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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
Bright Outlook
 For Auditorium

NOV that the auditorium question z V has been revived by the city, tentative plans should be pushed as rapidly as possible. The commission is of one mind in thinking way can be found to provide Birmingham with what it has so long needed.
 Formal steps were taken at yes- terday's meeting of the commission for obtaining complete data bearing on the auditorium situation. Com missioner Hornady, who as the repre- sentative of the department of health and education, was largely instru- mental in giving practical shape to Birmingham's great forward move ment in providing additional school buildings, including new high school the city, is heart and soul in the audi torium enterprise. He is confident, too, that any seeming difficulties in that connection will be as easily dis posed of as were those confronting the city touching school conditions early in the year.
 The first thing to be settled is that pertaining to site. With suitable ground acquired without cost to the city, bond issue of $250,O00 would pay for an auditorium of modern con- struction, spacious enough to seat seven or eight thousand people.
 The commissioners are hopefu bf a favorable turn in the supreme |rt on the appeal from the decisif q local court restraining the c pm paying interest on auditoriI hds out of the sinking fund. it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14

grain, potatoes or pork, if it were used for farming" More than that, he de- clares that ''golf leads to profanity, false hood, wife neglect, inattention to busi- ness, Sabbath breaking and high balls. The argument that the land occupied by golf links would produce grain and pork would be more convincing if it were not that more than the acreage named Is ly- ing idle within half days motor ride of any city in this country. The alleged vicious tendency of the game needs no comment; for the n1n who would culti- vate strange oaths. neglect his wife and his business. break the Sabbath and in- dulge in fancy drinks as the result of un- successful play, would not have fortitude enough to withstand the evil tendency of game of quoits at village black smith shop.
 As an offset, the Indiana critic ignores the fact that many men in advanced life, who preserve their physical and mental health by exercise on the golf links, would otherwise be vegetating in shell tered porch chairs or dozing in the chim. ney corner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
"AMERICAN NAMES,--

From the New York World.
 Sitting in naturalization court in Chica- go. Judge Oscar E. Heard rechristened a number of applicants for citizenship. tell ing them that as Americans they must have American names"
 But even with judicial trimming they haven't William Kaufman may be easier to spell than Coceal Fidelman, but it is partly English. partly German. Joe White' is an English camouflage for Jomini Delomsetz, but plenty of Weisses is no more American than Waclaw; Harry" than Anastasius. ''Weil'' is shorter than Wiloczszonski, but origi- mated as many thousands of miles from Cook county-and Cook county" itself is not an American name, though "Chi- cago'' is.
 Borrowing names of public men does not help. Roosevelt is Dutch; Taft, welsh; Wilson. Scotch or English. The judges own name. Heard or Hurd, may be English. but Oscar suggests a Scandinavian strain. Mayor Thompson s name Is Anglicized in form. but may have been originally in any one of d dozen national forms. Senator Lewis's is Welsh or English; Champ Clark 8 given name is French; so is LaFollctte's 8 family name, despite his German lean- ings.
 Yet Judge Heard could have selected American names if he had insisted upon it. Gersiher Woralowsl might have been called sitting Bull;'' Leopold Szr- takiemcz, ''Young- -Man-Afraid-o of His Horses" and Aloyzy Walamender, .Rain-in-the- Face" These are authentic American names; any one who wishes can adopt one of them without the for- nality of an order of court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
New Flag Needed

Tt is public shame that the Jeff ferson County courthouse hasn't flag day. T called Jere Gwins attention to the rag of what is left there some time ago and he assured me that new flag would be placed on the flag pole of the county courthouse immediately, The matter has been called to my at- tention numerous times of late, espe- cially by visiting soldiers.n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
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BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord, world be chiIdIike, not childish. Give me wisdom without cynicfsm' give me understanding without loss of confidence. Help me to learn With out forgetting that know nothing. Help me to grow strong and still remember that I am weak. Give me- o gracious God, simplicity and trust and frankness and love. In Chrtsrs name. Amen.--Hs M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
Emperor Williams
 Truculent Manner

