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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
Birmingham Has Changed

Birmingham certainly has the incest lot of women of any city I nearly ever visited" said A. J. Powell of New York, well known portrait artist who is vis- iting in the city, "if the way they talk and treat you over the phone is an indi- cation, and it usually is.
 T have had the opportunity of talking
 to few and they were so very nice and
 have given me a most splendid im-
 pression of the women and the city. l
 was here about 20 years ago and I feel
 like Rip Van Wrinkle in coming again
 to your city, as it certainly has changed
 and grown so I don't feel that it really is
 the same place."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
THE WIND OF MARCH

arst By John Greenleaf Whittier. Up from the sea the wild north win
 is blowing
 Under the sky's gray arch; Smiling. I watch the shaken sll
 bows. knowing It Is the wind of March. Between the passing and the comin The stormy interlude Gives to our winter-wearied hearts For trustful gratitude. Welcome to waiting ears it's hars
 farewarning
 Of light and warmth to come. The longed-for joy of Natures Eastd
 morning.
 The earth arisen in bloom! In the loud tumult winters strengd
 Is breaking;
 listen to the sound. As to a voice of resurrection, wax in| To life the dead. cold ground. Between these gusts, to the sol
 lapse I hearken Of rivulets on their way: see these tossed and naked tre{
 tops darken With the fresh leaves of May This roar Of storm. this sky so grs|
 ang lowering, Invite the airs of Spring, warmer sunshine over fields {
 Towering, The bluebirds song and wing. And. in green woodpaths. in the kinI fed pasture And by the whispering rills, Shall flowers repeat the lesson of a Master,
 Taught on his Syrian hills Blow, then. wild wind! thy roar shs end in singing. Thy chill in blossomins; Come like Bethesda's troubling anSe
 bringing The healing of the Spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
East Lake Patriotic

T do not believe any section of the city is more alive to the war situation than are the residents of East Lake, :,
 said Dr. c. C. Jones, the beloved physi- cian
 "Wednesday night we had a patriotic prayer meeting service at the Ruhama
 Baptist church, which, by the way, is one of the oldest Baptist churches in the county, and it was such a success that we made up our minds to repeat it to- night and turn the preaching service into
 patriotic rally. in which loyalty to coun- try will be the chief topic. There will be patriotic songs and addresses. I think the situation calls for such a gather ing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
 Thrift Campaign Must Be Pushed

M GREAT deal of organization 6A work has been done throughout the country for the sale of Thrift Stamps and Baby Bonds, yet the total amount of money raised in this way has fallen short of expectations. But as year was allowed for reaching the goal of two billions dollars, if each state will redouble it's efforts and keep up mighty push from now on the object of the campaign will be accomplished.
 Alabama's allotment is forty eight million dollars. Vigorous campaign ing will be necessary if that high mark is to be reached, but we must be satisfied with nothing less than con- centrated effort.
 Every man, woman and child must SS-oPCidtC III Ciiio cIttIpTlSe, IOI every dollar raised will help win the war. The people are not asked to give Uncle Sam money; only to lend it to the government at interest.
 The Savings Stamps are called Thrift Stamps because every dollar invested will go far toward develop. ing the thrift habit, and that of it. self is we'll worth while, aside from the patriotic motive which should underlie all campaign activities.
 State Director Crawford Johnson is being assisted in this work of dispos- ing of Savings Stamps by able and earnest county chairmen, who, ir turn, will have the assistance of pre-. cinct chairmen ready to labor whole heartedly in the cause. The school children alone should accomplish won ders in making the campaign sue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24

