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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23
TABLES D,rioTE
lA New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 He who would write the social annals of New York must first familiarize him. self with the history of the various tables l'hote that have flourished here since Moretti first opened his famous one at the corner of Fourteentfi street and Third avenue.
 Mario and Grisi were singing at the Academy of Music then. and they were almost the first of a long line sf Italian singers and musicians who were sup piled there with their native dishes. It was Moretti who introduced in this coun- try olives, macaroni, spaghetti, chianti and other foreign delicacies now in uni versal use. Maftinetti, the earliest of his rivals, founded a place in Third avenue. which for many years enjoyed the pa. tionage of artists of the North River school. -Afterward came innumerable res taurants of greater or longer life, fre- quented first by writers. artists and play CTS and in later years by the general public.
 Tables q hote owe their success to such natural causes as good food, low prices and attractive surroundings When they fail it Is because they cease to cater to those to whom they owe their prosperity and begin to follow strange gods. The installation of cloak and hat snatcher
 Hnthe hallway is one of the first signs O. decadence.- Then come automobiles from the upper west side laden with sightseers eager to see the bohemans eat. The writers and artists flee before the invasion and professional bohemians ir gfotesque attire and performing for their food and drink and finally driving the uptown jewellers to fresh pastures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23
Have Learned to
 Conserve Food

IE1 OOD ADMINISTRATORS HOOV- N FRS statement, which ap- peared in Sundays Age-Herald, was most cheering. It was to the effect that the United States was prepared to ship nearly six million more tons of foodstuffs to its armies and the allies than last year and "still have a mar gin over the amount necessary to maintain health and strength at home"
 The point was stressed, however, that this great undertaking could not be accomplished without due regard to the importance of saving by every person"
 There will be no food rationing in this country and no more wheatless or meatless days, so long as the peo- pie continue to conserve.
 Before the war this was wasteful nation-the most wasteful in the world. There is still some waste, but MT. Hoover's campaign of education has borne valuable fruit.
 According to an estimate of the food division of the United States agricul- turar department, made in 1916, the annual waste in the Kitchens alone totaled in value somthing like seventy million dollars. It is supposed to be less now by fifty million dollars.
 With further campaigning our waste bill should reach the vanishing point. | The wasting of food at any time is shameful. In these times it is little tshort of crime. The people are not only learning the importance of pre- venting waste, but are learning the virtue of frugality. There is far less gluttony than in other days. No one should be underfed, but the habit
 of overfeeding is real evil. l, Everybody who has practicsd Hooverism feels better for it-better physically and spiritually.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23
PRAYER or 4 soI.DIzR

By Joyce Kilhaer My shoulders ache beneath my pack (Lie easy, Cross. upon His bAek). [ march with feet that burn and smart (Tfead, Holy Feet. upon my hearD. Men shout at mo who may not speak (Thes seourged my back and smote Thy
 cheelD. I may not lift | hand to clear My eyes of salty drops that sears (fhen shah my tickle soul forget Thy Agony of Bloody Swesto My rifle hand p stiff'znd numb { tFrom Thy pierced palm rcd rivers
 come). Lord. Thou didAt suffer moro for mo Than Ali the hosts Of land r7ses, ss ,! .st .,.,,;.,,:, @s .ssssr z, s:Sk Y. ssssa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23
rre.. cIub Elect. officer.

Time runs around mighty fast in these war times" said President Jeff Bailey of the Birmingham Press club. Tt seems only a few months ago that a few of we newspaper men got together and organ ized ourselves into club and got pleas ant quagters at the Hillman, but here am mailing out. notices that on Wednes- day at 4;so in the afternoon there will be a called meeting to elect officers for the ensuing year.
 The club has been rather quiet, as. it has felt that its membership was too busy in war activities to have the usual blow outs but am in favor of having a ban- quet to install those upon whom the honors will fall to guide it for the next 12 rronths''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23
MEETS MULE HE KNEW

