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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
# Interned Germans Being Well Treated

M BIRMINGHAM boy wrote to 8A his father, an employe of The Age Herald, that he didn't take pris- oners in France because his automatic was too handy. That is the way men feel in the heat of battle, particularly after having seen the consistent man. ner in which a German shatters the American ideal of fair play.
 However, here in America we are still taking prisoners-through the internment process-and occasionally an impatient patriot says we are treating them much better than they deserve They are not coddled-the we'll ones-it is true, yet they are infinitely better off, we venture to say, than any prisoners of war in Ger many, even granting that Germany treats them as we'll as she knows how Economic conditions in the fatherland react much more quickly on prisoners of war than on civilians although everyone is feeling the pinch.
 Recently 16O German merchant ma rine sailors contracted typhoid feve, at the Hot Springs detention camp They could have been treated ade quately there, but humane govern ment decided they would fare better at General Hospital No. 12, neal Asheville, and they were moved in 2 hospital train. These Germans arc now receiving the same treatment given four hundred American pa tients, and have the same quarters The hospital is model in every par ticular, a four-story structure o1 steel and concrete, With 2Zu Dedrooms and II wards. Twenty-seven medica officers, 55 women reserve nurses and 146 enlisted orderlies are in ser vice there.
 It is said American sick and wound ed prisoners in German camps ar' shamefully neglected. The German government does not profit by goot examples set by other governments It would probably not ameliorate th' situation of Americans in German prison camps if German military au thorities had indisputable proof of thu kind treatment interned Germans re ceive in America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

It is the easiest thing in the world to convince man that he is getting the worst of if. And it is the hardest thing in the world to convince man that he is getting the best of it. A days work has been steadily de- ! creasing for the last 50 years. Maybe 5U years from now man will go to work at noon and quit at D. m. Please remember that liberty doesn't give you license to impose on others. Don't be an English sparrow The easiest way to make bread rise, Lucille. is to set the alarm clock and put 1t in the oven with the bread. When the alarm clock goes off, the bread will | rise
 l The cheese on 5-cent sandwich is the /, only thing that is thinner than the waists and stockings that the girls are l wearing.
 1 The reason why man doesn't mind
 wasting his coin on fool things is because
 his wife would only waste it on sensible l things,
 l Some men are so used to working that l if they take vacation they spend it standing around the shop watching the other fellows work
 | A man who is smart enough not to say 1 foolish things isn't always smart enough | ioe " uo lOOiloii tlliiiSS. The luckiest men we know of are feI- lows who carry lucky pieces in their ! pockets.
 | Style or no style, comfy shape will
 land girl a husband quicker than flat i chest will.
 1 Even when man knows that he can't
 win an argument with his wife, he will i insist on arguing with her. And when h, | loses. he will sulk around the house
 looking like before taking picture in a i patent medicine almanac. 1 The fellow who was going around last
 January saying: II can stand hot wealth I CT. but l hate to freeze" is now goni around saying: ~I can stand cold weather
 bui hate 10 roast to death. If we didn't know that some fishermen
 were wall-eyed liars, we would ilnagin that they never used i worm smaller than bologna sausage to catch tn
 whoppers they say they catch. X
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
THE CASE OF .I.n.MA i,

From the New York Evening Sun.
 The apparent success of Representative George Huddleston of the Ninth Alabama dlstrict in securing a renomination for Congress in spite of presidential conden. nation and in the face of his voting rec ord in both the Sixty fourth and the Six. ty-fifth Congress, brings the reinarkabl ble position of Alabama sn,o the limelight MT. Euddieston voted consistently against every important measure of war preparedness, including the conscriptfon amendment, in both sessions of he House. He did vote for the declara tion of war, but also voted, in each case, against any means of making war effec. tive
 And he was not alone. The whole dele gation from Alabama in the Sixty fourth congress show a simr.ar.y unintelligeIt. unprogressiNe, not to say unpatriotic rec ord. They were uniformly on the wron:, side as between America and Germany When matters came to real head in the declaration of war, two members. Burnett ana Almon of the Seventh and Eighth districts, voted against war And,
 
 Blackmon, Burnett and Huddleston voted against conscription. it is a curiousiy uniform record of antagonism towarc what IS now clearly shown to be the na uon trJe iGeal, and the belief of the enormous majority of our people,
 It would be rash to conclude that Ala- hama is not against Germany. We can not think that these Congressmen faith fully renreesnt publis opinion in that great state. and that that opinion is against maintenance of the national honor, not whole heartedly with the est of the country in the prosecution of the war. We are loath to believe that, yet what is the rest of the nation to thinK?
 Has Alabama let purely local matter S rule the choice of men to speak for aar in the nations councils? If so, why. Some other states have almost as luke warm record, but most of these have seen the error of their way. are busily reforming themselves and getting il line Vet apparently Alabama remains unregenerata Why?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
* F x Renewed Activity in Savings Campaign

NI\TITH the approach of autumn w the War Savings campaign throughout the country will receive 2 esh impetus. Here in Alabama there has been no lack of activity from the atart. No state has been better or ganized and the result of this or ganization will be seen later on.
 II the cash receipts from many of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
UNNATURAL CALM.

