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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
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STOCKINGS MADE OF WOOD

From the New York World.
 Turning trees into silk stockings has become an important industry in the United States in recent years. During the last fiscal year more than 6,UOOVVO pairs of stockings made from artificial silk, obtained from wood pulp. were ex- ported, the National City Bank says The United States has now become one of the leading world producers of arti- iiciai silk.
 From being a large importer of this product, this country has become con siderable exporter. While the textiles made from the artificial fibre are not yet fully equal to those produced from the natural silk, the growing use of the artl- ficial silk is illustrated by the fact that our imports of artificial silk, chiefly m the form of yarns or threads, aggregated about sS0,00o,0a0 in the last decade. With tho opening of the war the supply from Germany and Belgium was entirely sus- pended and tEat from Great Britain anu II, nee materially reduced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
Music Study Clubs
 Membership Campaign

6HHE Music Study club limits it's ll membership to one thousand, and, as it opens it's concert course on the fourth of October, little time is left for prospective members to enroll themselves. The campaign will con- tinue up to the date of the first enter !tainment, unless the limit is reached earlier.
 in addition to tho usual activities Of the club in presenting the, music jlovers of Birmingham with 'high-class attractions it will provide con- cents for the soldiers at Camp Me Clellan at frequent intervals-one a week if the funds are sufficient to meet the expenses.
 This patriotic work should appeal stronglv to citizens in general whether they be unsteady inclined or not and in view of the cause the membership committee should be able to report the conclusion of it's campaign efforts
 within the next two or three days.
 Persons interested in the welfare of
 our boys in training for the battle front and desirous of contributing to
 their innocent pleasure and who is mot ?-should not wait to be solicited, but send their names to Mrs. ". l.
 Grubb, membership chairman, or to the club secretary at Cable hall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

Did vou ever stop to think that if you didn't knock other people so much you wouldn't hate them so much
 People have more use for loafer who minds his own business than theN have for busy ybody who IS aiWdA putting in.
 isn't it funny how a married man can be so aooa-natured when he IS downtown and how he loses ms pa tience as soon as he gets home
 The ringing of a fire bell ael, mile away will get a man out ol peo when he will sleep right through the ringine of the church bell in the eXt , square.
 The man who wears toupee has no business getting mad at his Wife pe- cause her store hair is scattered all over the dresser.
 It isn't the wages that go with Il that makes a man fonder of sin than he is of behaving.
 Gray hair is apt to command more resrect than envy from man who IS bald headed
 shiftless man may spend lot oi tine trying to locate his, worst enemy :. RuH he never thinks Of looking in the mirror.
 Every man has enough ego in lis
 makeup to believe that his Wife won {, the capital prize in the matrimohiai l lottery.
 | The average married man will wear ! out four pairs of street shoes III i-
 months when hes won't wear our one pair of house slippers in F years i There is n6 logic in calling man a | liar, But somehow or other, there IS 7 a heluva lot of satisfaction in it. 1 About every 10 days in the year a Nyoman will announce that she VII
 never buN another thing rom an ! aaent And the very next day some
 asent will get his foot in the door and .aiK her into buying some useless 'oodad tor quarter down and qua~-
 tera week. /; "A man would rather slip downstalfs after midni ght>and get the children a 1 lot of drinks that try to slip upstairs | after, midnight when he has been get
 ting himself a lot of drinks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
THE PHANTOM ESCADRILLE

uar,a varley, in NewY York When gloom of
  W hearts shades n leaveb pwards the staff that proud salu fly beyond the ho he efone earchlgh a Ande onefg Intnth last Francs-who the heavens blue tras ebots that herfo n life
  is chi1 in heart a of esouls,
 
  Unti Hun is .ed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
Imperative Demand
 For Larger Output

A LABAMA'S coal production aA since the high record weeks of July has been disappointing. 1t was expected that the weekly output would be kept we'll above 100000 tons, but despite ali the urging on the part of the fuel administration it has been of late below the 100000 mark.
 This week may show better results than last, but it is hardly probable that the production will be anything like the situation calls for. If the miners of this district would only work six days week an output of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
x 5.s !. Remarkable Growth of the British Army

