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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27
City Wide Sunday
 School Rally Day

I'M EXT Sunday is Sunday School q NJ Rally Day in Birmingham and the central committee in charge of the campaign has reason to expect large results. Parents should see to it that their children attend Sunday school regularly. Boys and girls reared in religious households are, or have been, as matter of course, Sunday school pupils, but the children of nonchurch members especially need religious training. They should have some knowledge of the Bible and the funda- mental tenets of some denomination, and the only way the majority of them can obtain this knowledge is in the Sunday school.
 Aside from the question of creed the Sunday school is a distinctly help ful institution even from cultural point of view. The rich and the poor, the children of the uppertendom and the children of the masses alike, need the humanizing influence of the Sum- day school.
 "Out of the white population in the city if Birmingham" says the central committee, "there are only 23,613 regular attendants in Sunday school, which is only 21 per cent" One hun dred and eleven Sunday schools have "banded together to boost the attend ance on September 30 to at least ten thousand above the regular attend ance."
 It is said that every Sunday school in the district is doing splendid work along the publicity line. It is the aim of the committee to increase the at tendance here more than that of any other city in the United States. Not white boy or girl should bt found outside of Sunday school this coming Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27
JENNY LIND
From the Kansas City Times.

From the Kansas City Times
 Jenny Lind was born in Stockholm, Sweden, October 6, 1920. Her father, the son of lacemaker. was good natured. weak man. unable to provide for his wife and child. He had good wife and en- joyed music of "a free and convival kind" Her mother was woman of great energy and determination, who, being obliged to care for the child Of former unhappy marriage. and in ad- dition the husband and child of a second marriage. by teaching school, had lost much of her natural sweetness of dis position through stern contact with pow erty. The mother could not care for the child and teach, so Jenny was boarded three year with church organlst few miles out of Stockholm. Alter her re- turn to Stockholm she attended the school kept by her mother and found much comfort and companionship in her grandmother. Tho latter first discovered that Jenny had a musical voice. She first appeared at the Royal theatre in Stockholm as Agatha in Der Freis- chutz," March [, 1888. She studied in Paris in 1840 and 1S42 and returned to Stockholm in 1S42 and remained there two years; she then went to Germany and studied and sang, she sang in Eng land in 1S47 and 184S, and in America from 1850 to 1852. She was married to Otts Goldschmidt. musical conductor and composer in Boston, February 5. 1852. From 1883 to 1886 she was profess sor of singing at the Royal College of Music sf sTs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27

used in theatrical performances throughout the country amounts to a much larger bulk than is ordinarily realized" Also the food administra- tion wishes to discourage bad ex- ample set the public by theatrical people who have come to regard a square meal as all in the days work.
 No doubt, the contention MT. Hoover makes is sound, though it may strike some people as trivial. Yet, many play will lose some of it's justly celebrated "punch" if actors are forced to return to the hollow mockery a stage meal used to be. Many veteran theatregoers will re- call the thrill they experienced when they first saw an elaborate meal served on the stage, with steam actu- ally issuing from the silver dishes and all the ''trimmin's" supplied by fault less servants.
 Still, if everybody else must "Hooverize," stage folk will follow suit, even at considerable loss to art.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27
Plan to Dispense
 With Stage Meals

6TH suggestion that the Great 4 White Way have some of it's brilliance reduced to save coal has alarmed Broadway habitues and brought forth protests from theatri- cal stars who live but to see their names spelled in letters of light.
 As if that were not enough to wor- y about and bring the horrors of war home to Broadway, Mir. Hoover, the food administrator, has issued an ap- peal to theatrical producers and man. arers to substitute artificial food for real food during the war. The appeal is directed both to the motion picture industry and the spoken drama.
 Stage realism has reached the point where the old-fashioned props are atrictly taboo. Sophisticated theatre goers have grown accustomed to see ing food actually consumed on the stage and real champagne tossed off although, for obvious reasons, ginger ale is substituted in the ydry belt"
 Mir. Hoover's department says, eI,ho amount of food unprofitably
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27
Buy Tickets to
 the State Fair

