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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-22
Otto II. Kahn. who recently
q III ned from n 4.
Wars
Victories and
Lessons

Otto III. Kahn. who recently
Wars returned from England where he
Victories and MADE study OF the British war
hcsSohs feature OF that system
which might lave escaped the
attention of a mind less trained to observe busi-
ness results. He said: "Mr. Andrew Weir. di-
rector general OF supplies. and amongst other
things. In charge of the army salvage system
told me that in the space of three years he will
have saved to the nation through salvage. or.
rather. in effect crcn ted for the nation $500 OOO-
900 out Of things which formerly went into tho
scrap heap" Mr.. Kahn probably knows better
than most. Americans the enormous proportions
of our national scrap heap. it was, at least
betorn the war taught us our first lesson in
thrift and conservation. and accept his
Application ion, Of Ensiands example to our need
If we find i ways Of anp!ying after the war sys-
learned as to The use and value Of materials
heretotore consldered absolute waste. the pos
sibility of the creation of wealth by that means
In our country almost staGEers the ina gina ion
We believe the lessons will he applied We be
ieve that what may be called the byproducts
of the war will be among Americas chief gains
from the conflict. Those byproducts will be
OF extravarance unfashiona BILE and a juster a nd
more equitable system Of taxation. These will
he victories over ourselves comparable with
those shall win on the battle fc1d.-Kansas
City Times.
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Happiness has to come from the inside.
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Current Editorial Comment

Ma ssachusetts authorities re-
port that within n year the in
crease In the number of inmates
of correctional institutions for
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Rirl)ulun1 Ginlrs-pispatrb

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Enierei January s1. 1905 at the Po.t.Otes at
Ricjlmopd, Va, a second-cnsS matter.
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Ouestions and An.,ycr..

C,allus on the Soic.--PleLss tell mo what causes
cracking and caIlousing Of tho soles OF the feet.
The skin breaks open and b!ocds and causes
much pain. MISS g. NJ
AnsWcr.---Cramped, too narrow. too pointed.
too far outtosing Iasts. Paint the calius once
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
The Experience of Immortality

There of immortality The first by living immortality the second by enjoying the dead
 When immortality His Word He said q them eternal fe Jesus asked wait passage writings putting mqTtaity" Properly speaking this life immortal life When believe this and live accordingly this life dignity mortal nspable mortal expectations noteworthy that general always but life bettng immortality Immortal life them with and give unexpected other hating of this with Christ seek those things that above really living his immortal life and be subject 
 shoulders magnificent of immortality
 the living Death shock ought paralysis the abiding that it often brings inability realize that loved Gods hint not realize Why should struggle realize something that not true? The dead with Christ and Christ with therefore gether
 Sir Oliver Lodge others talking deal about commun the dead Much machinery and intricate figured We'll objection all necessary Why lay cable talk family the oom? Why telegraph system hold with the than breathing closer than hands feet"
  together other thing Only the body taken and it not the body that and is the within behind That changes the of manifestation As said recently substance Frnchman Death no authority. He yields He porter opening door
 We of say they
 - EDMoNDs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
LUKE M.LUKE SAYS

Before girl Is 25 her mother is
 afraid that daughter will get married.
 But after that her mother is afraid
 that daughter won't get married.
 No man ever failed because he de-
 voted his time to minding his own bus
 mess. If you didn't get this one the
 first time, read it again.
 Thirty years ago, when 25 cents was
 8 whole lot of money and would buy
 enough steak to feed a family, with
 piece of suet and piece Of liver
 thrown in for good measure. and there
 was no such animal as tooth paste, .
 girl used to keep her teeth like pearls
 by cleaning them with the ashes that
 father saved from his cigars. This
 hint would save the girls lot of
 money today, but we'll bet that not
 one of them will take it. Of course it Is none of our busi- ness But we have often wondered how a woman with two-barrel shape the half-barrel bath tubs you find in | modern flat buildings. A woman can get lot of pleasure out of a thing that doesn't separate
 her from some of her money. But q man can't.
 Another strange thing is how much more a fellow will do for your sister l than he will do for his own? It is better to stay away from church thar 1t Is to go to church and leava your religion behind you when you walk out, as most people do. The man who gives S3 inches for d yard does an awful lot of squealing when the other fellow gives him 5 ounces for a pound. We do not know much. But we do know that the fathead who stated ti.a t 1t takes two to make an argument wasn't a married man. Every time a grouch attends a musi- cal comedy he feels like hiring law yer and suing the management for breach of promise. This would be better world if men were as careful of their own records as they are of the records of their phonographs.
 When a man tells you that he isn't afraid of his wife you shouldn't be- 1 lieve anything else that the durn liar l says.
 I When a girl tells you that she has ! tnever kissed a man, don't embarrass
 her by asking her how many men
 have kissed her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
Knows More Now

