davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02
eAmIEztaMIl9au1tH.
SIR MOSES EzEKIEI

From the Baltimore American.
 An American, honored abroad as well as at home, Sir Moses Jacob Ezekiel won fame by his art and was counted among the greatest of modern sculptors. Baltimore expects to receive his last great work, the statue of Edgar Allan Poe. designed by him for this city and completed but short time ago. It will be a noble and worthy memorial. not only to the poet. but to the sculptor as well.
 There are in this country many of the best works of Ezekiel. Washington has number, Philadelphia has in Fairmount park his great marble group of Religious Liberty, there are at least two in the Peabody institute and his native city oi Richmond has more than one. A south erner by birth, he loved that section and never forgot his hosts of friends and ad- nirers there.
 Sir Moses Ezekiel had passed his three score and ten, but his skill showed no signs of waning. Ills death will be a distinct loss to the world of art.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

Most of us like to criticize other men because they do not do things that we cannot do ourselves
 There are lots of people in the world who stuff themselves with food every day and imagine that because they let whisky alone they are temperate man is one who stops to admire her baby.
 Almost every night in the week a girl discovers that her hair is starting to curl naturally. And the next morning she experiences another disappointment.
 There is quite heap of difference be- tween 8 bride 20 years old and a 2O-year- old bride.
 You can cut a man by ignoring him completely. But 1t is very different with a lawn.
 When his razor loses ite temper 1t doesn't take man long to do likewise.
 To make the punishment fit the crime, the man who steals another mans wife should be compelled to live with her for the rest of his life. The man who does all the blabbing when he is out with the gang is the same fellow who wants to beat the chill dren to death because they make little noise when he is at home. When man loses S umbrella it is a sign that he is going to tell everybody that he paid $5 for it. Every man knows that if he were in scme other business he could make more money with less work. Every now and then you run into a man who has made good and who has grown prosperous in spite of the fact that he never heard of any such animal as a split infinitive. A man will ask you to listen to reason and then he will start in telling his side of the story and try to prove that you are wrong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02
7N(5N[V7

INK 7 AsHINGToN April L-(spe- | W\W ciaL)-"Hanging down into the Black sea like a butcher cleaver with it's handle pointed east anc the near corner of the blade joined te the mainland of Russia, the Crimea where it was first planned to exile the abdicating Czar, is about as near to be- ing an island as a peninsula well can be- even though a very narrow strait is the only water that lies between it and a second connection with the mainland. On the one side-to the west lies the Perekop gulf, and to the east, shut out from the Black sea by the handle of the cleaver, is the Sea of Azov."
 Thus the Crimea is outlined in bulle- tin issued here today by the National Geographic society from it's Washington headquarters for geographic reseai
 concerning this Florida of Russia juF ting out into Europe's inland sea.
 With an area matching that of New Hampshire, a population equal to that of New Hampshire and Vermont to- gether, and a climate that borrows good features from Florida and southern Cal the Crimea is one of the most fascinating bits of territory between Portugal and Cochin, China. Its populace a congress of races, it's industries ranging from the growing of subtropical fruits and the housing of Russa's elite as they flee from the cold, to the herding of sheep and the growing of grain, it is place of many sided activities.
 "As the men of wealth of America have their winter homes in Florida and those of western Europe have theirs along the Riviera, the people of position in Rus sia have their country seats in the Cr1- mea And beautiful places they are, for in Russia the rich are very rich. The height of the social season is from the middle of August to the first of Novem- Der.
 ''The peninsula is occupied by S55,000 people accordig to the last census, most ly Turkish speaking Tartars, with a scat tering of Russians, Greeks, Germans and Jews. Cleanliness anu HUI IaAiIy eio Soio to be proverbial traits of the Crlmean Tartars, who have been undergoing the influences of Classification for several generations. They have taken up vine culture. fruit growing and kindred oc- cupa tions with zeal seldom equalled east of the Aegean.
 "Of course most interesting of all things Crimean are it's history it's fort ress. and it's imperial palace. In the sec ond century, B. C., the Scythians founded Kingdom there. and the land passed through many changes, now under one sovereignty and now under another finally passing to the Tartars, who in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02
sKEPTIcAL OF FIRST LOVE
From the Boston Post