e EASON tickets for the State Fair " are now on sale at prominent drug stores and cigar stands. They come in little books, and as the fair lasts six days, $2, which is the cost of book, makes admission remark ably cheap. The tickets are transfer able and are good for any day of the fair. They can all be used on the same day to pass through the gates a party of six.
 It is believed that the advance sale will be large. No season tickets will be offered after the fair opens, and as the owner of book of six will save Is Is cents on each admission, the privilege should make the tickets in great demand.
 As this years fair is to be the best ever held in the south the attendance should establish a new high record. The people of this city, at any rate, will be expected to show their public spirit by turning out en masse on Birmingham Day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27
TWO FAMOUS COMEDIANS

Fred Stone, the famous actor-comed- : ian, has written an article for the Oc- tober American Magazine in which he says:
 "On March 20, 1ss5--I will never for get that date-Dave Montgomery struck Galveston with Haverly's Mas todon minstrels. At this time I was 22 years old. Well, on the day when Hav- erlys Mastadon minste1s were parading through the streets of Galveston I was standing on the curb watching the pa- rade, when an excited voice called my name and, to my complete amazement, there was Dave Montgomery a tan colored overcoat with big pearl buttons and plug hat, marching behind the band as big as life.
 "'Come on down to the theatre,' he yelled. and I couldn't get down there quick enough.
 "What are you doing here? he asked me when met him later.
 I'm with stock company I told | him.
 Gee whiz! was his reply. Quit. and go with us haven't any partner now and you and can do a great act together
 l Well. thought 1t over. When l Handed that job with the stock com pany in Galveston I was so sure of holding 1t that I had nailed my trunk to the floor of my dressing room. This lis no fairy tale. It is an absolute fact But Dave told me that didn't cut any ice He said he would help pry that trunk loose if I went with him. He said he had lost his partner, Will Odell. and needed me badly. The man. ager of the stow said he would give me $25 a " ak if that much ever came lin, 1,-r~ssss the show was headed fol isew York it looked like good chance 10 me. and took it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27
Fastest Railroad
 Trip Ever Made

N N interesting bit of railroad his EA tory is told by Charles Fred erick Carter in the October issue of the Railroad Mans magazine. He claims that the fastest railroad trip on record was made twenty-four years ago on the New York Central. En- gineer Charlie" Hogan pulled the throttle and a speed of 112 1-2 miles an hour was made for thirty-six miles.
 This record was established-ac ac- cording to MT. Carter, it has never been broken-as result of experl- ments conducted by the management of the New York Central in running fast trains to the Columbian exposition in Chicago. The highest speed was reached in May, 1893, by the west bound Empire State Express, drawn by the famous locomotive, No. 999. Engineer Charles H. Hogan bowled along rapidly from Syracuse to Roch- ester, but it was between Batavia and Buffalo that the final burst was achieved.
 A speed recorder and two men with stop-watches showed that the train reached 112 1-2 miles an hour for the thirty-six miles. As result the New York Central laid claim to having the fastest train in the world and the Ex- position Flyer was put in service Tn the summer of 1893, making the trip from New York to Chicago in twenty hours. Later the running time was cut to eighteen hours, but this high pressure schedule was soon aban- doned for the twenty-hour run, which is still in force.
 It is better to sacrifice speed fol safety, and sixty miles an hour is as fast as the average person cares tc travel on train. Motorboats, motor cars and airplanes will provide tht speed demons with an outlet for g long time to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27

nations. England, too, after the war is ended will, with some difficulty, recover that part of the South American trade don. MT. Farrell believes that we should not delay moment in making the most of the present opportunity and he is convinced that 1t will be matter of public policy involving increased pros- perity to the nation if the government itself, by wise legislation and in other ways just now, for instance, the SUD- plying of abundant ships for carrying the commerce. aids in maintaining our wonderfully increased commerce with Latin-American countries and increasing 1t until at last 1t becomes the greatest international trade in which the United States is engaged.
 MT. Farrell evidently had in mind figures recently published which reveal tho magnitude of the increase of our commerce with South America Two years ago We sold to South American nations commodities of the money value of almost exactly 1000. It was . wonderful increase reported the other
 
