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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
TURKISH BRIDES

Hester Donaldson Jenkins, in the World Outlook
 An old-fashioned Moslem bride never sees her husband until he withdraws the wedding veil from her face.
 One Turkish father whom I knew al- lowed his daughter to choose her hus- band from two photographs. After she had chosen she was crazy to see him in person. so when he came to seal the formal betrothal Ga civil and religious ceremony at which the bride Is never present. she begged her little sister, who had not yet assumed the charshaf, to go into the room and carelessly leave the door. open. The child went in, but alas! forgot to leave the door open, and the impa tient bride caught no glipmse of him who after that day was her legal hus- band. She did not see him until at the social ceremony weeks later he withdrew the veil from her blushing face But they both immediately fell in love wits each other and have been devoted ever since So it would seem that the photo- graph guided her well.
 
 receive courtship from her husband be- tween the legal marriage and the social ceremony. He called on her in the months that intervened, reading with her and trying to become acquainted with her. But their marriage turned out sadly, so you never can tell.
 Turkish girls seem to prepare them- selves for marriage in the absence of low CTS. They are wooed by dreams and sweet thoughts; their faces become tender and their voices cooing during the period when their parents are making inquiries for a suitable husband for them. But 1t does seem a pity that these pretty and charming girls should never experience in any degree that most delightsome process of courtship. Perhaps when they emerge into the freer life that seemed preparing for them until the war arrested pogress, that will be one of their gains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
Increasing Demand
 For Liberty Bonds

1NHE time is short, but the rapidly
 0 increasing demand for liberty bonds relieves the administration of any anxiety it might have felt as to the oversubscription of the $2,000,- 000,000 issue. There was never any apathy among bankers, large corpora tions or large capitalists. In financial
 circles the subscriptions were prompt and liberal, but citizens in general were slow in investing in this most important of all bond loans-most inn portant because in addition to the business side of it was the patriotic side. The installment plan on which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
Auburr's Place i'm
 South's Upbuildimg

TNHE Alabama Polytechnic institute
 O at Auburn has long been a po- tent factor in the cultural and indus trial progress of this state, and year by year it's influence is felt in other parts of the south. The scholastic year just closed was it's best in achievement as we'll as in enrolment.
 The student body was distinguished for it's high average of intelligence and it's serious application. The county of Jefferson leads, as might be expected, in the number of stu dents. There were 103 of them on the 1916-17 roll. But many other coun- ties were we'll represented
 It is a noteworthy fact that the number of students entering the in- stitute over twenty-one years of age is particularly large. It is good sign, for it indicates a growing de- mand for technically trained men in this part of the country. Time was when most of the Auburn boys were preparing themselves for the engi- neering profession or the mechanic arts. Now of the large student body are found young men taking courses in practically every technical pursuit civil, mechanic, mining, electrical and chemical engineering, architec- ture and cotton milling.
 But just as important and just as popular at Auburn is scientific farm ing. The chemistry of the soil is re- ceiving more and more attention in all schools of technology, and Auburn is right up with the best of them. Farm demonstration work is speciality and the benefit that the south is deriving 1 from this progressive system of educa- tion can scarcely be overestimated. Well may Alabama be proud of Dr. c. c. Thach, president of the institute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
Este. Family Doing It's Part

tatnly doing their full part in helping Uncle Sam in his fight against the Kaiser" said Perry Fowkles One son, Maj c. H. Estes, Jr., is treasurer of the West Point Military academy; Capt J. C. Dewitt, who married his daughter, IS one of the instructors at the Platts- burg camp, having recently been trans- ferred from the Mexican border; Tom, the youngest son, is now at Fort Me- Pherson, while Claude and Charles have registered and are ready for service. But the best fighter of them all is the old man."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
THEIR REPUTATION

