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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21

ready down to the last button; the French army .of 1870 was fatally unready. Fol the belligerent Bonapartists' ignorance Of the condition of their army there may have been some excuse; but there was no excuse for their ignorance of the military incompetence of their Emperor They had had ample demonstration of that
 And now again it is "On to Berln!' that is heard in Paris, and it is the prelude to quite a different story from that of 1S70-71 For Foch has struck the yellow streak" of the Germans and, as the Courier-Journal noted yesterday. once that streak is struck the Germans are quitters. Once it is struck their de- feat IS sure, and almost equally sure IS it that defeat will be followed by rout The rout may not have come yet. Their leaders have shown sufficient skill as retreat experts to keep the pack togeth- CT and withdraw it as a pack from one evacuation" to another But Foch is still striking that yellow streak Nnd the rout is bound to result if not at the bat tlefront on the western side of the Rhine at the homefront on the eastern side. If it comes on the western side first. "On to Berlinr' will be more than a slogan, and the French, with the British. Americans and Italians, may then have the satisfaction of marching down Inter den Linden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21
"A BERLINv

From the Louisville Courier-Journal. HH A BERLINi' is the cry in Paris
 N today.
 It has been 4s years since that cry rang through the streets of the French capital.
 Napoleon III, who unfortunately could not forget that he was the nephew of his uncle, had ridden into Saabrucken and driven out the small force of Germans who had held the place. The perform ance, the actual opening of the war. was acclaimed by the jublant Bona partists of Paris as great victory. "A Berlinl" they shouted. And their rabble mobbed Thiers, the level-headed leader of the opponents of the war
 ''On to Berlinn' indeed. It was on to corner; on to the downfall of the empire and the last of the Napoleons. And in- stead of the French marching into Berlin the Germans marched into Paris.<
 There was another phrase much heard in those days which was again much heard at the beginning of the present war. The army was ready down to the last button' So we heard also in 1914. The army was ready down to the last button. In 1870 it was the French army; in 1914 it was the German army. The diff ference to be borne in mind is that the phrase was true in 1914. but false in 1870 The German army of 1914 was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21
War Savings and the
 Habit of Thrift

THHE War Savings Stamp cam
 U paign will progress steadily to the end of the year, and longer if necessary.
 Two billion dollars is large sum to be raised in small amounts, but the goal will be reached if the habit of thrift is kept constantly in view
 Even now, when conservation is de- manded and the importance of sav- .ings emphasized, nickels and dimes given by indulgent parents to their children to be spent for trifles, total huge volume
 If half the money spent every day unnecessarily were invested in War
 Stamps, the amount sought by the government by the Savings Stamp method, more than two billion dollars would be realized by Christmas While Uncle Sam's needs must be first considered the education of the people and especially children along
 thrift lines is only little less vital. No one who is able to indulge in lluxuries should be expected to deny themselves unduly. The great lesson to be learned is how to live in com fort without wasting. War savings
 and thrift go hand in hand, and with lthe enthusiasm that has been factor in the campaign kept up, the result will be another splendid -over-the top
 achievement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21
DEFEAT

By Louise Spilman. Here lie l, Who should be Master of the World. The sides of the coffin hem me in; The lid presses on my face. The plans of thirty years are ended
 beneath a velvet pail. planned a war to make all other
 peoples of the earth The slaves of Germany. I almost won, I thought. I captured ships and guns, and cities;
 and the bodies of men. But not their spirits A spirit that neither frightfulness nor
 ruthlessness could break, Nor sudden death, Nor mutila tion, Nor violated hopes, Nor slavery. villed to conquer by to power of the
 material; | was conquered by the power of the
 spirit. The only slaves I made were German
 slaves. England livesi France lives; Ever, Belgium lives Whose blood spattered the tramplins
 feet of my on-marching armies. r lie here. { still. cold Not for today. nor for tomorrow. But for all eternity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21
LUKE M,LuKE SAYS

