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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-07-27
A SECTIONAL CLIMATE

From the New York World.
In a letter to Senator Weeks Of Mass
achusetts Secretary Baker explains that
southern states to facilitate winter train
ing of troops. This fact had occurred
to most readers who are not United
States senators. Plattsburg in February
does not resemble conditions somewhere
in France or invite to bombing prac-
tice with bare fingers.
Yet that there has been sectionalism
of the most shameless kind neither the
Secretary Of War nor anyone else can
deny The climate is the guilty wretch
1t rigs things so that our southern foot
hills invite to open-air exercise when
northerners hive up for the winter or
take to skating Rash mortals have
even spoken disrespectfully Of the win
ter climate of Massac husetts-beginning
almost 297 years ago with the Pilgrim
Fathers. who spoke i'll Of "ye Fiendisls
Easte Wyndes, as If fngendered y
Divells, that swept many into thNr
graves the first winter
MANY have been the proposals to CRIB
the climates dealing from The bottom
of the deck. Perhaps the most INTEREST
ing is the plan to erect Golfer dam on
the Grand Banks and turn the Arctic
current. with it's lading of icebergs, off
into the Atlantic to mix it UP with the
gulf stream Until something of this
sort it's done we fear that Secretaries of
War must brave the wrath of Senators
Lodge and Weeks by continuing to sur
render to our grossly sectional climate.
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IGNORANCE REGARDING FOODS
Nv Scale HARRIS. M. ID.

appctites, without their instincts as to
kind and quantity of food they eat.
Few realize that we are living under
artificial conditions as related to the
things that we eat and drink A CEN
fury ago sugar was luxury, obtainable
only by the rich. Today the average
American stomach annually has SHOW
eled into it so pounds, an increase OF
nearly 100 per cent in 30 years, of thhs
carbohydrate that ferments most readily
in the intestinal tract, and which causes
many of the digestive and nutritional
disturbances from which civilized people
suffer We can reduce our sugar con-
sur. rtion from 80 to Is per cent and be
healthier and happier by so doing.
In the last half-century the milling in
dustry has made enormous strides and
there are many brands of so-called re-
fined flour and meal on the market Our
forefathers ate flour and meal from
whole wheat and whole corn, while we
are deprived of the protein and of the
vitamins Certain substances necessary
for perfect nutrition) that they had
from the cruder methods of milling.
We would be better nourished if we ate
breads made from whole wheat flour and
from coarse cornmeal The average man
eats at least one-third more bread than
he needs.
Cold storage plants and transportation
facilities enable us 70 eat meat in any
quantity three times day. Our meat
bill can be reduced two-thirds. not to
mention the fact that we would be bet
| ter off If we ate only one-third that
! which we now consume.
| Education is the remedy, but that will
be discussed in the next short talk
| Birmingham, Ala,
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Instructors of
Army Bands Needed

Army Bands Needed
1.-THE regular army bands are, as a
4 rule, led by competent must
clans, but with the National Guard it
is somewhat different. Regiments
coming from the large cities have
good bands. Otherwise the bandsmen,
including the leader, are usually anna
tours who have had little training.
The. bands of the great national
army, soon to be assembled in concen-
tration camps, will be hurriedly or
ganized and will, as a matter of
course, belong to the musical awk-
ward squad. Within the next few
weeks the United States will have
in it's military service fully 500 bands
in addition to those of the regular
establishment.
While band players are not as i'm
portant in war times as men behind
the guns, they are in great demand
nevertheless and we'll earn their pay.
The war department should spare no
effort to give the soldiers the best
music possible. The proper training
of bands, therefore, should receive
prompt attention right now.
There should be an instructor-an
educated musician as well as ex-
perienced performer-for every four
or five bands. Men fitted for this
work are not as plentiful as one
might imagine, but still they can be
found.
The war department could have the
assistance of men like Sousa, OF
Santelmann of the United States Ma
rine band, in an advisory capacity.
Uncle Sam should have bands that
would do the country credit when
they reach French soil.
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WHAT "poCHE. MEANS

