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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19
The Uplift.

The elevator paused awhile.
The door then slammed in stalwart
style.
The officer said. with a smile.
Going up"
The grocer next / interviewed
said, How is the price of foodc'
His usual statement he renewed,
Going up
The weather is topic sure.
I ventured. "How's the temperature ?"
The answer echoed. all secure,
Going up"
With wild explosives fiercely hurled.
l fear to ask about the world.
Lest this same sign should be unfurled:
Going up"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19

Opponents of selective CONSUMPTION
cannot hope to make the debate so in
teresting that the enemy will halt op-
erations in order to listen to it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19

Tho Evening Star. with the SUNDAY
morning edition. is delivered ny carriers
within the city nj As cents per month:
daily only. % cents per month: SUNDAY
Or ~ 20 cents per month. orders may De
."Ht by mail. or telephone Main xsfo:
objection is made by carrier at the enc
=: each month
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19

Wall street finds floating the Seven
Billion matter of concern. Germany
would like to find some way to train a
torpedo on it and sink it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19

When a war situation makes every
form of economy desirable suppress
sion of the liquor traffic becomes a mat
ter of ordinary prudence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19

The election of officers is of itself a
sufficiently picturesque and remarkable
incident to render the proceedings of the
D. A. R. interesting and important.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19

Inventors appear confident of their
ability to send the submarine along with
the Zeppelin to the museum of military
curiosities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19

III" as an initial has been much used
in describing war. 1t stands for Hin
denburg and Hohenzollern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19
A Wearisome Lecturer

"Bliggins is always leeturing on patri-
otism"
Eyes. Sometimes / think he is an
alien enemy and is trying to make patri-
otism unpopular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19

Japan is entitled to quiet smile as
this country prepares to face a real threat
in the Prussian peril
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19

Some of the notices sent Berlin by
Bernstorff of pro-Germanism over here
are now being classed as fake adver-
Using.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19

What this government expects is soil
cultivation as protection against kul-
tur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19

The German people are rapidly losing
faith in the Krupps as leaders of kultur.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19

sr'st-'rtior ~ msil-fayabir ir advanr.
l@'r. SUI d . nc u q d. zoe per montn.
IEiiN. +. lay epte d ioc per montn-
saturday Star. 81 year. sunday Star. 40 year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Luxury.
"My wifes always trying to do some
thing to make the neighbors jealous"
"So's mine," replied Mr.. Crosslots.
"She has turned the back lot into gar
den and this summer we're going to raise
our own vegetables
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19
Identical Resulf

Identical Result.
The ice box propagates a chill;
The furnace holds fame.
But either costs SO much to fill,
The finish is the same.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19
An Anti-MiIitarist.

An Antl-MliltarlSt.
II don't believe in compulsory mill
tary training" said Wandering Mike. "a
man should not be compelled to fight"
DAT amt de point" rejoined Flooding
Pete. "If you get into trainin' you don't
know whether you'll ever have to fight
or not. But it's sure ting dey1l make
you use soap an water regular, which is
contrary to personal liberty"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19
Changing Tastes.

ave soon weary of the things we once
desired
"Of course. You can't expect small
boy to be as enthusiastic over his sled
and skates in April as he was in De-
cember."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19

Patriots can fight OF farm or make mu
nitions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19

This week the styles are more
charming than ever. So clever
ly and attractively have the
touches of laces and embroidery
been added, one would never
think they could buy such smart
models at this price. The mate
rails, too, are of fine, sheer
quality SO desirable for summer
wear.
Each Waist is packed in a sealed
packet; therefore, you are sure of
securing a waist that is fresh and
clean.
All sizes for women and misses.
Second Floor-Lansburgh & Bro.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-19

Wash Goods
Odd Lots at Less Than Remnant
Prices
Csc Mercerized Pop
Inns, Yard, 19c
u inches wide and first quality.
Choice of tan, gray, biscuit, red,
light blue, lavender and russell.
35c Plain Color Wolfe, 20
Inches Wide, Csc
A high-class quality; two-ply
grade, with tape edge. Choice Of
twenty-five new and desirable
colors.
Thousands of yards of White
and Colored Wash Goods, Linens
and Ginghams, In re m n ant
lengths that are greatly reduced.
Main Floor-Lansburgh & Bro.
The day book., 1917-03-08
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS

Paris-Austria has called class Of
1920, that is those born in 1900, to
arms.
Nashville, Tenn.-Martha o. Dick
insOn, wife former Sec'y War J. NJ.
Dickinson, receiver for Rock Island
road, dead after illness of two weeks.
Richmond, Va.-Miles J. DeVine,
head of Cook County, Illinois, De-
mocracy, assailed Sen. Stone for Op-
posing armed neutrality in address
to Democrats her
The day book., 1917-03-08

RIcHBERG DEFENDS HIS GAS
PACT: GOOD TERMS, HE SAYS
The special counsel of the gas, oil
and electric light committee which
is handling the negotiations between
the city-and the Peoples Gas Light
& Coke Co., relative to a change in
the standard and price of gas, to-
day answered charges that the or
dinance offered the committee at its
last meeting was a gift for the gas
firm.
Donald Richberg, the counsel, calls
attention to the Iact that he didn't
start in to compromise with the gas
company experts with the idea of
getting lower prices for gas. The
cost OF material which the corpora
ton must buy for the manufacture
of gas has gone up so rapidly that
cheaper gas is quite out Of the ques-
ton at present.
The best settlement he wished for
was one which would hold the price
of gas about the same as it is Tor a
few years, then give a decrease as
the cost Of materials comes down.
According to Richberg, the gas
company has the right under an OLD
ordinance. to raise the price Of gas
by lessening its heat units, that is,
the heating power, and at the same
time filling all the requirements Of
its contracts with the city.
1t was to avoid this that the ex-
perts for the city agreed to the scale
presented to the gas committee
Tuesday.
Richberg says that one-tenth of
the gas consumers will lose by the
new scheme and nine-tenths will
benefit.
WOW! COOLIES OF SPUDS FOUND
Inform, n tiOn ootbprnd hv food in
The day book., 1917-03-08


Rockwell ST., this afternoon.
-O-O-
IRISH WANT GEORGE TO DO 1T,
AND BLAMED QUICKLY, TOO
London, March 8.-FOr first time
since he assumed premiership, Lloyd
George faces a bitter minority Of
opposition in House of Commons.
Division, long expected. comes over
Irish home rule. Yesterdays debate,
bitterest in months, resulted in
formal withdrawal from sittin 6 Of
Irish natiOnalists as protest against
form Of settlement suggested by
LIOyd-George, which is that home
rule could be had by any part Of Ire
land desiring it, but. that coercion
would not be employed to force
listers acqUiescenCe.
NatiOnalists were to meet today in
conference to beside whether to for
mally quit the house or continue in
commons with a policy of active op-
position to the premier in an at
tempt to force a general election.
-O-O-
ROBER SON WOULD ISOLATE
IN TUBERCULOSIS CASES
John Dill Robertson, health cOm'r,
told Chicago Medical society that
rigid quarantine is necessary if tu-
bercUlOsis is to be stamped out.
tuberculosis is a contagious dis
ease" he said. There is no more
reason to think that it can be exter-
minated without qUaTantining sUf-
ferers than to attempt to stop an epi-
demic Of smallpox without the same
measure"
-O-O
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS
Paris.-Austria has called class Of
1920, that is those born in 1900, to
arms.
Nashville, Tenn.-Martha o. Dick
insOn, wife former Sec'y War J. NJ.
The day book., 1917-03-08

WOW! COOLIES OF SPUDS FOUND
Information gathered by food in
spectors into the high cost of living
will be sent to Washington. 1t is
said 5,532 bushels of potatoes were
found in a basement at 80 River st.
Chicago may be the scene of a pro-
test by housewives paraleling the
New York outburst against the food
hogs. A meeting to consider a plan
to march to the City Hall viii be held
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-11
Dr. Barrett and the Commission Race

