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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02
ALABAMA MEN IN GREECE

Paris Dispatch by A. R. Decker, to the
Chicago Daily News.
GC1HE Primavere, the British drirter
on which I cruised for five days in
q the southern Adriatic last summer,
dropped anchor in little island harbor
long enough for me to go ashore and visit
James and Thomas Greenwood, formerly
of Birmingham. 1t was strange, to say
the least, to find American spoken in
this out of the way island village. James
and Thomas Greenwood are two of four
brothers; two are still in Birmingham,
running restaurant and two have re-
turned to this island, to their home,
founded by an English soldier grand
ia ther many years ago. Though the
island has passed from hand to hand,
having been successfully English, French
and Greek, it is still home to the Green
woods, and, as James Greenwood said:
There is no place like home"
The island is Robinson Cruesoe
island. small, lonely and inhabited by
something less than $50 souls The rocky
hills and promontories are not fertile,
producing barely enough for the small
population. But the bay is cool and
beautiful, half surrounded by hills, and
ends in broad sandy beach. Barehead-
ed and barefooted, James Greenwood
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02
THROUGH THE DANGER ZONE

From "a Traveller in Wartime" by Win
ston Churchill, in the February Scrib-
Ne ss1 4,. -: s ss' ss.a the q.
tainment in the little salon
which, packed with passengers, had
gradually achieved the temperature and
humidity of a Turkish bath. For the
ports had been closed as tight as gaskets
could make them, the electric fans, as
usual, obstinately refused to march,
After the amateur speechmaking and
concert pieces an italian violinist, who
had thrown over a lucrative contract to
become a soldier, played exquisitely; and
one of the French sisters we had seen
walking the deck with the mincing steps
of the cloister sang, somewhat preca-
riously and pathetically, the Ave Maria.
Its pathos was of the past, and after she
had finished, as we fled into the open
air, we were conscious of having turned
our backs irrevocably vet determinedly
upon an era whose life and convictions
the music of the composer so beautifully
expressed. And the sisters sweet, wither-
en face was reminiscent of missal, one
bright with color, and still shining
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02

sailed out to the Primavere in his small
boat. He is a Greek islander now. 1
jumped in the stern and we moved rap
idly toward the shore, the spray flying
ments the keel grated on the beach in
front CT the Greenwood home, where
number of sturdy boys were playing or
watching the drifter squadron. Some
Greek farmers were loading phlms and
grapes into a boat preparing to trade
with the drifter crews for bread, matches
or sugar.
In his house we discussed America,
while I looked at familiar art calendars
and souvenirs brought from Birming-
hain. Most astonishing was an old
cheer-up placard, Smile. d you,
smle." I would have been less surprised
to see an Austrian soldier.
Quite a few of the islanders have been
to America, among them Spiro and Vic
Catechis, who are restaurant owners in
Chicago.
The Greenwood brothers said that The
majority of the Greeks are pro-ally, be-
cause they appreciate what has been
done for them in the past. Where there
has been friction, they believed it to have
been due to the lack of distinction made
between the ally sympathizers and the
other factions in Greece.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02
ARE PIGS CAUSE OF WAR.

The World Work.
An ingenious philosophic historian,
seeking cause and effect in the present
cataclysm, has traced it's origin entirely
TO pigs. The line of reasoning seems
fairly direct Serbia is chiefly pig
raising country; it has for years de-
per.d ed for its economic prosperity almost
entirely upon the export of this product.
Unfortunately, this little people could
send its pigs to the outside world only
by way of Austria. which had the IN
pleasant habit OF closing the ports when
ever she desired to discipline her cam
tankerous neighbor. Serbia's desire for
expansion, particularly her ambition for
port on the Adriatic has been mainly
for the purpose of obtaining trade
route by which her pigs could get access
10 the markets of the world. Hence all
the troublous times in the Balkans, and
hence ultimately this calamity. Whether
pigs started the war, however, it seems
not improbable that they will play an inn
portant part in ending it. At least that
Is fact which Mr.. Hoover and his as
sociates are attempting to impress upon
the American consumer and the Amer
ican farmer The emphatic message is
going out to the farmer Raise hoss."
An equally emphatic INJUNCTION is being
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02

