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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19

western Europe in these days when Ger man deviltry has been put to the test to find new ways to torture the helpless and the innocent. It's the business of the Red Cross to spot the place where the Huns are going to strike and to be near by to aid the victims of Prussian ruthlessness
 The Red Cross has done some marvel ous guessing and thereby been able 10 save many lives by their intrepid rescue work Their bravery under fire has been as'great as the men in khaki. and super latives have been overworked in telling of the many deeds of heroisn performed by them, not only in the rear lines, but on the battlefieids. We are proud of them. for they have shown to the world that men and women can go into the hell of modern warfare carrying the spirit of the Master.
 That was stirring message which Henry P. Dawson, chairman of the war council of the American Red Cross, and
 
 Birmingham, brought back with him from Italy and delivered in New York, as re- ported through the Associated Press. Just one instance of appreciation: At Bologna regiment of soldiers, all of whom had been wounded, marched to the railroad station to thank the Red Cross representatives for the aid which had been extended to the military hospitals Here. also, the streets were lined with people. who cheered for President Wil- son and the United States.
 King George of England recently sent a message to the London Times, express ing appreciation of allied Red Cross work. and making special reference to the American Red Cross work. The Times. in referring to it editorially, said: "The king does well to remind us once more of our indebtedness to the Ameri- can Red Cross. Their liberality. with that of countless subscribers at home, great and small. individual and corpo- rate, bears witness to the strength of a fundamental principle in English life-the voluntary principle, which. though soreiy tried during the course of the war. but inot in this instance, at least. found wanting. lies at the root of all good giv- ing and of all true service"
 Alabama under the leadership of Oscar Wells. the state chairman, has been thoroughly organized and will be sure to raise it's quota, and feel sure that here in Birmingham Morris Bush is not going
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19
PICTORIAL VARIETY


For a week have. been speaking in the interest of the Red Cross. and l go to Montgomery tomorrow with Sergeant Montgomery, the wounded Canadian sok dier, to begin tour, speaking first in the Capital city, then at Union Springs, Eufaula. Troy, Ozark and other places.
 
 President Wilson issued proclamation on May '. designating the week beginning May 20 as Red Cross week. and ap- pealing to the American people in the campaign for a second hundred million dollar war fund will be carried on dur
 ing this week.
 He says in his own strong way: The people of the United States will be called upon to give generously to the continua- ton of the important work of relieving distress, restoring the waste of war and assisting in maintaining the morale of our own troops and the troops and peo- ples of our allies by this manifestation of effort and sacrifice on the part of those who, though not privileged to bear arms, are of one spirit, purpose, and de- termination with our warriors. s~The rapid increase in the number of our soldiers in France means that the Red Cross facilities abroad for the imme- diate relief and care of our fighters must be increased.
 "No matter how many men are in camp, in transit or in the trenches. the protection of the American Red Cross must be with everyone from the time he leaves home until he returns to his home or until he finds his grave on foreign soil. The same protection must be main tained over any dependents he may leave behind him.
 .sThe need for at least one hundred million dollars is convincing and imme- diate.
 .The American Red Cross in more than hundred ways is rendering service here and abroad that saves human life and maintains the fighting spirit of our allies. The Red Cross must always be financially prepared to deal with the un- expected emergencies constantly arising from war conditions. In these emergen- cies immediate relief is the only effective relief.
 A famous journalist of the preceding generation once defined his profession as ..knowing where - is going to l break loose next and having some one lthere to report It is breaking loose everywhere and almost an the time h
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19

It has been quite some spell. say in the outlying districts, since T, boat could poke its nose abova ,,. with impunity.
 The Kaiser speaks the truth when ho says. T have not willed this war. 1o thought his armies would take ho,id.v V trip to Paris.
 Speaking of membership campaisns Uncle Sam has Liberty Bond associa- ton with 17,ooo.Ooo names, that's a world beater.
 George Creei's apology to Congress should soothe the ruffled spirits of states men who regard slums with horror. Now that James Gordon Bennett is dead, perhaps MT. Hearsts name will oc- casionally creep into the Herald
 * * * Charles and the Sultan won't have much to- tell each other that Wilhelm doesn't already know.
 x I. a Germany has just one more great of- fensive in her system. After that it's "Good-by. system.
 * E If man is going to be pacfist these lays. the safest thing he can do is to emulate the clam
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19
LUKE M,LuKE SAYS

