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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

Whether a boy is gripping the handle
 of hoe or the handle of bat makes
 big difference in his enthusiasm for
 exercise.
 girl may be crazy over man be- fore she marries him. But she IS sell
 dom that way over him when she has to do his cooking for him. What has become of the oid-fash- toned man who imagined that every woman wore ''shimmy?' And where is the old tad who used to tell his wife to put the teapot on the stove as soon as he got home? The manner in which some of the girls undrape their chests these days | makes man think that they are try ing to give an imitation of Audrey Nun son in the prologue of Purity, A whole lot of perfectly useless ferns have become discouraged and died since the women folks began tu devote their time to war gardens.
 Any mother who has raised family of healthy boys can tell you that it is a mystery how boy manages to avert starN ation on three meals day. The average man would kick in more | coin for the benighted heather only he las a sneaking suspicion that his money never reaches the heather. The reason we enjoy eating with some 1 men when there is celery on the table l is Be cause they can't swallow all the celery they chew up and use the table as trough for the pulp. We all hate q bully. And yet bully never whines that the other fellow ! started the fuss.
 1 No matter how lazy and shiftless g | l. L <,1. kr get up early and get out of the house on wash day.
 l Even if other people fail you. yor | can always get a cross-eyed man whc wears whlskers to testify to the merit. of new patent medicine or new re- !, lgion. While 1t doesn't bear any label if il came from the 10-cent store it always looks the part.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25
BIRMINGHAM SUPREMACY

From the Hartford Courant.
 People in this part of the country
 who have looked upon Atlanta as be-
 ing the Empire City of it's section need
 to revise their estimate, as recent census of Birmingham, Ala, shows |that city to have a population of 212.- |4ss. This means that this southern lefty the largest in Alabama, has had a wonderful growth during the past seven years. as the last official census lin 1910, gave it a population of 1s26SS Atlanta is, therefore. shorn of her SUI premacy in that field and to Birming- ham must be given first honors.
 The residents of Alabama. and of Georgia. for that matter. have for a Hong time spoken of Birmingham as the Magic City of the south. They mani-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25
FATHER WILLIAM

By Robert Southey. You are old. Father William" the
 young man cried, The few locks that are left you are
 gray; You are hale, Father William, hearty
 old man; Now tell me the reason, pray?' Tn the days of my youth" Father
 William replied, T remembered that youth would fly
 fast: And abused not my health and my
 vigor at first That never might need them at last"  You are old, Father William the
 young man cried. And pleasures with youth pass away: And yet you lament not the days that
 are gone, Now tell me the reason, I pray?" Tn the days of my youth" Father Will
 liam replied. T remember that youth could not
 last; thought of the future, whatever I did. That I never might grieve for the
 past" You are old Father William tho
 young man cried, And life must be hastening away; You are cheerful, and love to converse
 upon death, Now tell me the reason, I pray?" q am cheerful, young man." Father
 William replied; Let the cause thy attention engage: In the days of my youth I remembered
 my God,
 And he hath not forgotten my aSes'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25
Prevent Infraction

T rather like the system of the Memphis traffic officers better than I do that of Birmingham" remark ed Hugh Morrow.
 T was in Memphis last week and mo- ticed the way the Memphis police handled the traffic. There they are impressed with the duty of preventing infractions of the city ordinances and always warn citizen or a stranger whom they see about to commit some transgression. Here we handle the matter entirely different Our officers will watch violation of an ordinance. and when they think the job is well done make arrests. The traffic off, cers even hide behind a shrub or a tree or fence, evidently hoping that the approaching automobilist will speed her up a little so they can make an arrest. If they would stand out in plain view, of course their presence would restrain any restless driver who might have desire to see just what his car would do in a pinch"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25
INSUFFICIENT NOURIsHMENT T
By SEALE HARRIS. M. D.

