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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10

| lA MUCH interest is attached to Cam l UW brai, the object of the British
 0V9 drive because it was the resi- 1 dence of Fenelon, the distinguished pre-
 late and author of fables. Fenelon was
 the preceptor of the grandson of Louis
 XIV, and for this child he wrote the
 fables, the fame of which rank next to
 those of Aesop. His services in the royal
 household were rewarded by his being
 made archbishop of Cambrai.
 When Fenelon first went to his dio- cese. his elaborate French courtesies overawed his Flemish parishoners, who l were far removed in their straightfor- wardness from the manners and customs of the court at Versailles, but friendly relations were soon established and his charities and firmness of government soon made him beloved by the people of every rank
 l In those days there were no Red Cross
 or Y. M c. A. organizations, but Fem elon acted their part in his own arch bishopric After the battle of Malpla- quet, when Cambrai was overrun with 1 - remnant of which is still standing, filling every corridor staircase and room with | the homeless and distressed, while 150 officers, whether French or prisoners of war, were received at his table, and his court and gardens were filled with the beasts which the terrified owners had driven off with them in their flight | 5 hao iy1- finite resources on which I confidently rely. Only let me give all I have; it Is my duty and pleasure" he said He was a model archbishop and might have been the original of Victor Hugos fine character of the bishop in "Les Miser- ables." Pope Innocent said of him that he erred in loving his neighbor too much and himself not enough.
 | A historian who visited Fenelon at Cambrab has written of the elegance or his palace. There were footmen in livery, butler of imposing appearance and 8 host of other servants. Dinners consist ed of several soups, good beef and nut ton, game of all sorts, splendid grapes and peaches and excellent red wine. The linen was of the finest and the silver plate the most costly. There were al ways 14 to 16 at the table, usually nephews of the archbishop or else inti- mate friends and chaplains. The stables of the palace were full of post chaises of poor country curates who were always welcome at the palace of their arch bishop.
 Fenelon lived simply himself, eating eggs cooked in milk, with a little white wine, and sleeping in simple apart ment while his guests enjoyed those with beautifully polished floors. marble chimney pieces and velvet upholstery. In Fenelon's day Cambrai was visited by great men from every realm, for not only was he honored in France, but in all Europe The Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene vied with one an- other in doing him honor and protecting his estates. None of his property was allowed to be pillaged nor the lands or those for whom he interceded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10
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 Mail Presents Early and Avoid Delay

#M F the thousands of young men NJ who are in the training camps md abroad, there are few so unfor- Cunate as1 not to have friends and relatives at home whofwill send them Christmas presents. Furthermore, steps are being taken to see that every enlisted man is remembered Under ordinary conditions, the Christmas rush is proverbial. The ostoffices of the land are taxed to leir capacity, and more, to care for he great volume of mail which flows trough them during the holidays, md all other agencies for the distri-
 ation of gifts-the railroads and the express companies swamped with business.
 The enormous quantlSes of Christ
 as presents sent to our soldiers will
 we'll the number of letters, parcels
 nd packages to unprecedented pro- ortions. People with forethought will Dse no time in getting their presents nder way. It is already too late-or
 i'll be in few days-to send parcels broad, but mail and other matter in-
 ,nded for persons in the United
 sates should be sent without delay
 insure it's arrival on time. This will ot only obviate disappointments, but i'll greatly help the carriers in rompt delivery.
 n The eleventh hour shopper is bad nough, but anyone who waits until .he last minute to mail his Christmas 2 esents, or ship them, will find his publes increased tenfold. He should V complain if they are late in aching their destination. He will have only himself to blame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10
LUKE M,LuKu SAYS

There may be other puzzle solvers, but our idea of real good guesser is prescription clerk in a drug store
 One of the hardest things for young
 fellow to learn is that he can make
 plenty of enemies without putting in.
 The man who swears off on buying drinks keeps his pledge longer than tho
 man who swears off on drinking. A princess often wonders what her mother was smoking when she married an old fathead who doesn't wear his coat and vest with straps around the tummy and who can't even play pool Many a woman on the matrimonial bargain shelf is B reduced from 23 If the truth were only known. A wife tells her husband everything she knows. But husband is never that liberal.
 | A man cant see anything to worry about when there is no ice in the icebox l to keep the food from spelling. But he can get highly indignant if there isnt | ice in the icebox to keep the beer cold. l The main difference between an eve l ming gown and night gown is that
 the night gown hides a few parts oi 1 the anatomy.
 ! Solomon must have been a pretty smart
 old geek. all right, if he told each wife | lliit Sit was Iuc Ollly SlIl lle ever lONcu and got away with it.
 | A young woman can get more out of g
 man with a brief smile than an old
 woman can with long argument. l A man with a hole in the seat of his pants knows that nobody can see il
 because he Is wearing an overcoat. But
 a woman with a hole in her gauge vest knows that everybody can see it ever I though she is wearing a corset, g | corset cover, waist and coat l We do not know much. But we dc i know that everybody despiseG the mar who knocks his home town or his wife. l A wife is wonderful invention. Holt | her hands for one hour and she will
 work them off for you during the othel l 23 hours.
 You may have to run away with hel
 to get her. But you cant run her away after you have landed her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10
NO ALLIED HINDENBURG
'om the St. Louis Republic.

