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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
RACEHORsES AND ENTIMlENT

he won scores and scores of races, some of them classic events. When Mr. Scott died Banquet was purchased by Michael Dwyer of the famous Dwyer brothers, Dwyer raced the horse without thought O. anything except profit and opportunity to win wagers. When Banquet was old Dwyer took him to England and raced turf. Banquet seemed to be entitled to the name of 'HThe Iron Horse but at last he broke down after participating perhaps in more races and possibly win ming more times than any other horse in history
 Promptly upon the break down of the gallant gelding Dwyer sold him to 8 cabman and Banquet ended his life be- tween the shafts of a London cab. A bit different is the story told Ny Jochim Amor of the Mexican National Jockey club. Senor Amor had one of tho greatest stud farms in Mexico and bred some good horses on his place in the state of Moreles.
 When Carranza and his horde of free booters entered the City of Mexico one of the first things the braves did was to seize every horse in town. Contrary to general opinion the Mexican knows little about horses. The Carranistas raided the Jockey club grounds and brood farms and seized yearlings, two year-olds, brood mares heavy with foal and animals of all age regardless of age or condition. One of the horses seized was the great stallion, Sorcerer. MT. Amor tells of thoroughbred yearlinss heing galloped through the streets by drunken soldiers who spurred the baby animals with the cruel spur of the vaquero until the ribs almost were ex- posed; of brood mares in foal ridden al- most to death.
 But he also tells of a gentleman who owned a Mexican derby winner He rgged up block and tackle and hoisted his thoroughbred from the patio to the roof of his home in Mexico City.
 Throughout the period when Carranza was pillagng the city the gentleman kept his derby winner stabled on the roof
 That Mexican gentleman loved horses and believed in the improvement of the breed of men. For such men the race horse means something great. noble. good but to 99 persons out of 100 who have followed the ''sport of Kings" in Eng land and in America the racehorse means no more than did Banquet or Minister Bell-four legs, good lungs, stout heart and thing to bet on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

Some girls can't understand why every man they meet isn't in love with them.
 This Is great country. If you are born with two brains they send you to museum, and if you are born without any they send you to Congress
 Never knock a preacher just because he isn't an eloquent orator. Maybe he practices better than he breaches.
 An observant bachelor often wonders if the quarrelsome people all get mar ried, or the married people all get quar- relsome.
 If woman has a we'll fitting gown and her hat and shoes are right up to the minute, she quits worrying over the fact that her face isn't as handsome as it might be.
 seems a vast auditorium and one chair is all the furniture they need. But when they are married 10-room house often seems too crowded to hold both of them.
 Every wife knows that man has so little sentiment that he would use his grandmothers bridal veil to rub off his shoes when he is in a hurry to leave the house.
 Of course, it may not interest you. But the fact is that If dandelions could be discouraged as easily as some other tHHSSt ticy COuiu pc FdiScu III sIceii- houses and sold at $5 per dozen.
 Anyway, the pessimist has the best sys- tenn for lodging disappointment When the worst happens it was just what he expected.
 Of course, clothes do not make the man. But you can't fool anybody by telling them how prosperous you are if your pants are shiny in the seat.
 What has become of the old-fashioned girl who used to think that Bertha M Clay was the greatest writer in the world?
 Another fairy tale: Once upon a time there was man who could tell his troubles without exaggerating them
 Another reason why mother loves small boys Is because the fact that the tablecloth is soiled doesn't affect their appetites in the least.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
INSPIRING
From the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
 A very fervent and sincere declaration of American faith is that made in the letter to President Wilson sent by Car diral Gibbons and the Catholic arch bishops of the United States. No ex- presslon of loyalty from the representa- tives of this church was necessary. From the beginning of our history until this time it and It's people have been
 genuinely and thoroughly Americans. But 1t Is in the highest degree impress sve and inspiring to have a great re- ligious organization such as this come forward as one man and, like Charles Carroll of Carrollton. pledge its heart. it's honor and it's strength to "the main tenance of our country's glorious leader ship in those possessions and principles which have been Americas proudest boast"
 Efficiency is one of the features of Catholicism the world over. If the na-
 ton can organize as efficiently for serv- ice in this war as the Catholic church has organized for religious work, we will have good reason to be satisfied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01