Kansas City.-To most American fight CTS in France who know him Tobe is Just an "0rnery ol' Missouri riule.' But this doesn't apply to Private Victor IT, minger of the marines, formerly a farm or near Avohdale. Mo.
 Irmfhger was basking in the sun near near slumber was disturbed by a terri ble bray.
 There could be no mistake. Irminger hurried to the other side Of the wall and there discovered Tobe to whom, he had said good-by back onNthe farm.
 After Irninger' enlistment an army mule buyer spied Tobe and .@inducted him into military service. The story Of how the marine and the mule met was set forth ihsa letter from lrminGer to his relatives in Avondale
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23

his neck and shoulders, bears most of the weight, the soldier carries shelter half. havefsacke trench helmet. trench tool and blanket roll. Strapped to his ammunition belt are canteen and first aid package at the right and sheathed bayonet at the left.
 The mess kit contains knife, fork, spoon, cup and combination frying pan and plate. all of aluminuin is sns- pended at one end of q strap which passes behind the neck and Scrossing over the chest hangs below the waist. On the other end of the strap are the special tools of the soldiers branch of the army-the wires and pincers of the signal corps or the wrench and jack of the engineer.
 The shelter half or pup tent is so named because it makes half of a tent in which there is just room for two men to bunk. Rations and personal belongings, such as soap. tooth brush, cigarettes and underwear are carried in the haversack. Most extra clothing however is put in dunnage bag, which travels on supply wagon Blankets are rolled in a waterproof sffcker and the canteen is encased in 2 canvas cover. which keeps the water cool
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23
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WHArs IN sOLDrER,s pAcYx

rom the New York Evening Sun. The marching equipment of the Serican soldier overseas weighs squt 70 pounds. and when it is
 sped in Apiacs not much of tho drab uniform remains visible ex- P ssneh cap and leetfns.
 f1 x 's back. which, with the help of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23
"a prpRuHENsIvE CONDUCT

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 Gen. yon Ljebert, military critic of Berlin daily, refers to our troops as the force which slunk secretively into France It was of course very repre- hensible .M our troops hot to notify the submarines of the routes they expected to take.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23
NEUTRALs' EYES AAE OPENING From the New Republic

FTem tHc !NcW tscpuuhc.
 One thing is plain enough from the news about Srain and Germany Spain is quite willing to risk break with Germany by adopting the policy of seix- ing one German ship in GpaniAh port4 for eveSy Spanish ship sunk by sub marines. She is more than willing. She is counting break with Germany In other neutral countries signs of the same change of mind are appearing The newspapers are commenting with a newN ffalkness, unfavorable to Ger many, upon her recent military per- fcrmancAs and present military sit uation Swiss papers written in Ger man and hitherto pro-tierman in tone are reported As printing anti-Gerf,an articles. Sweden. recognizing The al- lied blockade in effect. is. shutting down on trade with Germany, increas- ing her trade with the aiiies. tdrnino over to the allies 400.c00 tons of ship- ping. In other words, German stock is going down in Spain and ir. ttree of the countries Qe&reat her and i'm q favorable position For estimating what Is happehins 10 her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23
Greatest of All
 Patriotic Parades

7FHIS is Fourth Liberty Loan J Week. Birmingham has had many patriotic pageants, but the parade on Saturday, inaugurating the campaign, will be the greatest of all. On the occasion of other parades the spectators on the sidewalks far |outnumbered the marchers. There are to be no lookers-on in the forth coming demonstration. Every man, woman and child Is expected to be in the procession.
 Jefferson county's allotment for the fourth Liberty Loan will be about eight million dollars. That amount will doubtless be oversubscribed. The rich and people in limited circum- stances alike will buy Liberty Bonds; the latter according to their means; but patriotism will be the impelling motive.
 The campaign will last only three weeks and in that time Birmingham will be expected to go we'll over the top. Chairman Murray Browns or ganization here is thorough and SO, too, is Chairman J. D. Moore's Bir- mingham zone organization.
 The whole of Alabama will give a good account of itself. All patriotic citizens invested in the third Liberty Loan, and the same people will invest again, even though they have to deny themselves to do so.
 We are all for the winning of the war, and every dollar invested in a Liberty Bond will help toward an early victory.
 HiS ScOi, CuttlHS ScOliis tIlS SOol rejection. has a more overwhelm- ing and annihilating effect than all the official phrases which the man in the White House could have employed" says the Rheinische westphaeiiscne zeituns. referring to President Wilson's reply to Baron Burian's latest peace offer. That is precisely the effect MT. Wilson intended his reply to have.
 * < E < lAlthough most of the nations brew- CTS have prospered exceedingly and can afford to retire, from business. they can't help wondering what will become of the nations thirst without them.
 x * *
 "A new type of bombing plane is planned which will carry a real ar tillery. The time Is coming when air flssts viii lArTsly aq away with f'EAt- ing on land and sea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23

