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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21

From the New Orleans -Picayune. TN the course of an editorial on the
 labor problem, as 1t touches Amer . ica's fighting power. the Birmingham Reporter, the leading negro publication
 in the south, says: Strike? Yes, we will strike, every mothers son of us, with pick and shovel, with hammer and hoe. for Uncle Sam-not against him. We ask for the same measure of pro-
 lection and advancement that any other American laborer would have; that and nothing more. Conditions are going to be much better in the near future than they have been in the past. The inn proyement will largely depend upon the negro laborer; the manner in which he conducts himself will be a great deter mining factor If the black man at work in the mine the field, in the shop-any- where-wil only see to 1t that he con- tinues to be faithful; if he will give an honest day for days pay; if he will do his level best, not shirk, all the labor prevent him from being of tremendous service-nor withhold from him the proper appreciation of that service
 These are poignant truths which a certain element of our white popula- ton, hyphenated and unhyphenated, should take to heart. In this crisis the mere color of mans skin will not jus tify him, If he be a stacker, nor con- demn him if he does his best for the re- public and it's cause. In the south, espe- cially. faithful service will be appre- ciated; for the south is loyal to the core, despite the utmost efforts of the Kaisers emissaries. And, whatever may be the negros faults, the dream of dual al- legiance is not among them. Poor as he is, no amount of foreign gold tempts him to treason against the flag under which he was born; the I. w. w. vainly breathes it's horrible doctrines into his ear. This fidelity will be more and more clearly recognized as the war proceeds and America is summoned to make sac rifices on grander and grander scale.
 Nor will the case be different when peace comes. For 1t Is evident that an immense shortage of labor must then
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

Men wore pockets for ages and they were just plain pockets. But since women have taken to wearing the things, they have to have panniere pockets nov city pockets, patch pockets, slash pock- cts fancy pockets and barrel pockets.
 When she is sitting on your lap when you are engaged it is hard to believe that she will be sitting all over you when you are married.
 Strange as 1t may seem many of our rounders do not move in the best circles
 One man will sit around and indignate about the living the world owes him. while another man will get busy and col lect the interest on the debt. Then the first man will knock the other man and talk about some people having all the luck.
 Our idea of good memory would be one that would enable you to remember what to forget
 The luxuries of yesterday are mere pikers when compared with the necessi- ties of today.
 A poor man can ride a hobby if he pleases. But a rich man can afford a whole stable of them.
 The reason why your wife won't argue with you is because if you threw stone into the river, the stone would bounce back and hit you.
 One good thing about summer Is that a girl doesn't need a pair of long black ear bobs to keep her warm.
 We hate to be finicky. But If the de- tectives in real life acted like the de- tectives in the movie fillums they would never land crook.
 There is no fool like the fool who im- agines that he shouldn't use little word when he can find a big word to take it's place.
 In the average household mother does the worrying for the family while father does the swearing for the family.
 What has become of the old-fashioned man who couldn't get along without g bootjack?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS
Mush and milk.

Mush and milk,
 This may have satisfied the poor student who lived on mush and milk six days in the week, varied by milk and mush on Sundays. However. It's too low a diet for any of us to try to live on who have to do mans work, and provide living for others.
 It's true the Japanese live well on national Japanese diet accounts for the small stature of the Mikado's little brown men.
 The Eskimos are amply nourished on nothing but raw meat with an oc- casional tallow candle for dessert, but who wants to adopt the habits of the men of the frozen world?
 The American likes balanced ration. This is why it's worth while to study food values
 The best" in real food value may be the cheapest. These is little rela- tion between market price and real worth. To recognize this is, according to food expert. the the first prin- cip1e in economy.
 The second principle is this: To keep in mind with each purchase, at least in a general way. about what we are buy ing that particular article for, what is its place in the days ration, and what we expect it to accomplish after it is eaten. Then we can select tho cheapest viand that will do the work.
 
 A days menu should be, in short, like a well organized business, where the high priced men do the high grade work, and lower priced men do the less exact ing, and do it perhaps equally well. Just as we do not expect a man with a five figured salary to load bricks. neither should we expect a dear food to do the work that a low priced one can per form well enough.
 Now because of their every economical housewife ought to make a study of food values and ought to take time to do her buying so that she can get her moneys worth.
 The government has prepared special bulletins showing the food values of many articles of diet that can be had for the asking Write your congress- man or senator. They just love to get things for their constituents.
 titled Frenchwoman Is here in this country at present lecturing at great universities. She is billed to talk on food economies in the restaurants of Paris. It's high time the subject was receiving attention. The food waste in the clubs, cafes and hotels is something enormous.
 The clubwomen did their duty in can vassing the homes in America, and it Is now up to the housewives to give the country their aid in conserving the foods.
 Here in the south we must see to it that our negro cooks are taught to save, The negro preachers can do much to bring before them the sinfulness of waste
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
NEGRO PATRIOTISM

