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The evening herald., 1917-01-20
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Cooperation the Keynote of Economy Here"
Our Efforts to Secure
the best possible
values

from a purely economic point of view carries
with il the assurance TO our customers of the
earnest cooperation of the entire Rosenwald
Brothers Store force.
The result which this Capitalization of effort
has produced is shown in the remarkable va
riety, the novelties and the new ideas embraced
in all the fifty-odd departments Of the winter
stocks, which are full to their utmost capacity.
And they grow in Importance the more their
possibilities are examined Altogether, they
are incomparably the most interesting of gng
stocks we have shown here al the beginning of
the winter season since the store WIS founded
years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26

although our small regular army was rated highly. All that is past. There
 are no more "tin soldiers" in Ameri- ca. Most of our national guard units, now a part of the regular army, are Iindistinguishable from the regulars who have seen long service. The elimination of the unfit and rigorous training have made them first-class fighting men.
 Similarly the national army is be- ing trained to give a good account of itself in the trenches. A few weeks work remarkable transformtion in these men and by the time they are sent to France they will be as fine and as fit as the troops who are now on foreign soil. And when that khaki-clad host is thrown into the struggle against Germany, French and English officers, who have been so warm in their praise of Pershing's men, will find that their confidence has not been misplaced. The glory of American traditions will be upheld as never before
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
The corpxc Came to Like

Ross c. smith relates new excuse offered by one of the negro men on his place at RoebuclS for failure to appear for work.
 'His story ran something like this. . said MT, Smith. "'You see, boss 1 is de sexton of my lodge and I has to dis de graves when one of the members dies, put in a whole half day digging q grave for 9 sister and as the coffin was set down alongside like somebody acci- dentaly kicked it and it woke up de corpse. She actually come. to life and dere was all my work gone for nuthin. :
 "'But is not goin' lose all dat work. De grave is ready and have done give notice that de same grave is to be used for de next member what dies. lse mighty sorry but as l said I had all
 my trouble for nuthin'- didn't eveL get an5 pay for the work I put in diggtn dat sra .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
American Soldiers
 Admired Abroad

TIT is small wonder that civilians and H military men abroad have a gen. uine admiration for American sol diers. These men, and those now training in the national army camps for service across the sea, are the flower of American manhood. Per shing's troops have already had the training to make them magnificent physical specimens and admirable soldiers. The enthusiasm they show, their intense concentration on the work that lies before them, as we'll as the smart, orderly way in which they conduct themselves, amply justify all the praise they have received.
 While it was hardly necessary, the fact was impressed on Pershing's troops that they must exert them selves to win the favorable opinion of our allies. They were the first Ameri- can soldiers to set foot in Europe, and much depended on the impression they were to make. They were des- tined to attract great deal of att tention and be closely studied by the military leaders abroad. It is gratify- ing to know that our soldiers have al- ready made good" in every sense of the word, despite the fact that we are not military nation and heretofore have devoted little attention to the stern business of war. Americans are now recognized as the equals of any fighting men on earth, even in coun- tries where they were not formally so regarded.
 The time was when most of our na- tional guardsmen were pale-faced anasmic and awkward. They did not mako . good impression on the aver are spcctator as they marched along.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
What City Will
 Equal Birmingham?

.WMHEN it was announced that
 WV s4,5Oo,ooo was this city's al- lotment of the second liberty loan, every citizen, typical of the true Bir- mingham spirit, felt that the sub scriptions would go over, rather than under, the mark. The allotment of the first liberty bond issue was only s3, ,00O, ,000, but the subscriptions ran 100 per cent over that amount.
 Could Birmingham expect to do any thing like so we'll approximately when it came to the second loan :? Subscriptions already total between $7, 100000 and $s,0OO,O0O,> and the probability is that our patriotic bond buyers will not stop until a total of S, ,OOO, 1000 is in sight. Many a wealthy city making high pretentions to the "do-things" habits would have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
NEW MOON IN ENGLAND m fha Cleveland Plain DAalAr.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 A new moon sets in England ana along that islands southern and east ern shore country folk and city dweli- CTS alike prepare for trouble. For months past the weeks of moonlit nights have been marked by Zeppelin raids. In the dark of the moon the German air- men prefer to hug their hangars. in Bel gium. at Cuxhaven or on Heleoland. With the coming of bright nights they rouse to work
 The queen of night was peaceabie soul. but cold-cold as the hearts or those who shower down high explosives upon sleeping children The fairies ana the pixies who ruled old England oncs. preferred to sport on moonlit nighta. Ho. too. the witches. One never saw them in the dark of the moon, and they worked less devilment then. One must search the folklore of the race to ma the reason, and the search would proD- ably bs vain.
 But folklore always grows, and in tho twentieth century as In the first vhsre
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
FAMOUS TRysrs

