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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25

plies of fish and the department at Washington has shown recently who to utilize fish which in the past was thought of too low a grace to serve ac- ceptably for table purposes.
 A not entirely unexpected result or the prolonged war in Europe is the in crease in the price of bar silver. Some are of the opinion that it Is likely to be so rapidly advanced that in the course of few weeks it may command doi- lar an ounce. Should that prove to be the case, then those who in 1896 advo- cated free coinage of silver at the ratio of Is ounces of silver to one ounce Of gold might recall the great campaign they then made and say that although 2 years have passed since they made that campaign. nevertheless 16 ounces of silver in the market now has value equivalent to an ounce of gold
 The experience reverses one which of sudden occurred in the presidential campaign of 1S96 when the advocates of free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, were making one of the great presidential battles. Only a few weeks before election day there came sud den and unexpected demand for wheat from Europe. For that reason the mar ket quotation for wheat was estab- lished at S1 bushel whereas at the same time tne market quotation for sil yer was depreciated.
 There was an object lesson which showed that it was demand and supply and not the so-called denomination of silver which had caused the farmers to realize prices for their products that were far below the cost of production Now on the other hand gold is plentiful, and this fact is regarded by the best authorities as in part explaining the high price of commodities. Silver has of late been in great demand especially in India and China, and It is due to this demand that for the first time in 37 years market quotations for silver have been steadily increasing This demand will undoubtedly lead to increased activ- l ity in silver mining sections of the Uni- | ted States. In the fall of 1914 no one would have predicted this great appre- citation in the value of silver.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25
THREE BRYAN RUNNING-MATES

From the ProVldence Journal.
 Ex-Senator Kern, who died the other day, ran for vice president on the Bryan ticket in 1908. How many persons could tell off hand the names of the other two democrats who shared with the boy ora tor of the Platte the disappointment of defeat on the national ticket? It seems like turning back to ancient history to recall the candidacy of Arthur Sewall and Adlai E. Stevenson.
 MT. Sewall was the candidate for vice president in 1896. He was a Bath ship huilder and little known by the country at large when he was chosen to make the run with the youthful rhetorician who had won the presidential nomination with his cross of-gold speech. MT. Stevenson, or the other hand, who was Mir Bryan s running mate in 1900, had already served as vice president having been elected on the Cleveland ticket in 1892.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25
THE SIGELS

From the New York Herald.
 We fight init Sgel!" was the proud
 war cry of hundreds of men of German
 birth and lineage woh battled valiantly
 under Gen. Franz Sigel in the civil war.
 That cry was vocal badge of honor in
 which Sgel and his fellows who fled from
 Germany after fruitless fight for lib-
 erty found great glory, and even today,
 after a lapse of haif century, the de-
 scendants of these valiant men, many of
 whom sealed their allegiance to their above all ether things the memory of the
 patriotic achievements of the liberty lov- ing Germans of AS who became the
 stanch liberty enjoying Americans of | l-'s5
 Every American, and especially those of German extraction whose ancestors fought init Sigel," will feel thrill of ! pride over the patriotic conduct of Sigels 1 daughter and grandson, who was se- 1 ected for the national army. Although | the young man is supporting the mother she thinks she can manage if her boy ! goes to war, His grandfather fought l for Lincoln and liberty, and it is right l that he should do his share in the new 1 fight for freedom" Sparta never had a
 brayer mother nor more patriotic son. IThere may be and indisputably are trai : l tors among the Germans in America, men ] who have not yet discovered what Amer 1 ica is or stands for. There are Kaiser loving editors of German language news l papers in this country in whose veins | courses a black stream of pollution ike 1 that which for three years has been l pumped out of Berlin to poison and to ! kill. But vile and nauseous as are the acts of those reptlian agents of the dis ! graced and dishonored government ot | Berlin, the vast majority of Americans l of German lineage are as right in mind | and as sound in heart as this daughter l and grandson of the great lover of liberty, ! the great foe of autocracy whose name will sound in the war cry, We fight init
 Sigel." as long as liberty stirs the hearts
 and desires of man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25
Hoover to Come Here

we are going to bring Herbert c. Hoover here to the Alabama State Far this fall if it is possible for him to get away from his duties in Washington, said Murray Brown.
 "I went to Washington and secured him for the merchants convention, but due to his duties there and the urgent need of his presence in Washington, he could not fill the engagement that he made with us But we are not going to stor until he speaks here. Birmingham wants to hear Hoover, and Hoover wants to speak to Birmingham people," concluded MT. Brown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25
Thinking of school