"The work I did in the fourth Liberty Loan campaign certainly taught me many things about the imperial county of Jef- ferson that l never knew before." said Murray Brown, who made such fine record as country chairman.
 ''In the first place I found out it was some county in size. and then it dawned on me that 1t was some county in the volume and variety of its business, but the biggest impression made on me was that at last it's citizenry had learned the art of working together. It was a joy to have such hearty cooperation. Take 1t from me, we are just on the thresh- hold of achievement. This district is going to play big part in shaping peace policies, for in it some of the big prob lems in business politics, social and labor matters will be settled equitaby."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
PREACHERS AS JOKESTERS-By Frank Willis Barnett

I said recently that as jokesters, more or enjoyed them better than a group of preachers. They are mighty fond of getting a good one on one another, and even enjoy one at their own expense.
 I was swapping experiences with a ministerial friend the other day as we were taking a long ride through the country. I had related how, in my early ministry. I was holding meet ing in a little mountain church up in east Tennessee.
 The interest had grown intense, and during the service I asked all present who wished to join in praying for a special blessing to please bow their heads. All bowed save two young men, who had been constant attendants on all the services and always respectful and seemingly interested.
 I was puzzled and thought they had misunderstood the request, and I re- peated it bit more urgently, but still they sat erect. I could not under stand their action. so after the service I went up to them and asked them If they minded telling me why they had not compiled with my request. I learned that 1t was against the rule Of the sect to which they belonged to bow their heads at public worship, but if I had asked them to lSneel and pray, they would gladly have done so.
 This recalled an instance in the life of my friend He was a young man and In meeting at Mobile it seems that he was asked to conduct serv- ice in the afternoon at seaman's Bethel. The pastor for whom he was to render the service told him that 1t was uncertain about the size of the congregation as it was entirely depend ent upon the ships which happened to be in port.
 I was told, said he, that there might be 300 or 400 or less. I went at the appointed hour and found three men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27

Rabaud may decide to give the pa- irons of the orchestra an oportunity of hearing his reading of Beethoven's Eroica, or the ever popular Fifth. In the meanwhile the distinguished Parisian is sure to make fine hit with his all non- German programmes. # T # The Louisville Courier Journal has a new style of type for its editorial heads, but we miss those three-column broad sides "Marse Henry" used to write with triple stars here and there to give fellow breathing spell < x <
 A contemporary wonders if a German spy could make tour of this country without detection. He might if he didn't insist on carrying along a little Ger man band to play "The Watch on the Rhine"
 Colors of mems hats are limited to only nine shades. However, that's lati- tude enough for the average man who seldom thinks about his hat after he has once put 1t on his head
 # # #
 When this war Is over will the hon. est working man ever again be recon oil ipu for ba1 to get before the Kaiser started out to capture Paris7
 # * *
 A naughty husband who got into trouble by taking another woman to a picture show says she Is his '1odge-sis- ter" He's an ingenius rascal. any ,how
 The famous coast resorts of France delight the American "doughboy," who squanders his money there just as many an American tourist has done before him.
 There are more than 25,Ooo.oOO cats in the United States. There have been times. no doubt, when you thought fully that many were on your backyard fence. # # :s A wife has left her husband because he couldn't buy her pink silk under wear. Department store windows may be to blame for that. # # # Women ushers have been installed in Chicago church. That gives them a splendid opportunity to see what ev- rybody Is wearing. # f * Could it be possible that certain dis tinguished citizens of OysterBay is play ing p9pticsf Tough luck! The day for turning the clocks back one hour happens to be Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
German Music Not
 Altoeether Banned.

|WAGlNER' who was a man of WV letters and doctrinaire, as well as a great composer, and Richard Strauss and other living Germans who were in distinct vogue in this country before the war will not be heard in American cities soon; prob ably not while the present generation survives. That, at least, is the con- sensus of opinion and the prevailing desire in musical circles, and the antagonism to these propagandists is reasonable.
 But the old classic favorites who were far removed from the militarism of Prussia-Bach, Handel (more Eng Ilish in feeling than German), Mozant, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Schu- mann, Mendelssohn and Brahms-will still find their way on festival pro- grammes in this country. Those men would have written the same music they did no matter where they had been born and reared. They were not merely national figures; rather they were international, because they wrote for music lovers of the whole world. German names, however, will be in evidence much less frequently in the next few years than in the past. American composers, now numer- ous and at the forefront, will come well into their own; and French, Italian and Russian masters will be more popular than ever. At the Metropolitan opera house only one German opera will be presented this Mozart's Marriage of Fiji garo," but this should not give off, fense even to the most bitter opponent of anything smacking of Teutonic "kultur." The plot of this delightful work was adapted from the French and the lbretto was written by an Italian ecclessiastic. p
 The concert orchestras will play a Beethoven or Brahms symphony now and then and a Bach fuque and a Beethoven sonota will have a place in many of the recitals.
 Henri Rabaud of Paris, conductor designate of the Boston symphony, has announced in advance of his com ing to the United States that he will eliminate all German names from his programmes. In his concerts at home he had shown great partiality for Wagner, but he says now that never more will be conduct any composition from the brain of German. No one will find fault with his sweeping atti- tude. But after peace comes even MT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Walker County,s Great Record