From the Chicago Tribune
 Isabella and Coiunlbus-Jn the. pawn shop.
 Samson and Delilah--In the sorek bar Der shop.
 Paris and Helen-The laundry, Troy. Henry VIII and Anne Holeyn-At the chop house.
 l-s-anath and Sir waiteron the near cIoss-ng.
 Aeneas and Dido--The Palm Garden. Carthage.
 busns and Mary-comin through the rye.
 Nelson and Lady Hamilton-At Mme. Toussaud S.
 Pericles and Aspasia-Main street. Athens.
 orpheus and Eurydice-on the fire es- cape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
Pell City Makes
 Liberty Loan Record

A IL honor to Pell City, an Ala A bama town, which has set an example of patriotism probably un- eoualed anywhere in America. The people of Pell City have subscribed to the second liberty loan "a sum equal to 10 per cent of the total tax as- sessment of all property in the town limits, which represents an average of a $50 bond each for every man, woman and child of the population"
 It is expected that before the cam paign ends, Pell City will have sub- scribed an even larger sum. In addi- ton to this splendid showing, more than five per cent of the towns pop ulation has volunteered for service in the army and navy.
 Chairman McLane Hilton of the Pell City liberty loan committee is to be congratulated. He and his fellow citizens, whose hearty cooperation made the liberty loan campaign such a success, have won the admiration of the entire state. If every town in the country were as patriotic as Pell City,, the second liberty loan would have been already oversubscribed far in excess of $5,ooO ,o00, ,OOo, the maxi mum amount set by Secretary Me Adoo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
LUKE M'LUNE SAYS

Why do the patent medicine men run pictures of their converts with their tes- rimonials! Judging by their pictures. the converts are lar from cured, and usually look ike something the cat dragged in.
 wen bet you dime that right off the bat and without stopping to think for q while you can't remember just what 1t Was that you swore off on last New Years Day
 If some married men ever spent ar evening at home, their wives would get worried and call in the doctor.
 Always remember that when an enemy buries the hatchet, he leaves the handle sticking out so he can find it in a hurry.
 We may lack an appreciation of the artistic But we are never too cowardly to yawn and look bored when long haired bird sits down in front of a piano and pounds out something weird and noisy that it labeled as one of the Ops Of Vogmboziiztsohn or Tnasckowleoffski
 Sending girl to Vassar won't keep her from snoring ill her sleep just like an ordinary working girl.
 Every time the Lord calls a minister to new field, some mean cuss wonders how much the salary increase is.
 Father is foxy and lets mother do the carving when they have company at din- ner. Father knows that by the sima everybody has had a second helping, there is mighty little left for the hungry and exhausted carver.
 No matter what administration is in, some men are so shiftless that they sit down and blame their poverty on the ad- ministration.
 Thanksgiving is on the way, and a whole lot of us will sit down to the table on that day and try to convince ourselves that we like chicken as we'll as we do turkey
 How would you like to be a boy again and have mother stand beside the table when you were eating and shoo the flies on the food with paper brush?
 About six months after he Is married, man begins to realize that he talked too much during his courtship.
 Just about the time a man becomes convinced by the arguments set forth in hair tonic advertisement he discovers that the druggist who Is selling it and the barber who is demonstrating it are both baldheaded.
 We do not know much. But we do know that the tlushes on a girl's cheeks are seldom as genuine as the freckles on a girls cheeks.
 One way to make another man happy lis to let him alone. But most of us never think Of that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
30,O00 AIRPLANES IN 1918
By HOLLAND

results are expected, is so constructed that the various parts are standardizeo, some in one city and some in another, and can be quickly assembled. When 1t Is borne in mind that the Liberty motor was perfected only two or three months ago. then the authorized report that late in the fall as many as 300 of these motors will be ready for use and after that the ! manufacturers will be able to build from 4O00 to 5000 Liberty motors month, gives some idea of the efficiency and speed with which this great government war undertaking is being carried on.
 When the government first began prep arations for estabiing various camps for the construction of air machines. in quiries were made for the purpose of discovering who stands pre-eminent among the builders of this apparatus. The government was informed by all the experts that orville Wright's pre-enli- hence cannot be reasonably questioned. It has never been questioned in England. and if Lord Northcliffe presents to Orvills Wright medal, which the government understands he intends to do, that will be done in recognition on the part of Eng land of Wright's supreme relation to the airship.
 The government officials were told that Orville and Wilbur Wright win hereafter be recognized fully, first, as the original inventors of machines heavier than air capable of making long flights and of be- ing accurately controlled, and, second. as the inventors who perfected, so far as that is possible, the safety of the air ap paratus. It is true that Orville Wright was injured when an air vessel he was directing fell, but that was due entirely to the careiessness of one of those who had been employed in building the vessel. Wilbur wright's death was caused, ac cording to the medical certificate by typhoid fever. But he was really in such physical condition as made it possible for the fever to take deadly hold upon ham. He had been worried almost to death by the necessity of defending his patents and by various annoyanres which were occasoned by unprincipled men who were trying to take advantage of the inven- ton of the Wrights.
 It is presumed that orville wrtsht's advice and possibly some overnight are relied upon by the government at the aviation camp near Dayton. The sovern- ment WAS told that the distinguishing characteristics of the invention of the Wright brothers. an invention which they financed out of their own earnings and savings. was first the discovery of the correct wing or plane curves and, sec ond. the discovery and invention of the apparatus which makes the. control of the air machine when in flight feasible. These were absolutely original inventions. Tho brothers had no data to refer to. They had no research work to consult for there was none And if the govern mont has, within the next two years. 5000 or COCO air machines which will constitute an important part of the nili- tary operations. each ono of these will represent the original work of these two American young men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26