From Daily Financial America. TN Great Britain the government has decided to stop racing. To illustrate how depressing this has been to sup porters of the thoroughbred a story was | cabled telling how, after competing in the race for the 2000 guineas trial selling plate the horse Minister Bell was solo in the ring at Newmarket fory2 guineas That means $10.0S.
 The suppression of racing and the sale or a thoroughbred for such a price as Minister Bell brought means more in a business way in England than would be appreciated by one wGo does not know the British racing establishment.
 Racing in Great Britain is bigger in- stitution than baseball in the United or 20 times as much money is wagered on one of the classics there as ever was wagered on anything in America.
 The price of the great thoroughbred, too, has been much higher there than here A $1O,0OO racer has been not un- common and many derby winners have sold for from s50,O00 to s15oO00
 The collapse of racing, therefore, means the collapse of one of the cen turies old institutions of the British Isles, one in which millions of pounds were invested and which brought considerable wealth to Britain through all the world going to England to buy the purest strains of thoroughbred blood.
 There are no details as to the age o1 condition of the horse. It is stated that he made a respectable showing in the race
 Presumably he is gelding.
 Accepting that he is a geldng and past his prime it would seem that the horse would be worth more than that for butchering or to glue factory.
 There must be little sentiment left to racing in Britain if thoroughbred good enough to send to the post in such race goes for $1008.
 Three is good deal of poppycock about the sentiment attaching to the racehorse. Probably the gamest, truest and most consistent thoroughbred the American turf ever has known was Banquet, son of Rayon d Or and Ella T and full brother to the mighty Tenny.
 Banquet was bred by Congressman w. l.. Scott of Erie, Pa., and from early in his two-year-old form until he was far beyond the average age at which a thoroughbred is sent to the post Banquet raced year in and year out against the best horses America could furnish and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
TIMELY CARTOON
the Troy Messenger

From the Troy Messenger.
 The Age-Herald of Sunday carries a good cartoon It represents an inven- tor who has gotten up new submarine destroyer And for fear that he will not get full credit and glory, he proceeds to make the full details of the machine, as to mechanisms. public. allowing the working parts to be photographed, etc. And among the most interested parties to receive the full details are spies in the employ of the enemy counties of the United States There's more truth than poetry in that, too. There are many things that should be kept secret. if we are to win the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
Diamonds Have Joined
 AlGitudimoms Spwd

%AlOAIUIQlIGGWQS SlQNQ 1N HE princely spud is not soaring l 4 alone. At recent convention of
 retail jewellers in New York it was predicted that the present high price of diamonds will continue many years after the war The ultimate consumer, harassed by the high cost of life's necessities, may find grain of com fort in the thought that the very rich people also have something to worry about
 Diamonds have advanced 30 to 40 per cent in price during the past year, we are told. Belgium's 17,000 polish CTS and cutters have disappeared. No one seems to know exactly where they have gone Kaffirs who formerly mined rough diamonds in South Africa are making munitions now, and it is believed that England will place tax on rough diamonds.
 Thus the heavy hand of war is felt by all classes-the frivolous ladies of fashion as well as the housewives who have to keep a close watch on the family's grocery bill to make both ends meet.
 Incidentally, the possessor of dia- mond of good quality should hold on to it during these parlous times, un- less he is so patriotic that he would rather sell the stone and invest in a few war bonds. No one would object to that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
DispIax Italian Flag

"A more fitting tribute could not be paid to the Italian commission and the Italian government than the display from all business houses and residences of the Italian flag" said Rev. Brooks Lawrence of the Alabama Anti-Saloon league. The flags should be on display alongside the American flags when Prince Udine and other members of the Italian commission arrive in Birmingham on June 5, and Birmingham merchants would be wise by buying up these flags and advertising them for sale before the arrival of the commission in the Magic City,
 This display of American and Italian flags should be a part of the extensive plans which I understand are being made to entertain the distinguished visitors.
 Flags of all our gallant allies are on display all along the Pennsylvania line from Washington to New York, but in this city the citizens seem not to take interest in any other country but the United States"
 MT. Lawrence, woh has just returned from the east, says the flags of the allies are very conspicuous everywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
Will Organize to
 Save the Classics


 WI\THEN Dr. Abram Flexner of the WV board of education of the Rockefeller foundation announced few months ago that he and the or ganization which he represented would make an effort to reform the system of higher learning long in vogue, by eliminating the chassics and pushing to the front studies that had only a practical side, strong protest from many quarters was raised. He had spoken disparagingly of the college and university curricula as such had been known for many generations past.
 Dr. Flexner is radical in educa- tional matters, and like all radicals he is good deal of an iconoclast. Of course, the modern college should give much attention to technology and a systematic study of economics as ap- piled to commerce and industry. And it does. But the educator of the Rockefeller board type should restrain himself and not run to extremes.
 According to Dr. Flexner, the study of Greek and Latin and the study of ancient history and belles-lettres mean not only waste of time, but they are handicap on the mind of youth. Such an attitude toward education is at variance with the experience of teach CTS and university men. Cut out the humanities, and the atmosphere of culture, long characteristic of class room and chapel, will be gone But those who appreciate the value of the classics will stand by the system that has broadencd and strengthened the intellectuals and made scholars worth while.
 A meeting of distinguished men is to be held at Princeton tomorrow for the purpose of discussing the place of classical studies in higher education. As a Princeton man remarked, the novelty of the gathering will lie in the fact that those participating will be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
Going to Atlantic City

T am going to Atlantic City for a short vacation" said M. V. Joseph T find that more and more can lean upon the strong young men who have grown up in the Loveman, Joseph & Loeb organiza- tion.
 T go away, and in spite of the work on the new building, I'm going to take it easy, for I know Leo Loeb is on the job and will do it right. I don't mind say ing I'm proud of Leo and Joe Leveman, and so I'm going to let them run things while I rest"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
PRUDENCE.