lected. John and Milton Jackson, BROTH
ers have shipped five tons of frogs to
eastern markets. To get the five tons
suitable for market it was necessary to
handle nearly 50 tons of frogs and this
was done in about a weeks time, as that
is as long as the season lasts.
North Carolina claims rank as the
largest soy bean producing state. with
an estimated crop for 1917 of 100000
bushels, ar increase of 20 per cent over
1916. Despite this large crop, the oil
mills of eastern North Carolina imported
100000 bushels of soy beans recently from
China. soy bean harvester has oeen
invented by North Carolina farmers
This harvester thrashes the beans from
the vines in the fields.
Hull, England, in 1916, imported al3o
tons of hemp.
Barcelona, Spain, has 100000 inhabi-
tants.
American apples bring $3.50 barrel In
Liverpool.
Minnesota in 1917 produced 5O,ooooOo
bushels of wheat.
Pennsylvania hunters kill 100000 rab-
bits yearly.
United States is importing 1900 tons OF
Chilean ntrates this winter
German women must pay $3.50 pair
for wooden stockings
A forestry service is to be established
in China with the hope of bringing down
the price of lumber.
That stray wireless waves cause many
unexplained fires at sea and explosions
on warships is the theory of French
scientist.
To help a locomotive fireman with his
work a New York inventor has patented
a vibrating pusher that moves coal from
the back of the tender toward the front
The census bureau finds that hum
dreds of American girls in every Il
months are married at Is. Thousands
annually are married at 16
Widely separated settlements in the
Kongo Free State have been connected
with civilization by system of wire
less telegraphy which covers 5000 miles
of African jungles.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02

family. missal In library of modern
books!
On deck a fine rain was blowing
through a gap in our burlap shroud; a
phosphorescent fringe of foam Kissed
along, the sides of the ship, giving the
illusory appearance of all our headlights
being open and ablaze, exaggerating the
sinister blackness of the night. We were,
apparently, a beacon in that sepia waste
where modern undersea monsters were
lurking.
There were on board other elements
which in the normal times gone by
would have seemed disquieting enough
The evening after we had left New
York. while we were still off the coast
of Long Island. I saw on the poop a
crowd of storage passengers listening in
tently to harangues by speakers address
ing them from the top of pile of life
RATS. Armenians, / was told, on their
way to fight the Turks, all recruited in
America by the frenzied woman who had
seen her child cut in two by German
officer. Twilight was gathering as I
Joined the group, the sea was silvered
by the light of an August moon floating
serenely between swaying stays. The
orators passionate words and gestures
evoked wild responses from his hearers,
whom the drag of an ancient hatred had
snatched from the peaceful asylum Of
the west.
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Stop killing Calves,
Lambs and Shoats

"A 7 the beginning of food con-
42A servation discussions it was
suggested to the government authori-
ties that steps be taken to stop the
killing Of the young of such animals
as contributed to the food supply
calves, lambs, shoats and spring
chickens.
No orders or official requests were
issued along this line, but it is mani
testify a proper subject for considera-
ton by Administrator Hoover. Lamb
and veal are popular dishes on every
table, but the food loss from slaugh-
tering animals only few months old
is enormous. Pork, too, should be
strictly conserved, for while young
pig is not as marketable as lamb and
veal, it is in considerable demand by
good eaters, and the shoat consumed
amounts to a great volume.
Let the food administration take
action in this matter. Now is the
time to start propaganda.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02
LUXE M'LUKE SAYS

