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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
VACATION NOTES "
ny GEORGE HAvEs. D. D.

By GEORGE EAVESs ID. ID.
 clothes and shelter Folks crowd thither who never used the air they had at
 home, and whose cramped chests and shoulders forbid the least hope that they can be taught to breathe even that lu- cid, radiant, compelling ocean of life
 that pulses from plains to peaks and back again from peak to plain. Folks
 crowd thither who are physically and H.
 nancially broke" The traffic in con
 sumption makes trail of broken hearts.
 Another result of this great super
 stition, this western magic, Is that
 every sufferer who goes to Denver and
 does not find hospital awaiting him sends home an amazed complaint. Hence also various religious groups and various social groups. as well as various industrial groups, have gone west, each to put up hospital for the tuberculosis developed among their several adherents. Someone told mo that there are dozen different tuberculosis hospitals in Dem yer alone. Private institutions spring up also in the picturesque towns of the big buttes and ridges, and advertise for clients. Philanthropists. singly or in association, build and endow charit- able houses. especially in tho large cities. all for the poor consumptive. And tho poor consumptive keeps on coming, in such numbers that not even this array of efficient preparedness Is adequate to meet his need. Hence he invades tho boarding house, the hotel, the private l home, and Is too often the victim of l predatory persons who pretend, vain l hope! to board" him. They board and | also scutt1e him.
 l Be 1t understood that presently the money Is all gone, and the folks at | home are amazed that it has gone so quickly Be 1t also remembered that l only for the few Is there check book
 and balance in the bank. And be 1t furthermore considered that with thou
 sands of those unfortunates advertising
 and hunting for light work, prefer ably outdoor there is great and sad | competition for every conceivable job
 l Here is where shines the generosity of l the numerous institutions SO munifi- gently endowed or otherwise provided. For example, there Is the Phipps hos pital, provided and generously endowed by MT. l.. A. Phipps formerly of Pitts
 burg. now of Denver, with whom had
 the joy of meeting quite incidentally at
 his beautiful mountain home near Wag-
 on Wheel Gap. The Phipps family is l justly famous in this regard. great se- ries of institutions for tuberculosis hav-
 ing had their origin throughout Pennsyl- vania in the noble citizenship of another
 Phipps. uncle of the Denver capitalist,
 whose own gift provides 150 beds. with l paid physicians in charge. Here also | glow with social welcome to their crafts men the loving hearts of my brothers, tho International Typographical union, l whose superb provision at Colorado Springs Is their joy and pride I cannot begin to make an inventory of these fa-
 nous institutions. There are two Jewish
 sanatoria in Denver. There is also the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23

John Walter. was moro of pro- prietor than an editor, yet it was his guiding hand that directed "The Thur .derer;" now Francis Maynard was a journalist not in the sense of being a mere director of 8 staff of writers. but 1t was his pen that made the Fi- garo famous throughout Europe. He was one of those rare journalists who could both edit and write. It would be a surprise to many on the outside to know that some of the very great est editors have done very little writ ing. This was even true of the great Delane of the Times. who under John leaders.
 Mr. Barrett for score of years has been the proprietor and editor of The Age-Herald. but for years has done little of the editorial writing, yet ciding hand. He has, however, like Francis Maynard, kept his pen busy in writing under the pen name of Ned Brace each Sunday what the French call after the lamented editor of the Figaro a ''magnarder." 1t being re- sume of current events in which his genius shone equally in his choice of his topic and in his method of treat ing 1t.
 One of tho best of our American journalists. a man who for years lived abroad as a correspondent, in speak ing of ''magnarder" said: "In shrewd ness. in good sense. in pithiness, often in wit, and almost always in that quality which the French call spirituel and for which the language of Eng land and America has no adequate word. these articles were the best In the French press"
 He was right in his estimate that the late Francis Maynard thought with precision and expressed himself in that symmetrical and balanced prose of which the French are the greatest masters in the world. He divined what others thought and he held 1t to be his business as a 1ournalist to express what others thought rather than what he himself thought.s He put on paper whatf people would read. He wrote as if at, ease and on good terms with his readers and with the world in general.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23

