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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-26
Putting America
 in a Bad Light

5E LSEWRERE on The Age-Her-
 G aids editorial page this morn ing appears an article from the Phila- delphia Public Ledger protesting against "press agents stories" writ ten about the American troops Tn France. Lurid accounts of "battles" fought by handful of American sol diers in the trenches, which end by saying that TO Americans were hurt and there were no signs of German wounded, not only make our troops ridiculous, but they serve to show how little actual fighting is being done.
 We may rest assured that German sympathizers smile at these descrip- tions. Our boys are brave and will play their parts gallantly enough when the time comes, but at present they are still taking lessons in the art of modern warfare. It is absurd to picture them as spreading terror among the Germans and filling their French comrades with awe by their exploits. These reports not only do our own troops. an injustice, but if they are read in France, create an unfavorable impression. Roasting is always in bad taste, but particularly so when it has no foundation in fact.
 The newspapers of yesterday car ried a typical Fourth of July" ac- count of the way in which two Ameri- can destroyers sank a German U-boat. All honor to the American tars who sent this submarine down, but we should remember that the British have sunk scores of U-boats and not word has been said about it. This highly colored dispatch would lead one to believe that American gunners had accounted for their first subma- rine. If so, the work done heretofore by the American fleet in European waters has been greatly exaggerated.
 We shall learn some hard and bitter lessons in this war. We are going to
 win eventually, but it will take hard
 work to do it, and we should not allow
 over-confidence to get the better of
 our judgment. Rather, let us say that
 we have not yet begun to fight. Gun
 turn is coming and when it does lei us strike with all the power that is
 in us and sweep Prussianism from the
 face of the earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-26
Great sunday school Town

"Few people who are not engaged in the work have any idea what great Sunday school town Birmingham is" said Chap" Hodges the assistant su- perintendent of the Fifth Avenue Pres byterian Sunday school which is one of the livest in the city. "I was amazed at the way the crowds flocked to the city-wide conference. I wanted to see my wife and dropped in at the Young Mems Christian association, where the teachers were lunching, and the big gymnasium was packed with interested
 Sunday school workers. If this city eve. earned the right to be known as
 "Bad Birnlir ghan 1t has redeemed it. self from the odum of the name, for it is today one of the best church and Sunday school going cities in the en- tire country. There is a fine class of
 men and women who are actively behind the Sunday schools, the Young Mems Christian association and the Young Women's Christian association and the other religious societies for young peo- ple''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-26
StaIlings Going Back to Camp

After several busy but happy weeks at the home base I am going back to my position as camp secretary of Camp Wheeler at Macon, Ga.,' said w. S. Stallngs. q am anxious to get to work with the boys. No one who cares for the souls, minds and bodies of men can fail to be interested in camp service.
 hope to find conditions much inn proved when I get on the ground, as 1 know that everything has been and is being done to insure the health of the soldiers. Uncle Sam neither spares trouble or expense when it comes to safeguarding his men. l am proud to be known abroad as a Birmingham man, for it is now badge of honor. I am glad that at last we have all learned how to work together, and that every fellow is willing to pull his share of the load if it's for the good of the city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-26

Oneonta Southern Democrat: When man wants a state office he gets very much in sympathy with the old sol diers and the public schools. The best way to judge a man is by his record before he becomes a candidate.
 Moundville News: Moundville needs number of small wood work plants-in- dustries to cut up and manufacture into the finished product the gum, poplar, hickory and other timber which grows in abundance here and nearby. A han dle factory. box factory, pump factory and other industries for turning out various and sundry products of a simi- lar nature would find this very favor able location, convenient to rail and water transportation.
 Clanton Press: A gentleman on the train the other evening said he would like to come back to the world 50 years hence.4 just to see how many thou sand monuments had been erected to the memory of Woodrow Wilson, not only in this country and the countries of it's various allies, but even in Ger many. Fifty years hence the entire civilized world will honor the memory of Wilson as the greatest man of his tory.
 Selma Times:- Some men would pre- fer to see a revival of the old Virginia statute making it felony to kiss ones wife on Sunday rather than to have their smoking rights taken away from +hem. They argue after Mr. Kipling
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-26

