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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-17

were young I'd go myself. l believe this is a righteous war for a holy purpose, and 1t will be fought to the bitter end, for the establishment of democracy of the entire earth and for the suppression of autocracy. In a sense it is a clash be- tween the masses and the classes. The divine right of Kings has taken it's last stand and there will be nothing but a complete overthrow of everything for which Germany stands"
 1T am greatly interested in the boys who have gone forth to fight the battle" Dr. Weber continued, 'and the estab- lishment of Young Mems Christian as sociation work in all the training camps for the suppression of evil which en- circles our boys. I am going to Washing ton from here to personally present some requests to the President, the chief of which is that he will exercise his moral power for war zones around the camps (withn 10 miles of every camp, in which all forms of aggressive evil will be avoided. The conference at Chattanooga which is promoting this idea, is asking for $3000,00 with which to establish this form of camp where wholesome exercise, good books and good music may be fur nished our boys in the army. We have al- ready made arrangements for 200 Young Mems Christian associations, with 1000 secretaries, and Birmingham will later be given the opportunity to contribute This army is made up of the flower of the young manhood of this country, the most splel:did ever assembled under arms, and we arc determined that they shall return to us unharmed morally or physically, and if possible improved"
 Expressing the hope that his efforts would be crowned with great success here during his revival services and with just a little expression of my pleas ure in meeting and chatting with him in such a cordial, personal sort of way, Dr. Weber, with his genial smile (and, by the way, his smile is one of his chief as- sets, for it is so sincere and genuine), said:
 There are, of course, many who fall by the wayside; those who fail. There are spurious revivals and revivalists, but most of the work of revivals is effective and l have found most revivalists to be good men, It looks sometimes as if fa1l- ure were largely written upon all human efforts; but listen, the church is the one great success in the world today. It is growing in spite of those who think it is not, and today it stands as the great est success known to mankindl All the various civilizations, arts, sciences and languages have at times been revised and changed sometimes dropped, but the church of God remains intact and abso- lutely successful as the centuries unfold themselves, and this, in spite of foes within and artitors without!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-17

tensive western trip and will be at home at 3S33 Crescent avenue Birmng- ham. The bride was one of Roch- esters popular young women and has all ways resided here. The groom is con nected with St. Vincent's hospital at Bir- mingham, but is also we'll known in Rochester, where he has frequently vis- ited"
 The wedding of Miss Ellen Bishop Mel win and MT. Will Le Roy Mckee will be solemnized on Saturday afternoon at 8 O clock at St. Paul's Episcopal church. Selma, the Rev. E. w. Gamble officiat- her father MT. B. s. Melvin, and the groom will be attended by MT. Douglas Wilkins as best man. Miss Gertrude Melvin, the brides niece. will serve as maid of honor and little Miss Martha Mallory. another niece of the bride, will act as flower girl The bridesmaids will be Misses Lucy Monk, Jule Randolph of Montgomery, Elsie Hooper, Ethel Me- Kee, Elizabeth Duncan and Kate Smith, Messrs Smith, Robbins. Victor Atkins Edward Helmer, Caldwell Johnson. D. M. Scott Jr. and Graham Melvin will serve as groomsmen and the ushers Will be Messrs Allen Northington of Prattville, James Craig, Lloyd Hopper and Hooper Adams.
 The unveiling of boulder by the Ala bama society, United States Daughters 1872. to mark the site of historic Fort Mims, which is situated on the Padgett estate at Tensaw, is in line with the many other patriotic events of these history making days which are making the year, 1917, notable one. says the Mobile Register.
 Mrs Dillon Hall, president of the Uni ted Daughters of the Confectionery, and Mrs. Ralph E. Gwin of Tensaw, are in charge of the affair, and MT. Tunstall Bryars is an enthusiastic mem- Der working on the committee for the entertainment of the visitors.
 On Wednesday evening reception and garden party at the Gwin home will be held in their honor and on Thursday after the ceremonies, an old-fashioned basket picnic will be enjoyed. The festiv- ities will close with a dance Thursday night at Mrs Halls home and the visitors will return home Friday morning at 1O O clock.
 The acre of ground on which the bould- CT is to be placed is a gift from Mrs N A. Padgett and her children, she be- ing the great-granddaughter of Samuel AIims.
 Tn the absence of the state president Mrs. IT. T. Inge, who has been attending Inc diocesan council in Birmingham, and who will be in Washington at that time Mrs. Charles s. Shawhan. the state his torian. will preside, and the following ' (Continued on rsss Ten)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-17
'In My Revival Work I Do Not Employ Sensational Methods, But 1 Do Try to Touch the Emotions"
 Says Dr. Weber, Eminent and Well Known Minister
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE
SOME WEBER APHORISMs