From the Washington Star.
 P. G. Wodehouse. the English humor- ist, said at an antipacifist luncheon in New York:
 My dear friends, I am in hearty sym pathy with the sergeant who was burying heap of German dead taken from the debris of a Zeppelin that had murdered 100 women and babes.
 Sergeant whispered private. salut- ing, one of these here German corpses don't want to be buried He says he ain't dead
 Bury him anyway said the sergeant firmly. These Germans are such liars that you can't believe word they say ''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
Law Reaches Out
 After the SIackers

1E FEDERAL authorities have begun N the disagreeable task of round ing up slackers. Last night found hundreds of these men in jail and their numbers will increase as the vigilance of the authorities is supple mented by the work of patriotic citi- zens who will see to it that quitter gets his just deserts.
 Whether a man eligible to military service under the selective draft was afraid to fight for his country or not, the sensible thing for him to have done would have been to register as required by law. He could have kept his discreditable opinions to himself and might have escaped the draft. By not registering he not only faces the prospect of spending one year in jail and being conscripted into the bar gain, but he will ever after be remem- bered by his neighbors and acquaint- ances as slacker-and no one with any self-respect wants to be called a stacker. In these times, when Ameri- ca, whether you believe it or not, is endangered by the great Teuton mili- tary machinery and predictions are be- ing freely made that we may get a taste of what war means on our own soil, to be stacker of any descrip- tion is shameful thing
 But retribution is sure. Unfortu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
J. E. Davie In Town

T have just run up to see my doctor" " said J. B. Davie of West Blocton, and 8 member of the last legislature. The Knights of Pythias held their annual services at the West Blocton Baptist church on Sunday, the sermon being
 preached by Rev. George W. Lowell. l understand the miners met on Smiths s Hiu, near Blocton, to organize on Sun day. but I was not present and have
 heard but little about 1t, as I have been kept close at home on account of Mrs. Davies critical condjtion.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
McAdOo Is Big Man

T am no politician" said Ferd Ca heen of Caheen Brothers, but I believe I will make a prophecy after hearing Secretary McAdoo's great speech
 If his liberty loan bond issue goes well and he makes a great success in raising the money to finance the war 1t will make him f1rst-class presidential tim Der. He has got a big job and I be- lieve he Is a big man. the kind of a man that the average citizen likes. Keep your eye on the great southerner.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
More Money in Hogs

T once had about 9 brood mares said J. B. Dunnaway. the great stock breed CT of Orrville, "but I learned by experf- ence that there was more money in hogs, and so I sold the mares, and am now specializing on hogs and cattle find that a good registered hog will bring from s100 to $500 and can be raised quicker and cheaper than colts, and so am getting ready for my annual Au- gust sale of hogs. which brings buyers from all parts of the country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
STANDING JUST so MUCH

From the Minneapolis Journal
 We have all seen parents or teachers who would stand for almost everything. They would turn the other cheek to the child till it was worn to a thread, and then the first cheek back again.
 But, suddenly, something slips The parent worm turns and wallops the saw dust from it's offspring and the onlook- CTS, to a man, rejoice.
 It seems too bad. sometimes, thas things have to come to head. It takes So long.
 But it is a way they have. Perhaps it is all right. We worms might make more mistakes than we do if we didn't get things all thought out and suffered out before turning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
AMERICAS RESPONSE

From the Nation.
 America is moving, and America is in earnest. Neither fear nor vainglory is the impelling motive but a gradually deepening sense of what is at stake what is, in Lincoln's phrase. either to be "nobly won or meanly lost" He called it the last, best hope of the earth, :" meaning thereby human freedom and the full enjoyment of liberty by every na- tion That something corresponding to this is involved in the struggle upon which this country has entered. the plain people of the United States are now well convinced. They see chance to strike down military autocracy. and to obtain a peace which shall be lasting, because established by the free consent of f-governing peoples. It is for these objects that Americans are willing to en- dure all necessary hardships, holding nothing back And to prophets of evil who talk of possible defeat in the high empires they would say, as the final indication of their good hope, in the words of Coleridge: Do you ask us to believe that this world is governed by the devil?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
Buys old Homestead

