davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27
JUsTIFIABLE PRIDE

There will be nothing but war talk
heard all over the world for many years
to GOMEZ said an author, and our va
rious armchair and cosey corner cam
paigners will be lucky if they don't make
la lot OF military mistakes.
1T was the same thing during and
after the civil war. | remember asking
a young lady at a musical in Boston
back in those distant days if she didn't
think Mozart's Twelfth Mass was superb
"Superb. she cried. 1t certainly is
that regiment!'''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27
Day of Specialists

IT ran down to attend the Alabama
State Sunday School association, said
DIR. James M, Shelburne, formerly presi
dent of Howard college, but now pastor
of the First Baptist church at Gadsden.
II have not only attended the sessions
and heard the splendid addresses, but /
have taken part in a number of very in
teresting conferences. 1t has gotten to
the point where the successful pastor
must also be something of a Sunday
school organizer and expert, for the Sun
day school is the great feeder of the
church.
ut is a fortunate thing when the pas
tor and the superintendent pull together,
for when they do there is always live
church. This is the day of specialists,
and every man who wants to keep
abreast Of his work must put in much
time ut conventions where he can meet
tho men who are doing things
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27
= = =
Advice to South s
Potato Growers

E1T1 HE United States department of
| u agriculture has issued a bulle-
tin in which it advises the southern
potato grower to harvest this springs
crop several weeks later than has
been the custom in past years. Being
mature when dug the crop "will be
more susceptible of successful stor-
age" and when stored the crop should
be marketed gradually.
The purpose of this programme,
says Assistant Secretary Ousley, is
Il to avoid Cutting the northern mar
tkets. with early potatoes. 1t is OBJ
vious that if the markets are glutted
the farmer will not get satisfactory
price for his product.
| "Instead CT digging as early as you
can. while the tubers are immature,
land rushing to northern markets, it
lis your self interest" says the bulle-
tin, "as we'll as to the advantage OF
the nation from a food conservation
point of view, to delay harvest as long
las YOU can, and after that to delay
marketing as long as you can, and
meanwhile to increase local consump-
ton of the new crop as much as pos
sible"
1t is stated that there is an I'M
usually "heavy holdover" of northern
potatoes. These potatoes are moving
to market now and will continue to
move for sometime. If the southern
crop is marketed as early as usual,
market congestion will probably be
the result
The remedy is easy. In the past
the southern potato grower tried TO
i get to the northern market at "the
earliest possible moment" This year
his interest requires that he get there
Just as late as he can.
The best storage, it is pointed out,
is in artificially refrigerated cold
storage plants, but these are limited.
If care is exercised newly-dug Irish
potatoes may be successfully stored in
an up-to-date sweet potato curing
house, provided it is opened at night
to admit the cool air and closed early
in the morning. Potatoes thus stored
may be satisfactorily held for month
Tor two, possibly longer.
The southern grower who acts upon
the departments advise will prosper,
while those who ignore it will fail
to reap the benefit of their labor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27

cHARLEY's on THE JOY

From the New York World.
Mr.. Schwab establishes his new centre
of ship building industry in 10 minutes.
Builders at the Sauantum yards set up
the frames for five destroyers in 80 min
utes. At Seattle an S,soo-ton steel steam
ship is brought to it's launching in So
days, knocking five days from the ore
vious record. But these are merely facts
of progress. What have they to do with
the proclamation of the G. Q. p. key
noters that government is funetioning
in none Of it's war works?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27

Il had no idea that there was so much
pleasure to be got cut of gardening
said Leo Loeb, but this spring | decided
would try it and, believe me, it's the
finest thing / have ever done 10 get rid
of the worries of the day.
1.-The setting forward of the clock gives
me a chance after the store closes to put
in an hour among my vegetables Now.
always turned UP my nose at turnip
green's but since l planted the seed and
have watched them grow, do you know,
[ am crazy about them. | have zeal.
sure enough garden and am nearly get
ting my dinners out of it.
II have also planted lot of fruit
trees and berries and l am going to be
a farmer Yet, if the thing continues to
grow on me. 1t is no longer necessary
for me to take tonic to tease my appe-
tite. / sit down to my dinner hungry
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27
Elks Raised $4,000

