The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-29
President Wilson At
 the Age of Sixty One

PreSlQenG wilson At
 the Age of Sixty-One MO President of the United States q V ever had to shoulder a burden so heavy as that which weighs upon Woodrow Wilson. Abraham Lincoln suffered mental anguish and the prob Iems he faced were baffling. He was always under a severe strain. But, President Wilson, from the day of his first inauguration, found his tasks so herculean as to make the stress and strain of his most strenuous predecessors seem mild.
 MT. Wilson has stood up under his |nerve-racking labors with singular fortitude and a marvellous power of endurance. He has never faltered, and now at the age of sixty-one he appears as hale as when he first en- tered the White House. Blessed with la good constitution he has taken ex- cellent care of his health. The strong est of men in public life sometimes break down from overwork, but the very fact that responsibilities resting upon MT. Wilson are greater than those of all other statesmen con- bined acts as a wholesome stinulant and braces him for any grave crisis.
 The nation is fortunate beyond measure in having for it's chief execu- tive man of Woodrow Wilson's boise and mettle. May Providence spare him to celebrate many more birth days.
 Many profitable book has been ban died about from one publisher to another before 1t finally saw the light of day and ran into many editions. A thing like that makes publishers sick.
 # # # Wall Street Gives Strong Approval to ! Railroad Plan" Fine! But President Wilson tacitly ignored Wall street when he decided that the government should take over American railroads. -~s as x H l magazine writer wants to know why the allies haven't conquered Germany with airplanes. There is probably rea- son that it would take a pile of official documents to explain. | * * *
 War conditions have put a great many 1 private cars out of commission. That works great hardship on musical com edy queens and other stars of the stage and the screen.
 All the Italians are not fighting along | the Piave. There are still enough "Black flanders" in America to keep the police of large cities busy. * # #
 Poverty is the worst devil we know" says Mrs. Wilson Woodrow. Any pro- hibitionist will tell you that the Demon | Rum goes poverty one better.
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 In taking a back seat Admiral Jeili- COG at least has the consolation of knowing that he will not be without plenty of company.
 Evidently merchants don't read the funny papers. They are now advertising the most intimate items of feminine at tire "half off,
 Will Secretary McAdoo wear a train mans uniform, or merely a button. to show he has charge of the nations rail ways?
 An unpatriotic citizen is the fellow who thinks lump of sugar more or less doesn't make any difference.
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 A drafted man wants woolen over coat first. He doesn't mind waiting 3 month or two for rifle. # *
 The humble corn pone is being treated with distinguished consideration it ha. never known before * # i;
 No matter how warlike Rumania may feel she is no longer in a position tt strafe the Teutons.
 ]; < < It is getting to be quite the fashior to welcome an investigation" But d' they aiwaya mean itG