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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-01

More than 9o,ooO Japanese make their home in Hawaii.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27

will not be coronation" regardless of what splenetic republican sena- tor may think, nor will it have that significance.
 The hotelkeepers might be a shade less rapacious, but they know that visitors will arrive, as Senator Borah said, with eyes open and pockets full for good time" The only way to cure hotel men of charging exorbi- 'tant prices is to stay away from their hotels and the average American citi- zen, with plenty of money and de- termined to enjoy himself, isn't going to do that.
 Senator Sherman spoke to some purpose when he said he hoped "this matter will be given wide publicity so that certain of my constituents who may come here won't have to borrow money from me to get home" ,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27

From the Louisville Courier-J ournal
 N N erudite professor of Latin has
 A\ said the word restaurant" comes S S from the Latin words "res'' and "aurus." and that it means "a bully thing" That, possibly, was the feeling which actuated the patron of Louisville dairy lunch establishment, who threw a bottle of syrup at a would-be robber, striking him upon the head and discon- certing him when he was towering" the cashier with pistol
 There is disposition upon the part of health cranks and hunnorists to cry down the dairy lunch, as an institution which bids fair to undermine the health of the American people, but a feeling of loyalty resides in the breast of the patron who knows where he can get what he wants when he wants it without wait ing for a waiter and then awaiting the pleasure of the waiter, and subsequently, paying the waiter for having made him wait. The spectacle of a robber with a pistol attempting to loot the establish ment fires such patron with rage quite naturally. Fortunate is the cashier, and fortunate the restaurant, when the man whose temper has risen is one whose alertness is such that he recognizes the potency of a we'll aimed bottle of maple flavor, and who is sufficiently sure of his aim, or sufficiently wrought up and reckless, to tackle 5an armed desperado with quart of long sweetening.
 We-mankind-are accustomed to make hero of the knight in full panoply who rides at the equally encased and similarly armed and plumed knight and manages
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27
Enthusiasm For
 Three-Mill Tax

r7T7 HE majority which the electorate 4 of Jefferson county will cast for the 3-miI school tax next Tues day will be large. From all indica- tions it will be relatively as large as the county's majority for the amend ment in November's general election when the vote was up to the maxi mum.
 When the amendment to the consti- tuition was before the electorate for ratification, giving the voters in each county the right to levy this tax for school purposes, there was organized opposition to it, but the supporters of the measure were desperately in earnest and as they included most of the public-spirited men of Jefferson the majority for the cause was over wlelming. There was considerable op- position to the tax proposition, but it has been dwindling until now it is no longer thought formidable.
 No county needs increased school revenue more than Jefferson; all things considered, none need it as much. And it augurs we'll for the future of the public schools that the great mass of intelligent citizens are now aroused in favor of the 3-mill tax.
 But the bigger the vote on Tuesday the greater will be the moral value of the victory. A sweeping majority will have a far-reaching effect on all the counties. Let the campaign fervor now in evidence continue until the polls close. The vote should be prac- tically unanimous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27
A VILLAIN BOILED

to ydo him a disabling injury. We ap- mat, who meets an opponent on terms and under conditions designed to equalize opportunities. We make more familiar than the face of the President the picture of the pugilist who, after months of train ing, enters the prize ring with phy- sician in attendance and knocks out an opponent who is attended by his physician if his nose bleeds. We cheer the house. holder who, with a doublebarrel shotgun, frustrated single-handed effort to rob henroost; the policeman, armed with authority, a club, & revolver and 8 dis tress whistle, who arrests the disor- derly man who has jostled orderly pass erby off of the sidewalk. Shall we not celebrate the loyal patron of the self starting quick luncheon who, like David with his sling, did up the mighty and nightly armed Goliath? Even David, gritty young man that he was, might have hesitated to meet Goliath with quart of syrup. although his were days when the automatic pistol was un- dreamed of.
 n, It always is pleasing to witness the foiling of the villain, but satisfaction is greatest when the difference in arms, in favor of the villain, is greatest Who would think of comparing, for efficiency in battle, bottle of syrup and an arm of. precision?
 Would man fight so valiantly for his bank if it were about to be robbed? Was it not the cordiality of the entente between the consumer of hot cakes and the vendor that motivated the hurling of the syrup bottle at the bandit?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27
pAcKINGHoUsE HORROR

From the Huntington (W va.). Ad-
 vertiser.
 slashing the threats of hogs with a long. cruel-looking knife. as the ani- mals pass before them on an endless chain. is the work of these two blood letters.
 Their faces and clothes are smeared with blood squirting from the threats of dying animals. Each slash brings de ath squeals and fresh stream of gore.
 The average person watches it all for a moment with feeling of horror and then turns away from the gory sieht But these men slash away. They nav no heed to the flow of blood or the death noises. After Otto hangs up his blood soaked apron in the slaughter room he hurries home for a romp with his playful collie before the evening meal HiA heart is full of love for enimals'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27
HOTEL LOBBTEs
Active Week in Iron