and many professional men frequently belong to that class.
 Many school children will not take time from work or play to eat. They rush to school in the morning, eat very little or no luncheon because 1t takes time from play and at night they are often too tired to eat. As a consequence they physically or mentally
 Trees and other plants grow directly in proportion to the character of the soil from which they derive their nutrition. Animals including the highest type, the human being, will not grow or thrive if not properly nourished. Parents should see to 1t that their children eat prop erly if they would have them grow into strong men and women.
 The slender individual is usually, but not always, undernourished. It is char acteristic for certain families to be slen- der and it is not possible to fatten them, but with a proper regulated diet most persons can be made to take on weight. It is fact that long waisted, slender people have not the appetites, and they often have digestive disturbances. They consequently suffer more from deficient nutrition. A few years ago a number of the large life insurance companies undertook to investigate the causes of deaths of more than 100000 policyholders They found that very large proportion of those who died of tuberculosis were under normal weight rarely died of the dis ease. Their conclusion was that the well ncurished individual rarely develops tu- berculosis. Consequently life insurance companies will not insure men or women who are 30 per cent under weight.
 Military authorities will not accept for service men who are too slender because experience has shown that they have not the endurance to stand the hardships oe war. It is, therefore, the time for slender men and women to watch their diet, and if it is found that they do not eat enough they can build themselves up and increase in weight by eating more.
 Food conservation and the appeals tep economize in foods do not apply to tho undernourished individual because everyI man, and every woman, should get in thel best possible physical condition to servei their country in their particular vocal tions, whether it be in the home on the farm, in the factory, or in the trenches of France.
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25

yesterday morning with Sergeant Berney Loveman and he was deep in Trench Warfare written by major in the United States army, giving the results of the latest methods used on ] the battle fronts, it being practical guide for officers and men in attack and defense, in Instructions, mining and counter mining, bayonet fighting, use of hand grenades, bombs, liquid | fire, asphyxiating gases masks, steel helmets. machine guns, and periscopes.
 The book is full of figures, diagrams, maps and pictures.
 | Yes war Is trade as well as pro- fession, and it's a progressive science that demands the best in brains and brawn, and I firmly believe that the entrance of this country into the great
 European war is going to show to the Kaiser that the American soldier is the best equipped, the most resourceful and the most daring man of war that the world has ever known
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25

| TN former articles the writer has pointed out some of the dangers from
 overeating, particularly of meats. The person who undereats is injuring him. self just as surely as he who eats more than he can digest and assimilate. The
 undernourished, because their bodies are in lowered state of vitality, are more lagra and other disease of malnutrition while those who eat too much die early from chronic Bright's disease, heart dis eases, apoplexy and other degenerative diseases
 The happy medium," a well balanced diet, is the key to efficiency. happiness and long life.
 While the great majority of adults eat too much there-are thousands who eat too little or who eat too much of one kind of food and not enough of others The undernourished class is not en- tirely made up of the poor who cannot buy food; because in this blessed land of ours there are relatively few who cannot earn enough to buy the necessi- ties of life in normal times, though with
 the present inordinately high prices many will suffer for want of food.
 Women are more frequently undernour- ished than men. Mothers and housekeep- CTS, even in homes of plenty. frequently do not eat enough. They also make up the class who work hardest and who bau ho
 fore, should be well nourished.
 Business and working women are also frequently undernourished because they receive low wages and many of them prepare their own food when they are rushed in the mornings or are tired at night. They often make their lunches on cup of coffee or tea and a sand wich, which satisfies hunger and stimu- lates, but does not give enough nourish- ment
 Women, more than men, partly for these reasons, have neurasthenia, hys- teria and other nervous troubles which are relieved by rest and forced feed ing for few weeks. It is also a fact. which may be partly accounted for by deficient nutrition, that women are at- flicted with and die from tuberculosis, pellagra and anemias more than men.
 While more women than men are un- dernourshed many of the stronger, sex, particularly those who have long hours and lead sedentary lives, have not the appetltes and do not eat enough. Book keepers. office men of all kinds, teachers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25
Regiment With Record

