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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11

The American people have sufficiently recuperated from their premature peace celebration to Tiff the lid'' for the real thing.
 Official Washington maintains its aca- den1ic calm. regardless of sizzling cables and sputtering wireless stations. Josephus Daniels praises Admiral Will son. who probably feels the need just now of few kind words
 ss F $ Before the world is made fit to live in it will be necessary to do a big Job of house cleaning in Russia
 a < # Many an American soldier who returns from the war will be able to do won- ders with chafing dish.
 # * The war will be over by Christmas and Santa Claus is expected to break all previous records.
  German noblemen who married Ameri- can heiresses may be forced to work for living.
 # # So far as those pestiferous U-boats are concerned. the war has been over for sometime.
 4 # # It will be a relief to get back on a basis where most of the casualties are political. The partnership Of .de und Gott" has been permanently dissolved. x x < Der Tag" has arrived. Oh, what a headache for Germania!
 H x Here's your hat, Bill; what's you1 hurry7
 # < < The sentiment of Europe: Thanks, Yanks''
 * * E The dove of peace is a nilk-fed bird.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11
,AleJ3,uso

the curious fondness of the parvenu, they seem to have favored most what MT. Greeley used to call champagne wine" Condemned to the nerve-biting life-in-death of the submarine, their oc- cupation growing more dangerous every month they consoled themselves with the old philosophy of men doomed to death. In the case of professional mur- rather of the final drink of the eighteenth century highwayman just before he donned the wooden collar" at Tyburr.
 The house of a millionaire of the clas- sic name Catulle was the club and head quarters of these gentle souls. They turned the basement, as they would have turned Catacombs or CathedraIs, into a rathskeiler. perhaps the finest flower oS German civilization. They adorned 1t with caricatures and cartoons They scrawled over it's walls characteristic epicurean beer-hall rhymes. They hung up gaudy-colored lamps. And then, like Jamshyd, they reveled and drank deep. Their wet record in this one house was 10000 bottles. It Is not much. The Olyn- plan Goethe is said to have drunk 5000 bottles, but his was a long life and these gentlemen were all for a short and mer- ry one. In this house, and whatever oth- CT house was dishonored by their pres ence, they went through the usual Ger man frolic of smashing all the crockery and furniture. The feast of unreason was usually ended by burning up the whole establishment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11

by their side and now know what she has done, Is doing and will do to carry on" until the Teuton is beaten.
 He glories in the fact that the Anglo and proud that old England makes much of Americas day of independence. The war has shown that blood is thicker than water, and that together England and America with the help of their mo-
 ble allies are to give to the world new kind of freedom.
 I saw his informal act on the stage as waited for him in the wings and then we went out and sat on the bench at the stage door on Eighteenth street and talked as only men can who feel that they can unbosom themselves to one an- other in perfect freedom, knowing that while they have known one another for only a short while yet they feel kin ship which Is born of mutual apprecia- tion and sympathy. This is why I will always be glad that I chanced to lunch with the Kiwanis club. for it gave me an opportunity to meet mighty inter- to see the day when in all his clubs there will be no difference between an Ameri- can and an Englishman, but that both will see one another face to face, heart to heart, and shoulder to shoulder. When this day comes woe be to the nation which tries to jostle either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11
Week Of The Great War
 Work Drive

FHHE united war work campaign
 J opens formally today, but here in Birmingham, where organization is always thorough, the great drive will not begin until tomorrow. A full week is allowed for the canvass, but it is safe to say that Jefferson county will go over the top in four days time.
 The cause appeals tenderly to every patriotic man and woman in the United States. This county's quota is only s250,oO0, but the national chairman points out that a much larger sum than was at first asked for will be needed and urges that over subscriptions be made. According to the present budget a quarter of a billion dollars, instead of only $170,- 500,000 as originally proposed, will be necessary to meet all reasonable requirements. The good people of Jef- ferson county and all the other units of the country will, therefore, be ex- pected to contribute as liberally as possible-something like 50 per cent more than their part would have been had the smaller budget obtained.
 Jefferson county, always a cheer ful giver, probably will contribute nearer $400,000 than S350,oO0; and whatever it does will be done with a glad heart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT JOY OF SEEING LIGHTS OF SCOTLAND AND IRELAND AFTER THE STORM

