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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
KINGS OF THE CIRCUS

tained control of the E'orepaugh circus, and two or three years later they were said to be the principal owners of the Barnum & Bailey show
 The circus had by this time become trust with all the trust deficiencies in operation. It knew. as well as Chicago Board of Trade expert, the condition of the growing crops, and 1t was as watch full of the probable yield and the prob able future prices as the cleverest spec ulator in foodstuffs. Its seasons pro gramme was laid out upon crop pros- poets.
 Everything connected with the circus was conducted on the "clean-up" plan. The motto of the management was to leave no money behind. No time was lost in taking away from the circus crowd everything it had saved up. In side and outside, the pull on the pocket was continuous, from the time the street pageant became the grand entree until the entertainment in the main pavilion gave place to the grand family concert. and the canvasmen began Knocking down" the 'big top"
 Unlike the days of the single-ring cir GUS, when the three ring circus had dis appeared from the town few of the de- tails could be remembered by the pa irons. The last 24 hours, to be sure, had been filled with first one thing and then another, but the hustle and jostle had been so great, rapid movement around the cages had been so necessary, by req son of the pressure from behind, and it was so difficult to fix ones attention on the performances going on in three rings at the same time. that one carried away much the same sort of impression of all that was to be seen as one has of the landscape in view from the summit of roller coaster after passing through the exit wicket.
 The Ringing brothers brought the cir GUS to where it is today, tremendous business enterprise, no doubt, made up of spectacles on tremendous scale, with numerous features that appeal to people who like to attend amusements of this class because they give so much pleas- ure to the children. Nevertheless, if talk on the benches is to be taken as an indi- cation, there is strong desire through out the length and breadth of the land, and perhaps all around the world, for the return of the one-ring circus and the old-line acts and jokes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

husband may think that he is smart But his wife knows that if she ever sent him to buy silk dress goods he would let the clerk sell him strne that was only 30 inches wide.
 It only costs $2 to lock two hearts together. But it sometimes costs $20O to find a combination that will unlock them later on.
 The surest way we know to lose out ig to sit around and whine that sou are mot appreciated"
 One of the anti-everything reform CTS reminds you of little dog with 2 big bark that runs out into the road and voices protest against ev- cry wagon and auto that passes. No- body pays any attention to the yip- ping and barking, but the dog imag ines that it is his business to protest against anyone who tries to do bLsi. ness
 They tell us that man isn't happy and never has any fun after he gets to be a millionaire. Well. we've had all the fun In life one man could have, so bring on your old million and we'll take a chance.
 Funny how girl with sandy hair can grow jet-black eyebrows when a man with sandy hair can't do it.
 We suppose that Eve was just like all the rest of the grandmas and told her granddaughters that she never stole apples when she was girl.
 The trouble with lending man money to tide him over is that he doesn't always come up with the tide.
 When one man who wants to do all the talking meets another man who wants to do all the talking they are deadly enemes when they part 
 If girl hasn't lost her heart by the time she is 25 she begins to lose heart.
 Every time you measure a man in your own bushel basket you never find more than a half peck of him.
 The most popular man we ever knew was big-hearted man who always gave everybody the benefit of the doubt.
 The only square way to knock a man i5 to look him in the eye and tell him to go to Potsdam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
No Suspension of Work
 On Federal Building

1N HERE will be no suspension of
 l construction work on Birming- hams federal building The super vising architect of the treasury de- partment has so decided, as will be seen from the special dispatch from Washington to The Age-Herald.
 The business of the postoffice is greatly congested. The old building lis entirely inadequate and it's over- crowded condition makes the demand for the completion of the new edifice at as early a date as possible im- perative. This fact doubtless deter mined the action of the government in declining to accede to the request of the contractors to be allowed to stop work temporarily or until the labor situation became normal again.
 A suspension of building operations at this time would not only have pro- longed the period of congestion at the postoffice, but labor shortage may continue to be a handicap for many months even after the war comes to an end The contractors, therefore, will do their best under the circumstances.
 The Age-Herald pointed out re- gently that in spite of labor condi- tions remarkable progress in con- struction had been made. If the build ing is not completed within another twelve months, it is reasonable to as sume that it. will be under roof and the first story set apart for the post office ready for occupancy sometime during 1919.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31

- 7AJ JAMES BARNES. commando INMl ant of the United States school QVS of photography at Rochester, N. Y. declared in an address the other day that ''the great war has developed mo . contest between camouflage and air photography,'' and that fin importance the photographic observer is second to no man in the army" because through him. with the camera as recording instrument, nine tenths of the informa- tion of the army now comes from the air"
 And according to all accounts the aerial photographers with the American forces in France have performed some remark able feats-feats of skill, bravery and endurance.
 For instance, not long ago one pho tographic squad consisting of "A men and one officer, produced 5000 photo graphic prints in one 24-hour day, which included the taking of the photographs, developing the negatives and making the prints. One section of the squad worked for IT hours at a stretch in the dark room and printing room, because the pictures were badly needed, and it was the squads duty to supply them.
 As for the hazards entailed by the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
Alabama's Progressive Hog Growers Thriving

