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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30
Americans Are Helping
 to Hold Back the Hun

WITT more than Soo'o 'oo0 soldiers l,' w in France, our troops will have to bear the brunt of hard fight ing in the German offensive. This knowledge should prepare us for much larger casualty lists than any we have received before.
 Even now, American soldiers are playing 8 gallant part in helping to stem the Hun tide, but they will be called on to do more narrowing work and make greater sacrifices.
 The American people are ready to hear of many dead and wounded among our boys across the sea. It is comforting to know that, thanks tc feat in transportation never before equaled, we already have enough mer in France to make themselves felt against the Germans. They may even  get much credit for saving the allies from defeat, for the situation is admit tedly grave. Great Britain is not be- lieved to have fully recouped her losses and it may be necessary to de pend more than we imagine on the Americans.
 Whatever the next few days may bring forth, we shall not lose faith in the ultimate victory of right over might. The blasphemous Kaiser tc the contrary, notwithstanding, God is with the allies Truth and justice will triumph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30
current session-music and hOm

current session-music and home
 economies.
 He says that under Director Robert
 Lawrence the department of music has had a successful year. Concerts by noted musicians, given in Morgan hall, proved to be very popular with the students, as well as with the citi- .zens of Tuscaloosa. Weekly instruc- ton in chorus singing" says Dean Barnwell, twas given throughout the session to a class of over one hundred young men and young women. The unqualified success of the work of this department is to be attributed largely to the zeal and enthusiasm of MT. 
 Now that a good start has been made in the study of music as seri- OuS art anu Hob iHSlSAy P@SSAiiS' the scope of the work should be ex- tended so as to include instruction on the pipe organ and instruction in theory and composition.
 In some of the northern universities having large musical facilities, the course of instruction is as thorough as that of conservatory. The advisa- bility of such policy may be ques- toned, but the time should come when every college would be required to teach harmony, organ and voice, to say nothing of appreciation of the highest music.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30

squatted, all of them, against a house front to wait for the camion which would take them to refuge in a Red Cross station dozen miles away They had
 to wait a good while, since all the avail able wagons were engaged in perform ing similar merciful offices for earlier arrivals. The children curled up in lit tie heaps like kittens and went to sleep. but the mother sat on a stone doorstep with her babe against her bare flesh. over her heart, to keep it warm stared ahead of her with eyes which expressed
 nothing save dumb, numbed resiena- tion
 An old priest in black robe came
 along and he stopped, being minded, I think, to utter some message of comfort to this wife of soldier of France. and
 in her way, I say, as valorous a soldier as her husband could be, did he wear 20 decorations for bravery. But either the priest could find no words to say or the
 words choked in his throat. Above her
 dropped head he made with his hand
 the sign of the cross in the air and
 went away.
 And as I stood looking on I did in my heart what any man with blood in his veins would have done had he been
 there in my stead-I consigned to the
 uttermost depths of perdition the soul
 of the brute of Prussia whose diseased sambition brought to pass this thing and
 million things like unto it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30
A MOTHER OF FRANCE

Irwin S. Cobb, in the Saturday Evening
 Post.
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 CT and her family of nine. She was less than 40 years old herself; her husband was a soldier at the front She wore wooden sabots on her feet, and upon her body a tattered, sleazy black frock. Her eldest child was 15 years old, her youngest less than months For the ten of them to travel distance of 12 miles had taken the better part of two days and two nights. The wom- an had contrived sling of an old bed shoulders and under the other; and in this hammock contrivance she had car ried the youngest child against her bosom, with her bodice open at the breast so the baby might suckle while she pushed a crippled ambulator contain ing the two next youngest bairns. The rest of the brood had walked all the way. They were wearied beyond description; they were incredibly dirty and famish- ing for want of proper sustenance, but mot single one of the small wretches who were old enough to speak the word failed to murmur "Merci merci," when the neighbors brought them bowls of hot soup and gave them sups of warm milk and put big slices of bread smeared with jam into their dirty, clawlike little hands.
 Having wolfed down the food, they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Limentone conrthounc


