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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20

From the Chicago Herald
 UWl talking to the workers in his z mothers mill. The news of the war has come-they must all volunteer. He goes home, his face alight. Alas. his mother refuses permission! She is ( widow, he her only son; if he goes her heart will break. "But' he says, If do not face the enemy in the war. how can I face my friends after it?'
 The house is filled with children. In thev darkness one boy jumps to his feet. ''Hurray!" he cries shrilly. Half the children are standing, all are yelling; for moment there Is pandemonium. But the film goes on. The mother is immovable. Her son is her son.
 The draft comes. He is chosen. Now surely he must be allowed to go. No. His mother declares. If you do not claim exemption I will claim it for you"
 In the audience is real mother with her two small boys What will he do now, mother? Can't he go?" Hell find way she answers. "Watch!' Would you tell us we couldn't gog' No" she says, 'I wouldn't I would send you" Send us?" squeaks the youngest T guess you wouldn't nave to send us!''
 The film moves on. The boy leaves home He cannot bear the strain of ex- --- . Dr. Russell is here; all who wish to hear him will please set down. the others can retire" But no one left.
 And no one who was there will ever forget his tale of heroic Belgium. l dropped into box dead tired. but II ever mortal man was inspired, 1t was Charles Edward Russell. as with the pen of a Raemaker that was made to speak with flaming tongue he held be- fore our sorrowful but terrified gaze the bleeding body of the brave little na- ton whose very life was stamped into the mire beneath the iron heel Of the Hun, but whose soul will live as long as man revere vaior, courage and honor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20
UNCLE sAM's WHEAT BUYER

Samuel Crowther in Leslie's.
 But Barnes has the physique and Will probably last; he takes his work easily and although he does not delegate much of 1t, except the buying in the IA zones in which the country is divided and each of which Is presided over by a vice president, yet the details of wheat are so familiar to him that he can form his judgment on most questions in an in- stant. If the problem Is complicated he takes the time to listen and make an anaylsis: never does he give the i'm pression of being hurried. It is his poise which keeps him level-headed and on the job <
 In ordinary times Barnes is the senior partner of Barnes & Ames of Duluth Winnipeg and New York. the largest ex- porters of grain in the world. For the duration of the war his firm has with drawn from business and he is devoting himself to stabalizing the flow and the price of the wheat crop of this country and by indirect means. the crop of the world; he is making the worlds prices through the American market. Every bushel of wheat in this country must be offered to the grain corporation. It buys at fixed prices and then resells to the millers or for export at profit of one per cent to cover expenses; all other wheat brokers are out of business for the time being. which in turn knocks out all competition among millers or ex- porters. Thus 1t comes about that, aI- though we are short on wheat and muct save and the market is ideal for spec ulation. yet the price has not hit the roof as 1t threatened to do before the grain corporation was organized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

Anyway, a pessimist avoids a lot of disappointment, in that he never finds anything better than he expected it to be-
 Never laugh at an ugly man unless you are certain that you are above sus- picion in that particular yourself
 Isn't it funny what mistaken idea you can get of a woman's appearance when you judge her by her telephone voice?
 Tn fiction the hero must have square jaw. But in real life we have often seen a chinless man bite the nose off a man who had a square jaw
 The old fashioned woman who used to believe that anyone who took glass of beer was headed straight for the bad place now has a daughter who has to have dry martini before breakfast.
 Every merchant knows that if he can get you to look long enough you will buy.
 The reason a small boy likes to go to school on Monday morning is because Il bird gets corns on it's feet from walking because it can't fly.
 Another strange thing is father 8 pride in the fact that he thinks his moneyfaced baby resembles him..
 And many a man would love his neigh Dor if he wasn't afraid of his wife catching him at 1t.
 Maybe the reason why wives have more religion than husbands is because they need 1t less
 When a girls only reason for marrying a man is because he is a good dancer. some divorce lawyer is going to get . piece of change.
 A woman couldn't talk any more than she does if she had a larger vocabulary. But 1t is different with man.
 A sea serpent is good sized beastie' But he never gets so big that you can't get him into whisky bottle.
 That look of sorrow nnd deep yearn- ing on her face is not always love Harold. Maybe it IS cramps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20
CARE OF BABY's MOUTH