George w. Smauey, who had to send each week breezy article from London to the New York Tribune, said of Fran els Maynard: 'He knew what men were saying in the boulevards and in the cafes. It may seem an easy kind of knowledge to acquire. It is in truth very difficult to acquire and to use Many an editor has the raw material of such knowledge
 brought him by his reporters ana
 through the thousand channels which lead to his sanctum, and when he has got it does not know how to use it. Maynard did"
 That Is what made the Figaro inval- uable to the student of French affairs and of French public opinion. Maynard presented you each morning with the requisite quantity of political pemmican. Read 20 other papers, and you did not know so we'll the direction and force or the currents of opinion on which for that day. depended the fate of ministry, or the success of a loan, or the result of an election He had the power to put in brief, telling form opinions which the people would recognize as their own and therefore he never lacked for public. It Is interesting to think of John Wal ter, upright unbending, set in his opin- ions, fighting for them. and never yield ing, or admitting wrong, even in so open case as that of the Parnell letters He was a real Jupiter. He was one of the governing men of the kingdom and no one doubted that he was entitled to be In the governing class The control of the
 Times gave him tremendous power.
 Even today after 1t has passed out of the hands of the Walter family correspond ent of tho Times has an advantage. John Walter had strong, inf1exible mind, but his French rival surpassed him in alert ness of mind It was the racial dtfer- ence.
 Francis Maynard was no zealous mis- sionary He was not made of martyr stuff. He was an opportunist. He never bullied his readers. but he did lead them by tho art of infiltration. He manipu- lated the public by fertilizing his clientele with new ideas. He sowed the seed and let them germinate. There was no forc- ing process. It could not be said of him
 what was said of Gladstone by Lord
 Randolph Churchill, that "he was an old man in a hurry" Maynard had plenty of time. patience and tact. and led the na- ton into republicanism. He was truly l a great journalist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
Reducing Deliverie. by Stores

see that the authorities at Wash ington are pleased with the nationwide success to reduce deliveries of retail stores and minimize abuses of the re- turned goods privilege" said Morris Berk
 The commercial economic board of national defense says that In the larger cities deliveries have been reduced from four or five to one or two, while in many small towns merchants have organized and practically eliminated deliveries. l can say for the patrons of Loveman, Jo- seph & Loeb that they have been most considerate and very few seek to have us break our rules"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23

A GREAT WESTERN INDUSTRY for a vacation was the hope of escap- ling contact. for awhile at least. with the ubiquitous 'bug." But I found that one of my old neighbors believed had come west ito locate tuberculosis sana- torium," and I had not been many days and nights peacefully resting in a dis
 tinctly provincial hostelry when my ears were distressingly assailed by the deadly
 sound of coughing from an adjacent
 room. Tho sufferer proved to be a lad
 from South Carolina, who was on his
 way home to die, bitterly disappointed
 that an altitude of nearly two miles had
 not proved magically healing. Tho con.
 sumptives ys have always with you. ant
 whensoever ye will ye may do then
 good.
 It is probably true that more consump-
 lives are killed by exile to Colorado than
 get we'll by reason of the famous. tho
 justly famous. sunshine and aridity of
 that fair land. It Is also certainly true
 that in Colorado and the arid west gen
 erally much tuberculosis is actually bred,
 transmitted by infection, implanted in
 children and also in adults, by reason Of
 fatal confidence, an unreasonable con-
 ndence. in the efficacy of the climate to neutralize the disease and to ward off contagion. surprising number or the people of Denver seem absolutely indiI- ferent to the presence of tuberculous lungs or throats all around them, yea avan ir the same house.
 Now the chief basis of the great tu- berculosis industry of Denver and Colo rado Springs is this same superconfi- dence spread abroad from Canada to Florida. from Maine to Kansas. in the vital magic of Colorado air" Amer jeans generally believe what the ma
 iority of Colorado people fervently as- sert viz. That Colorado cures consump- tion. Hence, Denver and Colorado Springs and Manitou and even the min- ing camps of the far mountain heights I not to mention the somewhat bare and comfortless ranches of the plains. are made the Ultima Thule" the last ref ure from the waves of fate, by thou I sands of dying men and women. This l is a terrible, a tragical mistake Though l Colorado air Is ever so good. 1t is moi omnipotent. It has no magic.
 One result of this mistake Ia that the tuberculosis death rate in Denver viel with that of Huntsville or Anniston l and probably eurpasses that of Birming. l ham. The Queen City receives to hel hospitable arms exiled children from every state and territory, but she has nc
 nostrum to create new lung tissue on demand: she holds no guarantee that she can supply breathing as we'll as "air'
 Even these people need food, friends
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
LIKE M,IuKE SAYS

