The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22

makes their noises seem so loud. icy will strut about for a brief ntion to them. Birmingham is tween the senator and the adminis-
 tration which later on developed is a
 matter of little concern, but 1t was easy to understand the senator's ani- mus in the recent congressional in- vestigation. The chairman of the Sen- ate military committee in trying to discredit the war department was embarrassing the President, who stood strongly by Secretary Baker. l Senator Chamberlain's address in New York Saturday was caustic in its criticism of the way in which war affairs were being handled. His re- marks were ill-timed to say the least, and President Wilson's stinging re- i buke in statement issued last night was not only fully justified, but in his brief survey of equipment conditions he assured the public that the war department had performed "task of unparalleled magnitude and difficulty with extraordinary promptness and efficiency"
 The President in characterizing Senator Chamberlain's statement about present "inaction and in- effectiveness of the government" as absolutely unjustifiable dis tortion of the truth" will receive the unstinted indorsement of all | loyal people. Certainly nothing helpful or likely to speed or fa- cilitate the war task of the gov ernment" has come out of public criticism. Such course only gives comfort to the enemy. Senator La Toilette and others of the little band of willful men" brought on themselves the scorn of all patriotic Americans, and now Senator Chamberlain is in danger of the same fate. %. # < 1 Now that we are facing q coal short age. the average citizen of Birmingham feels like kicking himself for inhaling coal dust all these years without having any idea of it's value. <. # :. A contemporary discusses "One Les son of the Coal Shortage" The coal shortage has taught the average man enough lessons to last him life time. $. * | Evidently there is nothing that makes an American fighting man feel confident of victory over the Germans like pa .ll- age of tobacco from back home ;: < <.
 Another type of optmist is the man who felt like putting an extra lump of sugar 1 in his coffee when he heard there was | liz strike in Austria. <. < # 1 Any man who can receive hard fall
 oh a slippery pavement and get up sml- iAg is entitled to membership in the l Don't Worry" club :. a. j.
 The American people are just begin
 ming to learn that there are Brownings ! who have done something else besides write poetry.
 It dcesa seem possible, but there was a time when you mopped your brow and
 said: This is the hottest weather ever
 experienced
 ] Maybe enc reason why there are so 1 few "bad men left in the west is be-
 cause most of them are Somewhere in France"
 ! Tom Lee Mayor of Chinatown had | q "hyphenated" funeral, in which heather
 customs and Christian beliefs were sadly
 m.Aed.
 | # :. < 1 Shall we be content with muddling
 through" asks a Cincinnati newspaper.
 The answer G emphaticaly "No." i In the meantime, have General Persh- i ing's mule "sllinners' learned how to ad-
 dress their animals in dulcet tones? | # # T. l There is an impression in this country
 that those red caps of Russia don't cover any well-ordered brains. x z. >
 There is no use trying to reason with
 the Pan-G Germans. They are determined
 to rule or ruin.
 * * | When Lloyd George said. Go on or i go under" in popular parlance. he spok>
 a mouthful.
 kULTUR LOSES AGAIN ] Prem the Baltimore American