 Limestone county will have the hand somest courthouse in the state when the splendid fireproof courthouse at Athens IS completed. in September" said R. l.. McMeans, president of the Office Out filters company.
 The building is of the most substan- tlal construction, massive. imposing and most pleasing architecturally. It is To- cated in the center of the public square, a beautiful park plot the size of city block in the heart of the town.
 The furniture and fixtures alone will cost approximately $2ooOo, and are of Art Metal throughout and absolutely fireproof. I secured the contract for all fixtures and furniture. Specially de- signed cabinets, desks, tables chairs, etc. all of Art Metal will be installed, including the furniture for beautiful ladies' rest room. Not a stick of old furniture vii be moved into the new courthouse. The Athens courthouse will certainly be mark for other Alabama counties to shoot at for some years to come'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30
General Pershing
 Free to Choose

|N ENERAL PERSHING, being in
 NJ supreme command of the Amer
 ican army in France, is absolutely free to select the general officers serving under him; and it should be no other way.
 As he is responsible to the govern ment for the success or failure of our
 arms he must pick his ieutenants.
 In time of peace influence" political 'or otherwise, plays part in impor-
 tant assignments. But it should never
 be so in time of war. The general commanding must dispose of high of |fices without question. Were the
 President or the Secretary of War to
 interfere, there would soon be "a mess of it.n
 Some of the brigadier generals and lmajor generals rejected by General Pershing for service in France, not for lack of soldierly qualities or
 character, have wondered why, per- ihaps, but as rule they were too well disciplined to display i'll temper or re- |sent in any way their treatment. General Pershing does not have to give reasons to anyone. He is man |of keen insight and quick decision, and it is enough for him to say that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

Tn your dash for success, young man, lit is we'll to remember that the things you don't do are just as important as the things you do. There was time when a city slick er could make a nice living playing poker with the small town hicks. But things have changed Nowadays the small town hicks clean the city slick CT and then stake him to enough for railroad fare te~the big town.
 It isn't true that a woman doesrpt know what she wants. The moment she finds out that she can't have a thing she wants 1t.
 It doesn't take much to start trouble in a home Poor old father can be minding his own business in harm less and inoffensive way when mother happens to read in the paper something about a man beating his wife And mother will swell up with indignation and stick out her chest and her jaw and say: "I'd just like to see an onery apology known as husband try to strike me just once" And she will snort and glare at father until poor father has to slam the door and go out to keep from having real battle.
 If the village postmaster doesn't act that way, it is cinch that the village marshal will act like he is the gov ernment.
 What has become of the old-fash- toned boy who always had a jews-harp in his mouth?
 Every man admires a sensible girl. But every man is almost certain to marry the other kind.
 And this would be a nicer world if more of us knew the difference be- tween criticism and abuse.
 A good fellow is usually a man who lis acquainted with everybody in town but his own family. When the world has the goods on her husband his wife is usually loyal |enough to claim that he isn't any worse than the other men. Another good bet~is that if we were lall paid what We think we are worth. there wouldn't be enough money to go Iaround.
 Isn't it strange that everybody seems Ito want dandelion greens except the man who has a lawn?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30
Italian Books Appreciated

Books for soldiers are still coming in at the public library said Mrs.
 Engstfeld, and are being rapidly shipped
 to camps. A recent gift of value was
 made by Capt. Salvador Catanzano of
 this city, who has contributed 65 volumes in Italian. These are to be sent at once to Camp Mcclellan, where they are urg- ently needed.
 The Dante Alghieri society of Birming- ham has ordered a case of Italian books to be presented to the public library, and these are being shipped from Italy. Word has come that the case has already | reached New Orleans so the books will doubtless arrive in this oity shortly ana will be got ready for immediate circula- ton. It is believed by the library au- torities that the addition of these books to the library collection will greatly stin- ulate the use of the library by the Italian population, for whom no adequate pro- vision has hitherto been made. They are reminded here that the library is abso- lutely free to all and that a borrower $ card may be procured in three minutes without any unnecessary formality.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30
Day Set Apart for Fasting and Prayer.