"It takes a man of remarkable force to draw the crowds that Billy Sunday does"
 Every generation must have such d preacher as Billy Sunday. He is a genius raised up for the times"
 'I am not an evangelist I am a pastor. I employ no sensational meth ods, but 1 do strive to touch the emo- tions. There's a fine distinction be- tween the two"
 There are those who confound emotion with the manifestation of emotions Now, there are just as many kinds of emotion as there are temper aments."
 The old-time Christian shouts his emotion; the modernist is trained to different methods. He is trained to repression and a pressure of the hand means as much to him as more vivid form of expression
 There are spurious revivals and re- vivalists, but most revivalists l have found to be good men"
 { l believe that we are on the eve of the greatest revival the world has ever known. 1 do not limit this state- ment to America but to the world.'
 The war is largely responsible for this world revival, as it is making us look into the causes of this great clash and making us feel our depend ence and Gods great opportunity"
 My boy has gone to the war and I'm glad of it. I wish 1 had a half dozen more to send. If I were younger I'd go myself"
 There is a movement to establish Young Mems Christian association branches at every camp in the coun- try, and already the conference at Chattanooga arranged for 200 branches and 1900 secretaries
 "Our army is made up of the flower of the young manhood of this country and we are determined that they shall return unharmed morally or physi- cally, and If possible, improved"
 While faiure is written largely upon all human efforts, the church alone stands out as the one great suc- cess known to mankind. 1t Is growing day by day. It remains in tact and absolutely successful as the centuries unfold themselves and this in spite of foes within and traitors without "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-17

1NNERHAPS the most dominant
 IN thought in your mind after an S hours conversation with Dr. John L. Weber, the eminent and widely known Methodist divine, now pastor of a large and prosperous church in Jackson, Tenn, and at the present assisting Dr. Preston B. Wells, pastor of the Highland Methodist church in a revival, is his tol- erance; I know that this isn't usually credited to ministers, especially MethoGst ministers, but it is very insfstent in pr. Weber's personality and more, he is fair minded, broad, comprehending and sym pathetic
 Dr. Weber is a reformed newspaper man q quote him verbatim), whatever closely; I was afraid he'd really explain it to me; Che has fine sense of humos along with his other admirable qualities, I discovere6, but at any rate, he was educated and trained for newspaper work, and in his native state, South Carolina, was for many years connected with the Charleston News and Courier; later he PuISQeu JOuI WOlh III ISIuitS- see, being affiliated with the Chattanooga Times, and being in close touch with MT. E. W. Barrett, editor of The Age- Herald Chen resident of Augusta).
 It was during MT. Webers residence in Chattanooga that he was converted and began his ministerial career.
 pr. Weber found a ready key to my heart by his hearty approval of Billy Sunday; that was a subject of mutual pleasure because as Dr. Weber expressed himself:
 Tt takes a man of remarkable force to be able to draw the crowds that Billy Sunday aces; l do not disapprove of his methods, because such methods must eX- ist; there is an element composed of un- usual, thoughtless people, to whom, when the gospel is preached by conventional. conservative ministers. will never go into church, but they will flock to a tent, a tabernacle or a theatre; every genera ton must have such a preacher as Billy Sunday; he is genius a prophet raised up for the times. Wilbur Chapman, Dwight L. Moody nor Sam Jones ever drew the immense crowds that Billy Sun- day draws; we mustn't have too many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-17
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-17
LONGEVITY HIS STUDY