There has been practically no relief from the railroad congestion and this, combined with the very decided improve ment in buying, has made the week an active one" says Rogers, Brown & Co. 8 weekly market review. Enquiries and or ders are coming in better, and consider able interest is being shown in large toiI- nages of iron to be shipped promptly from furnaces served by railroads finding it possible to make deliveries This de- mand is not limited to standard grades, but in looking around for this spot ship ment iron, many have uncovered small lots not complying with their standard specifications, which they have been able to secure at attractive prices, and which they find can be used advantageously.
 The orders placed recently for export have attracted attention because of their size, and many opportunities for business are still unaccepted. The market is fur ther strengthened by the curtailment of production brought about because of the inability of the blast furnaces to secure QellVery oI COhe. Mdny nave IOunu IL necessary to bank for several days at time. The furnace men are fortunate, however, in not having to worry about disposing of their product for the imme- diate future, in view of the fact that most of them are sold up solidly for the coming nine months, and some are com- fortably fixed for the entire year.
 Tn spite of renewed activity, there has been no price advance in pig iron, all though finished materials are still going up, and it is only natural to expect that the raw material will follow"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27
Some Good Shots

''We are exerting every effort to make the Birmingham Athletic Club Rifle and Revolver association one of the best of its kind in the south,' said Secretary J. D. Beavins. We have the best shot in the country as a mem Der of the club. T. K Lee, known throughout the United States as Tack hole,' is the star of our team and we have several others who are also ex- cellent shots.
 Our range in the basement of the club has recently been remodeled and we now possess the most modern range of any club in the south. We will en- ter team in the National Rifle as- sociation and, judging from the start we made last week, we will make an excellent showing against teams from all parts of the country.
 "We have several lady shooters among our group and would be pleased to have this number increased. Any member of the club Is welcome to the use of the range, while outsiders may gain access by Joining the club. The B. A. c. Rifle and Revolver associa- tion is one of the coming organiza- tions of the city,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27
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FROM THE CELLAR OF LIFE

Gorky, in ''The Peasants.''
 Do not be afraid, do not cry out, for life is good. I came from low down. from the cellar of life, where darkness and terror reign. where man Is half beast and life is only a fight for bread It flows slowly there, in dark streams, but even there gleam pearls of courage, of intelligence and of heroism, even there beauty and love exist. Everywhere that man is found, good is; in tiny particles and invisible roots-but still it is there. All these roots will not perish; some will grow and flourish and bear fruit l bought dearly the right to believe this; therefore, it is mine, my whole life long. And thus I have won yet another right, the right to demand that you, too, be- lieve as I do. for I am the voice of that life. the despairing cry of those who re- main below, and who have sent me to herald their pain. They also long to rise to self respect, to light and freedom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27
Mauae,s Coming an Event

No event of greater importance is scheduled for the local theatrical sea- son., said pr. George H. stubbs, than the appearance at the Jefferson of England's foremost character actor Cyril Maude, in the internationally y successful melodramatic comedy, Grumpy
 This will be the occasion of Mr. Maude's first visit to this city and his performance Is looked forward to with eager anticipation by our thea tregoers, who have long followed his professional career in England and America
 'In London for 16 years the actor was one of the most popular and suc- cessful actor managers of that metrop- oils. During the past three years he has spent much time in America, con- fining himself chiefly to the presenta- tion of Grumpy which has proved to be the most important triumph that he has achieved"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27
Prices Paid For
 Works of Ar

F the cost of living has become ex- H cessive the prices asked for works of art have likewise scared, but there is this difference: the former affects all classes of society-the rich as well as the moderately well-to-do and the poor-while only people of wealth buy pictures of rare value.
 A half century ago comparatively few paintings by famous European artists had found their way to this country. In 1876 Turner's "Slave Ship" had crossed the Atlantic and was on exhibition at the Centennial exposition at Philadelphia. Several crayon sketches and two finished works in oil by Couture, one of the greatest geniuses of modern times, graced private collection in Rich mond, Va. In New York, Boston and half dozen other cities noted for their culture, were old families dis tinguished for art taste. Many of them owned pictures of high merit by American artists, for this coun- try had excellent painters as early as the first quarter of the last cen tury. But as for the old masters, they were to be seen only in the celebrated galleries of Europe. Men now living can remember when even a fabulous sum would not have tempted owners of certain French, Flemish or Dutch master works to part with them; but the situation has changed in the last thirty or forty years.
 Within tl E last decade several hun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27

lures of Buffalo Bill" published by the Harpers, the story of his first fight with Indians It was in 1857. when he was only II years old, that he killed an Indian. He was accompanying some cattle -herders when they were attacked on the South Platte river. The Indians stampeded the cattle, killed three men and then charged on the rest. A volley stopped them for the moment and the herders took re- fuge in the river, wading behind the bank on their way to Fort Kearney. Buffalo Bill fell behind and when he suddenly looked up at the bank above he saw an Indians head. He aimed and fired and the next moment was terrified to see about six feet of dead Indian come tumbling into the river" From that time forward. he says, q became a hero and an lndian-killer.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27
Senatorial Views
 On Inauguration