What has become of the old fashioned
 man who used to walk around the world on a wager?
 The reason why man is willing to
 admit that his wife is the better half
 is because he knows that she is the whole thing.
 A man gets to do all the talking
 during the engagement because the woman knows that her turn to do the talking will come later on. When you look at some of the couples that face the marriage altar you wonder why the male end of the sketch isn't wearing the veil.
 A fever is funny thing. It makes a fellow hot-headed and at the same time gives him cold feet A young man is apt to regard mar riage as joke. And later on he dis covers that the joke is on him. When a man brags that he is slow but sure, the fact of the matter is that the only thing he is sure of is that he is slow.
 A bride has to have envelope com bnations of crepe de chine that cost about $9.50. But few years later she is glad to get plain union suits of scrape de cotton that cost about 59c. Who started this flat-chested fad. anyway? The idea seems to be to bind the upper portion of the torso and ob- 1 tain a masculine effect. But it is a | mistake, girls, 1t is all mistake A 1 man wants to marry a woman, not a bed slat.
 | No matter how sick fat woman has been, she forgets all of her suf- | fering when she discovers that she has | fallen off so much that she doesn't t
 have to wear an out size in union
 suits any more.
 | We do not know much. But we do
 know that the best way to get rid of
 an affinity is to marry her. l Any old time a man claims that he was driven to drink you can bet that | it was party named Thirst who handled the reins.
 The time he turns in has a lot to do with the way a young man turns out. When we see the anti-everything organizations protesting because our boys in France are permitted to have cigarettes and tobacco sent to them
 from this country, we are glad that
 We are broad-minded enough to be q ! rummy.
 The poorest men we ever knew ' were tbosei who relied n z H"Hk for sas-
 distance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19

South Alabama contemporaries received the news that Jacksonville, Fla, had gone dry with considerable fortitude. Most of them are prohibition papers. anyway. Besides. New Orleans is still in striking distance and positively damp.
 x q < : German prisoners interned at Hot Springs, N. C.. threatened to mutiny when told they would be moved to Forts Oglethorpe and McPherson. Speaks well for the hospitality of Hot Springs. N. c.
 # * 2.
 There is nothing more soul-satisfying than the thought that the Statue of Lib erty will be standing right where it stands today long after William Hohen- zollern has been forgotten.
 # * *
 It would be contrary to human nature if Mr. Hughes didn't, occasionally cast wistful glance at the White House while busy with the airplane investigation.
 $ * * Most of Lloyd Georges enemies have learned by this time that he's two listed fighter who doesn't care how long the rounds last.
 * * *
 On at least two occasions the late MT. Bennett is said to have snubbed the Kaiser. He deserves monument for that alone
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19
THE PAcIFIsT AND HIS GIRL

From the Montgomery Journal
 certain young man in certain city wrote a letter to a cerain young lady. telling her haughtily that her hopes of seeing him in a uniform would not be fulfilled.
 T would be more proud" he said, "of wearing prison stripes. con slider myself the highest type of in telligence known today I have my personal convictions" And he added, with an air of calm superiority. NO soldiers sweethearts are friends of mine"
 But the girl was not impressed--at least, not in the way the superior young man intended. She took the letter to federal officials. She said that she had one brother in the army and another preparing to join, and that the only thing she wanted to do with any man who preferred prison stripes to soldiers uniform was to help put the stripes on him. She was foreign girl" too.
 Ine oIIlclalS promptly dccomiuoudeeu her by arresting the superior young man. He has lost both his girl and his freedom.
 That's one case out of many. There's s good deal more of genuine, practical patriotism bottled up in the girl power of this country than most men imagine. And many a smart youth is learning it to his cost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19

swallowing overdoses of power Some of them were like boys in an apple or chard. They surfeited themselves with the green fruit of the newly acquired power and suffered the colicky conse- quences.
 No intelligent voter of Alabama wants to select any one to speak for him when 1t is merely a question of yes or no. The voter wants to speak for himself He who votes wants to vote direct for or against the proposed constitutional amendment to make these entire United States liquorless; and he wants the man he votes for for the legislature to settle the question for all time by casting his vote in the legislature as he is instructed by the people. regardless of his personal opinion.
 The great mass of Alabamians, of course, want legislature determined to uphold the present prohibition laws of the state for all time. Everyone knows that such is the fixed policy of the people of the state. Those who have lived under it's present prohibition laws would have no change Liquor is forever ostracized from Alabama I do not believe that there are 10 per cent of the people of this state who would again approve of the saloon or the liquor traffic. The profits of the saloon have gone into in- dustry and the patrons of the saloon have put their money into homes and pleasures and pastimes for the women and children.
 < ss *
 The state committee will do a manly thing to put out of commission the deal CTS and traffickers in legislation by de- priving them of the privilege of making deals with certain clements of voters. Lots of the. acts passed by the existing legislature would never have been on the statute books today but for the deal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19

A MONTH or more ago in this col- A\ umn suggested that the people e of this state be permitted to>yote directly upon the proposed constitutional prohibition amendment.
 In view of the fact that the state dem ocEatic committee meets here Tuesday feel it my duty to impress upon the gen. tlemen composing this committee the ab- solute necessity of direct vote of the people of the state upon this question.
 Personally l do not feel that I should be forced to vote for an incompetent can didate for membership in the state legis- lature because he happens to be on the ticket representing my views on the amendment. want to vote straight-out on the amendment. want to vote for men for the legislature who are most competent to handle the financial and constructive affairs of the state.
 