From the Boston Post. First love Is very apt not to be the lasting love-" said Dr. Antoinette Koni- kow. speaking at the Boston School of Social science.
 Young lovers try to excuse all the faults of the loved one, because they are not in love with the individual, but with love. Hence they may not choose the partner with whom they will find their happiness in later years. Many man and woman Is glad by middle age that the first love was frustrated. Marriage should be based on love alone. or it is immoral. and some change lis necessary if marriage is to be saved from degradation Real love always makes people better. Romantic love Is the source of all the best things in life the foundation of all the arts. And individual happiness makes up the hap
 piness of the race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02
MAGPIEs IN PICARDY

By Soldier. Somewhere in France" The magpies in Picardy
 Are more than I can tell. They flicker down the dusty roads
 And cast magic spell. Or the men who march through Picard, Through Picardy to hell. (The blackbird flies with panic,
 The swallow goes like light, The finches move like ladies,
 The owl floats by at night; But the great and flashing magpie
 He flies as artists might). A magpie in Picardy
 Told me secret things Of the music of white feathers.
 And the sunlight that sings And dances in deep shadows
 He told me with his wings. CThe hawk is cruel and rigid,
 He watches from height; The rock is slow and somber,
 The robin loves to fight; But the great and flashing magpie
 He flies as lovers might). He told me that in Picardy,
 An age ago or more, While all his fathers still were eggs,
 These dusty highways bore Brown singing soldiers. marching out
 Through Picardy to war, He said that still through chaos
 Works out the Ancient plan. And two things have altered not.
 Since first the world begah- The beauty of the wild green earth
 And the bravery of man. (For the sparrow flies minimizing
 And quarrels in his flight The heron trails his legs behind.
 The lark goes out of sight; But the great .and flashing magpe < He flies as poets might.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02
Negroes Desrauded
 I'm Pemmsylvamia

M CCoRDING to recent issue of A the Philadelphia Bulletin, the state department of industry and labor of Pennsylvania has discovered that thousands of negroes have been lured to Philadelphia and vicinity through fraud. It is estimated that fake promises of work made by un- scrupulous labor agents and others have cost more than 800 lives during the past three months.
 Inspectors have been running down bogus employment agents and persons operating alleged beneficial associa- tions, insurance companies and reli- gious organizations. The inspectors gtate that southern negroes, posing as missionaries and preachers, have opened offices in Pennsylvania and other northern states and by advertis- ing extensively in southern news papers have collected money as fees for obtaining positions which never materialize.
 Some of the negro preachers who are under surveillance have been sell ing insurance policies for 10 cents a week and enrolling negroes in asso- ciations, charging from 50 cents to g for each enrolment. Foremen in mills and factories are also charged with operating employment bureaus which enable them to prey upon ig- norant negroes from the south. They accept fee for giving employment to . negro and in a few days he is discharged to make room for an-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02
All PosGHgaasGers
 Out of Politics

TIT was a long time in coming, but U it has come-the placing of presi- dential postmasters, those of the first, second and third class, under CIVIL service rules. President Wilson signed an executive order yesterday which removes the last of the party patron age group from politics. There are nearly ten thousand of these presi- dential postmasters. At the close of the fiscal year, June 30, 1916, the ex- act number was 9192. Of fourth class postmasters there are about fifty thousand, all in the civil service. Henceforth no one can hold post masters commission until he has passed an examination before a civil service board.
 In Andrew Jackson's day and for some years afterwards, the President had sufficient time to look all appH- cations over, and the Postmaster Gen. eral, or one of his assistants, certain ly had ample time to consider the ap- plications for the rural offices. "To the victor belong the spoils," was the old slogan, and the administration was eager to see to it that the spells were properly distributed. But as the country grew the patronage responsi- bility became extremely trying. It caused a needless waste of time. Twenty years ago or more there was talk of civil service all along the line, but until Wilson rose to the occasion no President was quite bold enough to act.
 Politicians of the old school who delighted in party plums will not take kindly at the start to the new order; but it is a good thing for the public and five years hence even the one time spoilsmen will say they are glad of it; glad that the postmasters were transferred to the merit system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02
BowLED OUT