The old fashioned little girl who used to sing song of sixpence now has a little daughter who can't buy anything for less than a dollar
 What has become of the O. f. lawyer
 who used to put up big bluff by car
 rying a green bag and a half ton or
 law books every time he went down
 the street?
 Another strange thing is how bore
 hates to Be bored by the other bores
 Any married man can tell you that
 when a woman has nothing to say she
 isn't going to be quiet until sine says it.
 The man who gets mad because the
 Lord doesn't answer his prayers for gets that if the Lord answered all of our prayers none of us would work.
 Many a man has discovered that put ting blanket mortgage on 1t won't keep his house warm in the winter. The average business man is so hard headed that he doesn't care hang for the recommendations you bring from the head of your Sunday school. He wants to know what you do the other six days of the week. The busiest man we know of is q fcl- low who is paying 1918 prices for things out of 1908 salary. If you have to fight man, wade Into him with the firm belief that he is a bigger coward than you are. and you will win.
 It wouldn't be so blamed hard to please a woman if you could only get her to decide on what she wants, And what has become of the town loafer who used to sit on soap box and whittle all day? And you can't blame man for talk ing behind a womans back if he hap pens to be her husband and is hooking , her up in the rear. T. man has had cold for for, days he will claim that he has haa Il
 Cor four weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21
HELEN AT THE BAR

From the New York Tribune
 Friday last in the United States dis trict court in the postoffice building, Judge Henry D. Clayton, of Alabama, a quaint man, character" presiding
 Present, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thfef-Jew, Greek, barbarian, bond and free.
 Before the bar for sentence, Helen John son, negress, charged with selling whis- ky to soldier.
 Coming in through the windows, the clang of the Liberty Loan bell in City Hall park. with mingled street noises and murmurings.
 Judge Clayton to the prisoner: Helen Johnson, I want to say a few things to you, now that the evidence shows that you are guilty, as charged. l am not going to call you Mrs. Johnson Down where I came from we do not call ne- groes Mister or 'Mistress-we call them by their first names. But that is not to belittle them I think that down there we understand the negro people better than do the folks up here. We have 2 deeper sympathy with them, because we know them Hooking musingly through the window) I have known negro people all my life. During the civil war my father was in the Confederate army There were five of us children on the old plantation with mother and the ne- groes There was Uncle Joshua and Aunt Rachel, and there was the slave woman who took care of me. And when we ran short of food she divided little cornmeal she had hoarded up between her own boy and me-
 The judge was speaking in a low tone, but in the absolute quiet every word was heard as he went on:
 And, Helen, that woman loved me to her dying day-and I loved her. The ne- sroes are a docile race-the most docile race in the world. They will do almost anything a white person tells them to do Helen, am going to make allow ances for you. But I am going to pun ish you The United States wants its soldiers to leave liquor alone, and the law says no one shall sell liquor to them. am going to punish you with a fine of s10. I want you to promise me, Helen, that never again so long as you live will you violate the law of the land or sell liquor to a soldier Do you promise, Helen?'
 .''I promise I never will"
 'Very well, Helen; you may go and do not forget what have said to you"
 And Helen Johnson went out where the Stars and Stripes were radiant and where the band in City Hall park was play ing ''The Battle Hymn of the Republic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21
GAVE X TANK HIS BLANKETS


 William L. stidger in Association Men. Tank, I'm only 8, but I'm an old man. said an English Tommy just be- fore we turned into our sleeping rolls on the coldest night that I had experienced. And his awful cough, the result of be- ing gassed early in the war when they had no masks, added fatal testimony to his statement.
 All night long he coughed. About mid night I awoke shivering. From his cough ing I knew that he was awake. I said, Tommy, I never was so cold in all my asleep again.
 An hour later I was again awakened by his violent coughing. To my sur prise I seemed to be warm and wondered If the wind had suddenly changed, but from it's constant whistling I knew it had not I reached out and felt two ex- tra blankets on me. I suspected whence they had come by that violent coughing l got up and carried them back to where he lay. saying, Tommy, did you put these blankets on me-" He replied, iYes, Tank. you said you were cold But what about you?"
 "Oh, me? I'm used to it."
 Well, all I got to say is, thank you but if you ever do that trick again Fn throw you out of that window in the snow and let you freeze to death." And then I put them back on his shivering gassed body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21
WHAT'S IN \ NAME

