The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-07

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in her own country and in England
about Cora Urquhart Potter, but to ms
| she will always remain strange, en-
trancing creature who possessed, ASIDE
| from her beauty as a woman, name
| less charm that can only come from a
certain patrcian quality that in England
we call good breeding"
SIDELIGHTS ON LONDON
And now to give you some sidelights
| on London as they come to me from
a letter dated March 9-long before this
awful drive" that has shaken, but not
in the least weakened, the courage and
spirit of by beloved island home.
/ This has been great war loan week,
writes my correspondent. "a war-scarred
tank, Familiarity known as 'Egbert, has
been on duty since Monday in Trafalgar
Square. Various well known people take
/ turns in sitting inside and collect money
as it is handed in to them.
| zone man who had stood in the long
| queue for nearly half an hour dlstin-
guished himself by depositing check for
! 100000. We are indeed wonderful
nation.
| "He refused to allow his name to be
| published, but just popped this vast sum
into Egbert's money box as if it was the
most ordinary thing in the world!
ARTISTS DO BIT
1.-THE water has once more been allowed
to flow into the Trafalgar Square ba-
| sins and the fountains are playing A
fleet of model warships, mine sweepers
| and torpedo boats are floating on these
| little lakes and they are all in charge
\ OF real live bluejackets who collect large
sums of money from delighted children
| and old men and women.
You can't see Nelson's column for
| flags and posters and there is an open
air cinema being shown free all the
| time Between the display of these war
pictures famous artsts-from George
| Robey (our greatest comedian to Mark
| Hamburg (the famous Russian pianlsD
appear and do their own particular
| stunts!
"Robey sits astride one of Landseers
| lions and sings or talks, and Hamburg
| has his piano on the platform at the
| foot of Nelson's colunm-so you see we
are not in the least 'downhearted.
IN. addition to 'Egbert's' money-swai-
lowing tricks in Trafalgar Square there
is quite fleet of tanks that perambu-
| late outlying districts with marvellous
success in the money box line.
| SIN fact. a taxi driver that will stop
i when YOU hail him is a far more lnlre-
uuent sight than one of these lumperins'
snorting engines of war which seem TO
| be gifted with special sense as La
as money is concerned.
| az am sure thew must smell it If you
happen to have a shilling in your purse.
"a tank came to anchor OUTSIDE OF
| Kensington church the other evening.
When | passed it, it was brillantly lllu-
| minated and there were sentries 1.-TWO Oh
them without their right arms, poor
dearsD keeping guard, and people lining
up to buy their Is and penny war loan
| e - t1,n ORG fest
| certificates as If 1t was the sfea.e9' 'oAo
| in the world -
| SO YOU can feel the pulse Of England
deafness spirit in these lines, written by
a girl who is also inspired by that praVe
| desire to make the best OF everything
and never say die. During the day .
and nights of horror "over there" | feel
| sometimes as if l would go mad with the
lurking terror of uncertainty And then
T think of London and Paris, where,
lndaunted. unafraid. within sound and
sight of awful things, women and girls
and old men and wounded and war
weary soldiers keep brave and proud and
cheerful in the knowledge and conviction
! that the cause of the allies must con-
uuer because it is right and just
LADY CHETWYND AIDS
And now something about this country
and its coming drive for new Liberty
Loan. | was talking to Lady ChetWynd
the other day. You know that as
Rosa Lynd" she is playing the chief
part in the propaganda play, Her Coun-
try" which has just moved to the Har-
ris theatre. She is heart ana soul IN the
great movement to Gin the war;" ana
she has immense belief in the women OIL
America.
1.-THE next big step toward peace is IN
doubtedly the forthcoming Liberty
Loan" she said to me. THE more LID
erty Bonds subscribed to, the sooner Will
Germany realize the impossibility or com
peting with Americas wealth. Germany,
1 understand, raised it's eighth war loan
of $1,000, 900, 900, bringing the total debt
of the German empire to 0S,000, COZ, COO
Now, it is obvious that America can do
much more than this
LAS an American born and bred wom-
an, l firmly believe that the women IN
America alone can easily subscribe $lO-
900, 100000 to the next Liberty Loan Or
course, in order to accomplish this task
it is undoubtedly necessary to make GER
tain sacrifices. To invesE ones income
or ones salary (by the way. it is inter-
esting to know that Lady Chetwynd is
giving her entire salary to war charities)
of course is not sufficient. l therefore
believe that if every woman in this Won
derful country of ours sold one or two
| Of her treasures it would be perfectly
easy Tor the women IN America W idiSe
the above mentioned sum.
I'VE all have to make tremendous sac
rifices in this war. For this reason
! decided to sell diamond which is espe-
cially dear to me- 1t Is perhaps the
most treasured possession in my jewel
case, but by selling this diamond, which
weighs SO karats. and for which have
been offered $4,000, 1t will put me in the
position to take UP $4,000 worth of Lib
erty Bonds.
! Now, / love that stone. thought
would never part with it as long as
live However, for the great cause OF
democracy what sacrifice would we not
make? There are mothers who have
given their sons, SO after all, what Is it
. to sell jewel no matter how attached
/ you might be to it?
| IF every woman in America did the
same thing and sold just one Of her
treasured possessions, the next Liberty
Loan would be subscribed not once. but
/ five times over by the women alone and
Germany would realize the imposibility
of fighting against the combined re-
sources Of the Land of Liberty"