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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18

But not all the rockies are illiterate.
Many OF them are college men, hungry
for good books to read.
The American Library association has
placed comfortable library buildings di-
rected by trained librarians, in the camps
and naval stations, and has supplied. in
addition to numerous papers and maya
zines, over 100000 books
The men read everything, from short
stories to scientific works There is a
heavy demand for books on all kinds of
military subjects, and for French history
and literature. General history, science,
biography and fiction have large circu-
laticn.
There is another large class of men
who, although not iliterate, had to leave
school while they were still young to go
to work, and for them there are classes
in history, physics and other high school
subjects. Through their new studies the
men find new interest in the work they
had done before they became soldiers.
Men who had worked as electricians
without any real understanding, who had
known only that certain things happened
when they connected wires. are learning
the why of electricity.
And for all of them-illiterate men,
men with grammar school educations and
college graduates-the language and his
tory of the men who are their allies, and
with whom they are going to fight and
suffer and carry on" have great hui
man appeal
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4
Steady Advance Of
Medical Science

77T7HE Alabama Medical association,
= which is holding its annual
meeting in Birmingham, has brought
together large number of the most
progressive, self-sacrificing and pa
triotic men in the state. And the able
papers read and the animating discus
sions heard at each session is re-
minder Of the steady advance along
scientific lines of the medical profess
sion.
The old-time doctor was an impor-
tant factor in every community. Some
Of the physicians of other years may
have been without much college learn
ing or hospital experience. but evs1s
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18
ONLY A PINT


From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Connecticut man wants to buy a
pint of alcohol. So deep is the desire
and apparently so hopeless the pros
pect of gratifying it that he advertises
his want in New York. What he wishes
to do with the precious pint he leaves
to the imagination of his readers. But
his plight is pitiful, whatever be the
particular desire that the man finds
by circumstances he cannot control.
Time was when one could go out
and buy a pint of alcohol as noncha-
lantly as one purchases a package of
breakfast oats or lollypop. A Con-
necticut man never thought in those
days, for they were as easy to get as a
Liberty Bond or a thrift stamp.
1t appears to be matter of law,
for the seeker after pint ventures
the opinion that if the man responsible
for the enactment thinks he can stop
the world from going around. he will
have bigger job than Teddy did when
he tried to muzzle the world Further,
no - sure tnere Will pc rum made
after the man responsible for the law
is dead. "And where" he asks, plant
lively. will his soul be?"
Aye, there's the question--where
will his soul be? BY all means. let
this particular Connecticut man have
this particular pint Of alcohol. Let him
see the world go around one last time
before the deluge.
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thou shalt leave them unto the poor and
to the stranger" Lev. 1922
In the fields then during the harvest
we see cleaners at work. They are poor
women and girls, Villagers who have no
fields of their own to harvest. or possibly
the wives and daughters of the hired
reapers, who often find it more profit
able to glelan than to work for wages in
the harvest fields
1t is common occurrence to find a.
kindly landowner allowing destitutel
woman to "glean even among the
sheaves.' for usually they are prohibited
from greaning before the sheayes have
been taken away, just as fell to the lot
OF Ruth the Moabitess when "Boaz COM
manded his young men, saying, Let her
CLEAN even among the sheaves, and rel
proach her not" Ruth Els.
AS the cleaners pick up here and there!
the stray ears of wheat or barley dhea
word corn in our Bible refers. to wheat,
they are bound into neat little bundles.
which the CLEANER drops behind her asl
thesreapers do the sheaves, and no onea
will. modest or touch them. But at event
all are collected and the heads beaten
out with a stone or stick on the surface
of some large stone or flat rock, andH
the winnowed grain is carried homea
every night, usually in the large white1
veil which covers the head. $50 she
(Ruth) CLEANED in the field until even,
and beat out that she had gathered.
Ruth 2a7.
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= E. MATIN OF PARIS
,rom the Kansas City Times.