81 am very proud of the showing OF
Birmingham lodge, No. TO- b, P. Q. E.,
with reference to their record in the
third Liberty Loan drive" said Albert 5.
Winch.
subscriptions taken in the lodge
rooms ~ members of the order from
brothers who happened in and had not
subscribed to the third Loan have SO far
amounted to approximately $4,000, This is
in addition to what local Elks have done
personally and through their business
These subscriptions were what might be
termed transient, and from those who
had not, and perhaps would not Rave
subscribed had the matter not been
brought to their attention by some en-
thuslastic brother who wanted every man
10 do his Bit
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27
LUXE M,LuKE SAYS

another reason why woman is so
hard to please is because her dislikes are
more nuremous than her likes
Keep Your mouth shut. If YOU are
sn art, people will find it out without you
/, telling them. And ii you are not smart
yon won't give yourself away.
Ever notice that the wealthy man who
doesn't have TO work for living doesn'
seem to be having as good time as he
once thought he would?
A girls mother can tell when her
daughter is engaged to a fellow two
months before the fellow proposes.
j Some women are so certain that they
were born TO command that they get
married six or seven times.
| The hot days are coming, girls, and
take il from us, no petticoat at all looks
better than dirty petticoat.
| Some men are such natural-born spend
| erS that if their salaries were increa sec
/! $40 per week every week for a year
| they wouldn't have a cent more on De.
cember 81 than they had on January l.
| The reason why man bowls about his
wife paying Is cents for something fol-
dessert for the kids is because his cigars
and chewing tobacco cost him s2.l5 pei
| week.
f, smart doctor can soon disagnose tho
| case of the mother of five children who
\ is nervous and irritable. She is working
| too hard.
| We don't blame some wives for doing
+, all the talking. No one could live with
! a man who knew it ALL
Love is blind. And maybe that's TIL,
reason the hand holders in the from
room never need any light.
We don't know much. But we do know
that the betting is 1000. 900 90 i tha
| your explanation won't sound as plaus
/ ble to YOUR wife as it does to YOU.
There are two talking machines in !;
1 lot OF homes. But a man has to bu,
records for only one of them.
/ II her husband chews tobacco won
an sometimes gets the idea that her hus
band Is cxpectorating himself to death.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27
BEssIE's INTERPRETATION

From the Boston Transcript
Little Bess. who is in the second grade,
startled her parents by insisting that
her teacher was all the time calling for
cra gettes. Her mother was so puzzled
over this that she visited the school one
afternoon to find out what the child
meant by such charge. In little
while the mystery was solved, for the
teacher, glancing around .te room,
called out to the pupils: sit erect, sit
efect.'
Bessie looked at her mother and blurted
didn't l tell your"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27

Mr.. Depew has lived long and happi-
~, and he has done much to make
life more pleasant for his fellow man.
At 81 he offers striking example Of
how sunny nature and philosophic
frame of mind enable their fortunate
possessor to feel young when most
men have reached their dotage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27
WHO woULDNr KISS MARY,

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
Mary Pickford auctioned one Of her
clrls for $1,000 at Liberty Loan rally.
AT that rate Pick could dispose of the
entire issue. especially since she offered
to kiss the man who bought the curl.
but couldn't do it because the Stacker
ran away. We have an utter contempt
away under such circumstances
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27

