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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
Utopian Scenes
 Observed in Russia

E OSEPH E. GREINER, who was O a member of the first American railway commission to Russia, con- tributes some amusing sketches to Russia" trade journal published in New York under the auspices of a large firm of importers.
 Nr. Greiner says the trolley cars in Petrograd are always crowded, but the mad scramble which characterizes Americans in getting on and off cars was conspicuously absent. Strange, indeed, to American eyes must have been the sight, as he describes it, of prospective passengers forming in line of their own volition and waiting each his turn to get aboard, without be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
THE sPRINKbING CARTS

Frcm the Stars and Stripes have seen the bravest quaii.
 l have seen the faintest shine, have watched the best grow stale
 From long vigil in the line. i'ut of all incongruous things,
 Fit to throw one in a trance. This the exclamation brings:
 spri2afng carts on roads of France Sprinkling carts on roads where mud Topped the rim of wagon wheel When first arrived-oh, Lud,
 Hoy. those marches made me feel, Wet ani slimy was tho way,
 Dull and lowery was the sky, Til gave up in dsmay.
 I.lgsei, and wanted much to die. New the roads are full of dust,
 Threats cry out for many beers, So. to wet them down or bust,
 Came the doughty engineers With tkelr water wagon bold
 Hitched 10 mules that gaiiy prance Bless those men, with hearts of gold.
 sprinkling cn the roads of Frances
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
Some Longhorns. Too

T heard shorthorn bulls g1orified until l almost began to think that the ideal in the cattle industry was to be 8 'muley cow,' said Arthur Crowder bu: the other day friend showed me pic- boy who is travelling through Texas. but who keeps up with the old home town, showing a Texas longhorn, whose horns had a seven-foot spread.
 He had written beneath the steer. Here is the way they wear em ou! here.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
FOURTH OF JULY. 1919

From the Greenville Advocate.
 Frank Willis Barnett, in the postscript in his article in The AgeHerald of the 10th, has this to say:
 Here's. hoping that Americas great Independence Day will be celebrated in Berlin next Fourth of July as the worlds day of independence and that the Kaiser will have to read that immortal docu- ment and then be interned as an "unde- sirable citizen.''
 We want to amend the above senti- ment by the substitution of the one word inferred" for 'interned." He should have been interned before this war com menced and now he should be put under ground and his soul hurried to it's mas ter the devil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Films and swedes

The spruce timber interests in Wash lngton state need several hundred tim Der cutters to bring production up to the governments requirements in it's airplane programme" said Levi J. Owensby ot knoxville, Tenn, representative of the Pacific Coast Lumber interests.
 When tine United States got into ths war the Films and Swedes. who consti- ute a large percentage of the lumber jacks quit work because of their sym pathy with Germany. Then the I. w. W. began their work of destruction and the lumber interests had to get rid of them. The Films and Swedes will not work Tn the spruce indusctry, and we will not em- ploy the I. ". w, and the result is big shortage in labor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
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Spend Twenty Minutes
 a Day in Prayer

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 A this morning is published an ap- peal from one of Birmingham's be- loved ministers, the Rev. L. F. Whit ten, urging the people of this city to attend monday prayer meetings which are being held each day in the rooms of the Civic association. The services last but twenty minutes, beginning and ending promptly at the appointed time, so that there may be no un- necessary delay.
 Although held by congressional re- quest and conducted by leaders in Bir- mingham's religious life, the services have not been well attended. There is much to be done to win the war. The men, women and children of Birming- ham are working as never before, but surely no one is so busy he cannot devote twenty minutes at the lunch hour to prayer and the worship of God
 Humanity is now passing through the greatest crisis it has ever known. We must work for victory, but we must pray also. At time like this things of the spirit should not be neg lected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17

ing compelled to do so by traffic reg ulations or the power of an autocratic conductor. He states that there were no traffic officers in the congested streets, yet pedestrians and vehicles went their several ways without un- due disturbance or interference of one with another"
 Similarly when tobacconist got in new supply of cigarettes-Russians being inveterate smokers-he put up an announcement to that effect, but there was no rush to buy. His GUS toners formed in long line on the street, taking their turn in getting cigarettes.
 Clearly the Russians can teach us a thing or two in department. Our manners are at their worst in pub lie conveyances-trol cars, trains and the like. They are none too good in stores. And the Russians have many other good qualities, more of -C
 heart than of mind, perhaps, but worthy of emulation. What pity that people potentially great have fallen under the sway of such rascals and fanatics as the bol- sheviki, dupes of German propagand ists!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
Misses Blanks Everett

T certainty miss Blanks Everett and his cheerful greetings" said solou Jacobs.
 Blanks was as good as tonic, as he just radiated good will understand he is making good with the naval reserve forces at Brooklyn. The war certainly has taken out of our midst bunch ot good fellows
 When l think of them it makes me mighty bitter against the Kaiser, whose selfish ambitions brought about the world conflagration in the hope that Ger many might be enriched by loot and sal wage"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
A BATTERY IN FAIRYLAND
IT es Hopper in Golfers Weekly.

