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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

Saints and angels stand Smiling with their holy eyes
 On this new-come band. St. Michaers sword darts through the
 air
 And touches the aureole on his hair As he sees them stand saluting there,
 His stalwart sons;
 And Patrick, Brigid, Columbill Rejoice that in veins of warriors still
 The Gaers blood runs. And up to Heavens doorway floats
 From the wood called the Rouge Bou-
 quet,
 delicate cloud of bugle notes That softly say: Farewell,
 Farewell! Comrades, true born anew, peace to you! Your souls shall be where the heroes are And your memory shine like the morning star.
 Brave and dear,
 Shield us here
 Farewell!"
 Though Joyce Kilmer has followed Al- len Seeger to his rendezvous of deaths he will be honored for many years by American literature and American his- tory. The little cross beside the purling Ourcq, the cross marked "Serg. Joyce kilmer. killed in action, June 30, 191S,'' will not alone perpetuate his memory. The glory of his death and the beauty of his songs will far outIve 1t.
 I dcnt know how these poems affect you. Usually I am not fond of poetry. I m awfully "choos-y" about it; but these beautiful, pathetic swan songs''-thesa last cries before the dawn-get mighty close to my heart and l cannot fail to feel the depth and beauty of the words penned by these gallant, brave young poet-f oldiers. Alas. these gallant, brave young poet-soldiers whose lives went out like candle, before they had scarcely begun-and all because of grim visaged war--rhe blood red hand of warg
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
Burying the American Dead

From "A Visit to the Front" by Gill
 bert Parker, in the London Tele.
 graph.
 At last we reached the spot where we had to leave our motors, and then be- gan a walk over the worst country have ever seen. Every yard had its shell hole, and as we went we saw or either hand bodies of Huns, with stark discolored faces, and one lay with his head crushed by the wheels of a tank or artillery wagon, while in copse tc the right of us were the remnants o1 Americans blown to pieces.
 A little later we looked down on the valley where the endless barbed wire of the Hindenburg line was stretched and away to the left was the town of Belllcourt, the road from which the Huns were shelling continuously. One could hear the long swirl through the aid, and then the curst of the shell and see the cloud of dirt that rose from the impact. But their aim was bad, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
PAN-PACIFIC UNION
 IS NOW ANNOUNCED
Nations Bordering on Pacific Ocean Are Uniting in Care for Their
 Interests

Honolulu. October 29-(Correspondenc of the Associated Press.)-The Pan- Pa cific union, organized to promote friend shin and better trade relations between the nations surrounding the Pacific ocean, and to accomplish for them what the Pan-American union had done for the republics of the two American conti- nents, is laying plans for Pan-Pacihc congress of chambers of commerce to be held in Honolulu in 1920.
 A Japanese trade commission headed by R. Yamashina, vice president Of the Tokio Chamber of Commerce, which passed through here recently for a tour of the United States and South America, agreed to do everything possible during it's travels to stimulate interest in tho projected congress.
 Organizers of the Pan-Pacific union, prominent among whom are its presi- dent c. J. Mccarthy governor of the territory of Hawaii, and Frank c. Ath- erton and Alexander Hume Ford of Hon. olulu hope in time to have the govern ments of the nations of the Pacific take over it's administration.
 President Wilson has been inaugurated as honorary president of the union. A note of internationalism has been struck by the election also as honorary presi- dents of Premier William Hughes of Aus tralia and Premier W. F. Massey of New Zealand Both have accepted and sig nified their intention of promoting the objects of the union in all possible ways.
 The President of China also has been elected an honorary president, and an emissary is now on the way to Picking to engage his interest and support. Prom inent Japanese are cooperating.
 Honorary vice presidents include Gov ernor General Harrison of the Philip pines, the governor general of Java and John Barrett director of the Pan- Amer ican union.
 MT. Ford is confident that every ma tion bordering on the Pacific will be rep- resented at the congress here in 1920. The premiers of Australia and New Zeal and have, already promised to attend in person.
 Support for the congress has been pledged by the Seattle Chamber of Com merce and the International Pacific Chamber of Commerce. the latter com prising commercial bodies in the Pacific northwest and British Columbia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
Bv DOLLY DALRYMPLE

