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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
ALABAMA PRESS

Cleburne News An Irishman being counsel not to be alarmed, that he should have justice, to which the Irishman replied. Faith then, and they'll hang me" Thus thinks the Ilai- ser, unless he can make the terms him self
 Centreville Press: The farm sections of the Montgomery Advertiser and The Birmingham Age-Herald contain read ing matter that every farmer will Ind
 useful The editor of the Press reads the farm sections of these papers with great deal of interest and profit Monroe Journal: Alabama leads the world this year in the production of three of the most useful food crops sweet potatoes, peanuts and velvet beans A wonderful trib ute to Ala bama producers who have heretofore raised cotton and allowed the west to feed them. They are just waking up to their possibilities.
 Gadsden Times-News: The greatest nunishment that could be inflicted upon those Germans in this country who are
 aiding the Kaiser would be to depor'
 them to Germany.
 Anniston Star: That Russian general who wired: .We demand bread and boots" must have voiced "a long felt want
 Opelika News: If somebody took your car out on the road and ditched it, you would not be expected to get it in as quickly as if you would had it not been so roughly dealt With. We'll, that is the condition the government found the railroads. They were ditched and lit will take MT McAdoo sometime to get them out all right and get then going, and Uncle Sam can and will keer them going.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
A Correction Corrected

The better speech movement en-
 listed as it's first recruit none other than
 myself,' said Dolly Dalrymple. 'Yes- terday most cultured and erudite schol- ara man of elegant leisure (and I envy him tremendously, who has nothing to do but devote his time to the use of pet
 ter speech and pointing out the errors
 made by others, attributed an ungram- mared phrase in story I wrote the other
 day regarding the better speech move ment to the interview-ee' q hope this
 ungrammared word will not offend him). T want to say in justice to the young lady in question who gave out the very
 interesting interview, one of the leaders of the movement, as our critic ex-
 pressed it, that the phrase was mine and
 not hers.
 They say that an honest confession is
 good for the soul, but mighty bad for the reputation, but think I can stand it, so
 in excuse of my error eff there is any) perhaps on the principle of my good
 friend Mrs Tulliver, in George Eliot s delightful story The Mill on the Floss, "hN Soio SoihctHtIlSe dp0ul SpeilliS DcilG
 matter of personal opinion or persua-
 sion, or words to that effect, that I, be- ing newspaper person and pushing the pen every day always steadily, some times wearily, and more often hastily (when they are calling for copy), trying always to adopt grammar which is used in the best circles have fallen into good old Mrs. Tulliver's idea of the personal persuasion business through carelessness or thoughtlessness or hurry--what you will-and-so wrote down the ungram- mared phrase, each doing their bit . However, my error may help some body else in the better speech movement, and l can console myself with the fact that when writer like the eminent MT. H. G. Wells can get away with a phrase
 like. Aren't I working? ? an English diom to be sure, yet ungrammared, and yet have his Mr. Brittling Sees It Through, regarded as the greatest war novel ot | the day, that small error like each l doing their bit, which usage has made 1 almost universal can be overlooked. ] At least I want to take the blame on my | shoulders and not have it attributed to
 my cultured and highly accomplished | 'interview-ee' of the better speech move ment."
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Ruth Wright Kaufman, in Leslie's. ~ ERTAINLY there is chance in |W London. You keep telling your-
 self that the place has taken on
 a totally new aspect. A few women in
 black cause you to suspect, just for 6 moment, that the death of some royal parsonage has plunged the city into mourning; then the predomnance of color makes you discard that theory. A group of men pass in bright blue suits, laughing little, though several of them are on crutches; there is a good deal of khaki; and those women there are so many hurrying along-are the unaccountable uniform? You glance up at the radiant sky, at the luxuriant green foliage of the trees and the pink hawthorn abloom, at the old women guarding flower stalls that , blaze with cornflowers and scarlet purpose about everything.
 | You are attracted by crowd, and, 1 in the distance, in front of Bucking- ham palace, you see bobbing red coats on horses, several important looking carriages and guard of men in khaki. Birthday honors-decorations in Hyde Park by Albert Gate; you hear some l one explaining about it all. A fat
 woman bawls out something about; | "Penny. Commemoration a penny! Souvenir on a pocket 'ankerchie' a penny all on pocket 'ankerchie' a
 penny"
 l You are amused by an old man in a straw hat with small Union Jacks and | Stars and Stripes stuck in his hat band; another penny for them.
 l And when you are held up in the traffic, you laugh when a little boy points to two aeroplanes in the sky l and asks his mother.
 "Is that the Kin gand Queen?' 1 But the crowd, however good ] tured, is too thick not to obstruct your view. You certainly are not destined | to see the King and Queen unless in
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the air. Besides, the taxi fare is mounting up. Not that the clock has climbed so appallingly as it would in New York, but, after all, tourist in comparatively strange country must be careful. You sigh and tell the chauffeur to drive to the Hotel Cecil by way of the Buildings of Par liament and Westminster Abbey
 "Tll stop for minute at the ab- bey," you say, and are surprised at
 his disgruntled reply:
 Very well, Miss"
 His tone seems to question your
 right to take in the sights of I.on-
 don.
 What is the matter with the grass at the abbey? It is nearly three inches high in spots. As you remembered the lawns of England, they were without blemish. But you must not delay; the moving throng leads you within those great grey cathedral walls and, with that silent feeling at your heart hold ing you in the doorway, you listen
 to the droning explanation of the pa- | tient guide.
 This ere is the great admiral" He is addressing group of soldiers. As you brush past to see if the Poets'
 Corner is still there, you read the gilt | lettering on one of the shoulders: Australia" and you notice that the
 mans arm is in sling. Outside in the sunshine you stand be- side your taxi and look admiringly at the Houses of Parliament. You speak | of how good 1t is to see Big Ben-and your driver scathingly remarks: Big Ben's a noise. ma'am, not sight' and you remember your own i Big Ben at home, which never really did waken you in spite of it's persist ! ence.
 There you stand in that we'll known l riace, and everything looks the snme except Westminster hospital, across the way you are puzzled because it has
 such a lot of people in night clothes on the porch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
LUXE M,LuKE SAYS

