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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-09

agricultural district in the United
States.
Unquestionably the new legislation
will be of far-reaching benefit in the
matter of food production, and food
is as much needed in winning the wal
as soldiers and money.
A Nebraska school teacher who lost her
job because she wouldn't salute the
American flag, says her religion forbds
her to recognize any worldly govern
ment She'd better go back to the old
time religion, which isn't so foolish.
An aviator says he frequently smokes
while flying. He may get some salts
faction out of smoking that way, but
for solid comfort there is nothing like
propping ones feet up on a desk Of
table and staring at the ceiling.
II s. y
"Carelessly scattered phrases do much
HARM" says Elizabeth Jordan. Quite
right, Elizabeth. Down in this part Of
the country calling a man 'wall-eyed
liar frequently starts a fight
y * *
Proud Philadelphia parents have pre-
sented the navy with submarine chaser
built especially for their son. Who VIII
present a battleship and waive their
sons claim to command it?
* Il y
II the persons who are putting ground
glass into candy intended for soldiers
and sailors are discovered, the govern
ment may get angry enough to have
them shot.
'Hohenzollern and hell are coming to
by synonymous says the Nashville Ten
nessean. AS time goes on the Hohen-
zollerns and hell are drawing closer to-
gether.
* Y y
Just because Billy Sunday says Mr..
McAdoo is a regular fellow" doesnt
necessarily mean that he is boosting Mr..
McAdoo for the presidency.
Il = =
No matter what sort of scheme a
shrewd promoter has on foot nowadays,
he leads the gullible public to believe
it's war measure
The announcement that the production
of pleasure cars will be reduced again
brings up the question, What is a
pleasure carr"
While there is dictionary authority
for calling a young woman Chicken"
there is none whatever for calling her
'kiddo.'
We could feel more encouraged over
the submarine problem if U-boats didn't
SOutiHuC " ollfh 81 ludiiy DlltlSl oliPS.
4 y y.
We are still hopefully waiting for Rus
STA to "see the light" but somebody
seems to have doused the glim.
y = y
Probably no Westinghouse enjoyed
the aurora borealis more than those who
had tarried late in Baltimore.
y y y
Harold Bell Wright is one of the few
American authors whose income tax is
any great help to Uncle Sam.
X * 4
The Japs, we understand, are mercy
going to do police duty in Siberia, Some
force.
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1T seems strange that as long as I
had lived in Alabama l paid Selma my
first visit during the Rotary meeting
said Willard ]. Wheeler, land l was
simply charmed with the beauty of the
city and the hospitality of the citizens.
81 was also greatly interested in the
trip on the railroad and looked out at
Briarfield and saw the crumbling founda-
tons of the old cannon factory which
was used more than half century ago
by the Confederates. l also saw where
the nail mill used to be- 1t seemed hard
dustry for peace has settled upon it,
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the courtier who builds his hopes on
smile; the savage who paints his idol wi
Blood the slave who worships tyrai
or the tyrant who fancies himself
god; the vain, the ambitious, the pros
the choleric man, the hero and the co
ard the beggar and the king. the ri
and the poor. the young and the DID,
Hive in a world of their own maxim
and the poet does no more than desert
what all the others think and act.
Poetry is not branch of authorshl
it is the stuff of which our life is made
No wonder Robert Louis Stevens
exclaimed. Though we are all fine 4
lows nowadays, we cannot write Ii
Haziitt."
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
HAPPY MAN

Now doth the glad suburbanite
A garden make
Outlines before tits broad daylight
He's wide-awake
In working clothes he sallies forth
And tills the ground;
To him sleep is of little worth,
However sound.
He yields the hoe. upturns the soil
And seed puts in;
Although his back is bent with toll,
He wears a grin.
In fancy sees great piles of truck
And some to sell;
And while he may not have such luck
We wish him Well.
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THOSE WISE VIRGINS

THOSE WISE VIRGINS
There was a young lady from Peel.
Who quoted verse right off the reel.
She thought Shakespeare fine
And oft read a line
While driving her automobile.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
There was a young girl from Chinook,
Who said, Il think Shakespeare a crook;
| recite when | waken
Whole pages of Bacon,
And continue while breakfast I cook.
Newark Advocate.
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QUITE BEYOND HIM

Ten years ago he was poor man.
Now he's worth $4,000 600.
"Umph! Crooked, eh?"
mo It's possible to make $40, oOo, 900 in
10 years honestly, but the fellow who be-
comes socialist because his employer
won't pay him but SIS week can't un-
derstand how it's done
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE



We have the greatest town in the
south, comparatively speaking" said
Ellis Hickman. hardware merchant and
automobile dealer of Hattiesburg,
Miss, who is a Birmingham visitor
for few days
"Of course, the cantonment. - miles
from Hattiesburg, has greatly aug
Tented business in our city, but we
%au good town before the camp was
located there, and things were getting
better every day. The government has
Just appropriated $1,5O0,0OO for addi-
tional improvements at Camp Shelby.
and L understand that 10000 more SOL
diers will be located at the camp as
soon as the additional quarters can be
prepared
Birmingham is always better and
better every time 1 come here and
that is some two or three times a
year. / used to be a travelling sales
man and made this territory quite
otten, and I have never seen any city
Jump to the front like Birmingham
mas in the past few years"
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Recalled Battle Of selma

MY recent visit to Selma brought back
wildly a visit / paid to that city 50
years ago this coming April" said Frank
is. White.
was in the battle of Selma, and it
all came back to me as l rode by where
1t was fought. Col. John T. Wilder
was in charge of the Federals and Cen
eral Forrest led the Confederate forces
he was greatly outnumbered. Colonel
Wilder was wounded in front of the Mis-
sissippi cavalry. The thing that i'm
pressed me most was the Yankees had
repeating rifles. 1t was something new
We had Enhelds and worse, but good
pistols. that is the regulars had them
The mflitiamen were more poorly armed
than we were"
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Credit to Birmingham

"I find musical conditions in Bir-
mingham far in advance of those ex-
listing in other cities of approximate
ly its size, said Claude du Plat, a
prominent musician of New Orleans,
who is spending a week or two here.
Even New Orleans is not up to
Birmingham when it comes to local
or chamber music We have large
orchestra but it is not in a class with
Birmingham's Philharmonic organiza-
ton under the authoritative conduc-
torship of Mr.. Memoli, which 1 had
the pleasure of hearing last Sunday.
And as for the string quartet, led by
Mr.. ok. it is safe to say that no city
in the south has ever had any cham
Der band to approach it.
II not only heard the quartet Sun
day but had the privilege of attend
ing one of it's rehearsals later in the
week; and only musician can UNDER
stand the musical scholarship and the
infinite pains in practice required to
sive adequate Interpretation to such
works as Beethoven's F major quartet,
which is to open the beautiful pro-
eramme to be presented at Gable hall
next Friday night. Music lovers--those
who appreciate the best in musical
art and who are educated by listen
ing to artistic performance-canno at
ford to miss the string quartet con-
| cert; and / have no doubt but that
the hall will be filled
Another evidence of Birmingham S
| interest in good music is the fact that
an artist ensemble is maintained at
the Tutwiler all the year round. Biz
minsham Is the only city in the south,
so far as l know. where hotel music
is heard in the summer mo,Shs"
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MEANS THE SANE THING

Whats become of the old-fashioneo
sporting editor who called left-handcd
pitcher a 'southpaw?'
ooh, he's still up and about, but 1
notice that he has an assistant who
calls a left-handed pitcher portside
hurer.,n
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+ Sickness is catching: o were favour
so. -Midsummer Nights Dream
s. * y

BEGINNING THE DAY-God save
me from that nervous, peevish, vain
frame, which looks for Sights,
which In expecting to be insulted,
which loves authority. Make me
servant in the house. o give me that
fine, calm. strong, open heart, which
my Master had. Amen.-H. Nj. E.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-09
SWEDEN WAKES UP

From the Chicago Herald.
Sweden is just discovering that Ger
many as neighbor In Finland and the
Aland Islands is not exactly the same
Germany that was cooling as gently as
'sny sucking dove in Stockholm only a
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SAFEGUARDING THE BANANA

From the Chicago News.
In view Of the fact that the banana
classified as an ideal, all round food,
ought to tie up all the banana republ
in an offensive and defensive allia,
until the war is Won
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TOO PROSPEROUS

