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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 N MONG the restrictions on imports N\ that>were announced by the Brit
 = = ish premier as essential to the safety of the empire was one that must have impressed his hearers rather more than did most of the others. as indicat- ing the gravity of the submarine peril. Probably none of these others meant to so nearly every Briton a daily personal deprivation as does-or rather as would the sutting off the tea supply other than Indian tea.
 Though tea may not count as a neces- sity of life, it is not much different from one for those who have become accustomed to it's use, and it is the prac- tically unanimous testimony of men who, as explorers or otherwise, are forced to make great expenditures of energy under rigorous conditions that tea is a most important addition to their fare. They willingly~take the trouble to carry it with them on journeys where every added ounce of burden receives careful consid- eration and all 'luxuries" are left be- hind Of course the great majority of human kind managed to get along well enough until comparatively recent years without this narcotic, or any of it's near
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
WINTER IN THE MARSH

Clinton Scollard, in Ballads Patriotic and Romantic" N. J. Gromme) strode through the depth of the marsh
 in the stark winter tide of the year; The pools were as glass, and the grass
 was umber and shriveled and sere; And the trees waved their skeleton arms
 in the whirl and the swirl of the
 flaw.
 While around there was never a sound
 save the crow with its ominous
 "caw;"
 The land seemed the land of the lost of
 despair, desolation and dole, And it's gloom, like an evil at night, crept
 into the room of my soul Then word, like bird in the dusk, wher
 the shadows have mantled the hill Made song-just word-but I felt the
 dead heart In me tremble and thrill
 were as those of one ready to leap For I knew, on sudden, the dolors was
 but as the blessing of sleep, The slumber of sod and of rush and O!
 fern and of leaf on the tree, And they waited but only the word tt burst from their bonds and be free And the word, it shall come on a day when the wind shall blow up from the south,
 With the winnow of shimmering wings and slim pipe of gold at it's mouth It may be at droop of the dusk. or it may be at lift of the sun, But all of earth's tendrils shall quicken and all of earths waters shall run God molded the word, and he spake i to be transfiguring thing. A joy in mans ears and symbol eter
 nal. the magical spring."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
TAMPERTNG WITH BRITONs' TEA

relatives. but the welcome it everywhere received when once known shows plainly enough that 1t met want that is not the less real because not easy to define.
 But the premier's warning as to tea was not as terrifying to the Bristons as 1t might have been, for the proposed ex- clusion is to be complete only as regards what he called foreign" teas, meaning, in effect, those of China, and of those the English have not been great consum- CTS since the raising of the precious herb
 has become an important industry in sew
 eral of Great Britain's colonial posses sions notably Ceylon. Even of these
 native teas, however, the imports are
 to be cut to smaller amounts than have become usual in the regular course of trade, and it is apparent that good many British teapots will have to be retired from present service.
 Thereby will be appreciably increased the gloom of a situation that was already dark enough, and the endurance of the trials of the time will be made measur- ably harder. Taking everything into ac- count, it is at least probable that MT. Lloyd George might better have restricted the manufacture of intoxicants more than he now proposes and let the tea trade alone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

It is sometimes hard to determine who do the most harm-your enemies with the worst intentions, or your friends with the best.
 The other books in the house may be well thumbed, but it is different with the dictionary and the Bible
 Why do men think it wonderful to see womans leg? Legs are not so unusual. Nearly every creature in the world has legs
 The "v" in the v-cut waists stands
 for view"
 It always tickles a busy man when he manages to introduce two chronic bores and they start in to bore each other. The man who says that his wife never agrees with him Is a well-eyed liar. Every wife agrees with her husband when her husband doesn't want her to. A woman is never guilty of procrasti-
 nation when it comes to spending the
 money her husband gives her. Some people use so little Judgment thai they would give small boy manicure set as a birthday present. Another pest is the man who talks SC much about himself that he doesn't gtvt you a chance to talk about yourself. 1 A pretty sure bet is that if you give some people latitude they will take longi. l tude.
 | Some men keep their ears so busily oc- cupied in waiting for the o'clock clos l ing time whistle to blow that they can | hear opportunity knock. Why is it that the prizes the other fel low wins are always more attractive thar l the ones you win? | A farmers idea of a bonehead is g
 man who can't harness horse. And hi.
 wife's idea of shiftlcss woman is ont who can't milk.
 | Love is blind to the fact that she il not always going to look as pretty as sh' does when he meets her in the evenini
 and takes her to show.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
South As Great
 IEaduserial Center

