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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 WN WHETHER or not there should he
 WW music with meals is. a debate
 as old as the famous one, de- scribed in "Tartarin sur Les Apes be-
 tween the rrures and the rice The leader
 of hotel orchestra who is perhaps a
 prejudced witness, now declares that such music is 8 patriotic service just
 now. that it can be used to help Mir.
 Hoover in conse rving food The anxiety
 of the hotels in this subject is known to all They have adopted joyfully the plan of reduced portions without reduce
 prices. They have substituted other dishes for meat ard added to the former cost. Why should they not applaud the use of music in restraint of appetite? "lf music be the food Of love, play on,' said the amorous duke. Love is notorious impeachment to appetite. A stirring mai oh might be a stimulant. It would not be wise to select the entrance of the victorious troops II Aida" or one of MT. Sousa's vigorous applications os the bl: sses. The obvisas suggestion would be a thick soup and roast besf x sen- t mLr tai balla.!, on the o-her hand. we@id
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11

in the minds of the people and with the encouragement of their parents they will render valuable service.
 4 year ago owners of vacant city lots were urged to convert them into gardens. Many lots were utilized but not all owners responded to the ap- peal. This year there should be no exception. Every foot of ground that can be used in the cultivation of vege- tables should be "commandeered' if necessary.
 One of the important subjects dis eussed by the garden demonstrators is that of drying fruits and vegeta- bles. The drying process is very sim pie and from an economic point of view will mean a great saving.
 Birmingham should lead in this war garden campaign as it has led the state in all the other campaigns connected with war activities. As to Jefferson county it will do it's full duty. It is noted for it's good gardens and with reasonable degree of en- thusiasm it will reach a new high rncnrd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11

From the Chicago Herald. "A E7ISS AMY LOWELL, who will be JW remembered Gin case by any one e SVS she can have been forgotten) as the celebrant of the prismatic qualities of her bath water, has recently pup lished two short poems in the Dial called 'The Two Rains The second, which is called Summer Rain" IS as follows:
 "Clashing of bronze buckiers,
 Screaming of horses;
 Red plumes of headtrapplngs
 Flashing above spears" The symbolism of this is as obvious as the meter. Who has not felt. as the August gales swept the steaming sky the onset of some Amazonan cavalry: Contrast such suggestiveness with the conventionality of dhe season is appro- priatel Whittiers 'Snowbound' Had he hut known more of the true inspira- ton of poetry he might have produced a little classic like this:
 "Shouting of dark demons,
 Yelling of devils.
 Red flames of sell-sulphur
 Scouting above grates."
 The real New England winter is in every line.
 Or consider Keats ITO Autumn" Season of mists and mellow fruitful- ness,'' Keats begins, and goes maun- dering on about harvests, and vines, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

The electoral college has proved to be a finishing school for a whole lot of am bilious men. If you didn't get that fin ishing" stuff the first time. try 1t again.
 Some of the brides of last June, who thought they had drawn Kings are just beginning to realize that what they got were Deuces.
 There is a lot of humbug about some of the old saws. We sagely remark that clothes do not make the man, but we know that we are lying. Clothes do make the man nowadays. good front will get you more respect than good char aeter
 It may be true that money talks. But a lot of men have to be satisfied with the echo.
 Most of our troubles are purely im ag- mary, and worry kills more people thap any other disease.
 Some of the Biblical injunctions are hard to obey. But it is easy to obey the one against laying up treasures on earth these days.
 And you may have noticed that the blessings in disguise wear mighty effec~ tive disguises.
 would cure d mean disposition we know some men who ought to take about l. coo, 900 bottles.
 The boy who used to throw banana skins on the sidewalk has grown up and has store with slippery iron cellar door in front of it that he won't put blanks over in winter. A wonan's idea of a good time is to nee. another woman who hates the same woman sfe does.
 We will admit that some husbands have too much liberty. But there are other husbands who have as much liberty as a ed-headed stepchild. The man who never boosts any other man often wonders why he never hears other men boosting him. Our observation of married life has been that there is too much kissing in the dcpots and not enough in the homes.
 When woman wants to commune with the spirits she goes to a medium But when man wants to commune with the spirits he goes to bartender.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
WAR PRISONERS IN DENMARK

