buxom Betsy Bang, She spends a part of every day In learning some new slang.
 Youngstown Telegram. A modern maid right up in style, Is Angelina Snooks, She plays the naughty beauty while Her mother sews and cooks. Fs4 Springfield Union. A modern girl, right up to date Is Alice Ella Burr, Eat fudge? Nay, nayi Just chocolates That cost dollar per.
 Boston Advertiser. girl who goes the modern jog, Is Ethelinda Hare; She puts clothes on her poodle dog, And leaves her wishbone bare. ~ Houston Post. A girl that's up to date, all right, Is Miss Matilda Jay For she stays up most all the night, And sleeps most all the day.
 Peoria Journal. A girl who has the modern way Is Arabella Jutes; Devotes her time, day after day, To rounding up recruits
 EASIER TO REMEMBER What is the name of this potted plant?" Aunt Eliza" replied MT. Jipson, briskly. whats the joker" There isn't any joke. This plant has Latin name about yard long. so I re- christened it in honor of the person who gave it to us."
 SAME OLD SLTAl T cannot help overhearing a newly married pair saying soft nothings to each other.' Did you learn anything new about spooning?' "No It's astonishing how little origin{J ality there is in pet names"
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
Benefits of Boll weevil

Whatever may the other effects of the proverbially dangerous combination of the boil weevil and war on the farmers of Alabama said T. M. Patterson, so- licitor of the Third congressional district, it is certain that 1t will cause bene- fits in one way. That is that the planters of this state are learning to care for their own needs in feeding themselves and their stock.
 This year they felt that they were required to plant enough foodstuffs, above everything else, because of the probable future scarcity of these things, and the great advance in prices on food stuffs that seemed certain. After they have tried the experiment this year, they will find that it is more profitable to raise more foodstuffs than they can use, and receive twice the usual price for their small quantities of cotton and a good price for whatever foodstuffs and other farm products besides cotton they may have to market. In other words, they will diversity properly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
Sheriff Moons Joke

have friend John L. Moon, sher- if of Lee county" said W. E. Mur- phy the well known detective, "who likes to play jokes. Pulling a big envelope out of his pocket he began to open one after another until at last in a very small one he found the picture of pretty woman who was wanted Sheriff Moon had written on the line below where the re- ward for capture was stated, Find her '
 I'll do my best" said Murphy as he sauntered away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
DispIeased With Seed

I am sorry that some seedsmen can't be trusted" said F. Nation. well-to-do farmer who lives at Gardendale near Mary Lee. T hold in my hands here two punches of wheat. One is as fine lot as I have ever seen grown in Jef- ferson county, while the other Is enough to test the patience of saint. In this bunch there are four different varieties, bearded wheat, golden chaff, rye and bar ley. but no purple wheat I bought two sacks from the same scotsman. One sack was fine and the other was bum. I am on my way to try and make him make good. planted five acres and half of it is practically worthless''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
Shortage i'm Greene Countv

T have boy p years old, a graduate of Auburn, who Is farming in Greene county" said A. L. Smith of the Con- tinantal Gin company. He is the only white man on the place. understand that if the government takes every white man in Greene county between the ages of 21 and 31 that the country will fall way below it's quota The negroes have Hooked north"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
Have Man in France

We are proud to have member of Luckie tent on the firing line across the waters" said T. P. Patterson. "J E. Hayden is somewhere in France with an ambulance corps, and we are keeping up his insurance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
Baptist .Emergencx Meny

T am greatly interested in The Elmer gency Men, the name given by J. T. Henderson. secretary of the laymens s movement of the Southern Baptist con- vention, with headquarters at Knoxville, Tenn.," said Darby IT. Brown, one of the active workers in the Southside Baptist church. "Dr. Henderson Is trying to create a small army of 10000 men, whom he designates as Emergency Men. It will be their business to press Baptist interests when called upon and to help raise special funds. No man will be called on during the year for more than s5. It looks like live proposition, and I am going to help him get up Birming- hams quota among our Baptist lay men,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
SAFE AND SANE"

SAFE AND SANE Time was when little Robbie The Day" would celebrate With cannon crackers roaring From early morn till late. And maybe lose a finger, And maybe lose an eye In view of all the risks he ran, Was lucky not to die. But nowadays he listens To music by the band And hears a speaker spouting From flag-emblazoned stand, And sees a long procession Its tardy length unwind. With patriotic marchers
 Of every age and kind. But somehow little Robbie Is rather still and sad; He misses all the racket
 That used to make him glad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
Good Roads and
 Food Conservation

THE good roads movement
 J throughout the United States has been gaining momentum year by year and special effort is being made to have August IA and 15 next observed with more than usual en- thusiasm in the various states. In order to enlist public sympathy the value of good roads in the conserva- ton. of food in war time is being stressed by the United States Good Roads association, whose headquar ters are in Birmingham. This organ ization is making an active campaign to secure the hearty cooperation of the people everywhere to observe August IA and 15.
 It is pointed out that the better the highways the better the govern ment can fuse them in mobilizing food supplies, troops and ammuni- tion to carry on the great war"
 In response to the appeals of President Wilson and the agricul- ture department larger food crops have been planted this year than ever before, and there is reason to believe that the yield will average well, even if weather conditions should be un-. favorable in many places. The mar keting of these crops will be mate rially facilitated by the building of good roads.
 The United States Good Roads as- sociation has, through it's secretary, notified Herbert c. Hoover, the food administrator, of the steps taken to enlarge the scope of the forthcoming good roads days in the interest of the national defense, and it is but natural that he will give the matter his hearty approval.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05