Marianna Wheeler, in the Peoples Home
 Journal.
 Babies, as well as older children, are troubled frequently with sore mouth which ranges from infantile sprue, or trush, to deep-seated ulcers. Sore mouth may be the result of colds, fever which accompanies contagious diseases, indl- gestion, a weak or rundown condition and, not infrequently, from neglect to keep the mouth clean
 With babies thrush is one of the most common diseases of the mouth. It is parasitic growth which appears In small, white patches on the ongue. Sometimes it resembles curdled milk, but unlike curd it is not easily removed. These small white patches often not only cover the tongue but exend to the inside of the cheeks, the soft palate, and down into the throat. The cause of sprue In most cases is from neglect to keep the mouth, also the nursing bottle and nip pies clean.
 Sprue Is much more common in bottle fed than in breast-fed babies. It rarsly occurs if an infants mouth is washed out with clean boiled water or boric acid solution and also swab with wash con- ssting of a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda in cup of water. Use this ev- cry two hours.
 The best way to wash or cleanse the mouth is to wrap small, thin piece of absorbent cotton around the little finger, dip it in the mouth wash, then place the finger in the babys mouth, first on the tongue then on either side of the mouth and let the baby suck for a moment on it. What is swallowed of the boric acid or soda bicarbonate solution will do no harm. The mouth should not be irii- tated by rubbing, as it ts very sore and tender With care and faithful applica- ton of the mouth washes, the mouth should be cured in two or three days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20
A SIGN OF THE TIMES

From the Charleston News and Courier.
 The Philadelphia Evening Ledger calls King George to task for speaking of the United States as they" instead of fit" Woodrow Wilson in his last address be- fore Congress everywhere referred to the United States as she" Doesn't tho Evening Ledger know that this is Woman's Age?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20
Community Music
 Fund Now Growing

M only about seven hundred dol N lars will be required to finance the community "sing'' to the end of the indoor season, there should be no question about raising this amount, and raising it promptly.
 It should not be necessary to send out canvassing committees. Treas urer Sol Caheen has received several voluntary contributions since last Sunday and by next Sunday Con- munity Director Robert Lawrence should be able to tell his audience that there was enough money in the treasury to assure the continuance of the "sings."
 In view of the many money-raising campaigns that have been conducted here for patriotic purposes, and in view further of the third liberty loan appeal that is now made by the gov ernment, the people should not be called upon to contribute to any pub lie cause, no matter how worthy in itself, unless it is exceptionally ur- gent and has a patriotic side to it. The community "sing" is distinctly patriotic as well as cultural. Inci- dentally, the same may be said with regard to the Howard college cam paign.
 The Sunday afternoon crowds that assemble at the Bijou salute the flag, sing patriotic songs and listen to President Wilson's "four-minute men, in stirring war addresses. These pa triotic orators have unquestionably done much in arousing the people te . deeper appreciation of the national crisis. They appear before audiences in many places of amusement, but they have far larger hearing at the Bijou Sunday after Sunday than any where else. The interest in the com. munity concerts has never waned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20
vaccinate 1sno in one pnx.

Monday was record day in the mat ter of vaccinations down at the city hall" said John Lathem, chief sanitary inspector under whom the work is being done, flor we vaccinated 1S0O.
 We began the work on February g and up to Monday night had vaccinated l2,So1 am sure if the people realized the necessity that. more would come and submit themselves for vaccinationo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20
A JOB FOR HER

From the Nashville Banner.
 A lady, who declares that she is Queen of Ireland, is being examined on charges of lunacy in Washington city. Might hold her couple of months or so and
 make her Queen of the May, mother"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20
s3s,4k.tsM1AauSfH.