The blood of youth burns not wisl such excess As gravity's revolt to wantoness'
 Loves Labors Lost.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-26

seeking to secure five hundred thou sand new members-the number al- lotted by the general board. Robert Jemison, Jr., who heads this division, and who has proved himself to be one of the most successful Red Cross lead CTS in the country, is confident that the campaign in this territory will be able to report splendid results. Hundreds of men and women in the three states named will be ready to cooperate actively with him.
 The cause is of such human inter- est appeal that no right-minded per son solicited for enrolment will de- cline.
 The dues in the Red Cross society are only nominal-$1 a year. No mem Der will be obligated to contribute to any special fund. In other words this is a membership campaign pure and simple and finances, therefore, are not to be mentioned.
 Fifteen million members banded to- gether in a community of sentiment, under the Red Cross. banner, will ac- complish wonders by their sympathy and their willingness to do their bit.
 Let's keep Birmingham in the lead by making the drive here another of its proud achievements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-26

Member of the Associated hress
 The Age-Herald Is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis- patches.
 The Associated Press Is excluslVeiy entitled to the use Tor repupncatlou of all news dispatches credited 10 II or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news puphsheo herein.
 All rights of republication or spe- cial dispatches herein are also re- served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-26

Montgomery Advertiser: God having failed Wilhelm II in the western crisis the Kaiser should not call for reinforce ments from Mohamet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-26

Washington bureau. 2O1 Aibbs build ing. .
 European bureau, Henrietta street, Coyent Garden, London.
 Eastern DusIness otflce' Rooms 4o to 50. inclusive, Tribune building New York city; western business olllee' Tribune building, Chicago. The .. '. Beckwith Special Agency, agents Tor foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-26

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, nostoffica as second-class matter un- der act of Congress, March S, 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-26

their greatest victories when they are all tanked up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-26
ALABAMA PRESS

that "a woman is only a woman, while good cigar is smoke.
 Andalusia Star: Alabama peanut cake to save Texas Cattle'-Headline. That is not the only thing the Alabama pea nuts will save. They will. save the credit and guarantee the prosperity of every farmer who plants them.
 Albany-Decatur Daily: It's a cinch that if Russia pays the central pow 'ers an indemnity Lenine will get rake-off.
 Haleyville Journal: Compulsory school attendance in Alabama is very likely to eliminate some of the Ignorance is bliss business.
 Albany Advertiser: The British win their greatest victories when they are all tanked up.
 Brewton Standard: Or perhaps the move to hurry up the construction of ships for our navy is due to Secretary Daniels discovery that we need them.
 Sheffield Standard: Alabama's su- preme court says pint is an unlaw- full package, quart being the proper size. Old-time southern gents will perk up bit if the august tribunal will am plify it's decision and point out where, and how the said legal amount may be obtained
 Montgomery Advertiser: God having failed Wilhelm II in the western crisis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-26

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-26

It was therefore startling to hear MT Davison explain that for each dol lar contributed more than a dollar finally found it's way across the seas to carry on the blessed work of caring for the sick, the wounded and the dy ing. Let no one in the face of his eX planation. backed with carefully pre- dollar expended, feel that he is not getting his moneys worth when he in- vests it in the Red Cross work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-26