pr. Frits Holm, in Leslie's. 1 IN Denmark, not very far from the tomb of Prince Hamlet at Elsinore
 you will run across model camT full of. Russian prisoners of war. And
 at another place in the old Kingdom of | fighting vikings, not far from the age
 gray cathedral of viborg, you meet with yet another model camp. populated with a number of Austro-German prisoners of war
 The two camps represent the Danish governments modern but expressive dem- onstration that, amid the gigantic strife around it, it has not entirely forgotten
 the jaws of love. the dictates of humane inclination.
 After endless, redtapian correspondence
 at least three of the greater belligerents accepted Denmark's offer to house a
 number of disabled prisoners of war. Rus sa, Austria and Germany accepted. The other powers held back.
 With American swiftness-an advan-
 tage but seldom met with among my
 collntrymen-two camps were built, and
 that meant nothing less than the crea- ton overnight of a couple of small town ships under model municipalities" to- wit: army engineers The creation of
 such little townships, and bigger ones, in the United States, since April, 1917, has, Of course, become a thing stripped
 of novelty, but in Denmark we are awed
 at the speed and ability with which the
 work has been completed.
 The camp for Russians is some four
 miles from Elsinore, the Danish port
 that Is overshadowed by the beauty of
 Kronborg castle, on the bastions of
 which Shakespeare is said once to have
 enacted Hamlet" with his travelling troupe. The camp is beautifully situated
 on Guerre lake, amidst forests of beech, and it is model of cleanliness and cheer The Russian prisoners-some 1900
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
STRICTLY MODERN VERSE

apples, and hedge crickets, and such thought casually upon the matter might associate with autumn. If Keats had only understood the real free verse spirit how could he not have touched of autumn! For instance:
 linking of queer quatrains,
 Straining of poets,
 Dead lines irregular
 Sinking beneath sense"
 This is something which, like Miss Lowells Summer Rain" gives the reader pause; it makes him think. What" he asks, ''has it got to do with autumn?' To which the poet re- plies, triumphantly: None of your busi- ness" and so closes the incident.
 If Won Kuehlmann and the rest or the German diplomats could only sit for time at Miss Lowelrs feet 1t would be advantageous all around. Every now and then. in reference to Belgian in- demnity, for instance, the German lead CTS compromise themselves by phrase that makes sense. If they would 'et Miss Lowell instruct them they could lisp in numbers, say on Belgium thus:
 Drinking in big barreofs Tipping of walters. Cold steins of Pilsner
 Winking above thumbs
 It would be quite as relevant as what | they do offer us, and it would be SO poetical.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11

officers and men-came from. Austrian and German prison camps, and they have all arrived since May, 1917, when the two camps in Denmark were opened by the honorary president of the Danish Red Cross, his royal highness, Admiral Prince Valdemar of Denmark, the Kings uncle.
 Both camps are divided into a surgical, medical and tuberculosis sector, be- sides temporary detention barracks for new arrivals. And it has been a great pleasure for the medical officers of the camps to see the way in which most of the prisoners have picked up during their summer in Denmark, where the food and surroundings have indeed been better than at the places they left behind.
 The Russians seem happy and content in Denmark. They go about their work and pleasure in a leisurely manner-al- ways giving the Danish officer who showed me around their very best mili- tary salute There are. of course, Danish officers, with detachment of infantry guard, on duty at both camps. The en- tire spirit is entirely militray, due to the obligations Denmark has willingly taken upon herself in connection with this labor cf love.
 The Russian soldiers, when up and about occupy themselves with carpen- try, as well as with the making of ikons and other small things, while the officers seem to have caught the Danish irre- pressible love for the bicycle The off cers have a very nice mess building, baths are numerous, the food excellent, medical attention the best and the mems barracks clean, we'll ventilated and light.
 They enjoy the existence of soldiers if not workmens council, like their comrades in Russia, and they thrive on Danish raill and butter and honey to make up for their lean two or three years in Austrian and German camps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
GIVING "DoGs. A GOOD NAME