About 10 years ago I bought back the old Allen homestead, Applewood, in Caro- line county, near Milford. Va, said R. M. Allen.
 There are about 800 acres in the farm end it is a great pleasure to know that it is once more in the Allen family. l expect to improve 1t and when it gets into shape it will make delightful sum- mer place."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
GLORY OF COMMON THINGS

GLOHI OF COMMON lhINUS Anne Sherrill Baird, in Southern Wom-
 ans Magazine.
 Many a town and city that never was able to mobilize against microbes Is, now mobilizing against a human enemy. Citi- zens who, have been lukewarm on the subject of building sewers are enthusias- ticaly discussing the equipment of bat tleships Unable to abate the dust in our streets, we are preparing to sweep the seas.
 Probably the best way to render service to our country is first to make an ear nest effort to realize the glory of common things Rightly viewed, everything that conserves human life is honorable, ex- alted, sacred. The world too long has cherished the belief that it Is a more il- lustrious deed to kill men than to feed them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
Ftr.+ Trtn to Washington

T do not know about the others, but I had the time of my life in Washington, D said pr. L. F, Whitten. the popular pastor of Trinity Methodist church, and the chaplain of Camp Hardee.
 Tt was my first visit to the capital and It's beauty impressed me more than words can tell The magnifcence of its buildings was overpowering. I nearly walked myself to death and got home footsore and weary, but 1t was worth 1t all, for official Washington has made ur it's mind that this government IS going to overthrow German autocracy. My feet got tired, but not half as much as my brain, for Washington was too big for me and I just used up about all the gray matter I had trying to take 1t in. v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
"rHE FLIGHT OF YoUTHu

By Richard Henry Stoddard. There are gains for all our losses,
 There are palms for all our pain. But when youth, the dream, departs It takes something from our hearts,
 And 1t never comes again. We are stronger, and are better,
 Under manhood's sterner reign, Still we feel that something sweet Followed youth with flying feet,
 And will never come again. Something beautiful is vanished.
 And we sigh for it in vain; We behold it everywhere, On the earth and in the air,
 But it never comes again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13

BEGINNING THE DAY-A bless ing over food; o God, make this meal a sacrament. Remind us, as we par take of if, of Thy bounty and of Thine abiding presence. Knit us to- gether by this common food fin a rea1 kinship and communion of faith and love. In Christ's name. Amen. H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
A HANDICAP.

"Its good to see so many of our young women taking a serious view of life''
 Quite so, but making love to a girl in overalls is going to take some of the romance out of wooing'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
NO LONGER ROASTING.

Are the Jibways still talking about spending the summer at fashionable watering placer
 NO. As the day draws near for their departure to visit relatives in the coun- try they are maintaining discreet si- Ience"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13

From the Washington Star. "Arae you doing anything to make your children proud of your"
 T ann replied MT. Bliggins. All the young people will tell you I am the best dancer in the entire neighbor- hood"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
Regi.tered Men Can Enlist

Please make it plain that those who registered can enlist without waiting to be drafted and that 1t is very much more patriotic" is the request of Capt. Mortimer Jordan, Fourth Alabama infan- try. While the enlistment Is steadily going on it Is not rapid enough to fill up tho regiment as quickly as we had hoped
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
PUBLIC CHARACTER.