THE Baltimore Manufacturers
 J Record, in it's s,irvey of the re- sources of the south from the view point of a site selection for the gov ernment armor plate plant, empha- sizes the idea that this section is go- ing to become one of the greatest in dustrial centers of the world. That is practically the summing up of the observations of Rear Admiral F. F. Fletcher, chairman of the navy board, charged with the duty of finding a suitable location for the $11 100000 armor plate project.
 Most of the southern districts com- peting for the armor factory im- pressed the board; and especially inn pressed were the government repre- sentatives with Birmingham. While they were careful not to commit them |
 selves to the matter of location it was plain to see that they leaned strongly to this city.
 One thing has been demonstrated beyond question. Southern iron is ad- mirably adopted for the making of ar nor plate steel, and as the Manufactu- rers Record says, "Whatever the de- cision of the board and whether the final location will be southern city or not. it is considered by everyone that the presentation of facts about southern conditions and resources, the iron and steel producing possibilities demonstrated in it's vast deposits of ore and coking coal and in it's water powers, developed and potential will attract the attention of the whole country to the south as nothing else could have done. A world of valuable information has been gathered by the board as Admiral Fletcher freely ad- mits."
 The report of Joseph w. Richards,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
Stood Little Chance With Jap

There seems to be little doubt the Kaiser and diplomat Zimmerman, attempted to stir up the Mexicans and Japs against the United States" said J. w. Carter land perhaps was in a de- gree successful in regard to Mexico"
 q believe he stood very little chance, however. of persuading the willy Jap to cross the Pacific to attack Uncle Sam. In the first place. Japan has very little to gain in this part of the world. Her na- tural sphere of conquest lies in China and northern Asia. True, here alliance with Great Britain would prevent such expansion at the present; but the same would apply in the case of America The Mikado could not attack the United States without arousing the ire of the entente
 zimmerman probably used the Japan csc argument in an effort to give the ignorant Mexican ,eaders feeling of greater security when urging the peons to charge across the United States bor- der to encounter the bayonets of our reg ulars in true Don Ouixote- windmill fash
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
Cool Reception for
PuugiIisGic Stacker

FIgllISGlG SlaCR@T
 T ES DARCY, the Australian pugil- ~ ist, has met with chill recep- tion in America. Recently Governor Whitman refused to sign a permit all lowing him to box in New York, on the ground that he was a stacker.
 So far as known, Darcy has no req son for being in this country, instead of "doing his bit" for Great Britain, save hearty regard for his own safe ty and desire to annex some "easy money" in the United States. For a professional fighter, of all persons, to be shirking his duty as a soldier, is something that true sportsmen do not find to their liking. Darcy cannot of fer the excuse that he was turned down for being physically unfit.
 Charpentier of France has been fighting gallantly and number of well known American boxers have joined the allied armies, winning new laurels in the trenches. When his country is at war, the place for a pugilist is at the front. Otherwise, prowess in the ring means nothing. His bravery is under suspicion, re- gardless of the intrepidity with which he may battle with padded gloves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
Opinions Differ
About Rice Value