 Representatives in the legislature should be chosen on account of fitness for general constructive legislation They should not be selected because they are either for or against the constitutional amendment. The people of the state should by a direct ballot instruct them on this question and the legislature should handle it, and be through with it on the first day it meets, in order that it cannot be used for trading pur- poses
 We want no more of the diabolical connections compounded by the last legis- tature. There was trading and traffleking and nauseous doses put up in prescrip- tions by the last legislature. which the people of this state want no more of. Legislation to punish newspapers was passed for no rhyme nor reason except that the steering committee couldn't con trol all the newspapers.
 Some men who were in the last legis- lature are today as dead as door nails politically. They killed themselves by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19
Bishop Mccoy Improxing

T was glad to see Bishop and Mrs. Mccoy out at the ball game on Fri day afternoon" said John B. RosenstihL
 The bishop always was good fan and took it as a propitious sign that he felt able to get out to see a contest It's a great thing to have a game that is free from betting, and that is kept clean. so that high type men can patronize 1t without feeling that they are lending their presence to q sport that is tainted by betting"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT GIVING THE
 PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE TElEIR WISHES

ing and trafficking of supposed leaders on both the prohibition and anu-prohibi- ton sides.
 If the people decide this question by a direct ballot, instructing legislators. we shall have clean legislature and who- ever Is elected governor will have to deal with unbridled men in the state sen ate and the state house of representa- tives. It will give us legislators elected on their merits rather than their views on one particular issue.
 We want to do in this state what we have done in these United states-have an administration which shall do con- structive work as has President Wilson and the United States Senate and the House of Representatives.
 Never in the history of Alabama have we so needed a constructive governor and constructive legislature.
 The industrial state of Alabama is to- day upon the brink of greatness. With patriots and statemen in the state house at Montgomery this Alabama can be placed in position second to no state in the union. It can be made state of which everyone of it's citizens will be proud. It can be elevated from the slough of financial depression to the mountain of moneyed magnifscence.
 have great confidence in the fu- ture of this state. have confidence in the honesty and the energy and the de- termination of its people The days when it mired in political cess pool have passed It has the brighest future and the best opportunity for greatness Of any state south of the Potomac
 Let us take advantage of the opportu- nities presented today. Let US impose confidence in it's people and reach that reward which comes from honest and straightforward action in all things.
 l..H9,.ee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Worthx Pranaaltion

I have 10 run down every now and then to look after the interests of the southern Sociological congress" said Sec retary J. F. Mccullough, who is regis istered at the Tutwner.
 Ihis time it's to try and help get the lVOo members which Secretary Harold and his committees are striving to corral its worthy thing and believe that with a little more work the task so far as membership is concerned will be ended.'' M
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19
New Registration
 Measure Passes

TTHE bill providing that all men 4 who have attained their twenty first year since the 9th of June, 1917, or who will become twenty-o on the 9th of June next, must register for the army draft has now been enacted Into law. and every man effected must govern himself accordingly.
 As the time is short for promulgat- Ing official notice of the new legisla- lion, industrial operators in the Bir- mingham district can render valuable aid by posting the information at their various plants so that no employe may fail of his duty by pleading ig- norance.
 The United States is now facing it's gravest crisis. Every man liable for military service will be needed for the trenches. From now on the brunt of the conflict must be borne by the American army and every soldier will be on his mettle.
 On the 9th of June there must be no stacker; not single one in Jefferson county; not in Alabama.
 The spirit of patriotism and valor is all-pervading and every man worthy of being called an American citizen will be not only ready but eager to respond to his country's call n this crucial time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19
SUCCESSFUL OPERATION

From the New York Herald. Americans are not much interested in bulletins from the bedside of one-time interested in the discovery that Greece is on the high road toward being herself again. now that the Constantine appen-
 dix has been removed from it's place in her troubled interior.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19
Quiet Commencement

T am going to have the quitest com mencement ever held at the Florence Normal" said President Henry H. Will ingham- ss<
 Somehow I did not feel that under the war conditions that 1t was proper to have elaborate ceremonies. We are go- ing to make the graduates feel that we are not neglecting them, but we are go- ing to show to the public that the young men and the young women who are saying good-by to us are prepared for service and realize that it is their duty to serve to the fullest in whatever sphere they may find themselves"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19

to be satisfied with getting the sl5o, 900 asked, but is going to see to it that the Magic City goes way beyond it.
 Never has money been made to yield such big returns in allaying pain, restor- ing happiness and re-creating usefulness fol our fellow human beings as the Red Cross dollar of the first war fund" So lets show Germany that an aroused American will gladly pour hundred million of them into the coffers of the greatest humanitarian organization the world has eyer known
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19
FROM ssELoIsA TO ABELARps