OS0htsS 0ECaN NhSCOTu We Walker county people are nat uraiiy proud of our Fourth Liberty Loan record" said Capt Jack H. Gran rord or Jasper, chairman of the cam paign committee The county's quota was $275,ooO. We raised in round fig ures $6oo,oOo.
 Tt made me tired when the question was asked. Will Walker core up to loo per cent?' or that other question. VIII Walker go over the topT Over the top' forsooth. Why. Walke- Is al ways 200 or more per cent county; never less than 200 per cent no matter what the proposition is-patriotic, Liberty Loan quotas. politics or devil ment in general.
 My Liberty campaign work was made comparatively easy by the splen- did efficiency of the assistant chair- men-about 2G of them-any one of whom could. if necessary, have made the quota good. All were tireless in their efforts and all enjoyed the can vass because of the whoN- N-hearted re- sponse of the people"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
Women Pushing Sale
 Of Savings Stamps.

6NH HE War Savings Stamp cam
 ll paign is progressing well and after the united war activities canvass November 11-18-is a thing of the past there should be a great nation wide drive that would bring the total of purchases and subscriptions up to the billion-dollar mark If the cam paign runs into 1919 the two billion goal will be reached.
 The women have been tireless work CTS in the War Stamp cause. They have never allowed their zeal to wane. Here ill Birmingham the ladies of the various churches are conducting the booth sales. The friendly rivalry be- tween the different denominations counts for much, and it has been sug- gested that all Stamps be obtained from the booths. As it is now men and women stand in line at the post office and at the banks during busi- ness hours waiting to buy Uncle Sam's modest securities.
 The greater the sales at the booths, the greater will be the encouragement to the women vendors. Let's make this week banner week in Birming- hams War Savings record. And when the campaign has the right of way from the latter part of November un- til Christmas, the result throughout Alabama should be a marvel of pa- triotism and money-raising achieve ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27

l went into the pulpit and raised a hymn and sang it all by myself. I then read the scripture lesson and made the opening prayer and sang an- other song, took my text, He is the Light of the World"
 I was quite young and the thought that I was going to preach to a great crowd of sailors had inspired me to prepare a sermon which was to be filled with oratorical flights about the men who go down to the sea in ships My closing appeal was based on the story of the widowed mother who al- ways kept a light burning in her win dow for the night when her sailor boy might come home. I thought my audi ence of three were following me close ly, for they never took their eyes off of me as I spoke.
 I closed and said, Let the congrega- ton stand up and be dismissed but no one arose. I thought they had not heard me, and repeated it a bit louder, but still they sat. At last in despair I threw up my hands and up they stood. I repeated hurried be,l- ediction. About that time one of the attendants came in just as my three lone hearers were filing out without coming up to either remark on my disclosures or thank me for being pres- ent.
 I was never so set back in my life, but I saw a great light when I was told that neither of the three had been able to understand a word I was say ing, as they were foreigners and never understood a word of English. but had come merely to worship without being able to follow the preacher. It made me bit careful ever afterwards in trying to get a tip on the crowd was going to preach to.
 Dr. Broughton. when pastor of the famous Tabernacle church in Atlant "a, told me of a funny thing which hap pened in one. of his prayer meetings. It seems quite a notorious character was converted atg one of the services
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
From Stars and Stripes.

