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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
TWAlN's IMPRESSION OF GRANT


 M MoNa the Mark Twain letters in AA Harper's Magazine for July is one S S written his wife in 1879 in which he describes a reunion of the Army of the Tennessee in Chicago and gives remarkable description of General Grant.
 ''The next letter is written the follow ing morning, or at least some time the following day, after night of ratifica- ton.
 Chicago, November 12, 1879.
 "Livy darling, it was great time. There were perhaps 30 people on the stage of the theatre, and think never sat elbow-to-elbow with so many his toric names before. Grant. sherman, Sheridan, Schofield, Pope, Logan, Au- gur and so on. What an iron man Grant isl He sat facing the house, with his right leg crossed over his left and his right boot-sole tilted up at an angle, and his left hand and arm reposing on the arm of his chair--you note that po- sition? Well, when glowing references came frequently, the nervous change of position and attitude were also frequent But ,Grant!-he was under tremen- dous and ceaseless bonbardment of praise and graduation, but as true as I'm sitting here he never moved muscle 30 minutes! You could have played him on stranger for an effigy. Perhaps he never would have moved, but at last
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
"GEN., PERsHING. AGE

Omaha, Neb. Special to the Philadel- phia Public Ledger.)-"Dad said if this war were couple of years later could go with him and help lick the Germans. We'd lick 'em, too! If the war lasts I'll be over there.'
 In this way General Warren Persh- ing, eight-year-old son of General John J. Pershing, head of the American ex- petition to France, announced his war ambitions at Lincoln, interrupting the drilling of his forces to be interviewed by reporter.
 I'm going to West Point when I'm old enough" he said. That's where they make real soldiers"
 father ,IIis hai. is blonde and his face is set like his fathers He looks like tho pictures of his father at the same age. He wears his hat pulled down in viewed at his recruiting office on the lawn of his aunts. Miss May Pershing and Mrs. D. M. Butler He wore regu- lation army uniform, which army officers at Washington gave him when he was there a short time ago. His forces con- sist of four boys of the neighborhood, who comprise the armys and three girls. who form the Red Cross.
 Warrens mother and three sisters were killed in fire that destroyed their home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11

speaker made such a particularly rip ping and blood-stirring remark about him that the audience rose and roared and yelled and stamped and clapped an en- tire minute-Grant sitting as serene as ever-when General sherman step9ed to him. laid his hand affectionately on his shoulder, bent respectfully down and up and bowed, and the storm of ap- plause swelled into hurricane. He sat down, took about the same position and froze to it till by and by there was an- other of those deafening and protracted roars, when sherman made him get up and bow again. He broke up his attituce once more-to the extent of something more than q hairs breadth-to indicate me to sherman when the house was keeping up a determined and persistent call for me, and poor. bewildered Sher- man (who did not know mel was peer ing abroad over the packed audience for me, not knowing l was only three feet from him and most conspicuously To- cated General Sherman was chairman).
 One of the most illustrious indi- viduals on that stake was "Ole Abe,'' the historic war eagle. He stood on his perch-the old savage-eyed rascal--three or four feet behind General sherman, and as he had been in nearly every bat tie that was mentioned by the orators his soul was probably stirred pretty often, though he was too proud to let on, ]"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
AT THE FAREWELL DOOR

By Frank l.. stanton. It's far, far way that they'll have to
 roam
 From the shores of home; From the friendly fields to the fighting
 foam,
 Far, far from home; And I. in the shadows still and sweet, May hear no sound of returning feet Myself a shadow in gloom and gleam, Lost in dream. Stars and shadows alone may wait At a long-loyed gate For the old and lonely 'tis time to go When the night calls so! Yet still they stand at a love-blest door And call the children home once more. And they come.s where the lights of the
 hearthside glean-- Home in a dream. Let me pass with that dream, since
 may not stay
 For the loved away; To pass while their voices seem to
 hear
 While I dream they are near! For the old are too weary to finger
 long, Till the loved land leaps to the victor
 song; Till the flags o'er the home-returning And God reads the dream. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