FROM ssELOIsA TO ABELARD. From s'Eloisa to Abeiard." By Pope. I hear thee. view thee. gaze OCT all thy
 charms. And round thy phantom glue my claspinx
 arms. I wake; no more hear, no more l view. The phantom flies me. as unkind as you. call aloud; it hears not what I say: stretch my empty arms; 1t glides away. To dream once more l close my willing
 eyes: Ne soft illusions, dear deceits. arise! Alas. no more! methinks we wandering
 so Through dreary wastes and weep each
 others woe. ,eE ~ Where round some mouldering tow'r pale
 ivy creeps, And tow-brow'd rocks hang nodding OCT
 thesdeeps. Sudden you mount. you beckon from the
 skies: Clouds interpose. waves roar. and winds
 arise. shriek. start up. the same sad prospect And wake to all the sriefs | left behind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
53,uee

TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES Having any success with girl mes- sengers?"
 T should say sol" Any complaints of mashers trying to fiirt with them?" None whatever. We are careful to select girls whose biceps are well de- veloped"
 IN ROYAL REALMS
 In Austrias court
 Were trying scenes
 When Charley Hapsburg
 Spilled the beans.
 Birmingham Age-Herald,
 And goodness what A lot of hollern'aas .
 When Sammies swat
 Bill Hohenzollern
 Youngstown Telegram. AN HONOR BURG I'm afraid you haven't much of a town here. my friend" Whats wrong with it, strangerg' Well you have only half dozen ramshackle stores and about the same number of dwelling houses. The most substantial building I see is the little red depot over there" Maybe, you're right, stranger. Chig- gersville ain't much for looks. but" continued the residelN 'as 1s straight-, ened up and his eyes flashed. 'I'd have you understand that this is the homo of an American 'ace'"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19
Father of John Dismuke.

T have just had a letter from my former partner in business here, Miller Dismukes, the father of John Disnukes, the lad in Capt Mortimer Jordans company who made a name for himself by killing three Germans" said Ira L. Armstrong.
 His father is mighty proud of his son, and well he may be. John has al- ways been a favorite with me He is under 20, but has for years been a crack rifle shot I saw him last August and told him to wing German for me, and he said, I'll be sure and do it. Now, l am humane man. but the only way we can hope to end this war is to kill Germans War means killing, and that is why we ought to stand behind the Red Cross. Our own boys are going to need the ministering care of the nurses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19
Must Have Roads
 For Heavy Traffic

T7T HE need of highways for heavy 4 traffic is being more and more stressed from a military point of view, and if freight congestion is to be relieved it will be by a larger use of the motor truck.
 In a few of the eastern states the roads are of sufficient smoothness and durability to meet all truck demands, but in the country as whole new road system will have to be inaugu- rated and maintained to accommodate the changed conditions of highway haulage.
 In the south, Florida is the one state, perhaps, that is prepared for handling any considerable volume of motor truck freight. Alabama and every other southern state must keep up an educational drive for the con- struction of paved roads until the motor truck can be operated with the highest efficiency and economy.
 The cost of thoroughly modern highway, eighteen or twenty feet wide, is something like $15,000 mile; but even at that high figure it pays well in the end. The fact is that the first cost is virtually negligible, so long as economic results are obtained.
 States and counties must become srouseds to the importance of road betterment. When local communities show their readiness to adopt ap- proved road-building policies it should sbe possible to induce the United States government to render substantial aid. Few expenditures would be better worth while.
 The time must soon come when only states with motor truck highways will De rated as progressive states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19
PRAYER ANSWERED

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 Judge Lueders claims that the oldest joke is the one about the wealthy Irish contractor who had wild son in college. The boy was always in trouble and always writing for money. One day the Irishman received the following letter from his son:
 Dear Dad: am in a hole and need $1o0 at once. Kindly send check, and oblige. your loving son, BARNEY.
 P. S.: After writing this letter was stricken with remorse and ran after the mail man to try and get the letter back as I am ashamed to ask you for any more money. But the mail man had gone. I pray that the letter will not reach you. BARNEY"
 Two days later Barney received this reply to his letter:
 Dear Barney: Your prayers were answered. The letter did not reach me. Your Father"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-19
MODERN ROYALTY

MODERN ROYALTY The queen was in the kitchen, Eating bread and honey, The king was in the drawingroom, Telling stories funny. The crown prince went to motor with A lovely movie star. Creating quite a panic by The way he drove his car.