FROM the Kansas City Times.
We see the paper prints foreign
quoting letter received IN
Paris by L. E. Matin. Newspaper
readers all over the world are familiar
With Mr. Mathis name and his autnori-
~ stands high with them. He re-
calves a great many letters and has
correspondents in every capital FER
haps nobody in Paris conducts more
voluminous correspondence unless y
he y, E. Temps. Like Mr.. Temps. Mr..
Matin is always prompt in sharing MS
information with the public. No mat
ter at what hour OF the day or night
he gets a letter he gives It out ana
this agreeable habit has made n'm
friends everywhere.
Strangers in Paris who may not
know Mr.. Matin personally consult
with him with as much freedom as ms
next door neighbor. II you are inter-
ested in anything going on In Madrid
Rome or Athens and mention the fact
to any Frenchman he will instantly
refer YOU to L. E. Matin. II there is
any news anywhere L. e. Matin will
know it and give you the latest de-
tails. That is his charm. Your ma
tive Parisians who know his ways
will tell you he is at his freshes. and
Fest in the morning. Many of us are.
When he steps forth and offers YOU
such information as he has acquired
cvor might you don't have to consult
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18
LUKE M,I.UKEs SAYS

Why is 1t that the more ill-nathred
woman is as wife the better natured
she is as widow?
Every married woman wonders why
there are not more female monologue
artists in vaudeville.
A man may be totally devoid of su-
perstition and yet regard a graveyard
as poor place to spend an evening.
A husband will occasionally admit
that he is wrong in order to keep
peace in the family But we have never
heard of case wherein a wife was
that anxious to maintain peace.
Every man you meet will agree
with you when you say: isn't it re-
markable what good luck other people
have?"
Ambition is good stuff. But if you
are going to let ambition ride you,
you might as well kiss contentment
good-by.
The free sample given away to adj
vertise the product is usually a good
deal better than the package of the
same product that you purchase.
There is always some hope for a
man until he gets so lazy that he
would rather do without thing than
go after 1t.
money. And there are 9S7,654.s21, 900
ways to spend it,
The reason why girl lets another
girl Kiss her on the cheek instead of on
the lips is because the other girl isn't
| wearing moustache.
1t is easy for combination to look
| like 81 when it is in store window.
But it is hard for 1t to look like more
than seven cents when 1t is on a wash
line.
If company could hear what is said
about company after company has gone
home, company would cultivate the
habit of remaining at home more.
Take any 10 males you run across.
and you will be lucky If in the 10 you
discover two men,
We do not know much. But we do
know that there is a mighty little COO
ing in the home after friend wife gets
line from hilis-~ ~ @"-r
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Schwab Will Succeed
Where Others Failed

IORESIDENT WILSON made wise
Is selection when he placed Charles
NJ. Schwab, the steel maker, in full
charge of the governments ship
building work.
The appointment was made on the
joint recommendation of Edward N.
Hurley, chairman of the shipbuilding
board; Charles Piez, vice president
and general manager of hte fleet
corporation, and cambridge Colby,
member of the board. This insures
complete harmony in one of the most
important of the governments war
preparedness activities In fact it is
not too much to say that shipbuilding
is the paramount need at the present
time.
AS was said at the White House
conference, when the President dis
cussed the situation with Mr.. Schwab,
Chairman Hurley and others, HThe
carrying forward of the construction
work in the 100 shipyards now in
operation is so bad that it requires
a reinforcement of the shipbuinlding
Organization throughout the country"
With Mr.. Schwab as director gen.
eral of the emergency fleet, satisfac-
tory results will be seen at once. The
head of the Bethlehem company is a
genius in the matter Of doing things
ION large scale and doing them with
dispatch. He has way of succeed
ling where others have failed. He has
confidence in himself and he will in
lspire yard owners and workmen with
"the supreme Importance of building
ships as rapidly as they can be turned
out" a
Mr.. Schwab is busy man. His
steel interests have kept him fully
occupied, but like other successful
Operators and men of affairs, he is
ready to make sacrifices for the ma
tons good.
When the President commanded he
Ihesitated not moment. He will give
the best that is in him and will be
found on the shipbuilding job until
the war is ended or until it has a
merchant marine that will satisfy
every demand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18
SIR WALTERS PARRITcH PAN