"We expect to be flooded with new recruits during the next few weeks" said Sergeant Berney Loveman, at tho recruiting office of the Fourth Ala bama infantry. "Al1 the men know now if they are going in the first draft, and those that are, are begin ming to look out for the best place Our regiment is raised from Alabama men,
 and large number ofethem are from Birmingham. If a man knows that he must go, there is no place where he can enlist so advantageously to him self as in the Fourth Alabama. He will be among friends and people from his own home, and he will also have the satisfaction of knowing that he is in one of the finest regiments in the country. in a regiment with record'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25

fest great pride in it's record, and well they may; for spirit of pro- gressveness and stability obtains in that city, that any other southern city would find 1t hard to equal. But it must be borne in mind that it is northern capital and Northern brains that have brought about this transition. in Ala tion, whose southern department is at Birmingham, has just announced it's plan to spend s11,o00.000 there at once. and where the city will land eventual ly in the matter of population Is proble- matical. And Birmingham is handling itself in a sensible, satisfactory man. par
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25
Was Too Much
 of a Pacifist

1E REE speech is a good thing and 0 is one of the distinctive marks of democracy. But radical thinkers and agitators, social doctrinaires and avowed anarchists do not differenti- ate between liberty and license. There are entirely too many Ameri- can citizens who are now sowing the seeds of treason under the name of pacifism. They claim the right to say what they please, even if by doing so they oppose the government in a crisis like this. All such agitators should be suppressed and that in short order.
 Dr... Lindlcy Miller Keasbey, pro- lessor of economies and political science at the University of Texas, has been dismissed from the institu- tion because of his connection with the pacifist organization. His activi- ties in radical reform movements in Texas have been extremely irritating to the conservative element, and many prominent citizens, it was thought,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE FREIGHTERs.

THE FREIGHTERS. Sinking monsters of the sea Nothing could more fearsome be Than the U-boats. Yet. brave men Sail the waters oer and when One trips made, with peril fraught, And their ship to port they've brought, Back they turn, a dauntIess crew, Scorning mines and U-boats, too. Death in countless forms may lurk- Pshaw! 'Tis all in the days work.
 CAN'T GIVE THEM AWAY.
 You often hear it said that certain man has more money than he knows what to do with"
 That's true, but the remark sounds like an exaggeration to me. At any rate I'm sure person in that predca- ment is not half as troubled as the owner of a successful war garden who has more vegetables than he knows what to do with"
 SOMETHING MORE NEEDED.
 T haven't much faith in Glithersby's patriotism''
 Whats wrong with tt?"
 He thinks all that Is necessary to down the Kaiser is to shout. Hooray for Uncle samr"
 GREAT RESPONSIBILITY.
 Any dependents?'
 "Yes-at present 64'
 Do you mean to tell me you support that many relatives%
 Certainly not. I maintain home for stray cats''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25

had been looking for definite ex- cuse to have him put out of the uni versity. His pacific sentiments were sufficient
 The university regents are patri- otlc men and when they learned of his connection with the propagandists now advising drafted men to fight conscription, they did not hesitate to get rid of him. He and his friends will say he was unfairly dealt with. But trying to make a martyr of him will not gain sympathy among thor ough-going Americans. It is a pity that not more pro-German Ameri cans, but enemies in disguise, are not made examples of. * * One reason why General Goethals made success of building the Panama canal was because he didn't have to bother with Congress. Building ships proved a horse of another color
 While the nation is being urged to save food and gasoline and, a lot of other things, Congress continues to waste time. which just now is far more valuable than money"
 Pictures of American soldiers frater- nizing with French soldiers are plenti- full. And none of these pictures show our brave fighting men slipping absinth.
  The old-fashioned girl used to blush every time a man looked admiringly at her feet. Skirts are higher now and blushlng seems to be lost art. After what Mrs. Wadsworth said about those Washington "suffs," they ought to go home and spend the rest of their days mending socks, but they won't, Missouri has contributed so many vol unteer soldiers to the army that she must be forgiven for sending man like Stone to the Senate. * * *
 While Colonel Watterson is still firing heavy ammunition at the prohibition ists, the enemy is suffering no casual ties worth mentioning.
 The I Won't Workers are no doubt quite willing to board with Uncle Sam for the remainder of their natural lives.
 In characterizing the U-boats as the Hast argument of kings" the Crown Prince spoke better than he knew.
 King Alfonso is no fool and the chances are that if he loses his throne he will have enough money to live on. k Cocchi says he was afraid of the New York police. That's strange. They seemed to think highly of him. * i; * Now that the Mexicans are plentifully supplied with ammunition, a resumption of festivities may be expected. * x Dr. Michaelis has not succeeded in fooling anybody outside of Germany. 1 Lloyd George least of all.
 