The half of the world that Is dissat- isfied with what 1t has thinks the other half has no right to be dissatisfied with what 1t hasn't.
 After giving the girls the o. o. these days. mere man wonders how the cor set manufacturers manage to make Q living. There Is only about one corn fed to each 50 uncorseted effects.
 There are some things a girl can do and keep it dark. But bleaching her hair isn't one of them.
 When wife's kisses cease to he in toxicating. he Is liable to take to drink
 When a man sits down to eat and ties his napkin around his neck, let him alone. The betting is that he doesn't want to waste any time in ta- ble talk
 Ever notice how tired and sleepy a man gets when he Is about $20 ahead of an all night game?
 Women have been chasing men sincc time began. Even old Mother Goose admits that Jill followed Jack down the hill
 A girl detests the odor of beer on . mans breath. But 1t Is different if he can afford to drink champagne. When a girl is putting. on airs she often forgets to put on an air of modesty.
 A barber has about as much use for a safety razor manufacturer as a man who makes his living by pressing pants has for a Highland soldier.
 It would be possible to love our neighobrs as we love ourselves if our neighbors would only mind their own business.
 Time never hangs heavily on the hands of woman who has them in dough, and wash tubs and dish pans all day.
 | When you are tempted to let them grow, always rem ember that 1t wasn't wearing his whiskers that way that made Abe Lincoln famous 1 If man would only listen to the advice of his conscience he wouldn't need the advice of a lawyer. Once in while you see two-legged snake like the men in the clothing ad cuts. But you never see a blue-haired dingbat like the women on the maga- zine covers.
 A man is willing to let the Lord at-
 tend to other matters. But he wants to give the punishment of his enemies his personal at&ntion. 1 There may be. other great world | prODleHuS. BuI tH6 one luat cOhcoTus 1 a woman most is the family grocery bill.
 :; What has become of ths old-fash. toned school boy who used to como home with a black eye? There are all sorts of folks in tn.
 world including the man who Is loaf. ing around waiting for the socialists tt
 make Rockefeller and Carnegie split uI their coin with him. l A corn fed may not look as high toned in motor truck as she does 1T an automobile. But she feels a whole lot safer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23

we'll known Oakes home. which l was several times told should be consdered as hotel rather than santoriuin, but which has undoubtedly justified the amount of money lavished upon 1t. There are also numerous denomina- tional hospitals. and. again at The Springs the Woodmen,s sanatorium
 One great fact forever burned itself upon my mind as I considered all this munificent showing of American liberal ity. It goaded me as I stood talking to the inmates of the Craig Colony" favorte charity of Denver women, kind of self-help home for the penniless con- sumptive man, which inherited tents from an abandoned project of the Young Mems Christian association, and which has, believe, counterpart conducted for impecunious women by the Young Women's Christian association. That same burning goad was forcing me for ward to new consecration as consid- cred how all these various institutions were in fact parts of an endless but largely futile chain. blindly picking up and blindly dropNingj as though by chance or by arbitrary fate sufferers fortunate enough to engage their atten- tion. while 1t misses the great mass of similar sufferers. Up to the present 1t struggles only with the individual con-
  time. I observed that most of these pa- tients have no guarantee of continuance, clear through till the hour of recovery except, of course, that microscopic mi- nority who have money or moneyed friends. And I knew that as long as Alabama and Georgia and Mississippi New York, Indiana and Kentucky keep on breeding and distributing tubercu- losis, Colorado will also have to keep on building sanatoria or else raise barrier. an effective tuberculosis quar- antine, past which no railroad shall be allowed to carry a single open case of it. So far the work, unrelated, has neither beginning nor end.
 But a better way, alike for us and for Colorado, will be to pool our interests with Uncle Sam as high grand comman- der and keeper of the pool, who shall see to it that our extremely sick are properly treated In their own home state, and that none go to Colorado or other arid regions to be a burden on their new neighbors.
 Amid these sad reflections and dim de- sires, however. I was also moved to . new gratitude that Alabama has within her borders all that is necessary to free Alabama from tuberculosis without ex- fling her stricken sons and daughters ana without the added penalties Of homesickness and loneliness and tho Cherubin with tho flaming sword that keep the way to the tree of life.
 The three sharp points, the three white hot points of the goad are tho wtcked- ness of continuing to produce consump- tiyes. and the disgrace of neglecting them and the certainty that nothing ade- uuate can be done for them unless we do 1t all together. for them all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
Storm King Fights
 Against the Germans

