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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-08
NIGHT IN NO MANS LAND

From Nights in No Mans Land" by
Capt. Hugh Knyvett of the Anzacs, in
the April scribner
The first night 'out there" The
memory of it still quickens the pulse
and makes the cheek grow pale. How
my teeth chartered. my heart beat al
most to suffocation-ever splash of a rat
was an enemy scout and every blade OF
grass magnified itself as a post of their
barbed wide! l had gone but few
yards when | expected the next instant
to bump into the enemy trenches.
There are strange sounds in No Man 8
Land; not human sounds, for such carry
sharp twang of unroling barbed wire as
it catches and then springs away--voices
even come as through megaphone in
the eerie silence-but these are long
drawn signs that penetrate the inner
consciousness and h1shed murmurs tina.
touch on the shoulder as though one
would speak to me when there has been
no one by. 1t is the grave of 1900 I'M
buried dead, but the grinning skulls and
quivering Jelly or the few rags that flut-
ter in The wind are not the comrades
that we knew. | think their spirits
hover near for they cannot go to their
abiding place till victory has been won.
They are ever seeking to pierce the veil
of sense SO that they may add their
strength to our arms, and these make
for us OF No Mans Land mo strange
place" and give to our sentries encour-
agement until the Land OF No Man van
ishes and our possession reaches to the
/ barrier of the enemy barbed wire My
nights in No Mans Land, if added to-
gether, would total many months, and
l got to lee. that it was one of the safest
places on the whole front.
There "as one night when l got huge
fright I vas crawling alongside a ridge
lit had been an old irrigation farm and
this was low levee running across.
heard on the other side a splash which
/ / thought was made by one of the in
Vulnerable rat but put up my head and
looked Oversee did Fritz. not a yard
away!
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Cienrettea Cor SOLDIER.

One Saturday afternoon 1 had the
pleasure of seeing DR.. B. A. Fox dis
tribute ESQ packages OF cigarettes
among the soldiers from Camp Nc
Clellan, who made their headquarters
in the old Saks building during their
stay in Birmingham" said Paul Cook
ITO say that the boys were delighted
by DR.. Foxs thoughtfulness would be
expressing their feelings mildly. Hands
were stretched out from every direc-
ton and in an incredibly short time
all the Smokes as many as a porter
could carry in both arms, were in SOL
diers' pockets. In addition DR.. Fox en-
tertained genial Major Taylor and i
number of his fellow officers.
The people of Birmingham feel that
they cannot do too much for the men
in khaki and the soldiers are quick to
appreciate any courtesies shown them
The fact that they came over to take
part in our Liberty Loan parade and
greatly helped to make it success has
placed us under new obligations to the
men from Camp Mcclellan
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USING BRAINS

New York Correspondence Cincinnati
Times-Star.
A few days ago. when the Dutch mer-
chant ships in this port were taken over
by the government, the port officials
arranged that the captains and chief Of
ficers should be taken care of at hotels,
pending their return to Holland. One
hundred and twenty-six of them were
sent to the McAlpin. While they were
there, just at the dinner hour, mes
sage came from the chief United States
pof. officer asking the hotel manage
men. to acquaint all the Hollanders i'm
mediately with an important order Only
IS of the l26 were in their rooms. The
beilboys were staggered by the thought
of attempting to page lis men at one
time-and most of them with names
which the page boys couldn't pronounce.
simple expedient solved the difficulty.
The orchestra in the main dining room
played the Duthch national air. Fifty
seven diners stood at attention as soon
as the first strains were heard They
were notified of the order and they
promptly located their comrades and re-
peated it to them.
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From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
IN ZONE need question longer the 10y
llWl atty of Wisconsin,. 1t has en-
y " loved since the beginning OF the
war unenviable notoriety as a notpeu oi
pro-G ermanism. This was partly que 70
tho attitude of that large proportion OF
its population which is of German pirtn
or descent, but more to the utteranees
Of senator LaFollette. Consequently the
choice Of q successor to the late senator
Husting, whose patriotism was beyond
debate was everywhere regarded as
iiest Of the sentiment Of Wisconsin vo-
ters toward the LaFollete views and
methods. LaFollette had his own candi-
date FOR the Senate, Thompson, VINO was
defeated in the republican primaries ~
representative Lenroot. The democrats
nominated Davies, a man equally De-
vond suspicion. Thus the disloyal ele-
rents in the state concentrated on Vic
tor Berger, who ran frankly on pat
form of peace at any price. The issue
could hardly have been more clearly
drawn. Perhaps 1t would be too much
10 saw that the vote for Berger repre-
sents the sum total Of pro-Germanism;
party lines may not have been followed
So completely as that But the belief
that many of the followers of LaFoilette
chose Berger instead Of Lenroot seems
to be justified by the returns. The So
c,alist obtained plurality in Milwau-
kee. the very stronghold of pro-Germarl-
ism.
Taking the state as whole, however
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-08
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

