The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-17

The tact that Alabama neWSpapers are congratulating Birmingham on the large expenditures to be made here by the Steel corporation indicates that Birmingham m still has some friends among the smaller towns and cities of the state.
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 One things certain. The Goddess of Liberty won't have to lower her torch. as artists have pictured her, and point the finger of scorn at the American people. The liberty loan was blow in the Kaiser's solar plexus
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 It certainly does jolt fellow out of his inertia to learn that the chubby lit- tie girl who used to live next door is a celebrated barefoot dancer now and has a sylphlike figure.
 There is no use in Dame Fashion try ing to do anything with suit of oyer- alls. Even when worn by women, such garments will always remain strictly utilitarian.
 An American tank steamer was de- feated by submarine, but that is no dis grace. A rank amateur was pitted against a professional.
 Too many Birmingham citizens are carrying pistols who have no intention of doing any fighting outside of this inn mediate neighborhood.
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 The German newspapers seem to have a very poor opinion of President Wilson. It's hard to like a man who spells your plans.
 Tightwads who invested in liberty bonds experienced a glow of pride the like of which they hadn't felt in years.
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 Paris is the most fascinating city on earth, but General Pershing merely lin- SeIcu lnSlc lOliS cHOuSu u DC pOlltC.
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 The Hindenburg line has been broken again. It is getting to be almost as brit tie as piece of macaroni. <; *
 The critics have received Kipling's lat. est book as if they didn't expect much and are not disannointed
 Bread is cheaper in Canada than in the United States. There's a reason-food control
 All is quiet in Greece, or will be as soon as venizelos gets back on the job. * < If whale meat becomes popular, just watch the price go up! * * * WHY THIS DIFFERENCE: From the Atlanta Constitution. middle western daily carries a story under New York date line and captioned London fin Want Shames New York Food Prices" in which is drawn startling comparison between 1 food costs in the cafes of the British capital and those of our own metrop olis And there is nothing in the com l parison intended to make the American 1 chest bulge with pride. Says the author of the article; | England is on war rations and is paying war prices for food, but you | cannot make the man believe it who dimes in any good New York restau. | rant, takes a ship for London and then dimes at Simpson's on his arrival Il 1 his farewell dinner in New York is Julienne soup, roast beef. cauliflowei au gratin, a pudding, an apple and coffee, his check will come to $2.55 II good New York restaurant. If he orders the same menu in Simpsons his check will be $15O, and he'll be- | gin to wonder what New York will be like when it begins to talk about the 1 high cost of food in the same measure as it is talked in London The point in all this which it is I mighty hard for the intelligent Amer. | ican to make dovetail With reason k l that Londoners can eat food produced | in and imported from the Unitet 1 States--as a, great amount of theii I food is-and yet pay less for it thar American boarders pay for the sam. commodities here where they ar, grownI