Il see where country editor died t
other day"
What's remarkable about that? Coz
try editors don't live forever"
Quite true. but the press dispat
states that this man was a conspicuc
figure on the public square of his to-
because he always wore a silk hat a
frock coat"
you can't tell me he was a count
editor and nothing more. That fell
must have owned stock in the villa
bank"
SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE
What did she say when you told |
you had. never kissed another girl?p
She thought moment and said il
was telling her the truth, it must a
be true that some people are born w
an aptitude for doing certain thir
we'll"
QUEER TRICKS LOVE PLAYS
Il hear Famine is going to marry
young dentist"
Yes. He fell in love with her win
working on her teeth"
Well Well! There are all kinds of 10
stories. but this is the first time 1 e,
heard about romance of the oral ca
it1-
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II had an amusing experience with my
little girl the other morning when 1 had
to catch an early morning train" said
Clarence Lloyd, the genial Rotary secre-
tary.
when it went off it awoke the whole
family. l got up and turned on the
light and commenced TO dress, when she
said, Daddy, what you got to go back
downtown tonight for?' / felt that was
just about what l was having to do,
as | got to bed rather late
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Likes New Work

Il am beginning to like my new work
very much" said DR. A. G. Mosely, for
years pastor of the Baptist church at
Wetumpka, but who is now camp direc-
tor in the Army Young Mems Christian
association at Camp Forrest.
Il find that man who loves men has
plenty to do in a cantonment There
is much that the boys expect of the
red triangle officers and l think, a
class, they are as fine fellows as | have
ever been thrown with in religious work. :"
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FINE MORNING

You don't mean to tell me that
long as you have lived in cities, it max
you dizzy to so UP in an express el
vator?"
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1T did this time"
I'm surprised at YOU"
You wouldn't be, if you had seen /
smile I got from the elevatorette.'
PAUL COOK
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Shall it be said that when we get out
OF the range of private morals into the
higher atmosphere of national morality
that the Sermon on the Mount is out of
date and that the Ten Commandments
question of right and wrong and sets
UP the dicta that while an individual
must be bound by the teachings of the
good book, a state to advance it's am
billions can unloose its plainest precepts
and twist them into compliance with it's
necessities.
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Remittances can be made at current
rate OF exchange. Ihe Age-hera4d WA
not he responsible for money sent
Through the mails. Address,
THE AGE-dl&FALD,
Birmingham, Ala
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Does any sensible student of history be-
lieve for one moment that Germany
would have taken up arms because a
Serbian student fired shot that killed
the crown prince of Austria and by
tearing up sacred treaty arouse Europe
unless she was firm in the belief that
the hour OF Germany's manifest destiny
had struck and that at last she had
within her grasp the dream of empire,
which had haunted her ever since she
had brought France BUNDLED to her
knees, robbed her Of two OF her fairest
provinces and loaded her down with an
almost insupportable indemnity?
Germany's necessity knows no law is
the root principle OF those now in con-
troll Of her destinies. The belief is rooted
in the Kaiser, in the generals. in the
diplomatists, in the judges; YES in the
clergy In fact. it has spread among the
people who willingly sit beneath the
shade of the deathly Upas tree of the
militarists. Every treaty, every obliga-
ton. every duty, bows beneath the iron
rod OF military necessity. 1t covers every
sin and shame until the world stands
aghast at German infamy and German
perfidy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-27
PLANE TALE FROM SKIES.

During the 6rst months of the ~sr y
Belgian blplane containing pilot and Oh
server experienced motor trouble while
behind the German lines and was conuelied
tn come down Pointing her nose toward
home, the two officers hoped against bops
that they might glide without power bark
~ their own territory. But IL was @non dis-
covered 80 be useless. for the wind was
dead against them
Leaning over the edges If their cork
pits, the Bflgians saw the Earth rising
nearer and nearer. white the speed ~
their craft continued dlstresangly slow
Everybody seemed firing al them.
The German trenches appeared. and
they crossed them less than 30 feet above
The enthusiastic ridemen below Their
own trenches we're two hundred Yards
distant The machine struck midway in
norman stand and stopped DuckIng
through the baIl OF bullets, both men sue
oeeded q escaping 70 their trenches,
thanks 10 heir cOmradc s tre, without a
scratch Jnhappliy, though, they had
had no time 10 set tire % their machine
Two days later Captain Jaumotte, the
pilot OF the stranded aeropiane, learned
hat ms machine Was still there. Tor two
nights the Belgian soldiers mad so carefully
guarded 1t that the enemy had heen un-
able 70 reach or destroy IT, Iaumotte
determined upon q rescue.
securing an armored mOtor-caT, JaiI-
motto took along MS two mechanics and
two gunDers and suddenly appeared n
'front.' Of the abandoned a8ropane. While
the guDners worked their machlne-gIns,
Jaumotte and the two mechanics, pro
tected by the armored car, busted them
selves with the disabled engine.
The German soldiers, stupehed by this
incredible audacltv, could only watch
through their perlscopes. Every time 5
head appeared, the motor-car Gunners
raked the trerch with their machlne-gIns.
In ID minutes the work was completed.
Climbing into hls seat, Captain Jaum0tte
signalled the mechanic ID turn av,r the
propeller The engine roared, and with
one wave ot his hand, the audacluus
pilot swept away over ms own cheering
trenches, while the mechanics clambered
back INTO tho mot0r-car with their tools
and returned home 70 thelr aerOdrome
For this feat Jaumotte received
citation from the Belgian Army Law.
renee J.. briggs, n the April Century.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-27
A POTTS FIRST FLIGHT.

