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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
SIBERIAN PRISON CAMPS

Never in all my travels and residence
 in Europe have I heard better music
 than that which we had in the Si- berian prison camps.
 Athletics were not overlooked. AL though the actual number who could participate was very limited, the con- tests between the different barracks or nationalities interned in a. single
 camp created tremendous interest. As sociation football was the most popular sport and in a single camp were p foot
 ball teams playing in competition. Both field and track sports were also held,
 volley ball introduced, and in winter in-
 door turning or gymnastics.
 I cannot pass by without mentioning
 the shops we established in many of
 the camps for repairing and making
 boots and shoes, making and repairing
 clothes, carpentering and handicraft.
 Even before we began our work in the
 camps we found that the men made
 small articles for sale in order to gain
 few kopecks with which to buy food
 They used what they had, such as soup
 bones, from which they carved fin
 ger rings and bas relief vases, or bits of old board and boxes, which were made into very attractive picture frames. One prisoner made several handsome candlesticks, the base from bullets melted down and moulded, the
 stands from two cartridge shells which
 he had carried in his pockets from
 Przemysl, the cap being hung about with
 bangles of bullets picked up at the front. Perhaps the best single example of in-
 genuity is that of a Hungarian who at
 home was an interior decorator. This
 man had nothing with which to work
 except the black bread that was given
 him to eat and not too much of that. He ate the crust and saved the center part which he chewed into a paste and colored with the dye powder which the Russian soldiers use to color Easter eggs. From this he fashioned jewel cases decorated with punches of grapes and baskets of fruit or other devices. The boxes were then baked in the sun until they were hard and quite substan- tial, and later were sold to the officers or to chance Russian visitors for 80 ko- pecks apiece.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
THE PRUssIAN ECO

From the Atlanta Journal.
 The Germans continued belittlement of Americas part in the war strikes the Valdosta Times as being due "to the en- larged idea that they have of them selves"
 'They have lost their sense of accurate vision just as they have lost their per- spective. They no longer see things by recognized rules. What is wrong and wicked in ordinary mortals is pure and righteous to the German mind and eye. What is large in others is small to them"
 The Kaiser's followers can no more un- derstand the United States than they can understand honor and truth and hu- man kindness. They can no more con ceive of this nations exerting it's utmost strength to defend a principle and to serve mankind than they could grasp the worlds moral revulsion at the sinking of the Lusitania To the Prussian man. ner of thinking, all people except them- selves are to be depised and trodden un- der the Hohenzollern heel. we are a race of supermen,' they declare, "born to rule the world; our state is superior to moral law, and those who stand in it's way are to be kicked aside as rub bish." Steeped in this brutal egotisn1, Germany has indeed lost all sense of ac- curate vision, all perspective, and noth- ing less than the complete overthrow and eradication of her conscienceless govern ment will free her eyes of their scales and make her the friend instead of as now, the black foe of civilization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
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Many More Murders
 Reported in Arizona

A DVOCATES of the abolishment GA of capital punishment may find food for thought in the announce ment that murder in Arizona has in creased 100 per cent since the death penalty for murder was done away with in that state.
 It is said hon1icides are becoming so frequent in some parts of Arizona that law-abiding citizens are gravely concerned. Maricopa county, which includes the city of Phoenix, has a population of &, ,48S. During the first ten. months of this year there were fifteen murders in Maricopa county, and homicide in other counties is said to be increasing, despite the fact that intoxicating liquor has been "practi- cally banished from the state.'
 There is, of course, an illicit traffic in liquor carried on, but drunkenness is. not blamed for the increase in murder. c. w. Miller, member of the state board of pardons and paroles, said in a recent interview that the large number of homicides in Arizona are due solely to the fact that the guilty persons know they cannot be given the death penalty.
 Humanitarians to the contrary not withstanding, capital punishment has a salutary effect which is generally recognized. As society is at present constituted, it is the best safeguard we have, although Birmingham knows to her sorrow that in past years it did not prevent an appalling number of murders from being com mitted in this district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
LIKE M,LuKE SAYS