R A. BARRETT is by far the strongest candidate Tn the O field for the presidency of the city commission He is who enjoys the of all who know him. who has lived
 life of great usefulness his community and has proved hm self possessed of the highest qualities of citizenship
 He is broadmnded whose views characterised by sound judgment freedom from prejudice and grasp ot senals Batancy and hypocrisy as far re- moved from Dr. Barrett as zenith from nad Everyone who knows him knows how he stands public questions and as for his private e that best studied by questioning the hun dred nay thousands of people who have been helped n various ways him during his many of residence Tn lief ferson county.
 The charge circulated for campaign purposes that Dr. Bar rett would try fos blue laws the city of Birmingham elected is without foundation While of deep religious convictions there is nothing of the professional refoer Tn
 his makeup He wants to be president of the city commission do the broad constructive work he has already done for East Lake.
 Dr. Barrett of his affairs and very great of all public matters to which he has gwen hs at
 non While he has devoted many years of his life to the practice of medicine he has not confined his activities to his profession He is well fitted by temperament and experience to handle municipal affairs able, busnesske His supporters Believe that he is better qualified to sraghten out the finances of Birmingham than any other in the
 He will conduct the cys business gnifed way devoid of sensatonasm and verbal pyrotecncs The commission duties of this office but whom everybody respects Dr. Barrett is neither muck raker, socialist demagogue He good American czen who has the force of character and the sound comprehension of public needs to aid the building of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-11
Red Cross Work
 Covers Wide Scope

Il7ENRY P. DAWSON, chair II A man of the Red Cross war council, by appointment of President Wilson, organized the campaign for raising the $10O,O0O,OO0 fund and is now giving tbe greater part of his time toward it's distribution. His wide experience as banker and philan- thropist fitted him eminently for ad- ministering the huge sum of money contributed by the people of the United States for the relief of war sufferers, and he glories in the work. No burden in connection with the war is too heavy for. him.
 Mir. Davison has rendered de, tailed report showing how $12,000,- 900 was expended by the American Red Cross in the first six months since this country has been at war with Germany. It is addressed "To the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-11
Still Harping on
 The Race Question

A N indignant reader of The Age GA Herald asks a reply to an edi- torial clipped from Financial Ameri- ca which takes the south to task in the usual manner regarding the negro question. Primarily it is a discussion of "The South and the Negro Sol dier."
 Financial America is more temper ate than some other eastern papers have been in treating of this subject, but nevertheless cannot hide it's inn patience with situation which has long exercised such papers as the New York Evening Post.
 The wrongs negroes have suffered in the south have been due almost entirely to the lawless element, both among whites and blacks. The aver age southerner not only gives the ne- gro a square deal, but often gives him more than square deal, when it is necessary to make allowances for racial shortcomings.
 There are more people in the south, size of population considered, who treat the negro well than there are in the north. The south has never had race riot approaching that of East St. Louis, due solely to racial antipa- thy and economic causes. The law abiding negro is safe in the south and has nothing to fear. No one ever denies him the right to earn his own living, as was done in East St. Louis.
 Booker T. Washington was the greatest man the negro race has ever produced. He cast his lot with the south, here in Alabama, and did un- told good for his people. If the few remaining newspapers in the north still trying to settle the race ques. ton would weigh the opinions of Dr Washington, as expressed in his books and addresses, instead of hardening to negro agitators who go north with tale of woe to tell as a preliminary to passing around the hat, they would take different view of this matter Better still, they should study at first hand subject of which they have shown themselves astonishingly ig- norant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-11
THOMAS JEFFERsoN ON DRESS

From the Kansas City Times.
 Here are few remarks that Thomas Jefferson, statesman and sage, had to make century ago on woman's dress. Writing to his 11-year-old daughter Sep- tembcr g, 17SS, he said:
 T omitted in that letter to advise you or the subject of dress. which I know you are a little apt to neglect. do nos wish you to be gayly clothed at this time of life but that your wear should be fine of Its kind. But above all things and at all times let your clothes be neat, fancy you must wear them till the dirt Is visible to the eye. You will be the last who is sensible of this. Some ladies think they may, under the privilege of the dishabille be loose and negligent of their dress in the morning. But be you, from the moment you rise till you go to bed, as cleanly and properly dressed as at the hours of dinner lady who has been seen as a sloven in the morning will never efface the impression she has made, with all the dress and pageantry she can afterward involve her. self in. .. ]. I hope, therefore. the mo- ment you rise from bed, your first work will be to dress yourself in such style as that you may be seen by any gentleman without his being able to discover 2 pin amiss, or any other circumstance of neat ness wanting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-11
HANDLING LIBERTY LOANS
By HOLLAND