T HE consensus of scientific opinion H as to the nutritive value of rice is strongly on the side of the popular southern product. The United States government employs the best of chem ists and when the food division of the agricultural department says that it is about four times more nutritious than Irish potatoes, it must be so.
 And yet there are those who diff fer. Certain it is that rice as table vegetable, when properly cooked cooked in the good old South Carolina style, well known and practiced in Alabama and other southern states it is one of the most toothsome of dishes; no southern dinner is com plete without it.
 New York food experts are urging the people of that section to eat less of the high price vegetables and more of rice. The change from rice to po- tatoes would not only be good for the pocketbook, but might in some cases, at least, stengthen the body. George w. Perkins, chairman of Mayor Mitchel's food committee, in starting . campaign of education for a rice diet has had S00,00O rice leaflets printed for distribution to housewives through the school children. MT. Perkins is a lover of rice himself, but even if he were not he could honestly recommend it as table diet from his knowledge of physiological chemistry. And yet up steps Dr. Haven Emerson, neath commissioner of New York, to my that rice is poor food" He criti- cises MT. Perkins severely for advis- ing the people to acquire the rice habit. But the rice side has the best of it, gastronomically and officially, What the government doesn't know about rice isn't worth knowing. Its scientific verdict is worth more than that of dozens of anti-rice doctors.
 The man who writes or talks nwainst rice libels one of the south's lar9est and most esteemed crops. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
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Mrs. Mathis Is Now
a National Figure


 HE AGE-HERALD reproduces on
 it's editorial page this morning an article on the work of Mrs. G. H.
 this, written for the Outlook by
 tell McClung of Montgomery. It should be read by everyone interested in this remarkable woman and what she is doing, not only for her own state, Alabama, but the entire south. By preaching the gospel of diversified preaching the gospel of diversified crops she has shown the farmers of the south that they must raise their own foodstuffs, if they wish to enjoy lasting prosperity. She has done more than any other individual to rouse both the planter and the tenant from lethargy which has held them to the one-crop idea.
 The Outlook is but one of several magazines that have published ar ticles about Mrs. Mathis. A recent number of the American magazine paid deserved tribute to her, while other periodicals and newspapers in many parts of the country have com mented on her forceful personality, the practical knowledge she has of the south's agricultural needs and her ability as public speaker.
 Mrs. Mathis probably enjoys the confidence and esteem of more capi- talists and captains of industry than any other woman in the United States. Alabama and the south can well afford to feel proud of her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
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FREE SPEECH AT COLUMBIA

From the New York Telegram.
 Before going to war would I wait un- til they had sunk seven ships? Yes, I would wait until they had sunk seventy go to war.-Professor David s. Muszey of the Columbia faculty.
 This comes under the head of free speech, and there's no remedy for it yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05

way Dr. Emerson is snapping at Chairman Perkins smacks of petty politics. There need be no fear for our southern commodity. It will not only hold it's own, but will gain in popular favor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05

BEGINNING THE DAY--Lcrd, pray for courage. If Thou art for me whom shall fear! Shall the face of a man cause me to fre"- ble2 Shall tribuiatton or pestiicnce or death separate me from Thees I have the one life to live, Cod; help me to live it without fear. For Chrlst's sake. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
MORE NATURE TAKING

From the Kansas City Times.
 A Missouri newspaper, according to the Seneca News-D Dispatch, contained the fol- lowing: FOR SAI.E--Cheap, a. young female billy
 goat for 50 cents if taken at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05