In spite of all the time she spends in
front of a mirror, a woman never sees
herself as others see her.
Any man can take things as they come.
But it takes an optimist to part with
them as they go.
One of the amazing things in life is
how regular a man can be in his bad
habits.
When you owe man money it makes
him mad all over to see your name in
print as a contributor to some charity.
II doesn't matter how mannish wom-
an tries to act, she has to sit down and
have a good cry once in while to Keep
her nervous system well regulated.
Now that Congress hasn't any prohihi-
ton measures with which to block legis-
lation it might take week or two and
debate and enact a law compelling a
man to ascertain the direction of the
wind before he spits
And an employee never watches the
cock for the purpose of seeing how much
work he can do before quitting time
No matter how badly she wants hus-
band, a girl should never seem over
anxious. The girl who does more than
her share of the counting seldom lands
the fellow.
When girl jilts a man he never real
! ICES what a good fellow she was until
some other woman marries him.
You might imagine that depot agent
in country town was the President OF
the railroad. But he isn't.
A wife can tame a man into wearing
clean shirts and socks. But she never
gets him educated into forgetting to say
them things or to quit poking his
knife into his mouth when he is feeding.
IT NAV he tough for man to be deaf,
but 1t is twice as tough for woman
to get deaf. A woman does SO love to
hear herself talk.
A man thinks more of himself after he
has taken a bath. If you don't believe
it. take one and see.
There is always something to be thank
full for. Just suppose the Easter rabbit
had TO come around in January when
eggs are 70 cents dozen!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02

the Importance of developing con-
structive activities along the best
lines. But notwithstanding the obvious
need for proper maintenance, COM
paratively little has been done in that
direction.
1t is not alone in the south that re-
pair work has been neglected. A
standing complaint in rich states like
New York, where money has been
spent in vast sums in building con-
crete roads, is the lack of provision
for keeping roadbeds in first-class
condition. Our own state engineer,
w. S. Keller, began sometime ago to
point out the false economy of coun-
tics expending money in improving
roads, unless they provided for main
tenance. After the rough winter we
have had, roads that were once good
are now bad.
The American Road Builders asso-
citation that holds it's annual conven-
ton in St. Louis next week will be
attended by representatives from Ala
bama. An impetus should be given
the agitation for the maintenance side
of the road question, and it will,
doubtless, be so, for nothing is en-
gaging the attention of road experts
more than this phase of highway de-
velopment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02

Minus Mardi Gras New Orleans and
Mobile will not seem like themselves, but
as all carnivals are omitted for the
duration of the war and because Of the
war no one is complaining.
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Sheffield and Florence have been
booming for several months, but the boom
is yet in its infancy. And. as Uncle
Sam is at the bottom of it, it should
be solid and healthy
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Birmingham's latest predicted cold
wave was 50 well advertised that some
people were really disappointed wnen
it failed to arrive.
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When Alabama's political campaign be-
comes heated next fall many man who
failed to pay his poll tax will be sorry
he cannot vote.
War savings stamps are in brisk de-
manu- now ana Ine demand Will DC even
brisker when the campaign is little
farther along
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Green river, in Kentucky, is said to
be at the flood stage. 1t is a long
time since the name has been heard
in Alabama.
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The bolsheviki have captured Odessa
and the Rumanians have taken Kishi-
neff. Events are moving rapidly in
Russia.
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When Hindenburg built his famous
line he did not figure on an attack
from the rear.
\ T. 4
Ground hog day is not a legal holiday
but it will be observed as usual, new
ertheless.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02
AT MADAME TUssAUD,s
the London Graphic.

