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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14
GARDEN soHNETs
Samuel Minturn Peck, in the Boston
 Transcript.

Samuel Minturn Peck, in the Boston Transcript.
 GARDEN vISTAS Some praise the castled reaches of the
 Rhine, Some Trossach glens, or Alps that
 never know The smile of summer-only the chilly
 glow That glistens toward the sky like
 frozen wine Yet other voices nimble phrases twine Of Orient Isles whose singing zephyrs
 blow Der azure seas where pillows long
 and low Repeat the song with bubbling lips
 ashine. Fairer than these are all my garden
 ways, Fairer on lilied walks the soft light With dancing shadows games at morn
 begun, Fairer the vistas opening one by one; Ana oh. the blossom censers of the sun. What floating perfumes charm me as
 I gaze!
 THE SONG OF THE BEES Cresendos and diminuendos? Nay! I'Tis only a delightful monotone, And when the west winds louder horn
 is blown The softer music seems to lose It's
 way Until the tossing tree-tops cease their
 play To let the fainter sound come to it's own; When o'er my sense lyric spell is thrown, How like--the twilight spun into lay! IT hear it--and I hear it not. 1t blends lHarmoniously with every pleasant And to them all placid joy be- queathes, lTill OCT my heart benediction breathes, Ana as I sit a subtle calm descends, The sweeter that 1t comes to me un- 1 sought MIpAFTTRNooN Iris half past 3. The summer day is lIt's autumn tide. Tn softest murmurs
 blent i A myriad tiny voices breathe content. Though labors still the bee, the butter 1 fly, From biushing rose and lily pale and
 shy, Wings to bough of green on slumber l bent And I. too. tranced by spells of hue 1 and scent, Sit half-a-drcam beneath the blue,
 blue sky. lit is the loveliest hour my garden l knows: IUnshattered still each petal fair to I See-- The day is like full-blown rose. 10 O~fleeting Day. could l command the
 sun, No further would your golden mo- ments run: Forever would you bide at half past 3
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14
Realize His Dream

This bull sale is going to be won- derful thing" commented J. B. McClary, coal operator, after listening to J. Mercer Barnett's eloquent appeal for the support of the allied army at the Tutwiler hotel luncheon yesterday. 'It seems to be taking hold of the people of Birmingham and when they really get interested in anything, they always put it over. Mr. Barnett certainly knows how to hand out his dream, though he is shooting at high mark"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14
* * * Alabama Boys and Their Food Clubs

WV HEN the corn clubs and pig
 w clubs were organized in Ala bama several years ago, large possi- bilities were seen in the part boys were ultimately to have in food pro- lduction and home economies.
 The imperative demand which the war has made on America for an in- crease in food crops and live stock has had direct effect on the work of the farm boy.
 As was told in The Age Herald's ag- ricultural department yesterday, Ala bama has one army of approximately 25, 1000, the object of which is not de- Istruction-an army of boys clubs su- pervised by trained men of the junior division of the extension service of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn.
 These clubs are now formed in ev- cry county in the state, and on June I6, the enrolment totaled 23,215, di- vided into many activities, including pig clubs, calf clubs, corn clubs, pea nut clubs, and home garden clubs.
 Besides the important work the club boys are doing in adding to our own food supply at time when the world ! is looking to this country for the ne- cessities of life the conditional value of this organized movement cannot be overestimated. The boys are made Imanlier and will become all the stur- dier
 | This will mean, as one of the ex- tension experts puts it, more food, better farming, better citizens and better communities in which to live. !. < <
 The spectacle of wealthy manufacturers pleading with Congress not to tax them is enough to make the poor man who l sent two sons to France and is doing without his favorite 5-cent cigar to meet 1 the weekly payments on his Liberty 1 Bond, rise up and emit a loud yelp. | C 1 The boss bafbers of Birmingham have raised the price of shave to 20 cents and a haircut to 70 cents. Well may the ultimate consumer tremble when he sees the boss shoe sinners holding a solemn conclave.
 Should man remove his hat in an elevator in deference to the elevatorette. when all the other passengers are men?" asks an anxious inquirer. If the elevator cite is a bit crusty, he might leave his i nat on.
 An eastern man suggests that the name of delicatessen store be changed to .ready-to-eat shop" This may be post poned until we have all learned the sec ond stanza of ''The star-spangled Ban ner."
 :. The man who reminds us that the cost of living is going to double next year ought to keep his internal croaking to himself. He spoils perfect day.
 t $. %
 The captain of liner chased by 3 submarine must age considerably before he reaches port.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14
When age Is in the evil is out. Much Ado About Nothing.
 #