Now, have had much to do with the missionary propaganda, and have had to defend the silly charge made by un- informed or malicious people that it took a dollar to get a dollar to the heather. Time and again the audited collection, administrat ton and all other charges consumed only about 10 per cent, yet year after year at the asso- citations I have found the old lie about as hard to kill as the proverbial nine- lived cat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-26

ing route he took to decide under what nurses, were convinced that he had not spared any trouble to get the con- sensus of opinion of the men and the various nursing staffs in arriving at a just conclusion. It was a bit of con- vincing testimony that assured me that MT. Davisons success as one of the worlds greatest bankers came from his ability to utilize the best brains ob- tainable before he made a move on the financial checker board of world finance.
 man without power to avail him. self of other mems ideas and the driv- ing force to mobilize them in his ser vice will never go far in any line. and surely not where large sums of money are essential. A captain of industry must be a master of men as well as of money. This is why Mir. Davison was able within the short period of four months to lick in shape a hundred million dollar Humanitarian scheme and push it for all it was worth along safe and sound business lines. A lit tier man would have been wound ur | in red tape before he got we'll under | way, but Davison is of the type ol
 men who cut their way through diff faculties and refuse to be buried beneath an avalanche of details whici
 can be shifted to other shoulders.
 1 That was a striking remark he mad at the lunch to show the infinite va
 riety of things which came up dail.
 for solution. when he said: "In tn
 days work we have to decide man
 things, from religion to pajamas'." De
 cided rightly 1t takes a lot of common
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-26

This was his mission to Birmingham He came to give an account of his stewardship, and when he left I be- lieve every one who heard him is satis- fled that he is getting a full dollars worth of Red Cross service for every 100 cents that he put into 1t. The strange fact was brought out that he was getting more than 100 cents as the money was so placed that the in- terest added to the principal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-19
How Old Are You
By Your Hair?

+ You may be thirty in years, but IL
you are bald-headed, gray, or your
hair Is dry, brittle, scraggly and ugly
looking. people will surely take you
to be many years older. There Is
nothing like good-looking hair to help
men and women to business and social
Dandruff is the root Of most hair
troubles. II clogs the scalp pores.
4robbing the hair roots of the stimula-
ton nature intended. then the hair
becomes faded, dry, brittle, scraggly
looking, and finally falls out-never
to grow again unless the hair root Is
Immediately restored to a healthy con-
dition. At the first sign Of dandruff
or any hair trouble use Partisan sage.
ITS scientific preparation that sup
plies all hair needs-there Il nothing
better. II Immediately banishes every
trace of dandruff and supplies, the
proper nourfshment to the starved
roots, stimulating them to grow new
hair, thick and lustrous- A scalp mas
sage with Partisan sage Is a pure de-
and delicately perfumed-an amber
liquid free from dangerous lead or
ENTHUSIASTICALLY harmless and guar
anteed not to color or streak the hair.
It's preferred by discriminating wom-
en- because Il makes the hair soft,
silky, wavy, easy to arrange, and ap-
pear heavier than 1t really Is. A large
bottle Is not expensive at any drug
store or toilet counter, but be sure
to get Partisan sage (Giroux'sl for
this is always sold with money back
guarantee. O'DonBell's Drug Store
will supply you.-AdVt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-19
GIRLS FOR WAR WORK
FACE ROOMTNG PROBLEM

No young and inexperienced girls
should come to Washington for war
work with the Government without
securing in advance rooms and board
and definite position.
This is the advice sent out to chair
men OF the various State councils of
defense by DR.. Anna Howard Shaw,
chairman of the woman's committee
of the Council OF National Defense.
The cost of living is so high in the
Capital and boarding accommodations
so limited that girls and women alone
in Washington face a dilemma, &C
cording to DR.. Shaw.
Women and girls can perform office
work for the Government for an in
definite time yet, says DR.. Shaw but
they should be warned before coming
to Washington that boarding accom-
modations are scarce and the cost of
living unusually high. DR.. Shaw asks
State chairmen to notify the womans
committee here OF any women work
ers who intend to come to Washing
ton during the present emergency:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-19