from stars ana olf1peS
 N American private spied a rooster
 N\ prowling around farm house in No Mans Land just after tho Americans had captured Very. Being hungry. and having an appetite for roast chicken. this American private decided to crawl up on the rooster and trap him in the building.
 The American was about to lay his hands on the astonlshed rooster when a German entered the rear door of the were so surprised that they stood for a moment and glared at each other, then the American motioned for the German to do a right flank on the prey they were after and both closed in on him. The rooster was captured by the Ameri- lines with both rooster and German in tow.
 Later, at the regimental P C., the German roasted the chicken for his cap- tor, who shared it with him. The following letter was written by an American soldier to his mother in Cali O, the Argonne drive:
 Dear Mother: We are going in to bat tie the boches tonight. It is our first time in. as you know. so of course I am | thinking of you more or less. But don, forg get, mother, my thoughts are of you. <. Fo, rest and writing to you, as I know you are always wanting to hear from me. But don't you worry one bit, mother dear If the boches get me l will get ten of ! them while they are about It.
 This will be all until next time. Low l ingly. BENNIE." | The next time'' never came for Ben nie. When the burial squad found this letter in his shirt pocket he was lying with his face toward Germany, his right front finger pressing the trigger of his rifle. A few yards in front of him was German machine gun nest. There were ! nine dead Germans in the pit. l One artillery unit worked hard during the afternoon of the second day Of the attack to get it's pieces into position. II had moved up for the second time, and had not fired a shot
 1 It was o'clock when the lieutenant in command gave orders for every one to stand by. The gunners were to fire their first volley into the German lines | Everyone stood waiting for the fina
 word when the telephone rang and woro came that the infantry had advanced SC far that is would be necessary to move
 up again before going into action. "Oh, hell!' said gunner; ''thost in
 fantry guys ain't got no respect for u. at all"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27

and tedious, but with more than two million men in France, whose number is being rapidly augmented every week, the problem of transportation alone will be fraught with many dif- faculties. The Canadian military au- thorities estimate that it will take 15 months to return the Canadian troops to their homes.
 After peace is declared there will be a general relaxation of the ten- sion to which soldiers are now sub jected. The temptation to "take things easy" will be irresistible and it is then that the agencies supported by the or- garized war fund will be able to do la tremendous amount of good by pre- venting the moral deterioration of our troops, now kept at such high stand ard, by giving them what they will need more than ever-something to do and somewhere to go during their leisure moments, and by carrying out practical educational programmes, ap- proved by the government. It is planned to turn every hut in France into a university classroom.
 The American people have Loyalty supported the soldiers thus far. We must not slacken our efforts until they are safe at home again, bigger, bet ter and broader men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27

and was so penitent that he asked to be received into the church on the fol- lowing Sunday. He was on hand and when the doors of the church were opened, he came forward.
 After the service, according to the sincerity, the man was told that hs would be expected to be present at prayer meeting the following Wednes- day night and that he would be called upon to pray. It nearly floored him. Doctor" he said, q don't know how to pray, please excuse me-" No" re- piled the preacher You have come in the church and you must take a part in it's mid-week service'
 
 "All right" said the new member. If that is your rule, then you will have tol teach me how to pray" The doctor then asked him if he couldn't say, "Oh. Lord, have mercy on me, sinnerY' Sure" he joyfully answered, If that is praying, I can do that much, and you can call on me next Wednesday night" The prayer meeting hour ar rived, and he was on hand early. but & bit nervous.
 ITO relieve his anxiety called on him in the beginning of the service, but he gave us a shock, for falling on his knees, he blurted out, Oh, God, have mercy on me, sinner, for you know I have been mean as dog He didn't know that he had misquoted the prayer I had tried to teach him, but it was too much even for a prayer meeting crowd, and I couldn't keep them from smiling as some of the young people tittered.'
 I dare say that every preacher has at least one good story on himself. which he could and would tell if he felt that he had a sympathetic nearer. The next time you are alone with preacher for any time, or go on a trip with one, if you want to hear a good one, just get him to tell you the most amusing thing which ever happened to him since he became minister.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
WHO CouNsELs PEACEs

Written by Robert Southey in 1874. Who counsels peace at this momentous
 hour,
 When God has given deliverance to the
 oppressed And to the injured power? Who counsels peace. when Vengeance,
 like a flood, Rolls on, no longer now to be repressed When innocent blood From the four corners of the world cries
 out
 For justice upon the accursed head; When Freedom hath her holy banners
 spread Over all nations. now in one just cause
 united; when with one sublime ac-
 cord
 Europe throws off the yoke abhorred, And loyalty and faith and ancient law Follow the averaging sword?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
Why War Work Campaign
 Must Be a Success

1T T is the purpose of the united war U work campaign, which begins November II, and continues to No- bomber IS, to raise $17O, 100000. With rumors flying thick and fast that the war will soon be over, persons who are not we'll informed of conditions abroad and the task which confronts our gov- ernment in demobilizing the American army, are asking the question, "if peace should come early next year will the war work agencies still need this huge sum of money?"
 John R. Mott, director general of the campaign, has appealed to the newspapers of America to correct this false impression, if possible. It will take many months, perhaps more than a year, to undo to large extent what we have done in building up a huge army, greater than any force this country has ever before put in the field. As MT. Mott points out, after the Franco-Prussian war, one of the shortest in history, Rehabilitation re- quired more than year.
 Even if all our soldiers were here in America, the process of discharging them from service and sending them back to their homes would be slow