The average man believes that there
are only about five or six good whistlers
in the world, and that he is one Of them.
They are doing so many stunts with
airships nowadays that It wouldn't sur
prise us doggone bit to see two picked
mines Of aviators pull off a ball game
In airplanes with captive balloons as
bases.
Poker is a great game. BY the time
YOU have learned it thoroughly. you
haven't any money left with which to
get into a game.
Any mother can tell you that every
pockets she finds half dozen things
that belong to her.
Advice on matrimony is like advice
on some other things. 1t Is a good deal
easier to give than it is to take.
Every man numbers among his &C
Quaintance two or three fellows who
can't even tellf the truth without exag'
gerating.
The best advice we can give to a mar
with money is that he should let his
companion do the talking for him.
Luck is mighty good thing to have
But man never gets enough Of 1t K
push him up the hill Of success
About the only time man doesn
overestimate his size is when he pick
fellow his size. to fight with.
II some men didn't ten you every nv,
minutes how smart they are. you woult
never even suspect how smart they are.
About the time. ne begins to set 1
sneaking idea into his head that he wa
mistaken when he imagined that N
wasn't worthy of her. the honeymoon
buys 80 worth OF carbolic acid an
drinks it.
| One nice thing about having wife i
that she doesn't expect you to bore your
| self to death trying to sayswitty thing
| to entertain her. All she wants YOU Z
do is sit and listen. Il
| A lot OF men who are writing books
| explaining how to pay OF the nationa
| debt, never get chance to finish them
ihccauor they have to get up every min
lute 81 two and 90 10 the door and stan
on the grocer ana the butcher and n
milkman and the furniture man
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THE WISCONSIN VERDICT

the test was decisive. Lenroot and Da-
vies together had nearly two-thirds mora
votes than Berger Some of the voters.
who made up this majority may have
been lukewarm in their support OF
the war; but it is fair to assume that,
with Berger to vote for, few whose pa
triotism was dubious were recorded
against him. Senator LaFollette's own
position is not open to much doubt.
though he has of late been protesting
that he is as sincere a patriot as any
one, and that, however he may have OPP
posed going into the war, he is for VIC
tory now that we have gone in. But IN
view Of his attempt to force Thompson
upop his party it is reasonable to con-
clude that he gave Berger tacit support
Ir any case, the result is rebuke to
him, an announcement that the people OF
Wisconsin resent the reputation which
he, more than any other man, has given
the state. 1t is serious blow to what
ever influence he may have left. His
new colleague in the Senate is man
who in the House has played vigorous
part in helping it put through war leg
islation. The administration would nat
urally have preferred the election OF
democrat But there is no reason to ex-
pect that Mr. Lenroot will not continue
to do his duty to the nation. II he heid
some mistaken views before the war was
declared. 20 did many others: and the
fact should not count against nm now
The wisconsin verdict may be accepted
gratefully by every loyal American.
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II into as many ears as can and mahe
II confront us many eyes as possible that
tho thing we are set to do 10 to Smash
the Kaiser. With this definite purpose
in view the war can be understood ~
the peoples engaged in It. 1t Is motive
which reaches us all and I am connden'
that America, having uttered the con-
flict will endure to the extreme OF pos
sibiiity all hardsnips and al SACRIFICES
and viii stand BY Pershing and his men
until the last Hohenzollern has bitten the
dust or teen tried and punished for MS
crimes against humanity.
But let's face the truth. We cannot
smash the Kaiser without killing German
soldiers. we cannot do It with pape'
bullets or perfervid oratory about stamp
inx out ..militarism." Learned articles
leading. editorials. long dissertations may
Interest the stay -at-homes, but what th'
men on tae firing line want 10 know Is
Twin the people left behind back then
with their money 50 that they may have
nourishlns food proper clothing. and thu
best fighting tools
| Training n the camps, experiences II
the dugouts. fighting In the tsesShes
sexcurslons into No Mans Land. s.lse 81
shock 81 battle, clear the mind 81 fleu'
nonessentials IN the way of precosseaiSs'
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Open-A Sing One
Week From Sunday