BEGINNING THE DAY--Oh, my God, my will is Thine: l give it to Thee. And when I give my will l give my all. Having given all. rise not poor, but richer far. For have now not my will only, but Thine--nnd Thou art God. Amen. II. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14
SIRE. DESPITE THE SLANT

From the Houston Post.
 The dear little girl who is tilted forward at an angle of 45 degrees by those preposterously silly heels may not be footwise. but her heart is all right. Is she thinking of the part she must take in the war work behind the lines when another 2.00o,ooo men are summoned to the colors?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14
Eat Less Beef a
 Reasonable Appeal

TIT FLIP win the war by eating less < 0 beef. All the appeals of the food administration for conservation have been reasonable and none more so than the one just issued calling upon householders and hotels to place themselves upon limited beef allow ance.
 The people eaasily adapted them- selves to wheatless days, and then to substitutes for wheat flour altogether. There is meat enough for everybody, but as beef must go in large quantities to the allied armies, the supply for export can only be adequately con- served by those of us at home eating less of beefsteak and roast.
 This is land of plenty, and there is no reason for any one being under fed. All the government asks is that we avoid waste and limit ourselves to foods that can best be spared with out curtailing the supply of such food as the allies have first claim to-
 We are in the war to win and every loyal American is ready to make any sacrifice that may be deemed neces- sary for the health and comfort of the soldiers on the battle front.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14
Useless and Expensive

While the government is urging War Savings it should discourage the use ot special delivery postage stamps" sald Frank V. Evans. They are useless and expensive. To illustrate: A letter mailed with special delivery stamp and 8 cents postage in Atlanta at general postoffice a. 12 noon, reaches it's des.g- mated Birmingham address at Il a. m. the following day. Between these hours there arrivo in Birmingham from Alt lanta four mail trains, as follows: I:So D. m., 1d:30 r. m., 11:59 p. m. and a. m. The question arises, what good service does the special delivery stamp perform. and why the waste of money? propo. sition for consideration on or before June 2S-read President Wilson's War Savings appeal and buy War Savings Stamps instead of special delivery post age stamps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14

the army as his profession, entering the
 air squadron, while his sire serves his
 country in the far Pacific, being sta
 toned at Honolulu. I used to be greatly
 interested in his stories about the h.
 dians, for he was for years stationed in
 the west I remember his once telling
 me that the secret of the Indians ability to 20 over the mountain trails with such ease came from the fact that they took short steps,
 Now I am not sure if the lieutenant colonel who was Birmingham guest on Thursday will admit it, or shift it onto his brother but I recall the anxiety of lh his father and mother who were greatly alarmed because one of the boys failed to show up at twilight. and eager search was made for him, and about 10 o'clock
 he was found sturdily coming down the mountain road with handful of flowers l that he had gone out to gather for his mother, who was sick. l like to think it ! was the one 1 met yesterday, for it fits l into my idea of him as an adventuresome hero of the sky.
 l I had very pleasant hour sitting with
 the group of women as Colonel deard 1 was battling his way against strong
 winds. His wife is Texas lassie, and, lin spite of the fact that he was nearly an hour over due, if anxious. kept It l well hid from us. I confess l was get ting nervous. and was very much re- lieved when the watchers sighted him
 coming strong about 5000 feet in the air. His wife was good little prophecies, i for he lit without any trouble. and saia he had spied the race track and the buildings when above Warrior.
 I Now here is where am likely to get into trouble. but I am an old gossip, and
 50 take chance. Arthur and met him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14
WHAT IS A LUxURYf

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 The plea ito eliminate luxuries seems to be sound enough; yet we have been told by those in authority that one way to conserve necessities is to in dulge in luxuries. Furthermore, tile necessity of one person may be the luxury q another. and vice versa. It's "a very confusing problem to the com mon or garden mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14
Tulsa Booming

