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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-03
P|CKETS
STAY,AT WHITE HOUSE
Congressional Union Not Influenced
by Seriousness of Interna-
tional Situation.

The, seriousness OF the situation con-
fronting the President and the country
will not influence the Congressional
Union for Woman Suffrage to with
draw its pickets from the entrances to
the White House grounds. according to
a statement given out today by Mrs
Abby Scott Baker. national press
chairman of the union. The Silent
sentine1s" are to remain on their posts.
it was stated.
This decision was reached at a con-
ference held this morning by MISS
Mabel Vernon, national secretary; MRS.
william Kent, member of the execu-
tive committee. and Mrs. Baker.
The union holds that never was the
reason for equal suffrage more eVldeni
than at present. The suffragist lead
ers say that women bear their snare OF
the burden. or war and pay fuil snare
Of its price, and therefore they should
have an equal share in government
that engages in war.
Mrs. Bakers Statement.
The following statement was given
out by Mrs. Baker:
'The necessity for protest against
discrimination was never greater than
it is today, when such important deci,
sions are being made: Women WIN
bear a fair half of the burden ana pay
their full share of the price entailed
by the decisions, yet nearly 45,0O0.0oO
are without direct representation in
our government.
at, is not important to decide now
whether the decision made today ana
in the days to come would be any diff
ferent II the opinions of women had
the weight that attaches to politicai
power.
"Whether they will be different or not
nobody can know, What is Of funda-
mental Importance in a country dedi-
GATED to a principle that just govern
ment rests upon the consent do OF the
governed is ths-that the occasion
when made should be known to the
whole citizenship.
"American women are as ready as
men to serve their country by every
means in their command. When they
ask for share in the. government
women are only seeking more COM
plete opportunity for patriotic serv-
Ice"
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-05
WHICM SEX IS CARELESS?

purse for pennies, while the line waita impatiently.
 Two twos and a one" says the man next in line when his turn comes, and his nickel is pumped down in the win dow. No time is lost. The man is ac- customed to having to make haste. He gets his parcels off of his hands with the same celerity that marks his procure ment of stamps. The woman makes dil- igent inquiries about the right manner of wrapping, and about other matters. and nally gets her parcels into the mail
 Whose parcels, or letters go astray? Does the man in his haste act with less precision than he fancies? Does the wom- an get the answers to her numerous questions confused and fail, more often than the man. to miss the dead letter of- flee and hit the bulls eye?
 Postoffice clerks might shed the light of personal opinion upon the question, but nothing less than investigation of the chirography upon the 10,S39, ,9S0 lost pack ages and letters would determine wheth- CT the male of the species-who. notorous- ly cannot remember to mail letter given to him by his wife or daughter makes more blunders in addresses than women make
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-05
THE LHTTLE REED SCH DOLLHOUSE

ifam tho hway, and joined with the ttsle 4nlial ocked girls in offering testi- i-0ainl7 1f ir respect for and devotion t1 he taoensr in the shape of apples. hes ri ry nuts, violets and wild ro cs-
 [ lr her fauie the teacher had little be Hneb kled sweetly when she wi d ntion of the pupils, and it s ea at the little red school hol that ever had to give the sig nal lsnda vice, because to please her, 70 po ueserving of her smile and ap- probation, was the ambition of boys and girls alike. They were particularly glad to hear the bell when it sounded notice of her intention to suspend all studies so that she might talk to them of the wonderful things she had learned in the far-away state where she had attended a seminary. They could listen to her for hours, and they were always sorry when she said: Now, children, have kept you too long: your mothers will be anxious, so hurry home"
 When the pupils grew up and became novelists and poets, of course they wrote and sang about the little red schoolhouse in the valley or on the hill, idealized it, planted imaginary flowers in it's play ground, ivied it's window frames, and all that, and were unconscious of their de- parture from. the facts. In reality the little red schoolhouse was rather shabby and uncomfortable makeshift, hot in sum mer cold in winter, and never over neat, much as the teacher tried to improve it. It had scarcely one of the accommoda- tions or conveniences that go with the rural school throughout the greater part of the United States today. Its successor. if frame, is tightly built, plastered, cal- cimined, well heated, well ventilated, well furnished and well equipped. But 1t is more likely to be of brick, or stone or cement. It has the latest and best in desks and maps; 1t furnishes all supplies to it's pupils without charge. It has a piano. Its teacher is better paid and better dressed than her predecessor; she/ may wear spats; she is, no doubt, as pleasant as any teacher of the sixties, but stories, and if she did she would not need to break off at an interesting point in order to start them home early, for those who cannot take the interurban trolley are very likely called for by the family automobile. The family automobile of to- day, by the way, has a garage almost as large as the little red schoouhouse of 50 years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-05
MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