would be for as much as $2,000, 900, 900, per- haps more, will be more quickly and easily absorbed by the American people than was the first liberty loan. The peo- pie, and especially the farmers, have now better understanding of what the meaning behind the bonds the govern ment will issue in exchange for their money really is than they did at the time of the floating of the first liberty
 loan.
 Those who are in authority at Wash ington and the New York bankers are confident that if there be perfected a highly organized system of campaigning ready to begin as soon as the offer is made the number of small subscriptions which represent the savings of the plain people will be much larger than was the case when the first loan was marketed. There are some statistics which, within day or two, have been published, that are regarded as containing good evil dence that the people of moderate in- come and the wage earners will be per- suaded to buy many more millions of the second liberty loan than they did of the first. These statistics show that nearly s26,00o 900 were subscribed for in this dis trict in bonds of the denomination of $50. Certificates which are really form of governmental receipts serviceable until the bonds are delivered, numbered for the $50 bonds nearly 51S,000, and for the s1oo bonds nearly S62,0o0. Therefore. there were subscriptions for bonds of the de-
 nomination of $50 and s10o which in the aggregate were two-thirds of the total personal subscription. The subscriptions to the bonds of the denomination of 5000 aggregate $187. 10000 but only 1S7,00O cer- tificates were issued. compared with B0S,000 certificates issued to the subscrib- CTS of the $50 and $1o0 bonds. These sta- tistics bankers regard as very important for they authoritatively disclose the dis
 position of those who have small in- comes or moderate means to invest in
 government bonds and the belief is held by the bankers that this disposition will
 bs found to have been greatly increased when the second offer is made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-11
ztGM11@aaA1eH.
STEADY. HOY
From tho Chattanooga News.

From tho Chattanooga News
 Consider the horse
 First thing in the morning the horse~is hitched up. Then the driver clifds~ in back of tho reins. All day long the horse goes where the driver bids. He stops when the driver shouts whoa" and starts again when the driver yells "geddup. ' The horse attends no movies after work ing hours. He just sticks around his stall and rests up for the next day $ work.
 Some people, when they consider horses, setf aWfuny sentimental. They waste q lot of sympathy on the horse What the hDrse really should have is not sympa- Ithy, but admiration
 Service is the chief aim of life, the only aim, and the horse doesn't do blamed thing but serve
 Arc you tired of servingl Piffle! Con- sider the horse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-11
LUKE NrLUKE SAYS

You may have noticed that women do not cry as much as they used to. They are wise to the fact. that bawling makes their noses red and makes them LOOK as though they had hay fever
 You can't make a woman believe that a postal employe doesn't read all the postal cards he handles
 A woman never realizes her husbands true valune until he Is run over by a street car. And the attorney has a hard time making her compromise Tor less than a million dollars, although she would have sold her interest in him TOT 10 cents while he was alive
 Folks have grown to imagine that boys are not entitled to politeness. A man said Beg your pardon" to boy yes terday and the boy almost dropped dead.
 We like to talk about. the women be- ing vain But every man has a sneaking belief that he is rather distinguished looking.
 The world is growinb better. Children are no longer expected to speak pieces for company when you are vislting a home.
 The way food is going up is simply sacndalous. It has gotten so that Il costs as much to keep family as 1t does to keep an affinity. Sometimes a mans friends work him so much that he wishes he had more en- emies.
 About the only way you can keep a hired girl any more is to agree to have your family camp in the kitchen when she wants to entertain company in the parlor.
 Any man who has ever come home 1 stewed at a. m. can tell you that peo- room Is no place for a rocking chair. | Under mere prohibition the native oi !; a dry state could wrap quart so Il looked like quart and get away with It | But under bone dry rule he has to wraT the quart so it will look like bundle l of laundry.
 You have to use the doctors common l sense in order to get well. But you have
 to use your own common sense in ordel | to keep well. M l The questions the children ask fatnss
 are not half as foolish as the anr4ers father gives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-11

