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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-01-15
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LOYAL II eUlIlY
PARTICULARLY POOR WOMEN
ARE LAUoED m REPORT TO
FRENCH ACADEMY ON DisTRI.
BUTTON OF VIRTUE PRIZES.


PARIS. jan 15.-French women.
particularly the poor. were represent
ed By Esnes, Lavisse In his report 20
the French academy on the dissribu-
ton OF virtue prizes as having dur
ing the war honoresi France by the
virtues they have shown Women
nearly all poor-schooi mis,resses-
working women. domestics, have work
ed miracles Of fiiial piety. devotion
and charity" said he Servants
faithful to their employers. fallen in
20 distress, serve them without wages
and even IN cases aid them by sacrs-
1cing slowly accumulated economics
TO pay their debts One OF them Is
raising seven children OF her dead en-
pioyer- Another So-year-old servan,
IS raising five orphans A widow
mother OF three children. has taken
charge OF six orphans. One mother
OF thirteen children has extended her
maternal protection TO fifteen orphans.
These people do good without Ell
fort, naturally, just as they breathe:
everything is simple 10 them because
their hearts are simple. There are
;. OF them in our report on the an
aual contribution OF prizes for indi-
viGual virtue
n. Lavisse paid a tribute to the
practical sympathy shown for France
By citizens OF the United States. men
/ tioning particularly Nj and Ms. Ed
j. ward Tuck FOR various benetac,5ons
| Including q hospital al Raul and dona
tons to other hospitals and diHeren,
relief funds
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-01-15
hakino Billiard Balls

The experience u the workers il
ivory for billiard balls has shown that
as IL dries ivory Shr.lk>. The tusks
OF the COW elephant have been found
best adapted 70 the making o. bill
Aard balls. The tuSk OF 1he female is
not so curved IS that Of the male. and
tne nne nerve passage IS not 50 clear
y seen Billiard balls are turned in
tne rough and kept ii a warm room
Tor loag time, sometimes as long as
t"o years Their after shrinking they
are tl-.ed again
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-01-15
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Seabreeze?

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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-01-15

ExAninak5oo answers, as complied
~ the HIGH school reporter OF the
1eEoa Pres: Il don't know anything
about the Constitution: l vas born in
2AAAaA The minority is composed OF
nhorA A person sinks in water be-
eauoe he can't swim BENJAMIN Frank
lin Was the founder OF electricity. The
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alphabet City Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06

step in our history. The espionage bill,
 including the embargo act, which bids
 fair to do great deal toward short
 ening the war; the food control bill,
 the sailors and soldiers insurance
 bill, trading with the enemy act, war revenue bill, appropriation bills total ing billions, and bond bills are in cluded in the work of the Sixty fifth Congress. Billions of dollars have been loaned to the allies, billions ap- lpropriated for the army and navy
 and-where the shoe pinches-bil- lions in new taxation have been inn posed.
 Despite the antics of a few un- American members in both branches of Congress, the furry caused by the exposure of the Bernstorff "slush" fund and the bloodless battle between Heflin and Norton, the Sixty-fifth
 Congress may well feel proud of it's record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06

, this pool is in the hands of 8 committee whose membership represents some of the ahlest bankers of New York, two or three of whom were associated with the bankers and promoters of public policy who at an early day organized money pools.
 Formerly much criticism and accusa-
 tion were heard based upon the belief
 that the money power of the United States was so concentrated at New York and offered such temptations to those who possessed this power as to imperil
 business and commerce, while at the same time enriching the men who were said to be members of the money power. Yet is is fact that never has there been a bankers money poof organized in New York for any other. purpose than to es- tablsh bulwarks against panics in the se- curities and the money market. This latest of pools is spoken of as reflecting the modern spirit of cooperation and CO., ordination which has been so strikingly demonstrated by the recent relations be- tween the government at Washington and American finance, industry and transportation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
blItMl@1p~Al.
HE MET HIS WATERLOO