While Congress is at It. why not finish the job by tacking an amendment on to war measure and abolishing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and making the week con- sist of seven Sundays?
 A man likes to tell you how busy he is and how overworked he is But you never saw a man who was too busy or too tired to smoke.
 Any fat-head can get into a fight But it takes a little gray matter to keep out of one.
 A woman has such hard time keep ing track of her husband when he is alive that you can't blame her for hav- ing her doubts as to his whereabouts after he is dead.
 Some folks tell so much more than they hear that nature should have equipped them with two mouths and only one ear.
 There are all sorts of people in the world including the fellow who doesn't believe that the world is growing bet ter because he can't see any improve mant in himself.
 One rvason why dogs are not permitted or street cars is because if they were, man would be expected to give his seat to a woman who hasaa poodle in Ter arms.
 The fact that they have nothing to say doesn't keep some people from say ing it.
 IT is easy to find out if a man is in telligent. Get into an argument with him, and If he agrees with you, he is.
 Some people like to attend the circus. But we would rather see an old bache- for trying to keep baby quiet.
 T1.. you can't get a mother to believe that she can't help the children by worrying over them.
 If you could buy physical exercise in bottles at drug stores, nearly everyone would take it.
 Risking the charge of iconoclasm for daring to dispute the we'll known adase. we nevertheless maintain that there is no fool like young faol.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
CARDINAL WOLSEY

with Anne Boleyn. Henry decided to get rid of Catherine and marry Anne, and wanted Wolsey's assistance. In this the King failed. Wolsey also advised Henry not to marry Anne This aroused the hatred of Boleyn and her friends.
 The King listened to Annes tales against the cardinal and the prelate's whom he had served too faithfully, turned against him. And as he weakened in power his other enemies (such as. every great man has) combined against him.
 One by one Wolseys honors, his es- tates, his revenues. were taken away from him. As he grew weaker his foes waxed stronger. Once or twice. by a flash of his old genius, Wolsey managed to regain. for q moment. the favor of the Tickle King. only almost Immediately to lose it.
 This cleverest, shrewdest, craftiest of men was no match for one beautiful woman. Wolsley was banishcd to his own diocese. It was not long until he was accused of high treason. He was arrested and ordered to London to stand trial for his life. This was the end.
 The blow broke Wolsey's heart and sapped all that was left of his vitality. On the way to London he fell i'll. Turn ing aside from his journey he sought ref uge in monastery. There. a few hours later on November 26, 1850, he died. In dying, he exclaimed: Had but served my God as faithfully as I have served the King, He would not have deserted me in my old age" Thus did England lose the greatest statesman of the century, and the cardinal who had made the Kings reign famous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
ovERGRoWN MUSICAL COMEDY

Francis Hackett in the New Republic.
 The trouble with musical comedy is not, as persons may think who seldom go to 1t, with the form itself. It is with the way It has developed. Somewhere there should be a psychological test of the three-ring circus and the three-layer chorus to show the stiffness of taxing attention beyond it's capacity It is the same problem in the aesthetic region as the problem of large conference in the dalectc region or the problem of direct military commandership in the presiden- tial region. There are limits to human elasticity. And musical comedy is not only too distended to be taken in, as
 it has developed, it is too elaborated to retain any centralized aesthetic impulse. Of course, the persevering consumer is like child at picnic. He wants to dis cover how much he can guzzle. Having seen one set of chorus girls. he wants to see two, then four, then eight. Hav- ing had five scenes shifted for him, he wants to have 10 then 20. The response to this greediness is only too simple. once the misguided consumer is regarded as master. It means quickening the pace, ringing the changes on lighting, danc- ing, singing, costume, set, mechanical contrivance ad surprise. With this pro- cess under way the director tends more and more to insist on a multiplicity of sensations, leaving general aesthetic eff feet entirely out of the question. And so the promoters demanding diversity for strictly competitive reasons and the directors obeying them. we have the now forlorn spectator stunned by crass sight and sound
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
From the Pittsburg Post.

