The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-05

III Qurlng the mOmenIOuS IOur sion on a man of General Scott's training, experience and we'll known valor.
 This cheering information relative to the fighting condition of the Rus sian army at the front, coming as it does from high authority Hooking on," will have profound interest in London, Paris and Washington.
 When MT. Root arrived in Russia few weeks ago the situation there was desperate. German intrigue was getting the upper hand. The outlook for a permanent republic seemed al- most hopeless. But conditions have improved steadily and it is not too much to expect that before the American mission leaves Petrograd to return home it will see republic CO., hesive enough and strong enough to hold it's own in the liberal govern ments' fight to overthrow Prussian autocracy and make the world "safe for democracy"
 What has been accomplished al- ready has sdrely justified President Wilson's enterprise in selecting the commission he did and sending it with greetings and proffers of aid to a people that had got from under the oppressive rule of the Czar.
 Nicholas Romanoff and his family are said to be digging potatoes at Tsarsko selo. They might have made themselves solid with the Russian proletariat if they had started doing that long ago.
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 About the only people who thought the late William Winter was a common scold were the theatrical managers who tried to make money by catering to a. de- prayed public taste
 Asked if she owned a mule an eastern od ' Must be the kind of married man who won't stand for a dictatorial policy in the home.
 It has been long time since that un- fortunate day when the King of England fell off his horse, but he has contributed no other exciting incident to the war. The fact that there Is a war going on in Europe will not prevent pretty bat tie from being staged In Birmingham for the presidency of the city commission.
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 The "dry states" editions of eastern
  publications do not carry advertisements showing a smiling waiter pulling a cork or pouring something into a tall glass.
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 The person who said that the Grand Canon of Arizona was a good place to throw old collars had evidently had some experience in trying to get rid of one. The people who are criticizing Mir. Hoover should remember that he Is serv- ing his country without pay. That's more than they would ever do
 The new-aroused Russians needn't hope to put the fear of God In the Ger mans. The Teuts consider themselves in partnership with God.
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 The trolley car accident in Niagara gorge is going to make that particular scenic route unpopular for the time being with timid tourists
 
 The record for doing things established by the United States since war was de- clared is enough to silence all but few chronic knockers
 Pretty shop girls in Paris rushed out into the streets and kissed American sol- diers. That's what you get for being a hero
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 Congresswoman Rankin tripped in to see the President the other day and is reported to have had quite business air about her.
 The market is flooded with books tell ing about what happened to Belgium. Even at that. the half has not been told.
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 Hats off to the American navy! At tempts made by U-boats to sink our transports were . miserable failure.