New York Correspondence P1ttSburg Dis
 patch.
 It is rather generally admitted that 1t is poor form for those who live in glass houses to hurl rocks. and a man in the Tombs court had the fact Inn pressed upon him yesterday. The man Is lecturer on temperance, and, having completed street address on the Bow cry. got into an altercation with la borer. This man staggered into me and nearly knocked me over," said the temperance man, "and when I remon- strated with him, he became abusive l believe in the interest of the public, and any man who is subject to drink and has an evil temper should be clapped in Jail, where he belongs. I admit that I have no sympathy for this man and desire that he be heavily fined or sent to the workhouse for good, long stay. His face shows that he is slave of sliquor.' As the lecturer spoke he dropped pencil which he had in his hand. He stopped to recover it. An other small object fell. It was a hypo- dermic needle A policeman standing nearby stopped over and picked up the needle. The upshot of it was that the temperance shouter, dreading any one enslaved by habit was held for trial for having narcotics in his possession The souse was fined $2.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
German Language Press
 Under Surveillance

M SHARP watch is being kept on &A German language newspapers throughout the country. They are no longer permitted to stir up sedition by attacks on the United States gov ernmeht. When one of these publica- tions oversteps the mark, federal of ficials swoop down upon it and there is a quick roundup of German edi- tors, many of whom are brilliant and highly educated men who can do a great deal of mischief if given the op- portunity.
 Steps should have been taken to curb German language newspapers long before the German propaganda in this country had made such head way. Men like George Sylvester Viereck were permitted to flood the country with we'll edited papers and pamphlets which either directly or indirectly assailed the American gov ernment and devoted particular att tention to justifying every act of Germany committed since the war started.
 Henceforth the German language press in America is going to exercise a caution to which it has been a stranger in the past. Some of the edi- tors are going to find it rather hard sledding to write with their accus- toned vim and vigor, but with jail sentence staring them in the face and suppression of their papers not im- probable, they will have to steer a safe middle course between rabid pro- Germanism and reasonable un- Americanism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
Shopping District to
 Be Busy Center

| ID BIRMINGHAM merchants have ~ long been noted for their up- Ito-date displays. They have carried large and varied stocks, as rule, land many of them are as progressive as any in the United States. Home shoppers have been keeping the mer- chants busy during the last two or three weeks, and next week it will be the visitors turn.
 Of the thousands of fout-of town people who will come to the fair a large majority will spend sometime in the shopping district. The mer- chants are prepared to handle a great volume of trade and they will not be disappointed.
 Experienced shoppers will be here on the opening day of the fair in order that they may take their time" Some women like to be in a jam at
 bargain counters. An eager crowd lis always exhilirating. But not a few lof the visitors, for the sake of com fort, will patronize the stores in the learly hours of the day to avoid the rush, and then have ample time to Ispend part of the forenoon at the flair, which will interest all the women as well as all the men.
 Prosperous Alabamians-an most |of them are prosperous this year will be here in larger numbers than
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
sixty-Fifth Congress
 Has Accomplished Much

r1T7HE Sixty-fifth Congress, which
 N adjourns today until December, has held the most remarkable session in the history of this country. It has enacted legislation of tremendous inn p6rtance, bearing not only upon the future of America, but that of the whole world, for this world we live in Is going to be changed considerably in some of it's aspects when the war is over.
 While Congress has been criticized for vexatious delays, some of which have been quite costly to our pre- paredness plans, it has kept grinding away with commendable industry, and the slow progress made at times is characteristic of all democracies. The ratio of talk to achievement is dis proportionate, but in many respects the machinery of our government is the best now operating and we are learning how to discount it's defects.
 First in historical importance of the accomplishments credited to the Six ty-fifth Congress is the declaration of war on Germany, the most mo mentous step ever taken by the United States and one which will henceforth make it impossible for America to remain isolated from Eu- ropean politics.
 The draft law, calling for approx inately ten million men for military service. was another spoch-making
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
MAKING CAMP