New York Correspondence in the Pitts
 burg Dispatch.
 Miss Pearl Muiliken. Methodist mis- slonary to Rhodesia. who has just re- turned from Africa, declares that styles in names are changing as well as clothr ing The following are some of the names which the African mothers have given their children Spoon, Saucepan. Hotel. Pumpkin. 0inserbeer. Cigaret, Shilling. sixpencc. Penny, Coffee, Sweet Pudding, Very Nice. Office. Tomato. tif- teen. Vinegar. Sugar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21
Mississippi Fair
 Spreads Influenza

A7 o one questions the wisdom of IN the city commission, seconded by the health authorities, in closing the Alabama State Fair after it had been in operation but few days, for the purpose of checking the spread of influenza. Least of all do the public spirited business men of Birmingham complain, although they were hard hit by the commissions order.
 What might have happened here is indicated by a statement in a recent issue of the Jackson Clarion-Ledger that an outbreak of 5000 new cases followed the Mississippi-Alabama fair at Meridian, ''the fair visitors having scattered influenza far and wide."
 Birmingham has had in proportion to it's population fewer cases of in- fluenza and lower death rate than many other towns and cities in the country. Much of the success of the local health authorities in checking the malady has nc doubt been due to drastic measures taken to prevent peo- pie. from congregating in churches, schools, photoplay houses, theatres and other places of assembly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21
ANOTHER suAcKLE BROKEN

From the New York World
 FaintIy heard amidst the crash of arms is the still, small voice of the law asserting, through Judge E. J. Elem ing of Kansas City. that "a wife has a right to a share of her husbands earn ings, whether he gives it to her willing ly or she has to remove it from his pockets by stealth in the night time" It seems that Mr. Walsh had taken upon himself the task of administering cor rection upon discovering that Mrs. Walsh had removed S1.95 from his trousers pocket after he had retired. MT. Walsh was fined s100.
 The second decade of the twentieth century marks a new era. Thrones are topping. autocracy is in process of disintegration, the right of self government is to be established, and all who are oppressed, including the more deadly sex, are coming into their in- heritance. Several years ago Chicago judge upheld the right of husband to place a mouse trap in his pocket upon retiring. Today he may no longer ex- ercise the right of self-defense. An other milestone has been laid and firm ly cemented along the road of progress.
 Not until many years have elapsed will the historian be enabled to view events in their proper perspective, giving to each it's due proportion. Let it be duly recorded later, when the history of the twentieth century shall have been written, when "the tumult the kings depart" that the feminine right of nocturnal and sartorial search without warrant was first recognized in Kansas City, Mo-. in the year of our Lord 1918.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21
A rRoBADouR OF BROADWAY

From the New York Mail
 The clear, piping notes of Donna Mobile" floated over the Toar and hustle of Broadway in the crowded noon hour the other day. Men and women, elbow ing their way through the press, paused for moment to listen. Here and there a smile illumined a face that had been grave--a smile that told of recollections, of musings. of smothered impressions Of hushcd auditoriums when the lights are low and eyes and ears are intent upon the mimic world in front.
 In the golden autumn day, in the ligh. of lingering summer sun, an old man was playing pipe A small boy led him by the hand, cup outheld for the pennies of the hurrying, busy throng
 For that old man there was no light o. day The windows of his soul were closed The, golden autumn aay was dark to him, or it was vague memory of happier times.
 But the notes from his pipe. iimpid woodthrush in June forest. made the day brighter for many a man and many a woman. It brought fleeting vision of beauty to many a minds eye which ordinarily is a blind as the bodily eyes of the old man. It brought the warm trill of an inward song to many heart that had been made cold and mute by the realities of life,
 You call this man a beggar? No. He is not a beggar He is the last of the ltroubadours. He amply repays bustling
 Broadway for it's scant pennies by the vision he calls up of a happier, sweeter, gentler world-the world from which too
 many of us have banished ourselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21