THERE should be a general ob-
 J servance of today as day of prayer It is set apart by proclama- tion of the President as a time of humiliation and fasting and the citi- zens of this country of all faiths and creeds are exhorted to assemble in their respective places of worship, and there, as well as in their homes, pray Almighty God that He may for give our sins and shortcomings as a people, beseeching Him that "He will give victory to our armies as they flight for freedom" wisdom to those "who take counsel on our behalf in these days of dark struggle and per plexity," and steadfastness to us all ito make sacrifices to the utmost in support of what is just and true, bringing us at last the peace in which mems hearts can be at rest, and which lis founded upon mercy, justice and good will"
 Special emphasis is given to the ex- hortation to prayer by the fact that lit follows the action of Congress which, by joint resolution, declared it a duty peculiarly incumbent in time of war humbly and devoutly to acknowledge our dependence on God and "implore His aid and protection in the affairs of our common life,n and requesting the President to issue a proclamation naming a day for solemn observance. Many of the churches of Birming- ham will be attended by large con- gregations. The pastors will lead their flocks in earnest petitions of fered to ''the throne of grace" and the laity will offer silent prayers of their own composing.
 But in a great populous city thou sands may be found who are without church utilization. All such will be welcomed in places of worship, but the majority of them may elect to carry out the sentiment of the day in the quiet of home. The President had this class in mind when he called upon all citizens to pray for victory of our armies"
 The reflex benefit of prayer, aside from the usual aspects of communion with Deity, is not to be lost sight of, and the more reverent and heartfelt the petitions the greater should be the effect on the morale of the entire community.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30
KILpY FOR GOVERNOR
rom the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald Thurs day last, taking the stand that the peo- pie of Alabama 'want no more of the saloon or of the saloon element" and that the time has come to shelve the subject and get back to business, that has actual concern for Alabama and
 the nation, announces that it is for Lieutenant Governor Kilby of Anniston for governor; and, says the Age-Her- aid, with no less than justice. MT Kilby lis "a practical business man." he is trusted in his home town, and, argues
 The Age Herald, he can well be trusted | in every town in the state. The Bir-
 mingham paper advises the other can didates to retire. and engage in some work of usefulness for their country Involved in war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30
WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM

 James Terry White. in the New York They sleep beneath no immemorial yews; Iheir resting place no temple arches hem; No blazoned shaft or graven tablet woes Mems praise--and yet, we shall remem-
 Der them. The unforgetting clouds shall drop their
 tears The winds. in ceaseless fermentation, wall. For Gods white knights are lying on their piers, Who pledged their service to restore the Grail. For them the task is done. the strife Is stilled No more shall care disturb, nor zeal condemn; And when the larger good has been ful- filled Tn coming years we shall remember
 them How can the world their deeds forget?sIn
 France White crosses everywhere lift palnd
 hands. Like silent sentinels with sword and To keep their memory safe for other
 lands. What need have they for holy sepulture? Within the hearts of men is hallowed ground A sanctuary where they rest secure. And with loves immortality arc crowned. And far-off voices of the future sing, They shall remain in memory's dia- dem:" And winds of promise still are whisper- ing That same refrain. I've shall remern-
 Der them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30
Church Rayed in Night

"A mont hago the Twenty seventh Street Baptist church was standing on Avenue F,' said H. s. Limmer Tt was a big wooden affair and never was sight ly, although it had big seating capacity. The church decided to get new loca7 tion and it seems it was torn down over- night for there isn't trace of it left and the place where it stood has been planted.
 Tt vanished so quickly that it's hard to believe that it wasn't done by magic. I am glad to know that commodious and slightly structure is being built on foot of the hill on which stands St. Vim cents hospital"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30
Shoot the Traitors

the streets in New York to great crowd recently" said J. F. Leary. ''and he stirred them to the widest enthus- iasm when he said, I do not know how you people feel who have not been at the front, but having been in the trenches and lived through the hell of battle, l am in favor of standing any traitor up against a stone wall and shooting him
 "He seemed to think that civilians were far too lenient and good natured with pro- Germans in this country. To say the who has a boy at the front as have,
 to have to listen to lot of disloyal talk,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30
GERMANY,s "LEss. DAY