From the Pittsburg Post.
 l 1T IT ISTORY presents no more remark IHI able rise to power such as few G = men have ever possessed, fol- lowed by an almost equally meteoric downfall, as is told in the life of Thomas Wolsey From a butcher boy Wosey became a. multi millionaire and the ruler of the greater part of Europe. After he had graduated at Oxford and became schoolmaster, he attracted the atten- tion of several noblemen and in time was chosen one of the chaplains of King Henry VII.
 When Henry VIII came to the throne he took a fancy to young Wolsey and advanced him from one high office to another. Such honors would have satis- fled most men, but the former butcher boy was not contented. He wanted to be pope, and likewise to rule England. For a time Henry was so completely under his thumb that monarchs of other coun- tries paid Wolsey sums to use his power in their behalf. Finally his income ex- ceeded that of the King.
 The ex-butcher boy lived in royal state, in huge palace. surrounded by no less than 800 servants. He was flattered by high nobles, and his word and smile were courted everywhere He had a genius for statesmanship, and by his wisdom lifted England to higher rank than that nation had ever known. Ev- erything he seemed to touch prospered.
 Finally Wolsey was England's master And, as has happened to many, and equally clever men, it was a woman who achieved Wolsey's ruin. Henry VIII had been married as mere lad to Cath erine of Aragnn The King fell in love
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
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AN INIPUDENT SON

From the Chicago Daily News
 That boy will be the death of me some day." declared the head of the family.
 T am sure I don't know where he gets all his impudence and self-assur- ance; surely not from me. He returned home from school the other day to spend the holidays. as I supposed. and, enter ing my office, he threw his hat on the flcor. selected an easy chair put his feet on my desk, lit cigarette, inhaled a few puffs, and then, turning Ianguidly to me, he drawled:
 l say, dad, do you remember the time you were expelled from school?
 T did. There was no use denying it, for one day, in burst of confidence had told him of my escapades as a boy, and lived to regret that I had been so indiscreet
 What do you mean. you young ras- calo' I roared.
 Oh said he, easily 'I've been ex- pelled too Astonishing, isn't it, dad, how such things will run in a family?' .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
Divided. un Lands

T visited Eufaula last week and found that the Foy brothers, the greatest land owners in Barbour county had at last divided up their lands, said Ed Long, the well known insurance man. For years the Foy brothers had pooled their interests On their fathers death there were six stalwart sons, all men of char acter and energy, and 1t wasn't long be- fore they were taking a leading part in civic, social, religious and commercial affairs. They have always pulled to- gether, but realizing that their own sons ought to have a chance to get into business they quietly got together and anlicably split up their farms.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
NOT THAT KIND
From the Youths Companion.

Y IOlil lHS IOull ; AOfupdHiOIl.
 The wife of Gen. Sir Horace Smith Dorrien, who is engaged in adding to the comforts of wounded British soldiers in English hospitals, tells an amusing an affecting-story of a soldier who had just recovered from severe wound.
 Feeling i'll and very homesick. he went to headquarters to obtain leave of ab- sence. T haven't seen my wife for more than year, he said in a most de- jected manner.
 , Why said the colonel to whom he had applied, T haven't my wife for nearly two years!"
 Well" said the soldier, earnestly and respectfully, that may be. sir, but me and my wife aren't that kind!"
 The furlough was Immediately granted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
Bantist Lnynnen

Tt was great treat to have Dr. J. T. Henderson, secretary of the Baptist lay mems movement, with us al the Southside Baptist church on Sunday morning. said Darby H. Brown. He explained very Men, and quite a number volunteered to join in with the movement whose object is to secure prominent Baptist laymen all over the south who can be depended upon to give stated sum each year for night at Bessemer.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
THE HEIGHT OF CONFEDERATION