Oklahoma used to depend chiefly on it's crops for business prosperity, but now it is the natural oil industry that keeps it's boom cities in the spotlight 7 said Hugh M Brown, who recently spent sometime in that state.
 Tulsa is a wonder. It is in the oil field and is booming in a solid way. A stranger standing in the lobby of tho principal hotel might imagine he was in New York Tulsa has very hand some hotel and I understand that an- other is being built. As it is now, a prospective guest must telegraph well ahead for reservation in order to get room.
 "The next Confederate reunion is to be held in September. The citizens are generous with their money and being full of public spirit they will do every thing possible to make the visitors com fortable The hotel question will pre- sent a problem, but that will doubtless be solved by improvising temporary uuarters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14
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HE'S SORRY NOW

From the Cincinnati Times Star,
 That certain rich man" who left $12.o0o,000 and did not buy Liberty Bond. is now waiting with his pct camel at the needles eye
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14
COULDN'T w1eGLE OUT

You are charged with speeding"
 Your honor, if you could hear some. .st of the mean. sarcastic remarks made about my flivver by alleged friends you wouldn't believe it possible for that car to show any speed.' -o,
 "Umph! That's an eloquent plea, but this policeman here says you were go- ing downhill. Even wheelbarrow has been known to show speed under such circumstances" ls5ifs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14
Voters Sign Petition

This is the best list of names ever saw signed to petition." said City Clerk Scudder Ryall yesterday, referring to the petition of the street car em- ployes for the adoption of an ordinance authorizing 6-cent car fares until the end of the war Every name signed to it, and there are over 2O0o is that of a voter. Usually in long list like this a consid- erable percentage of the persons signing are not voters. The street car men seem to have been careful in obtaining sigma tureS"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14
CONCLUDED.

There is a man in our town ee ec, Who is so wondrous wise, se sr Instead of swatting golf balls now, ass He goes to swatting flies. srrg
 -Poughkeepsie (N. Y.) Eagless9
  And if he swats them night and days With all his might and main, $ We'll say he's earned the right to play game of golf again. ~
 Cleveland Plain Dealer.''f t e' But if he swats them night and day, Intent each one to kill, He will not have the strength, we say, | To swat an iv'ry pill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14
ADRIFrT WITH THE TIMES

THE PEACE OF NATURE These are the days
 Of dream and bloom In woodland ways
 Where battle-gloom Does not o'ercast
 The myriad life Of earths small creatures Bloody strife Has set no mark
 On these quiet aisles, Nor the flow of the murmuring Brook defiles. No harsher sound
 Heard all day long Than a beetles drone, Or a birds clear song.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Part of Training

birmingham will really be part or the Payne Field aviation training camp West Point, Miss, when the permanent landing station, definitely decided on yes terday, is established" said Arthur C. Crowder, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and the flights to Birming- ham will be part of the training of the 500 graduate aviators. Cadets are not allowed to take flight of more than % miles and this training station Is one of the best in the United States, as avia- tors go direct from there to France" @
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14
Italians Said to Have
 Electric "Sea- Tanks

m HE attack made by Italian war H vessels on an Austrian naval di- vision near the Dalmatian Islands, in which an Austrian dreadnaught was destroyed and another damaged, may have brought into use new weapon of war
 According to Vienna newspapers re- ceived at Amsterdam, the Italians have perfected a "sea-tank," which appeared in their last attack on Pola, the Austrian naval base on the Adri atic sea. Papers from Emperor Charles capital are quoted as saying:
 1.-The boat was 40 feet long, six feet wide and was propelled by cleo tricity. There was an endless rotary chain around the vessel fitted with barbs which cut nets and other ob- stacles like the land tanks. The ves- sel has two torpedo tubes"
 If the Austrian correspondents are not "seeing things" it is conceivable a weapon of this kind might be put to good use in naval battle or raid on naval base. Like the land tank, it is unsuited for long cruises. The devel- opment of the submarine makes it easy to build a fleet of little subma- rines, or s'sea-tanks," of the motorboat type if it were deemed worth while or cApedient to manufacture them
 4 # *
 War Savings Drive
 In Full Swing
 1T INTENSE interest is now focused N on the War Savings drive which is set for June 28, and the enthusiasm in the campaign gains every day.
 The sale of Baby Bonds increases rapidly in volume and the popularity O. War Savings is nationwide. Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14