throne as well as her person, had Mary brought to trial. The charge, as pre- sented by the lord chancellor, was to the effect: ''The most serene Queen Elizabeth. being informed, not without great grief and trouble of mind, that you have con spired the destruction of her sponsor, and the kingdom of England, has. ac- cording to her station and duty, appointed these commissioners to charge such things against you. and hear how you can clear yourself of them, and manifest your innocence to the world
 Mary was unable to dsprove the charges that were made against her dur ing the several days that her trial lasted, and the men who sat in judgment in the case were able to prove through letters the former Queen of Scotland had writ ten, that she was privy to the conspi- racy to dethrone and put to death Eliza beth. They brought in verdict of guilty, and Mary was beheaded on February 3, 15S7 after having been a prisoner in Eng land for close to IS years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-05

From the Louisville Courier-JournaI. S\ VIEWS that during 13 months 10,- llWI sSs,9s0 letters and parcels have gone astray in the United States malls. most of them as result of carelessness upon the part of the sender, ought to be followed by an in-
 quiry. which might suitably be con- ducted by the Society for the Promo tion of Feminism, to determine which of the sexes attends best to it's business at the postoffice.
 There Is g. pervading idea among men -an erronerous one possibly-that wom- en rather than men have vague ideas
 as to the details of adequate prepared ness against sending the parcel or letter to the dead letter office It is observable at postoffices that women make more inquiries than are made by men. Fossil bly, they are as matter of fact, the more careful of the sexes. They seem to dispatch their business at the postoffice with--er, less dispatch than men dispatch theirs.
 Twill you pIease give me two 2-cent stamps and one 1-cent stanp?' sayG the woman at the window, fishing in her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-05

From the Christian Science Monitor.
 M MEMORIES do not now. so often as JM in other days, fOndly twine ava around the little red schoolhouse in the valley or on the hill, because, in these times. not so many people have had association with that sort of building. in childhood or in youth. As a natural consequence, not so many romancists are weaving 1t into their stories, and not so many poets are putting 1t into their songs. With increase in population and wealth, with settlements spreading over the vast tracts that once were bare, with improved means of transportation, with the growth of villages into towns, and of towns into cities, and with the expansion of thought in relation to education, the little red schoolhouse also has undergone a change, change so great indeed, as to amount to a transformation.
 The little red schoolhouse, in the United with one door and four windows, two in front, and two in the rear. The door was in most cases, between the two front windows, and the teachers table between the two back windows There were two rows of benches, and two rows of shelves. by courtesy called desks, extending across the room, except where space was left for the swinging of the front door, for class recitation in front of the teach CTS table, for the drum stove, and for a center aisle. There was an ornamental hood above to counterbalance wooden step below the door, on the outside, and on the point of the gable, facing the front, was construction, about the size of birdcage, in which hung bell about the size of a pear.
 woman who wore her hair in a water fall" and dressed In delaine, except on special occasions. when she appeared In black alpaca. Her pupils learned in time to connect the black alpaca with invita- tions to spend the evenings out, and this enabled them to tell to a nicety what progress the teacher was making so- cially. These pupils, by the way, con- stituted the main feature of the little red schoolhouse. They came from all parts OF the countryside, stuffed in bag and pocket with books and eatables, and in- spired with an unsuitable thirst for knowledge. When the weather was cold, the boys sometimes brought firewood in addition to their other impedimenta; when the weather was warm, they came whistling and barefooted up the path
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-05