I'm much more interested in aviation and in the talking light and in the graphophone photograph and
 I couldn't help breaking in to ask what the talking light was, and Dr. Bell good -humoredly went into a painstaking explanation of an invention he considers more wonderful than the telephone, al though it has been passed over in the search for scientific utilities.
 It is 'phototone" for transmitting speech and other sounds by means of a beam of light. In other words, wire less" done with focused rays instead of air waves. It is less simple, Dr. Bell ad- mits than the system of wireless now in use.
 And just now" he went on after we
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-17
TEL LEPHONE IS A NUISANCE,
 SAYS ITS BUSY INVENTOR

Alexander Graham Bell Whose Efforts to Convey Speech to H~ Deaf Sweetheart Resulted in Wonderful Discovery Has Lost All Interest in His Talk Transmtter Now That
 It Has Been Commercialized
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-07-27

The waste Of surplus fruits and veg.
etahies IN this country each year is
large. II would be depiorable II this
normal waste were allowed 20 90 on
this year when every ounce of food
that cum be produced Is needed. The
waste can be avoided IN large part IL
housewives will can ms large a part Of
the surplus perishables as possible.
Any fruit or vegetable aud practical.
" any other food may be canned sat
isfactorily by the one-perlod eold.pnck
method u canning taught by the Unit
ed States department OF agriculture
70 the boys and girls OF the canning
clubs IN the northern and western
states. The homemade wash boiler
equipment FOR use In this method Of
canning. described below. is entirely
effective. Home-slze water seal,
steam-pressure or pressure.cooker can.
ming outfits. which save time and fuel.
may be used Instead II desired.
Preliminary Preparation for CANNING
Provide false bottom OF wooden
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-07-27

! lattice work, crosspleces of wood. or
coarse wire netting for your clean
wash boiler or other large, deep vessel
TO be used for sterllzlng. This Is for
the purpose of keeping the containers
from contact with the hot bottom OF
the vessel and to permit the free cir
culation OF wnter under them.
FIN the vessel with clean water SO
that the boiling water will cover the
tops OF the jars or cans. Begin heat.
ing the water so that II will be boiling
violently by the time the containers
are packed
See that all cans or Jars are In good
condition and absolutely clean. Scald
them thoroughly and put them In a
vessel of water ON the stove so that
they viii be hot when the product is
ready for packing. Use new rubber
rings for jars and scald them just be-
fore putting them on the Jars.
Preparing Fruits and Vegetables.
Start with clean hands, clean uten-
sils, and clean, sound. fresh products.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-07-27

Throw out all vegetables and fruit
which are withered or unsound. Wasl
out all grit and dirt. If possible, us,
only fruits and vegetables picked tn,
same day and never can peas and corr
picked more than five hours.
] Prepare fruits and large-slzed vege
tables for blanching. Remove all spots
from apples.
Prepare beans and green's as fol
cooking. Be especially careful to re.
move all foreign plants from the
| green's.
Blanch vegetables and all fruits ex-
cept berries by leaving them from
three to five minutes in clean boiling
water, or by steaming them for sim
liar period in a colander over vessel
OF boiling water or in steam cooker.
Remove the blanched products from
the boiling water or steam and plunge
them quickly into cold water, the cold
er the better. Take them out imme-
diately and let them drain. Don't let
them soak Ia the cold water.
From this point on, speed is highly
important. The blanched vegetables
and fruits, which are slightly warm,
must not be allowed to remain out Of
the containers a moment longer than
Is necessary.
Remove skins when required, and as
each article Is pared cut 1t up into
proper size and pack directly into the
clean, scalded cans or Jars.
Pack as solid as possible, being care
full not to bruise or piash soft prod
ucts.
In the case Of fruit, fill the contain
ers at once with boiling hot strip.
In the case OF vegetables, fiji the
containers with boiling hot water to
which little salt has been added.
Place scalded rubber rings on the
glass Jars and screw down the tops.
Seal tin cans completely. Watch
them for leaks. AS the preliminary
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-07-27