more in this campaign will be given
similar badge.
But the Presidents nag Is the thing
the young bond boosters are after.
Every house in Washington will be
visited tomorrow by q Boy Scout
armed with application blanks and
q store OF Liberty bond enthusiasm.
Scouts Own Bonds.
These youngsters practice what
they preach. Many of them already
own bonds bought with money they
earned themselves, and others are saw
ing with the sole ambition of wear
ing a Liberty bond button.
81 made all my money doing odd
Jobs around town" said A. LeftwIch
Sinclair; jr., the thirteen year-old son
of the president of the Chamber of
Commerce. 81 shoVeIed snow in the
winter. worked at the markets on
Saturdays and after school, and did
without many things that / wanted
to buy my $50 Liberty bond. am go.
ing to buy another one before long
1t makes you feel good to own a bond,
and sport a button around just as big
as any Of the men," o.,
Works For Bond.
Robert Lamb, twelve years old, the
son Of DR.. r. S. Lamb, says he made
most OF the money for his $50 bond
working for the public comfort com
mittee at the last Inauguration. He
also ran errands on his wheel, and did
all kinds OF odd jobs. 81 bought my
bond at the National Savings and
Trust Company. That is where
keep my bank account, you know"
said Robert.
Washington Boy Scouts raised ST.
100 for the ftst Liberty loan, and
they say they are going to make that
figure look like small change this
time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-19
BOY SCOUTSSTART
CONTEST TO WIN
PRESIDENTS FLAG

Two thousand Liberty bond Boy
Scouts" are today OF on their second
Liberty loan campaign, and each of
the eighty-one troops is determined
to win the flag that President Will
son will give to the troop that does
the best work.
While their band plays, Boy Scouts
will gather this afternoon at 4 o'clock
on the south steps Of the Treasury to
see war service medals presented to
scouts that sold the most bonds dur
ing the first campaign. The honor
badges will be presented by Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Crosby.
Every scout that sells thirty bonds or
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-19
TINES STORY GETS MAX
q BACK TO HIS MISTRESS

Through the aid Of The Times and
a young woman from Frederick, Nd.
Max" the angora kitten and pet OF
1927 p street northwest missing
since Saturday has been returned to
his mistress and everybody interest
ed is happy today
Tuesday morning the young wom-
an was hurrying down Sixteenth
street. Max" meowed and attract
ed her attention. That was enough
because MAX" is some kitty She
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-19
CARRYING
PRESENTS TO SOLDIERS

DANVILLE, Va, Oct. 19.-Some-
where between here and Atlanta, Ga,
a heavy motor car was lurching
along today driven by a local Santa
Claus and loaded with presents. 1t
was en- route driven by Peyton Hatch
er, for Camp Mcclellan, with tobacco
and all sorts OF odds and ends for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-19

The wars of today are won by the.
combatants with the greatest resources. Food,
ammunition, clothing, supplies of every sort,
count as much as men, and often more. Ma
poleon declared that an army lights upon its
stomach. All these necessaries come down, in
the last analysis, to money and more money
yours and that of every other real American
the Government must have and have at
once.
We are in life and death struggle between
autocracy and democracy and democracy can
not piu without our help. Understand this
clearly. Let it sink into you, become part
of you, and then live it every hour of every
day.
Hundreds of thousands of our best and
bravest, clean-cut, splendid young Ameri-
cans, are being trained for immediate service
in the trenches. Every dollar we withhold
strikes directly at the lives of these boys who
are doing their bit for us. They are giving
their all to the cause. If we can not fight be-
side them we owe it to them and to ourselves
to back them with our last dollar II can mean
no more than temporary pinch to US. Think
for one moment what it means to them.
The fight to which they 60 is our fight.
Every one of them who falls is a sacrifice for
US. He dies far away from home that WE
may keep our home, live the life we have
chosen, pursue the paths of peace in security
and shelter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-19

carried him home and after supper
began to read The Times as Max"
Tapped q saucer OF milk.
The strange and singular story In
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-19