From the Huntsville (Ark) Republican.
 Crumley, the man wno robbed the store at Huntsville and was in Jail here sawed out of his cell last night about o'clock The Hon. w. T. Stennet who was in the same cell for forging a check, re- fuced to go. This morning when asked why he did not go he said he was afraid the people here would think hard of him. It is not often that we get prisoner in our jail so considerate of the feelings of our townspeople.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
WAS TOM PAINE JUNIuss

From the Mobile Register.
 MT. William H. Graves of Birmingham has published book c some 70 feS to show that he has aiseo in Thomas Paine the authsH of the sie tt- ed Junius Letters. It s # srae lis- oovery indeed; for aitAoaea sea 4U noted men have been suapeeiea oS the authorship of the lett s, 1aste N uot included in the number 4g Gray3 eo- votes a portion of tn pock to ool- ishing the claims ma Tor Sts Jlip Francis as the author, thNs pptting him self in opposition to generally re- ceived opinion. This ssAseiaa'itg be- tween the handwritir at Jeairs and that of Francis is relic ppon as lua- ble evidence; but it m ha emeai sred that Junius is said tc Lave sssa Q dis guised hand. Both la 8lt Sie lilip wrote very clean ant aaaasoins seript. It would help mater sa argu- ment if an example O. eaia aadwrit- ing were now produce Dus r Graves says that none has bsen oad, MT. Graves is convinced Nat 70 9as made the great discovery s tAts Sae world should recognize 1t. aste hc says, great similarity in fis at ward public questions ot Fh and Junius, and gener'H A3a M style, and that Paine was aaiiHs in nper- ament. and was adn feA9 slisatf and equipped to write as NNrsas Nfot here soco bo and .TuniuS N2te M ataI the : same. The similarit ss lF#a " the citations offered by Aa SFatEs truly striking, but we thiAl ft as has done no more tha ntit f9g" fd an hypothesis He has sssastd lea possi- bility. In the natuI et EHa' Ase better than this cannot be NpSeAfs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
Y. M. c. 4. Camps

we are looking foT~the return of Sec retaies Stallings and Richardson. who went to Black Mountain, N. C., the southern Y. M c. A camp near Ashe- vile, N. c. said Wallace Journey They were called there in conference with all of the southern managers to talk over plans for army Y. M. c. A. camps The association is very busy in getting things ing shape to look after the soldier boys"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
Athletic Pnstnrn

T wish more pastors in the Birming- ham district would use the Young Men s Christian association gymnasium" said J. II. McAfee, the membership secre- tary. T think it would do them good, and am sure it wolud help the associa- tion. There is quartette that we count on. They take an active upart in the gymnastic work. They are: Dfs. Grip pen, Gregory. Mansfield and Broadly. Of course. quite a few others drop in from time to time but we want more to get into the athletic game. It might give them punch in the pulpit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
'ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
PRoBABr,Y TIIE REASON.

PROBABLY THE REASON. Some of these bridegrooms have glad look when photographed" T guess that's gratitude" What do you mean?' Nobody else notices them at wed. ding. It must please them to attract the attention of a cameraman."
 LIMITED SUPPLY.
 The curse of drink,
 No more we think,
 Should cause Nndue alarm.
 Can't get enough
 Of the horrid stuff
 To do yourself much harm.
 MODEST REQUEST. "of course I don't care about pub licity.'
 Certainly not" But the fact that have contributed s2 to the Red Cross should be an- nounced. Could you-er-have my name : printed in heavy type. so it will stand out from all the other names in the lst?"
 THE TRIUMPH OF BROADWAY. i've seen the can-can danced in Paris said the travelled one. i've seen the hula-hula danced in Hawaii" said another member of the group
 And I've seen the 'cooch' In Cairo" "Pshawr' exclaimed the blase east erner You can't realize the possibilities of those dances until you see them in New York" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