l
 ! 61 DON after William became King I0 of Prussia and German Elm
 peror many stories were told of his
 unrestrained temper and eccentric
 ways, but the public was not dis
 posed to credit them.
 If he was a paranoiac in the early
 days of his reign he was supposed to
 have outgrown his malady or been
 cured of it. A few years ago he ap- peared to have some degree of poise, i but with the war came recrudescence of that violence of expression which lis now a distinct characteristic Yet it might be assumed that with all his brain-storm tendencies, the Kaiser would have some regard for
 the conventions of diplomatic inter course. Had any less authority than former Ambassador Gerard described his truculent manner and quoted his truculent remarks, made in the course of diplomatic interview, the public would have thought the report ex- aggerated; but as MT. Gerard was always careful never to color any thing that was said or done at the imperial court, the startling incident of October 25, 1915, which he narrated in his letter printed in yesterdays Age-Herald, must be accepted as un- vanished truth.
 "The German Emperor stood close to me-" related MT. Gerard, sand putting his face about four inches from mine, shaking his fist in a threatening manner and speaking in a loud tone, said: America had better look out after the war. I shall stand no nonsense from America after the war;"
 Had one of the Kaiser's courtiers
 made such a remark while the United
 States had friendly relations with
 Germany, it would have been con- sidered a gross breach of punctillo, but when it was the Emperor himself that made the offensive speech it was a most amazing example of trucu- lence; unthinkable had not an ann- bassador of MT. Gerard's experience in statement of fact set it down in his diary.
 Bad manners are often hereditary, but there is no reason to believe that
 William II inherited his. On the con- trary Frederick, the present Kaiser's father, was man of excellent deport- ment, and his grandfather, William I, was a model of dignity and polite speech. Whatever has been charged against the Hohenzollerns, chroniclers have made no record of truculence in the behavior of those of the more re-
 cent generations. It remained for the war lord of today to throw aside all restraint, when talking to a gentle man, and expose weakness that an ill-natured boy ought to have been ashamed of.
 How long will the German people tolerate such an unspeakable autocrat
 as Emperor William?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
THE WINTER SCENE p1;er rraar

By Bliss Carman. Are keen and brilliant; only the oak
 leaves cling In the bare woods, or hardy bitter
 sweet; Drivers have put their sheepskin
 jackets on; And all the ponds are sealed with
 sheeted ice That rings with stroke of skate and
 hockey-stick, Or in the twilight cracks with running
 whoop. Bring in the logs of oak and hickory, And make an ample blaze on the wide
 hearth. Now is the time, with winter o'er the
 world, For books and friends and yellow can
 dle-light, And timeless lingering by the settling
 fire, While all the shuddering stars are keen
 and cold. Out of the silent portal of the hours, When frosts are come and all the hosts
 put on Their burnished gear to march across
 the night And OCT darkened earth in splendor
 shine, Slowly above the world Orion wheels His gilttering square, while on the
 shadowy hill And throbbing like a sea-light through
 the dusk. Great Sirius rises in his flashing blue: Lord of the winter night, august and
 pure, Returning year on year untouched by
 time To kindle faith with thy immortal fire. There are no hurts that beauty cannot
 ease, No ills that love cannot at last repair, In the coura geods progress of the soul. Russet and white and gray Is the oak
 wood In the great snow. Still from the north
 1t comes. Whispering, settling. sitting through
 the trees, O'erloading branch and twig. The road
 is lost; 7 Clearing and meadow, stream and ice-
 bound pond Are made once more traclxless wilder
 ness Tn the white hush where not creature
 stirs. Ana the pdle sun IS DlOIteQ rom tHo
 sky. In that strange twilight the lone trav-
 eler halts, To listen while the stealthy snowflakes
 fall. And then far off toward the Stanford shore. Where through the storm the coastwise liners go, Faint and recurrent on the muffed air. A fog-horn booming through the smother-hark! When the day changed and the mad wind died down. The powdery drifts that all day long
 had blown Across the meadows and the open fields Or whirled like diamond dust in the bright sun, settled to rest and for tranquil hour The lengthening bluish shadows on the snow Stole down the orchard slope, and rose light Flooded the earth with glory and with Then in the west. behind the cedars The sinking ..,G sun made red the winter wfth sullen flare along the snowy Like a rare masterpiece by Hokusai. ! Where on a background gray, with
 flaming breath The crimson dragon dies in dusky gold
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
ALABAMA PRESS

Talladega Home: There is a call among many school patrons for a reinstatement of the Blue Back Speller' in the schools. As later generations are proving rather inefficient spoilers, to draw it mildly, cur school authorities should give the call due consideration. The Blue Back is the simplest, yet the most complete and comprehensive. in the judgment of the majority, ever used in American schools.
 Gadsden Times-News: A few men met at Birmingham Saturday and picked a candidate for governor. They did not even wait for the list of entries to be completed but rushed in indorsed their man and will now try to force him upon the free and independent voters of Ala bama The method has rarely succeeded bossism.
 Montgomry Advertiser: Our military miral Won Tirpitz. Where does Bel gium's military security lie? Mobile Register: An anonymous corre- spondent writes to the Montgomery Jour- nal and signs himself Millions of Men and Women" This rather takes the bulge on the Three Tailors of Tooley Street"
 Opelika News It is said by some peo- pie who go about over the country that 1 the signs of the times point to quite an Increase in cotton acreage In Alabama l next year. Let us hope these folks are ! mistaken in the direction the signs are pointing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14

has gathered 450 bushels, an average of 371s bushels to the acre. He has stored the hay for winter forage and sold the nuts at $1.55 a bushel, which netted him s697.50, or $5S20 an acre.
 No fertilizer was used and MT. Wyatt says that the labor involved was not greater than that required in cultivating the same acreage in cotton. The peanut is fast becoming money crop" with our farmers and it's possi ilities have hardly been touched
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
TRUE DEMOCRACY.

