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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02

The call of President Wilson for the nation to bow it's knees in prayer to God was needed throughout America. Here in Birmingham Thursday public prayer was made in many places. I think the mere fact that some of the great stores closed their doors a half hour before the regular closing time and called in min isters to hold prayer services showed that Birmingham Is not only ready to give it's money for war purposes, but looks to God for final victory.
 felt sure that the hour would come in the United States when we, too. would feel that while we must do everything in our power, humanly speaking, to win the war, it would come to us as it had already come to England, France, Italy and our other allies that we must put our dependence in Jehovah, the God of battle, to thwart the evil purposes of those who are challenging his fiat that right is might
 As the war progresses the fact grows upon the belligerents who fight against the German idea of kultur, that there never was a time in the worlds history when it was so necessary to preserve our religious beliefs. and to put ourselves in the hands of our Heavenly Father as trusting children who have faith that
 in His own good way and in His own time He will bring order out of chaos and give us a peace which will be a lasting one.
 Do not let anyone think that this means that we are not to do our utmost in the way of mobilizing our man and money power, but let us get the conception that it is a wonderful thing to be able to fight on the Lords side. This will give us the courage to fight for we will have the consciousness that, our hands are clean, our hearts pure and our minds set upon establishing reign of righteous ness upon the earth so that the Kingdom of God may be a blessed reality.
 believe with John Aikman Wallace that Prayer moves the Hand which moves the world." and with the poet. Cowper:
 And Satan trembles when he sees,
 The weakest saint upon his knees"
 And with Coleridge:
 "He prayeth best who lovsth best"
 And with Burns: They never sought in vain that sought the lodrd aright!"
 Someone has said that 'sman is a religi- ous animal and if this be true, then he Is also praying one.' Prayer is com munion with God. It implies that God is a person, able and wiling to hear us. Prayer is instinctive with man. In his extremity of need he cries out to God. l believe that God is attentive to every prayer that is rightly offered Him.. We lift up our petitions to Him and leave their answer in His hands. God alone knows whether the prayers we make for ourselves. or our loved ones. are best.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02

I shot through with prayer. Then let us all pray in this hour of need that God will be with us in our fight against those who would set up man-made kultur for Christianity I know of no better way to close this appeal for a devotional spirit than to quote the oft-quoted, but ever-living words of Tennyson: More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore let thy voice
 Rise like a fountain for me night and day.
 For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within theN brain.
 If, knowing God. they lift not hands of
 prayer
 Both for themselves and those who call
 them friend? For so the whole round world is every
 way
 Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02

this district, which will materially aid this government and every enterprise and business here. It will mean that the ship steel and the shells can be quickly hauled by the railroads when they be relieved of carrying the coal to the Gulf
 It will not be long now before the steel for fabricated ships will be turned out at Fairfield and the Mobile yards will be launching one to two 7s0o-ton ships a month. This and the Jersey yards of the Steel corporation are to make a steel freighter of 7Oo tons every 10 days for tho government.
 Birmingham will soon make Ter full share of the fabricated steel.
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 The way the Germans are driving ovsx there means that no man nor woman nor business concern here can do too much There are a thousand ways to do and to give as was demonstrated by the little boy who had no money, but gave his prlzed pocket knife to the Red Cross.
 Walter Blackman, The Age-Heralds cartoonist, who has a son over there, has thrown his whole great soul into his work of inspiration for the Red Cross and the work of his pen has brought forward contributors to the fund all over this land. The plates and mats of his great cartoons have been loaned far and wide by The Herald and from all sections news comes of the results they have brought in Red Cross contributions. There is more work for Blackman and all of us. Let's do it threefold.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE GOOD
 BIRMINGHAM HAS DONE AND IS DOING

