The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-24

being a dirty habit, has gone out ol fashion, especially among well brec men, although time was when nearly every southern gentleman kept g quid in his mouth all day long except when eating. The pipe is still ir vogue, and, of course, choice cigar is greatly enjoyed by a large per centage of those who smoke. But the great majority of men these days prefer the cigarette. As to it's eff feet on the nervous system there is a difference of opinion among physi- cians. Many high authorities, the London Lancet among them, contends that of all forms of tobacco the cigarette is the least injurious. In fact, they point out now that it is not deleterious at all, unless indulged in to excess.
 It has come to be the rule for young men who have the cigarette habit to smoke in moderation and not inhale much of the smoke. And if the soldiers going forth to fight this country's enemy ever needed the so- lace of tobacco it will be now. Let us keep the boys in the trenches and those who are training for the trenches well supplied with cigarettes and smoking tobacco.
 A Florida man was followed over the country by striped nightshirt which he purposely left behind in a hotel. Still, he'd better not try to test the honesty of hotel employees by leaving behind a roll of bank notes.
 "Bathhouse John" Coughlin of Chi cago has written a poem entitled Half Loaf" The last line of each stanza reads Be grateful-half loafs better than none." Lighthouse Johns" forte is politics.
 cfN CoIa >J po tions the Hohenzollerns and the Haps- burgs without consigning them to the hot place. but 1t Is easy to see he still thinks that is where they belong.
 A cartoonist urges the world to give Kerensky time and he will deliver the goods. Hope so, but Kerensky should also remember that the delivery is al- ready overdue
 It is proposed to duplicate Monte Carlo near Atlantic City, but the pro- motors say games of chance will be omitted" Might as we'll call 1t by some other name.
 We are accustomed to hear that Phil- adelphia is slow, yet gunmen figured in a recent election there and tho may or has been arrested for conspiracy to murder.
 The young King of Greece has a sweetheart and doesn't went to marry a princess for reasons of state. There's a plot ready made for the next "best seller"
 It may be no easy task, but if the only way to put an end to the subma- rine menace is to bottle up U-boats Uncle Sam and his allies will have to do 1t.
 Now that Raemaekers is devoting his attention to "Burgomaster Bilr' of Chicago, that gentleman's political ca I,reer Is being shot full of holes. | N 1 While James E. Ferguson of Texas 1 is now wearing an tex" before his name he is not doing so with the best grace in the world.
 1 | The pacifists are terribly disappointed 1 in Mir. Bryan. which Is very good reason why Mir Bryan should be co1,. graduated.
 1 Colonel Roosevelt calls Senator La Toilette 'neo-copperhead." Consider ing the provocation, that's tam, enough.
 The gallant French will have to par don us if our attention Is occasionall, diverted from verdun during the worl series.
 Mrs. King was not lucky at dice Examination of the dice used migh have thrown some light on her stead losses.
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