7 roc sale days in Alabama are full IU of interest and are bringing ex- cellent results. Sales are being held in many parts of the state and as one of the marketing specialists of the ex- tension service says, it is encourag- ing to note that large percentage of the hogs offered for sale are number ones. It is good sign, he remarks, because hogs of the first class in weight bring cent pound more than number twos, and two cents more than number ,threes.
 "This shows," says the specialist, "that the swine growers are putting their stock in proper shape to bring the maximum price. It is one of the good results of the sales days, for after attending few of these sales the farmers see how the hogs are
 
 graded and profit thereby"
 At present prices an Alabama farmer with small amount of capi- tai could get rich on raising hogs for the market, even if he produced noth- ing else for sale.
 "Sales days are just now getting into full swing" says J. F. Duggar, director of the extension service, land from now until April it will be no uncommon occurrence for these to be held, especially in the southeastern part of the state. The farmers have learned to appreciate this method of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
Serbian Refugees
 Travelled Three Years

r7N HE world war has piled horror
 ll on horror until, to use phrase popular with the correspondents, it is no longer possible to "stagger the inl- agination." We have not become call lous-we read the newspapers every day-but we have grown accustomed to narratives that in less trying times would be more than heart-rending.
 Herman Bernsteins story, cabled from Harbin Tuesday, of more than a thousand ragged, barefooted Serb ians who fled from their native land three years ago and have just reached a haven of refuge after enduring in. credible privations and after travel ing 15,o0o miles or more, i' a case in point.
 We have had graphic recitals of what the Armenians and the Poles and other peoples caught in the path of war have suffered. The experiences of this band of Serbians, however, have not been surpassed in four years of tragedy. Through Rumania and the Ukraine, to Odessa, eastward through Siberia and over the Ural mountains, on foot and in freight cars, they iourneyed, men, women and chil- dren. leaving many dead along their desolate trail. They spent three win ters, without adequate food or cloth ing, in the wilderness through which they passed.
 The Red Cross has them in charge TOW and they will be cared for until the war is over and will be sent back to Serbia. 1t is characteristic of sturdy people, strong in national ideals and love of country, that in spite of the frightful hardships they endured, these wanderers, many of them driven from comfortable homes, carried with them their church and their school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
BARRIERS DOWN

Thomas. in the New York sun
 The barriers between the worlds break down, Where that great ardent company do cleave Their way aloft, unknown need receive,
 Whilst here shining valors
 The barriers the worlds tl see them now-those fighting youths-so younel Immortal children, they have played the game, While fear doubt, still backward hung. They on springward slope their limbs have hung; our love they heed praise makes little claim Immortal children they have played the gameD They proved words early hath said They, wounded in blood, felt not the hurt, they have not known that they were dead, of the earthly they have shed,
 All round by living ones begirt--
 They, in hot blood. felt not the hurt! But mounting and whom none could stay Oh dear, rash Youth, Bounds they did transcend outposts Death had set they bore away They stormed Kingdom that. from this New Day, Indulgently souls shall bend
 Oh dear, rash Youth. the Bounds they did transcend at will, there-and they are here
 A pass sundered Worlds betweaus A Knowledge grows, this fifth embattled year, That d Faith to cast out fear
 They enceforward what ha hReN will they sundered W orlds betSTexa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Picture show. open Again


 T am certainly glad to see that MT. Wise, the agreeable and affable man ager of the Alcazar theatre, is reopening his playhouse with The Unbeliever,' said Dolly. Dalrymple yesterday
 'It is one of the best pictures l have ever seen, and unfortunately it had only a two-days' run before the quarantine was enforced. because of the influenza epidemic. The Unbeliever' carries with it more than a merely pleasing picture, for it carries a lesson which is worth while and moral which cannot fail to impress. It is really one of the big war time pictures, and while we've had ali kinds, good, bad and indifferent, war pie lures, The Unbeliever' stands out in my mind, as really interesting and enjoy able"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
THE DRINK HABIT IN FICTION