As the days begin to get cooler and shorter" said Guy w. Ray, college men begin to think of school. Especially those who have already passed their college days think of the old campus and pie ture the opening of college again, with all it's attractions and liveliness. I al- most regret that I have finished college and will not be back at Howard this year. Somehow, I feel lost when all the other fellows are returning and I am staying away. It all goes to show how fellow can learn to love his school after passing several years there"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25
Praise for Hobbie

'I want to say this much for Alabama s food administrator, MT, Hobbie." said Emmett A. Jones of Montgomery. He is certainly the right man for this place. MT Hoover has chosen wisely.
 MT. Hobbie is always quiet and sure of himself, just as he was noted by Bir- mingham people who heard him talk to the Alabama merchants Thursday. He is very conservative and yet most genial companion. I think that when man like Richard M. Hobbie turns loose a prosperous business like he did to serve his country, it is an example that might well be initiated"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25
AUTUMN IN THE GARDEN

By Henry Van Dyke. When the frosty kiss of Autumn in the
 dark
 Makes it's mark On the flowers, and the misty morning
 grieves
 Over fallen leaves; Then my olden garden, where the golden
 soil
 Through the toll Of hundred years is mellow, rich and
 deep,
 Whispers in it's sleep. Mid the crumpled beds of margold and
 phlox,
 Where the box Borders with it's glossy green the ancient
 walks,
 There's voice that talks Of the human hopes that bloomed and
 withered here
 Year by year. And the dreams that frightened all the
 labQring hours, Fading as the flowers. Yet the whispered story does not deepen grief; But relief For the loneliness of sorrow naeaMa ss fioW From the long ago, When I think of other lives that learned. like mine To resign, And remember that the sadness of tho fall Comes alike to all. What regrets, what longing for the lost were theirs! And what prayers For the silent strength that nerves us to endure Things we can not cure! Pacing up and down the garden where they faced, I have traced All their wellworn paths of patience, till I find | Comfort in my mind. l Faint and far away their ancient griefs appear: ! Yet how near Is the tender voice. the care-worn, kindly face, l Of the human race! 1 Let us walk together in the garden, ] dearest heart l Not apart! They who know the sorrows other lives have known
 Never walk alone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25
Detroit Fine Place to Live

T had a good time on my vacation,' . said John Anderson, manager of Louis Pizitz's busy corner. II put in my month off at Detroit, Lansing and other points in Michigan.
 "The automobile industry at Detroit has grown to such proportions that 1t overshadows nearly every other line. De troit is certainly a lovely town. There are so many beautiful parks. Belle Isle is well named. How I wish Bir- mingham had such an outlet for our people. People want amusement and recreation and it's city's business to be liberal in its expenditures for the pleas ure of the citizens. The acquisition of East Lake was move in the right di- recton."
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success with which they have been ap- piled by the Germans.
 War was far more picturesque in the old days. Eliminating the wonder ful displays of pyrotechnics at night, the modern battle which lasts for months, instead of hours and days, is not much of "picture." There are times, of course, when the combatants engage in thrilling clashes, where man supercedes the machine, but for the most part war is a machine made affair.
 An advance is scheduled to take place at a certain hour in the morn Ing. At a fixed time the heavy guns begin their bombardment. The ad- vance, preceded by a barrage fire, is timed to a second. Say a given point must be reached by the troops at 4:i5. At 4:15 they must be there and the barrage fire dropping accurately just in front of them, or the result is dis aster. At 4:25 they are scheduled to be at another point and at 4:45 the charge may be ended in victory. Some of the advanced posts are won in an incredibly short time, due to the clock-like precision with which every move is mapped out in advance and the artillery fire directed accord ingly.
 A taste of this fighting will soon show the American troops the neces- sity of "digging-in." They must learn that steadiness and discipline count now as never before in battle. With the usual adaptability of Americans, however unkindly they regard such fighting now, they may eventually surpass the Germans as military moleS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

THEY USED TO CALL HIM "PREXY" And what it this big business we hear so much about?"
 why, the capitalists of the country Are they all powerful?"
 Not now. There's a man in the White House who tells them where to get off. \
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25
Roads Good and
 Bad Were Inspected