NNTINTER will prevent the Ger WV mans from marching on Petrograd, even if the Russian armies continue disorganized, and the gales of old Boreas will check the U-boat campaign.
 A Thigh submarine authority" is quoted as saying that the Germans will make desperate attempts to 'do the maximum amount of damage to allied shipping" during September and October. The weather in northern waters is already becoming unfavora- ble to U-boat activities. Rough seas and bowling gales are little liked by the German commanders, and they realize that they must do their most effective work before winter puts small craft at serious disadvantage.
 According to this authority, sEvery- thing indicates strenuous winter. Let the elements fight in behalf of the allies, if they will, but the forces of man will still be exerted to their ut most, in order that Prussianism may be brought low and the menace of "kultur" forever eliminated.
 The Germans may or may not make better showing in the submarine campaign during the few favorable weeks left to them, but regardless of the U-boats, the business in hand will still be pursued relentlessly. Haig is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
To Raise Money
 for Polish Jews

TTHE Jews of Poland have been J great sufferers from the war. Many have died of starvation and more will die unless relief is soon forthcoming.
 A mass meeting of Jews and friends of the Jews will be held this after noon at the synagogue of Knesseth Israel congregation for the purpose of organizing a movement to raise funds here for the three million Jew ish souls in unhappy Poland.
 There should be large outpouring of the congregation, and doubtless there will be. The people of Bir- mingham have contributed generously of their means to the various relief funds since the European war began. But our Jewish citizens have made lew appeals.
 In other cities contributions for the Jews have been liberal. Otherwise the death rate in Poland would have been much larger than it has been. It is now up to Birmingham to do it's part. If Knesseth Israel congrega- tion is not as wealthy as some ortho- dox congregations in other sections of the country it is made up of men and women of broad and tender sym pathies who are ever ready to relieve suffering regardless of race or creed.
 Gentiles of Birmingham will join in the Polish relief movement and as- sist in raising the money sought. Certain it is that no right-minded man, be he Jew or Gentle, will be- grudge a dollar given in aid of the Jews of starving Poland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
Hold the Ground Already Won

close of the campaign the majority of voters this city are dency of he
  which beaingw city affairs Barrett has the meght
  recognized ability asm speech all sides oues and aggressive undert
 Barrets election is assured that mis- his friends overcondence letting the thus far the
 
  the office this standard that the of Birmingham overwhelmingly to Dr. Garrett
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
An Editorial fin Picture.

T do not know when have seen bet ter war cartoon than the one Blackman gave us this week." said A. P. Fuqua.
 It was headed, A Price on the Heads of Men The young American soldier quietly reading the reward offered by a German for the first American dead or alive. He was drily saying that he would make the Kaisers Bosches earn the re- ward and need the rest. To me 1t went right to the spot. It was an editorial in pictures.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
~Go1NG SOME.

