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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
FAVORED MoRTALs

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Happy above all other writing mortals We esteem him who, like Barrie, treads with sure feet the borderland 'twixt fact and faery, stepping now on this side, now on that. One must write with moist eyes many pages of such fantasy as "A Kiss for Cinderella There are tears that are not laughter's, nor grief's, but beauty's own. A lovely landscape may bring them, or a strain of music or written or 3. spoken line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
IN n ------- -7----' -'n [
 ABOVE THE nARKNESS

Grantland Rice, Songs of the stalwast," tAppleton's.) Deep in the dusk, Dear. the roses are
 sleeping; Down from the hills, Dear, the low wind
 comes creeping. Creeping and whispering, "Dreamer-good night Dream of the morning And Gods world Of light Dream-o Little one-dreams that are
 true. Dreams Of the starlight, the. dawn and
 the dew Safe in your nest, Dear. Sleep, Dear, and rest, Dear, God in his heaven keeps watch over
 you. Over the world Dear. the twilight is
 falling. Low through the dusk Dear. the south
 wind comes calling Calling and whispering, God give yousrest- God in his goodness Keen guard by your nest; Dream-O Little One-dream of the light, Dream of the morning that he shall kiss
 white For while you sleep. Dear. His care shall creep, Dear, From the far skies to your cradle so-s
 night"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
TWINS

From the New York Sun. l Red Tape has rival. Blue Tag, in the business of making confusion worse confounded. of wasting money, of sacrificing lives 1 Blue Tag is the imp of priority perched on this commodity and that 1 supply, on these carloads and those manufacturing orders. Red Tape and Blue Tag are twins Neither has vice not possessed by the other; not capacity for evil is exhib- tied by Red Tape that is not latent in Blue Tag; Blue Tag accomplishes no mischief that Red Tape is incapable of effecting.
 The watchword of Red Tape is "of- ficial" and the countersign of Blue Tag is important"
 Red Tape achieves his great tri- umphs by delay. Blue Tag is more subtle; he triumphs through delay, but accomplishes it by seeming to rush forward and by piling everything in hopeless jam.
 Official" shrieks Red Tape. and his cry is as false as himself. It is not necessary to act slowly, circuitously, stupidly to act officially.
 Important bleats Blue Tag. A piece of vocal camouflage. "Where everybody is somebody, nobody is any body" Where everything is impor- tant nothing gets moved
 For Red Tape and Blue Tag the same penalty!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
NO LISTING MATTER

For years I've lived in the sunny
 south," Through rainy spells and months of
 drouth And now and then a touch of win
 ter, too But ne'er has it been my lot to see Ere this how rough the south can be, What dreadful things an icy blast
 can do. The blizzard roars and shrewd1y bites. The days are drear and worse the
 nights, The doleful cry goes up, I'm out of
 coall" With snow and sleet and hail and
 rain IWould give an optimist pain And try the patience of a saintly
 soul
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
Wholesale Grocers
 In Educational Work

1C1VERY civic and mercantile or @ ganization in Birmingham has been manifesting a desire to do it's "bit" in support of the governments war policies.
 An especially helpful service is that being performed by the wholesale grocers, in educating the public along food conservation lines. Consumers are shown how they can economize in the use of eatables, without underfeed- ing themselves, and more particularly how they can help feed the American army in France by abstaining as far as possible from purchasing such goods as are in urgent demand abroad.
 Such a campaign is sure to bring practical results. Patriotism is the motive, and the example set by the grocers will be of far-reaching bene- fit.
 Every association of food dealers in Alabama should organize an edu- cational campaign similar to that which here in Birmingham is giving practical direction to it's patriotism. A coal famine we have, and in order to avert world famine of food every reasonable course to promote should be adopted.
 And above all, food waste must be stopped. Grocers, wholesale and re- tail, can help in this waste prevention According to estimates made by experts of the department of agriculture, last years food waste in hotels, restaurants and households to approximately $70,0O0,- 900. Waste can be reduced to negli- gible quantity. Let's bring it to the point at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19

dustrfaf demands. It may not have
 been a sociological Kentucky ac-
 cording to the standards that have
 arisen in our contemporary com
 munity life. But it was an attrac-
 tive Kentucky, romantic Ken
 lucky. Somehow the blue grass
 was bluer in those days and Ken
 lucky beauty had regal individ-
 uaiity and an inherent charm that
 made her an exotic in other climes.
 The men of Kentucky were gentle
 men of adventure, modern cavaliers who could appreciate beauty. weave an anecdote and discourse upon the Almanac Gotha of thoroughbreds. They may have been colonels by convivial brevet, but they wore their honorary titles with grace and distinction.
 Colonel Watterson's admirable pa. 'er, the Courier-Journal, which finds t hard to withstrain it's righteous in- Iignation at the overthrow of demo- ratio principles in Kentucky, ex- 'lains the vote of the legislature by aying that the states lawmakers ran ough shod over the will of the people, nost of them calmly ignoring the latform on which they were elected. A great many democratic principles ave gone by the board recently, but fter this war is over there will be a eadi,1sfn,ept
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
ALMOST PERSUADED
'rom the Chattanooga News.