"To look at me now, num- you wouldn't said the tattered visitor.
 Dear me!' exclaimed the sympathetic housewlse. Were you member of Con gress, or something like that?"
 NO, mum. I was a train announcer in one of the largest railroad stations in the country" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13

nately, there are thousands of men who did not register June 5. Yet, they need not hope that others will share the burdens they should have as- stunned, leaving them to live out their worthless lives in safety. Uncle Sam has long arm and he can be stern on occasion.
 Even worse than the punishment the government will mete out will be the weight of public opinion. The time is already at hand when a slack CT will be an Ishmael. A registration card will be a passport and a recom- mendation to favor. He who should have it and has it not will be an ob- ject of suspicion and contempt. Welcorne to the
 Italian Mission
 THE royal Italian war mission 4 will be welcomed to Birming- ham this afternoon with cordiality befitting their representative charac- ter. Something of the programme ar ranged for June 5, when the presence of the mission was to have been a feature of the Registration Day cele- bration, will be carried out and the occasion will be full of the holiday spirit.
 These Italian visitors are all men of distinction. Prince Udine, the head of the delegation, is prevented by his recent illness from coming south, but Signor Marconi, the great savant, will be here, and everybody will feel like rendering him an ovation.
 The mission will find many natives of sunny Italy in the industrial cen ters included in their itinerary. In the district the Italian col ony is exceptionally large. Most of them are naturalized Americans. They are noted for their thrift and good and typical of their Latin separation from the land of their birth does not make them any less responsive to the tender senti- ments of other days.
 The Italian societies will turn out with full ranks today to greet the mission and will lend distinctive color to the affair.
 The fact that Italy and the United States are allies in the titanic world war will make the Italians who are now Americans by adoption all the more ardent in their Americanism.
 Birmingham will be in gala attire | and the members of the royal mission should have reason to be glad that | they came.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
Sheffield Pastor Here

T have just dropped into town from north Alabama" said Rev. J. R. Griffith, pastor of the First Baptist church at Sheffield. T preached at Attalla on Sum day, as the pulpit has been made vacant by the going of Dr. l. A. White to Ma con, Ga. Things are rather quiet in Shef- field Her citizens are ready to do their bit in the war, but they are not mak- ing any big hulabaloo about it. The crop prospects in Colbert county are good in spite of the late season"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
IGNORING E. S. LEE.

IGNORING E. S. LEE. A man who makes hit with me Is Ebernezer Simpkins Lee, Who knows he doesn't own this earth And who will concede another's worth noisy moutbed contentious cuss With Eb. can never pick fuss The merry game of politics He plays and understands the tricks, But finds some other things to do And capably performs them, too Yet, most of all like Friend Lee Because he never comes to me And with a pious manner says He thinks I ought to mend my ways Unless I pattern after him, Will find my chance of heaven slim.
 SHOCKING PROCEEDINGS. T see where another married man got into trouble by taking a young woman to ride in his automobile" remarked MT. Glithers.
 Served him right" said Mrs GMth- CTS.
 But he may have been simply giving the young woman 8 lift" ''Umph! A lift to his lap, most likely"
 A QUICK RECOVERY. Who is the stunning person who smiled at your"
 "A former soul mate"
 You seem to be on friendly terms" "Yes. There Is nothing like having a robust soul that can stand any amount of wear and tear.'
 IT IS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
WANTS THE TRUTH.

Are you interested in ancient history?"
 Not particularly" replied the studious man, as he laid down a weighty volume. Its so hard to get at the facts re- garding the present war that I prefer to scrbed with some degree of accuracy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
Cut. Baseball Attendance

''The war and war talk has cut down baseball attendance all over the circuit said President Robert H. Baugh. To have big ball crowds people must have their minds on the game, but now they are thinking about the war game. Mo- bile seems to be harder hit than any of the other cities in the Southern league. As yet we have not lost any of our players through the selective draft but the call will probably come before long. The ball players are loyal bunch and will give up the ball for the war game wher ever Uncle Sam calls upon them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
AtIantn GettIng Readr

Atlanta is making great preparations for the Rotary club convention beginning sunday" said Evelyn Harris, publicity agent of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company. T know that some cities in former years set hot pace, but the Atlanta spirit Is going to put one over. If any Rotarian doubts this just let him register in the Gate City next
 
 week and he will see that I gave him a straight tinn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
SEEN AEAR