A LTHOUGH the Senate voted fa- A vorably on the $25,O00 appro- priation to pay the expenses of in- augurating President Wilson March 4, several senators seized the oppor- tunity to unburden their minds.
 Senator Thomas, democrat, paid his respects to Washington hotelkeepers who ''gouge" inaugural visitors. Sen ator Works, republican, declared: "We are having a coronation every four years and it is undemocratic and un-American, and I would like to see it abolished"
 Senator Works is unduly excited. A coronation in England is nothing more than pageant to the English people. Tradesmen and hotel proprie- tors profit by it; the masses enjoy the spectacle and no one objects particu- larly because London knows that the monarch who is ''inducted into office" with such elaborate display is merely figurehead. King George is little more than an amiable, well-meaning citizen of the realm, who enjoys cer- tain honors and dignities, is kow- lowed to on occasion, but has consid- erably less power than the President of the United States.
 Similarly, the people of America enjoy the inauguration of President, yet there is no one in the throngs wit messing the ceremony who believes for moment that his personal liberties are in any way abridged or liable to be abridged by the man whom the na- tion honors. As a matter of fact s25.OOO is not a large sum to spend for an inauguration. Visitors to Washington wNl get their moneys worth and be satisfied After all, it is the people who pay the bills. Even if the weather man does his worst, and he usually does on March 4, all will enjcy themselves and have the good time for which they came. It
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS


 The trouble with gossips is that they believe everything they hear and make up the rest
 When she takes a rapt interest in the story of your life, and your heroism IS mirrored in her starry eyes. you are gonner, son, you are gonner-
 Funny how things turn out The old- fashioned small town boy who was to be hanged before he was 21 because he played pool and smoked cigarettes is now the attorney for the old-fashioned small town boy who was to be a preacher by the time he was 21 because he had nc bad habits and won all the Bibles in Sun- day school and is trying to keep the latter out of the penitentiary. Most of us are so busy trying to profit by the mistakes of other people that we never profit by our own mistakes. We always expected great things from this country, but we never expected to see the day when it costs as much to buy an egg as it does to buy the hen that laid the egg.
 Our forefathers kicked the lining out ol King George because they objected tt government without representation and objected to their tea being taxed. But what would they have done if the gov ernment which gave them no represen- tation and no vote had prohibited the sale of tea and denied them the use oi the beverage? Yet that is just what has happened in the District of Columbls when the Senate passed the Shepparo bill. Are there no Americans left ir America?
 A self-made man seldom forgets to pro- vide himself with big head. Why is it that when a man feels good he gets yen to go out and make darr fool of himself?
 Anyway, we hope that the mere mer in the House will recognize the preroga tive of her sex and permit that new con gresswoman to close every debate Any married woman can tell you tha1 the explanation offered by q husband who gets home at q. h. doesn't ex. plain anything.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27
HERR BADEWITZ'S CAPTIWES

many another navigator of days not so remote. though much more nearly "ci- vilian," in the modern sense of that word, than were the crews of vessels more or less distinctly warlike.
 The chances are. of course, that many of the prisoners on the Yarrowdale were not real sailors at all, but declShands and stokers with no particular preference for the British flag, and not particularly con- cerned whether the ship docked in an English or a German port There werc however, considerably more than 16 repre- sentatives of the afterguard on board, in- cluding masters, mates, and minor lumi- naries like bos'ns, and all these were under some obligation to keep up the traditions of the sea for courage, enter prise, and fidelity to owners interests They seem to have been as docile as the rest, and that the confidence of Herr Badewitz was not misplaced is demon strated by the success he achieved in reaching his appointed destination. That he was not mistaken Is just a bit dispiriting, discouraging, and disquiet- ing. It inclines one to lament the pass ing of 'the good old days when the sea provided material for works of high romance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27
MUNsTERBERG