l !NN scrubs have been unearthed in Sir. mingham, of that class who touI about the country and get themselves re- ferred to in careless newspapers as wealthy and prominent citizens of Bir- mingham. Alabama, this good town has done the 300 per cent act in the Red Cross. More than three times the amount sug- gested to Birmingham as her quota has been given
 And only one tiny professor and an- other prosperous citizen had to be prodded with the spike of public senti- ment committee.
 But 1t was all so good, and so wor- thily done. that the vigilantes and the Klu-Klux may but put black marks after a few names and quietly whisper to them that Birmingham would be a much bet ter teamwork town were they to jour- ney elsewhere.
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 In every city there are men like the banker in the little Wisconsin town who painted this sign on his bank window:
 Liberty Bonds pay per cent.
 "Baby bonds pay AZ per cent.
 we pay per cent on savings accounts" The young chap who made a speech for Red Cross subscriptions on a potato wagon in the public square in front of the bank, and, in the midst of his perora- tion smashed the window glass and sign with a voluptuous Irish potato, won the plaudits of the heretofore timid and unpa- triotic citizens and got a basketful of checks on savings accounts in that bank
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02
IMMUNE.
2,e.)s3,use


 If a giant were to stroll into Wash ington while Congress was in session and lift the top off the capitol, I guess he would hear a sound like the droning of bees.'
 Maybe so," said the sarcastic individ- uaL but if the giant happened to be a war profteer, I don't believe he would run much risk of being stung.'
 THE TRUTH AT LAST My dear. you know there is nothing I hate more than a domestic scene" well. then, John Henry Dubwaite, why do you conduct yourself in way that forces me to create a domestic scene?"
 What have I done?"
 Nothing. That's just it. You've said, Yes, my dear to me so many times I'm sick and tired of hearing it. Why don't you lose your temper occasionallya 2 Throw things around, slam the door, kick the cat! threaten to choke me! For once in your life do something to con vince mo that I'm married to a red blooded man and not spineless jelly fish"
 PAUL COCK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02

for the Red Cross. % & x
 Soon the Young Mems Christian Asso- citation may call upon us here again and then there will be a fourth Liberty Loan Bond issue
 Birmingham will again and again do her big part.
 This war is coming home to us now, all in heap, so to speak. Some boys of this district lost their lives in the preliminaries. Now the big fighting is on, and the casualties must be cabled to us The first from the desperate Hun drive comes of Henry Badham, of the aviators. wounded, but not fatally, the cable tells
 The Spartan mother of this boy, with three other sons and son-in-law in the army, with a silent prayer that the gallant son was only wounded, never stopped her public work a moment. She had cnly recently heard from Henry how much the boys over there wanted en- couragemcnt and help from home, and she, like thousands of other good women of Birmingham, is doing 300 per cent part.
 It's the Birmingham spirit.
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 This spirit has just given us the branch federal reserve bank. It has caused Sec retary McAdoo to send personal repre- sentative to get first-hand information about the utility of the Warrior river. The man was here yesterday, and unless one of our scrub hogs roots under the fence of facts and needs and public senti- ment the Warrior will soon be in prac- tical use. And it will mean relief to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02
Kitchin's Charge
 Against Newspapers

ID REPRESENTATIVE KITCHIN IN must have been affected by the heat when he charged that an "insidi- ous newspaper lobby" was responsible for the prolonged session of Congress this summer. MT. Kitchin is unfortu- nately of the political type which thinks it of more importance for pub lie officials to go home and build polit- ical fences than to stay in Washing ton and attend to the peoples busi- ness. His assertion is reflection upon the wisdom of the President, who has so urgently insisted that Congress provide necessary revenue legislation at once, and Secretary McAdoo has been so impressed by the injustice of the representatives charge that he has been forced to call upon him for retraction.
 Politician that he is, MT. Kitchin should quickly come to realization of the fact that the people of this country will pay more honor to the man who enters whole-heartedly into the needed war legislation and devote his entire time and effort to it than to the man who wants to get home and look after the fall campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02
DRINKING IN THE OLD DAYS