f'rem the Chattanooga News.
 Joseph H. Choate left an estate ap- praised at s4,629.S79. This reminds us of the story told on one of the Choates who was associated with Hebrew layer in the conduct of corporation case After a successful termination the associate consulted Choate as to the amount that should be charged, and suggested fairly liberal sum. Leave it to me-" said the famous lawyer. A little later the lawyer received check for his share, which was several times as much as he had had any idea of charging. Almost thou persradest me to be Christian" he wrote to Choate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
A MISTAKE soMEwHERE

From the New York Herald
 At about the time that sanctimonious ruffian the Kaiser was prating to the Polish Regency council of his desires. to further the veal of humanity and the peaceable development of order progress and civilization, a crew of his U-boat assassins were taking careful aim at the Red Cross of a British hospital ship, laden With i'll and wounded men. The German mind is a queer thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
Strange Event Recorded
 in the Blue Grass State

6THE Cincinnati Times-Star, which, \ by the way, has one of the most gifted editorial writers in the coun- try, comments in a vein of sadness on the downfall of John Barleycorn in Kentucky, contrasting "Old Kain- lucky" with "New Kentucky" As the public knows, the general assembly of Kentucky voted for the constitu- tional amendment that would make the nation "dry," and this after a brief debate in the Land of Bourbon. :" The Times-Star says:
 Ponder how Kentucky must have changed that an almost unanimous vote to create dry nation should have been cast in it's legislature. There was a time when Kentucky was proud of it's whisky. It men toned the quality of its Bourbon as it praised the beauty of it's women and the pedigrees of its horses. Under inspirational condi- tions, it's politicians became states men and it's civilians were meta morphosed into colonels. Its gov srnment was unregenerate democ- racy tempered by assassination But it had its great men, it's Clays, its Breckenridges. its Lindsays. its Wattersons. And above all it stood out as the representative of the colonial customs and manners of Virginia, westward carrying the empire of their charm.
 It was not moral Kentucky, Dsrhaps. in a Puritanical sense. Perhaps it was not an efficient Kentucky as efficiency is under stood in these days of inten,sis ~,.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
THE TIME LIMIT

see where a young man was ac- cldentaliy locked up in an office build- ing and stayed away from his bride until after midnight. the first time such thing has happened since he got married"
 DO you suppose he had any diff culty in explaining the situation?''
 I'm afraid so. He has been mar ried a month. Brides usually begin to grow suspicious at the end of 30 days.v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
THE NAVY PREPARED

From the New York World.
 Whatever the shortcomings of the army ordnance bureau may have been, the investigators at Washington have had to confess that the naval establishment has met all requirements. It has armed more than HOO merchant vessels and has had guns and ammunition to spare for the allies This proves only what ev- erybody in and out of Congress knew that the navy has always been prepared for war and the army has not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
OFTEN RETURNED

What is Scribson doing these days?"
 He's polishing up his poem on the world war, preparatory to sending it out on it's rounds again He's &C., tually beginning to take new pride in that composition of his"
 More than he did at first?"
 "Yes. He says it's the most widely travelled poem he ever wrote"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
LESSON FOR THE LADIES

From the Nashville Banner.
 Six million English women have suf- frage rights identical with those of men,. Their conduct during the war won for them what the militant vociferators. hecklers, windowglass shatterers and privacy invaders could not have achieved in 1000 years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19