From Youths Companion.
In the museum at Abb otsford there
was for many years a small Roman
patera, or goblet. that Sir Walter
Scott once purchased at the auction OF
a nobleman's property for the enor-
nous sum Of rs guineas. He would have
got it for 20 pence If an antiquary who
knew its value had not been there and
opposed him. Sir Walter was wont to
say however. that ha was almost con-
soled for the high price it cost by the
amusement he derived from an old
country woman who had evidently
come to purchase some triflipg kitchen
articles and who had no taste for the
antique.
At every successive guinea that was
bid for the patera this good old lady's
mouth opened wider and wider with
unsophisticated astonishment,. until at
last Sir Walter heard her mutter to
herself in a tone that he never for
got;
Five and twenty guineas! II the
parritch pan gangs at that what viii
$50 u ~ a pav ey.r~ fo~sss
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Fate Proves Kind
to a Former Censor

a FEW months ago Col. Douglas
17A Macarthur was performing the
laborious duties of war department
censor. If there is a less romantic
and inspiring post for fighting man,
it has not yet been discovered.
But Colonel Macarthur was not born
to end his days as a Swivel chair
warrior" He is now chief of staff of
a division in France. Recently he
joined a French company in storm
ing trench. The company returned
without him, but he soon appeared,
leading big Bavarian officer by the
ear with one hand, while the other
brandished riding whip. What could
France do but award him the croix
de guerre? 1t was done in jiffy.
1t is small wonder that soldier
of Colonel McArthur's mettle jumped
at the opportunity to see active serv-
ice in France with General Pershing
and the American troops who are
fighting for liberty. If he ever finds
time to think of his dull days as a
censor, he probably feels like thank
ing his lucky stars for his providential
escape from Washington, sense Of
elation which is no doubt considerably
|enhanced every time he glances at
his war cross
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18
THE PIPES IN ENGLAND

G. Buckton, in the Glasgow HeraH.
If l had never heard, 4
If might never hear. the pipes aeAin
Then, like mated bird.
My heart would sing alike through euI
and rain. y
But now, north. south. east. We
Where'er the pipes, the eager wnd'
brings to me
Their skirl of wild unrest.
And poignant and imperious memory.
Would that they might return
To yo.t north land of haunts re4ot'
and rude; q
OF loch. and brae. and burn,
And mountain-sentineis of solitud&
And yet il they WE'RE gone
Forever from our English street an,
lane. y
Should / not. listning on.
In silence find intolerAhle painy 50
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your watch to know that the sun il
up. Shakespeare, who was well ac-
ouainted with his habits. pays triDule
to his regularity in the lines,
The glow-worm shows the Matin to be-
near
And gins to pale his intellectual fire.
Persons who have sat UP with the
glow worm all night IN Paris CONFIRM
this testimony. L. f. Matin is the nrst|
person they meet on the way home
OF course, L. E. Matin. to whom sthe
dispatch referred. should not be 6pn-I
fused with LIE Matin. the we'll kndwn
Paris newspaper. Let's always Keep
our ideas straight and never get mixed
up on these French names.
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Editor William. Here

Birmingham is certainly a great
and growing city" said John G. VIII
liams. editor of the Talladega Homo
and Our Mountain Home, the one
live daily and the other an influential
weekly.
Il do not get over as often as l
would like but every now and then
L lock my desk and run over TO get
in touch with what my friends are
doing. If man stays away for any
length of time there is always some
thing new to attract his attention.
We hear of millions of dollars being
poured in the district, but it makes
little impression on us until we come
over and see the great industries lit
up and doing their work.
"The war has certainly shown Bir-
mingham's worth, not merely 8 an
aid to Uncle Sam in a material way
by the mobilizing of it's great plants.
but in developing a civic conscious
ness which is making it's name known
throughout the land for it's patriotic
fervor."
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# q =
Bolo- Pays Penalty
For .Betraying France