From the London Chronicle
 The drunken dinner table habits of a century ago are not to be wondered at when one considers the iron etiquette of little matter Scotland seems to have set rather a bad example. According to Lord Cockburn, it was the rule in Edinburgh society to drink each guests health in- dividually. Thus, where there were 10 before the ladies retired came rounds of toasts, with sentiments" such as May the pleasure of the evening bear the reflection of the morning." or Deli cate pleasure to susceptible minds.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02

May the spirit of Grant be over them all As the sons of the North advance. And here's to the gray of the sun-kissed South
 As they meet on the fields of Franc4 May the spirit of Lee be over them o0 As the sono of the South advance. And here's to the Blue and the Gray as one
 When they meet on the fields of France, May the spirit of God be over them all When the sons of our flag advance.
 NOT LIKE HETrY From the St. Louis Republic. Col. E. H. R. Green has just paid $2O,t 900 for a sheet of 100 stamps because th3} engraving. on them was turned upside down. He intends to keep some for his collection and give the rest to his friends. all of which shows that the colonel does not take after" Hetty. -s..
 MATER DOLOROsA Aubrey Attwater, in the London Times
 Fac ut tecum lugeam. You know the love that made us even as brothers, How firm youth forged the links of full years shared; You know my heartache"-"Ay, but what of his mothers If all of her wounds were bared?" We must bow down before you, seeing your sorrow, Mother of him who was our dearest friend, Mother of soldiers still today, tomorrow Standing to face their end Yea. women of England. each of you that hath given Or gives for England's sake son to bear Wars crushing cross of sacrifice. yet hath striven And strives against despair. We reverence you. and in your griers proud fashion L. Find faith through Britains bitterel hour of pain. " Tha, beyond all the darkness of he passion She will arise again M
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02
From her inaidablc state. -AII's We'll That Ends We'll.
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BEGINNING THE DAY-what a mercy, God, to have life in such a world! So much beauty, so much courage and chivalry, so much friendship and love! So much battle! So great a chance to do! So many burdens! Sc much light from Thy throne! So much hope! Amen--H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02
Leave It to Newsie

1T saw something just now which ad- vertised the fellow who did it as cheap 'skate,'" said J. D. Collins, the well known merchant.
 "A litle newsboy was crying out the
 noon edition when an imitation man stopped him and deliberately taking a paper out of his hand looked it over and handed it back to him. think, however,
 the 'newsie' scored on him pretty heavily, for with shrill voice which attracted the attention of the passersby he said: What do you take me for, public li-
 brary?' It went home, for the offender hung his head sheepishly as he beat it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02
SUITABLE BACKGROUND.
DONE WITH TT,

DONE WITH IT.
 "Is S1icerleigh what you would call . golf enthusiasm
 -'Yes, for lack of stronger word. Some people let golf interfere with their business and others let business inter- fere with their golf, but when Slicer- leigh made a score of s4 he threw his cap into the air, hugged his caddy and forthwith retired from business,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02
HECTIC PIFFLE

From the Charleston News and Cour-
 Tier.
 One of the silliest forms or false optimism is that which is based on the idea that the morale of the German army has sunk very low. It is no com pliment to our allies or to our own overseas army to tell them that they are being pressed back by an enemy who is thoroughly demoralixed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02
A noosr roR KunY

From the Alexander City Outlook.
 The biggest boost given Kilby stock thus far in the gubernatorial campaign is the accession of The Age-Herald to his cause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02