Some folks imagine that sympathy consists of buttonholing poor worried hunger and telling him how badly hs looks.
 It is good thing that time isn't money. If 1t were, the laziest people would be wealthiest.
 Never judge mans generosity by the way he blows in his coin in kaif. Take a look at his wife's clothes.
 A German scientist claims to have dis covered something that Is 300 times more destructive than gun cotton. But maybe he has just walked up and begun to real- ize what kind of an animal the Kaiser really is.
 There are all sorts of people in the world, including the man whose epitaph should read: ''The ring of dollar was the only music he cared to hear, and the rim of a dollar marked the horizon oi his life.'
 In too many cases wife measures hel
 husband merely by his faults
 When you let well enough alone you are making the way easier and surer for the fellow who doesn't Why is it that the cakey-looking rala- tives a man tries to disOwn always live in the same county with him and that the wealthy and distinguished relatives he is always bragging about always live on the other side of the continent? There Is lot of meanness in the world but we have always found that human beings are no meaner than they have occasion to be. Don't judge by outside appearance Sometimes the poorest shows Fave tht finest street parades. A man may be smart enough about other things But there is always time in his life when he will be fool enough tc write love letters. If woman had the money to spare she would have her children's pictures taken once a month. But a man would 1 never think of that Any time mother admits that hel l children were in the wrong in a fight and the children next door were right I you can bet that the millennium has ar rived.
 l An excuse never seems as reasonabl; l to the wife to whom 1t is being mad, as 1t does to the husband who is malS
 ing 1t.
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refuge. He was barred from France where his paper had been suppressed, had been deported from Spain and faced a sentence of six months in prison if he entered Germany, where he had been convicted of writing a book attacking the German govern ment and militarism. Trotzky, as may be seen, caused several European gov ernments to pay him more than pass ing attention. Socialist agitation in Spain became so strong when he was arrested there that the Spanish gov ernment was forced to release him, although he was ordered to leave the country.
 Trotzky has been a prodigious worker and a prolific contributor to Jewish and socialist publications, in addition to articles written for his 
 own papers. He is described as bril- liant speaker, with great personal magnetism and is said to be absolute ly sincere in his beliefs. He has lived in many parts of Europe, including, of course, Siberia, and is reputed to be one of the best known pamphleteers in Russia.
 As the present foreign minister of Ia country where he was formerly hunted from pillar to post, Trotzky has entered on new phase of his turbulent career which may give him lasting fame or result in an igno- minious eclipse.
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infinities in order to give emphasis to what it says. The committee heard that men in nine of the 16 training camps were suffering for lack of clothing, many of them having neither blouses nor overcoats. It thereupon adopted 9 resolution requesting the sec retary of war ito immediately as- certain conditions by wire. and suspend departmental routine, if necessary, by direct purchases from sources near the camps.
 That word immediately may be out of its proper grammatical position; for ordinary purposes it should, of course, precede the word sto" but anybody will agree that it sounds louder where 1t is. The only other place where it could have approximately as much force would be after "ascertain," but the committee put it right where they want ed it. Right there it cuts more red tape and jolts official routine harder than it could anywhere else It is curi- ous what a lot of ways there are to help win the war. Even split infinitive may do some good. We feel quite sure that it did in this case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
Growing Interest In
 War Savings Campaign