These sham battles are like unto the real thing and to those viewing them from a nearby hill are wonderfully in- spring.
 There is no childsplay in this camp There are the real trenches ant dugouts thirty feet under ground rooms capable of caring for and sleep ins fifty men.
 The men are given so many days in the trenches and dugouts hghtin.; just as on the western front.
 The artillery Is practicing barrag fire and the battles and fighting here are on the scale of lover there"
 visited this camp some three months ago. The entire face of the landscape has been changed since that time. Every officer and man acts like he was on the battle front The dis- cipline Is perfect.
 It Is indeed great sight. and in- spires one to the realization of that which we are facing in doing our part in this worlds war.
 We may have criticized our war de- partment and our training camps few months ago. but no man can now but feel proud of his country when he views the magnificent work which has been accomplished at Camp Mcclellan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Corn and Cotton


 While Alabama will produce a larger cotton crop this year than 1t did last chief interest should be centered on di- versification,' said Columbus Teacher, farmer and fertilizer salesman.
 ''The high price of cotton may cause some growers to plant more than they had been intending to plant but what We need most of all for the states gen eral good. to say nothing of the winning of the war, is bumper food crops. This state should raise fully 100. 600 bush- els of corn. It can be done "The diversification idea has taken a firm hold in Alabama. How much it means to our agricultural interests can not be overestimated And Mrs. Mathis Is the person of all others who has brought the people to realization of the value of this economic policy of farming.
 The farmers were never so well off as they are now, and with the growing season favorable. they will be still bet ter off next fall.P
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE GREAT
 WORK CAMP MCCLELLAN HAS ACCOMPLISHEI

The skill displayed by our men after few weeks of instruction is wonder full They. act like demons. swearing at each other as though each were striking for the vitals of a Hun. They charge over trenches and jab their bayonets through dummy Ger mans In an apparent wild orgie for blood of the enemy They attack Ger man trenches, and routing the enemy open rifle fire upon them as they flee through No Mans Land. Dummy me- chanical Germans rise up and every hit is scored as the American boys now them down.
 Another inspiring sight is the train ing on the battle field covered with real shell holes between the trenches of the Allies and Germans. Here the French officers are training our young officers and non-coms. in grenade throwing and the use of automatic rifles. The rifleman. the grenade thrower and the grenade bearer three of them-operate together In the attack. running from shell hole to shell hole, throwing grenades in ad- vance The grenades are the real things except filled with black pow der instead of T. N. T. used at the front. The riflemen In the attacks use blank cartridges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
German Optimism
 Entirely Premature

II N the most furious battle of the 4 war, with the Germans breaking through the British defensive in small way, nothing has occurred to lessen in the least the morale of the allies.
 Field Marshal Haig reports that the enemy is lighting with the utmost determination and regardless of losses," but with all Germany's boasted powess and efficiency and its carefully planned offensive, victory is not perching upon the Teuton banner.
 The Kaiser's legions may outnum- Der the British troops on the battle front, but the latter, on the defensive, is in a position to conserve its bat talions, while the enemy is sacrificing men by tens of thousands with little avail. Where Haig's army was forced to fall back at the enemy's first on- rush, new positions were taken and maintained.
 The German people have been led to believe that the imperial arms would surely triumph; that this battle would be the supreme test of strength. It may be the last great conflict before peace negotiations are begun, but if so it will be because Germany is whipped. Should the Kaiser gain a partial victory, the war will be fought to conclusion that will mean a triumph for the allies and for the cause of liberty.
 It may be several days before the world is made acquainted with all the details of the carnage now raging, but with the meager reports at hand London, Paris and Washington have better reason to rejoice than Berlin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24