1EIGURES that illustrate in strik- A ing rpanner the growth of the British army were given by Lieut.. Col. c. G. Woodward, of the British army, in an address to the American Bankers association convention in Chicago.
 At present England's army numbers c,500,000 men, and her navy about 100000 Before the war her standing army numbered but 300,000 and this fact, if there were no other to offer, gives the lie to the German claim that England was instrumental in starting the war. What folly it would lave been to arouse an antagonist like Germany, with 10 years of intensive ilitary preparation behind her and
 highly trained army of millions,
 hen England had puny force of
 10000 men, scattered in various larts of the world.
 It il interesting to note that the and forces increased to 5.QQ0.00O men
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
Butler Job Tedious

"I have had some jobs in my life" said Frank Butler, Out the one I have been up against in getting the floats ready for the parade tomorrow was about the hardest task that I ever tackled when I started, though about the easiest when I am nearing the end of it.
 If we can just have good weather for the parade I will feel repaid for my work, for am sure, the weather permit ting, we are going to have the best line up of floats that we have ever had in a parade in Birmingham. But I will admit that I have been feeling sick all day today over this downpour."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
Rain Fell at Right Time

While <the rainy spell we are having causes many incouveniences, it means much to the farmer and city gardener, said Ed Welsh of East Lake,
 Tt seems to be general, which will put all farm land~in fine shape to get in a good wheat and general grain crop. Ground with plenty of moisture hastens germination and saves many a grain of seed from decaying, as is the case in dry fall weather
 And as all home gardens are late, ehis rain will rush winter greens. onions radishes, etc. If nitrate of soda is sprinkled along the rows in the pac'i ward and then the ground worked with 3 small hoe, much time can be plcKed up by quick growth, and the truck patch prepared for a hard winter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
SOMETHING LIKE Ir.

What you need in this business Is some progressive ideas, said the ef- ficieney expert.
 "Wbat would you suggest?.'
 Well, for one thing your window dis plays are all wrong. Here you have a window full of silk stockings, with few clumsy looking artificial legs scat tered about. Take the shapeliest female dummy you have in stock. dress her up in fashionable walking. costume with an abbreviated skirt, put on her legs pair of the silk stockings you want to sell and conceal an electric fan nearby, so it will blow the skirt above her knees Youli have a. crowd around this win dow all day long g''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
SHE WAS NEUTRAL

Amsterdam.--An American newspaper correspondent here just beat German colleague by head in race to reach the motherly dame who vends newspa- pers at the corner of the royal palace here. She was waving her papers about eXcitedly. with the cry: Murder of the Czar of Russia All the orrible details!"
 wish 1t had been the Kaiser, sir, she. smiled at her American customer.
 "Or the King of England, sir, she added as the German put out his hand for the paper.
 Neutrality was satisfied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
ADAMsEL IN DISTRESS

From the Louisville Couier-Journal.
 The principality of Luxemhurg is picturesque survival of the small inde- pendent state in Europe. The German fatherland party demands that it be annexed forcibly bf course-to Ger many Here's damsel in distress whose cry should be answered by every Christian knight under arms,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
,s rrrrnE \ pOLITER ACTf

From the Chicago Tribune
 sir--Is it not the pineapple or polite ness when a man, in default of hat takes off his glasses on lowing to lady? CHEsTEHfiELD
 On the other hand. it would be rather absurd for man, in default of hat, to take off his glasses when the band began playing. "Oh, say can you seer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
Automobiles on sunday

'It is permissible for four minute men to use automobiles on Sunday when tlinng their engagements,' said Mrs. Oscar R Hundley, one of the leaders in war actlv- ,ities. ''rhe tag intended to indicate the nature of the service these four-minute orators are performing, is displayed only on one side of the car, and is therefore not seen by everybody. The result has been embarra ssing to say the least.
 Persons riding in automobiles on sun day. unless their business has to do with the winning of the war, are hooted or pointed at with the finger of scorn. IL might be well for four-minute men to display sign conspicuously, either on the windshield or the rear of the car, bearing the words government service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
METEoRoLoGICAL