From the London Graphic.
The romance of that world famous COL
lection Of wax works, known as Nine.
Tussaud's, is an enthralling novel of new
life. In England Tussauds has existed
for 90 years, but more than 100 years ago
there lived in Paris one John Christopher
Curtis uncle of Marie Gresholtz, the
future Nine. Tussaud. Curtis, a doctor,
first modelled in wax for anatomical pur-
poses, but later he extended his labors to
representation OF living people, assisted
by his niece Through the Reign of
Terror Marie Gresholtz lived in Paris,
modelling heads of celebrities, such as
many of them just after their lives had
ended on the guillotine.
In 1902 Marie Tussaud came to Eng
land with her uncles cabinet de cire.'
At first she displayed her models at
tho Strand and In provincial towns, fl
nally in 1885 finding a permanent home
in Baker street, which was afterwards
moved to the present site in Marylebone
road.
Strangers from all over the world WIS.,
tied and revisited the place Since the
beginning of the war streams of men in
khaki or blue moved from morn till night
in and out. Canadians, Australians,
South Africans and Americans, their
choice generally being the Chamber of
Horrors" where they can see the MUIR
derers and PRISONERS ranged together.
"Gawd-loolz at Charley Peace. the
greatest murderer in his tirne.'' one Ca
madam said: Never think he was a
murderer, looking in his innocent face,
would yer?"
Within the building one finds the
greatest celebrities reproduced in wax(
and the work carried out with such per-
lection that one might take them for
living beings Here we find the great
est statesmen of the world, Kings and
Emperors, some are still living, others
dead long ago.
Looking at the Kaiser and Emperor
Francis Joseph, one of the soldiers ex-
pressed himself thus: These two should
be in the Chamber of Horrors and not
in the immediate neighborhood of their
victims, as Nurse Edith Cavell and such
a man as Captain F'ryatt."
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Invite soldiera 10 Dine

Birmingham has a well deserved repu-
tation for hospitality" said C. L. Harold
| secretary-manager of the Civic assocta-
ton.
The soldiers who visit our city deserve
our most gracious hospitality. The rooms
of the Civic association and the YounS
Mems Christian association have been
thrown open to them. In addition to this
1t is desirable that as many as possible
of these soldiers should be given the OPP
portunity to enjoy good home meas
during their stay here. To this end the
Civic association asks that all who are
willing to invite soldier, or more than
one, to their homes for Sunday dinner o.
for any other meal during the week, CAL
Main 1413 and have their names placed
on the hostess roll.
THE secretary of the association will
then assign them as many soldiers az
they desire at such intervals as they i'm
dictate"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02
BREAKING THE NEWS GENTLY

From the Buffalo Espresso Gazette
He entered the ladies' sitting room at
the railway station. walked up to a
woman whose husband had left the room
about 10 minutes previously, and calmly
inquired: Madam, your husband went
cut to see the river, didn't hep
"Yes-why?" she asked, turning pale in
al instant.
He was tall man, wasn't he?"
He was she replied, rising up and
turning still paler
Had red har?"
He had. Oh, what has happened?''
Weighed about $50 pounds?"
Yes, yes. Where is he-where is my
husband?" she exclaimed.
Couldn't swim. could he?"
He's drowned-my husband is
drowned she walled.
Had a silver watch chain?" continued
the stranger
Where is my husband-where is the
BODY she gasped.
DO not get excited, madam. Did your
husband have on a gray suit?'
Yes oh, my Thomas. my Thomas
And laced-up boots?"
Let me see him; let me see him. she
cried
Come this way, madam, but do not
get excited, There, is that your husband
across the street at that fruit stand?'
why, yes that's him; that--thats
my husband" she EXCLAIMED joyfully
Il thought you said he was drowned"
NO, madam, I did not / saw him
buying cocoanut, and I believe it to be
my duty to say to you that cocoanuts
are not healthy at this season Of the
year"
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Industrial Business
After the War Ends