are new legends every day. new mi- racles. even at Mons and at Gallipol1. for legend lovers thoughts. There may
 te coldly logical reasons for seeking ones foe on moonut nights. No doubt
 there are. But this one circumstance suggests how close. after all. is nature to mems lives at such time n this. If. with such chance. Kent and sus- sex. Essex and Middiesex and Surrey and Suffolk cannot furnish to succeeding generations . fairy tale or two. the gods arc dead indeed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26

New York, October 25-(special.) Should the war continue well into the fall of next year. the federal government will have ready for cooperation in the military movements across the sea, at least 5000 air machines. Should the war last still another year the number Of these machines will be doubled and as the government is taking no chances, be- ing determined to fight the battle to the finish, it is not unlikely that as many air machines as this will have been con structed by mid-year of 1919.
 Probably in no other fieid of activity, which the governments preparations for war represent, has there been more in- tense concentration of effort than in the various aviation plants in the United States. The public has not been informed respecting the progress of the work which was begun only a few months ago. The government is causing to be constructed several types of airplanes. Some will be large, some especially adapted for fight ing or scouting, and as whole they will reflect the highest achievement in air plane construction of all kinds
 In this work the government has summoned a large group of highly com potent experts. The government has also encouraged invention and 1t is understood to be inspecting now certain newly in vented apparatus which. if they stand the test. win serve greatly to aid in the flights of these air vessels.
 Among tho inventions which the gov ernment has accepted is an apparatus which will make 1t possible for the avia- tor, by simple intention of the eye. tc observe at any moment how many revolu- tions the engine is making. This is wonderfully perfected apparatus and will be of great value to the men who are driving the cars through the air. Another apparatus will enable the aviator by glance of the eye to learn exactly how fast the air machine is flying This also is g. remarkably skillful. simple, yet some what complicated apparatus
 At the various aviation camps the ex- perts are now occupied in constructing in one aviation field. for instance, cer- tain type of arplane and in another camp some other type, and so on. Considering the short time which has elapsed since the government undertook to secure an abundant supply of airplanes and since Congress appropriated considerably in ex- cess of $500. .O0O, 900 for this work, perfection and very high efficiency in construction. together with the marvellous speed with which engineers perfected the new Lib erty motor, the nations work as an avia- ton builder compares favoraby with any other of it's war undertakings.
 From another point of view, the work instituted by the government and now in progress by the airplane makers is as remarkable as any of its war prepara- tions, for it has been discovered how tho various parts of the air machine can be so standardized that they may be assem- bled anywhere at any time and utilized in the construction of an air machine. It has already been announced that the new Liberty motor, of which remarkable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
Colonel Leedy only Eighty
praise. o,NenI oration

T was up at Capitol park on Wednes- day afternoon to hear ex-Governor Elm met O'Neal speak, said Herman Saks, and although the hour was late the crowd small, and the weather cold, think he made the greatest address ever heard In my life, and I could have sat there until the going down of the sun listening to him tell why America was in the war, and why, being in 1t. she must put down kaiserism. Take 1t from me, Emmet O'Neal is not only a great orator, but he Is a thinker. He seemed to know all about the history of his country, and never hesitated min ute on names or dates or policies"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
saw them off after the theatre. an

I saw them off after the theatre, and happier bunch never left the city. They said-and many of them had been on the border, some in the Philippines and in Cuba-that at no time in all their experiences had anybody ever treated them more royalty than had Birming- ham. TO hear their thanks repaid the committee for it's efforts to make them have a good time. They left profuse in their thanks. while we hurled back our thanks to- them for having come and done their bit to help make the day go down in history as the one on which every one got together in a spirit of brotherhood for their country's sake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
Appreciates Hospitality Now

Tt certainly is good to get back to Birmingham for g visit" said Otto Marx, the well known capitalist, who now lives in New York. T had heard all my life about southern hospitality, but living in the south, I just took it for granted Now, know what it means. had fresh proof of it in the way the city opened it's gates and homes to the visiting officers and soldiers from Camp Mcclellan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
THE POET 10 m OLD nopr