"Dubwaite seems to take the war calmly"
 ''1n some respects "Yes?"
 Tor instance. he doesn't get the least
 xcited when he sees the son of g a private and getting along without a valet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
Uphold Medical Traditions

on my way from Camp Sheridan to Memphis, where I go to attend ses- sion of the Southern Medical congress" said Dr. James McLester, who is the chief of the medical service of the base hospital at Camp Sheridan.
 T find my work highly interesting, and I think that the American surgeon and the American physician will make good at home and abroad in the war. am sure that the corps de esprit among them is fine, and that each member of medical unit is going to do his dead level best to uphold the best traditions among the profession in the United States"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
MONEY IN PEANUTS

From the Selma Times.
 M. D. Wyatt, a hustling farmer of the Fremont ncighborhood. has made rec ord in growing peanuts this year. we'll worth taking note of. From P acres he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
BLIssFUL ABSORPTION.

BLIssFUL ABSORPTION. "Those two old gentlemen seem to be having a pretty warm argument" sThey are to be envied."
 .'Why sop
 "They've forgotten all about these par lcus times in which we live and are wrangling over who wrote Shakespeare's plays" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
THE REASON.

"Is Jopple still attentive to the Was serby girl?"
 No"
 We'll We'll thought they would surely get married"
 They did"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
VIEWING THE MATTER CALMLY

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 Alice Paul, militant suffragette. in jail in Washington. has gone on a hunger strike. We'll, every little bit of com servation of foods helps. and America can spare sweet Alice better than 1t can spare a flitci of hncGii. k.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14

i < * Splendid Start in Y. M. c. A. Campaign { ID IRMINGHAM'S allotment of the ID $35,OOO,O00 fund being raised in the United States by the Young Mems Christian association for camp activities is S75,OO0. The canvass started only yesterday and already the local contributions total some thing like $44,000. This is splendid record and it shows what earnest and enthusiastic team work can accom- 'plish.
 It now seems probable that the en- tire amount sought will be raised be- fore the end of the week. As result of experience in money raising cam paigns large totals can be secured in a few days, whereas weeks were re- ouired formerly.
 Proper publicity helps a great deal. Every citizen becomes familiar with the cause through the newspapers and when a "team" calls for a contribu- tion little or no time is wasted on ex- plantations; and if the person ap- preached is possessed of means and has any love for his fellow man in these war times, little time is lost on appealing for aid.
 Birmingham has led nearly every city in the south in the matter of oversubscriptions to liberty loans and donations to the Red Cross fund. It will make another notable record in the dispatch with which it raises it's. quota of the Young Mems Christian associations big fund.
 m *
 The Kaiser won't be expected to stand any foolishness from America aft CT this war is over. There will be no spirit of levity in the way America will settle the Kaiser's hash.
 x #
 How could a. football team ever get anywhere if it didn't have a pictur esque nickname that could be used ad libitum by the brisk sporting writer? American soldiers occupying a trench sector are close to German soil and the indications are that they will get a bit closer before this war is over. Emperor Charles got a ducking and nearly escaped drowning the other day. He has been up to his chin in trouble ever since he ascended the throne.
 < ,. ,k
 There are mysterious people going about who will tell you that General Pershing now has not less than 1000 900 men in France.
 On the other hand. will not the dim ming of brightly lighted thoroughfares make business better for the footpad?
 
 Father grumbles great deal over the new war +syas h,t x1o,, x,,;1l x,.4;o. 4,.@ he is smoking as much as ever.
 ;: * <
 No matter where Tommy Atkins is sent to fight. he encounters a lot or new names he can't pronounce.
 
 Blame it on the war Nearly every person you meet nowadays has an idea that he's an expert dietician.
 * * *
 After the football season is over coi- lege cheer leaders will be able to take much needed rest
 Where Kerensky overlooked bet was in not having Lenine shot when he had the opportunity.
 Viena has reverted to its former gaiety. Berlin, however. continues to take the war seriously.
 * * *
 There is rush to change Teuton names into "monickers' that have a less hostile sound.
 It's up to Wisconsin editor to prove that it is impossible to libel Senator La Toilette.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE AGE.