Drip, drip, drip, And slip, slip, slip,
 There never was weather like this is; A contrast to June When the world was in tune,
 And lovers were lavish with kisses. Dull lead are the skies, 'Twould cause no surprise
 If it suddenly turned to be colder, And some people we know Will be talking of snow
 Before they are seven weeks older.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
SOUNDS FAMILIAR

From the Florida Times Union Kindly disposed newspapers showing us how to pronounce some of the french knames now being used so much m the cables pleasantly includes Champasne
 Seems as though we had heard tnat word
 before, but possibly we are mistaken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
BEYOND THE PERoxIDE ZONE

t'rom the Chicago News.
 To prove that there is race of blond Eskimos, Explorer Stefansson is bring ing back some of their blond hair. This. to person trained and accustomed to the vagaries. of fashion. is pretty poor proof. However, the Eskimos have not yet learned the uses of peroxide of hy- drogen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
EAGER TO SERVE

From the New York Evening Sun.
 That enthusiast that tried to run for Congress in three places sat once (two fn Illinois and one in New Jersey). must be unaccountably anxious to go to Washington. Is it worth all that trouble? .l a...--.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
TOUCHY.
tirelv too sensitive."

"Blithersby is entirely too sensitive"
 What makes you think so?, He resented being asked in his ques- tionnaire if he had ever served prison septence''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28

BEGINNING THE DAY-Thcy call Thee God of battles. Is it be- cause Thou commandcst men so oft 10 war. Thou dost call us some times to bear the sword, for many things arc more precious to Thee than life. But Thou art God of bat ties, also. because Thou sustainest Thy people in battle. Thou heaicst Thy people by battle and Thou eomfortcst Thy people after battle. Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
HoteIABusiness Good

Business is fine with us" said Nat Washburn of the Hillman hotel.
 we nave bookings rar ahead of our capacity every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and throughout the week we have our hands full to take care of our guests. Of course, there are days when generally speaking, the hotel business in Birmnghan is good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
pITrERs ABROAD

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 In England those who advocate mil itary defeat of Germany are called pit ter enders" Stick to it, lads America will send 5,00O,O0O Bitter Checkers to help
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THAT sINKING FEELING.

HAT SlNh T A-A@ @-%A-NN' q upderstagd you've been up in an airplane?"
 Yes; for the first time" How cid you feel?' strange to say, at height of 5000 feet II felt considerably let down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
MAKING GOOD.

We've ceased to scoff, Our hats are off To that ne'er-do-w Bill Rader; Across the sea e For liberty He's a khaki-clad crusader,
 PATfI, COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
Chained to Cannon

T never realized what desperate efforts the enemy were making Co stem the al lied advance until I got over here in the thick of it., writes Lieut.. Bryan Tomlln- tion of the American expeditionary forces. T understand that some of the folks back home are little skeptical about those stories that German artfflerynen are chained toatheir guns to prevent re- treating. but l want to- assure them that every bit of it is true. I have seen with my own eyes many Hun gunners, after an American attack, lying dead beside their guns with their ankles chained to the base of the cannon"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
WEARY QUEST.

WEARY QUEST. She looks Jagged" Poor woman! Her life has been a series of ups and downs Financial reverses?" "oh, re. Going up to the mountains
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28

Every lanes end, every shop, church, session, hanging, yields a careful man work.
 Winters Tale. < < #
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
ConeratuIates Mrs. Brooks


 T certainly want to take my hat off to Mrs, Will E. Brooks, lieutenant of the motor corps ofthe Red Cross said John Sparrow.
 Through her indomitable perseverance Ss automobiles are now available for the use of the Liberty chorus and the speak CTS in the Liberty Loan campaign. Ap- plication for these machines shoudl be made to Mrs. Brooks. phone 49h or to Hubert Drennen, chairman of the auto mobile division of the fourth Liberty Loan committee. Mrs. Brooks increased her flock of cars from four to 39 with the assistance of Messrs. B. c. Phillips and Will E. Brooks of the Tennessee com pany, and she is naturally delighted with the result. She says every man in the Tennessee company asked to contribute car did so cheerfully."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
A sUPERINsECT.