By Jamea Lockhart G0odioe. anile as see my old mortality Struggling along with his weight of
 yeAros Begging nothing rom God nor naAn. Knowing nothing Of -maudlin tenre. It is TT who weep. sometimes, when
 think,
 For s.I' have held the reins old saxo. And I'm proud to note how well you have
 fought
 And nerve yourself to hold the stage.
 best
 While I have been oaiy eAsas,ssl
 soul. A I 'r'7 7sss you srs all risht ana wii rsss prstty
 soon, , whil. I'll shall answer tho last long Re good to yourself whiie you live. old
 man,
 Then 10 at pence on your s4tia beA. For thsy will stvs you the bert you ever
 had, s while 'i,-why. sAs .tars ars about ny
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26

been considered a wonder if they had approached Birmingham's record.
 This achievement on the part of the south's industrial center is we'll worth celebrating in some formal manner. Let the Chamber of Commerce or any of the other civic bodies take the initiative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26

BEGINNING THE DAY-starf me out nfresh today, 0 Lord. May iae have the old-time thrill. Mahe tne world young again to me! hestore my fond hopes. May victory ne "s dazzling and virtue as spieno'" as they were. Give me new he".e" ,ra {. new earth! For Christ's sake. Amen.--H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
"H. C. L.y IN JAPAN

The Birmingham Age Herald tlnds that "bukkatonr is Japanese for high cost ot living. sounds more like buck ing the tiger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
LIGHT COVERING.

LIGHT COVERING. Here I am about to freeze. and that voman,s chest is as bare as the back or your hand" "Not quite. I'm not wearing iavaliiere on the back of my hand" GLORIOUS FEELING.
 There's something fine,
 You must admit
 Tn feeling you
 Have done your bit.
 TAKEN LITERALLY. How is Jibway getting along?" q understand the doctors are looking into his case.'' And I presume they opened his case in the abdominal region" "Eh?" That's where most of the sureicai op- erations are performed nowadays"
 GLOOMY THEN. The piper men will oftimes pay With reckless laughter; But they are feeling far from gay The morning after.
 A PROXY. 'Giithersby is always talking about my soldier" ''So he is." "I didn't know he had son ~ tns frunt." .T1e hasn't. Glithersby sent his chauf- feur, and just confidentially. think he takes too much credit upon himseif.'
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
3sa!nItXI18aus1lI

P. .s-Three cheers for General Kaf- ferty, the visiting officers. for Bandmas- ter McNeill, and for the boys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis

l1mHYSICIANS and others who have < been active in the campaign against tuberculosis are looking for ward with keen interest to the meet ling to be held in Chattanooga Novem-
 Der and TO- Men of national reputa- tion will take part in the proceedings and the discussions scheduled for the occasion can but have large practical results.
 When the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuber- culosis, of which the southern confer ence is a branch, was organized not many years ago, it attracted little pub lie attention; but an educational propa- ganda gradually brought about a change Anti-tuberculosis leagues are now found in most of the states of the union, and no person of ordinary in telligence is excusable for ignorance touching the work done to prevent the spread of the white plague and some of the more vital problems connected with the disease in its incipiency.
 Time was when tuberculosis was considered incurable, but with the ad- vancement of medical science it be- came positively known as prevent able disease and curable if treated in it's early stages. Experience has dem- onstrated the fact that a large per centage of cases have been cured.
 Now that people are enlightened as to the purposes and the progress of the anti-tuberculosis organization it is only question of appeal to the human side of the public ss to the extont of popular support the movement will re- ceive The anti tuberculosis cause reokons with philanthrophy, but it does much more than that The leagues and local associations are not conducted as eleemosynary institu- tions. They are maintained as much for defense against the inroads of an insiduous foe as the fire department is maintained for the protection of property against loss from the flames.
 Liberal minded individuals through out the country have contributed of their means to support local anti tuberculosis camps and sanitoriums, but cities and counties, under the pres sure of pub'i, sentiment, will in the not far distant future look upon these institutions as public necessities and appropriate sufficient money for their maintenance. In this way the burden would fall evenly and justly upon all the taxpayers.
 Jefferson county is badly in need of a tuberculosis hospital, and under the law when majority of the voters pe- tition the board of revenue to provide such an institution it will be the duty of that body to proceed to carry out the will of the people.
 The Chattanooga conference should stimulate local activity in the fight in all sections of the south, and growing out of the symposium the much talked of tuberculosis hospital for Jefferson county should, in a short time, be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-26
FINE SHOWING MADE

From the Selma Journal.
 The merchants of Birmingham have . right to bs proud of the aAvissmsnt they gave the second liberty bond issue in yesterdays Age Herald and The Age- Herald should be proud Of the sxcsl- lent display it made Of the ads.