Jan eS Hopper Tn ColllefS Weekly
 It was thus, that I would arrive at our regiments batteries. For my visit I usually chose Battery c because it was in such a pleasing place. It was in a spring.
 On the ground was a carpet of grass. very light green, With daisies here and there; just above were low bushes, also Of that enchanting light green; then above, the boughs of the trees, also light green; and in between, the very trunks were green with a thin moss like velvet, so that between ground and treetop the atmosphere. shot through by a pale green sun, was like translucent and trem bling liquid emerald.
 The officers were charming people young men, grave and alert as to their work, tremendously interested and eager, vet possessed of a wealth of gayety and hrmor At night they slept in holes, but for the day they had placed 8 table in d space between four trees, roof Of tenting above it. chairs about-and there they sat, in this fantasticaily pretty place, this place made for fairies, and listened to the singing of the birds. Lit erally listened to the singing of the birds, for the grove was vibrant with the s,anl stopped singing-blackbrds robins and little wrens. reinforced at times by a sl,yark, which. rising from field nearby, rose high, high above us. just visible like a little mosquito up there between the branches. and sang and sang and sang. desperately, flying, flying the while till just when we were sure he was going to die of ectasy in another me ment he folded his wings and dropped swooning to his mate and his nest again.
 l don't mean to say that in this grove the only sound was that of singing birds, But somehow this was the sound which held tho ear The other sound came frori the guns. There were batteries all about us-in the same grove, in other groves, out in the plain. all cunningly hidden, and they were going it forever in eeaseless and terrific clamor. You'd near tEe sharp cracking detoHauon, the w-whh- -ee-ee-ee-ee of the departing shell and the wood, immediately catching the echo. raised it to a noise like that of wind going through the shrouds of ship in a storm-that sound, but million times multiplied
 Yet always 1t was the songs of the birds we heard, the song of the indom- itable little beast!es, each one pouring out, drop by drop frail beauty upon the world, the world ravaged and deaf ened and all atrembie with violence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
COME RIGHT OUT WITH THE TRUTH

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
 Dr. Von Kuehlmann has gone to Swift zerland ito get a breath of fresh air" Judging by the experiences of other efn- inent Germans in that country, the brac- ing mountain atmospmere is wonderfully effective in clearing away intellectual fogS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
OTHERS GUILTY

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 A Chicago grand jury has indicted 10 walters for putting sleeping powders in the food of diners who didn't tip. Any indictments against landlords who took advantage of the helplessness of the diners and put 'em in S6 rooms?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
Copyright. 1918, by the Bell Syndicate. !,
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
FILLS THE BILL.
Drawn by LOUIS REMEMBERS.

FILLS THE BILL. This motion picture star has lion cub for a pet'
 "That beats poodle, doesn't it?r T presume so.''
 cor a monkey?'
 "oh, yes. But she doesn't need monkey for a pet. Have you ever seen her husband?'' 5esr
 A HOST OF THE FUTURE, Fine country home you have here, and spacious grounds, too. That clear ing over there to the left--is that field for some kind of athletic sport?' "No. I'm going to have landing place for airplanes over there, | look forward to the time when my guests will fly out from stown.'
 BEST OF 'EM RATTLE So this car was done over before you bought it second-hand?
 Yes, and it looks like new So it does, but-ahem!-how does it sound?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
Likes New ,Job

T am fipGing my new work as assis.- ant manager iof Loews Bijou most in teresting," said Harry s. Ford, who re. gently gave up the newspaper game to get into the theatrical one.
 I am finding, however, that there is big lot of detail work connected with amusernents when it is carried on in such big way as is done by MT. Loew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

Seeing things This is an expression which is used to convey many different ideas. It is state of mind which is frequently superinduced by falling of the water wagon.
 Now, I have been seeing things not because I have evaded the temperance laws and sInuggled in suit case from wet territory, for went dry long before Alab abama was put in the Saharic column
 By seeing things I mean merely that awhile back l came through the country from Columbiana alongside of Friend Teague, whc sat at the wheel, and l never realized before just how wide awake the drlver of car must be unless he runs ever something.
 