The democratic and republican base ball teams of the House will meet on the diamond June without jeopardiz- ing the regulations of such celebrities as Messrs. Cobb. Johnson, Jackson, Speaker and other baseball stars.
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 Sixteen hundred thousand letters written by American soldiers abroad to their mothers on Mothers Day have been received at "an Atlantic port" That doesn't necessarily mean that we have 1,soo, 900 men in France. # # < The German people are still kept in ignorance Of the exploits of American troops in France. However, a few facts are being jotted down for the benefit of historians.
 Tn the excitement of holding off the Huns, General Pershing will probably forget him mule skinners if they forget themselves and swear at their mules.
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 The Kaiser has a warm place in his heart for the kind of congressman who thinks more of his own political fences than he does of winning the war.
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 Alfonso fell a victim to the grippe ,.1.. ~,z..t. ~rh,o1. sxyor+ ovn, Ccosn Probably nothing destroys a monarch.s zest for polo like the grippe.
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 Mir McAdoo has been forced to take a little rest. Nobody can hold down as many jobs as Mir. McAdoo without flirting with a sanitarium.
 A hospital decorated with huge Red Cross signs makes an easy target for an intrepid Hun airman.
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 The aftermath is less harpwing when skipper mistakes a whale for a submarine than when he mistakes submarine for whale
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 The republican party is 62 years old and, we are happy to say, instead of being on the inside looking out, is on the outside looking in.
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 Old Irv Cobb--bIess his heart,--- writes so well about the war and other things that we forget all about the kind of shape he has.
 The Kaiser's sons will not only issue from the war with whole skins but the chances are they'll be loaded down with decorations.
 person doesn't have to be an ex- pert aviator to know that tail spin means the hospital or the morgue for a student flyer.
 The British government seems will ing to go considerably out of it's way rather than stir up that hornets nest in Ireland.
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 It seems like adding insult to injury to publish picture of MT. Stokes every time Rose Pastor Stokes is haled to court.
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 The motorized circus has measured up to the expectations of the small boy and fascinated his elders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02
A Regular Boy

T got into trouble recently with my 5-year-old namesake," said Leo Loeb.
 T thought I would give him a taste for tools, so took him home small tool chest. He was tickled to death as I left him to come down to the store. I got home at night to find that the little scamp had taken the screwdriver and unscrewed every piece of furniture in the house which was screwed together. I had to confiscate the outfit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02
SCHEDULE OF GERMAN sUpRR-cUN

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Mondays-The Old Woman's Home. Tuesdays-The Orphan Asylum.
 wednesdays1The Maternity Hospital Thursdays-The School for Red Cross Nurses. ; Fridays-The Children's Hospital. Saturdays = The Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
 Sundays-Any fortified church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02
Home Economies at
 the University

NMTHILE household economy is
 w taught in many schools and is "a part of high school training, the University of Alabama has done well to give prominence to this branch of education by establishing the depart ment of home economies.
 Dean Barnwell, in his annual re- port to the trustees, stated that this new department was now on firm basis. Under the efficient direction of Miss Keys" says pr. Barnwell, fundamental courses have been given in the advanced methods of cooking and serving. A large number of our young women took advantage of the opportunity-the first ever offered by the university during a regular session-to acquire scientific knowl- edge of these practical subjects. Next session more advanced courses will be added to the curriculum of this de- partment.
 Cooking is made more wholesome by an intelligent application of science, and in some cases the palate is tickled when modern methods are introduced in the preparation of dishes for the family meal. But let science be kept within bounds. By all means let's hold on to the old way of cooking bacon and greens and creating pot liquor. The south would not be the south if all the simple recipes were lost or shelved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02
Firm Nama Omitted

''I noticed that Yeatman, Baugh & Co. were left out inadvertently off the merchants who had agreed to closing" said Ira l.. Armstrong.
 T happen to know that they were among the first to sign"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02
Myrtle Mile. Goe. East

T am here visiting my sister, Mrs Richard F. Johnston, and shaking hands with my friends. on the eve of my de. parture for the east" said Myrtle Miles the brilliant young newspaper woman who served for many years on The Age Herald before going to the Capital City to work on the Montgomery Journal.
 T feel flattered that I have been ten dered a position on the editorial staff of the Philadelphia Ledger. I hope I will have the success which has come to a number of our southern girls who have tackled the 'big league papers,.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
ILLUSIONS.