 Were it not for automobiles the mak- ing of motion picture "thrillers' would be twice as hard. The Italians are fighting where the scenery is sublime, but they are too busy l to enjoy it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25
New Record Made

For the past week there has not been a single case of homicide report ed to the coroner's office" said John R. T. Rives. assistant coroner. July has been one of the quietest months that we have ever had In the last week, the only thing we have had to investigate has been two accidenua4 deaths. If our last month has been a fair test of the bone-dry law, it has certainly been successful in keeping down the number of crimes and crim inals.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25
THAT TREAT
,om the Newark Advocate.

From the Newark Advocate.
 General Perishing asks American troops in France to treat French wom- en we'll Those boys will do that, if Fit takes their last penny.-Birming- ham Age-Herald.
 We hear they are about to introduce ice cream cones into France and in this case it w,u be comnaratively sim pie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25
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P. S--If you want to know anything about the war telephone Main 4o3s, and this will put you in touch with the war room of the Birmingham library and all of it's storehouse of informa-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25

TT HE explanation of the alleged
 4 favoritism shown the southern
 states in estimating their quota of
 men for the national army is quite simple. As matter of fact there is
 no discrimination when size and character of population are consid- cred.
 Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi
 may be taken as typical of southern states. According to the census statistics of 1915, Alabama will be called on to furnish men at the rate
 of 5.9 per thousand. Her quota is 13,612, with no allowance made for increase of population. The states
 population in June, 1915, was 2,301,- PIT. Georgia's rate per thousand will
 be 6.5; Mississippi's, g.
 The rate per thousand in Illinois is s.4; in Indiana, 6.2; in Iowa, 5.7; in New York state, 6.8; in Pennsyl-
 vania, 7.2 It will thus be seen that there is but slight difference one way
 or the other in the apportionment of
 men. The figures for the states given
 here are typical of the draft percent ages throughout the country. Mis- sissippi has a higher rate than Illinois. New York and Pennsylvania
 are but slightly higher than Alabama
 and Georgia.
 Politicians whose favorite cry is that the "south is in the saddle" have
 been trying to make capital out of
 the draft figures. Many of the lead ing papers of the north deplore the injection of politics and sectionalism
 into a matter which so vitally con-
 cerns the whole country and they de- fend the south from the unjust impu-
 tation that she is not only not willing,
 but will not be called on to do her
 part.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25

BEGINNING THE DAY-O God, keep me young. May I not lose my enthusiasm. May today still show glory and tomorrow still invite. Pre- serve in me the spirit of play. Give me sympathy with children. And may I not be afraid of the adven- ture of new truth and of new friend- ships. For Christ's sake. Amen. .-H. M. ID.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25
HOTEL LOBBIES
B. Y. F. U. Work nt Pelham