From the Columbus Dispatch.
The term "Boche." as applied to the
German soldiers, isn't a complimentary
one, no anything new. 1t is an old term
In France, and means ''thick-headed." 1t
is about equivalent to our American term
of "boneEead."
In fact, the word comes from the Ital-
ian "boccia," and means "a round ball
of exceptionally hard wood used in play
ing ten pins But just how it came to
be applied to the German soldiers we do
not know.
AS a general rule. nicknames given to
soldiers are not unlzindly. The French
soldier is called "poilu," which means
hairy, because in the early French wars
the soldiers had no opportunity to shave,
or have their hair cut, and when they
rough, hairy, uncouth appearance. But
there was nothing unkindly in calling
them "poilu."
The english are called "Tommies'' be-
cause OF fictitious popular British SOL
der made immortal in verse and given
the name Tommy Atkins" During our
civil war the Union troops were called
"Yanks," as an abbreviation of the word
Yankee and the Confederates were
called Johnny Rebs," from Rebel"
But never was there bitterness or sar-
casm in the term.
But now we have the German soldiers
generally called "Boches." or Bone
heads" and certainly not as a team Of
endearment. The appellation Hun"
which one sees in print frequently, also
is term Of reproach. and means that
the Germans present warfare and tactics
SAVIOR Of the barbarity of the Huns, who,
under Attila, came near overrunning
Europe and destroying civilization There
were many of the Huns left in the region
that has since become Germany, but the
German people, as a people, are not de-
scendants Of the Huns.
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WV teeth" is a trlte saying
that seems figuratively true
when we study the dietaries and meth
DDS of eating of 90 out of every 100 peo-
pie. Go into any quick lunch place, go
into any college dormitory, go into cafes,
hotels and dining cars and go into the
homes of all classes and watch the
''gravedigers' hurriedly devour meats,
bread and sweets without thought of
the amount of proteins or carbohydrates
needed to maintain normal nutrition,
and see them swill coffee, which contains
a harmful habit forming drug, caffeine,
and you will find that the average per-
son, If he knew anything of food values
and the nutritional needs of the body,
could live on less than one-half the
amount he now spends for food and
drink, and be healthier and more eff
cient, not to mention the fact that he
would live years longer on a rational,
well balanced diet.
While the hardships entailed by the
increased cost of food on account of the
war Is to be deplored, the agitation that
has resulted from it will perhaps in the
end make for the good of the human
race; because, for the first time the pub
| lie is becoming interested in the study
| of dietetics. The crude experiment of
| the Chicago diet squad" in proving that
men can work and maintain normal
weight and at cost of 80 cents day,
did not add anything to scientific knowl-
| edge But the menus used by this well
advertised group of men, while painfully
faulty to those well inforced in dietetics,
contained about the right quantities of
carbohydrates. protens and fats, and
the public has learned a little about, and
I is becoming interested in food values,
at least from the economic viewpoint.
/ 1t is a remarkable fact that very few
| educated people know anything of
dietetics, or the science of nutrition, OF
what we should eat and of why we eat
different articles Of food. The colleges
graduate thousands every year who are
supposed to be familiar with the classics
and higher mathematics. not one of
whom, with the exception Of a few spe-
| cial or graduate students in four or
| five Of the big universities. has been
| taught anything about the most essen
tial thing in life, viz: The nutrition OF
our bodies.
We trust the selection and prepara-
ton of our food to the most ignorant
class of people and we eat three meals
a day without any consideration as to
whether or not our menus are suited to
our nutritional needs. Men specify the
caloric value of the coal used in their
engines and they know that too much
or too little, or improper fuel, inter-
feres with the energy output of their
| machinery. Yet they never seem to
know, or to care, about the quantity or
the quality of the food burned in their
bodies. Apparently we eat like the lower
animals, merely to crafty our perverted
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but it is we'll to have the matter gen.
orally understood.