| ASsAAaNNo 'hNS~AANA SioSt VII SAAN NAAANN~ plate quality of Birmingham steel was worth a great deal to this district. While his discussion was highly tech- nical it was as convincing alike to the | layman and the man of science. It will prove telling argument for the capitalist to invest his money here. l The board will announce it's conclu- sions on or about April 1. Birming- hams chances for being awarded the armor plate factory seems brighter now than ever.
 A Chicago newspaper man who was on board the Laconia when she was tor- pedoed wrote description of the dsas- ter that is hailed as a masterpiece. There is nothing like having first-hand information for good reportorial york; even if one does run some risk | * :; * | According to the Berlin view, the Ger man government was justified in plotting to involv, the United States with Mexico and Japan. Berlin thinks any crime un- der high heaven Justifiable
 An eastern barber shop is taking po- tatoes for slaves, haircuts and the like At present prices in that part of the country, one potato is worth two shoe shines
 The charge that large number of American newspapers have been bought up by agents of the entente sounds like the vaporing of George Sylvester viereck. l * * Rice may cut down the high cost of living. but if person doesn't happen to like rice, it will also lessen materially the pleasure of dining Columbia professor says he wouldn't i fight if the Germans sank seven times seventy American ships. Yes He has a foreign name.
 Caruso is now receiving more than sSOOO night to warble In spite of that the Metropolitan Opera company is mak- ing money.
 For some reason or other, European cartocnists seem to find it easier to caricature the crown prince than the Kaiser.
 The Louisville Courier-Journal accuses Senator Stone of sniveling and is quite right in thinking that this is no time to snivel.
 Some people who have an idea that congressmen never do earn their salaries are pleased to see them working over time.
 Rirminghams automobile show and Fashion Week will be successful, regard. less of war and rumors of war
 * 's ! If China gets into the war on the side of the allies, she can at least furnish unlimited coolie labor. 1 * A I If food manipulator had an activ, conscience he wouldn't be able to enjoy the money he makes
 *
 Allied with Germany Mexico and Japar would have had nothing to gain ant everything to lose.
 A certain element in Congress has beei trying to uphold the Kaiser.
 WHY AN EDITOR IS STILL RUNNING From the Detroit Free Press.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
HOTEL LOBBlEs
Cut over Land Conference

"Lumbermen have been notified that on account of the great interest taken in the cut-over-land conference of the south by the government officials at Washington. and some of the largest cut-over-land owners the conference has been postponed 30 days" said J. H. Eddy, manager of the Raul Lumber company. "The dates finally decided upon for holding the conference in New Orleans are April IT, IS and 19. The change in dates was made at the suggestion of the government of- ficials and land owners. in order that they may be present.
 "On being invited to attend the New Orleans meeting of the conference, President Wilson expressed himself as being very much interested in this great movement towards southern de- velopment but held out little hope that the international situation would permit his being present. The govern ment will be represented by Congress- man Oliver. chairman of the House committee on agriculture, and senator Gore, chairman of the Senate commit tee on agriculture and forestry. These gentlemen, together with the chief of the bureau of animal husbandry, of the department of agriculture, puts the owners of the cut-over lands of the south in touch with such national forces as will guarantee a thorough development of the vast area of their now undeveloped holdings. It also means that the cut-over-land confer ence of the south it not a local af- fair, but of national scoIe. The own ership of more than 1o0.000,000 acres of land will be represented at the con ference in New Orleans, April IT. IS and 19"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
Merchants surpass Themselves


 The merchants of the city have sur passed themselves in their window decorations for fashion week." said Mrs. Wood Perkins. T have never seen either in New York, Chicago or In any of the other northern cities I have visited a more elaborate or artistic display. The gowns are beautiful be yond description and the accessories are up to the minute in style and de- sign. In addition to the creations the ready to wear and other goods are elegant and stylish and displayed in the most attractive fashion. In addition to the exquisite gowns and styles that are shown, the incidental decorations of the windows show rare taste and are arranged with true artis- tic skill. The show windows are sim ply superb, and should be seen by ev cry one who admire the beautiful and artistic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05

From the Detroit Free Press
 simon Loewenstein of Mt. Clemens an- nounces the engagement of his daughter, Anna J., to Bernard F.. Anspach of De- troit.
 The proceeds will be devoted to patriotic purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
WHY AN EDITOR IS STILL RUNNr

A certain element in Congress has beei trying to uphold the Kaiser.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter un- der act of Congress- March 3, 1879.
Evening journal., 1917-11-28