F. S.: See Walter Blackman's car toon in Tuesdays Age-Herald and read pr. Russells words beneath 1t. To- gether they write the indictment or Germany's perfidious programme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20

BEGINNING TnE DAY-O Lsrd. lay held on Thee for my frfends' sake. present myselG with any power tAat I may have, to be used. I invoke Thy power. I unite with Thee in the spiritual battle fer them. which Thou hast always wagcd. O GeA, held and keep and make them Thine. In Christ's name. HI. M- E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20
Dr. Hines Declines

We regret that Dr. w. P. Hines ol Opelika, who was called to the pastorate of the West End Baptist church, felt that 1t was his duty to remain where he is at preesnt doing such a great work" said w. A. Tharpe, ''but our church is not going to rest until it se- cures a high type man.
 We have our eyes on splendid young preacher, and hope to be able to get him to come and lead us The truth of the business is, it is mighty hard to get taken up Y. M. c. A. army work, gone as chaplans or become camp pastors"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20
Road Conference to Be
 We'll Attended

THE conference of good road
 0 advocates called by the Civic
 association to meet in Birmingham tomorrow promises to be well at- tended, and should it lack in numbers,
 those who come will include men of
 recognized ability in highway achieve |ment.
 This has been a hard winter on
 roadbeds. The best of improved high
 ways are in poor condition. Some of them are simply wretched. Had main |tenance money been provided at the |time the appropriation for building a good road was made, the highways would be in reasonably fair condition today.
 With the coming of the motor truck a far better class of road construction will be necessary. The concrete and paved roads are seen in many states and it is only question of time when
 we must have roads in Alabama that will not quickly wear out under the pressure of heavy truck haulage. These subjects will be discussed at
 the conference and practical results
 should follow.
 The man who is never in his office on
 the first of the month is great admirer
 of the moratorium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20

NOT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY. will you give me a crust of bread an a cup of water, mum?'
 Certainly I'll fix youy up a nice lunch. But why didn't you ask for some thing more substantial?"
 I'm student of human nature, mum. It's mighty seldom strikes anybody what's mean enough to give me- just crust an a cup of water
 AN EXCEPTION.
 'aTalk breeds dissension," said the deep thinker.
 Not necessarily" replied MT. Glith- ersby. For instance, gather about you a group of patriotic American citizens and start to giving the Kaiser Hail Columbia You won't hear a single dissenting voice.
 MADE A BEATEN PATH. And this tumbled-down cottage?" Was the home of poet. He's dead now"
 "The path to the door Is overgrown with weeds"
 'Yes. It has been some years since the postman quit delivering returned manuscripts at the poets door
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20

audiences manifest increasing eager ness.
 Treasurer Caheen should be show cred with checks today, and every day throughout the rest of the week.
 * # A
 King Georges Larder
 is Sometimes Bare
 |NHEER up, ye who falter before W wheatless, meatless and other Hess" days. None other than his au- gust majesty, King George of Eng land, often finds his larder bare of such commodities as butter, tea and margarine. Fancy crowned head eating margarine, despised by many an honest workingman who draws his little $7, sS and $10 a day in America
 However, in the case of King George and Queen Alexandra, whose rare fortitude and cheerfulness in conforming to food restrictions are vouched for by the master of the household, Sir Frederick Keppel, it is chiefly a matter of setting good example to the British people.
 The royal pair were not popular with the multitude when they as scended the throne. Queen Alexandra was too strict and old-fashioned in her ideas to suit the public taste. Neither was her royal spouse the mixer" and genial diplomat that King Edward was. But the war gave them an opportunity to reveal those simple, homely virtues which both possess and which are, after all, the true basis of British character. They have won golden opinions by their |labors in behalf of Great Britain's fighting men-those still able to flight and those wounded in hospitals. Since the King and Queen have nothing in particular to do with the conduct of the war, they may spend their time in the performance of graceful, kindly acts that become them well. Doing without margarine, tea and butter and enforcing strict economy of fuel in Buckingham pal ace are merely some of the sacrifices royalty is making for the spread ot democracy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20
Interest in the
 Stamp Campaign