A lot of men wait so long to make sure they are right that they never get ahead.
 Scientists claim that man has a lar ger vocabulary than a woman. But woman uses hers twice as much to make up for it.
 The rest of the world is so busy exag- gerating a mans faults that you can't tlame him for exaggerating his virtues
 We know lot of folks who preach eternal happiness in the next world anc who go through this world with long faces.
 One of the most wonderful things in life is the fact that trained nurse will often marry the man she has attended through long illness.
 It doesn't matter what the govern ment is for, you will always find men who are agin' the government.
 He imagines that she will be the sum- shine of his life after they are married And she usualy does all she can tc make it warm for him.
 Maybe it is good thing that cold weather prohibits the silhouette skirt It gives fellow a chance to rest his eyes and relieve the strain for few months.
 We do not know much about automo- piles. But it seems to us that the diff ference between this years model and next years model is the price. When wise man wants to arrive al a conclusion he first embarks on a train of thought.
 Any girl can look like a princess at 16 But it takes a clever girl to look like a princess at 36. When we see woman wearing 2 waist open in front on a cold zero day so that the exposes her wishbone we are reminded of the old saying Many are cold, but few are frozen.' | When the groom takes out his pocket book to pay the hotel bill incurred dur | ing the honeymoon, he might as wei keep the pocketbook in his hand. II, has just begun to pay. It is different with a man. But vol can't dodge an argument with a woman by agreeing with her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
Fort Oglethorpe Men
 Who Stood the Test

10 BIRMINGHAM feels a just pride in D the young officers of this city who have recently been given their commissions at Fort Oglethorpe. They worked hard and stood a rigorous test. The training they received was designed to bring out the best and the worst in every candidate, and that speedily. The candidate who was stemperamentally unfit" was marked for failure almost as quickly and un- erringly by army officers as the man whose physical disabilities denied him . commission.
 It calls for pluck and endurance, as we'll as natural qualities of leadership. to pass through a training camp sue cessfully. A man may have physical strength and be intellectually above many of his competitors, but if he is lacking in a sense of fairness, if he lacks true manliness, by which is meant not only personal courage, but the proper spirit toward his fellows and his commanding officers, he might as we'll return at once to his home. He will never win the coveted insignia of an officer in competitive school.
 However, no disparagement is meant for a large majority of the can didates who failed. Most of them were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29

Hugh A. Moran, in Leslie's.
 TIN each of the 10 camps in my district
 where we had a complete organiza- S tion, we had a school with from 800 to 1000 students. Of course, there were professors from college and high schools interned in the camps who gladly gave their services as teachers and lecturers The school curriculum in each camp ranged from teaching Hungarians and Czechs to read their own languages, simple arithmetic and geography, through almost all the mod ern languages; also Latin, Greek and Hebrew, including in addition many classes in what would be college or uni- versity subjects, such as chemistry, physics, psychology, law and the theory of music There were usually from 3o to 40 different classes operating at the same time in each of the camps, as well as lectures on various scientific and literary subjects once or twice week in the evenings.
 In each camp, also, there was library. In the great camp at Bere- zoyka with 1S,O00 men, I started the library with 1o5 books bought in the nearby capital, the last foreign books to be found in the city. This library gradually grew until, at the time l left this summer there were 4OO0 volumes, with. a central establishment and two branches, one for the school and one for the hospital Yet the shelves were nearly always empty, for, although there was a. limit of from one to three days for keeping books out, practically the en- tire library was out and being read all the time. The books were so much used that one bookbinder was unable to keep up with rebinding them as they became worn.
 One of the most useful departments of our work was the orchestra and in each of the 10 camps in my district we had at least one, in several camps more than one. One of these orchestras con- sisted of 4S members. all professional musicians, chosen out of 1S'0O0 men, number of whom had formerly played in the Royal Opera house at Vienna or Budapest The majority of the prison CTS were Hungarian, and music IS as necessary to a Hungarian as looo'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
THE TWO woNDERLANDs

From the New York Times.
 Miss Mary Garrett Hay, chairman of the woman suffrage party of New York city, has made the dearest and most impressive declarations of unconditional femininst patriotism, taking precedence of even the greatest issue of all time:
 If the whole fate of my country hung on one man. and that man could save the country, but was opposed to the federal amendment, I should vote for him.
 What sublimity of calm courage what great choice and great refusal The force of feminist devotion could no fur ther go.
 It would be wrong. however, to re-. gard seriously the first artless proceed ings and announcements of the woman suffrage leaders. exulting in. yet visibly embarrassed by their new boon. The world:
 The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo: she succeeded in getting it's body tucked away, comfortably enough, under her arm. with it's legs hanging down, but generally, just as she had got it's neck nicely strengthened out, and was going to give the hedgehog blow with its head, it would twist itself around and look up in ner face with such a puzzled expression.
 One more excursion into that parallel country:
 Really, now you ask me-" said Alice. very much confused, T don't think" Then you shouldn't talk" said the natter.
 This piece of rudeness was more than body can bear; but it has it's value for Alice could bear" It is more than any, students of the two wonderlands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29

tural department next year, when food in large volume will be shipped to the allies.
 The food crop acreage must be further increased and the farmers must increase their breeding of hogs, sheep and cattle. And conservation on scale of strictest economy must still be practiced. Let the farmers prepare now for producing banner crops in 1918 in order that no one may be underfed in this land of plenty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
4 DOG THAT DIED