BEGINNING THE DAY-I would face the facts during the hours of this day. I would know myself, my fnilings, my sins. would look my self straight in the eyes. Am afraid! Am I untrue: Am hang ing back behind the battle Hness Am I withholding my strength! U God, send me over the top. In Christ's name. Ameh.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
RasebalI onlx slcening

It seems strange that the world series Of baseball should have passed of with so little notice" said Harry Jones. and yet there was reason, for the big war game overshadows everything.
 victories on the diamond were oD- scured by the great plays being made by our boys over there. The indifference to the national game did not, however. mean that baseball is dead, but that it is just sleeping, for when, we lick the Kaiser and peace settles down once more over the land, there will be a resurrection of the sport which will make it still the best exhibition game in the world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23
EX-CATTLE KING AN EXILE
6copyright, 1918, by tho i.u syndicat.o

and Fort Worth stock yards as it was in Mexico. The Terrazas holdings were es- timated. to be worth s5,oOo,ooo (gold), but were not for sale at any price.
 Now General Terrazas and his family live in a rented house on Golden Hill, he rides to his office in an old automobile and buys his groceries from cash-and carry store.
 The revolutionists under Madero, Oroz- co and other leaders killed the Terrazas cattle for food, burned his ranch buildings and footed his stores and warehouses.
 Then Francisco Villa, acting as com mander in the north for General Carran- ga, issued d decree confiscating all of the Terrazas holdings, including the herds. lands and personal property. General Ter ranzas was forced to flee from, Mexico before Villas advance on Chihuahua City from Juarez.
 He made the long trek to the border at Ojinaga with the fleeing federal column in December. 1914 He has never re- turned to Mexico.
 On July P last, General Terrazas cele- brated his eighty ninth birthday annl- versary, surrounded by his 10 sons, 75 grandchildren and many more relatives He maintains an office downtown, where he attends to his private business affairs daily and he keeps in close touch with cattle and market conditions.
 It is his dream to be permitted to re- turn to his native land with sufficient guarantees to allow him to. begin over again to re- A-estabiish the Terraya fortune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23
X
Work of Salvation
 Army at the Front

IE vANGELINE BOOTH, daughter A of the founder of the Salvation Army and head of that organization in America, contributes to the current issue of the Forum very human and informative account of the Salvation Army's work behind the firing lines in Europe.
 It is practical Christianity which the Salvation Army practices among the soldiers of the allies, the kind of personal service which a beneficiary never forgets. Distributing pies and doughnuts, and hot chocolate, and in fact anything that comes to hand, forms a large part of the work. Sums of money are also received from sol diers and sent home to their relatives, the delivery; wherever possible, being made by Salvation Army worker in uniform, who usually adds message from the soldier. Sewing for them, washing their clothes and in countless ways keeping our men and those of our allies cheerful and contented, the Salvation Army is playing most useful part in the war.
 As Miss Booth says, the best way to find out what any welfare organiza- tion is doing at the front is to ask a soldier. Our troops abroad give un- stinted praise to the Salvation Army workers, nearly all of them self. sacrificing women who take the sensi- ble view that physical needs come. first, although they never fail to give spiritual aid and comfort when it is sought.
 Taking a Sporting
 Chance in the Air
 r57 IEUT. DAVID PUTNAM, An,eri-
 jl can "ace," who was killed while on patrol duty north of St. Mihiel, met the fate that oyertakes every premier airnan sooner or later, if he is not captured or retired from active duty as the result of an accident.
 An "ace," more than any other type of flyer, is literally under . sentence of death. The skill and daring which have served to make him famous will not save him from ultimate death, for there are risks in air battles, particu- lsfly when dh aviator is attacked by superior numbers of the enemy, which all his pluck and experience cannot overcome.
 It was in this way that Lieutenant Putnam died. He was flying with companion aviator when they were attacked by seven German machines. It is not unusual for one allied airman 4o come off victorious in 2 battle where the odds are even greater, but ne attack was sudden and unexpected,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23