THHE war savings stamps and baby
 J bonds have yielded up to date, according to statement issued by the treasury department, $59,931 ,1O7.
 This a pretty good sum, but as a total of two billion dollars is sought by this popular method of small saw ings, the nationwide campaign must be pushed and kept going at high speed if the goal is to be reached by the end of the year.
 Thorough organization-so thor ough that it will include every rural precinct in the United States-is the only way by which two billion dollars can be raised among children and men and women of limited means.
 Daily receipts from the sale of stamps and the little bonds should average more than six million dollars after the first of March. At that rate the full amount called for will be realized.
 Let organization be the slogan everywhere. It is the slogan in Ala bama, where the sum allotted is forty eight million dollars. Crawford John son, state campaign director, and his assistants are working hard to con- plete the organization and bring every county up to the Jefferson county standard of efficiency. With all the schools participating actively and earnestly, Alabama can make an- other splendid record in patriotic achievement.
 Remember that in this thrift cam paign every nickel will count.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20
KoNsERNING KISSES.

We're told that germs in kisses Turk, But what of that?" said he; Come, let them do their deadly work, And take chance with me-
 Birmingham Age-Herald. The germs that in the kisses hide May heaps of trouble bring, But after every kind we've tried, Oh, death, where is thy sting?
 Youngstown Telegram. No cause for worry can we find In the above discussion, For whan we kiss we're of a mind, No germ could stand the crushin'.
 Toledo Blade. If germs are in kiss or not Is not our decidin'; But if we were a germ that's where We'd probably be hidin.
 Houston Post,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20
Magazine Houses swamped

'The little houses placed on the prom inent street corners by the Kiwanis club to receive magazines and books for the they literally outgrew our facilities for handling them," said J. Mercer Barnett, Kiwanis president, 'but the public li- brary kindly agreed to take them over and handle the matter.
 This means better and quicker serv- ice, as they are experts in such affairs, and in touch with the situation as a whole, being able to send them where they are most needed.o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20

PREPAREDNESS.
 q fear Mrs. Twobble is going to the hospital for another operation"
 Dear me! Why do you think so?''
 i'It Is rumored among the neigh5ors that she has been investing heavily In silk negligees and boudoir caps.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
LEND AN EAR.

LEND AN EAR. The down. hearted brother Is quite often met; Mayhap heis ailing
 Or plunged into debt. Whatever the story
 He weeps to, relate, You'll quickly discover One way to abate His grievous misfortune, His heartacheN and rue, Is to listen with patience While he tells 1t to you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20
soLD-FASHIONED.

sOLD- FASHIONED. What sort of town Is Measlyburg~' Its one of those g o'clock towns" T don't quite understand" "Nine o'clock at night and o'clocA n the morning are both considered late.,
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20
BEARING UP WELL.

BEARING UP WELL. T wonder how man feels when he has sentence of death hanging over him?'
 Sometimes he feels quite chipper," said the octogenarian. "All the doctors in my town gave me up 20 years ago."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20

He jests at scars that never had g wound. Romeo and Juliet. < *
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20
Burruss Teams TOO Busy

The city of Birmingham has made no appropriation for q spring garden cam. paign' said Commissioner Burruss, and the matter will be handled by some pub lie spirited organizations.
 Some seemed to think it was up to me as commissioner of streets, because l had teams, to get busy and start a campaign of blowing, but being re- sponsible for the condition of the thor oughfares I am going to give my time and attention to them, not that I am not in sympathy with the garden move ment. I have agreed dto blow two ex hibition gardens, one in Birmingham and one in Ensley, but this is all that l feel that I can and ought to do."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
"Dixie Division Song.