He's cautious, is old Hiram Sass, He won't go out at night; But some day hell blow out the gas Or fool with dynamite
 Cincinnati Enquirer. Full many a chance must Hiram run, As is above forboded; Perhaps he'll trifle with a gun He doesn't think is loaded.
 Detroit Free Press. But everything will be all right, With Hiram, would note, Unless he goes to row some night, And starts to rock the boat.
 Peoria Journal. But he will live out all his life, And all his days be pleasant, Unless he tells jokes on his wife Sometime when she is present.
 Houston Post. Yes, Hiram will live long and be Successful and a sticker, Unless, alas, he makes too free With bad, blind-tiger flicker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
Captain o,Rear Has Hopes

Capt. Rufus O'Rear of Jasper, who IS leading one of the Alabama cavalry troops of the National Guard, was In Birmingham for a few hours recently, and in discussing the war, he stated, In his usual humorous yet distinctly in imitable manner that the war mght be blessing to him.
 q have never been able to get mar ried," stated Captain O'Rear, flor every time I thought I had won the girl, some handsome young chap with more good looks and more sense than I always beat my time, but now that the war is on, and we are going to the front, if I don't fall myself, there Is consolation in the fact that perhaps there won't be so much competition when I come back home, and maybe I will win some fair hand yet"
 The genial bachelor is old enough not to have to answer the first, or perhaps the second call, unless he felt so 1n- clined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01

BEGINNING THE DAY-May l feel myself this day released from dark to do n certain task. May I be ms If sent out from Thee upon an errand, to return at night fall with my report. Help me 10 bear myself so that when the even ing comes I may appear before Thy face, happy in the reward or Thy smile. For Jesus sake. Amen. HI. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
The Nation,s Need

''The response that is being made by the people to the liberty loan is both inspiring and encouraging" said J. E. Lee, local sales agent of the National Biscuit company. Individuals and cor porations alike are subscribing gener- ously, among the first of the latter being took $500,000 of the bonds.
 ITO conserve what our ancestors fought for and to make the world safe for de- mocracy the liberty loan must be made great patriotic success, for the future peace and security of the world are in the balance. Here is a real opportunity to help the nation. Now is the time for all good men to come to its aid."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
pizitn Going to Capital

q have never driven through to Mont gomery in a car," said Louis Pizitz, but in answer to the governors call to at- tend a session of the state council of defense, I'm going to leave at a. m. Friday, as I want to get an early start and take it easy, so I can enjoy watch ing the crops en route. I am busy man. my store is called the Busy Cor ner,' but I'm never too busy to respond to the call of my country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
NO CHANGE TO GET IN

From the Houston Post
 From the Birmingham Age-Herald we ascertain that some etymlogist declares the word pants" is still knocking for admission to good society. If pants have no better lack in society than panties have had. they are doomed to go, and teddies are not suitable for men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
Harry Shorter on south Alabama

q have just come from south Ala bama,'' said Harry Shorter of Eufaula, former secretary of state, and the crops are most promising.
 Unless there Is a backset south Ala bama is going to make a great food showing this fall. The cotton crop is way below normal in the amount planted. The people are learning the wisdom of diversihcation and are also seeing the profit to be had in cattle.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
Birmingham Getting Together

Tt is no eAsy job to be chairman of a committee to arrange for a parade" said Joe Saks, but consider it an honor to be called upon at such an hour and I've found a bully lot of fellows ready to do anything I have wanted done to make Registration Day the greatest event ever pulled off in the south.
 T thought I knew what 1t was to be busy, but I fear I have been loafng on my regular job, but I'm happy. for at last Birmingham is getting together"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
Dangerous Now to
Oppose Uncle Sam