"A T SEA. October 4.-tDelayed in A\ Transmission by Mail l)-For
 the past three days the wealth CT has been very bad and the sea bois- terous. Waves have pounded over the ship; water pouring about the gang. ways. No facilities on the ship for large numbers of men. Indeed, there are few comforts of any kind aboard this ship. It is badly improvised transport and very poorly ventilated, but Is thoroughly seaworthy.
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 At noon yesterday & young Greek seaman working in lfeboat hanging from the davits on the hurricane deck was thrown out into the sea when the ship rolled. Three quick blasts of the whistle caused everyone to rush for the decks. Life buoys were thrown over. The sea was running in noun tain waves. But the brava young sea- man was seen swimming on the crest of each wave.
 A lifeboat was half lowered and two seamen entered it as the ship slowed down. but a conference of officers de- cided the 1ifeboat's crew would be lost if 1t ventured out and the young sea- man was left to his fate
 The entire convoy of ships had stopped, but a heavy squall was seen coming from ahead The signal was given and all proceeded on the course to England. The storm seemed to scatter the convoy somewhat, but to- day all are now in sight again.
 Saturday, October 5.-we were SUD- posed to meet with convoy of Amer lean and English destroyers this morn ing. but a storm is blowing and the water so boisterous that we are told there Is no danger of submarines, and we shall meet our armed guards to escort us in to Liverpool later and nearer in. A submarine cannot oper-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 l AND ELSEWHERE
Proud of son-in-La,x

Yes. admit am proud of my son. 'in-law," said Sam Crook. the we'll known insurance man of Anniston, who was at the Tutwiler with his wife and daughter on Saturday.
 T think when a young man under 25 wins his spurs on the field as a major that he is made of the right stuff and that is what E. M. Almond. who married my daughter, has done. The best part about it is he is only one of the many fine young fellows who are over there making names for themselves and upholding the honor of Uncle sam"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11

ate in heavy sea She must remain beneath the surface or be swamped on the waves. It is only in a compar- atively smooth sea that a submarine Is dangerous. So we are steaming through stormy sea, far off the coast of Ireland. with only the naval escort which has been with us all the time since leaving New York. # # E
 Those troops who have served three ! months or more in camps have stood the trip splendidly.
 The average young man in the Amer ican army is truly a wonderful crea- ture. Whatever the hardship, he takes it as it comes with smile and turns the most serious situation into a joke. The one thing he looks forward to is chance at the Boche.
 For ten days we have had no news of any kind-not even a tip from the wireless operator. but the kicking has been confined to the seventy passen- gers, and as a rule they have been as cheerful as the average party one finds on a transatlantic liner.
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 October 6.--Last night storm was raging and this morning the sea was like a mountain range in a volcanic upheaval. The convoy was scattered and our ship hove to-pointing her bow into the wind to split the waves and save herself
 We were battered and blown and pounded like a cork. The poor loolc- out in the crows nest high up on the forward mast was blown out and lost. The sea broke over the top decks of the ship at o'clock this morning, pounded through the great doors and heavy windows of the smoke room and badly battered up several of the pas- sengers. The tables and chairs were torn up and the surgeons aboard were busy dressing wounds for quite a time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11
LUKE pLUKE SAYS

Lots of husbands do not speak roughly to their wives. They would hate to have to go around explaining where they got that black eye woman's tongue is a dangerous weapon. Yet you seldom hear or won- en being arrested for carrying con- ceaIed weapons They never bother about concealing them. A boy gets kisses free. A young man steals them! But an old man has to buy them. When you are winner they will pat you on the back. But when you are a loser they will kick you little lower
 And sayl While we think of it. can any one tell us whatNhas become of the old fashioned Panama canal?
 The department of agriculture is al- ways asking for appropriations for the purpose of exterminating some pug or other. But, strangely enough, the de- partment of commerce never asks Tor an appropriation for the purpose Of ex- terminating the humbug.
 The flu germ isn't such bad iel- low after all He prevented Willyum Jay Bryan from gassing the populace of Ohio and few other states this fall.
 Another thing that we can't under stand is how a strong cigar will break in your pocket just as easily as a weak one.
 Why is a rabbit foot said to be lucky? rabbit has four of them. and he usually winds up in the hassen- pfeffer.
 The truth of the matter is that wom- en dress to please men and to displease other women.
 When a man wins money because he made a good guess. he never gets done talking about the good judgment he possesses.
 woman can make d mirror lie to her face. But fool man can't do it.
 Funny how a wife never gets to like her husbands relatives the way she gets to love her own relatives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11
A BATTLE OF CLOTHES.