EGENDS, old as time itself (the
 swan song" which is supposed n to be the last sweet note of un - wonted tenderness sung just be. fore deatm come before the misty eyes as war with it's queer trick of bringing to mind everything old or new marshals before us in dread array a host of GUS toms.
 Prominent in the list of swan songsn sung by our poet soldiers is found the name of Rupert Brooke-again our own Alan Seeger Leslie Coulson, John Me Rae-and many others, but these four have written the most quoted, the most popular and the most appealing verses regarded so by critic and dilletante- which have been sounded during the pres ent war.
 War and song always have been com panions and this great world war has given its share of sweet singers--its quota of those who have written their swan song often at the eleventh hour just before going west
 From the Agean sea-the Island of Sky ros (where he is buried) Rupert Brooke has sent back to the hearts of countless sympathetic friends the poem by which he will ever be remembered-''The Sol dier:"
 If should die, think only this of me That there's some corner of foreigr
 field
 That is forever England. There shall DC In that rich earth richer dust con
 cealed;
 A dust that England bore. shaped, made
 aware,
 Gave once her flowers to love, her way'
 to roam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

Robert asks: T am constipated. tongue coated, have headache, dizzy spells and indigestion sometimes. Please Answer: advise that you begin using Throe Grain Sulpherb Tablets (not sul- phurl These tablets are laxative. act on the liver. kidneys and bowels and tend to Keep the blood pure by arous- ing the. eliminarive functions. Relief should follow quickly.
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 Clerk writes: T have pains in my spine and frightful headache in hack or head. fainting spells. twitching and trembling, nervousness, ,sleeplessness, loss 10 of ahpetite and strength. and in 1act am has been." when it comes to duties"
 ., Answer: Tn all such cases the assimi- iative functions have not kept pace inless tonic treatment is needed. l Ilnd Three Grain Cadomene Tablets un- excelled and astonishingly beneficial in such cases and advise them for you.
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 Lucy says: "So.ne time ago con- tracted very severe ccld and cough. l nave tried many remedies. but they do not seem to help me at all. I wish you would advise me what to do"
 Answer: What you need is a laxative cough syrup, one that will drive the cold rom your system The following prescription will check your cold and cough: Get 2h -oz TAckage of Con- csntrated Essence Mentho- Laxene and hn.s; hax;e according to directions on tho .01.-e' 1ake tsaspoonful every hour
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
don't think they succeeded in fellins

don't think they succeeded in fellinR many men.
 But on the hillside, as we went down into the valley, we saw American sol- dier grave diggers putting away in the too thickly populated improvised ceme3 tery the very many dead soldiers who had so gallantly done honor to the Stars
 and Stripes And yesterday, as it were, these were civilians like ourselves, with war as far from their thoughts as bounty is from the miser. And what good spirits did all soldiers whom we saw and met show! Their day of danger
 was not over, but their day of victory was in their hands. Officers in dugoutsv men in carts and by the roadside, every-
 where were cheerful, without being jub- ilant-hopeful and radiant and self- possessed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