French Authorization La Revue.
"One consequence Of this war is a
new discovery OF the United States.
The nation. once Represented by its de-
tractors as vowed TO the cult of the
Golden Calf, stands today revealed be
fore God and man as the most meri-
torious OF nations. Behind the ingen-
ious money makers we have detected
millions Of noble souls led by an adj
mirable chief, who Is. indeed, the just
man Of the Bible. 7 refer TO Presi-
dent Wilson.
The division Of the old and new
World is a thing. of the past. In fu-
ture there viii be but one fraternal
group Of people commUning across the
ocean with the same respect for lib
erty and right. The people of the
United States Will have to their credit
that Of having aided this triumph OF
liberty and right. Without their in
tervention the fate Of humanity would
have been compromised for centuries
to come. With their aid, humanity
will be saved. In shedding their blood
for the most noble Of causes they will
thereby retemper and strengthen their
national unity.
The months Of war undertaken in
common will accomplish the work Of
centuries in consolidating your coun-
try. Thanksgiving should be cele-
brated this year with the conviction
that the great American nation has be-
come the FIRST and most loved Of ma
tions"
Nisoount Bryce.
America and Britain have to be
thankful that they have both obeyed
the voice of Duty which called to como
forward in the cause Of all monkind
to defend the principles Of Right the
sacredness Of international engage
ments, the dictates Of humanity which
forbid cruelty and protect even in time
of war innocent non-combatants.
Britain has suffered sorely in dis
charging this duty America In her
turn will suffer But it is better to
suffer than to fail from cowardice or
indifference at a moment when the
whole future Of the world is at stake,
Never before have we had more rea-
son to feel pride in our countries, and
to love them"
Evening journal., 1917-11-28
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Evening journal., 1917-11-28
Poor Food Spreads Disease in Germany
WINTER FINDS FUEL scARcE-A CAREFUL NEWS SURVEY

its head in a threatening manner as the
result Of the general shortage"
vorwaerts comments on the unusu-
ally high infant mortality this year,
pointing out that Il is Z per cent. high
er than last year and is largely due to
the poor quality OF the. milk.
Another paper reports that In the
Arnsberg district for the week ending
Sept. %, there were 2s2 dysentery cases,
IS resulting in deaths.
10 win be seen from these things that
the food supply is not as ample as Ger
many would have the world believe;
that there Is considerable dearth alons
certain lines; and thai while people are
not starving, many are falling prey 10
malnutrition illnesses.
NO WHAT ABOUT COAL?
Germany has attempted to make up
for its lack Of native labor by putting
Russian and French prisoners to work
in the mines.
But this has worked indfferently
well because most Of the prisoners have
nover mined coal before and the per
centage OF those who arc incapacitated
by illness, bad food, or accident IS
large.
The National Zeltung Of Basle, swift
zerland. on oct II stated that the Ger
man government had issued an order
placing fresh restrictions upon passen-
ger traffic in order TO facilitate freight
and save coal
Fast train service was to be reduced.
The amount Of luggage allowed pas
sengers was curtailed and trains were
not TO be heated much.
For short distance trains no heat was
10 be allowed
Passenger rates were increased 100
per cent.
From other sources comes the news
that i'm Frankfort heating with coal,
coke. wood. gas or electricity before
oct. II was prohibited under a penalty
Of six months Imprisonment or fine
OF 1900 marks.
Prior to the war, the great trade fair
of Europe was the Leipzig FAIR TO
which business men from all over the
world came TO view samples and order
stocks. Germany has made desperate
attempts 90 keep this fair going in spite
of the war.
The Schlesische Zeilung, In telling Of
the fair this autumn, SAYS the general
outstanding characteristics was the
want of goods, due 10 The dearth Of
material. shortage Of labor and short
age Of auxiliary materials
The largest stocks were those Of
carlhernyare. glass and toys. Prices
were greatly increased, ranging from
80 per cent. more for wooden goods to
100 per cent mole for porcelain.
The exhibit o. substitutes was es-
pecially big.