be faced. Even now, the almost conn plete stoppage of immigration is felt in the industrial centers of the north and west. The consequent rise of wages has lured thousands of negroes from south ern farms. and the boil weevil by rem dering cotton culture peculiarly haz- ardous, hastens the process. This vast and sudden displacement of labor is, beyond all question, a menace to the south, but the south must deal with the facts as it finds them The negro will drift to the districts which afford the surest and most profitable employment. as the white man does; neither In peace. nor in war can economic laws be nulli- fled, except for the moment. From which 1t follows that the south should better the negro's lot, in all possible ways. In the first place, lynching should become a thing of the past; the white man must rule through the legislatures and the courts, or abandon his pretensions to con- genial superiority. Then, again, the ne- gro must be guaranteed adequate wages, to the end that the industrial centers of the north and west may hold out no lure. Much has been done in this direc- tion, but much more remains to be done. Any effort to keep the blacks in peonage Is bound to fai even If seemingly suc- cessful; for peon can be worth his salt these strenuous times.
 Political and social equality the negro will never have in the south; that point was settled, once for all, when the car petbag regime, though supported by fed eral bayonets, utterly collapsed. But the black may work miracles within the linn it's thus set. By cultivating race pride, of the right sort, he may win the white mans respect; by practicing thrift, he may gain the consideration which no statutes could give him, That the negro is disposed to tread the path blazed by leaders of the Booker Washington type is increasingly clear; 1t is neither by agitation, nor by migration. but by honest toll that his uplift is to be achieved. And the south must see to 1t that his struggles along the Booker Washington line receive their just reward in cash as we'll as in praise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
THE GIRL I LEFT EEIIFND ME.

The bee shall honey taste no more, The dove become ranger, The dashing waves shall cease to roar Fer she's to me stranger; The vows we've registered above
 Shall ever cheer and bind mo In constantcy to her I love,
 The girl I've left behind me- My mind shall still her form retain, In sleeping or in waking. Until I see my love again For whom my heart is breaking. If ever I should see the day
 When Mars shall have resigned me. Forevermore III gladly stay
 With the girl I've left behind me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21

An Old Camp Song.
 I'm lonesome since l cross'd the hill
 And O CT the moor and valley; Such heavy thoughts my heart do fill Since parting with my Sally. I seek no more the fine and gay,
 For each does but remind me How swift the hours did pass away
 With the girl I've left behind me. Oh, ne'er shall I forget the night,
 The stars were bright above me. And gently lent their slvery light,
 When first she vow'd she loved me. But now I'm bound to Brighton Camp. Kind heav'n. may favor find me. And send me safely back aSain
 To the girl I've left behind me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
HARD PRESSED

From the New York World
 Photographs purporting to have been taken In Berlin are displayed in London shop windows, showing elephants drag ging heavy vehicles through the streets of the Prussan capital. Captions under these photographs assert that the war has so reduced means of locomotion in Berlin that elephants from the Zoolog- ical Garden have been pressed into the hauling service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21

Those Washington "suffs" announce White House, despite the fact that Presi- dent Wilson pardoned Is of their number sent to the sworkhouse. That's gratitude for you!
 German and Austrian statesmen ex- change felicita tions for political req sons. The Austrian people are just about as happy over the way things are go- ing as fat man with the toothache.
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 After reading about a night raid on the western battlefront, the average pa cifist believes more strongly than ever that German trench is no place for minister's son.
 If American troops abroad are not per- mitted to drink wine that will do a great deal to reconcile Mir. Bryan to their being so far away from nome.
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 A fusillade of shots across the Rio Grande, tick -tack-tick," go the tele- graph instruments, and Fl Paso figures in the date lines again.
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 A carnival show is advertising for a tattooed woman who is mo faker." Must want the kind who is soap-and- waterproof
 The literal translation of a French greeting is, How do you have your self?" Otherwise, the French are excel lent people.
 Over in Belgium MT. Hoover had the Prussian war lords to contend with. Over here he is pestered by the food pi- rates If Mary MacLane hadn't had herself to write about it Is probable that she never would have gotten farther than Chap ter I.
 Chancellor Michaelis maiden speech to the Reichstag showed that he had been carefully rehearsed by the Kaiser. In the meantime, those carefully pre- pared obituaries of Sarah Bernhardt con- tinue to rest in newspaper 'morgues."
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 General Haig's name is short enough In all conscience, but the Tommies short en it still more by calling him "sAig"
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 Kansas IS truthful state-in the main but there is something fishy about that poisoned courtplaster plot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
SOLEEIIL.