When Spring comes round again this
 year
 And the first meadow flowers appear. God knows 'twere better to be deep Pillowed in silk and scented down, Where Love throbs out in blissful sleep, Pulse nigh to pulse, and breath to
 breath, Where hushed awakenings are dear. But I've a rendezvous with Death
 At midnight in some flaming town, When Spring trips north again this year,
 And l to my pledged word am true, shall not fail that rendezvous. believe I like Bieut.-Col. John Me Rae's Tn Flanders Fields" more than any other swan song" of the war; it so effectually visualizes the soldiers who have joined the mute majority''- as they lie row by row "In Flanders Fields:"
 In Flanders fields the peoples blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky
 The larks still bravely singing fly, Scarce heard amidst the guns below, We are the dead. Short days ago l We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow
  | In Flanders fields.
 Take up our quarrel with the foe, | To you from falling hands we throw The Torch--be yours to hold it high; If ye break faith with us who die, We shall not sleep, though poppies grow | In Flanders fields. | There's another poem too-another
 swan song" which I love, although it | isn't as well known as Rupert Brooke's, Alan Seeger's of Lieut.-C John McRae' S poems quoted above-but nevertheless, 1t is equally as expressive and appealing; it | Is Leslie Coulson's But a Short Time To Live" often referred to as "One
 Little Hour:
 One little hour-how swift it flies | When poppies flare and lilies smile; 1 How soon the fleeting minute dies, Leaving us but a little while | To dream our dreams, to sing our song' | To pick the fruit, to pluck the flower. The Gods-they do not give us long | One little hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
NERVOUSNESS.

ITS CAUSES AND TREATMENT. By L. E. Emerson, Ph D. Little Brown &
 Co. publishers, Boston.
 This book, entitled Nervousness, is
 addressed primarily to the functionaly
 nervous, but is distinctly not book of
 conventional advice to nervous patients. Dr. Emerson makes clear that every
 functional nervous symptom at bottom results from, and is a manifestation of disturbing ideas consciously or subcon- sciously held by the sufferer. To effect
 a lasting cure there must be a mental readjustment. Dr. Emerson aims to as
 sist the nervous to look more clearly into the depths of their own souls and know themselves for what they really are. An
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
"BETTY MARCHAND." !"

By Beatrice Barmby. George H. Doran
 company, publishers, New York city. Here is a book which shows the do" velopment of a modern woman throuel, the trials and disappointment woman who scorns the feminine wile~ and lackadaisical graces of the las4 century, but who keeps the best In th@ old ideals of won,a mood. Betty MartN ands long stru@r'e rN to success
 the business wo"id. her roNr7cia' and long delaved iev in worthy ie. will win appreciation frorr tho l,.
 women of today whose brains
 lter~ts are no longer kept in wat
 tight comIartments. a
 Petty Marchapd" is in part the f
 of teh authors own experience. Brousi up to be. a school mistress as the er' renteel occupation for woman, at ] : she rebelled and chose business ca reer. A longing for travel, whetted by brief vacations in France and Belgium, lea to . position as stenographer on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
DOLL Y-ETTES

YESTERDAY was stupid; TODAY isn't much; but TOMORROW, golden, enchanting, alluring TOMOR- ROW!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

A gardener in Warren, Me, planted
 corn in his garden. The corn did not appear as soon as he expected so he sowed parsnips. His niece thought the parsnips were weeds so she pulled them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
DOLLY-ETTES

The Richest Girl after all is she whose Face IS her Fortune" because the happiness it bring her usually lasts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
FEDERAL POWER: ITS GROWT
 AND NEN,ESSTT'Y, ,'

FEDERAL POWER: ITS GROWTH
 AND NECESSITY"
 By Henry Litchfield West. George H. Doran company, publishers, New York city.
 A study, both scholarly and readable, of the subject which more than any other holds the attention of the political con- sciousness of the nation today is Henry Litchfield Vests book, Federal Power. The war has had as one of it's earliest consequences an. increase of the federal power so unprecedented that, whether it is viewed with opposition, distrust or approval, it cannot be ignored by any one who wishes to be well informed.
 Against a historical background, MT. West makes. clear the gradual centralza- ton of government from the time of the first federalist party, through the cata- clysm of the civil war which had the question of states rights for it's primary issue, down to the present day. With frankness and moderation the author re- views the tremendous problems confront ing us today as a result of the power given into the hands of the President. A discussion of federal power as a politi- cal issue and as a military necessity leads up to a prediction of the future which, considering the authors histori- cal and political training, must be re- garded as serious contribution to the | literature of political science.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