From the Pittsburg Post.
 M MARY, Queen of Scots, ended her lWl ambitions career only ,.s when sa., her e. was severed by the executioner at the command of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth Of England. It was a sad fate for this beautiful Queen of Scotland, but histor- ians seem to agree that 1t was justified, for Mary had headed one intrigue after al other to deprive her cousin of the Eng fish throne.
 Much sentiment has been expressed for this unfortunate woman. as is invariably the case when character as picturesque as was hers is removed by hand which Is itself not free from stain But in truth Mary was far from deserving of such sentiment, for. like Elizabeth, she was deceitful, cruel, revengeful. vain and am. bilious Of the two women, however. Elizabeth. objectionable as she was in many ways, has a better record because she had the better character.
 When ono after the other of Mary's in trlgues was presented to Elizabeth she was in a quandary. She did not want to cut off Mary's head. That much is quite clear To the Parliament that approved the death sentence. Elizabeth prayed to find, If possible, some means that would save Mary's life without endangering her own." and when at last, after much hesitation, she signed the death war rant. it is noted that she fell into a sor- row from which she never recovered.
 First, and above all, Elizabeth felt that her first duty was to save her own life. and then her throne and in order to do this she was finally convinced that the only way both could be accomplished was to get rid of the designing Queen of Scots
 By deliberately conspiring against the life of Elizabeth, to say nothing of her previous attempts to disturb the peace of the nation, Mary clearly forfeited her life according to the highest laws of the realm. She had become perpetual men, ace not only to the life of Elizabeth. but to the life of the kingdom itself, and
 standing beside the block where sympathy wept. logic and equity said. "Amen!'' Mary's ambition was even resented by her own subjects. and when she inju-
 diciously married in 1567 the murderer of her husband. 1t was too much for her country to stand. and she was compelled to abdicate, and was further humiliated by being cast into prison. When she es- capped year later she carried her in triguing disposition with her to England.
 where after many attempts to raise dis sension among the subjects of Elizabeth. she was taken and imprisoned in va rious castles, the walls of which were not able to prevent her conspiring.
 Finally, Elifabeth, to protect her own
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-05
LIKE M,LUKE SAYS

girl knows that she can't live in the same house with her brother without uuarreling. And yet she expects to make a husband out of a strange man and live in the same house with him without fussing.
 We don't know much. But we do know that the fellow who is advocating that automobiles be heavily taxed does not own an automobile. When mother was young thing she used to play the piano with her hands Rut daughter can play selection with her feet while she is manicuring her hands.
 Every man has an aversion to some certain word in our language. The word we dislike most Is "anent" What's yours?
 What has become of tho old-fashioned man who used to refer to money as "cush?"
 Anyway. the downtrodden male sex can't complain that 1t gets the worst oi it in the movie fillums. The fillums dis play just as many women villains as men villains.
 l The dictionary defines the word, ''affec- tion,' as s'strong and tender attachment love" Yet when wife thinks so little I of her husband that she hates to breathe tho same air he 0oess anu Sponus all oi her time with other men, the husband starts in and sues someone for alienatine her affection.
 | woman never brags about her rela'
 lives who live in the same town with her She saves her bragging for her relatives who live on the other side of the coun try because she knows that you will nevel
 meet them and won't know the differ l ence.
 | Ever notice that the man wno can qui
 when he wants to never wants to?
 Most of the knockers. who are tryini I to down thei,f home towns go around dis.
 guised as r5formers'
 suffcient&time having elapsed to enabl'
 avery mai in the trenches In Europe t
 receiva s Christmas cards bearing tn
 insc,irtiA: "Peace on earth, good vii
 tnsr. rd nen." the work of slaughterint
 tp" tpe ot sr fellows will go right ahead.
 Apdthe high cost of living wasn't il
 eyidi Ice in the old days when woman'
 ,Sns. ss.u {edre of mechanics was limited t fhe oiling and steering of perambula
 tor. 0 some men are satisfied to have de scended from their a,cestorss while oth srs try to rise above their ancestors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-05
THE SKUNK