but it is we'll to have the matter gen.
orally understood.
+, Speaking OF titles, how about the A. d.
l. M D. s. F. P. d. B. A. E. whom the
British soldier tries to remember as the
assistant director. implements and ma
chinery department section. food produc-
ton department, board of agriculture
and fisheries?
"B. l. T." discovered a man who has
laid sin cocktail ingredients to last rs
years and 1900 bottles of beer. The dry
wave may be long way off, but that
fellow can see it coming
y
After seeing Mr.. Stranger" Lewis
perform, it strikes us that there are at
least 5000 easier ways of earning a liv-
ing than trying to put Mr.. Lewis shout
ders on the mat.
Colonel Watterson calls Jim Ham
Lewis peace outburst another puff of
wind from that cave of folly, the United
States Senate" which leaves nothing
more to be said.
The sooner the Russian bear begins
taking that blood and iron" tonic prom
Used by Kerensky, the better it will be
for his health.
why not let the noble red man patrol
the Mexican border and put the fear
of the Lord In those bandits by taking
a few scalps?
A magazine writer says business has
been fine in England. But for obvious
reasons. the tourist business is not what
it used to be.
Mrs. Mooney could not have kissed the
jurors more handily If she had been one
OIL lnOSe Qasnlng danes VINO pistol their
husbands.
If the Russians don't stop running.
even the Austrians will begin to regard
themselves as conquering heroes.
Publisher Ochs wants the family name
changed to Oaks" Prussian "frightfuI-
ness has gotten on his nerves.
y
There are still few old-fashioned ed
itors who "wield a trenchant pen" and
they are going after slackers
Whom does LaFollette server asks
the Philadelphia Inquirer. Should we
say Kaiser Wilhelm?'
" n
After all. 1t is probable that Mr. Den
man is best suited for the practice Of
law
That submarine front" Is not much
more stable than the "airplane front"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-07-27
Vice Conditions Not
To BE Tolerated

nm HE time when high officers of
il the army tolerated vice condi-
tions adjacent to military camps has
passed. Soldiers are all the better
soldiers when removed entirely from
q bad moral atmosphere. Education
in the last ten years has brought a
wonderful change in the public's atti-
ture toward vice. Men to be efficient
in any walk of life must be sober
and morally clean in other respects.
From any point of view war is
horrible. But the horrors are minim-
lied when vice is removed.
The various religious societies that
have close alliance with the army are
making a special effort to eradicate
certain evils that have played havoc
with men in the ranks. The results,
it is believed, will be most beneficent.
One of the great advances in moral
sentiment is found in the attitude of
officers of the medical corps and of
the line officers placed in command
Of large army organizations.
% 1t is safe to assume that every
American general demands whole
some environment for concentration
camps. The late Maj.-Gen. Frederick
Funston had very positive views on
xhe question Of morals for army men
No one was ever more opposed tc
loose morals than he. He had nc
patience whatever with the "old-tims
doctor" who treated the social evi
problem lightly.
And now comes MAJ. Gen. Leonard
!. Wood, a medical man by profession
who inveighs strongly against cor
rupt morals. In a statement issuet
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-07-27
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

The more girls photograph fiatters
her the more she is convinced how
natural it looks.
Some men are loaded down SO heavily
with good intentions tkat they can t
make any progress.
The reason why woman has faith in
her husband when he stays out all night
is because if you upset bottle of ink
on a white tablecloth there wouldn't be
any stains.
What has become Of the old fashioned
mesmerist who used to show in the town
hall and who made your boy friends act
like monkeys?
And where is-the old bird who used to
play the musical glasses at concert?
When woman displays her temper
after she is married she doesn't even pre-
tend to disguise it as temperament.
A man never realizes how lucky he Is
when woman refuses to marry him I'M
til about 10 years after she has married
thee other fellow and has developed into
a fat woman with a half dozen children
A wise man always throws out thai
one race won by the tortoise and gets
his coin down on the hare.
| 1t isn't so hard for man to contro
a bad temper when he knows that the
other fellow can whip him.
Some folks meet trouble half way. while
others camp on troubles doorstep and
dare it to come out
The reason why some people never
think before they speak is because they
| are afraid they will forget what it was
they wanted to say.
When some men drop dime into the
| collection plate in church they figure
that they have paid for stateroom OF
the Heavenly Express and secured .
mansion with southern exposure on Z
/ corner lot in heaven.
A wife knows that gambling Is terri
| BILE thing when her husband loses. Blu
| it isn't so bad when he happens to brint
home the kale.
The fact that woman has been mar
ried five times doesn't keep her from
| joining societies that meet to indignat'
and demand the suppression Of the socia
evil.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-07-27
. Going on Vacation