Maurice Morris, in the New York Sun. High on the hill where heather bloomed, And wide trees waved their bannered
 boughs, chose for him to be entombed Until the final call shall rouse. And when that trumpet call shall come. Then will he guard me, well I know, As soldier to the rolling drum Responding stanch to face the foe. Those grave deep eyes that vainly sought To tell such love as heart enfolds Will still seek mine. and they have
 taught
 Their master much of faith he holds. And if the souls of simple worth. Indifferently of man and beast, Are destined for the great rebirth. He will appear then not the least.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
Hard to Realize True situation

gin to realize how serious the coal short age is going to be- said Mark A. Myatt.
 T fear that in spite of the warning of Frank B. Fowlkes, chairman of the Jefferson county fuel administration committee, the public, on account of Bir- mingham's close proximity to the coal fields, will not give it the consideration it deserves, but will put it down as a
 cry of wolf I know, however, how hard it has been to get our southern folks to pay any attention to the neces- sity of being less lavish with food. It seems inbred and difficult to overcome
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
WOULD MAKE WAR ON CATS

From the Oshkosh Northwestern.
 It is suggested that if the number of cats in this country could be consider ably reduced it would have an effect on the price of milk. Here is chance to operate the "spurlos versenkt'' policy without causing diplomatic wrangls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
ANOTHER WHO COULD BE sPAREl

From the New York Herald
 Who put the dam in Vardaman? He
 wasn't worth it.-Houston Post
 According to the Post, this Vardaman by grace of the voters of Mississippi senator of the United States-is telling the people of that state that "the war was brought on by Wall street" Mississippi our Houston contemporary is in an excellent position to properly ap- praise the man who, it says isn't worth that dam and there is every reason to believe the American people ill the
 mass accept the Posts appraisal as accu- rate. It is hoped when opportunity offers ' that the people of Mississippi will also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

THE PLACE FOR HIM The wild d-eyed, soap-box orator Can do no little harm; Although a very lunatic.
 His tongue will often charm The senseless mob to work his will, Regardless of the cost, Until the rule of righteousness And reason, too, is lost. And yet, methinks, his mad harangues Would be without avail, If he were quickly seized upon And clapped into jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
City and Country Preachers


 T was reared in the country and got my early schooling in the country schools; then went to one of the county towns and took some of the higher grades and then came to Howard col lege," said Rev. II. A. Landers, and now I am pastor of the Elyton Baptist church and getting a taste of city life.
 Tt is frequently matter of comment at the various religious gatherings as well as in the press that it is the coun- try that furnishes the cities with preachers I find large part of the ministry here in this hustlng town are country bred. I think perhaps it is a good thing for the country boys to come to towh,- and am sure it would do a lot of city boys good to live in the coun- try for awhile.
 The city has it's slum problems, while the country has it's own Restitution. l am glad that there is developing bet ter feeling between the country and the city preachers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
Thanksgiving Day
 and Lofty Ideals

INN this day of national thanks W giving a new note sounds out clear and strong. President Wilson, in his eloquent proclamation issued early in the month, besides calling upon the people to assemble in their several places of worship to render thanks to Almighty God for material blessings bestowed upon the nation during the year now approaching it's close, devoted the greater part of his message to blessings growing out of the war-"blessings that are better than mere peace of mind and pros perity of enterprise"
 The opportunity to serve mankind jas i've once served ourselves in the great day of our Declaration of Inde- pendence," has been vouchsafed to the people of America; and this is ac- cepted as blessing of profound and immeasurable significance. By talk ing up arms against Ca tyranny that threatens to master and debase men everywhere and joining with other free people in demanding for all na- tions of the world" what we once "de- manded and obtained for ourselves" this country has risen to the loftiest ideals of national honor and national valor.
 "In this day of the revelation of our duty not only to defend our rights as a nation," says the President, "but to defend also the rights of free men throughout the world there has been vouchsafed us in full and inspiring measure the resolution and spirit of united action. We have been brought to one mind and purpose. A new vigor of common counsel has been re- vealed in us."
 And the President asks the people to pray Almighty God "in all hum- bleness that we may look always to Him for guidance; that we may be kept constant in the spirit and pur- pose of service; that by His grace our minds may be directed and our hands strengthened, and that in His good time, liberty, and security and peace and the comradeship of com mon justice may be vouched all the nations of the earth"
 It may be assumed that many pas tors will model their sermons today on the Presidents all-compelling sentiments. But it would be well If,
 
 in addition to their own discourses, pastors everywhere would read to their congregations, by way of em- phasis, the Presidents proclamation in full. It was widely read by the public the day it was published, but it will be we'll worth repeating in the pulpit. Patriotic as the masses of Americans are their patriotism should become more intense every time they read or hear read Woodrow Wilson's ringing. words.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29

just as you are liable during the year to preach at least one enjoyable sermon ,r+ of tbe hundred and four you have to deliver If can turn out lew columns a month that are at all worth while hope the men who have to write or speak, or preach will give me credit for living up to the average in my out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
Thompson Likes Soldiers Life