r1NHE city has begun work on a
y summer amphitheatre in CAPT
tol park to accommodate the COM
munity singers, and Notwithstanding
the scarcity Of labor and the difficulty
in obtaining material, the building is
scheduled to be completed by April
81, the date announced by Community
Director Robert Lawrence for the first
concert of the open air series.
While two weeks is short time in
which to erect any kind of structure,
Commissioner j. Ellis Brown, at the
head of the department of public utili-
ties, who will supervise the work, is
determined to make high speed up
record. That he will succeed is the
expectation of those who know him
best.
The amphitheatre will have seat
ing capacity of seven thousand and
will serve not only the Sunday "sing'
crowds, but all large civic and pa
triotic gatherings that will assemble
from time to time on week days or
week nights.
Birmingham leads the other cities
IN the United States in community
singing Not even in New York, where
the community chorus is an estab-
lished institution, are the programmes
so full of interest as those that have
been presented Sunday after Sunday
here; and Birmingham is one of the
few cities where an orchestra, capa-
BILE of rendering symphony music, is
maintained as feature of the COM
munity enterprise. These entertain
ments are both diverting and cultural
They are likewise patriotic and from
every poin. Of view they form city
asset, the value of which canno. be
0voraSti m Tod
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opinions as to war and diplomacy Life
becomes less complex when stripped OF
the thin veneer of civilization. and wants
become less, and men bark back to ele-
mental things. Itsrthe civilian back OF
the firing line who talks and thinks
about peace. The allied soldier at the
front has only one purpose. and THAI is
to smash the Kaiser, and that's why its
going 20 be done.
We have got to smash the Kaiser, to
break MP his great central Europe
scheme. Prussian domination over Ger
many and the domination of the Ger
man empire over Austria Hungary, Po-
land, and the Balkan States, means
Kaiser Of the Hohenzollern dynasty, to
whom the Emperor Charles of Austria,
to say nothing OF lesser potentates, would
be subordinate. And SO get back to my
text. which is. Smash the Kaiser"
can and will be done whenever you are
ready to do your full part.
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Rural School Should
Be Thrift Center

m HE War Savings or Thrift Stamp
j campaign should enlist the ac-
tive support of children in all sections
of the country. The thrift idea has
a ready appeal to people Of small
means and frugal life, and especially
should it take quick hold on children.
All that is needed to make the cam
paign a marked success in Alabama
is compact organization. Every coun-
ty chairman, it may be assumed, is
not only jealous in the cause, but
thoroughly informed respecting de-
tails of the work. Being conservant
with all the thrift literature" it
should be the duty of the chairman
to communicate his knowledge and
some of his enthusiasm to those Sc
lected to aid him.
The rural school should be essen
TALLY thrift center. There the teach
ers and children should discuss the
War Savings Stamp in all its aspects,
so that when the junior drive gets a
good start the achievement will be
fully up to expectations.
In the cities and larger class Of
towns organization has been easily
effected, but it should be just as easy
to organize the rural precincts. Every
man, woman and child knows that this
country is in the war to win and that
the determination Of all to do "bit"
will help materially to bring victory to
the allies.
Let's have spirited, statewide
drive before another week passes.
! Alabama's quota may seem unduly
large, but it is not so. The money
can be raised if the people wake up
and think in terms of thrift and pa
triotism from now until the end of
the. year.
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BY Thomas Moore.
The minstrel boy to the war is gone.
In the ranks of death you'll find him.
His fathers sword he has girded on.
And his wild harp slung behind him.
Land Of song" said the warrior bard,
Though all the world betfays thee.
One sword. at least, thy rights shall
guard,
One faithful harp shall praise thee
The minstrel fell!-but tl fast hns
chain
Could not bring his proud spnl uniler;
The harp he loved ne'er srQas AgalF
For he tore It's chords a$anGes,
Thou soul of love and hraHeff,
He said. mo chains shs' suliy ktiss.
Thy songs were made for The a1ssre aid
free.
They shall never sound 10 slavery
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From Tit-Bits
1.-THE King OF Germany" announced
the teacher in solemn voice, lis called
the kaiser. Vow, can any OF you tell me
what the ruler of Russia is called?'
1.-The Carr reared the class.
"And what is the Cars wife known
as?"S
Only TWO voices answered this time;
THE Czarina,'
"Ah. said the teacher. eyeing his
flock fondly. THAT is very good. Now,
who will tell me what the Cars children
are called?"
"Cxardines!' yelled one little boy. while
the master wept.
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this month. to match The heroism and
sacrifice of our boys in France no"
arc We, safe and snug at home go
ing to dedicate our fortunes-eV-
erything that we have" to TINS SUI
prerne task, as we are called, now,
to subscribe the third Liberty Loan!
We are expecting to read OF Ameri-
can heroism in battle, of the invlnci-
BILE strength and courage of our ar
mics as they meet the foe. But he
roism and strength, and sarifice IN
battle are not enough. They. alone
can never win the war. While we
are looking eagerly to our armies.
they are looking eagerly to us. They
are expecting us to do our part with
as complete devotion and sacrifice as
they are doing theirs. II we at nome
fail our armies on the battleline, they
will they must-fail US, and be swept
away in defeat and disaster. This
third Liberty Loan means not the
mere preparation of our armies, put
their preservation on the battleline,
their very lives, and the victory they
must have If America and the whoie
cause of freedom are to escape I'M
speakable ruin.
In this solemn hour the American
people will not fail. They will answer
he challenge of Prussianism, boastint
IF new victories" over Russia ant
Rumania, by an overwhelming sub
,cription to the Third Liberty Loan
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Americas Future Depends
on Third Liberty Loan