These young fellows who are about to risk
everything that makes existence worth while
in our defense are our own flesh and blood.
Every one of them is YOUR son, YOUR
brother, YOUR nearest and dearest. Let
every one of us get this fixed firmly in his
mind (for it is literally true in deeper sense
than ever before in the worlds history and
he can not choose but give, just as he would
strip himself of'his last penny if his wife were
dying or his child had to be operated upon to
save its life.
You personally and the nation at large have
never been in such dire, such imminent peril
as that which threatens you at this moment
This is no figure of speech, indeed there are
no words in the language, that can adequately
bring your danger home to you. Think OF
ruined Belgium devastated Poland, and re-
member that every Liberty Bond you buy is
a barrier between your loved ones and such
horrors as these.
Il Is the safest investment on earth.
Nowhere can earnings, savings, trust funds,
or income investments be placed so securely
and you can sell your Liberty Bonds at any
time you need the money. Think of getting
FOUR PER. CENT INTEREST on such an
investment! And remember that the day the
war ends, these bonds will command large
premium-496 Government bonds before we
entered the war were selling at $ll6 on the
stock exchange There never was such
profitable bargain as the Liberty Bond, and
money never did such glorious service.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-19

the soldiers there, sent by the men
and women OF Danville.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-19

The Times OF MAX" was read. ',Alas
Is home today, none the worse Il
his adventure and 1927 p Etres
northwest Is happy once more.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-28
HYMAN-POPE.

Another surprise wedding of well
known young couple became known
last night when word filtered through
that Mr.. Gavin Lyman and Miss An
nette Pope, Of Weldon, had suddenly
gone to Roanoke Rapids, Wednesday
afternoon, after obtaining license in
Halifax, and were married by Rev.
| Taylor, of the Episcopal church.
Miss Annette Pope had been visiting
at the home Of Mr.. Asa Pope, near to
Scotland Neck, when on Wednesday
she determined to go home, and Mr.
Gavin Hyman agreed to motor her to
Weldon in the afternoon.
On the way the young people appar-
emily made their plans for when they
reached Halifax they obtained a Ii
cense from the register Of deeds, Mr..
Hunter Norman, and motored at once
to Roanoke Rapids where the knot was
tied by the episcopal minister.
Mr.. Frank Joyner. a special friend
Of the contracting parties, also went
along as witness Of the marriage
After the ceremony Mr.. Lyman
Grove his bride back to her home in
Weldon, and it is not known whether
me marriage was disclosed to her par
ents at that time, but plans have been
made for Mr.. and Mrs. Gavin Hyman
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-28
to reside with the grooms parents and
Mrs. Lyman will arrive some time to-
day.
MRS. KATHLEEN KELLY ENTER.
TAINS.

Thursday afternoon from $3.50 r.
o:oo Mrs. Kathleen Kelly entertained
number of friends in honor Of Mrs
w. II. kitchin. Fall flowers artistic
ally arranged made charming decora
lions in the hall, parlor and livino
ROOM
Mrs. Kelly, assisted by Mrs Paul
h1tchn, gracefully received at the
front door and invited them into the
parlor and living room. A merry con
versatlon soon arose which was inter.
rupted by the hostess who gave each
guest card and pencil and requested
that plans for model kitchen he
drawn and submitted to Mrs, Kitchin.
She was unable to decide on the best
one, so judges finally gave the prize to
Mrs. W. II. Mcdowell. This was box
OF lovely correspondence cards Mrs.
e. F. Burroughs was awarded the con-
ISOLATION prize, box Of Clutch
'Cleanser.'
An unusually attractive salad course
was then served by the hostess, assist
ed by Mrs. Paul Kitchin, Mrs. Sam
Dunn, Misses Louise Josey and Helen
billiard.
just after this two little girls, Misses
Eta Dunn and Elizabeth Edwards. en-
tered dressed in typical "Dutch
Cleanser style with blue dresses, and
white cap and apron. They carried a
large dish pan filled with packages and
presented these to Mrs. w H. Kitchin.
Several times they brought the pan
heaped up until table was filled to
overf1owing. Possibly the most attrac-
tive feature Of the afternoon was the
Opening Of these. Each package con-
tanned kitchen utensil which was ac-
companied by an original rhyme. The
reading of these caused much amuse-
ment. Mrs. Kitchin thanked each and
every one in charming way and the
other guests joined her in declaring it
WAS one of the most pleasant social
events of the season.