 Now, there are drivers. and then drivers. Teague belongs in the care- full class, vet I give the palm to my friend, William Leary, as the safest man all drove like my neighbor there wouldn't be so many accidents
 Now I nm not fond of exceeding the speed limit. To me there is neither pleasure or sense in tearing down the road at breakneck speed. In 95 put of 100 cases where cars are smashed, the fact that the person at the helm Was trying to break record.
 Now, am not automobile shy, bur frequently friends pick me up on my way downtown from Mountain Terrace. but when l find driver is reckless, 1 do not accept his courtesy the seconu time. for l do not care to be lamed or to be in a car when anyone else is hurt, l am against the speed merchants who use our city or country roads for speed ways.
 must have lost my nerve long before the days of automobiles, for 1 remem- Der making a ten-mile trip in buggy outsin the country with friend of mine, who hal the reputation of being a reck- less driver The buggy, which fortu- nately happened to be a Brewster aud about as tough as hickory switch, turned over on its side several times, but always righted itself, l mildly called my friends attention to the risk he was taking, but he merely laughed and said, "Oh, We hit little rut in the road.
 . l remember when living at Washing ton, Ca, that Burwell Green used to fre- quenty come by the pastorium and picK me up and take me out to his farm He buggy and Lad the ability to get about over the fields almost as we'll as the average man could do it horseback. He used to edge up to a three- foot terrace and say, Hold tight parson | am go- ing to drop off, and he did it so expertiy that l got about as used to it as the days I used to take dtches when fox hunting.
 But ! started out to tell about see ing things The first thing I observe is that when you are next to the steering wheel, you unconsciously begin to keep your eyes glued to the road. You feel ar the nerve tension of the driver without sharing m his responsibility or being able to guide the car. l learned to sit in buggy and let whoever was driving do it without offering any suggestions, and l iive UT to this rule in riding m an automobile, for know it's aggravat- ing to have too many suggestions frorn the side lines. l have even seen hus- bands give their wives short answers when told to watch out for this thVs or that.
 Here are . few things | saw in the road in sO-n,ile drive. We hadn gotten out cs Columbiana Before We oe-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17

BEGINNING THE DAY-O God, help me in my misery not only to be comfortcd by remembering that hap pier days must come; but help me to dig into my desert until I shall find living water. Show me the song at the heart of my sorrow. May my very grief unprison my soul. For Christs saks. Amen.-H. M. F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
ONE FROM THE FRONT

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 Private Smith-How long do you think the blamed war'll last?
 Private Jones-Six years. Two years more fghtin an four years rollin' up tn barbed wire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
GASOLINE BARoNs CHoRTLE

From the Chicago News.
 T. K. Giragossian, having fallen down with his "garabed," or free energy, the gasoline magnates give a hoarse ''Har Har!" of triumph and resume business a. the old pump
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
puI-rING TT PLAINLY

Prem the Cincinnati Times Star
 The Austrians have withdrawn from section of the Plava delta because the line ''could not have been held without heavy sacrifices. Another way of say ing that they were licked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
Summer School for
 Alabama Farmers

THE summer schools for farmers U at Auburn are always well worth while and are largely attended, but this years school will be of excep- tional interest and new high record in enrolment is expected. There will be many prizes for animals and many prizes for horticultural exhibits. As Director c. A. Cary says, the farmers school is the great Alabama clearing house for agriculture and live stock information and along all lines of farming.
 Every farmer in this state should be a progressive farmer and one way to become progressive is to attend the summer school. There are no fees and the price of board will be reason able. Also watermelons will be served lin abundance without cost and the social side of the school will be made agreeable. Every farmer should strive to be in attendance.
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 Maybe you h2ven't stopped to thinA about it, and even if you did stop to { think about it. it wouldn't make much difference tc you personally. but evcrs year slioOoooo worth of gold filings goes into American teeth.
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 {, 1T German soldiers really look on Amer jeans as nothing more than enthusiastic but untraincd boys, It must be rather hu.| ! initiating tc be rounded up and marched to the rear ps handful of those boys. Z
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
SUMMER FICTION.