 to South America in the latest fiscal year was in round numbers $26O, ,0OO, GOO. We almost tripled our exports to Ar gentina and increased by $25, GOO our exports to Brazil. The smaller South American nations tell perhaps a moro impressive story than do the larger ones; for instance we sold to Chile three times as much in 1917 as we did in 1913 and to Peru and Colombia substantially the same increase.
 MT. Farrell's appeal to tho business men that they unite in fostering trade with South America was justified, as he thought. by the simple statement of the increase of the trade of the United States with South America in one year. In 1916 that trade aggregated a little over sS00,OO0,00O. whereas In the 1917 fis- cal year the aggregate was a little over $1,500, 000,000 Mr. Farrell asserted that our business men and our legislators would do we'll to give some study to the marvellous system of coordination and cooperation which Germany developed, and by means of which the German gov ernment and the German industries act in perfect cooperation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27
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A REID CROSS ROMANCE

By Arthur Hunt Chute, in Leslie's.
 The beauty of a life of service is most serene when we behold such ministra- tions as that of this nurse to a stricken foe. Many romances are woven in the hospitals, and war wedding is often q happy sequel to the storys A rough. big hearted Australian. who was in the next bed to me in base hospital, confided in me the evolution of his heart since com ing under the ministrations of the nurs- ing sisters.
 You see, mate I'm what they call . bush-ranger out in Australia. I'm one of the hard ones. and always passed as a woman hater. used to look with con tempt on my pals who lost their heart upon little bit of fluff. I've played on the red all my life. and my conception of woman was beastly low. But this hospi- tai business has opened my eyes to some thing new in woman. something I never dreamed of. I can feel 1t comin', mate some day I'm goni to fall for one O these little girls as bad as the worst That fair-haired cove of the Fiyins
 
 corps across the ward there, just wor- ships the night sisters shadow, but must confess he's got nothin' on me-" "The fair-haired cove from the Flying corps" did have something on the Aus tralian however. for he was the Young Lochinvar who walked off with the bride A few months later, recognized his pic ture in an illustrated London paper, ovel the caption. War Wedding" The pie. ture was taken just outside an old ivy. covered parish church. guard of honol of his brother officers had formed ths arch of slender swords, and under tht cleaning arch, amid showers of confetti came the smiling aviator with our sweet nurse of the night watches leaning or his arrn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

Every now and then you run into a pest
 who is so busy handing out advice that
 he hasn't time to attend to his own busi
 ness.
 A woman can accomplish almost any
 thing. Take the chorus girl, for in- stance. No matter how old she gets, she never lets the middle-aged spread over take her. You may be able to hide a table or a
 chair in your home. But you can't hide
 quart of booze so it won't be dAscov- cred | If it ever came to a point where she was compelled to, woman would rather 1 admit that she was wrong than admit that her husband was right for once in his career. 1 What has become of the old-fashioned congressman who gained distinction through the fact that he refused to wear evening clothes? Men imagine that they are smarter than women. But it takes a woman to tell whether blonde is a work of art or of nature. A woman's clothes often look as well or
 her as they did in the show window
 But a mans never do. Give a woman check for g and she will be worried and nervous for fear the bank will run out of money before she  gets it cashed There is always hope for the man who
 realizes that he knows less at 50 thar he did at 20. There is an excuse for everything. 4 hairless poodle isn't of much account bu you must admit that it discourages thu | flea family. l Seeing may be believing. But you ofter see man you wouldn't believe undel oath. l Any woman can tell you that 1t is un | iuci.y to have 13 at table fo- dime when she has only dozen kniveE ant ,.forks.
 | Many an automobile accident is blamed on loose tire when tight chauffeu was at fault 1 As rule girls voice isn't any better
 after she takes singing lessons. Bu
 there is more of 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27
THE vALoR OF THE SEA
From tho Philadelphia Public Ledger.