From the Topeka State Journal.
 It was a very high-class boarding house and the landlady prided herself on the fact that the conversation at table was always very intellectual.
 It was a strange theoroy." she re- marked, as she wrestled with the fowl. that the souls of the dead entered birds and animals. But I think our an cestors held that belief!'
 I'm rather inclined to think some thing like that does happen commented the quiet man.
 "No, really, Mir. Cutting? How inter- esting!"
 Yes said MT. Cutting Pm con -vinced that this chicken, for instance, is inhabited by the sole of shoe!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
Glnd List. Were puhlishea

T think The Age-Herald showed en- terprise and public spirit ins publishing the registration lists" said Abe Vein stein T know 1t took lot of time and cost, good deal to do it, but believe the people appreciated it,e for I have heard many comment on 1t most favor ably"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
Athletics nt Howard

All Howard students and friends of the college are delighted over the fact that Dr. J. B. Longwell director of ath- letics at Hovard last year. will be back again this year to assume the same du- ties, said Arthur D. Carlisle.
 ''Dr. Longwell proved his ability last year when he made a football team that played real football holding the Auburn team to 25 points, out of the scantiest football material perhaps ever seen at Howard recently. Dr. Longwell also will coach again this years track, basketball, baseball and field, athletics. pr. Longwell believes that Birmingham is the logical place for an exceptionally good college and that Howard is the college. He says that he Is going to make athletics at Howard a greater success and put them on higher plane"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
NO STACKER

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 They had been married three months, and were having their first quarrel which shows that they were a remark able couple.
 Evidently. she said, icily, you re- gret that you have married me- The step Is not irrevocable. however. If you care to be released from your bonds"
 'Naw,'s he interrupted, impatiently. I'm no so-day recruit. I enlisted for the term of the war,'
 She couldn't think of any retort. 70 she maintained scornful silence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
Health Condition. in East Lake

T am glad to say that the health conditions at East Lake are unusually good, said pr. N. A. Barrett, the be- loved physician. T have under my care otly one case of typhoid fever and 1t is the first since last fall. The health campaign Is bearing fruits Preventive measures go long way toward stopping epidemcs.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
HOTEL LOBBFES
Brandon Is Actirn

Yes, 1 am getting around over the state quite considerably" said W. W. Brandon Of Tuscaloosa. "The crops are very promising, but I am hoping the crop of gubernatoral candidates will not increase. I do not care to see the market glutted."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21

BEGINNING THE DAY-o God. who brought our fathers through the Red Sea and carried them through the deIuge, while they continued to sing praise to Thy name, we be- seech Thee to watch over Thy ser wants in the ship, warding off the enemy's attacks and snares under water, always bringing them to the desired haven and on quiet voyage, through Christ our Lord. Amen.- Quadrini.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
Joe saks Twisted Up

"I am all twisted up" said Joe Saks. This registration business and the pub lca tion of the numbers drawn has got me guessing. Along comes a fellow and says he knows all about it, and ex- plains 1t and I think I have caught on, but before he gets out of sight another man tells me just the oposite
 Tt is getting on my nerves. don't mind fighting for Uncle Sam if he wants me to, but I wish he would be little mere explicit and not keep me in sus pense.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
Come Home to Fight

1T had college chum at the univer- sity," named Ewing Carter of Tennes see,'' said Byrd Haley, and after grad uation he and another American bsg E. A. Fisher of North Dakota, went down to Peru, and got job in a copper mine, but on hearing that war was de clared both made for this country and came on to Birmingham and made ap- plication to get into the officers camp iously hoping that the way will open for them to enter; in the meantime, Ewing Is working for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company. and Fisher has been drawn"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
Likes The Age-Herald

T am greatly enjoying The Age-Her- ald,' said R. L. Sparkman. "It Is un- derstood that it is mine when I get ready to go to the city, and so those who want to read it do so before break fast, and find my crowd like it. I en- joy reading it on the cars as I come in every morning from Woodlawn. It is bright, snappy and informing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
Roost for Citx

Birmingham is going to get publicity in some way all the time, said ". w. Brent. Every occasionally the world reads about some industrial progress Bir- mingham is making or some achievement she has accomplished. Now she is get ting more publicity because the warship named for her sank German submarine sometime ago. All of which Is good for the city and just goes to show that the world is reading something about the Magic City all the time.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
Greater Interest in Fair