From the Washington Star.
 Representative Campbell was talking about a political dispute. ''The falseness of your opponents claims" he said, was easily brought out--as easily, in fact, as in the case of the orphan.
 Lady whined husky young beggar, can't ye help me to a crust O bread or sumpn'? I'm a poor orphan
 Where do your father and mother live, my boy?' said the alert lady in kindly tones.
 Down that there alley. num- sniff fled the orphan.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02
Germnam-Annericams
 Will Be Loyal

M T the beginning of the war a z N great many Americans of Ger man birth were outspoken in their sympathy for the fatherland. This was only natural and no one could find fault with them for that. How ever. when it was realized that a decision must be made between Ger many and their adopted country, these people showed in an unmistakable way their loyalty to the stars and stripes.
 Former Ambassador Gerard voiced the general opinion when he said in New York the other day:
 q believe that the men of Ger
 man blood who have joined us
 will remain loyal to this coun-
 try. We must extend the helping
 hand to our German-Americans,
 who, affected as was their right
 in the beginning by a purely
 sentimental feeling toward the
 land of Germany and the German
 people, are now ready to climb
 on the band wagon.
 But if there are men whose
 desire it is to abuse our hospi-
 tality-to SOW the seed of riot,
 rebellion and treason-then 1
 think we know where to festoon
 them. But there will be few, and
 help and tolerance must be our watchwords while the nation
 forms for war behind our Presi- dent"
 The government, which is ready to meet any emergency, will promptly check "pernicious activity" on the part of traitors to the United States. All others, regardless of the land of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02

BEGINNING THE DAY-0 Thou God of the fruitful vine. cast me not away from Thy presence. l nave borne but poor and little fruit Die about me in Thy grace and heip me to bear more abundantly. Cleanse me, my God, and prune me. lest I be cnstaway' U mih- ister to my need and grant me richer fruit, In Christ's name. Amen. H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02

their birth, will receive the treat ment accorded to patriotic American citizens.
 A young American aviator, who recent ly returned to Alabama after serving in the British flying corps, says the Ger mans have built forts and entrenchment all the way to Berlin. They must think that retreat to victory is going to be long drawn out affair.
 k
 Out in California a wealthy widow mar ried head waiter after weeks court ship. An eastern man wants $5o,OOO dam ages from a head waiter whom he &C., cuses of alternating his wife's affections. Just shows what personality will do,
 
 Out in Arkansas two men are dead and one is reported dying after attending a bayrum drinking bout. When it comes to knocking people out, John Barley corn is no match for bayrum containing a high percentage of wood alcohol.
 