man. Dave Hoh and on the other by me We three were the big three. Tom was it and Dave and I were the atmos- phere He spoke with authority while We just gave out faint echoes. but he vas real sport and gave us a good send-off as he turned us loose on his boys to feed them. up on oratory. I was the first offering. I started to say I was the lamb, but it would be more truthful to say I was the goat. A friend of mine from another state was speaking at our Birmingham Baptist as- sociation and telling the crowd that he was raised in the mountains of north Georgia and trying to make them see the conditions under which he was brought up. To hasten him along, for his time was limited, I said: 'Dr. Jameson, we are familiar with hill Billys, you needn't explain He turned oil me and repliedN Yes, am the hill and you are the Billy" I thought the crowd would kill itself laughing at me. 1 did man age to reply: II admit it. that is the req son I 'butted in. .
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 I have been introduced by many diff fercnt men on many different occasions, but Major Akers introduces fellow more like .nigger'' than any white plan who has ever introduced me, which means he left a. velvet finish on me that made me want to do my dead level best A negro can beat the world on fintroductions. If you ain't big man he will do his best to make his audience believe it and then it's up to you to live in to the reputation he has given you.
 .Dave" Holt was held in reserve as the piece de resistance. to use a French expression, and he was both tender and juicy and\ the boys greatly enjoyed his humor and his pathos and his patriot ism. Tom Akers. David Hold and Frank winis Barnett, just trio of newspaper men trying to do their part l was proud of them and am glad to know that they hold me in kindly esteem. Cod bless the newspaper boys in Alabama who are serving as best they can in the fight Nfor depocracy, for they are as tdemocratic a bunch as ever lived
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23

1T1 l. PAsO Tex.-Each evening at sun-
 Ci set ,an old man with silver-wh white
 hair and a snowy beard may be
 seen walking around and around the
 plaza taking his daily exeRcise with his
 two bodyguards. He is Gen. Luis Terrazas, octogenarian
 exile from Mexico, who lost virtually all his great fostune in the revolution of Madero and Villa and now is forced by political conditions in the country to live on the border. When the Madero revolu- tion started in 1911 Don Luis was known
 as the cattle king of Mexico.
 His herds numbered more than 2O0,ooo head and grazed on thousand hills and plains of northern Mexico. His estates stretched from the Rio Grande to Chi huhua City and he could ride for "A hours : by train over his own acres, which then numbered more than a million. < From his offices in the state capital General Herrazas governed this vast cat l tie empire, conducted bank and many ! other industries connected with his cat i tie business
 He and his. large family lived in lux | ury in the marble palace on the Alamada or at Quinta Carolina, his summer home on the plains Train after train of cattle arrived at the border from the Terrazas 1 ranches
 His annual export averaged. 25,ooo head and the IT. Running S' brand was as well known at the Chicago. Kansas City
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23