ILLUSIONS Still winds the red road over the hili As it did in years gone by, But never again will it seem so wide. Nor the crest of the hill so high As in the days when little lad In fancy journeyed far Along that road to the magic realms Whore brave adventures are. It seemed the highway of the world, Where armies vast might wend, And there were wonderful sights to see Round every curve and bend. But the years have wrought change and brought
 The lees of care and pain, And the road that once was a road oi
 dreams
 Is only a country lane.
 ExTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE. '"rake this parrot back. He's too pro fane''
 'tWhy, aam, you surprise me. never knew that bird to swear before, but I happen to know he's very pa triotic, raa'am. Somebody must have mentioned the Germans in his pres ence."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02
FEDERAL BANK FOR BIRMINGHAM

From the Gadsden Journal:
 Birmingham is to have a branch federal reserve bank because indus trial Alabama needs it. The heavy pay rolls of the great manufacturing plants of Birmingham, Tuscaloosa and Gadsden are great burden to the banks and a federal bank with it's powerful resources will be a relief Birmingham deserves something at the hands of the government but has never been able to get any of the real biz plums falling to the south. Now that it is to get tardy recognition in the way of a branch reserve bank maybe the tide has turned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02

stitution of Birmingham and dis tinct moral force. His ministrations have extended far beyond the con- fines of his own charge. Stanch in upholding Presbyterian standards, he is so broad in his human sympathies that people without any church affilia- ton have found in him spiritual comforter in time of trouble.
 He has been especially a friend of the poor and his deeds of charity have been numberless as they have been unostentatious.
 Both morning and evening services at the Third Presbyterian church will be full of interest, but owing to the limited seating capacity of the build ing only small proportion of those who desire to honor the beloved pastor will be able to gain admission. The whole city, however, will have Dr.. Bryan in mind and will think of him in terms of respect and admiration.
 May he live many years to help in making this community better and happier.
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 Interest in the
 School Census
 0HHE states next biennial census
 N of children of school age will be taken during the coming summer and as the enumeration is carefully made much interest is attached to the result. The school census serves as a reliable basis for estimating the total population.
 Two years ago the school enumera- ton indicated falling off in the pop ulation of Birmingham. The exodus of negroes from this district to the north had been in full swing for some time, and that accounted in a large measure for the decrease as compared with 1914. But the negroes were dis appointed in their northern experi- ence and thousands of them have re- turned to Alabama.
 The city directory for 1918 showed tl,at Birmingham and it's immediate environs had a population of upwards of 215, ,0O0. It can be seen at glance that Birmingham is growing at rapid rate.
 The loss of two years ago has been more than overcome. "For Rent" signs are no longer seen, the office buildings are filled up, and if the school census does not indicate popu- lation as large as the directory "count" it will not be far behind it.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02
College Boys Fighting
 Democracy's Battles

NNN Memorial Day Harvard hon. " ored her war dead with a sim pie ceremony. The Harvard Memo rial society presented to the univer- sity a panel bearing the names of eigl ty men who have given their lives to their country.
 There is not college or university in America which has not sent students into the army and navy since the pres ent war began. Young college boys are flying over the German lines in France. They are giving good ac- count of themselves 'in the trenches and there are many in the navy who, scorning commission, have volun- teered for whatever work might be at hand. The University of Alabama, Howard college and other institutions in this state are represented in the fighting forces of the nation.
 The team work, the community spirit of college life, makes good ma- terial for soldiers. The gridiron star, or the star of the diamond, to men, tion but two of the best known college sports, will not lag behind when there is fighting to do. Scores of college athletes have been cited for bravery in France. The colleges of America are doing their part to help win the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-02
Anniversary of a
 Beloved Pastor

THE twenty-ninth anniversary of
 A the Rev. Dr. J. A. Bryan as pastor of the Third Presbyterian church of Birmingham will be fitting ly observed today. Few pastorates have extended over so long period as Dr. Bryan's and it is reasonable to assume that none was ever marked by tenderer relations between pastor and people.
 But Dr. Bryan is more than pastor to . fixed or particular congregation. He is in . very definite sense an in