B. Y. r. U. Work at Pelham
 We have just closed a successful B. Y. P. U. week at Pelham" said pr. A. c. Moseley of Wetumpka. isWe had 100 young men and women from all parts of the state taking the various study courses. Nearly half of the number stood the examinations and got diplomas for the work done. We had a splendid faculty and an unusually studious lot of young people. The interest in the work Is growing in the state and next year we hope to have at least 200 present"
 Dr. Ayers and Good Roads
 T was delighted to read the splendid tribute to Dr. T. w Ayres in The Sun day Daily Age Herald by Frank Willis Barnett" said J. A. Rountree, secre- tary of the Alabama Good Roads as- sociation. "Dr. Ayres deserves every word of praise paid him. He is one of Alabama's great men and we ought to be proud of his record not only as missionary, but as one of the first ad- vocates of good roads in Alabama pr.
 
 movement that called the first state good roads meeting that was ever held in the state, which convened in Annis- ton on February 16, 189S at which time the Alabama Good Roads association was organized with pr. T. w. Ayres, pres ident; J. A. Rountree, secretary, and the late Col. J. M. Falkner, chairman of the executive committee. Dr. Ayres, as ed a great convention, which was composed of over 1000 delegates from all parts of the state
 He induced the United States govern experimental road, which was done un- der the supervision of Gen. Roy Stone of the United States army, who after wards became famous in the Spanish American war. The holding of this great good roads meeting in Anniston was one of the great achievements in the state, and was the first real organized move ment for good roads, which is due to pr. Ayres, who worked so faithfully to make said gathering a success. What has been accomplished by the Alabama Good Roads association is now history. By the way, the good roads meeting in An niston convened the day after the blow ing up of the Maine in Havana. Dr. Ayres was the first to announce the news to the convention"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25

Give sorrow wordss the grief that does not speak, Whispers the o'crfraught heart, and makes 1t break. --Macbcth.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25
White Flag Raised
By Senator Lewis


 By Senator Lewis
 IAMEs HAMILTON LEWIS, the O pink-whiskered sartorial wonder, whotfrinks Dr. Michaelis' speech to the Reichstag was an invitation to the United States to start peace move ment, has raised the white flag in vain. He is derided in Chicago and his colleagues are for the most part inclined to look on him with pity, not unmixed with contempt.
 In view of the fact that the chan cellor's address was in substance an arrogant defiance of all who oppose Germanys vaulting ambition to boss the universe, a eulogy of the ruth less programme of his predecessor and expressed a feigned or sincere belief in the efficacy of the U-boat, it is difficult to see how the Illinois senator sees in it a suggestion of peace. Premier Lloyd George declared the speech sham, through and through, and his opinion is shared by most of the leaders in America and abroad.
 There is an ugly hint given cur rency by at least one Chicago paper that Senator Lewis was thinking more about the German-American vote than he was about the German war lords. Mayor Thompson has discredited Chi cago by trucking to what he believes to be German American sentiment. To have "Jim Ham" follow in his foot steps is placing heavy burden on the midwestern metropolis.
 * * *
 State Merchants
 To Come in August
 1D IRMINGHAM entertains many O conventions in the course of a year. Some-of them are south-wide in scope, few are national, but the ma jority are merely state wide; and one of the largest and most representative is the annual meeting of the mer- chants of Alabama, scheduled for August 2S, 29 and 30.
 For several years past the Mer- chants association has had its meet ing here. These meetings have been characterized by genuine enthusiasm, and the best of cordial relations be- tween the retail merchants and the jobbers of Birmingham have resulted.
 The merchants from the various cities and towns of Alabama look for ward with pleasure to the Birming- ham event. And the local business men are equally keen for the dates to roll round. A great programme for sightseeing and fun-making is all ways presented, and this year it will be up to the top notch. There is every reason to believe that the at tendance next month will mark new high record.
 In 1916, in spite of depression in rural communities, the out-o -of-town merchants came in large numbers. This year the farmers and their friends, the merchants, have reason to feel optimistic. It is a great food crop year. Some farmers, especially in northern Alabama, will gin good deal of cotton, which, at present prices, will pay them we'll; but cot ton or no cotton, the bumper corn and forage crops and the record-breaking vegetable production will bring a great volume of money to Alabama. Every country merchant sees flush times ahead, and every jobber of Bir- mingham is naturally expecting big fall trade. Let all members of the