From tho Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 What do the allies not owe to the valor of the merchant marine? Through all this war the seaman has had a peculiarly dangerous post He has risked his life with every voyage he has made After one ship has been torpedoed he usually seeks berth on another. A fine exam pie of the coolness and the courage with which he faces extreme peril Is offered by the sinking of the Minnehaha off tho Irieh coast The ship went down in four minutes, with the loss of 43 lives. Yet there would have been Q heavier toll but for her commander, Captain Claret, who himself rescued Il members of the crew and was nearly dead from his exertions when he was brought ashore; but for Chief Officer Albany, who gave his own life 10 save wounded fireman: but for Purser Wills, who was one of the last to leave the ship and was crushed by a lifeboat. To these men, as to the thou sands of other victims of the U-boat pi- rates it was all in the days work. They stake their lives to keep the seas open. to make victory possible. and win or lose, the call of duty Is all they hear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27
Happy are they that hear their de fractions, and put them to mendihS.
 Much Ado About Nothing.

BEGINNING THE DAY--O God, l am only one of all the men t"a. are and have been. They nave aii prayed. 1t Is native to the soul. Anu shall | deny the call of my oiooo and the appetite of the spirits Nay, | look up with all the rest anu breathe out my prayer to 1oa' Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27
Enjoyed North Carol,na ~r,u

T had most enjoyable trip to North Carolina this summer" said J. c. Borum the well known worker among young people. T intended to go first to Ridge crest. but learning that the hotel was closed, went to Asheville, and later to Junaluska. I also spent sometime at Ashevlle. I feel that the trip greatly benefited me and that I am on the way to getting strength enough to take up the woork I love so we'll"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27
EnsIey Church ThrivinE

T recently closed my seventh year as pastor of tho Ensley Baptist church, ' said Rev. A. K. Wright but the past year was one of the best in It's history, as the church raised s10oo0 for all pur- poses, including what was paid on the building debt, and 227 members received. In addition to the congregation present. was raised $300 year. can truthfully say that it is joy to labor among such 8 people,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27
Fine Hunting on Warrior

T had the time of my life on hunt Ing and fishing trip that I took last week down to the Choctaw Bend Fishing and Hunting club" said Soi Caheen. T. Is beautifully located on the Warrior near Lock No. '. My party killed over 100 squirrels. Partridges are plentiful, and it is in the heart of the dove fields. The annual deer drive on Thanksgiving Day Is one of the great sporting events of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES

A DARK MOMENT.
 A cheerful man
 Is Abner Scruggs,
 Except when asked
 To beat the rugs.
 He then casts hard
 Looks at his wife
 And finds no joy
 In married life.
 DOESN'T PAY IT BACK "The Idea of borrowing money to get married on!' Its often done" 'Umphw Sometimes the bridegroom has suct loan wedding present. DEcADENCE OF FINE ART. The modern poet differs much From those who went before He's fat, well-fed and prosperous And writes stuff that's a, bore
 MIGHT BE BRIBED. MT. Jobbles has to go downtowu nearly every night and work at the of- flee" said Mrs. Jobbles, with sigh Are you sure he goes to the offce?' asked Mrs. Doppel, suspiciously. "Oh yes. I call up the office every half hour or so and the night watchman always says he's there, but is too busy to come to the phone"
 
 FOIBLES OF THE FAIR A woman's reason Is Because" And, sooth, she doesn't care two straws If you're convinced or still left guess ing. But that's not strange, for you will find A lady fair will change her mind A dozen times while she is dressing.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27
Likes Circus and Admit. It

T am waiting here to see the elephants pass" laughing said William Hood. who was standing with friend on a down. town corner waiting for the circus parade on Thursday T don't mind letting any one know that I am enough of 8 boy to take joy in seeing circus parade"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27

DESERVES THE TITLE. You called that husky fellow profess sor' What does he teach?" He's a boxing instructor" But, why call him professor Has he a degree of any sort?" "oh. yes. He holds the degree of H. w. H. F''
 And what does that mean?" Handy With His Fists"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27
New Money Troubles

