The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-19

i deIenSe VIII insist upon IS thaJ no speech be allowed to exceed fifteen minutes. The long drawn "wordy" discourse has gone out of fashion. The best of speakers of the present time. are masters of the art of con densation. They can say in fifteen minutes more than the old-timer said in an hour and a half, and say it with more thrill
 Patriotic tableaux and pageants will be in order and the state council is ready to furnish plans for such fea- lures. But what is sought to be inn pressed upon the people in the vari- ous counties by Chairman Lloyd M. Hooper is the importance of prompt action. There should not be a days delay in getting ready * < * A contemporary, speculating on pro. posal to name naval vessels after states men, says Senator J. Ham Lewis sug- gests transports. The names of some members of Congress suggest U-boats. but there are no U-boats flying the starp and Stripes.
 The cost of living will reacn new alti- tudes when the price of all fve-cent drinks in Birmingham is raised to 10 cents. Stenographers and shopgirls who can't get down to business without their mornings morning will be especially hard hit.
 Southern boys who are working in the wheat fields of the ~mddle west write home that they are treated like members when there are several of those buxom western beauties on the premises.
 E. a- S On one of the American hospital trains iu France is dusky chef who used to be employed on dining car running be- tween Birmingham and Atlanta. He was person of some importance before. but now-judge for yourselel
 * # # The life and escapades of Mada me Storch, appearing serally in the Sunday edition of yellow journals, furnish the countered i'll sometime.
 x # T If the Germans halted their offensive on the western front to await develop ments in Italy, they are not hearing any news that prompts them to hang out the flags in Berlin.
 Glancing hastily over the war map. ii looks to us as if Bulgaria had suffered less wear and tear from hostlities ill Europe than any other belligerent
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 Photographs of models employed by Christy Flags and other illustrators sl ow how it is that those chaps are able to combine work and pleasure.
 # # # As rule the husky young man who wants to know what are his chances for getting into the army is not actuated by idle curiosity.
 x x j: Time was when the rattle of the coal chute was sign of winters approach. It is now heard on the sultriest days of summer.
 The average American citizen is able to receive with stoical fortitude the an nouncement that influenza is prevalent in | Berlin.
 Without realizing it, Correspondent Ros- ner is helping to put grin in the fight | by his description of the Kaiser at the | front.
 It would be easier to stand by Russia ! II neT l-WlSllefS WOulu OHiy teIi III | what direction she is most likely to fall.
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 Mexico might be far more fertile field for German machinations if Uncle | Sam didn't have such a watchful eye.
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 According to London dispatches, the Characterization of King George is pro- ceeding apace
 s In Little Italy we find whole family, l ranging from the mother to the 4-year. old baby, making artificial leaves fol perhaps s4 week. It isn't much, ,ba, it's $4 roere than nothing Hiss Baedeker tells us of her efforts to combat this condition and of her prayers for a new law against home work
 Let's go shopping and forget the sad ness of life' This is the section where the push cart reigns supreme Thrifty 1 Italian mothers walk for blocks to gel | four peppers instead of three for a cent .1