Steuart M Emery, in the New York Herald. I've leaned me on a shovel an swung
 pick like sin To make a sidehilI cornfield place
 worth livin' in; I've swetted like q ginney for good old
 Uncle Sam All day without whinny improvin'
 Alabam' The little busy bee boy Is what I've
 been. all right, A-hummin' round the landscape without
 chance to light. I've dug flock O. ditches beneath g
 sergeant boss
 of horse; I've put my bloomin. tent up an raked
 in front an back An stacked waist high rockpile an
 fixed a rifle rack; I've lit a wicked bonfire that got my
 eyes an smoke An fed 1t up with rubbish until myx
 back near broke; E I've frolicked with supply chests closeV An taken lem off wagons an toted em
 around; I've moved the kitchen icebox an joined
 the cook stovepipe x An yanked a bunch O stumps out an
 lots D. other tripe: I've built a real dirt sidewalk an
 graded up our street An p'liced it till it's shameful to use 1t
 for our feet; I've done the whole works to 1t. you'll
 have to tip your Ids; There's nothin else exceptin' to call
 for pavin' bids. I've been regular white wing around
 our little yard, A 14-carat workman without union a4 card, A stevedore, stoker. an engineer,
 groom, An generally useful with mattock. ax
 an broom. This maxim camps job, son, an 1
 am here to say That, by an large. reckon I've earned
 my buck today. Troop A, Twenty-ninth Division Military Police, Camp Mcclellan. Anniston. Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT

From the New York Herald.
 A policeman found four little girls charging with sticks down the basement stairs of house on West One Hundredth h street, two doors from the police sta ton, recently At the foot of tho stairs little negro girl was lying flat on her back and kicking her feet angrily.
 Those involved in the charge wore feather dusters in their coiffeurs and were sopranos. The dark mite at the foot of the stairs wore partially wiped off kasser's mustache made of starch or whiting and was decidedly an alto com palmer.
 What are you kids doin' here?'' asked the policeman.
 We're Russian women soldiers" ex- piained the four. 'an' Viola down there Is Germany. She don't want t be Ger many. It's her that's maxim ali the noise"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
His Honor Played the TIut,

gu H Salter, who is publicitahng for 'oniiny J. Jones exposition shows, which VII De at the fair next week, likes to 'en or an experience in Missoula, Mon, "niie he was managing q musical com- euy company some years ago.
 me Missoula musicians seemed to seiihe everything but the proper key at ene lirst rehearsal" he said, and finally peorge Nichols, who was musical direc- tor Tor the company. turned in despera- oon 10 the local leader. For the sake oi harmony, he cried. take out the flute prayer He'll ruin our performance The iiute prayed stood up haughtily and an- nounoed; See here, I'm mayor of this to"n' and if I can't see this show and pay the flute, I'll revoke your license, ana you can get right out of town HIS honor played the fIute''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
LUKE MLUKE SAYS

Strange as 1t may seem, 8 man who Is henpecked at home isn't a bit afraid of chickens when he Is downtown.
 Never coax girl to sing. You may have a hex of a time getting her to quit.
 Many fighter has nothing but a crouch and cauliflower ear.
 Anyway. the cooler weather will put the womens near white shoes and the mems near white socks in the discard. The shoes are often renovated during the summer, but the socks usually look like woman's reputation after the town gossips have gotten through with her.
 Work hard in this world and get good and tired so you can enjoy the perpetual rest in the next world.
 A woman's idea of a good library is a collection of books with bindings that match the rug in the parlor.
 And even If you could get your wife to believe only half what she hears about you it would be the wrong halr
 Her tongue is woman's deadliest weapon. And you can bet that they arc never arrested for carrying concealed weapons.
 The difference between temperament and temper is the difference between courtship and marriage.
 When man loafs. he loafs right. But when a woman loafs, she grabs some mending or fancy work and kills time on 1t.
 The movies haven't improved much on the old 10-20-30 mellerdrama. We saw a fillum the other day in which the vi- lain held mortgage on the farm and the heroine had to sell herself to the villain to save the old homestead, and then the hero comes along and says: "Givemuh them there papers!" and the villain cringes while the hero burns the mortgage and cops out the heroine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
Lumber Market Quiet