1T expect to take my vacation about
August L. said Judge John Miller. i
have arranged to go to Grove Park Inn
at Asheville with my good friend, Hon.
John B. Knox of Admission. We were
there together last summer, and greatly
enjoyed the outing He plays golf in
the afternoon. while I get a book and
read. BY the way. the management was
very thoughtful of my comfort on my
last visit, as each morning at my plate
at breakfast I found a copy of The
Age-Herald.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-07-27
Last Word ON
That U-Boae YARN

"A BROOKLYN youth with the
NA American army in France has
written a carefully censored letter to
his parents saying Pershing's troops
saw no U-boats. Press correspond
ents with the expedition reported an
uneventful trip. According to Secre-
tary Daniels, submarines attacked
in force"
The hasty newspaper reader does
not know to this day whether the trip
across was without incident or a
series of victories for American gun
ners who kept pack of swapping and
snarling U-boats at bay while the
transports, loaded with human
freight, steamed bravely toward
England.
AS Fourth of July communica-
ton, the official report" had the
right ring, but it won't do to tamper
with public confidence simply to put
people in a cheerful frame Of mind
for few hours and give fresh i'm
petus to the spirit of TO-"
We are going to demand facts
about this war. We've had enough
fiction already. The Daniels-Creel
school of journalism is in bad odor
and will not "color" any more news,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-07-27
DistrusG the Cause
of Russian RouG


r AFTER details of the Russian rout
Ia in Galicia show how complete
is the decentralization of forces which
a short while ago were conducting a
brilliant offensive. Gnns and equip
ment provided in great quantities by
Russia's allies were abandoned. 1t is
even stated that soldiers crazed with
fear shot their own gunners to get
horses on which to continue their
mad flight.
The Wall Street Journal states
briefly the causes leading to this
humiliating retreat:
What happened in the regiments
which turned tail in Galicia is
easy to explain. Every man dis
trusted the man next to him and
was afraid that he would run
away. Least of all did he trust his
officers. while every regiment
feared that 1t would not be sup
ported by the regiment on it's
flank. The demoralizing idea
which this engenders is that the
first to run will have the best of 1t.
The result as we see was a retreat
degenerating into a rout before an
inferior force. and the elimination
of the Russian offensive for this
years campaign at least.
Washington may we'll feel gloomy
over the military situation in Russia.
Kerensky may be able to stem the
tide, but it is tremendous and al
most hopeless task he essays in the
| most critical hour the Russian pro-
visional government has yet faced.
Unless there is a quick reversal of
form, in Galicia and elsewhere among
the Russian troops, the burden
America must bear will be tremen-
dously increased and the war will no
doubt be prolonged indefinitely.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-07-27
Going to Training Camp

IT have resigned as advertising man
ager of the Steele-Smith Dry Goods
company" said Raymond F. Smythe, son
of j. Herbert Smythe. who for years was
manager of the Associated Press at
Louisville. KY.
IT got into the advertising game quite
young, for l am just Is, and barely can
get In the officers training camp. l
have had quite good chance to learn
the ad' game, as l was assistant at
the great Siegel-Cooper store in Chicago,
and later with the Claflin chain stores.
l think advertising is a profession. and
only the call OF my country makes me
put it aside. I have been in Birming-
ham only few months, yet have be-
gun to like it, and feel that it has a
great future
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-07-27
CHARACTER BUILDING.

young man." said the solicitous par
ent, my daughter has always had ev-
erything she could wish for"
That's just the reason why she ought
to marry me-" replied the prospective
son -in-law.
What do you mean, sir?"
What your daughter needs more than
anything else is few lessons in self
denial"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-07-27
M&N1l3a,s1lI
PROLONGED n
From Tit-Bits.