.Thomas F. Logan, in Leslie's.
 The dogfish goes into history and the greyfish is passing into cans. The bu- rcau of fisheries tested that meat of the dogfish and found that it proved an ex- celent article of food The scientists realized, however, that popular preju- dice would cause a majority of house. keepers to finch from a diet cursed by
 the name of dog. They promptly sub stitnted 'greyfish" as a more pleasing
 word for display advertisements and made arrangements with packers on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to put the new rival of the salmon on the mar
 ket. Almost 100000 one-pound cans were turned out in 1916 and much more impos- ing figures will be shown when the re-
 ports fer 1917 are tabulated In addi- ton to the food product, the conserva- ton of the greyfish in 1916 yielded 2000O gallons of excellent oil and quantity Of fertilizer. Thin leather of excellent quality was made from the skins. Att lantic coast fishermen have suffered a grr,t deal of annoyance and serious loss in the past through the activities of the dogfish. As result of the government $ decision that even a marine dog must have it's day. the greyfish is now atom ing for the evil deeds of it's less att
 tractively named ancestors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
Rich Apprecintes Dixie

q am just home from Boston, said Abe Rich, land Birmingham never locked so good to me, for after nearly freezing to death and wading around in snow and slush or picking my way over crusts of ice, the balmy days are most pleasing.
 "A friend who was with me joined me in a search to buy a pair of rub bers and do you know that we went to more than half a dozen places be- fore we could get any. I went to a showing of new spring shoes at the Topley-Plaza and was greatly inter- ested in the living models. A beauti- fui little 5-year-old girl came out wearing a hobby pair of slippers, and was very demonstrative in my ap- plause. bit after a handsome wom- an came down the aisle and said: I see you are a Birmingham man. I used to live there, but am now married and the little girl is my daughter ] found out that it was Miss Katz, who had married Mir. Israel and that her husband is a shoe dealer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
nr. stunrt,s Influence

T have been greatly interested in the way Dr. George Stuart has made a place for himself in Birmingham, said Dr. B. F. Riley, the well known Baptist historian, who is at present engaged oh the history of the Bap- lists of the south, to be issued by the Sunday school board.
 q think I can say without being invidious that there is no preacher south of the Mason and Dixon line who wields a greater influence than does Dr. Stuart. I know the estimate place upon him is shared by many men whose knowledge and opinion Is worth much more when it comes to placing the influence of men. l am glad that such man lives in our midst"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
% T < Speeding Up Thrift Stamp Organization

| 1D) BIRMINGHAM is thoroughly or O ganized for the war savings stamp canvass and that it will come up to expectations in achievement may be safely assumed. It has not failed in anything yet along patriotic Hines and it must never know any such word as fail.
 In order for Alabama to raise it's quota by the thrift stamp method- $4S, ,000, ,000--every city and every county must be so organized as to reach practically all the people. The children will make great drive and their little savings will swell the volume of money sought. But adults must do their full part and do it whole -heartedly if Alabama is to reach the goal.
 State Director Crawford Johnson is doing splendid work in planning and urging, and his lieutenants are eager to perform yeoman service. If the campaign gets in full swing within the next two or. three weeks, half the sum to be raised in this state should be in hand before midsummer. And with that much accomplished the otLer half might be counted upon by Christmas.
 Two billion dollars is the amount 1 to be raised in the United States by thrift stamps and baby bonds, and few if any states will fall below their allo.merts, Alabama has a way of "going over the top" Let's make it so in this war savings stamp campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11

results of its agitation" were seen.
 Five or six years ago the road inn provement movement got good start and much progress has been made since then.
 The Bankhead measure, which ap- propriated $75,000,00O apportioned among the states to aid in building post roads, gave great impetus to the cause; but the time has come for a new and greater drive in road build ling.
 The day of the motor truck has come. Just now motor haulage has la twofold aspect. Trucks for short hauls will relieve railroad congestion and such relief will help materially to win the war.
 As has been frequently pointed out, motor trucks are hard on roads such roadbeds as have been thought sufficient for ordinary travel. And if this means of transportation comes well into use every state will be ex- lpected to build highways of concrete construction. After the war is over there will be an insistent demand for concrete roads. There should be no delay in taking up the work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Prnines Miss Hnmner