He's generous to his wife, hear"
 "How's that?''
 He pays thousands of dollars to de- partmsnt stores, milliners. modistes. Jewellers, confectioners. beauty special ists and the like without twitch Of. his facial muscles"
 Hell go to pieces some day. l once knew a race track plunger who died of heart failure because he never let his features show the terrific strain he la bored under" PAUL COOK. 1 have known better than to handle a main spring without due respect
 To the Baptists of Alabama for mos" than q quarter of q century pr. Grumpy ton was onr great leader. A few years back they made him secretary emeritus, and he + supposed to take life easy, put he was never buster. fi-s his wish to die in harness. hope he may be spared for years to come, for he is our grand old man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
Government System
 to Promote Output

6NHERE is need of increased coal
 0 production in all districts, and lin order to promote output the fuel
 administration is installing a new system with view of obtaining maximum results.
 There will be "production com mittee' at each mine, made up of three men appointed by the operators and three by the miners. As ex- plained by Judge H. c. Selheimer, manager of production in the Ala bama district, it will be the duty of the committees to inquire into three things: First, failure of miners to report for work; second, failure to
 work eight hours day, where they work less than eight hours; and third,
 general causes of shortage of ton Image.
 The committee will inquire also into the question of who is at fault for Iany decrease in tonnage-whether the company or the miner.
 The committees will make daily re- lports, of which there will be three copies. One copy will be posted at the mines, one kept on file in Judge Selheimer's office and one sent to Washington.
 It is an admirable system. The
 miners who are responding to Presi- dent Wilson's appeal for maximum of effort will be known and will raise themselves in public esteem. Those
 who are not doing their best will like wise be known and as a matter of pride, to say nothing of patriotism, will improve their working habits. fsF At some of the mines car shortage has caused a falling off in produc- |tion. It behooves the railroad admin jistration to supply all the cars needed for the movement of coal, and with la promise of improvement in this ,'e- |spect and with every miner fulfilling requirements as to working hours, September should witness a new nigh record in production in this district. Under favorable conditions, with Alabama's present mine development, the coal output of the district should be at the rate of twenty-four or twenty-five million tons year. As ll91S is almost tVo- thirds spent this wears production will not total, per lhaps, much more than that of last lyear, even if there is great speeding up from now on, because of material
 decrease in the first half of the year
 But under the fuel administration
 system it will be shown what may be
 expected in 1919.
 In the meantime drive every week
 this fall will go far to win the war
 A majority of the miners are eager
 to put in full working time. It must
 be so with all of them, so long as the country continues to need every tor
 of coal that can be mined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
soMEwHERE IN FRANCE

By Martha s. Gielow.
 Somewhere in France-no matter where. It only matters-they are there, That they are where the bravest stand For human rights and native land. Sowhere in France-no matter where The line of trench-so they are there. Our soldier boys in khaki brown;
 For angels know and God looks down. Sc emewhere in France the moonbeams
 know
 And stars keep watch and flowers blow And songbirls croon above the ground
 Where soldiers list the tender sound
 And loving breezes soothe and bless The brews that mothers fain would press; And knowing hearts beat loud and strong Of heroes there to right the wrong, And eyes grow bright and firm the glance o. those we love-somewhere in France. Somewhere in France-with Pershins brave
 Our soldiers fight the world to save And God gives strength to sword ana lance.
 And they viii win for home and Franco
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
FATHER KNOWS.

Father, the season will soon be over I must go to the seashore." Not this year daughter"
 "why not?
 Acquiring coat of tan merely in pursuit of pleasure is nonessential just now. The correct interpretation of what the sad sea waves are saying is Swat the Hun 7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
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v v v SOMETHING TO DIE FOR.