 From Camp Wheeler I received yes- terday most attractive piece of music, done up in the red white and blue col ors and bearing the name of Dixie Divi- sion song said Dolly Dalrymple. 'The composer of the song is a former Bir-
 mingham boy, MT. Albert C. Mitchell whose clever playing of the big Bartola- Grand at the Odeon Two theatre has given in days gone by pleasure to hun dreds and hundreds of patrons of this popular theatre. MT Mitchell was among the first of the Birmingham boys to 80 to the training camps. He isenow sta toned at Camp Wheeler with the Thir- ty-first division of the national guard, u. s. A., 18th field artillery band for- merly the Second Alabama infantry banD. His Dixie Division Song is ded- icated to Col. Allen Crenshaw. his for mer commander in the Second Alabama infantry. MT. Mitchell's many friends will enjoy both the words and music of his song. It is bright, chatcy, dashing, and quite military. :. It is well worth hearing and is patriotic to degree"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20

The fact is that the Sunday afternoon audiences manifest increasing eager ness.
 Treasurer Caheen should be show cred with checks today, and every day throughout the rest of the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20

for supremacy.
 He was full of facts, he named places, gave dates, and called names, for he was familiar with the diplomatic game before the war began and had been be- hind the curtain since the war cabinets ment got his feet off the ground, but all the while his head was above the clouds of battle in the region where God reigned and the eternal principles of might and right were being weighed in the balance, held by the hands of tho Ruler of the heavens and the earth.
 I put in Sunday with him, taking him to two churches and three theatres | not only heard his addresses, but got to talk familiarly with him about vital, and eternal things. I was struck with scripture I never heard public speaker make better use of Bible words and Bible thoughts. He never used his know ledge of the book with any trace of cant, but reverently and with an aptness that was really remarkable. A great preacher was lost when he entered another pro- fession.
 If his first talk seemed commonplace to me, his last one will live in my memory during life. He had spoken Sunday night to the colored people Of the Sixth Avenue Baptist church. It was his fourth speech. and yet after g o'clock when asked him If he felt equal to make short address at the Lyric, hs said. 'I am here for service" We hur- ried over. pr. Edmonds was in the act of dismissing when stepped out on the stge and told him Dr. Russell had just come in. Stepping to the front with in finite tact, the pastor of the Independ- ent Presbyterian church said: Friends,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20

It is said that when Dante used to walk the streets of Florence the children frightened tones to one another, There goes the man who has been in hell'- and for few days a man walked the streets of Birmingham and no one saw him smile or ever heard him drop the tragic note from his speeches How could he, when he had come fresh from scenes more awful than any pictured with the Dantean pen?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20

No communication will be published without it's authors name. ReJected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20

Then follows a student, a publicist, and a traveller fresh from the heart ot Russia, Charles Edward Russell, and who has been behind the scenes in Lon don and Paris, and who with his own with his own ears heard from the lips of broken fathers and dazed mothers the story of the outrage of their daugh- ters and the death of their sons-and yet some complain that his message was shot through with note of despair and suffering.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala.' postoffice as second-ciass matter un- der act of Congress, March $. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20

It is easy to be cheerful three thousand miles away from the battle line. It isn't hard to be contented with three meals a day, roof over ones head, and busi- ness running as usual. It is possible to be comfortable with schools and churches and places of amusement open. It Is even pleasant to be able to walk without fear upon the streets. It gives a gentle thrill to sit quietly at night ana read about our ''boys somewhere In France
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-20

There was method in his cloak of pes. simism. It was needed foil to the silly fol de rol of the optimists who sing that all is well and that we have nothing to fear, and raise cheer by simply an- Germans without troubling to tell us how. It is all well to be buoyed up with hope provided that it is undergirt with something more substantial than mere wishes.