0N HE children of Alabama will vie
 H with each other in the purchase of war savings stamps. They are al- ready beginning to show eager inter est in the campaign and after they are thoroughly organized on military lines with corporals, sergeants, lieu tenants, captains, majors and so on up to generals, their enthusiasm will be without bounds.
 Schools or school grades will com pete for stamp sale records and every body in the community will catch the spirit of the little folks and be stimu- lated by it. While saving to help win the war will be the principal mo- tive of the crusade, the children will find the work as appealing as play Friendly rivalry always creates mer- riment and as military" promotion in the army of juvenile savers will be based on merit, that is to say upon individual achievement in sales manship, the scramble will cause no end of amusement.
 The baby bonds, costing $4.12, will be in wide demand throughout the year by people of moderate means. Large sales were made at the start, and the volume of such sales will in crease as the campaign proceeds; but the most animating feature of the savings cause will be found in the camps of the children who will dis play their patriotism by accumulat- ling pennies, nickels and dimes for the purchase of stamps.
 Birmingham will be the center of activity in this savings campaign, as lit has been in all the other campaigns, but Montgomery and Mobile, and all the other cities in the state can do relatively as well as the capital of Jefferson county if they will only bestir themselves. Much is expected of every town and city, and State Di- rector Crawford Johnson will not be disappointed.
 Will Alabama be able to raise its
 quota of $4s,OOO,oOO? The answer is
 easy. It is emphatically yes. The
 sum sought from this state may seem livery large, but the children alone will lraise great part of it, while adults are sure to rise to the occasion.
 Two billion dollars is the goal sci flor the United States. It will be Isoversubscribed" just as the libert, Iloans went over the mark. Fifty mil
 lion would not be too much for Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
Railroads Safe in
 Government Hands

ID RESIDENT WILSON'S address 4 to Congress yesterday was a practical, straightforward explanation of the reasons why the government took charge of American railroads. It also showed, unmistakably, that while this action was precipitated by the national crisis through which we are passing and the necessity for unifv' the nations transportation fas3 IT the successful prosecu- He war, railroad properties,
 s.ating billions of dollars in vaiae, and railroad securities will be protected with the full power of the American government.
 The Presidents sensible words should set at rest any fears that the business and financial interests of the country, as well as the railroads with which they are closely interrelated, are going to suffer from government control. If necessary financial aid will be given, but it is hoped that transportation problems will be so ad- justed that all lines will continue to operate without deficit.
 As MT. Wilson points out, there is no question of the patriotism of rail- road officials. They were simply un- able to do what the government is able to do. The roads were taken over for the welfare of the nation as a whole, to be used to the best pos sible advantage of the American peo- pie, which includes the railroad peo- pie. Every effort will be made to avoid any dislocation of commerce or finance and the private shipper will have his interests safeguarded.
 Just as the American government is caring for its soldiers and it's sail ors, so will it provide for the rail roads, the railroad employees, of what ever rank, and all who make use of railroads. Through MT. Wilson the promise is made that in government hands railroad property will be kept in a high state of efficiency, i'm proved wherever necessary and, we may feel certain, will be returned to private ownership after the war is over in better condition than before,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
Stock Market a
 Good Barometer