1.-THE execution of Bolo Pasha at
y Vincennes, where France set
ties accounts with political offenders
who are sentenced to death, has ended
the career of a typical international
adventurer.
Always a swindler and parasite,
Bolo thrived on the trust he inspired
in a former Khedive of Egypt, from
whom he received his title, and was
in a position when the war broke out
to put his talents at the disposal of
Germany-for a large monetary con-
sideration. So prosperous did Bolo
become that he was able to buy a
Paris newspaper and carry on his
propaganda work both in Europe and
America, involving more able men
than himself in the net of intrigue
which eventually him his life.
The, temper of the French govern
ment was~cleariy shown in the ex-
peditiouss manner in which Bolo was
tried, convicted and sentenced to
death, with only a brief respite
granted him before execution to learn
what disclosures he had to make.
Battling for her life, France cannot
afford to daily with traitors. The
French said Bolo's death would put
an end to ~sBoloism." Their predic-
ton win not come true, because as
long as German gold is PLENTIFUL
there will be traitors in France and
elsewhere.
The. American government played
! conspicuous part in bringing Bolo
to justice, q fact for which France
is-duly grateful Misguided ambition
seems to have played its part in the
downfall of Caillaux. Bolo was a
CRATER, pure and simple, who thought
only of plumber.
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Fresh Impetus to
Savings Campaign

7NHE meeting of county chairmen
= of the War Savings Stamp cam
paign and county school superinten-
dents, called by Crowfard johnson to
confer with Federal Director Otto
Marx, in charge of the work in eleven
southern states, j. E. Kavanaugh, as
sistant to the chairman of the national
committee, and himself as state di-
rector, was largely attended and was
marked by genuine enthusiasm. Forty
six county chiefs were present and
every one of them optimistic and
ready to redouble his energies.
If the campaign in Alabama had
been dragging, it will go forward
with vim from now on. The new
life infused by yesterdays conference
will be in evidence in every rural dis
trict in the state.
Alabama will no longer be at the
bottom Of the list in the per capita
rating of Savings Stamps sold. 1t
has already risen and it should con-
tinue to rise until its quota is reached.
It has until the end of the year to
touch the goal and with proper CO.
operation on the part Of men, women
and children this achievement should
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MINNIE NO MORE
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun. "
The four familiar "Minnies of the
Atlantic transport fleet are all gone
now. The Minneapolis was the first
to be destroyed, after 20 months of
wSr service. The Minnehaha and the
Minnewaska lasted about twice as
long. and now the Minnetonkas loss
is reported. 1t took the enemy AZ
months to get her. These four ships
did great ferry service for the allies,
taking huge tonnage Of horses and
s~ues from America to France.
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NOT TO BE CAUGHT

From The Youths Companion.
Cit me a quarters worth of cam.
phorw called Ezekiel Snow to neigh
Dor who was on his way to town.
Where to, Coles drug store or the
pharmacy?" asked the man.
Don't you never buy nothin' at that
ere pharmacy" adjured Ezekiel.
That's just a name got up to entice
us country fellers. They'll do we every
time"
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BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord, II
I am to go to the front trenches,
twhere the very heat of the issue
f. and the binding light. 1 praise
'sThy grace. If 1 am to stay behind
, the lines and do battle W thOut the
wine of music or the guerdon of
glory, give me to remember that the
choicest reward comes after all from
ones own soul, and from God. In
Christ's name. Amen--H. MI. E.
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AGREED,

AGREED.
Mr. Jagsby," said Mrs. Jagsby. Sc
verely, sit is now o'clock in the morn
ing and you needn't try to give me a
song and dance" about where you've
BEEN.
I won't M dear said Mr.. Jagsby.
If there 'sh anything dishlike, it's
vaudeville in tn, horne.n
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ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
cRAMPED QUARTERS.

He was a jolly sailorman,
No fatter than bean;
His like in any human form
Is very seldom seen.
He said. i've just the shape 1t takes
Aboard submarine"
"a chap must not be large around,
Nor reach up t'ward the stars;
You know the kind oc craft we man
Are built just like cigars.
There amt no room aboard them things
For long and hefty tars.
We sailed the seven seas, have,
And flirted with queen,
But lived to thank the Lord who made
Me understood and lean,
When Uncle Sam put me aboard
A bloomin submarine"
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IcoNocLAsTIc ACE.