| have discovered that ayisti0n. ~
first, - the learning, Heceasitate8 90
absolute annulfnent n emotion, sensitive
nese, imagination, ctc, not only when
two thousand meters up ~ spaco, but al
day long one must cultivate low down
inBteralism AlI one 3 HnnEes and magina-
ton must be dullcd Therefore ! will
merely sketch H. you my impression on
my first flight H. will bo the only senii-
mentality / ran allow myself
Going m the ground "a slowly srcing
the peasant houses and wards bol0W yDu,
unih You seefn ~ own them ag Tugs,
then under the setting sun yDu realize
yourself miles up IN The air, hanging IN
space by two thin wings and slowly pro
crossing by the deafenlng mOtor aud mad
propeller over The wooJlnuJ villages
blurred IN the rose dusk of sunset Your
machine will DIP on wing and then r.so
face ~ the big glow Oi thai setting gjn
over tho infinite horizon nils FAce ~
this gigantic hearth Of rcd light you sud
denly realize that the space you are h0at-
ing IN IF . breathing medium vast.
colossal god ~ whose arms you are lying
rs a speck IN the infinite hen j. egfnt3
upon you that your wings arc IN small
that The nervous whiriing aud rounding
IN 'A .sttkaAff tttA lfifffttAft f1 AA}ftH ~
is a vain attempt, that is ls merely a
machine fashioned BY man, able ~ tall
That It v8nly attempts ~ rse ID fpr-
bidden world uasmurh as through tic
fath0rns NJ sunset space about you nre
forces vast and un<n0wn rain nov
but IN 2 second fiercor than 8ny human
explored cyclones or waves or landglldrv,
forces far beyond those bat trail around
the earth and that are only the droTypingE
of of those main big clements n spare,
the ones that fashioned the spheres ard
the comets and tho ones that can Jgggle
and destroy the multitudlpous World .
their embrace You fooi that man cannot
challenge these higher fundamentals.
these unknown mediums, end that yngr
motor that attempts constantly to rise
on the little wings far above their mother
earth IS vain. fragile, and ready ~ anv
moment fo slide. snap and bc crtmpleti
as a bit of paper, along with ynu 7 bat Is
the general impression ] gathered through
ten minutes of first flight
a couple IF dips took tho stomach ouf
Of me-, made my ears feet funny, and made
me reel like having bottle ~ extra-reppv
champagne shoot 70 my head Those
dine were the only positive physical sen-
satioDs Rising is inspiring gliding down
u earth IS restful after tho strain but vori
reel sorry when yOur wheels once again
taxi Won across the field lack Wright
m Harper Magazine tor August
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-27
WHY PULLMAN PORTER SAVED
ONE MAN IN WREC h

There : an aut0biographical article
about Human Mature is seen is Il
Pullman Porter the July american
Magazine In the article, the porter, an
old, experienced man q he game. SAYS
"As Tor tips, don thIah hat " hen you
give porter d big one AZ th end of he
Journey he changes has opinion about yol
for he doesn Il vou haven { been decent
To him. no matter how large your tip, yo4
viii not get as good treatment from him
as another man Will who has been courte-
Gus and appreciativc. | remember q p0r-
ter telling me that once, when he was
carrying trav of drinks, down the length
OF the car, man jumped up ami opened
the door for him, smiling kindly At him
at the same tune A few hours later the
train smashed INTO q wreck, and who DO
YOU think Was the first man who the
porter went alter, Ii was the man VINO
had opened the door for him
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-27
EDUCATIONAL.
Friends School
Fourth and Vest Sts.
Wilmington, Del.
Delaware's Leading Preparatory School

Thorough training ia English. French.
German Spanish Latin Greek, AIathe-
mates Science Courses OF study lifting
for leading COLLEGES and universities. ln the
last IL Years no graduates and - spociaI
Students OF Friends school. Offering sp-
proximateiy 1000 entrance subjects. have
entered various leading colleges without a
single rejection and with less than l psC
cent OF conditions in subjects offered for
entrance. Primary. Grammar school and
High school Departments. New WustrR ted
catalog on request. Fall session Opens
September Is. 1915. Principal Office open on
and after September 81.
HERSCHEL A.NOkRlS, A. NJ. frlncl "a.
ID. x A. Phone 433S ,.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-27
RESORTS.
ATLANTIC CITY, y. y.