A SUPERINSECT.
 Certain entomologists say the ant IS much overrated."
 Well it's too late now to question the ants reputation for organization, thrift and industry. In fact. dare say the ants efficiency will be tradition long after the German people nave beep prts ed to be a nation of dummkopfs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
SELF SACRIFICE

@Has the war made any change in Spongeleigh?h
 "I should say so.''
 "In what respect?' ?''
 "Spongeleigh says that in view of the fact that lis friends are buying Liberty Bonds and contributing to war philan- thropies. he considers it his patriotic duty not to borrow more than 5 at time from any of then1.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28

strong next summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28
EUROPES MASTER FORTRESS

From the Kansas City Star.
 N0 F ITH the straightening of the St.
 MW Mihiel salient in Aisace-Lor-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28

remember as boy of perching many an hour on the back fence of the various barrooms as the game birds were pitted against one another. 1 can recall at this scenes as vividly as if they were hap pening before my eyes l can vision the various groups. l can look into the ex cited faces of the betters. I can catch the anxious solicitude of the owners ot the birds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-28

But l counted it a day wasted if the chicken fight came to an end without personal encounter between some of the men. can hear the oaths, the sting
 ing words of insult, the quick blows, the flash of knives, the gleam or the guns, for in those days men drank hard and fought recklessly. As boy it never struck me as being out of place. It all seemed natural, but looking back on it all I am glad that such days and such scenes will never more be enacted in Ala bama
The Colorado statesman., 1918-04-13
Don't Buy Too Biz a Bond.

Here is a word of advice for the
farmer bond purchaser. Don't bite off
more than you can chew. Your gov
ernment doesn't want you to strap"
Yourself or run into financial difficult
ties trying to pay for bond. Buy one
small enough so you will be able to
nav for 1t in the allotted time without
having to borrow money to meet the
obligation. Its value will represent
your savings for that period of time.
IF YOUR circumstances won't permit of
YOU purchasing 81 900 bond, buy on
ly a $500 one. Don't compllcate our
already complicated financial problem
by assuming a debt you can't pay.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-04-13

ing to take It anyhow. II has to have
It. 1t will make us pay 1t In taxes !;
and then we not only Will not have
any interest. but Wen have nothing to
show for The money. In the second
room they all helped. How many Of
you are going 10 help? How many
here want bonds?"
Partnership With Government.
Evidently the factory considered 1t
n good argument" And then the
wops, with their desplsed salaries, had
subscribed; everyone was thinking
about that. The hands began to go
up, and a line of applicants was
quickly formed.
The tall young man (whose mother
was an American) had stood, hesitat-
ing. until he saw Old Bailey's gray
head bend over the signature bench !;
and then, smiling, he slipped in be-
hind him, mutterlng, "If he can,
can"
Now the machines were hummlng
again and argument began once rnore.
The thin man by the window was
the first to speak. "Well," he COM
for the boysl'
'When 1 get this paid. maybe they'll
have 8 per cent bond" said Jo, the
financier.
America and Italy; we gotta make
kill ALA de kings-alla no good )" nod
ded one of the contributors from the
second room, with approval.
1t was the same everyday hum OF
the machines, but the factory was diff
ferent. 1t was no longer a critical.
skeptical spectator of the struggle OF
civilization, bitterly suspicious of Its
own government. 1t and the govern
ment were now partners. The war no
no longer the governments war; II
was our war, our army, our boys, and
the factory was doing its bit
The bond salesman, perhaps. added
up the result of his work with some
satisfaction; but by far the greater
and most important part of 1t ne
knows nothing about.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-04-13
WOMEN TO THE FORE
Wives and Mothers Know Value
of Liberty Bonds.
War Behind the Lines Is Being Prose
cuted on a Tremendous Scale
Every Woman Can Help
Do Scpething.
(By ALBERT w. ATWOOD, Financial
Writer for the Saturday Evening