juice should be added in excess of. the
amount in the tomatoes canned.
Add Sugar and Salt.
In addition to the liquor, a mixture
of sugar and salt adds greatly to the
flavor of such products as tomatoes,
peas, Lima beans and corn. The mix
ture recommended by the government
specialists in canning is composed of
one-third salt and two-thirds sugar.
Two level teaspoonfuls of this are
placed in No. 3 can and one teaspoon
full in No. 2 can. For beans, okra,
caulitfower, etc, brine containing 21A
ounces of salt to a gallon of water is
used. For asparagus a heavier brine,
four ounces to gallon of water, is
needed.
In order to conserve the supply of
tin cans, it is strongly urged that all
products intended for home use should
be put up, whenever possible, in glass.
The hermetic type of jar, however, is
not suitable one for intermittent
processing, for which the best type is a
glass-top jar with wire clamps. The
clamps should be raised at the begin
ming of each processing to allow for
expansion.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-07-27
FRUIT JUICES FOR JELLIEs
May Be SteriIized and Bottled With
out Sugar and Made Into jelly
at Any Time.

(From the United States Department of
Agriculture.)
Fruit juices for use later in ielIy
making can be sterilized and bottled
without sugar and made into iellies at
the housewives convenience. This en-
ables her to do with fewer Jelly glasses
and to distribute her purchases of SUI
gar for jelly making through the year.
Moreover, with the bottled Juice she
can make a greater variety Of iellies.
rs juices which will not iell can be nut
up when the fruit is ripe and combined
later with fruits that will jell, or fruits
rlpening at different seasons can be
combined. For example. the Juice of
strawberries. cherries, or pineapple
can be kept without sugar and later
when apples are plentiful can be made
into combination jelly.
10 put up unsugared fruit Juices for
Jeily making proceed exactly as if Jelly
We're to be made at the time. Cook
the fruits until they are soft and
strain out the juice through a flannel
Dag Heat and pour while hot into
bottles previously scalded. Fill the
bottles full, leaving no air space be-
tween juice and cork or seal. Place
the hlled sealed bottles on their sides
IN water near the boiling point and
keep them in the bath for about thir-
y minutes. Make sure that the corked
or sealed end is under the hot water
As soon as the bottles are cool cover
the cork with a paraffin seal. Thor
ough sterilization and sealing are alb
solutely essential to success.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-07-27

| combination ana
soup stock ..;.. ). 90 Is go As
Time schedule given is based upon
the one-quart pack and upon fresh
picked products.
When processing fruits in steam
pressure Gamers, not over five pounds
of steam pressure should be used.
When processing vegetables and
meats do not use over fifteen pounds
of pressure.
After processing, remove the CON
tainerS.
Tighten the tops of Jars Immediate
~ and stand the containers upside
down in cool place, being careful
that no draft strikes the hot lars.
Watch for leakage and screw covers
down tighter when necessary Store
in cool, dry place. not exposed to
freezing temperature.
Use band labels for cans, being care
full not to let the glue get on the can
/ itself as it may cause rust.
1 From time to time, especially in very
hot weather, examine Jars and cans
| making certain that there are no leaks,
swellings or other signs of fermenta-
ton.
There will be no spoilage if the di-
rections are followed implicitly and the
containers are sealed up tight.
Fruits which are put up with heavy
sirups can be kept under cork and
parafiin seal. Save all wide-necked bot
ties, glasses and Jars for putting up
fruits.
Vegetables, meats, and fish. however
cannot be kept safely unless they are
Theoretically sealed. Reserve regular
jars for products that cannot be
packed in other ways.
As there may be some difficulty in
securing cans and Jars, dry or keep in
other ways everything that need not be
canned.
The labelling should be done with q
rather dry paste, which is put only
on the end of the label, so that it does
not touch the tin. Paste may cause
rust, and In damp climates it is some
times customary to lacquer the outside
or the can before it is labeled. The
label, if the product is intended for
sale, must contain the net weight in
pounds and ounces and the packers
name and address.
In packing fruits and vegetables. it
IS necessary to surround them with
prime, strip or water, but under the
terms of the federal law governing the
Interstate shipment of canned goods,
no more of this liquor is allowed than
IS actually necessary to cover the con-
rents after as full pack as possible is
made. With tomatoes no water what
ever should be added and no tomato
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-07-27