BEGINNING THE DAY--o my God. teach me how like s perhect and priceless treasure the kfngaom of heaven Is. May I sell all nave to buy it. Without 1t l am poor indeed, and with 1t l am rich nito- rether. It satisfies the longing or my heart, 1t meets the thirst oi my soul. It is the true bread. U may feed on 1t. In Christs nsme' Amen.--H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
HOTEL LoBBEEs
Teache. Us to Hustle

Birmingham doesn't seem to be very good at getting things from the govern ment, said Hudson Barker, but when she goes out to get something by her. self she generally lands it. After all, this may be the best way. It teaches us to hustle"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
ABOVE SUCH TRIPLES

ABOVE SUCH TRIPLES
 How do you expect to catch any fish if you spend all your time asleep on the bank?' asked the meddlesome stroller. My friend" said the recumbent one, with all the dignity at his command, eIm out here to rest. It's immaterial to me whether catch any fish or not. In fact, for the past two hours I haven't even troubled to see whether or not there is any bait on my hook"
 THE LEAvINGs. AS TT WE'RE ''You frequently see beautiful girl chumming with homely one"
 The homely miss acts as foil" But how does she profit by that ar rangementY'
 "oh, she gets the same perquisites as 8 chaperon.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
NOT THE ONLY ONE

Now. there goes a typical war 'ex- pert!"
 Tell me about him.
 "He has pile of maps a foot high and doesn't know how to pronounce Przemysl."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
Work for Howard

T am glad to know that the Bap- lists of Alabama are responding so readily to the pleas of Dr. J. M Shell burne of Howard college" said F. c. Ratliff, general manager of the Penn Mutual. He is visiting various churches in the interest of special fund for cur rent expenses and to improve the build ings and add to the equipment. Dr. Shell burne has made record as a fine execu- tive, and 1t now seems that he is going to make one as a money getter. As one of the trustees I know the needs, and therefore joy in his success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05
Price of Shoes

Do you expect any reduction in the prices of shoes and leather goods? is what quite number of persons have asked me-" said A. D. Zbinden. ''The truth of the matter is that if there Is any change in prices it very probably will be an advance. Shoes made their first large advance just after the war began, and it is entirely possible that they will not come down at all until the war closes. ."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05

No communication will ce published without it's authors name. He1ecteo manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05

xne Age Herald Is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dls- patches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05


 It's location affords students the ad- vantage of mountain climate in the midst of city life. No college in Ala bama is so fortunately situated as How heat about the campus is never excessive and the classrooms and dormitories are reasonably cool and comfortable at all times. Century-old oaks and elms- and Bermuda grass lawn make the cam pus an attractive !ounging place in off hours.
 Summer school students at Howard col lege are eable to take advantage of an unusually acceptable social life. Bir- mingham is famous for its religious and cultural activities. Summer amusement features, the strong churches and the hospitable, homes of the city furnish op- portunity for recreation, study and friendship. Beautiful South Highlands the famous steel mills, the Southern league baseball park, the mining indus tries, city parks and the many com mercial interests are always interesting to visitors and students.
 It's working set. They begin at s a. m. and have classes until p. m The afternoons are devoted to study and recreation. The Howard college library in Montague hail. is open daily during the summer school from g to 12 o'clock and from 1:30 to 4 o'clock Besides the large collection of pamphlets and re ports of the government in various fields the library now contains more than 10,Oot bound volumes. The reading room con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05

I found that the summer school, which started with 35 pupils the first year, grew to 118 the second year, but that on this, the third year of it's existence, in spite of crop failures and the war, has en- rolled 150 students, some coming from North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and Mississippi. This shows that the school is doing good work and is growing in popularity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05

It has been long time since that un- fortunate day when the King of England fell off his horse. but he has contributed no other exciting incident to the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05

Asked if she owned a mule, an eastern woman replied, "Yes-my husband" Must be the kind of married man who won't stand for a dictatorial policy in the home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05

All unavoided Is the doom of destiny
 -Richard HI. <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05

Nicholas Romanoff and his family are said to be digging potatoes at Tsarsko selo. They might have made themselves solid with the Russian proletariat if they had started doing that long ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter un- dsA act of Congress. March 3. 1879.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-25
AIRCRAFT
BILL READY
FOR HOUSE
Six Hundred Million
War Measure Has
No Opposition

WASHINGTON. June 25.-The
first great American aircraft bin is
ready.
Asking an appropriation OF 5000.
100000 for airship construction and
designed to drive the German bird
men from the sky the bill may be
introduced in congress today or TO.
morrow House Leader Kitchin
thinks the house viii pass the bill
IN half a day.
Secretaries Baker and Daniels to-
day conferred with tho senate mill.
tary affairs subcommittee relative
TO introduction OF the bill and con.
duct of hearings
They are understood 10 have al
vlscd against creation OF "A separate
department OF aeronautics ar this
time
The bill is the largest initial ap-
preparation for aero work originally
launched by any country now at
war. but all belligerents since the
war Began have each year increased
their appropriation for air service
until England this year set aside q