From the Talladega Home.
 The Age-Herald of recent issue de- votes a column of classic English to the skunk. yes the skunk. and the article was as timely as it was well written. Who ever saw a skunk moving gracefully along to his lair in the full flush of dawn after his nightly prowl, perhaps full as tick of high pedigreed eggs, the pride of some industrious housewife. must confess that he is one of the most beautiful denizens of our forests. with his black fur coat, striped with white, and that fur Is vAlu- able; not quite so much so as the pelt of an arctic sable or silver fox, but stul . valuable article of commerce. We mean skunks, and not spotted polecats which do not rank quite so high in the commer- cial world. though they may rank with the skunk in another well known way. It Is a toss penny game as to which would outrank the other. In the north and the west there are many skunk farms where the animals are bred for the value of their fur. In the south. their natural habitat. they could be still more prof. itably bred. We are not testing Skunk farming is profitable industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-05
Is wesxil Problem Solved,

"A negro living near Montgomery made five more bales of cotton per horse last year than he did in 1915," said J. P. Forney of Montomery. And he did this in the face of the boil weevil. He is an intelligent negro and had 250 acres in cotton last season. He studied out sim- pie method and after two years tryout is convinced it is winner. His plan is to run the weevils out of the fields, not to kill them.
 ''This negro. whose name is McDuffie, takes crude oil, tar and camphor gum, puts them all in a pot and boils them. There is sufficient oil in the mixture to make it liquid. He dips a crocus sack in the pot, then squeezes 1t as dry as he thinks necessary. If too wet the mix ture will kill the young cotton plants.
 "The wet sacks are fastened to the rlow beam, and each week the crop is plowed and dragged over with these sacks, both sides of the cotton getting touch from the fumes of the mixture. Tl,is method costs 15 cents an acre.
 If 1t is a success. and it seems it is, this negro has solved great problem and deserves national credit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-05
Like Real snow

q can't remember when I have felt such high winds as Birmingham expe- rienced yesterday" said W. E. Everett. I'm not such little man myself, and there were times when I could hardly make my way against the winds. Of course, when it showed the winds slowed down little bit, but not enough for the snow to continue, much to my regret. I'd like to see a real snow in Birmingham. It's been many a day since we had a regular snow, and I think we are in an appreciative mood for this kind of weather. However, I guess it'll all blow over in day or two, and Birmingham will again bask in the well known south ern sunshine It seems that Birmingham can't have very much winter weather in a stretch
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-05
I HEARD A SOLDIER

By Herbert Trench. I heard a soldier sing some trifle,
 Out in the sun dried veldt alone He lay and cleaned his grimy rifle
 Idly behind stone. If after death, love, comes awakening: And in their camp so dark and still, The men of dust hear busles breaking
 Their halt upon the hill. sero me the slow and silver psalins
 That then the last high trumpet pours Shall softer than the dawn come stealing. For, with its call, comes yours!" what grief of love and he to stifls,
 Baking 70 idly by his stone, That erimy soldier with his riflo
 Out in tho veldt alone5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-05

 Will Be Loyal

Wlll Be Loyal
 M7OW that President Wilson has ! NJ severed diplomatic relations with Germany, it is encouraging to note the tone of the Ger1nan-Ameri- can press.
 While quite naturally these news papers deplore the break and feel that Germans who have become citizens of this country will be called on to make a great sacrifice, if they have to lend aid against the fatherland, no fair minded person can blame them for that.
 In majority of Gernan-American newspapers loyalty to the United States is the first consideration. It is a fine spirit they are showing, and reflecting as they do the sentiment of most German-American citizens, it proves that our confidence in this ele ment of our population has not been misplaced.
 It is hoped that Americas partici- patton in the war will not require the sending of t. op; abroad. In such a contingency this government, being broad-minded and tolerant, would doubtless show the proper considera- tion for it's citizens of German birth.
 Those German Americans who have resided in this country for many years, enjoying the protection and benefits of the American government, know where their duty lies and it is not believed that they will be found wanting in any patriotic service that may be required of them. To turn against America in this crisis, how ever much they may sympathize with the fatherland, would be contrarv to all accepted ideas of justice and fair play.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-05
cAmIhMMd@au1lH
GERMANY REALIzEs DEFEAT