The heroines name is Elaine, A maidens who's wondrously fair; Like the blue of the skies is the blue of
 her eyes
 And the color of gold is her hair. She is stately and cold and aloof When We meet her on page number
 two,
 But the action moves fast, some chap
 ters are passed And her cheek wears roseate hue For the hero has murmured, My
 aueen,
 An the villain has taken to flight. Thin stuff, you'll avow, but along about We've got to read something that's
 light.
 DISASTROUS
 "How is your son getting along in the army"
 First rate now. But in his ignorance the poor boy made mistake when he first reached the cantonment that came very near spelling his career as a sol dler"
 He didn't commit an offense involv- ing moral turpitude?"
 "No He call his colonel old Top
 USEFUL IMPLEMENT. Heres an urgent message from my husband" remarked Mrs Jibway the day after she reached her favorite summer resort.
 T hope Mir Jibway isn't ill?' said friend, sympathetically.
 No indeed MT. Jibway is trying to keep house during my absence and he wants to know where l put the can opener.''
 gan to have to pick our way through droves of cows. Now, my experience without having ever driven d car is that the COW is the bete noir of the automo- bilists, for it seems to me COW can change her mind about crossing the road in the auietest and most unobtrusive way Of any animal, but always doing
 
 down.
 We struck. the perpetual rooster. who can't make up his mind whether to cross the road or outrun the car, and held our breath as we tried to get by noisy hen with her biddies without killing about two dollars worth of little chicks, The day when an automobiist can run over frers, broilers hens or even roos- ters is pasy. for they run into money fast.
 Then came the porkerA lying in tie middle of the road and trying to be more indifferent to our approach than the average hound dog whose feelings always look so badly hurt as he gets up just in tine to save himself from being ground inro sausage We struck several herds of goats, but they didn't take any chances, but climbed embankments or jumped oitehes as though the Boches were after them.
 The road sparrows widowed and took their dust Lsths. thrush tried to out run us, a lartridge trotted across the thoroughlarc as if it had time to burn' We scared up any number Of raopits' who gave us the "all over and soon lost themselves in the briar patches. We saw the usual snake making its slimy trail in front Of US to be lost in the bushes.
 
 We broke up several berrying parties. and. of course the usual stupid mule lad to give us chase down the road. i T baliave however, I like all of the ami mals one meets en route better than the 1 road hog
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
AndreMx \ Minute Man

II want to say for Ed Andrews, ths president of Rotary said Joe Rosenber- ger, that ho may not be as eloquent as Nesbitt, but he has one trait which IS dear to every Rotarians heart, and that is when o'clock comes he lets his gavel fall. it makes no difference who or what is up.
 Its the best way to keep up the at tendance. Short. snappy meetings will bring the boys out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
A HOST OF THE FUTURE.
UNNECESSARY NOISE.

UNNECESSARY NOISE N
 Increased railroad fares will mean fewer chorus girls in road companies next season. remarked theatregoer. Instead of choruses numbering any where from ls to 30 girls, guess we'll sec from to F merry maidens'
 Probably so, and hope the or F won't get the idea they will have to sins twice s loud to make up for the reduction in numbers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
THERE'S A REASON

From the Atlanta Journal
 The German newspapers are becoming outspokcn, but not to the point of put ting advt. under the kaisers press agent stories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
Summer ReyiynIs On

The summer revivals are now in fult swing" safe Reese Allen, "and the one begun by Pastor Myre at the Methodls. church at Acton on Sunday night is be- ginning to draw the people out.
 While it is true that Acton is a min ing camp, it contains many God-fearing men ard consecrated women. The war women realize the need of spiritual help as they CT their loved ones are called on to make the great sacrifice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
Member of the Associated Press

Member of the Associated Press
 The Age Herald is the only morning and Sunqay newspaper in Birmlnsh nan carrying the Associated Press ois- patches.
 The Associated Press is exelusiveis entitled to the use for pubncati tion of all news dispatches credited 10 II or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news puphsneo herein.
 All rights of republication or spe- cial dispatches herein are also re- served.
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WAR LESSONS FQR BOYs Lord Northcliffe, in the American Boy. I wish 1t were possible for me to look
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Entered at the Birmingham Ala'' postoffice as second-class matter, uh der act of Congress, March s, 1873.
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The sun., 1918-01-11
SUFFRAGE BARELY WINS;
HOUSE VOTES 274--l36:
VICTORY AFTER 20 YEARS
Anthony Amendment
10 Brief and Clear
SPECIAL Desp1t~h to Tvs srS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1O.-Thc
text Of the Susan b. An
thony amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States
follows:
Joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of
the United States extending the
right of suffrage to women. Re-
solved by the Senate and House,
&C., .two-thirds of each House
concurring therein, that the fol-
lowing article be proposed to the
Legislatures Of the several States
as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States,
which when ratified by three
fourths of said Legislatures shall
be valid as part of said Constitu-
tiop. namely:
"Article Section 1. The
right of citizens of the United
States to vote shall not be denied
or abridged by the United States
or by any State on account Of
sex. Section >. Congress shall
have power. by appropriate legis-
lation, to enforce the provisions
Of this article"