Although street car conductors as well as policemen are commonly supposed to Know everything, 1t sometimes happens .nat they can be mistaken" observed w. F. Morgan. Recently I saw car con- ductor tender s4.95 and ride in ex- change for s1 bill of the new edition. Luckily for him the mistake was made With an honest man and was corrected satisfactorily The new ones at a glance as much as most of us get of them oo resemble the lives very much and much complaint Is being heard from people whose business 1t Is to make quick change.
 They say tho United States treasury is short of small change The local banks have been short. it Is said, and though several shipments have been made the situation has not been entirely relieved yet It Is not novel experience to some pestered papas to be short of change. but when Uncle Sam is hard up then there must be real scarcity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27

abusing their diversion privilege and are wasting much good car space by not keeping their cars moving"
 The remedy, it is pointed out, is to file diversion orders in advance of arrival. AS the Potomac yard is only one of hundreds of important diver sion points, the waste is "signifi- cant and without compensating ad- vantages to owners" There is cer- tainly no reasonable excuse for this waste.
 The war committee of railroad ex- ecutives and their subcommittees have accomplished wonders in the matter of facilitating the movement of freight. By having cars loaded to capacity, they have greatly increased the car space available. But in order for the carriers to show even better results cooperation on the part of shippers and railroads is necessary. concerned must be edu- cated up to an appreciation of the public necessity of economic distribu- tion of traffic equipment; and it is being done.
 Two socialist newspapers of Bavaria have been suppressed because they criti- cized the German crown prince for or iering a number of singers from the opera to proceed to his head quarters by special train. But the ,rown prince must be amused, regard ut in front.
 
 ecent circus parade, two-thirds of the ,eople in this world don't know the diff erence between tiger and 8 leopard. "Burgomaster Bilr' of Chicago has an- ;ounced his candidacy for the United States Senate Bill" and Bob" would make a fine pair to draw to. German agents are still hard at work n Mexico, but Uncle Sam will probably ee that they don't get their hands on my wireless stations.
 A reduction in the size of the Russian -rmy won't matter so much, if the sol Hers kept in service increase their hit ing power
 The ticket scalper is again operating n New York, but the man in the box 'iAiee ProAeSseS 10 know nothing bout 1t.
 If LaFollette be not lunatic, or a 'ascal, he is a fool" says Marse Henry. Any way you take It, that's no compli- nent.
 
 Those curious Londoners will poke heir heads out when the Teutons are bombing the old town from the air On their last air raid over London the Huns wasted two perfectly good bombs y dropping them in the Thames. Back in Montana there are people who ak about Congresswoman Rankin as 'udely as if she wore trousers. Ex-Governor Ferguson of Texas holds in opinion of the Texas legislature that wouldn't be fit to print.
 As between the swagger stick and the wrist watch, practical fighting men will moose the latter
 Maybe you haven't heard it yet, but he humming of that Liberty motor Is ! joyous sound.
 A thimbleful of brains and a loose .ongue will get man into trouble sooner or later.
 If you happened to forget 1t, we went Q war officially with Bill Hohenzollern April 6, 1917
 * *
 Regarding the Won Bernstorff "slush und," some congressmen protest too much.
 There are few poets in this country who can do justice to the Irish spud.
 LUKE M'LUKE SAYS
 Eve
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Approval of Ro,o.r... .,x...,.,nr

APprovaI of Rotosravure Advertising
 Ahe fnil page of rotogravure adver- s-sins which appeared in The Age-Herald iase sunday was one of the most beauti- iui pieces of advertising I have ever s'e"' said Miss Irene Hobson, the well known expression teacher.
 It was certainly very up to date and 1New York-y. The big Sunday papers in we" York carry pages of that kind very Aieauentiy, but it Is the first time I have ever seen anything of the sort in Bir- mingham, and I want to congratulate The Age-Herald upon the very pretty piece Of work and the opportunity it gave to Birmingham teachers and artists to appear in it.,