INDUSTRIAL operations through
u out the United States were at
high pressure speed all last year and
will be all of this. Productive ca
pacity has been increased and gov
eminent demands will require even
more intensive production.
Many men of good judgment may
sur1nise and even predict, but none
can say with any degree of confidence
when the war will be over. We are in
it to win, and win we must, no matter
how long it may take. Peace may
come this year, but whenever it is
concluded it must be peace that
will make the world absolutely safe
for democracy.
But no matter when the war is
over, business prosperity in the United
States will make new high record.
The exceptional demand for labor will
keep wages high, and the enormous
demand for everything needed for the
rehabilitation of stricken Europe and
for expansion here in America will
cause the wheels of industry to turn
more swiftly than ever before.
AS w. P. G. Harding and other
noted financiers remarked as early
as the fall of 1914, the first two years
after the war will see the greatest
boom in this country ever recorded.
Such a prediction was based on post
bellum prosperity of the past. After
two or three years Of the best of
times there will be a slowing down
and probably a year or two of bust
ness depression, but what all may look
forward to with the greatest optimism
lis the era of Astounding thrift I'M
mediately following the gloom of
bloody conflict.
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BY John Hay
The snow come down like a blanket
AS I passed by Taggarts store;
went in for Jug of molasses
And left the team at the door
They scared at something and start
ed
I heard one little squeall.
And hell-to-spl over the prairie
Went team, Little Brooches and all.
Hell-to- split over the prairie.
l was almost froze with skeer;
But we rousted up some torches
And stN.ched for em far and near.
At last we struck bosses and wagon
showed under soft white mound.
Cpsot. dead beat--but of little Gabe
NO hide nor hair was found
And here all hope soured on me,
or my fellow -crittfris &su-
| Jest flopped down psfks marrow
bones
Crotch-deep in the &nosf and praycd
BY this, the torches &as played out,
And me and Isrul NpArr
Went off for some woQd 8 sheep
fold
That he said was Assaswiisr thar.
We found it at last, aiss fsstle shed
Where they shut np titS ambs at
night
We looked in and seen These huddied
thar
So warm and sleepy assa eShite
And thar sot Little EfecEhes and
chirped,
AS peart as ever vol see
II want chaw of texaaclSer
And that's what's the mates Of me-"
How did he git thar Ages
He could never have waiAsd in that
storm;
They just scooped down ah& tefed him
To whar 1t was SAT- 4rs9 warm.
And l think that SAVING Il sfft}a cs>ild.
And fotching him I'd HIM axsn,
Is derned sight better }ltsipess
Than loafing around tlse Ene-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02

Enthusiasm Must Not
Be Allowed to Wane

TN February every day Of sunshine
y comes as reminder that spring
is drawing near. If there is anything
in the law of weather averages we
should have earlier gardening this
year than usual. At any rate, the
weather bureau shows large excess
of freezing. We can count on cold
spells before the mont is ended, but
everyone interesteg IN garden-making
must be ready to begin work on short
se
n5s Ii ID lie the greatest of all
eafds:s years. More food production
is urged by the government and
everything grown in vegetable patch
will help to win the war. There was
great enthusiasm in the home garden
movement last year. There should be
even more in the war garden cam
paign. The movement will start off
with uncommon energy and the en-
thusiasm must not be allowed to wane.
Prizes will be offered in Greater
Birmingham and probably in many
other cities in Alabama for the best
gardens. Work will be stimulated in
this way, but no prize should be needed
to make our householders appreciate
the necessity Of cultivating every foot
of ground available for garden pur-
noses.
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welfare Superintendent Busy

II have been a busy man for the past
few weeks said Walter s. Brown, SUI
perintendent of the welfare department
of the city.
THE usual distress of winter was in
tensified by the extreme weather and the
scarcity Of coal. The car Of coal donated
by Culpepper Exum was a Godsend, for
1t multiplied itself and made it possible
to provide warmth for many who would
otherwise have nearly frozen. The city
itself was just swamped, and I was GER
tsinly glad that the generosity of some
of our leading citizens and charitably in
clined corporations was stirred into ac-
tion."
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DIR. Crumpten to Preach

II am glad to announce that DR.. W..
b. Crunpton, president of the Anti-Sa-
loon league of Alabama, and secretary
emeritus of the state mission board of
the Baptists of the state, will preach at
the West End Baptist church on Sun
day." said w. A. Tharpe. secretary to
Commissioner Taylor "Dr. Crumpton is
one of the strong men in Alabama, and
is not only a preacher of ability but is a
force for righteousness and always takes
an active part in every movement for
civic betterment. hope a large crowd
will turn out to greet him."