 THE government is taking prompt U steps to cope with anti-con- scription agitators. These misguided persons, whether influenced by Ger man agents or merely acting on their own initiative, are being rounded up and their seditious literature seized.
 The American citizen who is true patriot prefers to believe that most of this unrest noted in various parts of the country is the work of German agents or sympathizers. Investigation seems to warrant this assumption, al- though there are evidently would-be slackers whose cowardly fears have not only blinded them to their obvious duty, but have caused them to com init acts little short of treason. A jail sentence will show these poltroons that the federal government is in deadly earnest and will not be trifled with.
 However, it is gratifying to know that anti-conscription agitation has made little headway. Wherever dis covered such movements have been nipped in the bud. They do not repre- sent the true sentiment of America and they are reflection on the mill lions of young men of military age who are ready to serve their country.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

THE INVENTORS OPPORTUNITY. The man who beats the U-boats Will win undying fame And ages yet unborn will sing The glory of his name. The world will call him blessed All nations hail him great, With such a prize before his eyes, What man would hesitate? Bestir yourself, inventors,
 Don't weary of the quest, For you can speed the dawn of peace And free a world oppressed!
 UTTER INDIFFERENCE Whats to become of alley cats, if the American garbage can is to be closely watched?"
 T don't know and I don't care" re- piled the hard-hearted citizen. I'm no more interested in the fate of night singing alley cats than am in the flies l swatted last summer
 BREAKING HER SPIRIT.
 Mrs. Gadder says she IS beginning to find life here dreadfully monotonous." Whats to be done?a
 q guess she'll have to move to larger town, where there is more room to cir- culate. She frequently covers the same territory twice in one day"
 A SOLEMN THOUGHT. ''Do you understand the language of flowers?" asked the sentimental young woman.
 ''No," replied the practical young man. But the last time I bought dozen American Beauty roses they seemed to say to me that would have to practice rigid economy for a month"
 DOMESTIC LIFE. John, the cook Is dissatisfied again and threatens to leave'
 Well, what can do?"
 Go to the kitchen and make some con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01

Withhold thine indignation, mighty heaven,
 And tempt us not to bear above our power, king John.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
HOTEL LOBBIES
F,xchanre of oompliments

"The Tutwiler got boost from Fran cis Bushman," said MT. DeJarnette. Said the noted film star: never dreamed that there was such hostelry in the south. It's truly great and 1t was such pleasant surprise after some Of the places I've had to put up in
 MT. DeJarnette was equally as compi- mentary to MT, Eastman, saying he was one of the most gracious guests ever en- tertained by the hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01

counter, the end is now set before the eyes of all free nations and their wisest and most trusted leaders tell them that it can be won."
 The Times quotes in that eonnec- tion Woodrow Wilson's sententious saying: "The world must be safe for democracy" That brief sentence is today resounding around the globe. It embodies a sentiment that quick ems and impels.- The world will be made safe for democracy, This and other sentences of liberty impulse are making powerfully for freedom a political freedom that the old world needs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
FASHION NOTE

From the Louisville Courier-J ournal.
 "A chic costume is green serge trimmed with rabbit Fried or stewed!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
JUST A BEGINNING.

Every man should do his bit for his country.'
 "Certainly," replied the thoughtful citi- many of our professional patriots should realize
 'what is that?"
 Doing ones bit means more than merely passing a few patriotic resolu- tons and then adjourning."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
FoREsTALLED.

FORESTALLED.
 Sir" began the poet, T wish to voice the nations wrongs through the col umns of your newspaper
 That is 8 laudable ambition" said the busy editor, ''but President Wilson has already explained our attitude in such faultless English, and with such excellent diction, I don't believe there is a singer in the land who can improve on his prose by dropping into poetry"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01

The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed tor that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter un- der act of Congress, March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01

Emmett A. Jones, chief of the markets bureau of the state of Alabama, says: There Is a profitable market for every food product grown in Alabama, provided Alabama Markets Journal published by the state markets bureau, Montgomery, and sent free upon application, gives con- siderable information on the grading, packing and shipping of pershable prod ucts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01

Washington bureau. POT Eibbs Bulld- ing.
 European bureau. Henrietta street, Covent Garden. London.
 Eastern business office. Rooms $ to 50. inclusive, Tribune Building. New York city; western business office, Tribune Building, Chicago. The $. C. Beckwith Special Agency. agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01

Mrs Mathis slogan, we must eat less' waste less and make more," Is based on sound economies and ought to be adopted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
Paul Pierce says:

Our national shortsightedness shows itself in the farmer who raises food crops, large or small, with no thought of how this is to be packed to insure against spoilage, or how it is to be shipped from farm to market. Raising crops is the whole of their scheme of things. That that it will not move itself from farm to market, that here is an expense which must be provided for, separate business which supplements the raising of crops, seems to have escaped his mental vision entirely"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01

The present high price of food is partly attributable to waste and shortsghted- ness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01

With the warnings coming from Pres ident Wilson, Secretary Houston and the other farsighted men upon whom the bur- den of carrying on the war must fall no housewife, no dealer, the nation itself, cannot afford to countenance the waste of food