From the Louisville Courier-Journal-
 According to Karl Rosner, the Kaiser's own war correspondent, his majesty of the withered arm and withered soul, after watching, at safe distance, the battle of Kemmel Hill. exclaimed:
 "A great dayi The fruits of this suc- ces will ripen yet. We are in no hurry prematurely to pluck these fruits. but we know we shall harvest them"
 A different spirit from that of the early stages of the war, when the har- vest was to be only a matter of a few weeks. Meatless days and wheatless days and heatless days have become fa- miliar among the warning peoples, but the most familiar day in the Potsdam calendar is the fruitless day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30
ANNA HELD IN DEATHS SHADOW

New York Correspondence Plttspurg Dis
 patch.
 Miss Anna Held. the famous actress. has been told that she has no chance of recovery and that her death may come at any moment For weeks she has been suffering from the rare disease known medically as multiple myeloma. which attacks and absorbs the marrow of the bones.
 That the most popular and gayest of comediennes of the American stage was nearing death was announced officially today by her physician. pr. Donald Mo Caskey. who has been in constant at tendance upon her since she was first stricken. Dr. McCaskey, in issuing the statement, said he thought the time had come for Miss Held's friends to know her case Is hopeless. The actress bore 'thc news with great fortitude-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30
SOME LIBERTY LOAN FACTS

From the St. Louis Republic.
 Full details of the third Liberty Loan are slow in arriving, but we are told the total subscriptions were not less than s4, ,ooo, 100000 and the number of sub- scribers in excess of 17,ooo,O0O.
 Fully 5,ooo,0oo buyers were of foreign birth of extraction, their total sub scriptions being over $35o.0oo,ooo. In Shanghai. China, bonds of this loan to the amount of $sOO,000 were sold.
 The Americans living in the City Of Mexico bought ssS4,ooo worth of the bonds. more than twice the amount allotted to them.
 Other consular reports are not yet in. put It IS evident the bonds were sold in nearly every country on the globe. herever Americans are found Liberty Bonds were in demand. Even Germany and Austria will get their quota, through the operation of the alien property regu- lations.
 The Shah of Persia who bought a s10o.- oo0 bond of this loan, will be able to live m modest way on the income, even if ne should lose everything else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30
DICKENS POOR HANDWRITING

From the London Observer
 Both Dickens and Thackeray yarea their styles of handwriting at different periods in their lives. Thackeray he. gan with a heavy sloping hand, and changed it to one that was upright finer. and more elegant, as we'll as much easier to read He said that if other sources of income failed him. he could write the Lords Prayer on his thumb nail Dickens used to write large sprawling hand in his younger days when a journalist. He ended with a rather small. cramped style. which was all the more difficult to read because he was fond of writing in blue ink on blue paper and making a great number of interlineations. The flourishes at the bottom of his signature increased in thickness and number with years, a fact that might lead to the conclusion that Dickens vigor also grew. for the late Professor Dowden speaks of that super aboundant vitality which, when he wrote the name Charles Dickens. produced such a whirl of flourishes before tho pen could rest.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30
Redus Intense suffering

1T have never known a man who has had such a time from mere cut said Paul Barnett, "as my neighbor. Bob Redus.
 His arm was cut off to save his life from blood poisoning, and for weeks he lay at the point of death. He recovered sufficiently to return home for a week or more, but had to return to St Vincent for further amputation. Again he came home and for days seemed to be doing well, and now they have had to cut again.
 T am glad to learn that his physician thinks that he now has a chanve to get well without further operation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30

he does not want General Blank. That settles it.
 It is safe to assume that his judg- ment is right; that his munitions are true; but right or wrong, his judg- ment must stand.
 Pershing is surrounding himself with able commanders and they will all receive credit for a share in the victory of the allied armies. In the meanwhile the American people will show their good sense by placing inn plicit confidence in the ability of the general commanding the American forces.
 It may be hard now to convince Flu ropean diplomats that America is un- selfish They will be given sufficient proof when America and her allies meet to settle the terms of peace.
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 Having found a speedy way to cut Germany's new "uncuttable' barped wire. American manufacturers are try ing to make barbed wire that no Teuton will be able to cut.
 