the streets at all hours of night and day.
 Soon there were not enough cof- fins, not enough grave diggers, not enough doctors, not enough nurses, not enough of anybody 10 do anything that had to be done. At one time there was death every 20 minutes. Fathers had to dig the graves of their own ehil- dren. Surely these are times big with dole.
 Washington was hit hard and [ hurt deeply at a most vital time, bur the fighting capital of this fighting nation intends to keep right on fighting If our boys over there have the strength and courage to go through this hell of battle and win out, surely we stay -at-homes will not surrender to fatigue or pestilence or any thing else.
 When the influenza epidemic has ibated Washington will still be con. ,ronteo by it's housing plohlem. Until 5his is soived no one, unless his pres ,rlce is urgently demanded there, should visit the capital. While thou sands cf extra clerks arc needed to ;arry on war work, and they must aake tie best of whatever accom- nodations can be found, the self seeking and the idle should stay lway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21
Distressing Situation
 In National Capital

0NHE Washington Star of last U Thursday, which was delayed in the mails and has just come to hand, draws a narrowing picture of condi- tions ir the nations badly overcrowd- ed capital made worse by influenza.
 The entire front page of the Star is devoted to an editorial by Frederick J. Haskin, printed in large-size type, and headed, "The Battle of Washing ton." It is primarily an appeal in behalf of the fourth Liberty Loan which the smallest and poorest of all world capitals" is urged to support, despite the inroads of disease, the de- moralizatlon of the loan campaign and the fact that the city is unable to house additional thousands of war workers who have Hooked to Wash ington from every part of the coun- try
 After describing the superhuman la bors Of official Washington to keer the war machine going against obsta- cles, the writer says:
 Then came the epidemic of in.
 
 . fertile field in weary. crowded
 Washington. It spread with
 lightning rapidity. All churches,
 schools and theatres were closed.
 yet no business staff or office
 fierce was left untouched. No fam
 fly escaped either the danger or
 the inconvenience of its ravagss
 Tn answer to the constant calls for help. ambulances raced through
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21
Neelect Early Schooling

Uncle Sam is teaching his boys the value of an education,'' said Dr. William II. Smith, flor under the government pro- vision which gives the drafted meE the chance to attend college and get pay while doing it, many have had to forego the opportunity because they failed to take advantages offered them in the pub liz schools to qualify themselves to stand the entrance examinations.
 'They have made application and failed and have seen that they threw away their chance. Hereafter it isn't going to be so hard to get boys to finish their high school work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21
FRENCH FOOD PROFITEERING

FTOit lllc lDctIOit TIcc lcSo.
 ". B. Trites, novelist, was talking about wa, prices in France.
 'TrencL war prices are very high now" he said "A ham costs 70 cents a pound A pound of butter costs SIPS. It's all profiteering, of course-there's no real dearth-and the arguments of the French profiteers are quaint.
 "'Why are apples so hish? I asked a fruit dealer in Nice last winter.
 "'Because they're so scarce, sir said he.
 "'Put,' said I, the papers announced that the apple crop was enormous ana the apples were rotting on the trees
 ''1es, that's why they're scarce, said he. It didn't pay to pick them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21
Lesson in Saving

One of the best illustrations l have ever had to come under my notice was one used by my father to make me learn as boy the necessity of not needlessly destroying anything of value, it made no difference of how little value it was, said A. W. Briscoe.
 "IIe told of neighbor of his who used to make shingles by hand. One day he was busy at his work when an idler came up and picked up shingle and began to whittle it to pieces. It was too much for him and he told him to q,At. The loafer said, It seems you are making lot of fuss about one shin gle,' to be told, but I make them one by onc.'''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21
Offset Sugar Shortage By
 Using More Syrup