been serious, perhaps, if the food pre- paredness bureau of Birmingham had not taken up the matter early in the summer and organized for aiding the farmer in disposing of his food and feedstuffs to good advantage. Now that Colonel Roosevelt is on the staff of the Kansas City Star, as con tributor, Bill White of Emporia will have to look to his laurels in that neck of the woods.
 Perhaps one reason why Chicago can not get rid of "Burgomaster Bill" Is be- cause there are too many people in Chicago who think the same way "Bill' does.
 The Hon. Jimmy Britt, now sojourn- ing at Camp Mcclellan. contrives to keep in good trim for the Boche by knocking out all corners.
 
 Explorer MacMillan has little or no hair. on top of his head, but he didn't waste any time envying the shaggy Es- kimo on that account.
 < k Sweden's Queen Is strongly pro-Ger- ,.,o thA all They should remember what happened to "Tino" and "Sophy."
 Germany has also lost her toy business. It will be a long time before that trade mark. Made in Germany" gets to be familiar again.
 The latest pictures of Nicholas Ro manoff show him to be considerably aged. He is also sadder and wiser man.
 The sporting writers tell us that a new crop of baseball stars are coming on. Where are the pitchers of yester-
 
 year?
 
 The Nashville Banner discusses Soaps Popularity" It doesn't seem to be in high favor with the soap box orators.
 * < The Red Cross Is not content to bind up soldiers wounds, but tries to make him comfortable before he gets hurt.
 . The early departure of Baron Lowen and Connt Luxburg from Buenos Aires may be confidently expected.
  Queen Liliuokalani has donated $100 to the Red Cross Queen Lii is not as pros porous as she used to be- v Argentina knows now how little a diplomatic victory over Germany really amounts to. Wonder how "Old Fritz up there views the dropping of poisoned candy by German airmen?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-11
sEPTEMBER

By Robert J. Burdette, Whispering winds kiss the hills of Sep-
 tenber Thistledown phantoms drift over the
 lawn, Red slows the ivy like ghost-lishted
 ember,
 shrouded in mist breaks the slow-com-
 ing dawn. sunligi1ted yistas the woodland discloses. Sleeping in shadows the stiil lake re-
 poses. Gone is the summer. it's sweets and its
 roses,
 Harvest is past and summer is gone. Plaintively signing the brown leaves arc
 falling, Sadly the wood dove mourns all tho
 day long, In the dim starlight the katydid's calling Hush into slunber the brooks and it's
 song. Gone are the sewers and ended their
 weeping, Gone are the gleaners and finished their reaping, Blossoms and bees with the song birds are sleeping. Harvest is past and the summer h gone
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-11
PUBLIC FEEDING IN GERMANY

From the London Economist.
 Public feeding, as Is shown by statis- tics recently published, is already well established in Germany. Out of the 56a towns in the German empire with a pop ulation of over 10000 each. 472, in Febru- ary. 1s17 representing a total population of over 24,0o0.ooo, reported 22o7 establish ments for public feeding. as compared with 357 towns, with a total of 1457 Kitchens. in October. 1916 Most of the kitchens arrange only for midday meal, and the majority have now decided on T one-course dinner alone. The proportion of the dinner portions applied to the total population of the towns where pub lie kitchens are established would appear on the average to be rather over per cent. In certain towns the middle classes are already beginning to raise objections to public feeding, on the ground that those who participate get more than their fair share of available food.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-11
General Trade
 Becoming Brisk

M CCORDING to mercantile author 6A ities in New York and Phila- delphia, general trade is becoming decidedly brisk. The upward trend is attributed to several causes = cooler weather, active buying on the part of country merchants, the mar vicious crop prospects and activity in manufacturing.
 Business men have settled down to the idea that mercantile activities will not be retarded by the war. In view of the unparalleled industrial activ- ity, the record breaking crops and the sound financial condition of the country, business this fall and win ter should reach high water mark.