Leading High-Class Moderate Rate Hotel
CLOSE TO BEACH
Finest bathing. 81 Coolest location. 1000
feet pOrCheS: 100 large, cool rooms: elevator.
fine table. fres5 vegetables and sea food
catering TO those seeking h!gh-grade ac-
commUdations without the excessive cost.
$3.50 UP WEEKLY; $3.50 UP DAILY
Booklet. Ownership Management J. P.
COPE
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-27
PRINTING. ENGRAVING. ENCLOSING

INDEX CARDS-Specis. opportunity TO
get index cards. Anything you need. Al.
Kinds and sizes Chas. IL. Gray. Printer
III East Eighth street. J.9.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-27
WILMINGTON'S LEADING CLASSIFIED MEDIUM H#$H#
FEMALE HELP WANTED.

AN experienced ste',ograpber Apply Fuss
Hughes Co. Fourth And Walnut.
| BooKkEEPER. Apply Hotel Whining
ton Office
COOK and general housework girl for fam
lily of four Phone bn3i
| EXPERIENCED salesladioa wanted In pop
ular priced millinery. Salary aud commis-
sion. Permanent position tor right pnrty.
Ross Millinery o2h Marke, street.
FOUR colored women to wash dishee
Eirht-bour work. one day week OFT
Wages 81 per week Apply Presto Lunch
Room, St7 Market street.
GOOD COOK. also good woman through
the house Good wages To right party
Apply siJ Washington street.
GlRL-To assist In printing office 300
shipiey street
GIRIs-For general housework No wash
ing. Apply ial2 Van nuren 81,
GIRIs-Two for stocIroom clerks Apply
oss-Iiughes Co. Fourth and Hsi-
nut streets
GIRie.ror gc'rral nousework. No wash
sios NJ ~
GIRL for general housework Also. laun
dress for two days week Apply 1920
Rodney street
GIRLS wanted for clerical work. with or
without experience. Apply Tho Congo
leum co, Marcus Hook, IA
HINES SCHOOL s9d s9d se'' =
has several more vacancies for earnest stud l.
onts who wish tn quickly qualify as Typists
or Stenographers. Private Individual In
str,iction
MIlIINER AT once Al year work ois
King street
PLAIN irpners and laundry help Apply
Head I.aundress. Hotel du pont. Eleventh
AMI Market streets.
pnuga rsfrtrf.sr,l ,s....t
wages. short hours slsh iarkins Print
ing 60. " Eighth street.
RELIABLE half grown white or colored
girl for huusewOrk Small family Jl2
Fourteenth street.
sTENoGRArHERs Experienced. capable
taking dictatiun aud correctly tran
scrihing notes. In large mercantile house.
SALARY to start 500 Permanent position.
Address v L. =. T. @. Box oo7-
sALFsLADY Experienced. FOR women-
ready wear shop Apply At once. hrotn-
berg =. 233 Market street.
alteration depart rtmeut. steady position 10
right party. Apply w /. Farley. 2i3 Mar
ket street
sAiIEsIADIEs wanted Apply r w wool
worth co. ii6 Market street
sALEaLADIEs Apply at once Green
haun's pept Store. 104 Market
sTENOGRAPHER To nl temporary po
sitinu from this date until september -
Shorthand know ledge not necessary Apply
United states Tire Co. Eighth aud TAT
malt streets
SAiE9BADN Experienced or inexperi
enced. for shoe store Over IL years of
age ali king street
THREE young ladies tu work In iCr
parior Also. two extra 20 work saturday
afternoon AMI evening iovetos. Eighth
aud Market streets,
TWO dtshwashcrs wanted at once Hes-
tauraut Eighth and Orange SITS
THREE girts. white, two for housework
and for kitchen Apply Wilmington
Club. ttO3 Market street
WANTED Teacher Of mathematics aud
chemistry. High school tctlegC graduate
Apply Superintendent schools isordento~n
~ J.
WAtTREGSFS Experienced Good wages
Apply Boston Lunch. 10 Wrst Eighth
81 rect.