From the New York Herald.
 The rigid enforcement of the prohibi- tion laws will deal severe blow to American literature, for drinking and conviviality have always played part of no small importance in fiction ana ephemeral humor. To bowlderige the works of Charles Dickens by removing from them all reference to drink and the iollity incidental to it would be to rob them of much of their charm and deal a death blow to Mrs. Camp and Sam Weller and the preacher who drank pineapple rum.
 Ten Nights in a Barroom'' is the last of drunkenness After next July it will become museum piece. Our fiction will lose much that has made it popular We shall have no more detailed descriptions of glorious nights of revelry in Broadway cabarets, of highballs consumed in clubs of champagne flowing in Long Island country houses. The longshoreman who comes home drunk and beats his wife will disappear from tales of the sub merged tenth" just as he has long since vanished from real life. For nowadays 1t is his wife who beats him-the poor man. Without the humor of inebrIety comic journalism will have hard sled- ding in the years to come. Never again will the returning lodge member tumble vainly with his key or encounter his en- ranged wife in the front hall.
 The drink habit. with all its joys and evils having been conquered. it will be necessary for man to invent some new forms of folly if fiction and the drama are to be kept alive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
THE OLD MHEEzEs

From the New York Evening Sun.
 It is not yet November and the con- tributions connecting the downfall of Turkey with Thanksgiving Day are al- ready beginning to come In. Treading so close upon the heel of this jest that the second gals the first ones kibe will come the variations of the do-your- mas-shopping-early jabe. Wars and resolutions come and so, the destiny of man smiles or glooms, planets turn cold and solar systems fizzle out, but columns keep right on with these time- worn wheezes And we're just as bad as the rest of them. And they never fail to get a hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31

marketing and are backing it up in every way possible"
 Hog growing requires less farm labor than almost any other branch of agricultural enterprise, and for that reason the number of hogs fat tened next year should show a big increase.
 * * z The wages of ship workers have been raised again to enable them to meet the high cost of living. Bookkeepers and clerks who are still struggling along on 1912 salaries chortle mirthlessly.
 t. x # A millionaire scientist of New York. said to have made important discoveries in solving the problem of locking up life," fell a victim to the flu" which possesses a master key.
 4. * t Josephus says certain individuals in this country are not thinking about pa triotism, but "pay-triotism.f A pun worthy of Vice President Marshall in his happiest moments.
 New York hotels are hiring women as waitresses. But can a woman. unless she happens to be a female brigadier. uphold the dignity of the head walters job?
 A Boston paper longs for the return of the old-fashioned one-ring circus. Tut. tut. It wasn't much of show. Dis tance lends enchantment to the view. # < < Huns who were lured into the Ameri- can lines by promises of food and to- bacco, probably didn't need a second in- vitation
 Grapefruit juice is now put up in bot ties for the ultimate consumer. It ought to make a stronger tfpple than grape juice.
 A great many Austrian soldiers seem to have reached the conclusion that it is better to be live prisoner of war than a dead hero.
 Colonel Roosevelt received large num-  Der of congratulatory telegrams on his recent birthday, but none from the White House
 Personally, we intend to celebrate peace by taking three spoonfuls of sugar in our coffee, regardless of MT Hoover.
 # < x A contemporary wants to know what has become of Bob LaFollette. Mere idle curiosity. we presume.
 4. # # Germans are scuttling out of lower Rhine cities without waiting for the all lies to give the word.
 # # # If the theatres which reopen today are not packed to their capacity, psychology is all wrong.
 y # Many an amiable citizen develops dual personality when he has trouble with his furnace.
 a. T < Peace comes high, but Germany seems about ready to pay the price.
 x * < Germany is in a position to hand over her navy virtually intact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
Fine Result. From Ase-neraId

q got fine results from my page ad. in The Sunday Age-Herald," said Arnold Masberg, president of the Arnold Mas berg Drug company.
 T was delighted to get letter from man living in 8 middle Alabama town tongratulating me on my announced pol icy. It shows that the people both read and appreciate business statements when made along broad lines of public service. Business is more and more becoming question of serving the public. From the letters and compliments l got, The Age- Herald sure reaches choice lot of readers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
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NOTHING TO NEGOTIATE

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Doctor Solf's willingness to ''nego- tiate' the Alsace-Lorraine question is no doubt sincere: the Germans woulii like nothing better than to confuse .s perfectly plain issue But France i., going 10 get her lost provinces back with no negotiations whatever
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
A Good Suggestion

q want peace when we can get one of our own making said Sidney Lazarus, but I am not for any trumped up armis- tice which will let Germany put one over on the allies. My idea is to make the Huns surrender and then put all the men in uniform to rebuilding the towns they destroyed in Belgium, northern France and elsewhere.
 Ut would dampen their ardor as sol diers of kultur to have to repair the war for all time an unpopular pastilne and save the citizens of the future from having any militarists like the Prussians running amuck for the chance of loot"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31

BEGINNING THE DAY-Ny Fnth- CT. keep my soul on the outlook for Thee. May I climb to hilitops for glimpse of Thee; and may I seek TEee fin the valleys. May I expect Thee in the temple and at my place of toll. May I be dissatisfied in any experience of life until I have seen Thy face. In Christ's name. Amen. H. Nj. F..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
Vote Sought in Three State.