From the St. Louis Republic.
 A Paris newspaper, La Republique Franchise, discussing the need for ccn- tralized command in the allied armies plaintively asks: Why have we no Hindenburg?" The answer is easy. Among the allies there is no Prussia. Prussia dominates Germany; Germany dominates all of the central powers, and hence the leading German general has large influence over all of the opera tions in every field. It is unfortunate. from purely military point of view, that there is no generalissimo in command of the allied forces, but it is not unfor- tunate in a more general way that no na tion among the allies ever made such q speciality of military kultur that it oyer- awed all the rest as a military power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10
A LESSON FROM THE WAR

By Woodrow Wilson.
 T suppose not many fortunate by products can come out of war, but if the United States can learn something about saving out of this war, 1t will be worth the cost of the war; I mean the literal cost of it in money and resources. I suppose we have several times over wasted what we are now about to spend. We have not known that there was any limit to our resources; we are now find- ing out that there may be if we are not careful."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10
Washington Experiences
 Subterranean Thirst

IlE1 oLLoWING close on the heels of
 statutory prohibition, Washing n has an epidemic of "subterranean first" and "furnaceitis." They are -nilar in their causes and effects. Mofe or less veracious correspondents who have studied the situation with out the aid of medical authorities, say the national capital is full of people showing pronounced symptoms of the two diseases.
 When Washington went "dry," per- sons who were accustomed to taking nip before meals and at other times, laid in supply of liquors for the com- ing drouth. Residential cellars were Awdll stocked. When the supply ran W, additional pints, quarts and gall Sns were imported from Baltimore. eople who had never been seen en- ring their cellars before made ire tent trips there. Stranger still, lads of families are said to have dis |arged their janitors in order to have better excuse for tearing themselves way from their loved ones and de- lending to subterranean depths kniely, for the purpose of shoveling sal into the furnace.
 Furnaces are notorious for being anky. It is frequently necessary to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10
Hog Sale Days
 Had Good Results

7T HE live stock growers of south
 N eastern Alabama have been getting good prices for their hogs as a result of the hog sale day plan, which originated in Dale county. The farmers of that immediate section
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10
realized from 1,s to 2 cents nor,

Ieallled rom S2 bo ceHIS iloie than farmers iii other sections. Auburn's Alabama extension serv- ice has issued statement of the total number of hogs sold on sale days in the southeastern part of the state. The average weight of S280 hogs was as follows: Grade one, 200 pounds; grade two, l63 pounds, and grade three, 121 pounds, the average price being, respectively, $15, $14 and lS13. The net value of these hogs was I$121 800 for 4050 of grade one, S57, ,734 for 2530 of grade two and $26,741 for 1700 of grade three, a total of S205, ,975. These figures are markedly encouraging and should have the effect of at once populariz- ing the hog day system in other swine producing sections. Now comes medical authority who says sugar is drug, not food. If that's the case, this fair land of ours contains about 1o0,ooOOOO drug addicts
 # % x Producers claim there is a dearth of good plays offered for reading. Too many playwrights are catering to the tastes of the tired business man.
 < < a. German scientists say German people are getting the number of food calories they need, but empty German stomachs give the lie to that statement
 < * # Nicholas Romanoff has apparently had better luck in escaping from Siberia than thousands of his unfortunate subjects whose bones were left there.
 ]. < s The parallel cases of Fritz Kreisler and Dr. Muck show that fiddler can sometimes have a great deal more com mon sense than director.
 # x # The Kaiser could not love Nicholas so much, loved he not autocracy more.
 :. # # Judge Hylan is talking like man who thinks red lights should be doused, along with white ones, but not for the same reasons of fuel economy.
 ;. * A hectic reporter declares Mary Gar dens papa is her only true love. Glad to hear Mary concentrates her affections on at least one person.
 * < ;; A critic of England says the Irish are fighting the Germans because they have to. Yet, they don't go at the boche like men driven to battle.
 < # < Turn loose a female reformer on an army camp and she immediately begins to fill up the newspapers with scare lISdQ NOPS-
 # & E LaFollette and Gronna are as thick as two thieves-and there are people who have more respect for a thief
 T < !. Northcliffe calls President Wilson's ad- dress to Congress 8 bracing breeze. It was something more than mere wind.
 5, # $. Senator Bankhead's fences are in such good repair that he won't have to cam paign for reelection.
 * * * The destroyer Jacob Jones' had a name typical of democracy and the plain people.
 * # * The Senate shows disposition to re- gard suffrage for women with one eye closed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10
THE LAST FALL OF JERUSALEM