 You will notice-or. perhaps, you have already noticed-that what Gen eral Pershing says in France carries considerable weight in Washington.
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 The Kaiser talks of gathering the fruits Of victory in leisurely fashion while German chemists work overtime to discover new food substitutes
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 The old fashioned man who spends most of his time in the summer con- sulting a thermometer is edging him. self around so he can see one.
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 Court records show that few stacker marriages have turned out to be happy Chaps who married, hoping to escape war, waded right into it.
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 When the moon shines on the noun tain and the ''moonshne" s in the still the bold ''moonshiner" brethren are working with a will
 # # x Something seems to tell us that the German steam roller" will never &C., quire sufficient momentum to reach the channel ports. x # x There are said to be 65.00o German prisoners of war in England. How ever, they have been induced to make themselves useful. Y. # # Americans in France are getting something more than a taste of war, but they'll never get enough to make them sick of it. < # # Secretary McAdoo politely but firmly declined to take on the nations ex- press business along with his numer- ous other jobs.
 # & * | The war has been brought home to Mobile and other gulf ports by excita- ble shippers who mistook a whale for submarine. # # #
 The first French village captured by our troops is named Cantigny. What matter if they don't know how to pro- nounce it? l # !. x I If the Hun is on the run by July | Fourth, what glorious celebration | there will be in Parisi | s. # * | A man may not let his religion worry him, but he nearly always takes his politics seriously
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30
NOT ENCOURAGING.

You give your consent to our mar riager
 Yes. my boy, but I'm afraid you are in for a hard time"
 Why. sir?"
 Well Arabella once had her heart set on marrying motion picture star. Then she decided it would have to be a millionaire. As fairly good looking young fellow with an income of 5000 year, it's up to you to convince her that you're the happy medium" A WEALTHY CLASS.
 Son, you had better be working in your war garden instead of playing baseball"
 But pa, I'm gettin' to be pretty good pitcher, an some day I might earn s1o,ooo or s15, 1000 a year. Do you s'pose could ever make that much as farmer?"
 Sure, my boy. Statistics show tLat most of the automobiles sold nowadays are bought by farmers"
 SECOND HAND.
 "Has any other girl ever worn this ring?'
 T suspect so, my dearest"
 Wretch! You said I was the only girl you ever loved"
 And so you are. but bought this ring in pawn shop"
 FORGE OF HABIT.
 What's become of Dolblay? The last time saw him he told me he had been catching this train to town ey- cry morning for 25 years.
 'Dolblay is dead. He sleeps out there in the cemetery near the sta- tion."
 "Deadl Poor fellow! He'll never catch another suburban train"
 True, but every time Pm sprinting to the station and hear the 7:15 blow ing for Titusville involuntariIy glance over at the cemetery to see if Dolblay isn't climbing out of his grave with his coat in one hand and his hat in the other" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30
GERARD SHOULD WORRY
e Houston Post.

From the Houston Post.
 Burglars. supposed to be German visited Former Ambassador Gerarda unoccupied home on the Hudson and movie enterprise, "My Four Years in Germany" pours coin into his jeans faster than Germans can make him spend it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-30

BEGINNING THE DAY--Lord, if
 I can keep my eyes on Christ, I shall not fail. I shall be guided in my choices. I shall be kept from self ishness. I shall be saved from hy-
 pocrisy. I shall be broad and warm.
 shall be well rounded in my
 growth. I shall be courageous and simple and gentle and strong. Amen.-H. NJ. E.