 Professor Giddings of Columbia uni yersity says pacifsts wear the brand of Cain on the seat of their trousers. The professors meaning Is a trife ambiguous. but anybody can see that he doesn't ad- mire pacifsts.
 One of the big circuses this year in- troduces in a pageant a dragon 75 feet lcng, with 14o legs. Some of the specta- tors are going to think the pink lemon ade has been spiked"
 Those American newspaper men who crossed the Atlantic on board the St. Louis to write about what happened. must have been rather disappointed when nothing happened.
 St. Louis society folk hailed the Sunday noon cocktail party with hilarity. When a cocktail party doesn't cause hilarity there is something radically wrong with the cocktails.
 The Rev. pr. Newell Dwight Hills de- nies that he said he would like to see the Kaiser. Won Trpitz and Won Hin denburg hanged. Always blame the pesky reporters.
 The Teutons boast that they have at last drawn the allies out of their trenches However it will be noted that the allies were more than willing to be drawn.
 MT. Wilson is reported to be keeping his mind "open." but the newspaper cor respondents have also found to their sor- row that he is keeping his mouth closed. The Missouri militiaman who shot him. self after being called a ''tin soldiers must have had a suspicion that the man who taunted him told the truth.
 *
 The former Czar of Russia who is said to shovel snow for exercise, prob- ably finds that less trying on his nerves than lodging bombs.
 <
 MT. Bryan is evidently determined to keep on protesting until his voice is drowned out by the din of war.
 = . At any rate, Philadelphia and Chicago are standing behind the President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02
COFFIN MAKERS HARD PRESSED

From the London Chronicle
 An undertaken told the Southwark Tribunal the other day that the trade S difficulties, due to shortage of labor, were daily getting worse. Another said he made collins till ? o'clock in the morn ing, but had to stop because neighbors complained of the knocking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02
HOTEL LOBBIES
Cannery Idea Popular

Alabama is certainly taking to the cannery idea" said T. B. Tanner, gen. eral manager of the Alabama Canning and Marketing company "The company of which I am general manager Is the parent organization. but small companies are being formed all over the district. Already there are 20 can neries being erected throughout the Birmingham district We shall have trained men from our company go out and visit the plants of the other can neries. and give them advice as to how to can their goods. It is a com munity plan we are working on. The products are to be planned at the diff ferent plants, but they are all to Ue labeled with our label and sold through the parent company. We hope to have a number of them operating within a short while"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02
A Good Ordinance

''The recently enacted ordinance by the city commissioners forbidding glarine best passed by the commission in severa months said Falconer Lucke of the Whitman Taxicab company yesterday.
 Birmingham has witnessed several ia tai accidents in the last few months from street cars, which blind drivers of other automobiles.
 When this ordinance was first passed I had dinners installed on every car ir my service. The cost to install these dinners is small, and 1t makes better light for the driver"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02

other applicant who is ready to pay for job.
 Of sanitary and housing conditions much has already been written. The alarming death rate among southern negroes who have migrated to north ern states is due not only to the se- verity of the climate during the win ter months, but also to overcrowding, filthy surroundings, insufficient food and like conditions which make them susceptible to disease.
 * *
 Asked to Join
 Community Chorus
 A IL the singers of Birmingham SA are invited by the music bi- ennial convention board to join the community chorus, which will have it's first rehearsal tonight. A popular local director will train the chorus, and on Sunday afternoon, April 15, the foremost community" organizer in this country will be here to direct the singing in Capitol park. This fea- ture of the biennial will be a novelty and it is believed that it will make a distinct appeal to those who partici- pate, as we'll as entertain the great throng of listeners.
 Nearly all details of the elaborate programme for biennial week have been completed. About the only thing that remains to be done in advance of the opening date is getting the big chorus in shape.
 There should be four or five hun dred singers in Birmingham willing to contribute their services to the biennial festivities. Let's have a great rally at the rehearsal tonight, such a rally as will assure brilliant achievement on the part of the chorus when it makes the open air vibrant week from next Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02
Army Life Not So Bad

After you get used to army life 1t really isn't so bad" said Capt. Ed L. Anderson, who came up from Mont gomery to spend Sunday. i've been in service now about nine months and honestly l feel like I had been in it forever. Of course, it is rather monot- onous staying in camp with nothing to do, but the monotony is in meas ure relieved by the tenseness of the situation and the fact that we are daily looking for orders to go into &C., tive service somewhere. Of course all the Birmingham boys hope that they will be sent to Birmingham to guard the plants around here. and I'm with them. But we haven't any idea where we will be sent next"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02