Johnson has been fortunate Tn enlist ing in the cause scores of experienced team workers. One of the best ad juncts to his organization is that made up of the lumbermen of Alabama headed by Jchn L. Raul as chairman There are something like 25,00C people employed in lumber and wood working industries, and several mil lion dollars will probably be raised from this source. Many men of the lumber trade are able to buy baby bonds up to the governments limit for individuals, and not a few will do so; but the great work to be done is among those whose means consist of small savings.
 The appeal is to men, women and children, and the total obtained from the sale of stamps in Humber circles will make a large volume. Before the winter is over every county should be thoroughly organized so that when spring comes a mighty drive through out the state will be easy.
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 If we have produced more than our railroads can haul, the sensible thing to do is to quit producing until some of the excess feright is moved That's the sit nation in this country today
 # * #
 The year 1918 will probably see the toboggan greased for William Hohen- zollern, but it's going to require lot of work to grease that toboggan sufficient- " to insure a quick descent.
 x @ #
 Glancing out the window where the snowflakes are whirling more or less merrily, it is hard to realize that we were sweltering in the same place on the thirty first of hst August
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 Is convenience blessing?" asks the esteemed Montgomery Advertiser There is difference of opinion among people who have been using oil heaters during the coal famine.
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 Chickens are entertaining friends" says the Macon News. Men about town have found them so, regardless of whether they are brunettes or blondes.
 # # #
 The seriousness of the present bliz- gard was not underestimated by a Chi cago thief who got away with several thousand pairs of arctic overshoes.
 # # x It is probable that most of the Pullman porters will keep their jobs, but they are not going to finish every trip with hat full of quarters and half dollars. Digging trenches constitutes a large ] part of modern warfare. Maybe that's why Tommy Atkins doesn't mind be;n, wounded and sent to Eighty.
 # # #
 Observe Mir. Krylenko," says the Journal, We've had an idea for sometime that MT. Krylenko would bear watching.
 # # <. The southern man who bought a heavy 1 overcoat one winter when he was up | north is putting it to good use these lays
 herself before she ventures to foretell he future in Russia.
 # # x At last the janitor has governmental sanction for allowing icicles to accumu- ate on your radiators.
 :. # # The governor of California is receiving nore than his share of attention from 'omb distributors.
 People are talking about Dr. Garfield hese days who hadn't even heard about i'm a week ago.
 Caillaux is another example of what 'verweenng ambition will do to a man.
 l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
ELIMINATE THE SCRAPS

From the Talladega Home.
 The Age-Herald paragrapher says he's for conservation all right but nobody wants to eat the scraps of bread in a restaurant the other fellow fingered, but Tailed to eat. The other fellow should not do that, but there are people who would be glad to have those scraps and they are not in Servia or Belgium, either. The point is, for restaurants to serve the bread so there will be no scraps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
PAYING FOR STYLE

From the Florida Times-Union.
 The Retail Shoe Dealers association informs an anxious world that American women can buy a better shoe for s4 than for S20, and the best boots for women cost only s and 8, but If women want style they must pay for it. Didn't we say that short skirts would cost more than they would save?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
AMBIGUOUS
From the Kansa,

From the Kansas City Times.
 ~ porter at Chicago terminal says Senator Hiram Johnson of California is the best tipper in the United States" How does he mean ''best?'' The most liberal or the most discriminating?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
TIP FOR MEDDLERS

From the Talladega Home.
 How ling will it be before the meddle- some reformers learn that the United States army is not composed of school boys who are not safe from temptation when away from home-The Birming- ham Age-Herald.
 Right. And if these same meddlers would turn their attention to the beams in their own optics we would have a better country. As for the army, the good and the vicious alike are in it's ranks. It is up to the army officers to discipline the vicious better than here tOfore
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS

I'm studying a trench dictionary said Mrs. Flitterbout. Its so inter- esting-all the picturesque words used by the British soldiers, you know"
 Have you made much progress in acquiring vocabulary"
 Not great deal. What is meant by 'cooties?' I don't believe I ever heard of such fascinating word be- forav
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
COMFORTING THOUGHT
From the Pittsburg Post.

From the Pittsburg Post.
 Some of the Germans are reported to think pretty well of President Wilson's recent statement of the war aims of teresting to think that in Germany they probably get wrought up occa- sionally over pro-American propaganda ists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
HELPS CONSIDERABLY

They've been married 20 years and they are still in love"
 After all, there is such thing as lasting affection
 Perhaps But taking practical view of the matter, both had enough money when they married to do what they liked and they have never had to borrow from each other"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

MAN WANTS BUT LITTLE HERE
 BELOW do not ask for jewels rare, Nor gold would l control; only ask that l may own A simple ton of coal
 Boston Transcript Fame holds no place in my day dreams For wealth I do not beg, But l would like to have once more A nice fried chicken leg.
 Macon Telegraph I do not care for costly gauds, Nor wealth on land or sea The mercury at ninety-four Would greatly comfort me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
BOOSTING THE DINER

From the Houston Post
 Now somebody is advocating taking off the diners. Why? The diner is the Hoblest exemplar of food conservation the country affords. It conserves so well that it is difficult for the traveller to get a dimes worth of vitties for two dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
DOESN'T MEND MATTERS