From the New York Herald.
 Of course, due allowance must be made for the niceties of Netherlands politics, but 1t must be confessed that isn't very cheering introduction the Amsterdam Telegraaf gives to the new minister to Washington, whom it characterizes lone of the weakest brothers of the Dutch diplomatic corps"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
CaII of Pastor

T feel sure that the members of the South Highlands Presbyterian church feel as I do about the call received by Dr, Albert Sidney Johnston to the Gen. tral church, St. Louis, said Eugene Ballard. "Dr. Johnston has been here less than two years, but in that time he has made host of friends who enjoy him as preacher and respect him as man, and hope he will see his way clear to remain with us'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
Church Has Unique Location

T think the First Baptist church or Alexander City has rather unique To- cation," said E. F. Ingram, one of the oldest members, who helped to locate 1t.
 Tt straddles race track in the front, for some of us remember when there used to be a straightaway course on which the horses were sent under the tape. The rear end covers an old cock pit and many a main used to be pulled off in it in which large sums were lost. Today the handsome new church Is an evidence that Alexander City Is church loving and church going town?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23

Surely, the alleged combination of flag tattered emblem on the Jefferson county courthouse tower?
 According to press dispatches, varda- man still has many friends in Mississip- pi That's serious reflection on a grand old state.
 The German government has discovered that Uncle Sam is not quite as unsophis- ticated as his pictures would lead one to believe.
 Judge Gary says he expects the war to last long time.s However, Wall street seems to be getting ready for an early peace.
 The King of Bavaria wants to sell pearls valued at half million marks. He must be getting ready for rainy day In the meantime, what has become of the movement to put the sweet potato on an equal footing with the Irish spud?
 x The restoration of the Cathedral ot Rheims should not be attempted Let it be a standing reproach to Germany.
 < * In the old days. fighting mar thought 1t beneath his dignity to eat ice cream. but the old order changeth.
 
 Prussianism is comparatively recent development, but the allies are convinced it has already gone too far.
  And there was time when Won Berns torff was one of the most popular diplo- mats in Washington
  It isn't necessary for "Pompadour Bob to say he didn't want war. His actions prove 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
New Campaign to
 Root Out Treason

A N active campaign that is to ex- A tend from ocean to ocean Will be started in New York to stamp out treason. At the American Defense society luncheon few days ago stir ring addresses were made by Chair man R. M. Hurd, Bishop Gailor of the Episcopal diocese of Tennessee and others. MT. Hurd thought that Cap tain Von Papen and Captain Boy-Ed ought to have been shot as spies.
 The sentiment of the assembled company was that the time had ar rived for militant patriotism to come to the front. It was insisted by one of the speakers, and rightly so, that the soap-box orators constituted menace to the country and that they ought to be "put out of business at once"
 Bishop Gailor, one of the most forceful men in the south, quoted Christ approving war, and strongly indorsed the proposed new movement to rid the land of traitors. Resolutions were adopted that American citizens, cooperating with the American De- fense society, institute nationwide campaign to urge the lawful authori- ties to suppress reasonable orators upon the streets and to suspend the publication of all reasonable news papers, "whether in German, English or other languages" Also it was re- solved that mass meeting be held in Madison Square Garden Ito call l the nations attention to the imminent peril from treason within our own borders" Such a campaign as this projected should have been inaugu- rated months ago.
 < |
 A correspondent says he thought Villa had the meanest eyes he ever saw until he met Won. Hindenburg. According to the Prussian point of view. that's com pliment.
 There Is note of sincerity in Elm peror Charles reply to the pope's peace proposals. Austria Hungary is willing to worry along without place in tho sun. J
 
 Big Bill" spoke parting word to Chi- cagos drafted men and came very near making a patriotic speech. Is Big Bill' about to see the error of his ways? |
 The state press need not be alarmed l over the municipal campaign in Birming- ham, Politicians cool of about as rapidly as they warm up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
AIPs We'll That Ends Well.

BEGINNING THE DAY--Eorhsd. o Lord. that I should fall short by reason of a low ideal. Help me 10 yearn for the best that ever mas been, or tn, or can bej ana w1th yearnfng which cannot be denied' May I set my eyes on Christ and De transfgured into His image rom pIorv to glory. Amen.-H. M. E.