 From the Military Expert of the Scientific
 American.
 I firmly believe that Germany has come to the conclusion that she is beaten. I don't mean that she fears invasion of her territory or that she is in danger of be- ing crushed. but that she realizes that she has failed in the task that she had set for herself two and a half years ago. The conquest of Belgium. Servia, Wal lachia and Montenegro are comparatively unimportant factors. Germany's purpose, when she invaded Belgium, was to crush France. In this she utterly failed. The battle of the Marne decided the outcome of the war. It may be sometime yet be- fore peace comes. but do not believe that this war can last SIX months longer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-05
A VALUABLE PROPERTY

From the Enterprise Peoples Ledger.
 New potatoes are selling for se per bushel in Illinois. Presumably the people whereabouts use them for ornaments Birmingham Age-Herald. It won't be tato or two will be afraid to venture away from home at night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-05
IHadliceinag Society
On FIirmsy Gr0g1mas

OM F I8NMsy Nnr0G1Mds
 TN the New York World recently q appeared story" characterized by great deal of what is called "hu- man interest,"" The reporter did a good piece of work and his article was given two-column head.
 In an exhibition of canvases by a young American painter is painting entitled "A Victim of Society,"" The artist found his model standing out side a saloon. The man bore no marks of alcoholism. He was simply starv- ing, down and out and with no hope for the future. Struck by the derelict's $ appearance, the artist engaged him to pose for a picture. The next day he came and received $2, which proved the cause of his death. With the money thus earned the model gorged himself on food. In his weakened condition it proved fatal. He was buried in the Potter's Field.
 The artist learned the mans story while at work on the picture. It ap- pears that he had been we'll educated in Germany and had never committed any crime. He came to America to seek employment on Commandment can publications. He was given a position by the Staats- -Zeitung, but did not make good. He tried shoe making, but was failure as cob bier. After that he did odd jobs, and not many of those.
 The story of this unfortunate man aroused the sympathy of some New York women who have arranged to exhibit "A Victim of Society,"" asking all who see the picture to contribute to a fund for the relief of such desti- ute persons.
 The derelict was greatly to be pit ied, of course, and his sad story would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-05

BEGINNING THE DAX--LOrd, hear Thee say that | ann to follow Thy light. | would not merely enjoy Thy liGht--I would not bask in 1t only and see my path made clear by it. I would see it leading me afar, ! would feel 1t drawing me away. would follow it into new meanings into new endeayOrs, into new re- nunciations. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-05
Automobile Show

we are going to have fine auto- mobile show In Birmingham,' said Ted Brownell. Tt will be a regular show, and one that will make automobile his tory for Birmingham. Of course, we are all delighted to get such centrally located location as the postoffice site. This will be an ideal location, and the auditorium that we intend to build will be a roomy one, that will answer the pur- pose we'll In addition to the people that will come to Birmingham from over the state, we hope to have a number of tourists stop over here. About the first of March, you know, the spring touring begins and naturally persons coming in this direction will want to come through Birmingham, and to stop over to see the greatest automobile show ever staged in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-05
ASK BILLY SUNDAY

From the Selma Times.
 Whats the matter with BirminghamY is searching query Birmingham is turn ins upon herself As they are negotiating for Bill Sunday, why not wait for his diagnosis? He knows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-05
A FINE BUSINESS

From the Anniston Star. Barney Baruch says the Jap spectators
 are not permitted to sell short. There's lesson we might learn from the Japs Age Herald. Selling short is simply selling something one does not own