corps of teachers. Last year the en-
rollment reached 545 and there is
every reason to expect the number to
cross the 800 mark this summer.
The new occupations opened to
women as result of the war has
caused the institute to enlarge the
summer courses so as to include
branches of practical appeal to fe-
males, and it is thought that the
gentle sex will be almost as well rep
resented as the male sex.
Every right-minded young person
is eager to serve the nation and every
one knows that efficient service re-
quires special training such as Au-
burn is prepared to give.
No one need be kept away because
of the cost. twenty-five dollars will
cover all the expenses for the entire
session.
). X y
she mere fact that two pugilists glare
fiercely ut each other before entering the
ring doesn't always mean that the fell
low who buys ringside seat will get
his rnoney,S worth
y X x
Having an orchid named after him is no
great honor for General Pershing. When
this war is ended there will be towns
scattered all over the country named
Pershing.
A chap has to be an early riser to take
part in those battles on the western
front which reach their greatest in
tersity about O'Clock in the morning.
<. y 4
The Germans have about as much
chance to find loophole in the allied
line as the small boy who inspects con-
crete wall around baseball park.
y. \ !.
There IS something wrong with the
man who cheers the lads in khaki but
won't, buy a Liberty Bond to help send
them to France.
When the ordinary person speaks OF
an earthquake shock he is much more
apt to cal. it quake" than seismic
disturbance"
Paul Frank Baer, son OF a Mobile man,
Hun airman, is keeping Alabama on the
map.
What has become Of the old-fashioned
man who used to gasp every time he saw
girl in a one-piece bathing suit?
Il i. y
Whoever writes the official war reports
for the German government is one of
the worlds foremost optimists.
* + y
Laggard Atlanta will have to think up
"a new excuse for falling so far behind
in the Liberty Loan drive.
y i. *
There IS no telling how much motion
picture scenery was upset by that recent
earthquake in California.
4 s. y
Charley Chaplin will hardly miss his
cane at the front, so long as he has a
rifle in his hands.
Il s. y
Rheims cathedral will probably be left
in ruins as an everlasting reproach 10
Germany.
X s. *
The tireess footpad is finding Der in
a fertile Geld for his operations.
y j. &.
When tank meets tank, then comes
the tug &C war.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27
GAIN AND LOSS

From the New York Sun.
Drafting Charlie Chaplin will cost the
treasury whopping lot of income tax
money, but consider the increased mer-
rinent in the camp and the conservation
of custard pies.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Mr.. Schwab at the age of l. drove
stage for his father. between Loretto
and Cresson. Pa.
Three years later he was clerk in a
grocery store at Braadock.
And three years later the Welsh steel
maker. Capt. Bill Jones, gave him his
first big lift successward by making him
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27
sea FEsER
BY John Massriela.

FA ESat
BY John Massriela.
I must go down Is tne s4s s again tn tha
lonely sea Aisd the skS,
And all i ask iS tan Min and . star
to steer her IN.
Ana the vines SieS a.l the winds
song anu Wy white SAT- ! shaking,
gray dawn L ,<tnss
l must go down ssr ain. for tho
call of the ru No. fias
Is wild call and ii stA1 - that NAV
not be denied;
And all l ask is i Es3nN$ with tina
white clouds fls Az
And the flung spna.v aaa ne blown
spume and the seaskulls ing.
must go down to siae asss 4gain. to
the vagrant gypsy lafs.
To the CULTS ways AID vee whaae's way
where the winds rks waestea knife:
And all / ask is a perfy GERS from 1
laughing fellow rover
And quiet sleep and a Sweet e + ise when
the long tricks oves
Ey John Masefield.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27
Summer Session
at Polytechnic Institute

III HE summer school of the Ala
4 bama Polytechnic institute at
Auburn has come to be recogniz cd
as an integral part of the college
year. 1t opens June and continues
until July II.
X In 1913, when the first session was
held, the enrolment was small--only
few dozen students and q small
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27
TEST OF PHILOSOPHY

From the Nashville Tennessean.
western Judge declares that the hus-
band or wife deserted for another is en-
titled to neither pity nor damages, be-
ing IN the position of one who has got
rid of some worthless property. Bernard
Shaw has put himself on record as being
unable to see how the attitude OF any
husband whose wife prefers another ma n
can be anything but apologetic. I'm.
doubtedly these views are Philosophical
correct, but unfortunately the ma iority
OF husbands and wives are not philoso-
piers, hut just plain men and women.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27
OWENS THAT KIND or FELLov

From the Nashville Tennessean.
unsentimental Mr.. Owen Moore, Mary
Piekford's husband, says that he will
be satifed with nothing Less than tho
Dust"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27