FNIME was when mountaineers and ll the dwellers in log cabins were the only people who used Hong sweet ening" in their coffee and buildings, but in these war days, when conserva- tion is practiced among those brought |up on good living, syrup and glucose are esteemed luxury.
 The Alabama extension service at Auburn has issued a circular letter in which combinations of sugar and other sweeteners" are discussed inter- estingly and in an informing manner.
 A great deal of corn syrup, glucose and honey is being used as sweeten- ing on account of the sugar shortage, the extension service tells us. Those who have tried syrup sweetening ''have found out that is is far better than they once imagined. While it is not so convenient or handy as sugar, yet it is much better than an insuf- ficient amount of sweetening."
 The home demonstration agents of the Alabama extension service have worked out table showing just how much of the substitute substances should be used to replace a given amount of sugar. If the housekeeper substitutes weight for weight, for ex- ample in the place of four ounces of sugar, four ounces of syrup, honey or glucose, "the product is satisfactory, but it is slightly less sweet when glu- cose or corn syrup is used"
 When a recipe calls for one pound, |or two cups of sugar, and 50 per |cent "sweeteners" other than sugar is needed, use one cup of sugar and four flfths of a cup of llquld SWeetener. Jf only 25 per cent of other sweeteners lis desired use. a cup and half of
 sugar and two-fifths of a cup of liquid. With 75 per cent of other lsweeteners use half cup of sugar
 and one and third cup of liquid substitute.
 These are simple rules, prepared
 under the supervision of extsnsion service specialists and will, no doubt,
 be largely availed of by all provident
 housewives.
 The measure used is the standard cup of one-fourth liquid quart. < * Y
 NUTS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21

A cartoonist pictures the Kaiser dressed like an American politician and offer ing to let the people rule. When Will helm parts with his more than 57 va rieties of uniforms democracy will have arrived in Berlin. < * < When American soldiers enter a French town newly retaken from the Hun their kspending proclivities are sometimes con- siderably curtailed by the lack of some. thing to buy. A Chicago judge defines "coroners s cocktail" as "a dangerous mixed drink made out of gasoline, ladies and whisky" His honor indubtably knows whereof he speaks.
 In appearance Lloyd George and Glenn. enceau are mild little men, but they are pictured in German papers as the lttOSE leTOCiOuS UtdStS Ci biC JohS'S'
 + F # We are told that dancing is doing it's bit to help win the war. At any rate, dancing has as much claim to be classed as essential as writing poetry.
 < < * It appears that a sailor in the United  States navy objects strenuously to being called a jackie He's ''gob,' if you please That's mans word. .. # # Lifting the ban on Sunday joy riding enabled father to take the family out for little air and few hard words when his flivver broke down. * < + United States soldiers in the vicinity of cantonment takes a long chance for little money The fourth Liberty Loan went over the
  Secretary McAdoo slept late Sunday morning? When draft boards send men with with cred arms and hobbling on crutches to cantonments their zeal outruns their dis creton. If we are to believe reports from neu- tral countries, Germany's home front is faring about as badly as the Hindenburg line.
 The amateur strategist pauses from his sbors while to tell you how much the doctors don't know about Spanish "flu.'
 % # #
 Now that they no longer hear their masters voice, the German people must feel lost indeed. It looks as if Emperor Karl needed as- sistance in making Austria Hungary safe for democracy. < k !. It may be sometime yet before all is quiet along the Rhine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21
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A LOST OPPORTUNITY

From the Chicago Evening Post
 Now that Doc Davis has completed his revelations, the Kaiser may realize how sharper than an ulcerated tooth 1t is to have a thankless dentist We should have liked to have held the Docs job and. when it appeared necessary to draw the Kaiserlich molar, warble as we closed down on the forceps. The Tanks are coming. the Tanks are com ing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-21
BOILED DOWN

From the Houston Post
 For the benefit of those extremely ner- vous and irritable people who want you to make it short and hand it to 'em in monosyllables, proper Interpretation of the Presidents reply would be: Bill. you've got to go. and the train of events is reported on time