T am in hearty sympathy with all the praise that has been bestowed on Robert Mantell" said Chappen Cory, but to me. his leading lady, Miss Gen evieve Hamper, is the most wonderful elccutionist I have ever heard.
 "I have heard most of the stage celebrities in America during the past quarter of a century and had an op- portunity to often enjoy Ellen Terry during my residence in London but not even she was superior to MISS Hamper, when<it comes to beautiful and articulate speech. Her loveliness and the manner of the reading or her lines was one of the greatest treats have enjoyed for years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
WANTED IN THE FRONT OFFICE New York Correspondence Cincinnati

WANTED IN THE FRONT oFFio1 New York Correspondence Cincinnati
 T;mes-Star.
 Wanted in the front office
 The man who used to worry about the nassins of the white Christmas and the old fashioned winter
 The chap at Washington who told us last fall that 1t would be foolish to heard coal. The scientist who discovered that the gulf stream had changed its course. The fellow that said the war would be over in six months. The man that brought the first jazz band from Frisco. The person who is designing uniforms ,, for women to wear. | The fellow that said two years ago that the dancing craze was done. 1 The man who has his letters marked "Dictated, but not read. I The telephone operator who calls you i up and tells you to hold the wire while she finds the man who wanted to talk te lyou. The imbecile who still thinks there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
ManteIps Profitable Week

'Mr. Mantell was delighted with his reception in Birmingham" said Brown Parkes, treasurer of the Jefferson thea tre. "As The Age-Heraid said, the plays of Shakespeare have not lost their draw ing power when enacted by histrion' s of high rank.
 MT. Mantell played here to very large ences have seldom been seen At sat,r- days matinee hundreds were turned away. Mir. Mantells southern tour in- cluded only a few cities but everywhere he appeared the box office receipts were exceptionally large. He played in New Orleans two weeks to big crowds. His week in Atlanta, like his week in B!r- mingham, was a great success. It used to bc that people claimed that Atlanta was better town for high-class dramas than Birmingham. No matter how II may have been in the past, such a claim cannot be made now. When Forbes Robertson played Hamlet and "rno Light That Failed here two or three years ago. the receipts for those two performances totaled within S10o of the total receipts in Atlanta for three par- formances. In the Mantell enga geinents, Atlanta and Birmingham were just about even.
 MT. Mantell expects to book Br- mingham for week next season With a new repertoire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
Let's Have Drive
 For Good Roads