| Have you seen Walter Blackman's ia
 nous cartoon, which appeared recently 1 on the front page of The Age-Herald and which was reproduced and hung ur | in the windows of the stores in the
 downtown district?
 | If not you have missed seeing won- derfully striking pictorial indictment oi lAlabamas neglect of her unprotected
 and needy daughters. The cartoon is headed "A Child of the State On the
 Brink of Despair" A girl, all alone sits on the brink of dark precipice with one hand to her face, In deer
 thought, for she has come to the end of her row.
 Underneath the graphic illustration are these sad words: Refused admittance to the State Training School for Girls
 No room. turned away! Homeless
 Friendless!" And there she sits. not knowing which way to turn. Is 1t pos sible that here in this great city ot chivalric men and tender-hearted wom- en that we are going to let her take the fatal step which means death or wrose than death?
 Not if Joe Loveman, the chairman ap- pointed to raise the sl5.0Oo. can prevent it by doing everything in his power to show the citizens of Birmingham the actual conditions ss they are at the home al Ia ba r,t,bl c ri ad men behind him are not going to let ur
 until the money is raised and the fair name of the state is saved.
 Those who have borne the burden of keeping the institution going have done marvellously well. I know what I am talking about for I went out and made a thorough investigation for myself and was surprised to know what Mrs Amigh has accomplished in spite of the Tremendous handicaps in buildings and
 money The good women who have stood by her and it in it's direst poverty ought to be thanked and relieved of a burden
 which has grown too great even to bs
 borne by self-sacrifcing womanhood. The institution has given custody tc girls from 24 counties in the state, mora 1 than 200 having been received since be- coming a state institution. The present roster of the school, which is adequate | for perhaps 20 or 25 girls, contains about s names, from 19 counties in the state Scores of girls entitled to the protection
 of the institution have been refused ad.
 mttance for lack of accommodations. Girls may be committed to the institu- ton by any justice Of the supreme court
 chancellor. judge of probate, circuit ol other inferior statutory court, or any municipal court or judge thereof. or any city recorder in any town or city of the state on their own motion. or on the
 sworn complaint of another. The age ci admission is from to IS years
 ! Girls may be admitted who have been
 abandoned by their parents or who have abandoned their parents and homes and
 have no visible means of support and l who are leading an immoral life, or wht Iare orphans and have no sufficient ol Appropriate guardianship and are leading Ian improper life, or whose mother ol lparents are drunkards. leaving the chit
 unsupported or uncontrolled and likely |,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24


 NO FACILITIES I gladly would a garden make, But, pshaw, an end to that He may not wield hoe or rake Who's living in flat.
 Birmingham Age-Heraid. Full we'll we know the truth of that! Space is so scarce, indeed, Inside the ordinary flat One can't crowd in seed
 Youngstown Telegram.
 FLATTERY Miss Founders said the head of tn firm, T don't wish to hurt your feelings but there are three misspelled words i this letter.
 I'm very sorry. MT. Gadsby. kno, how to spell all the words most bushes men use in their commonplace dictation but you have such a wonderful vocah ulary that" "Ahem. Very we'll Take an extr' half hour during your lunch period an try to do better next time''
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
Suffers Blood Poisoning

T am greatly distressed over the con dition of my friend and neighbor, R. c.
 Redus,' said Samuel T. Barnett. l fingers and thought but little about it, as 1t soon healed up, but evidently it became infected in some manner and blood poisoning set in and he was hur- ried to St. Vincent's hospital and op- erated on.
 'He was resting comfortably on Sat urday evening and 1t is hoped that the
 insidious poison was checkmated by the
 knife'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24

, become a charge upon the public or to fall into immortality, or who shall have | been brought before inferior courts foI petty offenses indicative of an immoral | life, or who appear to be beyond con l trol of the parents or other persons hav- | ing them in charge, leading an immoral life, are not incapable of being benefited by discipline. or who is a vagrant under the laws of Alabama
 | Girls may be received on request of
 parents. where provision Is made for l their maintenance, without commitment 1 in the usual channels In short, any homeless or wayward girl within the age defined likely to become a charge upon | the state or a menace to society, may be committed to the institution for con servation and discipline The training and discipline authorized by the statute | is in line with constructive modern
 thought on the subject. The act creating the institution at first appropriated sSOO0 per annum for its maintenance. On March 1, 1915 the leg lislature fixed the appropriation for maintenance at $50 for each inmate, pay able out of the treasury. The sum of
 s5000O was appropriated September 25, 1 1915, payable at such time as in the opinion of the governor the condition of the treasury will permit, to be expend- ed by the board of managers subject to the approval of the governor and att torney general, in providing suitable grounds. buildings. equipment, etc. This sum is inadequate for the 'pur- pose intended, and must be supplemented from other sources, and that is why 1t | is imperative to raise s15,ooO at once The governor has stated that upon the con- 1 tribution of funds from other sources sufficient. together with the state ap- propriation, to construct an adequate unit in a plant designed for growth in accordance with the continually expand l ing necessities for the institution, he will release the state appropriation of $5o.- O00
 A number of leading citizens will dine at the Tutwiler on Monday evening at l ! o'clock, at which time plans will be
 discussed for raising the funds required,
 but no one vii be asked for any con- tributions. It's hoped that all interested
 in the subject will notify Joe Loveman
 of their intention to be present. so that
 he may make the proper reservations.
 