ICoNOCLASTIC AGE.
"A scientist says the ant is much
overrated insect"
Not as industrious and intelligen. as
We have been led to believe"
That's it. Some of these days scien-
tist will rise up and tell us that an os-s
trich cannot digest doorknobs."
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one of them was esteemed and many
of them loved, even if calomel and
Iquinine constituted their chief stock
in practice.
There were no "highbrows" in those
days. When one got sick he sent for
the doctor and took his physic. Some
of the patients died and some lived.
If one died, his time had come. He
would have died anyhow. If he re-
Icovered-well, the doctor saved him.
His treatment was the right treatment
and the physician himself was ac-
claimed the greatest of the fraternity.
The old order has changed. Every
physician today is student. If he
was denied the opportunity of a thor
ough education in youth he has made
up for it by close application and
passion for the scientific branches
that round out the practitioner and
place him where he berongs-in the
forefront of professional life. If the
old family physician was lifesaver,
the modern doctor is many fold
more SO.
| All Birmingham greets the medical
association and hopes to see another
annual meeting here without a long
wait
| Lew Dockstader pictures the German
| crown prince as leading battles over
the telephone. Even that would be too
| much like work. He probably delegates
| the arduous duty to one of his generals
* * y
That Birmingham negro who stole a
snake from the Snake Oil King" prob
ably hasn't heard that the old-fashioned
remedy for snakebite has been discred-
tied.
| Paying an instalIment on Liberty
handing a similar amount to a collector
for a furniture house.
* y *
| While Uncle Sam is shouting Justify
in making it possible for them to live
| in Washington
| The fancy bathing suit will be taboo
along bathing beaches this summer. That
will merely put higher premium on
symmetry.
| Count Czernin will find service at the
| front considerably less trying on his
nerves than the job he held at Vienna.
y y y
| While investing your money in Liberty
Bonds and Thrift Stamps, don't forget
to keep an eye on the garbage can.
The fact that General Haig has moved
that wall back trifle, doesn't prevent
him from keeping his back to it
X X X
Bakers might convince patrons that
there is no ground glass in their product
by eating it three times a day.
X X 4
So far as the University of Chicago is
concerned, Professor Thomas can now
do pretty much as he pleases.
1t would be a fine thing if the Cyclops
would bob up serenelY somewhere, but
the chances are it won't.
y: * 4
To give the villain of photoplay
German name seems to make him 10
times more villainous.
y. * *
Another result of the war is that all
kinds OF people are busy writing con
fessions''
* * X
The execution of Bolo Pasha probably
gave Joseph Cailaux sinking feeling.
William and Charles, outwardIy, at any
rate, are again brothers in arms.
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE


Il have never had the pleasure OIL
umpiring an opening game in my home
town." said scotty Chestnut as he was
getting ready to take taxi on
Wednesday afternoon. looking as dap
per and fresh as a tailor's model
plus his pink carnat ton.
II am now on my way to Little
Rock, where I take UP my duties Tor
the season. I somehow feel that IN
spite of the war baseball is go
ing to be popular, as it gives an out
let to many who are living under high
pressure. The managers and players
have shown their patriotism and | be-
lieve the people are ready to keep the
national game going
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BEATS A BUZZ FAN.

Does the fact that musician has
long hair and shakes it hither and Jon
enable him to play letter."
Il should think it would enable him to
play better in flytime."
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HARD TO DISCOURAGE.

HARD TO DISCOURAGE.
"A spring poet wants to see you. sir
Tell him we have more spring poetry
on hand than we can use in the next
nine years" said the editor.
Eyes, SIR"
"Well?"
HE says it's posthumous fame he's
after and if you don't mind he'll leave
his sonnet with you
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PARADoxICAT

Now that you have decided to run for
Congress, are you prepared to undergo
the hardships Of campaigning in the
rural districts?'
What do you mean by hardships?~
well, for one thing. you will have to
sleep in a great many old-fashionea
featherbeds'' PA11I, c0ory
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k1ttX1@aen1lI

p. s.-No baseball team ever won with
out team play, and America will lose
unless every mothers son of us gets into
the war game and plays it for the sole
glory of Uncle Sam.