Correspondent Rosner, who pictures the
 Kaiser, now in heroic, now in an idyllc pose, is bound to come in for decora- ton sooner or later, if he hasn't all ready received it.
 The congressman who accused Secre-
 tary Baker of "polyfoxing' should have been more explicit. Nasty newspaper
 readers may infer that the "pollyfox" is
 a new dance.
 While marines are popularly known as
 soldiers of the sea- they are giving
 good account of themselves in France,
 at a considerable distance from salt
 water.
 All reports to the contrary notwith-
 standing, we presume it would be waste
 of time to have Kerensky paged in any of the New York hotels. # x < Judging from one or two financial jour-
 nals, we might as well make up our
 minds to do without white bread until
 the Kaiser is licked.
 x a: H Heated discussion of what they ought to wear and how they ought to behave make the life of conductorettes just one apofbar
 |: E * King George is economizing, but he still maintains an establishment that would seem large to the average flat dweller. President Wilson oraws a nice dlstinc-
 ton between open diplomacy and the polshevik manner of doing business # a. x Being a professional suffragette in Washington these days is one of the
 loneliest occupations in the world. We are advised to lay in our winter
 coal now, but nobody says, Friend. let me finance that deal for you" # < # RIGHT KIND OF PEACE i Arthur Brisbane, in the Chicago Herald and Examiner.
 The righ. kind of peace conference will be trial by jury, with the strong. vain face of the Emperor and the weak, vicious .ac,. of the crown prince sitting side by side in the prisoners dock. | The wsole peace discussion should be
 settled in Paris, and the last ac- should 1 be played in public square known as the Place de la Roquette. That is where | they use the guillotine. and there inc | l'-ussian Emperor and his eldest son 1 should learn what it meals to prnge the whole world into murder to satisfy ;he vain ambitions of one family O. Prusstar brutes.
 The English beheaded Charles, the | French beheaded Louis-e!eher was an ..n,,el of virtue and paragon of good government compared wIt1 the Kaiser | Tie French and British should combine l., fore this war is done to send the I'rus- I sian Emperor and his son by the route | that tcok Charles and Lou~s to theh 1 long rest That would be the only really | just, complete and satisfactory peace 1 treaty. After that civilization could de- | eide what might be necessary 70 prevent l the breeding of a new collection Q. l 6ohenzollerns and the development CT ! q ne,. outbreak of Prussian blhsaiIty
 ased on tn. insanity of a Niet4s''ae and the avarice of the typical Pruss'an.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14
WASTING TIME.

i've mentioned the weather, the war,
 -S politics and prohibition" said the tallza- tive individual who was making des- perate efforts to start conversation with taciturn stranger.
 "so you have
 And you have merely answered me, each time with a grunt. I take it that. you don't care to discuss topics of the day with me"
 Correct. If you had reached that con clusion 20 minutes ago you would have saved yourself lot of trouble ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14
sw EEPING DIsAvowAL.

Sw EEPING DISAVOWAL. s "This motion picture idol denies that he is vain of his personal appearance-' .'what proof does he offer?" Sig Rather convincing proof, should judge. He says he's perfectly willing for his thousands of feminine admirers to- know that he wears toupee. has four children and loves his wife"
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14

NOT WORTH THE EFFORT.
 T can trace my ancestry back 800 years in direct line" said the boastful man. well, what if you can?" asked the stolid citizen. If you didn't have such good opinion of yourself. you wouldn't be able to trace your ancestry back more than 100 years before you'd discover so many rotters and nincompoops you'd get dsgusted and quit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14

TELEPHONE Bell (private exchange connecting all departments) Main 4S00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14
Raising the Age Limit to 50

uS see cannot " for my country what that fellow n % %
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14