New York Correspondence of the Pitts
 burg Dispatch.
 The lobby of prominent hotel was re- ceiving it's influx of after-theater wis., itors. The revolving door swung around and in walked Justine Johnstone, ac- companied by French army officer who wore the Croix de Guerre. Justine, as beautiful as ever. was resplendent in a black and white fur coat of design and pattern so unique that even a mere man would turn to take another look. Justine and her French officer friend stopped for moment to engage in . bit of con- versation. and during their discussion well, to be exact, about one minute after they entered the hotel lobby-the revolv- ing door turned around again and in walked Galli-Curci. which is not partic- ularly surprising until 1t is relattd that the grand opera prima donna wore coat that was the exact counterpart of the coat worn by Miss Johnstone Result: An exchange of freezing glances--Galli- Curci boarded an upward bound elevator --and-the incident was history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11

From tht New York Herald.
 With sturdy strokes of the hammer Mr. A. Mitchell Palmer has driven another nail into the coffin in which German hopes and ambitions lie ready for inter- ment. There will be wailing and gnasfl- ing of teeth in many a Rheinish and Hungarian castle when 1t is learned that the custodian of alien property has stopped the flow of American dollars that made possible the luxurious scale of living to which the lords of the soil were accustomed. The coupons due on tracts have been clipped off in one fell swoop of the government shears and fallen into the basket marked "U. S. A. Securities"
 And with them have been cut off also all hopes of future alliances of like profitable nature. Never again will Teu- tonic counts and barons click their heels in New York drawing rooms and kiss the hands of the .'Gnadige Fraulein" while wooing in gutteral speech. It will be many long year before even the silliest mother or daughter will look favorably on a German suitor no matter how lofty his rank or ancient his. title The war; horrible as 1t Is. has taught us many lessons, and this is one of them. It is a lesson that more than one American heiress, lured by the glamour of title into marriage with noble boor. has learned long ago.
 In American ears the sound of MT. Pal mers hammer strokes rings like a joy bell. The sorrow of the nobles thus de- prived of support will win but scant syn- pathy here even if they are compelled to go to work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11

The waves went through the high ven- tilating pipes and down the stairways. flooding cabins and the dining saloon. The kitchen was drowned out and there has been nothing to eat today but cheese and dry crackers.
 The cabins of all the women and children aboard have been flooded and their suffering has been intense. But not one has whimpered.
 Every face has worn a serious look as the ship has rolled and rocked. Ev- cry porthole has been closed and the passengers have been confined to the dining saloon with no light but that from the electric globes. Every time cups have been brought out for tea or coffee they have been thrown at ran- dom and crushed. For hours the floors of the dining saloon have been mess Of fragments of china. The few stew ards are exhausted and from hour to hour no one knew how long the shin could remain afloat
 I have crossed the Atlantic six times before. have crossed the Pacific, have sailed in the seas of the far east and Tn the Mediterranean and the Adriatic, in the Gulf of Mexico and on the Great Lakes. but never experienced the like of the past twenty-four hours. If other lesser ships have weathered it. shall be surprised
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 October 6, 10 p. m.-Both lights from Scotland and Ireland are just sighted. Ireland on the starboard and Scotland on the port. We have gone to the north of Ireland and around it and are coming down the Irish sea The weath- CT is moderating bit and we are told we should reach port tomorrow morn- ing. Good news, indeed Everyone smiling now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11
KINGS IN EXILE. From the. New York World.