 SOMETHING TO DIE FOR. Glad the songs the soldier sings When his huoyant spirit wings
 Back to home and loved ones dear. Tis for them he bravely fights, Facing death and grewsome sights
 With heart that knows no fear. He who's armed for liberty
 Evermore shall strengthened be
 In the cause that makes men great. See him march through that red hell S Made by screaming shot and she'll
 Dauntless still, whate CT his fate.
 PRIZED POSSESSION s
 "The King is troubled about the flu ture." l No wonder. He's sitting on shek7 throne which may tumble at any mo ment'
 Its not the throne he's worrying about so much, He's arraid that if ther, is a revolution his subjects may take his stamp collection away from him
 RARE DISTINCTION.
 "She carries her head high" excuse for her" 'Yes?"
 "She's the only girl in town who has ever had a suitor to call on her in his airplane."
 STILL OUT IN THE COLD. T gave yor my allegiance all through the campaign
 "Tha1l you. my frieno." NOW, that you are eelcted, what do l get for months of hard work in your be half?'
 'Leave that to me-. T left it to your predecessor If it's all the same to you, I'd like something 1 a little more definite ministry. giving his week days to lie farm and his Sabbaths to preaching. If men of God had not done this at the close of the war there would have been mighty ] little rreach.ng in the country. ] It was momentous hour in his ca4ner when he reached the conclusion ttat 1 sink or swir,. he was going to turn nis back on his plantation and give him self entirely to the ministry. He has never been a quitter. He stepped out on the promises of God. and for 40 years or more has preached the blessed gospel to rich and poor. without fear or favor. He l has always encouraged others to give their whole time to the work of the Lord and trust Him for support. just happen to think here of an incl l dent he toli me one day when we vera waiting for train. was always s'ad for him to reminisce, for it was the best 1 antidote for killing time around cheer l less depots He told how in the early l days on the farm he got to tinkering with l clocks until he could fix any ordinary Kind. The ncighbors finding it out wo,tia ret him to repair theirs until at last he gave it out that he would not make any more trips to put their timepieces in or der, but that if they would send them to his homo he would work on them on rains' \ days.
 Now. here comes the great common sense of the man who learned wisdom, in the rough school of experience. l say a smile fit over his face and I knew I was on the edge of a good one. Said he 'pne rainy day got to work on a big old elocs that had hundreds of parts. I was care full to arrange them all nicely on she 2 table, and to leave place in the center for the mainspring. I was proud of the neat way in which they were placed. took out the main spring and coiled II UT closely and laia it in the middle. and | Ididn't do q thing but wipe every piecs or } the table off on tho floor. But since tner
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
Heroes of Diamond
 Not Keen to Fight

6f7HE undue haste with which U American baseball players are seeking employment in shir building plants, thus evading military service, lis not creating favorable impress |sion abroad, nor, for that matter, is lit making these athletes any more popular at home.
 A recent editorial in Stars and Stripes says:
 Shipyard work Is a great institu- tion at all times So is baseball-- in the army But when hundreds of husky, alert, able-bodied profess 1 sional ball players begin to scut- | tie from the diamond into ship I yard work to escape the draft the
 time is ripe for a lusty roar. With thousands of their country men charging machine guns. work l ing under shell-fire or grinding l \away back of the lines, it seems
 beyond peHeI tnist any "eii traineu athlete. fit for service, should be guilry of such yellow-hearted cow
 ardice. traitors to their country's i good, and worse than traitors to their own souls. The printed rec
 ords stand as proof
 There was time when stars of the
 diamond were about the only heroes lthe rank and file of Americans wor
 shipped. Nothing was deemed tos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23

BEGINNING THE DAY = Turn back the years. 0 Lord, and make me little child today. Help me to laugh again. Roll off the burden of my days. Realize the tension of my life. Make me willing to learns ready to change, able to trust. May I take Thy hand and go singing through all these golden hours. For Christ's sake. Amen.-H. M. ID.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
In the MetropoIitan Class

No city of approximately Birmingham s size is so metropolitan in character as this Pittsburg of the South,'' said l.. NJ Hlller of Chicago. "It is the most rap idly growing city in the south
 IT Birmingham has population q 2OO,OoO now, it should come into the next census with 250,00O, or more. I was never here but once before, and that was in 1905. Birmingham has made marvellous strides since them s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
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SOMEBODY ELSE TO BLAME

From the New York Post.
 Tt is not our fault" says the King of Bavaria, "that we are entering the fifth year of fighting Obviously. Ludwig It is not through any inten- tion on their part that so many people are entering on their fifth year of res iuence s.t Sing Sing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

FURTHER PESTS. I dc not care For Hector Puff He asks me if It's hot enough.
 Detroit Free Press. And I despise old Amos Bole; He asks me if I've bought my coal.
 Houston Post Anl I dislike Old William Tice, Hs wants to borrow Some of my ice.
 Columbia Record I do not care For William Mears. He swipes my chair And paste and shears,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23