Roland Rathbone in the Ne W York Herald. Night in Jerusalem The escent moon Drops low and as her doub tful fire pales So bales the Crescent. Emp ires! The streets Untenanted, save for the su lien Turk Musing his last prOfane no cturnal watch Over trembling city But within fearful dwelling kneels woman praying Her famished babes about h Lo, the voice Of modern Hagar! Hear it. Alenby! Thou art the Joshua of he application: God of our fathers, Fou tain of Mercy, Abraham's guide, Judah protector,
 Forth the stiffness. yer the mountains
 Hope to Thy children, soundeth Thy voice.
 'Cometh new Josh ua!
 warrior for ISra ell! I Fortunate Allenby! Iris giv n to thee To lead the new Crusaders OCT tho plains Where proudest of the anc tent Christian blood Flowed free in Sfruitess ven tures Thine the hand To wrest forever from prof antng grasp That which the Old World lost If thou shalt kneel A victor at the Sepulchre, then great As are the valiant chiefs of Saxon arms The name of none shall live beyond thine own! Above the tumult rings for thee her prayer:
 God of our fathers Fou tain of Mercy. Abraham's guide, Judah protector. s
 Forth on the stiffness. the mountains
 Hope to Thy children. soundeth Thy voice
 Cometh a Josh ua!
 warrior for Isra el!' '' The crescent orb falls the pulseless breast Of the Dead Sea. Above tn darkened plain Cleans forth the yearly sy mbol of Gods love Star of the East Legions of Allenby. To haze of battle and no pa Il of Death Can hide the vision from ye! To, the Gates! Jerusalem, Times Hagar, aits to greet Freedoms Pognards! Onw to the Tomb True nations breathe the anew for thee God of our fathers Fou tain of Mercy.
 Abrahams guide Judah protector.
 Forth on the stiffness, ov yer the mountains,
 Hope to Thy children, soundeth Thy voice:
 Cometh Josh ual
 victor for Right> ousness!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10

BEGINNING THE DAY-o God, Thou art infinitely beyond me. In Thee | have an everlasting goal. attain Thee but still Thou art un- attainable. Though I should inquire fin Thy temple through all eternity there will yet be secrets for me. Though I should struggle toward Thy perfections forever there will yet be untried heights. Amen.-H. M. F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10
Champion os the World

T had a most enjoyable trip to the
 International Stock Show at Chicago said John s. Pearson, manager of the Progressive farmer, land took great pride in the fact that a southern bull, owned by the Ames Valley Farms, at Hickory Valley, Tenn, won the grand championship of the world. It will put southern breeders on the map as noth- ing else could have done. It's the big
 gest kind of advertisement. The coun- try at large is beginning to take mo- tice that the south is in the cattle
 business for keeps and why shouldn't
 ages? It is Just starting but 1t IS
 coming fast
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10
TWO NEPHEWS

Terrel Love Holiday. in Life.
 Uncle Sam, in search of men, came upon Jack Jones and Bill Brown.
 Jack" brusquely greeted Uncle, T need you for the army"
 "very well, sir" answered Jack.
 You will receive $3o a month and your
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10
Red Cross Drive

Plans for the Red Cross Christmas drive are going forward rapidly said Miss Margaret M. Grogan. who is in charge of the state headquarters for the Christmas drive, at the Tutwiler hotel "and we expect to have all campaign managers and chapter chairmen organ. ized and at work by next week. Letters are being received at headquarters daily from managers acknowledging their ap. pointment and willingness to serye.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10

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 The Age-Herald is the only morning Ind Sunday newspaper in Birmingham arrying the Associated Press dis patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein All rights of republication of spe- sia1 dispatches herein are also re- served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10
Proud of Boys, Band