 Reports of royal and imperial luggage bearing tags for points in Switzerland have suggestive interest. Is the noun tain home of liberty to become the sanc- tuary of dethroned autocracy? Conctan- tine first found the way there: Nicholas Romanoff should have been as provi- denti
 Paris used to be the mecca for kings in exile, but those now seeking asylum or about to seek 1t are not personae gratae there Not for them are its- boulevards and it's restaurants or the mock state of mimic courts hard by the old palace of the Bourbons. But life In Switzerland has it's compensations what a colony of them. there will At all the emperors and kings and dux,. and princelings who lose their thrones and titles foregather there! The world will have known nothing like it, and Switzerland, when peace returns. will have a new attraction for. travellers Daudet is dead. but canno3 he faithful Karl Rosner be raEaiMea so chronicle their life in exile?
 In serious sense # iH oaNsH for sat- isfaction that Europf caA haye such an asylum for fallen auscsra4T where even kings can be secure lsaas heis list cut throats. Has democracy hlwf@r attri- bute? Switzerland mose tnan tvo cen turies ago defied all tne bower os Eng land to reclaim regiciSs Nlsia had sought sanctuary within its bordsrs. ana 1t has always been punctilious x. IVY s~otec- ton of refugees for Doliical osfsnsss
 No doubt its hospitaIty naa nesn ahesed in the past by revolutionary picsters. and there is dark stain of thn aAsAasira- tion of the Empress Elizabeth slE fssSeya But if kings are safe anywher4. < nsast be in this most democratic of Enrosean countries, so Jealous of its oxu fgee1os, hat it allows autocrats to shasaa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11
SLAVE AND EMPEROR

By Alfred Moves in the New York Times.
 "our cavalry have rescued Nazareth from the enemy. whose supermen de- scribed Christianity as a creed for slaves"
 The Emperor mocked at Nazareth
 In his almighty hour. The Slave that bowed himself to death And walked with slaves in Nazareth, What were His words but wasted breath
 Before that twill to power" Yet, in the darkest hour of all,
 When black defeat began, The Emperor heard the mountains quake, He felt the graves beneath him shake. He watched his legions rally and break.
 And he whimpered as they ran. T hear shout that moves the earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11
Prayer serv,ce Every Day

Some man has to look after every enterprise set afoot and stick by 1t. "and realizing this when the down town prayer service was started at 2o1o Second avenue. every day at noon except Sunday I made up my mind 10 see that it was opened on time and properly cared for This I have done daily for several months and it's been real joy as we have had some gra- cious meetings. although at no serV- ice has there ever been much or crowd. Every one Is cordially invited to come out and join in the prayer service"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11
Should Keep Tn
 Touch With Auburn

| E1T1HE farmers and hortlculturists j. of Alabama should keep in close touch with the extension service at Auburn; most of them do, but some times the inexperienced tiller of the soil or prospective fruit grower strikes out on his own account.
 Professor J. F. Duggar, director of co-operative extension work, is out in circular calling attention to the fact that several nursery firms are mak- ing claims with reference to their fruit trees which fare rather far fetched to say the least" Some of these nurserymen claim that "their trees are pedigreed stock;" others that they can analyze the soil of any given farm and tell what variety is best suited to that particular farm. Professor Duggar says these claims are without any foundation and no farmer should pay any attention to them"
 All farmers are invited, if in doubt, to write to the extension service. h. formation regarding varieties will be supplied gladly and without cost"
 Professor Duggar further says: "It has come to the attention of the department that considerable quanti- ties of seeding fruit trees are being sold. This is unfortunate, because it is a we'll known fact that standard varieties of fruit and nut trees do not reproduce true to name except when budded or grafted. The budded or grafted trees are just as valuable for shade or ornamental purposes as seedlings, and, therefore, there is not the slightest reason why anyone should buy seeding trees for an or chard, and there is every reason why one should'n not dc so. Of course, many fruit tree agents are absolutely re- liable, but unfortunately some are not, and for this reason one should be quite careful about taking the advice of these in selecting the varieties of fruit to be planted"
 It took the children or Israel 40 years to go from Egypt to Palestine. An air There's no getting around the fact that the world do move"
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 There was nothing particularly mag unanimous in the way Crown Prince Will liam waved aside the crown. It was strictly a case of safety first.
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 Uncle Sam is taking steps to 'delouse'' returning American soldiers. To say the least of him. the "cootie" is an unde- sirable citizen.
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 If the Kaiser had been shut up in an insane asylum years ago it would have been better for him and for the German people.
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 Admiral Wilson is not the first man ts speak in haste and repent at leisure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11
SUBMARINE HEROES AT BRUGES