A DESIGN FRUSTRATED. saR
 Pardon me for referring to the mat ter, Glithersby, but you borrowed $50 from me sometime ago" By love- so I did"
 "Er-just at present I'm
 And I want to take this opportunity to tell you, Dubwaite, that I have re- marked to I don't know how many of our friends and acquaintances that you are the biggest-hearted. most considerate fellow I ever knew-the kind of man who would let people owe him money for years, rather than hurt their feel ings by asking them for it. Fine day, isn't it?"
 Pretty fair Guess I'll toddle along" CONFLICTING EMOTIONS. Rather hard lines for our ingenue." How so?'' "She has a son who is with Pershing lin France, and is as proud of him as she can be, yet for professional reasons she simply cannot afford to indulge her ma- ternal feelings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14

into trouble. but I am an old gossip and 50 take chance. Arthur and met him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald will ~oS pe responsible for money sent Sarough the mails. Address.
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-14

No communication will be published without its authors name, ReJec-ed manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-09-05
Living Up to His Name

(ketchikan Progressive Miner.)
R. L. Ready is living up to his
name. Mr.. Ready became of age
just this summer and decided
that he would rather be a went
than a sent He has just en-
listed for the Merchant Marine as
a fireman and leaves on one of the
first boats south for Seattle to re-
port for duty.
Mr.. Ready, who worked as
printer on the Wrangell Sentinel
last summer, returned from the
Bering Sea in June, where he was
employed as skipper on board one
of the Cannery tenders of the
Sockeye Salmon Company at Nor
zhoyia Bay. Returning to ketch-
ikan he took position with the
Santa Ana cannery as engineer
ON the tender Siren.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-09-05
CRAIG LUMBER
MAN TELLS OF
WORK
(Ketchikan Progressive Miner.)

lketchikan Progressive Miner.)
/ One million feet of airplane
stock is the estimated output of
the Craig Lumber Mill for the
1918 season, according to Henry
Shattuck. general nanagerof the
company who arrived this morn
ing from Juneau where be went
on business
/ We are averaging 5000 feet
of spruce timber every day now.
Mr.. Shattuck said. "out OF which
we manage to get about 800 feet
of airplane stock. The rest is
used in the manufacture OF sal
mon box stock. so that there is
no waste. This is the first season
that the Craig mill has been oper-
ating under government contract
Last year they put out a few loads
of airplane stock but this year We
are going after it on a business
basis and believe We are making
a success of it. We expect to be
able to work nearly all winter,
using steam power with our crew
of 40 men, unless We are handl.
capped by snow as they were last
winter
When Mr.. Shattuek was in
formed that Craig was regarded
by Ketehikaners as part of the
ketchikan district. he became
very indignant and denied this
very emphatically. Didn't YOU
know that there is a Craig dis
trict" he turned on the reporter
and that Craig belongs neither
to Juneau nor ketehikan. and that
some lay there is going to be a
fine town on the west coast as a
headquarters for the canneries
and other industries there. and
that on account Of its central To-
cation, that town is going to be
Craig? Yes, sir, Craig may be,
and in fact is. the most isolated
town in Alaska so far as trans
portation is concerned, and that
will be one Of the greatest draw
backs she will have to overcome.
but she will win in time. At pres
ent, we are forced to travel via
the open sea nearly every way We
approach Craig, unless the Cape
Chacon or the portage trips are
made. both unhandy and danger
ous.' Mr.. Shattuek concluded.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-09-05
RED +CROSS NOTES

Chapter workers with character
isuc American initiative would
like TO make changes in the design
or details OF refugee garments.
This desire is natural but cannot
safely be gratitied, as a slight and
apparently unimpertaut change
might make all the difference to a
foreign child between a familiar
garment and one that looked TO him
odd and queer.
Last summer two representatives
were sent tc Europe to learn of the
needs and conditions over there,
and as result every garment au
thori 2ed by the Red Cross is now
made in strict accordance with
models sent to National Headquar-
tiers and pissed upon by the Red
Cross Com mission in France. If a
great disaster had oTertaken US we
sho9ld NOT wish TO be compelled to
accept French. Ita,ian or Serbian
models for our use. and no doubt,
our Allies feel the same way about
il. We are sending them the gar.
meats they desire and there is a
sincere desire on our part to give
them what they want.
Ii workers find what they consider
defects In patterns or methods OF
making. kindly let the Division
Office know about 1t and the matter
will be taken up with National
Headquarters.