T believe we are going to make the best showing ever made at a State Fair" said Mrs. J. B. Reid, superin- tendent of the wonans department. My reason for so believing comes from the fact that so many more women than her etofore have begun to take an inter est In domestic science
 Numbers are also interested in agri- culture who never before thought any thing about food products Quite few have taken real hold on horticulture. and hundreds are preserving vegetables and fruits who never before thought of doing any such work. On the whole, a greater variety of things exhibited"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
Let Germany Define
 Az seJHImvamwahla Peacao

Am sE10A@Rable PeGce 1.-THE adoption of a peace resolu- H tion by the Reichstag, by vote of 214 to 116, is significant, but not very encouraging. As in the past, German leaders continue to beat about the bush. The Kaiser has not vet laid his cards down on the table and he will not do so until his last hope of putting the world under the prussian heel has vanished.
 Much was expected of the new chancellor in some quarters, but per sons who were best informed sus- nected that he would be just what he has proyed to be-a makeshift, pawn ;n the game the war lords are play ;nc to fool the German people little while longer. Dr. Michaelis voices the .antiments of the Kaiser and follows in the footsteps of his predecessor, IF. Von Bethnann- -Hollweg. He af- fects to treat American participation in tie war as matter of no impor- tance to the fatherland and pro- claims his faith in the U-boats to win an ultimate victory for German arms.
 His declaration that Germany would not continue the war day longer if an honorable peace could be obtained means nothing in the present state of affairs. What would consti- atute m "honorable peace" according
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21

to Ger1nany's ideas? Only the German autocracy can answer that ques- tion, and it has consistently declined to do so. However, Prussian ambition is still bent on conquest. We can easi- ly surmise that no terms acceptable to the allies are contemplated.
 * Growth I'm Next
 Three Years
 A s Jefferson county had it's great 6A est growth of the last decade and the decade before the last in the closing year of the periods in ques- tion, so it will be between now and 1920. The federal census of 1910 credited the county with popula- tion of 22s, ,0o0. It is a safe prediction that in 1920 it will have a population of fully 100000.
 The last school census indicated slight falling off of the population. Business conditions had been de- pressed, and then followed the negro exodus from the south which took hundreds, perhaps thousands, of col ored workmen from the Birmingham district.
 But Jefferson county is filling up rapidly again. The Tennessee com pany's new and stupendous develop ment at Fairfield will mean vast addition to the population. The in Aux has already begun. Many small industries will follow, and in three years Birmingham's growth will have been phenomenal. This city's prosper ity will be, it is believed, greater than ever before. All signs unquestionably foretell as much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
ADRIFT WITH THE, TIMES
SERVES A PURPOSE.

 Every morning I stumble over q sprinkling pot"
 why don't you move it?' T can't afford to. I leave 1t in the hall to remind me to water the plantg while my wife's away"
 APPROPRIATION WANTED. Gladys rwobble has agreed to corre- spond with three soldiers 'she's a patriotic girl" q don't know about that. She seems to think Uncle Sam ought to supply her with her favorite style of stationery.
 UTTER INDIFFERENCE. NO wonder she's unhappy. She doesn't know where her husband is half the time"
 "A great many wives don't know where their husbands are half the time" Perhaps so, but he doesn't even take the trouble to make her think she knowa where he is."
 OLD wHEEzE TORPEDoED. What Is the matter with Scribson, the newspaper humorist?" He says he has been disillusioned and his conscience will no longer permit him to use joke that has helped him to earn a living for many years" How did that happen?" "A pipe began to leak at his house and he telephoned for plumber. The plum Der not only came in a. jiffy, but he brought his tools with him and finished the job in half an hour"
 PAUL COOK. #
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21

GREATER VALUE. "Thirty-five cents for an ice cream soda? That's an outragew
 You didn't mind paying that much for mixed drink before this hotel quit serving alcoholic liquors"
 Yes, but knew what I bought would help me to forget what I paid for it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21
LEFT BEHIND.

There's no sadness like the sadness With which weary toilers say, Well, good-by, old chap. Here's hoping 1ouu enjoy your, holiday" True, they try to speak it brisk1y And assume a cheerful air, But their hearts, alas, are heavy And fast yielding to despair Fain, indeed, are they to follow To the mountains or the sea, Who must stay behind and labor, From their thralldom never free. Whats a rest In summer taken, If you9can't afford to roam And your sole chance of vacation Is to lie around at home? Better far to keep on working, IT your slender purse denies Days of dream and fun and frolic Where the time unnoted flies" These the thoughts that rack their bos.
 oms
 As they slap your back and say, Well, good-by, old chap. Here's hoping 1oull enjoy your holiday"
 MORE RIVALRY. There's new club in our block" Whats the name of it?" ''The Silk Sweater club"
 Whats the idea?"
 To become a member woman must possess at least three silk sweaters"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-21

Sleeping negIection doth betray to loss. Henry W.
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