The spurt in lumber has let up and the market is quiet at present. said H. B. Wood, president of the Standard Lum- Der company. "but there's a reason. The new drive on the liberty loan bonds will absorb a lot of capital, and the banks as rule are not encouraging the building of homes. These two things are, Of course, the result of war times, and while they are handicapping the lumber trade, I am not kicking, but ready to do my part for the good of the country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
Plenty of Work at oglethorpe

l have just had a letter from Leroy, my son, who is at Fort Oglethorpe," said Ben Jacobs, and he tells me he is get ting plenty of work to do. It seems that they have dug in and are getting taste or trench life. He thinks 1t is fine in good weather, but that bed Is much drier and more comfortable in rainy weather. He wrote in a cheerful vein. I know 1t will make man out of him to have to put up with an outdoor soldiers life"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
Sanitorium Three
 Years Ago and Now

IAN another page of today's Age
 V Herald Dr. George Eaves, the faithful secretary of the Jefferson
 County Anti Tuberculosis association lpays a tribute to Solon Jacobs, the re- tiring president, and tells of some of
 that gentleman's more important achievements. MT. Jacobs filled the executive office three years.
 When he took charge the buildings at the sanitorium on Red mountain were in~ dilapidated condition, but they were overhauled as fast as pos sible and made more habitable. A complete sewerage system has been installed, lavatories have been placed throughout the buildings, in some of the rooms porcelain bath tubs have taken the place of the old-fashioned tubs, and Showers" are found in the basement of one of the central build- ings. A steam heating plant has been installed, this providing patients much
 greater comfort than was possible formerly, with few open grates and stoves.
 Nothing but we'll had supplied water, and it was dry half the time, which necessitated hauling water in barrels. Through the liberality of the Birmingham Waterworks company over one mile of water mains have been laid at it's own expense, assuring Ia regular supply of pure water.
 The sanitorium camp had been lighted with lamps, but thirty days Iago an electric plant was installed The Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company supplied the polls, erected them and strung the wires furnished by the Alabama Power com- pany, all without charge. The camp now has cement sidewalks throughout the parked grounds. Wiring and cleo tric fixtures for the grounds and buildings were donated by the ladies of the Birmingham Red Cross chapter. The tuberculosis patients now have virtually all the comforts of the city.
 These things recounted in the prog ress of the anti-tuberculosis work speak strongly indeed for MT. Jacobs zeal and usefulness. May Judge B. M. Allen, the new president, be able to achieve this year as much in pro- portion, that is to say third as much as his predecessor, for MT. Jacobs served three years-two years longer than he bargained for.
 Let there be earnest cooperation on the part of the directors and the ladies of the auxiliary association and wonders will be accomplished in the matter of extending the work of this noble cause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06

BEGINNING THE DAY-Oh my God, I stand abashed in the pres ence of Thy great ones. They are athletes beside whom I am soft and weak, they are saints with God In their eyes, while I am poor Ing gard by the way. But Lord, there is One who Hits me and promises to make me like Himself. I follow Him with new hope. Amen.-H. M. K.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
Big Tomato Crop

The tomato crop is about gathered in ana around Mount Pinson," said A. B. floyd' who lives in Beat 15. T have brought in number of wagon loads put this oneswill be about my last and my nefghbors are also about cleaned up We had great season and ought to be thankful While the price was lower than usual the crop was greater and I am glad tnst the people got the benefit of cheap tomatoes. both to eat and to can"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
Dadeville nntimistic

always enjoy running up to Birming- hanl' for 1t puts new life in me to see tue hurry and hustle of the people in the stores. offices, and on the streets,' said Judge c. J. sorrell, the banker of Dadeville. My town isn't as big as Birmingham. but it is solid one and has bright prospects for good season, as the crops around 1t are unusualy good with the exception of cotton, I am hoping. however, that the price of the lint and the sed will help to make up for what will De eaten by the boil weevil"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
Expect. Realty Boom