CAN SURPLUS FOOD, BUT USE JARS AND CANS Wisely
Condition and Absolutely Clean

Don't have empty preserving jar
There may be difficulty in
Reserve regular hghtseag vegetables
tFated an
Concentrate products 50 that each jar
food and as little water possible
Put jams eles glasses with cork or
and parafln.
Don't can anything that be kept just
forms Dry and mature lima for
Produce cabbage potatoes crops
that be kept the without Department
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-07-27

treatment has taken care of expansion
1t Is not necessary To exhaust the cans.
How to SterlIize or Process.
Put the Jars or cans as soon as pos
sihle into boiling water in wash boiler
or into your canning device. Let them
process for the time specified in the
table, counting from the time the wa
ter begins to boil again, or the gauge
on the canning outfit registers the
proper pressure.
Time Table for Scaldinu Blanchlnu.
and Sterilizing Vegetables, Soups,
Fruits, and Meats,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-07-27
PROFITABLE DISPOSITION or ALL
/. SURPLUS FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Every Ounce of Food That Can Possibly Be Produced
This Year, viii Be Needed Housewives Can
VI Avoid Much Waste by Canning
WAsH-BOILER EQUIPMENT is SATISFACTORY

Practically All Peishabe Products May Be Canned by
codPaCk Method Of Canning Taught by the United States
Department OF AgrcuIlre-Al Cans Should Be In Good
Condition and Absolutely Clean.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-26
BREAK A CHILD'S
COLD BY GIVING
SYRUP OF FIGS
Cleanses the Little Liver and
Bowels and They Get
Well Quick.

When your child suffers from n
cold. don't walt. give the little
stomach. liver and bowels a gentle.
thorough cleansing NJ once. when
cross. pcevish. llstless. pale. doesn't
sleep. cat or act naturally: n
breath IL bad. stomach sour, give n
teaspoonful OF California Syrup OF
Figs" and In n few hours all the
clogEed-up. constlpated waste. sour
bile and undigested food will gent
~ move out OF the bowels, and YOU
have a well. playful child again.
n your child coughs. snuffles and
has caught cold or Il feverish or
has a sore throat. give n good dose
OF California Syrup OF Figs" to
evacuate the bowels. no difference
what other treatment is given.
Sick children needn't be coarod
to take this harmless fruit lax.
alive" Millions Of mothers keep II
handy because they know iis &C.
ton on the stomach. liver and bow.
els Is prompt and sure. They also
know a little given today saves a
sick child tomorrow.
ASK your druggist for a 50.cent
bottle Of California Syrup OF Figs"
which contains directions for ba.
bles. children OF all ages and for
grown-ups plainly on the bottle. BE.
ware OF counterfeits sold here. Get
tho genuine. made by California
Fig Syrup Company
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-26
OLIVER T. ERICKSON REDUCED TAXES

Probably worked harder. was more faith
full and has accomplished for Seattle the people
OF Seattle than has Oliver T. Erickson. He reduced the
minimum charge electric lights different tmcsonce
from 81 to Is cents and again from Is so
so that the small users least able pay would be
PEELED to pay proportionatey than Others Erickson,
being expert electrical engineer quickly that the
denta OF electric light and home paving
high for their electricity both the city and to
the Traction Company He reduced the IS per
the city light, and the Traction Company had the
reduction OF 50 cent TO their customers (hs
the Seattle Times the appendicitis) AS matter of
fact Mr. Erickson by reducing the light rate saved the
people who live small homes more on their light
each year than the of their taxes each wear Yet
they would try to make the people believe Erickson
a taN-eater This is the Erickson found that the
city was selling light for street Lighting for than it
the city TO produce 1t and maintain the lighting plant that
big down town property spectators in vacant
city property not paying their honorable share to build
extensions for city light plant raised the price for
those most able to pay and who derive all benefits from
street lightning He is dangerous only to the grabbers
gamblers and gangste but he true servant of the peo-
Pile Re-elect Mr. Erickson. 4
The reason that Lane Erickson Hesketh should be
elected IS that they true who will guard the inter
ess OF Seattle They will be messenger boys for Seat
ties enemies.
Tomorrow shall write Robert B. Heskcth and the
bohd issues EDWIN ]. BROWN.