The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-23

quarter of century into actual op eration on the road"
 The educational side of the con. stabulary is an outstanding feature oi lthe New York plan. This is the "creeo Iof prevention and prosecution that has been formulated for the guidance iof the men:
 Instruct the people to do right
 Distinguish between an accident due
 to unavoidable circumstances and
 willful misdemeanor. Go about with the idea of helpful
 ness and friendliness; that wins con-
 1dence.
 Never permit a child to be afraid
 of you.
 Do not be carried away by rumors.
 Investigate every story and hear both
 sides.
 .l Have confidence in yourself by
 knowing what is right or wrong in
 the matter of simple laws and by knowing that you are a good horse-
 man and good shot. Render assistance of any kind. Be a gentleman, courteous, kind, gem
 tie, fair yourself and your horse we'll groomed; stand erect, put snap i and vigor into your movements. Render first aid pending arrival of 1 the physician. Maintain the law. If the need arises, fight. i. 1 About one hundred and fifty thou- sand miles of New York are patroled. In the five months of the constabu- Ilary's activities between seven and leight hundred arrests have been made and of these about 95 per cent were followed by convictions. Efficiency IS the motto and yet with it's high stand ard the New York constabulary IS an inexpensive institution, as compared with city police. The chief says 1t IS the cheapest of all like organizations. About one million dollars will cover Ithe budget for the entire year. # # # l Sixty-one automobiles full of delegates sped past The Age-Herald building yes lterday, leaving trail of gasoline and cigar smoke. They were not delegates I to a suffrage convention. l # # # Weekly dances in some of the smaller towns have been discontinued because there are not enough young men to go 1 around. That speaks well for the pa triotism of those towns. | ,: 4. # l A New York scientist who claims he ] has a cheap substitute for gasoline was put under arrest There seems to be an ! impression that his claim is too good to ] be true.
 | Washingtons confidence that the allied line will hold is not due to the fact that Washington is more than 5000 miles from the scene of hostilities. l ss # $ | What has become of the old-fashioned robber who used to tie a handkerchief across his face when. he robbed a bank in broad daylight? ] ss :. *
 The bolsheviki ran true o'form. They did to Russia what the world thought they would do and what Germany hoped they would do. | Women who have been knitting indus triously all winter have earned the right i to take day off and purchase an Eas- ter hat.
 Secretary Houston is right. Better an America a prosperous vassal of Ger many.
 1 Candidates in Alabama are finding it | diffucult to convince voters that there is anything else as important as the war. # # # At the hour of going to press London and Paris were bearing up we'll under the latest German offensive. $. :. H. | The aroma of the unwashed" in the fatherland testifies to the efficiency of l the allies blockade
  l After a censor reads a few thousand l love letters he is in danger of becoming a confirmed cynic. l By this time next year it is believed the Kaiser will have stopped making bonn bastic speeches. Won Hindenburg is meeting with few obstacles in clearing the way" to Ger man peace.
 l Strikes among shipbuilders helped the 1 u-boats to make a good showing. POET INVENTED sTEREOsCOPE From the Peoples Home Journal.
 How many of us really know that the istereoscope-largely used for magnifying photographs of distant places-was the 1 invention of Olivar VVapdal1 IJolr,,es tba