From Tit-Bits
TWO English workmen were discussing
the war;
"Itu be an awful long job Sam" said
one
1T WILL" replied the other.
You Sc, these Germans is takin thou
sands and thousands Of Russian prison
ers and the Russins is takin' thousands
and thousands of German prisoners. If
it keeps on. all the Russians will be In
Germany and all the Germans in Rus
STA. And then they'll start all over
again. nghtin' to get back their ONES"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-07-27
Rabbits in Back Ynrd

People who are planning to produce
rabbit meat in their back yards will find
the public library is prepared to assist
them" said Miss Lila May Chapman,
vice-director we received yesterday
several duplicate copies Of little PAM
phlet published by the United States de-
partment of agriculture, entitled. Rails
ing Belgian Hares and Other Rabbits
1t gives all the necessary information
about the selection of stock, building of
pens, feeding, and marketing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-07-27
HOTEL LOBBIEs


II am proud of my little nephew.
George Miller, Jr.," said c. L. Harold,
manager of the Civic association. HE
was the youngest entrant in the Alabama
state shoot that was recently held at
the fairgrounds, being only 8 years old,
but made such good record that he
was given beautiful loving cup by the
club. He shot with a 20-gauge shotgun,
but broke 1876 out Of ESQ He is a trap
shooting enthusiast. and is on a hunting
trip now"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-07-27
BEYOND FoRGIvENEss

From the Houston Post
1T is hard to forgive the scoundrel who
has stolen your horse or poisoned your
well. but even he will bask in the sun
light of your Christian charity long be-
fore you can forgive the skulking found
who wants the office you hold or intend
to run for.
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BEGINNING THE DAY Lord,
help me to do fewer things and to
do them better. Grant me to 80
deeper. May 1 not outrun myself
Give me quiet. May L be willing 10
commune with my own soul. sur
round me with Thy rest. Save me
from the tyranny of the poor little
salary of mems approval. In Jesus
name. Amen.--H. NJ. e.
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There is money in raising sheep" said
which they can run about that is all
you need to raise sheep A few to start
on will not cost much and it will cost
almost nothing to feed them. They will
eat most anything. They will even eat
newspaper and get nutrition from 1t.
So when you come to market them the
price you get Is almost all profit, not
including the little trouble they will
cause the owner"
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
ONE on THE NECESSITIES.

"It's terrible the way the necessities
of life are going up in price," said the
man who was carrying home two quarts
of potatoes.
Indeed it is" replied the man in mo-
tor toys. Il can remember the time
when gasoline was only 10 cents a gal
lon"
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Feeding Them All

II had a good one pulled on me-" said
Dr. A. e. Orion Of Sandusky. II went
into a restaurant with three gentlemen
and passing friend who knew us all
remarked that 1t was representative
body of men, as one was physician.
another a newspaper man. another
school teacher, and the other preacher,
what are you? 4 reckon am a farmer,
he laughingly answered, as I am feeding
the bunch
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Care in Handlinr Cotton

II was very much interested to see
how they handle. cotton in England.
said r. D. Bowen Of Texas. while
there noticed that they are most care
full with the bales. 1t is loaded care
fully and in transportation is covered
to keep any dust or dirt from getting
in it. They treat cotton over there as If
1t really Is somebody and indeed pre-
cious. In the south here we aren't so
particular Sometime ago l passed the
place of a prominent farmer and saw
bales Of cotton lying out in the rain. 1t
would be good If we would take lesson
from our careful English friends in
handling the south's great staple"
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MOST RARE.
Hopeful still, whate'er befall,
Ger the telephone he'll call
Many times and fail to get
Numbers greatly wanted, yet
With a pleasant smile will say,
There's a jinx on me today"
That's all-doesn't fuss and swear,
Doesn't rave and tear his hair,
Doesn't act as If he had
Lost his senses and gone mad.
In these days of stress and heat,
Men like him you seldom meet.