Member of the Associated Press
The Age-HeraId is the only morning
and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham
carrying the Associated Press dis
patches.
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for publication
of all news dispatches credited to 1t
or not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news published
herein.
All rights of republication of spe-
cial dispatches herein are also re-
served
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27

BEGINNING THE DAY - Lord,
help me to stand. ana having done
all, to stand. Close up the paths
of retreat and bend my face TO the
front. Deafen my ears to cOmprO-
mise. Defend me against dish0nOr-
able peace. Make me staneh.
great God. Grant me to be faith
full. In His name. Amen.-H. NJ. L.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27
EFFECTIVE TREATMENT.

EFFECTIVE TREATMENT.
What is the matter with our French
prima donna?
she's on the warpath again and
swears she won't sing tonight
Have the orchestra play The Mar
seillaise.' That will shame her into doing
her DUTY"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27
A QUICK CHANGE.


A QUICK CHANGE.
How was the amateur performance Oh
Othello' last night?''
Pretty fair, until the third act Then
the tragedy was converted into a come
dy"
What happened?"
"The house was overheated and othe,lo
began TO perspire freely through his
burnt cork. In a moment of forgetful-
ness he wiped his face on his handker-
chief and removed about half of his mid
night complexion"
A SUBTERFUGE.
How do you pronounce General Fochs
name?"
81 don't try to pronounce it?" answered
the discreet person.
about the war without mentioning Cen
eral Foch?''
Easily enough. refer to him as the
indomitable leader of the allied ar
mics.
HARD HEARTED WOMAN.
tits astonishing how cruel and inhu-
man some women can be to their hus-
bands"
you surprise me-
81 mean it. There's Mrs. Jagsby, for
instance. When Jagsby has been out the
night before and isn't quite certain that
he can retain cup of coffee she insists
on having liver and onions for break
fast" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27

titled his action and TIA were nohly
forgave him. A LITTLE ef thsN life was
proyidantially removed and ero and
heroine entered into Ire ooisnuoial bliss
which they deserves
in rereading tie neck etually mad
to gasp n the Story, Tho zero was a
criminally inclinea ekd @aose uniaw-
full act could MOI se aitjsie1 by any OF
the authors spa sioas Irstie ents, which
covered page aSsef hsEei the heroine
was d fool and sn sa,af ! that I mad
no sympathy fer her; as mystery OF
the book was " sinBlc I'd foolish; N
fact, the story Mas wIrca, from begin
ming to end when stripped it and ex-
amined II for sffeea gFnpses.
But the proauceF era the star want
ed to do it, " 39 into a scenario
| changed the starr t that I thought
myself a better Iatu6s than Charlotte
Bronte, but secaIse new that to try
to conviace 9 audS4ace that a man
was justified 4egatly ani morally in mar
rying g'ri Eher m NEW his wife was
alive woulG bc Aonesis. And to try to
make the,a behave tf,at the girl was
reasoning heiasan hssag when she couldn't
soive na%Issrw fhAt was poked in her
race al ta9 KAMA would not do either"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27
INSPIRING THOUGHT.

What is the song the suburbanite sings
AS he tends his cabbage and other
things?
Hurry, my precious plants. and grow,
We've got to lay the Kaiser low
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27

Washington bureau. 2o7 Hibbs build
ing.
European bureau, Henrietta street,
Covent Garden, London
Eastern business office, Room As TO
so, inclusive, Tribune building, New
York city; western business o1tlce'
Tribune building, Chicago. The 5. {.
Beckwith Special Agency, agents for
foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27

STAKE Fer for one of the Carnegie
mills, at 81 dav.
Al q Years afterward-he was
managhiE be mil When he was 25 he
supervisor HI tnA Homestead plant for
so wees faEa q bonus of so cents per
ton on me Syeass 4 production over that
of the lou YEAR
He was pyles / of the Carnegie COM
pany
AT "a of the United States
Steel e
At elu shed the post and
bort lst ar m plant.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27
AZ 'tss nj i TOP TOWN.