"I enjoy the distinction of being tackled to vote for candidates in three states, said w. J. Boles ''I am registered in Kentucky, I had law office in Cincin- nati, and now I live in Alabama. It seems my narfe is on the, voters list Of three states, and l am flooded with can didate literature. Once on a voters list and it's hard to get off. The candidates and their sponsors sure stick by fellow when a campaign Is on.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
Birmingham Natural Again

T came back home and it hardly looked like dear old Birmingham with the movies and the theatres closed" said off and tomorrow all the places will be opened.
 q see that many of the moving pie ture houses are putting on special reels to give the public chance to make good start and get the habit again of spending an hour or two looking at the films as they are reeled off,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
RAH FOR BELGrUM:
he New York Telegram.

 Any time we feel like having another day we celebrate occasion, let's run in an extra Belgian Day." or an Albert Day." or something like.that and cheer for the nation that died for Europe" the heroic little country that has set such an example of faithfulness under awful oppression.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
A JoR FOR WILLIE

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
 What's the status of crown prince in a republic?" asks the anxious one. Oh, well, they may make him second head waiter in cabaret.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
OF COURSE.

OF COURSE. My physician says whisky Is no good in the treatment of colds and grippe" remarked MT. Jagsby.
 What are you going to do?" "'Do,' sir? As man of intelligence and appreciative of the good things of this life. what do you suppose I'm go- Ing to do? I'm going to look around for another physician"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
PASSING.

GAG944N1. n How are the mighty fallen From their former high estate. Their hearts are desolate, Their rule a mockery. The shadow of oblivion Engulf each tinseled throne, The people-they alone Hold undisputed sway. A voice goes up to heaven, Iris heard the world around; The shouts of free men sound The doom of autocrats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
MARROW ESCAPE.

NARROW ESCAPE. T dug up lot of photograph records for the soldiers"
 That's the right idea. But I came very near getting myself into a tight place" How was that?"
 "one of them happened to be The Watch On the Rhine.' which was pre- scented to me years ago by my favorite beer merchant.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31

NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
 'somewheer in France sounds so vague. I feel as if my boy were lost over there"
 Don't be distressed, madam. France is not such large country. Now, if he were somewhere in Russia his exact location might be matter of doubt"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
AN oLD STORY.

What's the latest news from Yer sailles?"
 Colonel House refuses to talk for pub lication.'
 "Umph! Is that your idea of news?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
TAME STUFF.

TAME STUFF. 'fAn artists model contributes to magazine her impressions of the artists for whom she has posed" Rather spicy. chr "welI. no. At least, she doesn't say anything to which the wives of the mar ried artists could take exception
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
Murray Brown on Poker

''The best poker story l have heard in a long time comes from France" said Murray Brown. "A negro soldier from the United States, an English earl, or lord or something, and three or four oth- CTS were In the game. The negro and the Englishman each drew three cards, the former to pair of aces and the latter to a pair of kings. The negro caught two aces, the Englishman king and two fives I'll bet one pound,' said the Englishman. The American negro, grin ming, showed his stack of chips to the center of the board remarking, I don't know what kind of a pound you mean, but I'll just raise you ton. Now, l guess everybody will say he has heard that story before. Well, even if you have, it's a good one, isn't it?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31

Washington bureau; POT Hibbs build ing.
 European bureau, 6 Henrietta stree'' Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, World build ing. New York city; western business ofIice Tribune building, Chicago 1he $. C. Beckwith Special Agency. agenss for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
scott.boro Hard Hit by "FIu."

Dr. A. s. Lewis. one of the Birming- ham doctors who volunteered his services to the state board of health, has just re- turned from 10 days service at Scotts- boro, in Jackson county. where he aid ed the local physicians in caring for influenza patients
 q attended one family where the eight children were down with the flu the mother was suffering from tuberculosis and the father was the only one not in bed" said Dr. Lewis yesterday. T cer- tainly have seen lot of suffering. l was more than welcomed, and the people were very appreciative of my services.
 "Dr. Naples worked himself down. but his son, young Emmet Naples, stuck to me and drove me all over that section of the country in car. He deserves as much credit as any doctor
 Dr. Lewis is not practieing medicine now. having retired few years ago. but volunteered when the call went out for physicians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
Member of the Associated rres.

Member Of the AssOcfateu
 The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in BlrmihghdH- carrying the Associated Press dis- patches.
 The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication or all news dispatches credited to IL or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein.
 All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31
MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

T see where a man fell dead while waiting in restaurant to have his dim ner served
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-31

once heard a well bred, well read, and splendidly poised woman of the world confess there was nothing so spiritually exalting as to enter a drawing room of cultured people with the consciousness that one was perfectly hated gowned and shod. Of course no man can ap- precate her feeling and therefore will make light of her confession; but I am sure without being able to prove it that there is sustaining influence in being well dressed