In gay attire goes Polly Sykes, As brilliant as can be. Convincing proof that she dislikes Low visibility.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
HOTEL LOBBIES
ses preene polng the wOrk

T have just heard from my brother, M. Y. Joseph, who is at Atlantic City for short rest" said Louis B. Joseph, and he writes that the sea breeze is, rapid ly putting new life into him and that 1t will not be long before he comes back. It Is mighty hard for him to stay away with business picking up and. the annex rapidly getting in shape for occupation" :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
Washington bureau. POT HiObs Build

We are such stuff As dreams are made of and little life As rounded with sleep.
 Tempest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
Birmingham Appreciates Anniston

T am glad that Birmingham Is be- ginning to realize that her smaller sister,
 the beautiful little city of Anniston, Is still on the map and prosperings" said W. H. Weatherly. the big, whole-souled president of the First National bank, An niston. T am glad to state that Anniston is prosperous and that there Is a strong feeling of optimism among her citizens. Birmingham for I always go back home geared up just the least bit higher"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13
EzlAMl@aes1fT
FAMILY PRIDE

P. s.: Come again. gentlemen. YoI will be given the freedom of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13

Speaking of that millionaire Indian, he has a guardian and won't take more than SIPS month out of his income, as that is all the money he can find any use for. A man like that must be 8 sore trial to automobile salesmen, diamond merchants and other dealers in life's lux uries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13

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., 1917-06-13

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter un- der act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13

TT IS. My fellow man I seldom Diff, But, friend, you'd better not Come siding up and ask me if I think the weather's hot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 "A MESSAGE from the Farce Islands N\ a few days ago told of the safe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-13

It was while practicing at the bar in Chicago that he got obsessed with the possibilities and the great future of steel, and so he set to work to study the subject from its formation in the raw material to the completion of the finished product He just made steel his hobby
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-04-11
RUSSIAN ENVOY Is WOUNDED.
Mystery Wells Shooting in Baltimore
Country Club House.

Baltimore, April 4.-Michael Der-
zatovsky, commercial attache of the
Russian embassy in Washington, who
arrived from Petrograd eight days
ago with document for the em-
bassy from the Russian minister OF
finance, was shot in the Baltimore
Country Club early to-day. He now
is in hospital here.
NJ. Berzatovsky arrived here Sat-
urday from Washington, after he de-
livered his document to the Russian
embassy. 1t is understood that he
was to remain in this country as COM
mercial attache.
Il. G. Thelin, a prominent club
man, stood sponsor for him at tho
Baltimore Country Club, and the
count had been stopping there since
Sunday. .'.'
He was found unconscious on the
floor Of the club at, 2 o'clock a. m.
and Mr.. Thelin had him taken to the
hospital.
Friends OF M. Berzatovsky said he
was, toying with pistol when It
exploded" They further announced
that he was shot in the breast.
At the hospital, however, 1t was
stated that the bullet lodged in the
stomach. One ofshis physicians said
further that the shooting was not an
accident.
The Russian embassy in Washing
ton was notified.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-04-11
Prohibition Still Gaining.

Chicago, April 4.--Two state capi-
tals-Springfield, ILL.,, and Madison,
Wis.-tc day are celebrating the
driving out OF the saloon in elections
yesterday. Duluth, Mimi, also was
added to the prohibition column.
In Illinois 1t was estimated that in
the ten townships which voted dry
the knell was rung for ESQ saloons.
Two townships turned down prohibit
tion. Nineteen townships remained
in the column where they have been.
Women materially aided in the dry
victory at Springfield. The men vot-
ed wet by 1877, while the women
voted dry by 1885. giving a dry ma
jority Of 458.
Madison voted 4,55G dry and A.
1866 wet. Duluth gave dry major.
ity of 963, as against dry majority
Of 378 last year.
Superior, second largest city In
Wisconsin, returned to the ''wet"
column after year Of prohibition.
In the smaller cities AZ voted dry"
and "a wet.