From tAs eomasy Advertiser.
bisHl hsS gypsy Smith and
jim "fIan wis IA peak on the sama
oa tors isng the patriotic
ftFN9f aearsr- Birmingham II
e kSse such a fire as
tbat gvius
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27

Remittances can be made at current
rate of exchange. The Age-Herald VIII
not be responsible for money sent
through the mails. Address,
THE AGE HERALD,
Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27

DESERVED TO BE TILTED.
Il understand young Professor Dibple,
the germ expert, who was engaged to
Miss Peacher, has been given his walk
ing papers"
Yes. I don't blame the poor girl for
dismissng him Do you know what he
did,"
mo. What did he dor"
He tried to sponge off her lips with
an antiseptic solution before kissing her
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27

No communication will be puohshed
without its authors name Rejected
manuscript will not be returned unless
stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
TIE RECRUIT.

Old and ragged and poor,
They followed their boy to the station;
All that they had to give,
Yet, priceless their gift to the nation.
Theirs not to shed a tear,
Though heavy their hearts at parting
From the lad who may never return,
And just when the train was starting
Ihey oade him a brave farewell,
With feeling of pride and elation;
All that they lad to give,
Yet, priceless their gift to the nation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27

FINE FOR PETTY OFFENDERS.
There is another point in favor of
Liberty Bonds you might dwell on m
your next speech"
And what is that?" asked the four
minute man.
1.-THE fellow who owns few Liberty
Bonds never has to call on his friends to
bail him out of Jail"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27

1 have said it often publicly, that SO
far as the Germans are concerned, they
were beaten on the top of the ground At
the battle of the Marine, and that IN the
end they would be unable to meet the
allied arms in the open field, for in spite
of seeming victories, it grows more ana
more sure that the soldiers Of the entente
can. when the chances of war are any
thing like equal, overcome the picked
flower of the German army.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27

We are in this war to the end, and be-
fore we sheathe our sword, let's see to
it that not only shall the German mill
tarists be shorn Of their power to harm
future generations, but that the double
dealing diplomacy shall be made to come
cut of the dark and slime in which it
has wallowed, into the light of the open
day of American publicity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-27

Dailv and sunday Age-HeraId. year $500
DsiIy without Sunday ..... 600
Daily and sunday, per month ~
Daily and Sunday, three months. wv
Sunday Age-Herald, per annum z'oo
Thursdays edition, per annum 20
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-02-28
Report of Committee.

We, your committee, to whom was
referred the within report, respectfully
report that we have examined the same
and find same correct and recommend
same be spread upon the minutes of
this board.
Sam Sykes,
W. G. Bacon,
M. Link,
Committee.
Supervisor Barrows moves to accept
and adopt the report as read.
Motion carried.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-02-28

School herein before authorized and es-
tablished at Union Grove; said cost to
be determined in accordance with the
provision of Sec. 411-S of the statutes.
An order for said amcuLt payable to
the treasurer of the Joint County Train
ing School Board of Racine and Keno
sha counties is hereby authorized on
demand of the Treasurer of said Board.
$2,5O0.00 of said fund to be appro-
priated from the money already levied
for that purpose and the balance of
$4 10000 from the General Funds of
Kenosha County.
m 9 Scott
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-02-28
The Capitals Fifth Avenue.

Pennsylvania avenue in Washington
is usually listed among the worlds
famous streets, but to the Washington
ian this avenue has not half the inn
portance and attractiveness of F street,
the recognized parade ground of the
fashionable on sunny afternoons. T
street In Washington is an institution
like the monument, the government
clerk and band concerts in the parks.
1t dates back far enough to tax the
memory Of WashingtOn's few oldest in
habitants, but no records of its origin
are fled in the city kan.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-02-28
SINGING REQUIRES STRENGTH.

Students should remember that sing
ing right requires great physical
strength, observes a vocal teacher. The
late Madame Nordica remarked that 1t
required the training of prize fighter.
The human race 10 not physically as
strong as it was hundred years ago.
The abdominal muscles seem to have
suffered the greatest relapse, hence the
scarcity of really great singers. In
singing more than in anything else 1t
is the survival of the fittest."