(By ALBERT w. ATWOOD, Financial
Writer for the Saturday Evening
Post.)
The day seems to have passed when
woman's education consisted of piano
lessons and little polite French.
Now she studies biology, Psychology,
and all the other ologies. In this
great and radical change in the posi-
ton of woman 1t will not do to over
look the change in her relation to
money matters. 1t is no longer un-
womanly to know something about
money. Feminine charm is not di-
minished by knowing the difference
between a bond and share of stock.
Millions of women earn their living
today. Hundreds of thousands have
Independent means and must decide
for themselves in affairs financial.
More and more of the wives, mothers,
and sisters not only spend the house
hold money, but are consulted by the
men when an investment Is to be
made. 1t matters not whether the
investment consists of a victrola, an
automobile, or bond. 1t IS said men
do not take their wives into their con-
fidence when they gamble or take a
flyer, but 1t is also said that deception
in these matters does not pay.
So there is every material reason
why women should do their part and
more In floating the Liberty bonds.
Indeed a woman recognizes gold
dollar Just as quick as n man, and
when It pays good interest in addition
she Is not going to turn 1t down. But
there is more than purely busi-
ness and selfish side to the women of
this country. They have surprised
even themselves withstheir executive
ability and powers of business organ
ization. The Red Cross and every
other variety of relief work has been
in its detail largely the result of
woman's effort.
Behind the lines women are prose-
outing the war on tremendous scale.
There are millions of men as well as
women who cannot fight in the
trenches, who cannot even drive mo-
tortrucks or work in munition fac
tories. There are some people who can
not even successfully raise vegetable
garden. but there is not an adult man
or woman outside the poorhouse and
the hospital who cannot either buy or
holm to sell Liberty bond. 1t is the
least they can do.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-04-13
He Wants to Win This War. Do Your

A father in little Illinois town re-
ceived n cablegram the other day from
General Pershing, announcing the
death of his two sons over there, kill
ed in action" He went out and sold
his ho,u. and bought Liberty Bonds.
"rm tho only one left now and I'll
rent a FROM for myself" WIS his only
The Colorado statesman., 1918-04-13

Congress has authorized S2,034 ,000.-
600, of which sum S1,135. 100000 has
been appropriated, for the United
States shipping board and Emergency
Fleet corporation; on March l. $685.
PAT ,955.37 of this sum had been ex-
pended. The Emergency Fleet cor
poration had requisitioned March 1,
425 steel vessels and contracted for
720 steel vessels. making a total of
1,145 steel ships, of an aggregate dead
weight tonnage of S.164,50S tons; 1t
had let contracts for 400 wooden ves-
sells, aggregating approximately 1.715.-
600 dead-weight tons; 1t had repaired
and put in operation 7SS000 dead
weight tonnage seized from Germany
and Austria. On March 8 the build
ing program of the Emergency Fleet
corporation was being carried on in
151 plants.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-04-13

Among the purchasers of the quar-
termaster's department are 61,OO0,000
pounds of prunes and dried beans /;
273,000,000 cans of tomatoes, con-
densed milk, and baked beans; 49,
100000 yards of mosquito bar; 49,
100000 yards of olive drab; 20,000,-
900 woolen blankets; 50,000,000 pairs
of heavy stockings; 100000 wool
coats. The ordnance program in
cludes the purchase of 23000,0o0 hand
grenades, 725,000 automatic pistols.
250,000 revolvers. 23.0O0.O0O projectiles
for heavy artillery. 427. .246000 pounds
of explosives, 100000 machine guns,
and 2,4S4,000 rifles.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-04-13

The war trade board has granted
licenses for raw cotton TO Spain in
quantity sufficient to load several
Spanish vessels. This action pro-
vides cotton necessary to fill the nor
NAL requirements OF the Spanish
mills.
Under the agreement with Spain
that nation permits free export to the
allies Of certain commodities In re-
turn for which the United States per-
mits, so far as consistent with Its con-
servation policies, the export to Spain
of necessary supplies of cotton and
other commodities to cover genuine
Spanish requirements.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-04-13

A war emergency course to train
selected men for machine-shop occu-
pations, blacksmithing, sheet-netal
working, and pipe fitting has been
prepared by the federal board for vo-
cational education and will be distrib-
uted to the schools throughout the
country. It is known as Bulletin
No. 8.
The board is acting with the war
department in preparing these courses
of study and in dealing with the state
authorities in charge of the school
work.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-04-13

A standard system Of inspection by
which federal food administrators
may keep check on commercial bak-
ers is being worked out by the de-
partment of agriculture and the food
administration
The Colorado statesman., 1918-04-13

The annual pay of the army now
exceeds $500,0O0,O00.