 It seems good to be back at home ir Birmingham with the wife and the kid dies said J. Carey Thompson, who was fortunate enough to bring back a cap- taincy from the training camp at Fort Oglethorpe.
 T think our boys made a fine i'm pression on men and officers. Most ot them worked mighty hard to fit them selves for the work ahead of them While I am older than many Of the others, yet on account of my athletic training and keeping In condition, I fee that l am just in the prime of life and capable of doing a soldiers part. It reduces ones avoirdupois, but strength ems his wind to be put through a course in military drill. I am as hard as a rock and never felt better in my life"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
KNOCKED OUT

KNOCKED OUT Well have to film this last battle scene over again."
 Whats wrong with it?' "The hero, who is supposed to club 20 men to death with the butt of his rifle, accidentally struck one of the supernumeraries too hard" "Well?"
 'The super retaliated with a vicious upper-cut and the hero won't be able to act for several days"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29

BEGINNING THE DAY-O my God, awaken my sleeping powers. Move through mo to mightier ad- vantage. May I not withhold, may I not walk bent over, may l not defraud the world and Thee. May live fully, strongly, to the reach of all my strength. In Christ's name. Amen.--H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29

Mobile Register: Bad Birmingham IS said to be a thing of the past Glad tc hear of it. and hope the passing IS per manent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
NO FRISKER

NO FRISKER DO you feel like little lamb this eveing?" he asked, as they seated themselves at the table.
 "Why, mo-" replied the young woman, artlessly. "Am I behaving like one?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
Member of the Associated Pres.

Member of the Associated Press
 The Aee-HeraId is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis- patches
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to II or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein.
 All rights of republication Of spe- cial dispatches herein are also re- served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
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ALABAMA PRESS

Tuscaloosa News: Mchaelis says Ger many knows what she wants' put Oncie Sam knows what she is going to get.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29

Albany-Decatur Daily: Patriotic con versation is a very poor camouflage for the owner to the bank roll who never contributes to any of the war funds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
ONE PURPOSE

No matter where you wander, Across the land or sea, The serried hosts are marching To fight for liberty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29

Opelilxa News: Hog days in southeast
 Alabama are proving to be most sue cessful. In another year, if our farm CTS do the things they should do, hog
 days will come in east Alabama. The money the hog days are leaving in southeastern Alabama is simply making that country rich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
NOT A NEW EXPERIENCE

NUT "A NEW EAFbElIL4NCL
 "Are you feeling the shortage of pen nies?"
 Sir answered the impecunious citi- zen, with melancholy air, T was feel ing shortage of pennies long before most people in this country realized that 8 penny had any particular value"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
SURE

"Even if I am a landlubber, I don't believe I would mistake a whale for a submarine" said the man who holds positive views.
 "Softly. my friend" replied the pru- dent person. "It is far, far better to mistake a. whale for submarine than it Is to mistake submarine for whale and shortly aftcrward find your self fioundering in the water, while the ship you were voyaging on plunges to the bottom" PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
PREVIOUS TRAINING

PREVIOUS TRAINING
 Docs your boy complain about the strict discipline in the army?"
 'No," said MT. Cobbles. Henry played football when he was in college. He had a coach who wouldn't stand any foolishness or back talk, and I guess it comes natural for him to obey or ders."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29

Montgomery Journal: For one condi- ton at least the food administration, Congress or some other authority must speedily find remedy. It is the con- dition under which some of us go hun gry and all the rest of us break our |necks in trying to save food, while food rots in the railway yards and storages by the carload. It is condition under which the whole plan and organization of food conservation is likely to 'crack" at an early. date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
CASE FOR A DOCTOR

T play entirely by ear" said the anna teur musician, proudly.
 "Aheml So I perceive" replied the caustic person. "Ias it ever occurred to you to consult an aurist?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29

Rumour doth double, like the voice and echo, The numbers of the fear'd.
 --Henry w.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
PRICE IS PRoH1BITIvE

PRICE IS PROH1BlTlNE Remarked a poor dyspeptic wight, Whose life holds little joy: q cannot eat one-half as much As I did when a boy Then spoke a man whose appetite s Would make a gourmand vain: Well, neither can a lot of us The reason why is plain"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter un- der act of Congress, March $, 1879.