Business seems to be opening up in every line except real estate" said George Whatley. but it Is natural that dirt is the last thing to feel the move ment. I am confident that it will not be long before the trading will start. It Is comparatively easy to rent houses, but just now 1t is hard to sell homes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06

usual to enjoy the fair and do their fall and winter shopping, and if they give the entire week to shopping and sight-seeing-some shopping each day instead of trying to do it all the first day-they will find the results all the more satisfactorv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
THE CONTRIBUTION

A nickel on the plate he drops, Coin from fat purse wormin'; And then expects the parson good To preach a dollar sermon.
 Philadelphia Telegraph. A nickel on the plate he drops, Then readJusts his collar With such a proud, self-conscious air You'd think he gave a dollar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
DISTINGUISHED CHARACTER

DISTINGUISHED CHARACTER And the old gentleman in butternu, trousers?"
 Hiram Dugsby. the checker champion of Travers county"
 "Ah!"
 ''He's been known to study the board three hours before making move"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
Member of ths Associated Press
TELEPHONE

like not fair terms and . villains mind. Merchant of Venice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
Brown Optimistic About Fair

There's just one thing that every mingham must do," said President Rob ert A. Brown of the Alabama State F Fair association, "and that Is to pray for good weather during fair week. If We have good weather, we can furnish the rest; in fact, we have furnished the rest, for never before in the history of the Alabama State Fair has there been such an ggregation of splendid at fractions as those we have engaged for the fair of 1917 We have spent twice year as ever before and if the message of the big fair and It's attractions has not reached the people of Alabama, and they do not accept our invitation, then I'll just feel like quitting. All the old time favorites, the Belleclaire brothers, Pains fireworks, MT. Caruthers and his free attraction shows, the midway the big Cavaio band everybody is here and enthusiastic over the prospects. The grounds are improved, the grandstand
 
 just done so much and spent so much money on improvements that I can't be- gin to recount them all. I want the people of Alabama to come to the fair and see for themselves. I have never been as optimistic over the fair as I am today, and all I ask is good weather for one week, so that everybody in Ala bama may attend the fair"
 Echoes of the Educational Edition
 Nothing has attracted more attention in Birmingham than the recent Roto- gravure section of The Age-Herald de- voted to educational interests" said Professor Ellis of the Spencer Ellis Busi- ness college yesterday. T was very much pleased with my 'ad' and am still having fine results from it. So many pupils have come in telling me they had seen the 'ad,' and being im- pressed by 1t, wanted to take course at the Spencer Ellis Business college. Especially did the pictures of the group of children under 12 years of age, who learned bookkeeping in AS hours, impress people, because, as they said, if chill dren could learn in that short time certainly grown people could. We have four of our boys now in the navy hold ing splendid positions as stenographers to the big moguls, and numbers in the army; one of our boys is now in France and the latest achievement we are boosting of is the young lady who re- ceived an offer of a splendid position in Washington after studying at the Spencer-Elis Business college 10 days. certainly hope the Rotogravuse edition pleased all of its advertisers as we'll as it did me-"
 Snm Blach Has Operation
 'I am glad to be able to state that my brother, Sam, who was taken with case of acute appendicitis while on a visit to our sister, Mrs. Julius Lowen- stein of Nashville" said Colman Blach, is resting easy at the St. Thomas hos pital from the operation which was per- formed on Tuesday. Sam has been trou- bled with appendicitis for quite awhile; in fact, he made a trip once to the Mayo Brothers, and had them examine him, but they advised against an op eration at that time. but predicted that later it would he necessary We are all greatly relieved to know that he is free of fevev."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-06
SUPER-WAR

SUPER-WAR Day and night the guns are roaring, Swiftly flows the crimson tide; Up aloft airplanes are soaring, Seeking where the foemen hide. Furiously the battle rages Over shell-torn hill and plain; 'Tis as well that history's pages Ne'er Il record the like again.