The new baby when he comes to bless a home according to an unknown poet, gets credit for being a composite little l cuss. for
 "They say he has
 His Grandpa's head;
 He has his Granmas chin He has the blue eyes Of his Dad, His Mothers pretty skin.
 If all of this be true, alackl
 It Is beyond belief
 How all the family dote upon This wicked little Thief"
 If he has all of these charms wrapped up in his little body, surely It is worth while to see that he gets clean, pufe milk.
 The person who makes the statement that dirty milk never killed any one" has never practieed medicine or issued burial permits.
 Last summer infantile paralysis rav- aged the children of poor and rich alike. No one yet knows the cause and the prevention of infantile paralysis, but we know that it does not kill as many babies in, years as impure milk does in certain months.
 While less than one-third of American cities have decent standards of purity for milk, I am glad to know this city has completed the work of testing all dairy cows and supplying milk to the people of Birmingham. Five thousand four hundred and forty cows were tested by pr. Duncan. city bacteriologist. and his assistants
 pr. Barnard, state food and drug com- missioner of Indiana, holds, and it may be that his contention is sound, that a company that delivers water through pipes is a public utility, so as com pany that delivers milk in bottles is no less utility and the regulation of the one is as essential and as reasonable as the other. While the dairylNen are taking modern precautions to safeguard the purity of Birmingham's milk supply and while the health department is making every ef- fort to see to it that no other than pure milk is distributed, it is up to those who care for babies, who are obliged to de- pend on cows milk, an inadequate but sometimes necessary substitute for mothers milk to cooperate with their friends, the dairyman and milk inspector if the best possible results are to be ob- tained
 pr. Ross Snyder gives the following tips for the bottle baby:
 Keep the nipples and the bottles clean. Keep posted on the daires making good scores.
 Keep the milk on ice
 Keep the ice box sweet and clean.
 Keep testing the coldness of the bottle as the milk is delivered to you. Refuse to take a bottle that is not cold.
 Keep the baby on a weaker milk than in the cool weather.
 Keep the baby away from the table.
 Keep down the temptation to give the baby little bite of this or that.
 Keep your baby from sucking paci- fer.
 Dr. Price says:
 To be ready to do justice to his nour- ishment, a baby has to have little ex- tra care during the summer. He should be bathed regularly and kept as clean and cool as possible. He needs plenty of fresh air and quiet and he should be protected against flies. If the baby is tired, excited, hot and dirty, he isn't prepared to do justice to the very best babys vitality is lowered by the heat she will not only take extra precautions to keep its food pure, but will also keep the child built up to point where it can resist disease more readily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11

BEGINNING THE DAY-My God, [ am a tree growing by stream And Thou art the stream. l am flower blooming in the sun. Ana Thou art the sun. am bee hidden in rose. And Thou are the rose. am child playing in garden. And Thou art the garden.-H. M. l..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
Call of the Law

T certainly am glad to be out of busi- ness, that Is the automobile end of the game,' said Judge Dan Greene. Tt is hard for lawyer to get over his love for the law, and I have found out truly that she is a jealous mistress, and here after I am not going to flirt along the flivver' route any more"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
PAINFUL PROCEEDING

From the Kansas City Star.
 A Kansas millionaire gave $500 to the Red Cross. He gave that much. probably, on the theory that million aires ought to give until it hurts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
Floor Cleaning Engine

Machinery is rapidly taking the place of hand labor" said w, F. Moulton, as he looked into the First National bank building and saw big motor at work polishing the marble floor. T knew they were in a hurry to get in, but I didn't floors"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
HOTEL LOBBTEs
Voice Gnvn Ont

T found out that owing to the condi- ton Of my voice I could not make my self heard in the Orpheum." said Rev. Curtis Shugart, so l had to give it up, but l find that can preach without diff ficulty in the ordinary church and have just closed good meeting at Garden dale. where l assisted Pastor Branham." :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
RAY OF HOPE
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the ChIcagO IflDune.
 There is. one ray of hope-perhaps the joker in the bone-dry bill. Rum is made from stuff that is good for no ottef pur- pose. And as Byron sang-"There's naught no doubt so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-11
ROYAL WELCOME

From the Shreveport La.) Times.
 Mrs. Ammen of Alexandria well comed the delegates in behalf of Louis iana We welcome you to city of saloons-a city of great sim said Mrs. Ammen.