 Birmingham and the state of Alabama are very proud of what has been ac- complished in the past few years for the unprotected boys of this state at, our
 Boys Industrial school at East Lake. We all feel proud of these boys and our
 hearts all swell with pride as we see
 their band go by and their military or ganization following. and we know that Alabama has done good work for them, But. what have we done for the girls? Those unprotected, weak children who l have no one to look after and advise them-no fathers or mothers, sisters or Ibrothers-to lend them a helping hand in trouble or to show and lead them along the proper paths?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
Let City Garry Out
 MT. LaWrence's Plans

II FITS provide Capitol park with
 A seats for the community singers as we'll as for the orchestra. Every member of the city commission feels an interest in the "sing," and now that the Sunday concerts constitute per manent institution, there should le no hesitation on the part of the com mission in making the small appro- priationx which the attractive plans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
LOCATED

From the Macon Telegraph. "What has become of the old dfasl
 toned man who used to stroll into saloon and say. Gimme a bottle
 Bud?' Birming gham Age-Herald. Wh
 he's the same sad-eyed gent who no stolls up ti a soda fount and say Lime ade. please.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
SUSPICIOUS

SUSPICIOUS
 See here," said the client, T object to you calling me a poor boob in court" T was just doing that to win the sym pathy of the jury" said the lawyer. "I didn't mean 1t, of course"
 "I don't know whether you really meant it or not, but there was the ring of sincerity in your voice when you called me poor boob'' that was lacking when you said I was as innocent of the charge as a babe unborn"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A RoBUsT1ous SINNER

A HOUSEHOLDS SINNER A certain ancient citizen
 Whose name was Andy Muckle, Drew near group of idle men And spoke thus, with a chuckle: My natal day I celebrate
 I've lived for 90 years; I've chewed and smoked and sat up late And drank thousand 'beers' I've always eaten what I pleased And had lot of fun, Though doctors said I was diseased My race would soon be run. 'Hee, hee, I guess the jokes on them, Long since the last one died; I took a parting look at him And very nearly cried. "If I'd obeyed the rules he made And tried to force on me, would have been, I'm much afraid, All in at sixty-three.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
Many Go to Front

"The call to the colors is taking away
 lot of our, very finest young men,"
 said Dr. George w. Macon of Howard college. T think at least dozen or more will
 have to say good-by to their fellow stu dents within the next few weeks A man
 may not have a son to give.up, but we professors who have had students under
 us for several years learn to love them very much and our hearts yearn over the
 brave lads who are going to France to fight for Uncle Sam"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
submitted by Director Robert Law Irence call for.