flne colonel or New 1ork negro
 regiment now in France writes to a
 friend that the only man in his regl-
 ment who showed a yellow streak"
 under fire was a negro pugilist. well
 known in. the sporting world. Maybe
 the thought that he was not fighting
 for a big purse robbed him of his
 courage.
 Calling submarine "tin fish does
 not obscure the fact that ''tin fish, can do tremendous amount of dam age if it ever gets within striking dis tapce.
 At the rate they are going, Russia's bolsheviki will soon have more crimes laid at their door than they could an swer for in million years.
 x * # The ripening of the possum is fore
 told by the southern poets, but many
 of our most alert 'possum hunters are lfow somewhere in France" # < < With nearly 2.ooo,oOo Americans in
 France, is it any wonder that support
 CTS of the U-boat programme are in an lapologetic mood?
 # @ # Automobile racers who are now fight ling battles in the air used to think they ! could find excitement on a circular
 dirt track.
 Germany can't be dealt with save as a criminal says William Howard Taft. And she will be dealt with at the bar of justice.
 are expected to view with alarm the new drive on the near eastern front. # # x ! The kind of peace Germany would give
 Belgium could only be accepted if Bel gium were completely anaesthetized. i # # a 1 The Germans are being greatly as lsisted by the allies in smooth | ing angles along the battle front l. * # # 1 Liquor is undeniably scarce but local
 police occasionally unearth d cache of Considerable size
 MEMORY OF GREAT SNOWMAN From the New York Herald. It is right and fitting that the stage should accord posthumous honor to
 Phineas T. Barnum by presenting him \ as the central figure in play. His name still lives on the circus poster and there is magic in it, for it is known l throughout the civilized world. Fragrant , memories cluster about his museum in !, the minds of those old enough to recall the events, of more than fifty years 1ago
 ! Barnum was more than mere show | man. He was a student of mankind. and ] his knowledge of humanity was the foundation on which his success rested 1 He was the first of our great press agents, the pioneer in craft that now employs thousands of men and women ! and had subtle but enormous influence
 on public opinion. His exploitation of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, which cuImipated in their wedding in Grace I church by a member of the ecclesiastical Potter dynasty and with fashiona bIe New York scramhling for invitations, has never been equaled in the annals or freakdom.
 The lesson to be drawn from the life l of this remarkable man-and it is one | that all managers can afford to heed--is ] that he succeeded because he always dealt fairly with the public. Despite his declaration that the public loves to be
 humbugged" and the fact that his name
 has taken a permanent place in the lan- euage as the synonym of trickery and bcmbast, he always gave his patrons their full measure of entertainment. The memory of the cherry colored cat, Wash ington's nurse and the "What-is-it?" will endure long after other more meritorious Az hjbifs are forfoffer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23
,itngton bureau, 2o7 Hibbs build

Washington bureau, POT Hibbs build ing. . European bureau, Henrietta street. Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, World build ing. New York city; western business office Tribune building, Chicago. The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents Tor foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23
Appreciated \. NJ. c. A.

Those who have boys in the service know how to appreciate the war work of the Young Mems Christian association" said H. L. Merrill, field secretary, who returned Saturday from a trip through south Alabama.
 "While at Jackson I put up at the hotel, aSnice, homelike place, and when I was leaving asked the lady who owns the hotel the amount of my bill She looked at the emblem on the sleeve of my uni form and informed me that men in that service are not required to pay at her hotel, no matter how long they stay.
 My boys have often written about the things the Y does for them over there,' she said, and she spoke with tone or pride that conveyed more to my mind than did her words.
 ''Then she led me to the front porch and pointed to the service flag in the window There were two stars upon the white field and noticed that one of theha was blue. the other gold
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-23
Gas Waste on Week Day.

I would like to see the press make q determined stand against the useless waste of gasoline during the six days week which, if scrupulously observed by every auto driver. would save enough to allow pleasure rides on Sunday" said E. wv. House.
 Now, 1 am in favor of discontnuing Sunday riding for pleasure until the war ends. Yet few have any idea of how many gallons of gasoline are wasted dur ing. the week days by allowing gasoline engines to run when the car Is standing idle, and this applies most particularly to trucks, which generally have large en- The modern gasoline engine is extremelxe easy to start and it is nothing but lazi- ness which prompts the driver to let the engine run while he talks. makes visit or fills an order. This laziness is com fort for Kaiser and this point of view should be brought in forcefuI manner to the attention of the truck drivers as well as pleasure cars, physicians and milk cars.
 From ny place I have an excellent chance to note how very many trucks stop in the block, between Second and Thira avenues on Twentieth street, to supply ice cream, to deliver sugar, boxes of mer- chandise, and 99 per cent of them let their engines run from to 10 and 12 min- utes by actual timing. thus causing, during a days average stops, several gall Ions of useless gasoline waste"