"I think the theatres not only did their part on Friday to help the Red Cross, but I am sure if they all got as much pleasure out of 1t as I did they were fully repaid for their trou- ble,' said Monte Semon, the manager of the Lyric. T was mighty proud of the Boys Industrial School band; they looked very handsome in their new uniforms and, believe me, they can surely play. All of the stage hands and actors and other employees of the Lyric, together with the attrac tions, were glad to do their bit on this occasion. I think it was not only a good thing in monetary way, but that it advertised patriotism in a way that will not soon be forgotten by those who look upon life from be- hind the footlight."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Coal for Birmingham


 we will begin shipping coal from our new mines tomorrow said Judge oscar R. Hundley, president of the Inland Coal company, "and we will begin by shipping 200 tons at first but expect to be able to ship at least 800 tons daily after a short time. Our first coal will be shipped to Birmingham, although we have received orders for coal from all over the country. The coal situation is very serious and we are trying to do everything possible to aid in this matter. Our mines are located just B miles from Birmingham on the Louisville and Nash vile railroad and we anticipate no trouble in getting our coal to the va- rious markets"
 Worry About Getting Merchandise
 There is no trouble about selling goods" said Murray Brown, the active head of Goodall, Brown & Co. Our trouble is to get goods to sell. In all my years in business I have never seen merchandise so scarce, so high and so hard to get delivered after you have bought a good supply.
 "Our warehouse is practically useless at present, for we ship out stuff as fast as 1t is unloaded. My firm has recently put some new men in the south Ala bama territory, and they can book more orders than we can fill. There isn't any trouble about selling or collections; the worry comes in getting goods"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10

Washington bureau POT Hibbs build ing.
 European bureau, Henrietta street. Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, Rooms As 10 50, inclusive, Tribune building New York city; western business office Tribune building, Chicago. The 5. C.. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10

TELEPHONE Bell (private exchange connecting nlI departmental Main 4900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10
Driver to Join CoIors

Tt seems almost a shame that so val uable man as George E. Driver, Jr.. should be called upon to join the colors and do battle for the rights of humanity, but such is the case, and George will join the army the early part of next week and do his bit for the country" said Frank Req yesterday.
 Although MT. Driver is not so very well known to the people of the city, he is one of the livest men of the city. Be. sides doubling the number of patrons to the Hillman hotel, he has been con stant exponent of everything that is for the good of the city and the city's peo- ple'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10
Shirley Oppose. Dominos

When I read in the papers a few tors were attempting to have the com missioners of the city legalize the domina games again, I was glad to note that Commissioner Hornady reg istered an objection" said Chief of Police T. J. Shirley.
 'I am sure there would have been five objections instead of one had the other commissioners been familiar with this added vice to the we'll known youth seducing, criminal hangouts as was Commissioner Hornady
 Many reports are coming to this or- flee of certain pool rooms being in fested with gamblers and immoral characters and the officers have been instructed to check them up and get data on these loafers with & view to prosecuting them for vagrancy, and unless some of the operators improve their manner of conducting their places an effort will be made to have their license cancelled and their business closed.
 T believe if gambling is strictly cut out most of the pool rooms in the city would close, and it will be. the policy of this administration to use every effort possible by the police de- partment to suppress gambling, as we'll as other vices.
 Many of the corporations have paid men out trying to hire laborers and skilled men for their plants and there Is work for everyone, so we are go- ing to try to see that every able bodied man has job, if he is depend ent upon his labor for support"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-10

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala.' 'nostofffce as second class matter un- der act of Congress March s, 1879.
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Misery acquaints man with strange bed-feIlows. Tempest.
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-25

going with her, just call tor the lhior'
nation freely and his backer viii do
his best to serve him.
The facts of the case are that the
Sammy Backer may be even more thah
a bows own father 10 him. That ne
can confide in him freely and know tha'
he NAV be fully understood ana tha'
the utmost will be done for him.
Gentle reader, do you catch on to the
plan?
You may not know any of the boys
In fact YOU may have no choice as 10
which one you win back during TINS
war. in which event just write the
editor Of The Ardmoreite and the name
and proper address of the boy VIII De
furnished from the company roll ana
II Is hoped that each and every one
will have a Sammy Backer right here
in Ardmore.
When you get the name and address
of the bow write him often, always once
a week. see that he hears the things
that interest him, that he gets the litue
things he longs for most. Write the
Ardmoreite man. and he will start you
going right away.