By Annie Payson Call Little, Brown Co, publishers, Boston,
 Much has been said about economy of food, economy of money, economy of ali materials needed to win the war; but al most nothing has been said about indi- vidual economy of human strength, which is quite as necessary if not more so, than any of the other economies so often pleaded for.
 Miss Calls new book, Nerves and the War; deals entirely with this individual economy of nerve force. If the book is read by army officers, they can con vey it's principles to their men, both by example and precept. If it is read by noncombatants, they, by applying its teachings to their own lives. can do their best toward helping in the war more efficiently.
 Contents: The saving Of human en- ergy; the other man; conquer beginnings; shell shock; in a hospital; the power Of 1 cleanliness; about suffering; death and dying the will to use the bayonet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
.TurEyEs' WIT"

By Hubert Footner George H. Doran company, publishers, New York city.
 Young Enderby. confidential investlga- tor and amateur detective. and his sweet heart assistant are on their first case A great actress has had stolen from her the worlds most remarkable necklace of pearls, and, though no one knows it, the gang hired to do it for money was not the object of the thefte was the most desperate set of thieves and murderers in the country, who operated under cover of the best known names of smart Fifth avenue jewelry shops.
 The background of the book is the glamour of stage life, with all the flavor that that implies. Love finds its place in the book, too--even in the midst or complex intrigue. The exotic peautlful actress no more escapes "the grand pas sion'' than does the eager, smart little girl whoss the woman operative in the case
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

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 | Pride asks: My hair Is too oily and my scalp itches with dandruff and of iate It is comhing omt too much. What IS good treatment?"
 Answer: Obtain Plain Yellow Minyol ppy ss per in or b. jars sna purlfies,, cools and invigorates the hair ana scalp, thus stopping the death of tne hair, pandrwff and itching are at once relieved. Men and women all over the country now use 1t regularly.
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 Answer: I think If you will take weeks your kidneys and bladder will become normal and such symptoms vsnisn This is uneQualed for such
 NOTE: For many years pr. Baker has Deen giving free advice and prescrip- press columns, and doubtless has helped IT relieving illness and distress more l than any single individual In the worlds history. Thousands have writ ten him exnressions O. gratitude and contlcence similar to the following:
 Dr. Lewis Bakor, Dear Sir:-We have used three Of the medicines you advise me double four. the Essense Mentho- i.axene and the rheumatism prescrip- like ! charm. They are are tue tue best have ever used and I feel could not keep | house without them. I ar, very rrHte- lul and pleased to recommend any of these medicines prescribed. Very truly yours. MRS. A. r. WHrTED. ] Nj rssi $ fo51:nais 5savi.. x: ss '.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
THE NATION AT WAR"
By Dr. James A. B. Scherer. George ! Doran company, publishers, New orl

By pr. James A. B. Scherer. George II. l Doran company. publishers, New York. ! This book is at once the story of 1 how a Gernar American surrounded 1 by German influence has been con verted to unqualified American ideals i and reunciation of the Kaiser and all his works, and at the same time is rec ord of this same mans experiences \ when his loyalty and patriotic fervor l raised him to- the position of chief field agent for the state councils section or l the council of national defense. The
 men he met in this work, the nation wide organization which he has seen 1 the council of national defense pro l mote. which, indeed, he has hlmset
 helped to promote, are all traced hero with charters on each section of the
 country. it's work. it's war resources, it's
 man power and woman power. such arc
 the. things of which Dr. Scherer has had | the most intimate access and which he
 here modestly sets forth.
 l As chief field agent of the state
 councils section of the council of na-
 tional defense. pr. Scherer supervised 1 the several zones into which the ccun-
 try has been divided. He ha3 spoken
 at nearly all the war conferences, has visited in the interests of his work every state in the union, and is said , to know more about the work of the AS state councils of defense than any ether man in the union. He was in l Europe when the war broke cut and l has given his attention to study of | its causes and relations. Hc is well known also as writer. Besides a standard work on Cotton ss World ! Power" he has written several volumes i on Japan and historical subjects. pr. | Scherer attracted country wide notice by 1 his renunc.ation of everything German. l for which he was scored by the German I American press He calls himself de- hyphenated American. Dr. Scherer ir president of Throop College of Tech ! theology in Pasadena. Cal. He is now on leave of absence working for the government for dollar q year. trav cling more than 100 000 miles for the ] council of national defense
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
lD,oLEYSr1Arrrr:S9
 lprinOSOPr1Ef