TIE ALE. A birdman has
 To set a pace Before he wins
 The name of Ace" And prove himself Each day he flies In truth the falcon Of the skies. Alert his brain,
 His muscles taut, A wondrous skill
 And daring brought Upon his deadly
 Work to bear Have made him monarch Of the air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
oVERpo1NG 1r.

T believe in man being patriotic" "of course you do.'
 But hate for a person to enter a restaurant and call for corn bread in such a loud tone of voice that he alarms all the other diners"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14

Washington bureau. POT Hibbs build ing,
 European bureau, Henrietta street Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office. Rooms AZ to 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., 1917-11-14
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 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein.
 All rights of republication of spe- cial dispatches herein are also re- served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald will not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address,
 THE AGE-HERALD.
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Praises pr. Mullins, work

T have had occasion in my ministry to study much theology" said pr. A. J. Dickinson, "but believe one of the cleverest statements of the Christian re- ligion I have ever read Is set forth in the work of pr. Edgar Young Mullins, D.D., LL.D., which is just from the press
 He calls it The Christian Religion in its Doctrinal Expression It is theo- logical statement that fits the needs of opportunities of the hour. He is keenly attentive to the demands of the scien- tific method and to the importance or Christian experience as a source of fact. and has made his theology an inter pretation of the divine life in the. soul.
 ''The general reader as well as the preacher will find the volume attractive in form and language. Any thoughtful man who reads it will have his vision broadened and his sympathies quick ened. Dr. Mullins is without doubt one of the foremost scholars in America '
 Orange Business Around Mobile
 T find that the orange business is one of the lvest propositions around Mobile" said John W. Inzer, who recently moved from this city to to the city on the gulf.
 ''The satsuma industry is being rap idly put on a. paying basis. I was greatly interested in talking to two Japanese who have made such a sue cess of their orchards at Grand Bay. They have been engaged in raising satsumas and kumquats for about Il years. I find that while many know the virtues of the satsuma. that few as yet have learned to appreciate the good qualities of the kun1quats, which seems to be a cross between a lemon and an orange, and has variety of uses. It makes a good drink, it is pleasant to eat. and can be made into delicious pre- serves"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14

TELEPHONE Bell (private exchange connecting all departments) Main 49OO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14

MORE TOLERANT ATTITUDE.
 ''we don't hear so much talk nowadays about tainted money"
 That's true" replied the altruistic man. Since the war started and so many subscription lists have been circu- lated, nobody inqures into the past his tory of a dollar that's contributed to a good cause"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14

Our content Is our best having.
 Henry VIII.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14

The Kaiser won't be expected to stand any foolishness from America aft- CT this war is over. There will be no spirit of levity in the way America will settle the Kaiser's hash.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter un- der act of Congress, March 8. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14

SERIOUS OBJECTION. Did you tell the cook that she must economize?"
 "Yes"
 And what did she say to that?" She said we could eat as little as ve wanted to. but her family couldn't live on less than she's been taking home every day."
 STRANGE, BUT TRUE. While alcohol is not food, As scientists avow, Some men, with recklessness imbued, Consume 1t anyhow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14

man descent, but he was too good an American citizen to let LaFollette's 'disloyal utterances go unchallenged.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-05-11
Card of Thanks

We are taking this means of
thanking our many friends and
neighbors who so kindly came
to our assistance during the
long illness and recent death OF
our father. 1t would be impos-
sible for us to express our
thankfulness and appreciation
of the many kindnesses extend
ed TO us during these sad and
anxious hours. We shall al
ways feel grateful to each of
YOU.
Respectfully,
TIE Mckee Children.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-05-11
FARMERS!

Send Csc for a copy Of The
Farmers Rapid Figurer and
Calculator; the handiest book
you ever saw; money back if
wanted.-JG. @. Foster, Assulnp-
ton, III.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-05-11
So setusd.

Eyes, l am opposed to American
girls marryin' furriners." said old
Mrs. sipes. I'm fist that opposed to
It that If my girls can't marry people
Of their own sex they needn't marry
at all, and that's all there is about ~"
--Lippincotta.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-05-11
Respectfully,
r re Mckee Children.
Nurses Training Glass

Elmore Brainald supelihten-
dent of the Eddy County Hos
pital at Carlsbad spent the day
II Roswell. Miss Barnard Wis
tied the r swell Red Cross this
afternoon. G1rls who are in
r'nt "eifo "ll nrase con =
- id
Edd
County Hospital IS 70 be opened
at once. Roswell Record.