1NHE Bankhead highway scouts
 U travelled over not few stretches of excellent roadbed be- tween Atlanta and Birmingham, but in some places the rains had caused considerable damage and the impress sion made upon the locating commit tee was therefore not as favorable as might have been desired.
 The gravel road is all right in dry weather and all right in wet weather, too, when properly maintained. But the trouble with many counties has been that after spending money on highway improvement they spend nothing for repairs. It is false econo- my. And this lesson cannot be too strongly impressed.
 Good roads associations and good roads enthusiasts should urge from now on the building of only the best class of highways, regardless of first cost, and then see that money is pro- vided for their upkeep, although lit tie would be needed. A well con- structed macadam road will require little repair; a paved road virtually none.
 The only stretch of road traversed by the Bankhead scouts which was distinctly bad, and very bad at that, was found in St. Clair county, be- tween Pell City and Leeds-twelve miles. No mountainous road was ever worse. St. Clair should lose no time in remedying the situation. It car easily raise the necessary funds to build a high-class road, and nothing would pay better. If the matter is de layed beyond this fall the Bankheae Highway association will feel con strained to cut out Pell City and take another route in reaching Leeds from the east.
 The proposed routes of the Bank head highway between Birmingham and Memphis are in admirable condi tion. The Mississippi sections arc really models. There are no better hard roads in the south than some o1 those inspected in Mississippi. The fact that uncommon enthusi. asm is manifested over the Bankheac
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highway between Washington, D. C., a-I Memphis augurs well for the prof ect all the way to Los Angeles.

* * "Denatured" cigars and cigarettes are being made which contain no nicotine. Still, the reformers won't tolerate even the appearance of evil "denatured'' | cigarette looks just as wicked to them as the honest-to-goodness kind x %
 The Austrians are reported to be strip ping Trieste of it's vaIuables and sending i them to Vienna Still they can't carry away the harbor and that's what the Italians want more than anything else. * * * Thursday there were. only 10 white peo- pie in the Jefferson county jail, despite the fact that accommodat tions there have 1 been greatly improved and the cuisine is said to be excellent * + <
 Whisky is selling for $6 a quart in some parts of Maine. Alabama topers are pay ing s5 for an inferior quality and it's painful to hear them bewaiI the high cost of living.
 An advertiser announces a scarcity in bristle goods. That doesn't alarm the bald-headed man, who brushes his hair with towel
 The man who laid in his supply of coal for next winter at fancy prices is wish ing now that he hadn't been so blamed farsighted
 The New York Post discusses Ger many's Moral Bankruptcy" That's merely a polite term for all-around cus- sedness.
 What Russia needs, we are told, is morale. The French have morale and to spare, but unfortunately it can't be ex- ported.
 Beauty in distress can be reasonably I sure of masculine aid, but not if she takes a notion to go a-picketing at the White House.
 Up to June 1, 2,25OOOO iron crosses of the 1 second class had been distributed. There 1 is evidently no shortage of iron in Ger many
 1 Another name suggested for our boys in France is Liberty Lads" Oh piffle l They are not musical comedy soldiers The little boy who said "Somewhere'' was city in France can lay the blame for his mistake on the censor. | The idea of making the unfit fit doesn't
 appeal to the stacker who has racked his
 brains to think up a disability | * * * 1 There's no getting around the fact that
 an officer in the family lends distinction
 to the dinner tabie. | * *
 The Kaiser has probably learned by | this time that he can't make the worlc
 safe for autocracy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25
PAGEANTRY
By George Eliot.

Daisies and buttercups gave way to brown, waving grasses, tinged with the warm-red sorrel; the waving grasses are swept away and the meadows lie like em- eralds set in the bushy hedgerows; tho tawry-tipped corn begins to bow with the weight of the full ear; the reapers are bending amongst it and it soon stands in sheaves; then, presently, the patches of yellow stubble lie side by side with streaks of dark red earth, which the blow is turning up in preparation for the new threShed seed.
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Doualas Ia Automobile Shy

q had a most enjoyable trip out west" said Judge Alvin M Douglas
 There is no gainsaying the fact that the Colorado air is most exhilirating. I always enjoy my trips to Denver, Colo rado Springs and Estes Park. I had a narrow call from being run down by a joy-rider in Chicago. was coming out but not without considerable shake-up. am just getting over the experience and am still automobile shy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25
Ruy a Ticket

All good boosters are going to be at the picnic for the Red Cross given by the Italian societies. said w. H. Staton. If they cannot attend themselves they can at least buy tickets and urge their friends to go. Every penny taken in will go to this most worthy cause and the citizens of Birmingham will be doing I real patriotic service by buying tickets for the big event.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25
HOTEL LOBBIES
sOIon Jacobs, Fishing Trip

q went down to Codeu recently on fishing trip" said solon Jacobs, and had the time of my life.
 Did they bite? Why. man alive, would be ashamed to tell you how many I caught for I know you would holler fish story. but take it from me, l caught some beauties. I never knew be- fore that fishing was such great sport. After this, put me down as an ardent disciple of Isaak Walton, for I am some piscatorial artist"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25
In Love With TalIadexa