NNF all the business barometers few " are better than the New York stock market. Bank clearings signify little, especially in the smaller cities when compared one with another. One reason is lack of uniformity in
 clearing house methods. Birmingham's
 clearing statistics are comparatively small, because the banks are few in number, although their deposits are large. One of the largest banks in the south is located in Birmingham. Mr. A, who keeps his account in that bank, pays MT. B by check. The lat
 ter, keeping his account in the same
 bank, deposits the check there. On such transactions there are no clear ings and they occur in great volume
 every day.
 Some cities have way of padding
 their clearing house figures. Atlanta
 "clears" for the state of Georgia,
 which, of course, swells the total. Birmingham never pads.
 | When the stock market is active on rising prices, as it has been this
 week, business prosperity, as rule, | is distinctly reflected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
CLEAN AND COOL

By Charles Kingsley. Clear and cool, clear and cool, By laughing shallow, and dreaming pool; Cool and clear, cool and clear. By shining shingle, and foaming weir; Under the crag where the ouzel sings, And the ivied wall where the church bell
 rings, Undefiled, for the undefiled Play by me. bathe in me, mother and
 child. Dank and foul. dank and foul. By the smoky town in it's murky cowl; Foul and dank, foul and dank, By wharf and sewer and slimy bank; Darker and darker the farther go, Baser and baser the richer l grow; Who dare sport with the sin-defiled? Shrink from me. turn from me, mother
 and child. Strong and free, strong and free, The floodgates are open, away to the sea, Free and strong. free and strong, Cleasing my streams as hurry along, To the golden stands and the leaping bar, And the taintless tide that awaits me
 afar. As I lose myself in the infinite main, Like soul that has sinned ana is par
 doned again. } yf7sxaefit~drN Cor the undefiledf rs,s4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
Smart at That

"A funny thing happened in our of flee few days ago." said Ray Tillman, clerk of the Bessemer exemption board when a questionnaire was re- turned not filled out correctly and Maj. Thomas T. Huey, chairman of the board, called my attention to it. I told him I thought it was alright as the man to whom it belonged had been discharged from the army on charge of being mentally deficient
 Major Huey said, Well, the boys at Camp Pike thought he was very smart as he succeeded in getting them in q craps game and winning all their money, but as he has already been dis charged from the service of the gov ernment, you need not bother with it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
WOMEN


 You may talk about womsn, Their style and all that, But the smaller the woman The bigger the hat.
 -Yonkers Statetn al You may talk about wor Who giggle and flirt. But the fatter the wor1 The tighter the skiss
 Indian pots q You may talk abous gcmen. The bold or ssdatc But the taller thg roman The shorte' her nate.
 -Chic eofe.-Hers You eay ta aaans women, Tte Eesns and ne paste; Bpt fisei the woman Tie sifur gi her taste.
 cleveland Plain Dealer You may talk about women. The coy or the snug, But the "newer" the woman The fiercer her mug.
 Nashville Banne You may talk about women, The silly or sage, But the older the woman The younger her age. Peoria d-Transcrip You may talk about women, The old and the young, But the shorter one's temper, The longer her tongue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
Community Sing

We expect to make Rotary day at the community sing a grand success said Secretary Clarence Lloyd, and we will attend in a body. An especially attrac- tive programme has been arranged for renee, and as the professional singers of the Rotary club. who were invited to take part have declined to warble. the community sing will surely prove very enjoyable"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
RATHER TRYING