Ole Miss, hit meks me sick ter see CT Man dat Destiny deals CT "ROYAL FLUSH" ter swell up and boast erbout how Pluck wins out! Yas- sum!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

One little hour-how soon it dies;
 How short a time to tell our beads, To chant our feeble Litaries,
 To think sweet thoughts, to do good deeds,
 The altar lights grow pale and dim, The bells hang silent in the tower So passes with the dying hymn
 One little hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

Another beautiful swan song' is that written by Cyril Morton Horne. late captain of the seventh battalion, Kings Own Scottish borderers, who died in 1916, Captain Horne's posthumous book, Songs of the Shrapnel ShelF' contains his swan song" entitled "Afterwards" and it is wonderfully appealing and beau~ tiful:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
IT[HQE BOOK SHELF
By THE BIBLIoPHILE
"NDRyEs AND THE WAR"

for Lady Phllippa who comes under the spell of the fascinating villain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
Travelling in Hollywood

IJ6CSTIIDtT 'I haven't seen you for month or
 mere. Where have you been?' "Ins the Sahara Desert, the war zone, l the north pole, the tropics and the orient" Trying to kid mel" Not at all. You see, I'm a movie
 actor The cherry. peach and plum originated in Persia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

attentive reading of this book should as- srredly help many functionaty nervous sufferers back to health.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
ADVENTURES IN BEAVER STREAM
 CAMP"

By A. Radclyffe Dugmore Doubleday,
 Page & Co., publishers, Garden City, New York.
 A modern Robinson Crusoe tale is this story, entitled Adventures in Beaver Stream Camp" which is a tale of two boys who are wrecked on the inhospita- bic shores of Labrador. Faced with the prospect of spending the winter there, they find themselves without food, shel- ter or the means of making fire How they overcome all these difficulties and make themselves comfortable until they are rescued. makes story not only fas- cinating, but full of vitally important
 information for any boy or girl who cares for adventure and life in the open.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
In the afterwards when I am dead want no flowers OCT my head

an Atlantic liner Thus she had her first glimrse of New York-an incident which is also used in the novel. Like her heroine, she obtained responsi- hle- position in 1alesmanship in Lon don, which she continued to hold after her marriage. A brief flyer in domestic ity. showed Mrs. Barmby that bricgc l,a1ties, teas and caring for an apart ment, hardly furnished sufficient brain food. The search for definite occupo- tion resulted in the writing of serial which was accepted by the Delineator about a year ago. A second serial is to appear in the same magazine this au- tumn, with simultaneous publication in England. Mrs Barmby also is her hus- bands right-hand man in the man agement of his business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

THE CRACK IN THE BELL" Ply Peter Clarke Macfarlane. Illustrated. Doubleday, Page & CO. publishers Gar den City, New York. Equally well-known as a writer of fic- tion and of stirring magazine articles of investigation, Peter Clark Macfarlane has in this book written a story that com- pines the strong ctional appeal of his novel Held to Answer and the polit- ioal knowledge gained through years of investigation of civic and national af- fairs.
 A story of love and politics in a bis
 American city, this is at the same time
 a drama of universal human interest. It throws a great light on the problem of providing efficient, economical admins tra tion for our municipalities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

EGENDS. old as time itself (the
 swan song" which is supposed to be the last sweet note of un S won+ed tenderness sung just be.