T ran over for day." said Curry Bowie of Talladega. but lot of the pleasure of the visit was marred by the train being delayed six hours on ac- count of wreck. I like the pluck and go of Birmingham. I am. however, de- voted to my home town. for I think Tal- ladega Is the loveliest residence city in the state.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord. thank Thee this day for food, for clothes, for shelter. I thank Thee for work and the strength to do it. I thank Thee for the right use of my faculties. I thank Thee for the chance to be honest and faithful and true. I thank Thee for the hope of another life. I thank Thee for my God. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25
Arnericam Soldiers

Dislike ''Diggimg-Im''
 TIT is small wonder that American N troops being trained abroad re- gard the pick and shovel with antip- athy. They want to fight the Germans ifand to hand if possible, and not 'sdig-in." Despite the efforts of off, ficers training them for the battle front, they are still slow to appreciate the value of cover in modern war fare.
 However, this lesson had to be learned by the French and English and the gallant Canadians The Ger mans soon became past masters in the art of burrowing in the ground to es- cape shell fire and it is declared in a recent dispatch that one of the req sons why the Germans are still hold ing occupied territory in Belgium and &France is their skill in "digging-in." :" s#he elaborateness of their under
 ound works has never ceased to be
 ,arvel to the allied troops who,
 at heart scorning such tactics,
 their effectiveness and the
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F. S.: I forgot to say that it is a city where politicians keep busy year in and year out making and breaking states They are at it now.
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FEAR HE WILL RECOVER

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 Bridgeport man, fearing military service, first married widow with three children and then took poison. He is in a hospital Some fears of his recovery are entertained.
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EXPERIENCED

The wedding bells are rineing And sweetly do they chime Although the bride is taking
 That trip the seventh time. No need of her rehearsing,
 She surely knows the way. And should the preacher falter' She'd tell him what to say.
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ACCIDENT OF BIRTH

ACCIDENT OF BIRTH "It is said that this idol of the screen is in reality a red-blooded fellow" Maybe so. I don't suppose 1t is ms fault if he happens to have regular fea- lures, irresistible eyes and curly hair.'
 PAUL COOK.
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o nation miserable,

0 nation miserable, With an untitled tyrant, bloody scep- ter'd,
 When shalt thou see thy wholesome days againr Macbeth.
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sELF-RESPECT

T have no use for man who thinks he's better than anybody else in the world" remarked MT Twobble.
 'I feel the same way said MT. Cad spur.
 But decline to concede mans superiority simply because headwaiters fali over themselves to do his bidding and ignore me-
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A WAITING ATTITUDE
HE GOT MOST OF IT

HE GOT MOST OF IT q see where a beautiful young woman got S100,0oo from an aged millionaire in a breach of promise suit" "Umph!"
 Don't you envy herr" Not particularly. But I envy her law yer"
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NEW "FAREWELLING"

NEW "FAREWELLING" stage people used to have monopoly of making farewell tours"
 "Yes?"
 But I notice pugilists are now adver- Using what is claimed to be positively their last appearance before going to the trenches
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25

Washington Bureau. POT Hibbs Build ing.
 European bureau, S Henrietta street Covent Garden. London.
 Eastern business office. Rooms AS to 50, inclusive, Tribune Building, New York city; western business office Tribune Building. Chicago. The $. .. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for fol eign advertising.
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Member of the Associated Press

Member of the Associated Press
 The Age-Herald 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 credited to it or not other wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein.
 All rights of republication of spe- cial dispatches herein are also re- served.
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with pen, which courtesy requires, a business man should have his stenog- rapher spell out the name in full on the typewriter at the bottom of the page. "in other words, instead of put ting Dictated to N. c. by L. R. s. put Dictated to N. G, by and then spell out the full name signed to the letter."
 The plan is a good one and should be universally adopted. It would add little to the stenographer's labor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-25

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RENTING

We'll bid farewell to summer,
 Without single tear; If anyone should ask you,
 It brought us little cheer. The days were rather sultry,
 The nights not always cool, And while we ate But lightly
 Iris our established rule It was no easy matter
 To keep ourself in trim And still intent on fighting
 Life's battles with a vim. In fact, we yawned so often
 Our face got out of shape; We moved about so slowly
 We made the neighbors gape And wonder if old age had
 O'ercome us, unaware We'd such a dropping figure
 And such a listless air. But autumn time is coming
 Hurrah! it's on the way We'll soon be feeling lively
 And nothing can dismay. And 'twould not be surprising,
 Provided there were need If we got up some morning
 And showed uncommon speed.
 A WAITING ATTITUDE My son." said MT. Grabcoin, Success will never come to you You will have to go after it. "I guess you are right, dad" Well, you've been out of college two years and haven't made move yet" That's true. I'm still trying to meas ure the distance between myself and the goal of s1lccess,, :,
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This does not mean that we are not to help anything that ought to be helped that touches us from city, state or na- tional standpoint.