From the New York Republic.
 In ante-bellum days Harvard under graduates "took Munsterberg' in great crowds, partly because psychology was dimly supposed to lie somewhere between Mme. Eusapia Palladino and Ibsen. partly because Munsterberg was always in the newspapers, and not a little be- cause he had an extraordinary gift of lucid, logical, and unhesitating exposi- tion He was born opagandist-of applied psychology, of Germany to Amer ica, of America to Germany. It was this ardor of his for popularizing his con- victions which seemed finally to take such complete possession of him that his direct scientific contributions were lost sight of. He poured forth mass of attractive and shallow books on applied psychology. He wrote magazine articles and made speeches without end, and there was a good deal of justice in the popu- lar tendency to forget that he was a psychologist and regard him as a public figure. The scientist in him was sub merged Where the public, especially the Boston public, did him great injustice, was in failing to recognize that he was no "hyphenate." but a German patriot, a very moderate and sane one at that In these last two years he saw q not too chivalrous side of American opinion. His own bearing under the most trying cir cumstances contained what might be called a low percentage of errors. It lreached a high mark of good temper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 NoMETHING of light, but not enough N for vision at all clear, is thrown by what Deputy Officer Badewitz said or is said to have said, when asked if he did not find it "a ticklish business to control with crew of only 15 men the 469 prisoners on the Yarrowdale. His an- swer was that he did not even have to keep his charges under hatches-that he gave them the freedom of the ship, and considered the situation quite safe as long as lone had pistol"
 By "one'' presumably, he meant each of his own men, and that none of the others was armed, but 16 against 460 is big odds, even with the weapons all in the hands of the minority, and there is difficulty in understanding why the ma jority did not even once try to find cut what the effect of a well-planned and well-timed rush on their jailers would be. That some of those engaged in it would have been killed and some wound ed is more than likely, but that is a con- sideration that would not have been con- clusive-perhaps it would not even have been entertained-by the sailors of olden time. Drake's men would have laughed it to scorn, and so would the men of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27
Roots Sympathy
 With Wilson's Plan

l w &SA0 w A0@%Ao O q oSSoo
 1THEoDoRE ROOSEVELT once l H referred to Elihu Root as the
 worlds greatest living statesman Whether or not that was an exagger- ated estimate everyone familiar with the records of great public men would readily admit that Root was man of prodigious intellect-an acute req soner, a master in statecraft and a successful diplomat.
 l MT. Root spoke several times in the recent campaign. His stock speech was one in which he assailed Presi- dent Wilson on general principles and arraigned the democratic party be- cause it Hacked character" MT. Root meant it to be one of his signal ef- forts, but as it was chiefly defense of the reactionary element in control of the republican party it was far from being up to his standard. While he had been something of reaction ary himself his heart wasn't in that campaign.
 But when MT. Root is in good form he is not only singularly convincing, but is unreservedly generous in his treatment of a political opponent; and he was in such form when he ad- dressed the National Security Leagues Congress of Constructive Patriotism in Washington Thursday night. His speech was fervid and gripping and his expression of sym pathy with President Wilson's peace address before the Senate was strong and cordial. "There is much noble idealism in that speech of the Presi- dent," he said. And MT. Root wished his hearers to observe that the only way President Wilson saw out of the war that was devastating Europe was by preparation for war. With such idea MT. Root was in full agreement.
 He took occasion in that connection to urge universal military training for the youth of this country. There has been much apathy in some quar- ters regarding Senator Chamberlain's universal training and service meas ure, but there was nothing of the sort in the National Security League congress, for when MT. Root pro- claimed his advocacy of the proposed plan the entire audience rose to it's feet and applauded.
 A great many Illuminating papers will be written and a great many speeches will be delivered on peace, preparedness and military training within the next few months. But it is safe to say that no discussion will be more cogent or more American in tone than that of the gentleman who held his audience rapt night before last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27
JUST LIKE TEDDY
From the Providence Journal.

From the Providence Journal.
 A California professor has perfected a sound amplifier." by which "the faintest sound is magnified into a |thunderous noise' So now. we suppose. any ordinary man will be able to make a whisper sound as if 1t came from Oyster Bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27
PIERETTE IN MEMORY

By William Griffith. Pierette has gone, but it was not
 Exactly that she died, So much as vanished and forgot
 To say where she would hide. To keep sudden rendezvous,
 It came into her mind That she was late. What could she do
 But leave distress behind? Afraid of being in disgrace.
 And hurrying to dress, She heard there was another place
 Tn need of loveliness. She went so softly and so soon
 Shi hardly made a stir; But Uoins toelcSthe stars and moon And sun away with her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27

BEGINNING THE DAY-o my Lord, may enter into Thy gates with thanksgiving and into Thy courts with praise. And may fhc dawn of each day and the bexfn- ming of each duty be Thy gate. And may each experience of life and each place where I find myself be Thy court. In Christ's name. Amen. H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27
CERTAINLY NOT.

Cattle are raised, but human beings are reared" said the purist.
 That depends on the way the word is used,' replied the man who was wearing fancy vest. I've never heard of any body being reared in a poker game"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-27
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A WISE DIsPENsATIoN.

No doubt about it. life would be
 More frolicsome and jelly, If things were not arranged so we
 Must pay the price of folly And yet, how many wicked wights
 Would e'er regret their errors? The head" that follows gala nights
 For them would have no terrors.