7NHE conference of good road
 J advocates in Alabama called by the Civic association to meet in Birmingham February 21 should be well attended by representative men from every~section of the state. The Alabama Gcod Roads association, or ganized many years ago, when high way improvement had been little con sidered, developed public sentiment slowly at first but in time practical
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 And this war is going to interfere se- riously with the output of spring poetry. Mary of the poets think their time is better employed in lambasting the Kali ser than in singing the beauties of a grecnsward pied with daisies.
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 The Kaiser still flatters himself that he holds the affection and loyalty of the German people He might find out some- thing to the contrary by consulting with a few of those Berlin strikers.
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 Washington used to be one of the sleepiest towns in the country, except on special occasions. Nowadays the oldest inhabitant is afraid to go to bed for fear he'll miss something
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 After a man has had drink of blind tiger whisky his breath would prostrate a mule at distance of half block, pro vided the wind were in the right direc- tion.
 The study of German has been abol- islied in every school of northern Ken lucky. "Kultur' is thing of little worth in that part of the country. j. 4. <
 The old-fashioned man who used to wear red flannel underwear shed bitter tears when he could no longer buy a shirt that opened in the back. H S. #
 Mere boys are lighting for Germany 1 in the trenches. They stormed recruit ing offices to enlist? They most in dubitably did not.
 It might be good idea to save some of the ice accumulated in our rivers to tide us over possible ice famine next summer.
 Having written a play and had it pro- uuCtu, <Aldu DetlS hHcWS lOW IL leets to have dramatic critic do his worst x x x 1 The plight of the Girls Industrial school calls for quick application ot ones fountain pen to ones checkbook.
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 It is getting to be quite the fashion tc carry ones bundles Carrying them in [ motor car lends an air of distinction. I. # I. l According to late advices, Paris is no making preparations to entertain an in Aux of German visitors about April l. j, < H l The colonel iss now on the road to re oovery and doubtless dreams again ol swashbuclslng in the White House. | # q X 1 When a private citizen declares g moratorium the bill collectors refuse tt take him seriously.
 < * 2, 1 It is remarkable how quickly trucu lent soldier cools off when military DO lice heave in sight,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
From the Atlanta Constitution

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 NkEsIDENT CARRANZA of Mexico IU may not realize it, but under exist S ing circumstances, when he sends 'your majesty the Hun Kaiser, my most cordial congratulations, and eX- presses his "best wishes for your per sonal happiness and that of your august family, as well as Tor the prosperity ol this great friendly nation 'Gerniahs'' he is playing with fire.
 Nobody can doubt Carranza's motive in sending that message to Berlin.
 It was not sent so much to felicitaee the Kaiser and compliment Germany as to sian at President Wilson and Insult the United states.
 Nobody is fooled by his subtlety; IL IS plain-the intent and purpose are as ciear of understanding as why twice two make four,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
pr. Rrxnn Out Again

T am happy to be up and once more about my work" said Dr. J. A. Bryan, pastor of the Third Presbyterian church.
 q have done much visiting among the sick and counseled many to be patient, but it was right hard for me to take my own advice when I real. ized that so many needed my help. Health is a great thing, and I am glad that I am feeling so much improved"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11

BEGINNING THE DAY--Ah, my Father, what treasures await in Thy palaces! What pleasures in Thy halls. What flowers in Thy gar dens! What rest and comfort at Thy right hand! All these are mine for the having, and still I wander away from Thee and suffer hunger and thirst! Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
Germnnx,s Eoolishness

"The first real blow of the war has been received by the United States in the sinking of the Tuscania and the loss of about 100 American soldiers" said Henry Clews of New York. This was the first positive reminder of what war is: 1t will carry sorrow to many homes and it will immensely strengthen the ration in it's determination to crush such ruthless militarism. America has been the least bitter of all of Germany's ele- mics. and might have been useful to Germany at the peace table; but Ger manys ruthlessness has foolishly de- stroyed any spirit of consideration that once might have been of advantage to her, and has accomplished nothing but solidifying the bonds between us and our allies and confirming the resolu- tion for victory"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
CARRANZA'S DEFIANCE

Nor is there any doubt that German i'm trigue prompted the message
 Carranza~ perhaps better than anyone else in the world, knows what a great debt Of gratitude he and the Mexican people owe to the United States.
 Carcanza knows as we'll as anyone can know that he owes his tenure in the Mexican presidency to the United States that i, was the United States, and this country alone, that did most to bring or der out of chaos at time when Car ranza knew not from one day to the next what moment he would be subjected to the fate of Madero,
 And new for that he bites the hand that helped him.
 He sllirted the brink of an open dec Iaraton Of hostility as near as he dared Now. let him take warning, because just little mcre-and the marvellous pa tience and tolerance of President Wilson and the American people will snap
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
DENATURED POLITICS

From the Chattanooga News.
 Hiring of campaign workers has been outlawed by Knox county republicans. Soon politics will be so far denatured as to no longer afford any fun.