good for them They received a re- spectful-nay, an enthusiastic hear ing wherever they went. They were coddled, they were well paid, they were bowed down to.
 But when war was declared base ball players did not respond to their country's call with the cheerful alacrity that was naturally expected of them. There were numerous req sons why they could not go to the front. Those who had healthy fear of draft boards sought refuge in ship building plants, where it is asserted that they are far more useful on base ball teams than as workmen. All in all, our baseball stars have not made good impression. Many of them may never be able to regain the prestige they have lost by not seek ing glory at the cannon's mouth. 1 < * < ] Now that Birmingnam's city commis- siopers have lifted the ban on circuses, something much more interesting in the way of lithographic art than clothing advertisements.
 1 A Chicago newspaper is publishing series of pictures showing beauties of the bathing beaches. Such pictures are much more restful to ones eyes than views of the Blackstone hotel and a busy day on State street.
 The war is going to play hob with the styles of fur and felt hats during next year. Those hard-worked individ- uals, who, year after year, try to invent new styles for derbies need a rest, any, way.
 Suffrage leaders do not view the semi l
 retirement of Marse Henry Watterson with composure. Although rejoicing, their eagerness to hit him parting wallop precipitates them into verbal quagmires # # + The German crown prince is said to make friends by his democratic ways. | tafn "a the crown-prnce has comparatively few admirers outside of the fatherland.
 # < # 1 The net paid circulation of Stars and Stripes is now more than l45,ooo. Another claim to distinction the Tanks have is the largest and most prosperous army newspaper ever published. # < x
 MT. and Mrs. Marguerite Clark dis lpensed with honeymoon and went back to work. Stern duty comes first in war times, whether one is a movie star or a tsoldier of Uncle Sam. # x #
 Those militant suffs are such incorri- Igible critters it's wonder they didn't ] try to create disturbance when the latest White House wedding ceremony was being performed
 x *c,,r,a +h.t Don't get the idea, Clarlmond, that driving a camion in France requires some skill as an animal trainer. cam I ior is merely an ordnance wagon. 1 4. 4: # l The grand old state of Mississippi has redeemed itself by greasing the po- Ilitical toboggan for Senator Vardaman and starting him down it.
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 Women who are taking mems places are also learning that they can get what they want by striking. That shows their adaptibility.
 Headline writers have no time to dig up fancy words. That's why 99 out of a 1cu are still using chaotic to describe the situation in Russia.
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 Then the tanks arrived on the scene ! When that happens in majority of cases the fighting in that particular sec tor is soon ended.
 * T + TO be in keeping with his military work. the Kaiser's retreat specialist should have a wel-known back.
 MILLER FOR GOVERNORs From the Montgomery Journal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
Liquor Issue Dead

I came up from Elba with several of my friend to the Amendist jollification," ]" said James A. Carnley, well known south Alabama lawyer "Of course we were delighted at the outcome I feel now that liquor is a dead issue in Alabama politics. and for one I hope it is dead beyond the hope of resurrection, but John Barleycorn is hard to bury too deep for he has way of coming to life again in some states"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23

Washington bureau. sv7 t1ipbs bulio- ing.
 European bureau, 6 Henrietta street. CovenI Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, Worlu putia- ing, New York cIty; western business otllce, Tribune building. Chicago. 'he $. C. Beckwlth Speclal Agency aseLts 10. foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
Yearned for Nature

T am off for Black Mountain. N. G." said JameS~A. Weatherly. q want to can be away from the busy world, and just look up at the skies above until l get tired of floating clouds and then rest my eyes on the green grass a my feet It's the simple life for me. never so yearned to get close to nature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
Unusual Experience

 T had quite a curious experience re-
 cently," said Perry Fowlkes 'I was crossing the street downtown and saw
 that an automobile was cutting aAeorner
 and jumped to avoid it, but was knock
 ed down. The lady had the car stopped
 at once, and jumped out and ran to me and asked if I was hurt. I shook myself good and found out that no bones were
 broken and told her I thought not. She wanted to take me home but l declined with thanks. She remarked You had better take my name and address so that if you find that you have been hurt you can let me know so that I can at least see that your doctor bill is paid. l asked her not to trouble about it, that I was all Q. K. But do you know when I got nome l found that my elbow had been hurt enough to bleed rather profusely
 and had to have doctor dress it twice. The unknown lady was so gra- cious that I just couldn't think of put ting her to any trouble.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Cook Faithful to United State.

T was greatly pleased to hear the way our old faithful cook talked about her son who is in the war; said Erskine Ramsay. She says if she had dozen sons of draft age she would want every one of them in uniform of Uncle Sam. But the thing I was gladdest to hear was what she said about Enon Ridge, where she lives. Said she on the Ridge If the young bucks don't go to war. the old folks gets in behind them and makes them ashamed, and tells them they ought to be proud to fight for their country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23

The war is going to play hob with the styles of fur and felt hats during next year. Those hardworked individ- uals, who, year after year, try to invent new styles for derbies, need rest, any
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala- postoffice as second-class matter, un- der act of Congress, March s, 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-23

A Chicago newspaper is publishing bathing beaches. Such pictures are much more restful to one's eyes than views of the Blackstone hotel and a busy day on State street.