 One man suggests that if knick bockers should become a war fashion men could chop off their old trouser legs below the knee patches and wear them another season. Yes, but how would this chopping process help us fellows who most inginerally wear our patches behind?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
THE PROPER FORM

How shall l address a soldier now with General Pershing in France%
 "why," replied Miss Teacher, blush ing prettily, q always address mine as My Dear Hero"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
JattNl@a..xm

+. S: II you read this, go down to the Chamber of Commerce and get acquaint- ed with Blanks Everett. He isn't bit stuck up If you ask him, he will gladly show you his new wrist watch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
A QUESTION OF HYDROsTATICs

From the New York Evening Post. This is again the opportunity of the
 man who can explain why the hot water pipe freezes before the cold water pipe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
STRENUOUS REFORM

Tommy, you mustn't play with that little Gruppins boy. His mannerssneed mending."
 That's all right. ma. I'm workin' on his manners. If they don't improve as tn hardest hittin' kid in my blocl.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19

highest productivity while living in saualid boxesi Mir. Alderman, in behalf of the American Institute of Architects, urges that British experience be utilized
 Why not?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
REMARKABLE MIR. M'ADOO

From tke Atlanta Constitution.
 And MT. McAdoo hasn't even put up the 'This-is- My Busy Day sign on either of his desks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
HAVE INSIDE INFORMATION

From the Nashville Tenessean.
 A German paper that dared to say the German people are hungry has been sns- pended But the people do not have to be told when they are hungry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
GOOD IDEA
TN nE9C

To practice strict economy
 Save gas we're told, and walk And that suggests another thought.
 Why not conserve your talk?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
ADD .HORRORs OF wARr

From the Minneapolis Tribune.
 Just to show there is no limik se sAe horrors of war, one of the stores s adz vertising carrot marmalade." 8
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
RECALLING AN OLD SONG

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 man named Robert E. Lee has been bellhcp in Boston hotel for 3e years. Waiting for the Robert k. Lee' must be the constant song in that hostelry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
0 negligence,

BEGINNING THE DAY-O Lord, grant that I may do Thy will ss if 1t were my willy so that Thou may est do my will as if it were Thy will."-AUgustine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19
E + Lumbermen Organized for War Stamp Work

WAFFLE good progress is being
 w made in organizing the war savings campaign in Alabama it is important that TO section of the state, Or no agency be overlooked
 Forty-eight million dollars is the sum expected to be raised in Alabama by the sale of stamps and baby bonds, and only by intelligent and enthusias- tic cooperation can the goal be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffics as second-class matter un- der act of Congress, March s, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-19

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald wil not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address,
 THE HERALD,
 RirminEhan Ala
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06
LOOK HERE FOR IT.
Many DEBORAH Reader Will be In
tePested.


When people read about the cures
made by a medicine endorsed from
far away, is it surprising that they
wonder if the statements are true?
But when they read of cases right
here at home, positive proof is with
in their reach, for close investiga-
ton is an easy matter. Read Decor
all endorsement of Doan's Kidney
Pills.
G.. G. Bucknell, retired farmer,
4O4 Day ST., says: ''My kidneys act
ed irregularly and gave me no end
Of annoyance. Many mornings when
] stopped to put on my shoes I could
hardly straighten up because a sharp
pain caught me in the small Of my
back l read how others had used
Doans Kidney Pills with good re-
suits, so l bought a box and they
gave me relief"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
DoaIs Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr. Bucknell had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, n. Y.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-03-06
TRYING TO CRIPPLE HOG PRO
DUCTION.
Council of Defense to Investigate
Charge That Brood Sows
Slaughtered.

A rumor has become current to
the effect that some agency is at
work buying up the brood sows of the
state.
A specific instance of this practice
which took place near Van Vert in
Decatur county has been called to the
attention of the state secret service
department ard will be investigated
by the state authorities.
1t appears that at recent public
auction sales of livestock, men styl-
ing themselves horse buyers have APP
peared and bought up all the brood
sows, offering much higher prices
than those customary for animals Of
this kind.
These people seem to go from
one sale to another, ostensibly to
buy horses, but evidently being most
anxious to buy brood sows, which
they keep short time and then ship
to the packing house. 1t is said that
sale of this kind took place not far
from Des Moines recently where an
unknown man appeared and gave it
out that he wanted to buy horses for
the market, but ended up by buying
all the brood sows offered.
In view of the fact that it is of the
| highest Importance that the country
should not run short of fats at this
time, movement to cripple the hog
production in the state is viewed as
very serious be the state council of
defense, and prompt action will be
taken to have the matter thorough
| ly' Investigated.