RATHER TRYING
 T wonder how it feels to be mar ried to a militant suffragette who gets arrested once or twice month for disorderly conduct"
 q can't speak from experience" re- piled the man addressed, "but I imag- inc it's like spending lifetime in a dentists waiting room"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
Ase-Herald solicitor Praised

T think that your Mir. II. D. Allen, who conducts the Realtor page for The Age-Herald in such a splendid manner, deserves considerable praise for the man ner in which he succeeded in getting an article for the Realtor page New Year s week, when everybody who had agreed to prepare one renged,'' said M P. Messer.
 "The poem which he ran, entitled The Realtor,' was most appropriate and a decided compliment to the Realtors, even a greater one than they could have paid themselves, and they appreciated the sentiment of it. as a whole, very much, am sure. Mr. Allen is determined. and he mas preserved tne Realtor page against great odds at unes, and we Realtors all recognize his ability in his line. He is persistent, too, when it comes to getting business"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
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A STRANGE SIGHT IN IOWA

From the Grinnell Herald.
 We saw a strong minded though ec- centric individual on the street the other day He went by a hardware store. where washing machine was standing out in front. without giving the handle a jerk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
JoLTEp By A SPLIT INVENTIVE

From the Minneapolis Tribune.
 The Senate military affairs commit. tee which is Investigating the war ae- partment does not hesitate to split it's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
PROBLEM ATICAL

PROBLEM ATICAL
 What on earth is that woman across the street yelling about?"
 "Why, she's just trying out her voice, preparatory to singing something" When she gets through trying out her voice do you suppose she will have breath enough left to sing?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
FATHERS CONFESSION

'Tve come to ask you if you will lss your daughter marry me-"
 "You are not very well acquainted with her, are you, my boy?"
 Why, I think so, sir.''
 'T fear you are mistaken. If you knew her as well as do, you wouldn't consider 1t necessary to ask me to let her do anything she has made up her mind to do."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
Tragedy nnd Comedy Mixed

Il have had many hard jobs in my life,' said Hugh Morrow, but. together with about 100 other members of the bar. I have been putting in from eight to F hours day in tedious work trying Ito help the men who are up in the air on account of the questionnaires. It is no easy job to have them properly an swered and properly filled out If you get through with on. III an hour it means that it was an unusually simple case. l find that about 95 per cent of those examined by me are married, and that about 9s have very little of this worlds goods. Tragedy and comedy are mixed up in the days work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05

BEGINNING THE DAY-O great God. I would be pure that l may see Thy face. I would have out the seIiishness, the malice, the unfor- giving spirit. Cleanse me, 0 God, that I may keep company with Thee, and so satisfy my soul. Those rare spirits, who live before Thy face, have joy that I fair would share. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
SOMETHING TO CONSIDER

SOMETHING TO CONSIDER
 'If the average man were as prompt In paying his debts as the average woman is in paying her social obliga- tions, this would be pleasant world to live in"
 sMaybe so, but the wear and tear on our financial institutions would be ter1ific.p PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05

The fiighty purpose never is o'er- took Unless the decd go with it.
 Macbeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
ADRIFvT WITH THE TIMES
,TIsN,T ON THE MAP

HON T UN THE MAP The poets sing little town Where troubles never come. Where people always wear smile And no ones ever glum. In truth, I'd like to travel to That happy-hearted place And let its cheerful atmosphere Lifes battle scars efface. I've called up Information" but The quest was quite in vain IT people ever journey there, They don't go on train.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
FALSE ALARM

FALSE ALARM
 I've been out with Glippering time and time again, but he never does his share of the buying"
 Doesn't even pretend to, eh?" 'No. Once I thought he raised his hand to reach for c1scK, but ht was merely waving to an acquaintance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-05
LEGAL AID

"The other day heard self-made millionaire talk about the way to tuc- ceed in life"
 No doubt he tolaryoa hoN e nsds his moneys
 Not ali oe 4 ite teld us how h. a3e Fst aea.r, but after that he fdn't Into details. I suspect that ae sneaS great deal of his time con- suiting his lawyers"