Hats offl Along the street there comes A blare of bugles, ruffle of drums; Our loyal hearts are beating high;
 Hats off! The flag is passing by.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02
Complex Issues in War

War Is seemingly foregone con- clusion; war into which the United States is driven entirely against its will by ruthless disregard of its neu- tral rights, and by final recognition that we, too. must join the allies in the worldwide struggle for political freedom" said Henry Clews in his weekly review. "As in all great social or political upheavals the issues are highly complex. Each nation is ap- parently fighting for some individual purpose. yet underneath these move- ments there is a common object which binds the allies together, that of dem ocracy against autocracy, or govern mont of the people by the people for the people, as opposed to government of the state by the state for the state To such policy there can be only one end if popular government is to survive. and that is comolete defeat and abolition of an autocracy based upon militarism. The greatest auto- cracy in the world has already fallen and others must either follow or bend TO the will of the people if we are to have lasting peace"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02
The Right Spirit

Ahc TlSHt SpIr1t
 T was very much interested in the at- titude of the Tuscaloosa people in regard to the efforts to secure the proposed government armor plate and nitrate plants" said K. B. Shropshire yesterday. T was down there few days ago, and everybody I saw was talking about get ting these two plants. They seemed de- termined to get not one but both of them. However, they stated that even if by any means they should lose one or both of these government industries, they did not in vain.
 They have put up very stiff fights for both plants against big odds but they have presented the resources and claims of Tuscaloosa to the government boards in most impressive manner. They have put Tuscaloosa on the map, and 1t must be admitted that she iss at least se- rious contender for these industries.
 ''The advantage of being on the War rior river has been exploited in such a way as to attract favorable attention on the part of the boards which will To- cate the plants. There is no doubt that Tuscaloosa is a unit on this proposition. and she has shown her ability number of times in the past to get in behind a proposition without the slightest dissen- ton. That's the spirit that is pushing Tuscaloosa to the front now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02

TELEPHONE Bell (private exchange connecuns all departments) Main 490O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-02

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter un- der act of Congress. March 3. 1879.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-10-05
Gives Spectators Thrills.
NEWS AND VIEWS OF SPORT,
BY ]. H. Rucks.

Champion Black Sox lost the first
game of the three game series to the
All.Stars by a score of 10 to Z. Bat
terry for All-Stars: Norris and John
son. For Sox: Moorman, Stratton
and Ware. Two base hits, Stratton,
Whitsey and King. Three base hit,
King. Home run, Fate. Time or
game, 2 hours. Umpire, Grady.
The first championship game was full
of the sensational plays, and daring
base running from the beginning to
end, and had the bugs on their toes
all the way. -,
In the fifth inning after Fate had
gotten home run, Ware became dis
satisfied with the way Norman was
pitching and claimed that he was
crossing him up. After that Manager
Stratton went in the box, but made a
little change on the All-Star smuggling.
This may be a secret way In which
the Black Sox have changing pitch
ers.
A doubleheader will take place at
Athletic Park Monday, October Sth
which will decide the three game
series. The game at the park Mon
day will likely be the most exciting
game of the season, as the Champion
Sox will play an All-Star pick team
of the Capital City League. The
players are in hard training for the
coming event, and the officials arr
looking forward for the largest GROVE
of the season. A beautiful silver cul
will be given to the pennant winners
Monday at the park. The presenta
ton will be made by Major Blain'
Boyd.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-10-05
Giants pitching record

The B. T. w. T. Club met Tuesday
afternoon at the residence 81 Mrs
BESSIE Gordon, 1914 Jefferson street.
The meeting was called to order by
t..u President. The roll was called
ard members responded with dues
and quotations. The usual form OF
business, one hour was spen. in needle
work. The hostess then invited the
club into the dining room where a
delicious repast was served, after
which the report of the Critic was
heard. The Club adjourned to meet
with Mrs. Lucy Harwell 1914 Jeffer
son street.