F'rcm the New York Times.
 | lN AIR. WALTER DURANTY'S dis Wg patch patch in yesterdays Times. tell ing of the short and riotous life of the German submarine officers in
 Bruges, paints vividly crapulous life. One seems to see some Flemish little master portraying almost too actually
 the excesses of Alva's Spanish infan- try, or the little diversions of the Free Companies, the reckless mercenaries that followed the famous Condottieri, the Reiter and the Lanzknecht whose ex-
 ploits anticipated. though at their worst they far from equaled, those of their twentieth century successors.
 We see the submarine officers highly paid, exempt from close official scrutiny into their amusements, living on shore a life much like that of the buccaneers and pirates, their more respectable an- cestors. The adventurers who served un- der the Jolly Roger, the swaggering cut threats of Flint and Blackboard, sure to be hanged to the yardarrn at last, drank
 and made merry in about the same way
 according to their humber lights and
 coarser surroundings, as these undersea
 Siegfrieds As a rule, however, they had to turk about obscure colonial ports.
 West India rum, more burning than the
 climate. was their ordinary tipple. The
 pirates of Bruges had a beautiful, quiet,
 medieval city to revel in. Ancient houses,
 their windows stained beautifully by the
 posal. They had the pick of the best
 stocked wine cellars of Belgium. With
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11

A cry that wakes the dead. Will no one tell me whence they some For all my messengers are dunn What power is this that comes f0 &fsfj And breaks my power?' he sad Then, all around his founderins KuiKs Though dawn was now not far The darkness filled with a livinN fess That whispered at the Emperor's ~ "The armies of the dead draw ness 2 Beneath an eastern star" The trumpet blows in Nazareth,
 The Slave is risen again! Across the bitter wastes of death, The horsemen ride from Nazareth, And the Power we mocked as wasg
 breath
 Returns, in power, to reign: Rides on, in white. through Nazaretr To save His world again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11
Life ix a shuttle. ---Merry Wives of Windsor.
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BEGINNING THE DAY--Lord. nm so busy that I forget to pray. I walk so much that I never kneel. \ talk so much that never listen. I do so much that I never grow. The thoroughfare is so familiar to me but the secret place ts strange. There is so much noise that I do not hear the still, small voice. H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11
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POsT-BELLUM PROBLEMS

POST-BELLUM PROBLEMS From the Chicago Tribune. Consolidation of the Four Minute mon.
 Retiring of social queens to private life.
 Reconstruction of debutantes who have been stepped on by heroes at dancing parties
 Reintroduction of war brides to their husbands.
 Abolition Of tag day.
 Jobs for Gobs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11
Dr. Dil,ard,s First Visit

My first visit some 15 years ago to Birmingham was not a pleasant one said Dr. J. E. billiard, for I was SICK and nothing looked good to me. l had slept poorly and eaten badly ana swinging around the curves aboVe Blount Springs had nauseated me. came back last winter and thought the town was on 8 boom and that IL couldn't last, but I went home and pe- gan to study up on the mineralogy of the district and 1t wasn't long De- fore realized that the Magic City was built on coal, iron and dolomite ana that the three were inexhaustible and that the trinity spelt steel and 1t meant prosperity. I am glad to be here to grow up with the city, for think 1t has just now begun to get out of its swad- ding clothes.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-11
Newsboy Repartee

.I was standing on the corner of First avenue and Twentieth street the other day." said Henry Dean, when news boy with a bundle of afternoon papers came along and showed one in my face and insisted that I buy one. He kept insisting and as I walked away re- marked that I did not care for the paper he was selling anyhow. Like a shot he came back and said. Gee I'm sorry the war is over I would like to see them get a guy like you ana with that he sought other customers"