|rence call for.
 Last summer community music was an experiment. Thousands of people assembled in the park every Sunday afternoon and the crowds stood pa- tiently until the programme was ended. But this summer, the experi- mental stage being past, why not make the multitude comfortable?
 The architects design for an open air amphitheatre, drawn under MT. Lawrence's supervision, would add to the community appearance of the park and would mean a seating ca pacity of seven or eight thousand. The total expense of this improvement would not be more than three thou sand dollars.
 While rigid economy must be the rule at the city hall, the community sing comes under the head of an essential-a wartime essential, so to speak-and those who make up the sing forces, that is to say, the peo- ple,~ should be accommodated. And it is believed the commission will so de- eide.
 The recording angel is kept busy these days jotting down athe names of people who are doing Red Cross work, giving books to soldiers, buying Lib : erty Bonds and Thrift Stamps, mak- ing war gardens and turning in their income tax statements.
 x x~x
 The fellow who suggested that all the golf courses should be used in growing food crops has evidently never imbibed two or three Scotch highballs, strolled out to the links on bright, spring morning and landed mighty wallop on the little white pill"
 k * *
 T. R. says the American army Is not yet as useful to the allies as the armies of Belgium, Portugal and Ser bia But of course it might have been as useful, if T. R. had been. permitted to go over.
 A Cincinnati newspaper published one of Kiplings best known poems as the work of Cincinnati schoolgirl. It might be good idea to give books to editors occasionally.
 E f <
 Tar, we presume, is still reasonably cheap. but it looks like extravagancs to waste feathers on pro-German sympathizer, when sand would do just as well.
 One reason why we think the Muscle Shoals dam will be intact long after we have gone hence is the fact that it will never be bombarded by Hun airmen.
 When war correspondents acknowl- edge that words fail them. we can im- agine what sort of battle is being fought along the western front.
 If the Germans are whipped by the time the baseball season opens. fans will be able to devote their undivided attention to the game.
 E ' F
 A Turkish battalion of women sol- diers is being organised. Further proof that feminism Is marching on.
 2
 Count Won Luxburg h still finger ing in Argentina. but not because Ar gentina can't bear to part with him.
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 Nicholas Romanon is said to have about ss5.ooo,ooo on deposit in the Bank of England. Maybe that is the reason he's 50 confident that he could
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24

BEGINNING THE DAY-My Mas ter was never angry when they mistrested Him. His anger was on behalf of others. Himself He forgot in the common lot of man. But for widows dcfraudcd and little chil- dren mistreated He took up the cudgeIs of wrath. May I, too, be an- gry and sin not. In His name. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
IF sHE,s MERCENARY

What is the best way to lead up to a proposal?"
 You might make some casual refer enco to the size of your income tax" "Yes?'
 Tn majority of cases that will put the young woman in receptive frame of mind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
sn24 From One Acre

1T live in the heart of the great trucking section,' said Banker Ward of Cuba, who was in attendance upon the bankers group meeting recentlysheldain
 Birmingham.
 My father made record with his pet acre. He got s524 off of it in one season for string beans. I have never seen the strawberry fields in finer shape
 back of some kind the growers are go-
 ing to make great crops. My section is at least learning the value of the vege- table crops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
CHANGE FOR SERVICE

1T want to fight in the trenches"
 What prevents you from doing that!' 'F'lat feet and poor eyesight'
 Get busy on farm, then. Any num- Der of farmers with flat feet and poor eyesight have raised bumper crops"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
SOMETIMES WORKS

SOMETIMES WORKS DO you suppose I could get a drink in this town?" You might" Do I have to be sick to get it?" Not necessarily. Can you give a good imitation of a man having chill?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24
SOMEWHAT SEVERE
1les}-t3,uea

Do you regard a toothbrush mustach as form of facial camounage?'
 "No," replied the caustic person. .' regard 1t as a confession of weakness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24

I'll be damned for ne'er a kings son in Christendom. Henry ".
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24

Isaac F, Marcosson, In the Saturday
 Evening Post. On the Alcala, the main business street of Madrid, the Hamburg Ameri- can line keeps it's magnificent offices
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24

TELEPHONE Bell {private exchange connecting all departments) Main 4900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24

Washington bureau. POT Hibbs build ing.
 European bureau, Henrietta street, Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, Rooms 4S to GO, inclusive. Tribune building. New York city; western business office, Tribune building, Chicago. The $. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24

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