1THE LITERARY DIGEST for
= April 6, 1918, publishes NOV
ing appeal for the Third Liberty Loan,
under the caption, Americans! An
swer, With All God Has Given You'll
In ringing paragraphs infused with
patriotism the Digest warns the
American people that the time has
come for their supreme effort, that
the Third Liberty Loan is more vital
to our future and the< safety of our
allies than the two loans which pre-
coded it. Our allies stand in Iesper-
ate need Of the help which we can
and must give them without delay,
Every day counts in the tremendous
battle now being waged for the worlds
liberty. We who do not realize that
America is threatened by the same
ruthless power which has laid waste
Belgium and ravished France are
lulled in false security. The danger
Of IN invasion by the Kaiser's troops
!. is not remote possibility. 1t will bs
the swift and inevitable consequence
Of our defeat in Europe.
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Market for Fine Cattle

I went down to Louisville, Miss, re-
Gently, said w. T. Parker, the auction
eer. ito auction off IS head of Holsteins
owned by a New Yorker who has come
pure bred stock.
The sale was well attended. Some
two weeks ago l sold about so for him
at Albertvllle ranging from eight months
UP to five years old and bringing from
sl25 to $780, This is evidence enough to
show that it pays to breed fine cattle in
this section. 1t also shows that Alabam-
fans are waking up to the fact that it's
money in the pocket to put in the best
breeds"
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Il am glad that at last the lawyers
are waking up to the fact that it pays
to get together once week and lunch
together said George Bondurant.
THE LUNCHEON habit is spreading. 1t is
really surprising to know how the mere
fact that men get to see one another for
at least one hour in seven days creates
a bond Of sympathy which makes for a
better understanding Of one another's
work.
our luncheons are fast becoming pop
ular, for it has been found out by those
who attend that the addresses are worth
while and the fellowship fine
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American Aviators
Read Plane News

THE AGE-HERALD has received
y copy of Plane News, the first
newspaper published by the air serv-
ice of the American expeditionary
force in France. All the work of
editing and printing is done by sol
diers in the largest United States
aviation center abroad.
The price of the Plane News is %
confines and it shows characteristic
enterprise by announcing on its first
page list of cash prizes for con-
Itributions-1 francs for the fun
NEST poem Of not more than 100
words; 100 francs for the funniest
story not more than 1000 words in
length and dealing with army life,
with second prizes of so francs IN
each contest.
A Feature story" of this issue,
March 8, deals with brisk prize
fight. in which Feranity, greatest
plide of the TENTH" was trounced by
another army pugilist named Mexican.
Such headlines as Squadron Honors
Ring Champs" challenge to Middle
weights" .Challenge to Bag Punch
|ers" and Championship Bouts st.
Patrick's Day" show that our airmen
are keeping themselves in trim to swat
the Kaiser.
There is clever column Of jokes
and verse entitled "Tail Spins" and
funny sheet" of two pages, con-
tanning quibs about army life and
ell-drawn cartoons.
* 4 4
citizea wants to know what an air-
man is doing when his machine seems
to stand on one emil, several thousand
|
i feet above the earth. Without entering
into the fine points Of aviation. we
should say he's risking his valuable
neck.
A contributor to scribner's magazine
says he regards NO Mans Land" al
the safest place on the battle front
Maybe so, but It is certainly no place TO;
q quartet OF soldiers to raise their volces
and bay the moon.
= = 4
| six Alabama towns have already gone
ir.over the top" in the third Liberty Lcar
campaign. an indication that others VII
follow.
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BEGINNING THE DAY-Enforce
upon me. my Father. the duty OF be-
ing healthy and happy. May l simply
open the gates and let Thee come
In. May I rest In Thee. may i trust
Thee, may l rejoice with Thee. Make
me a child and fill me with laugh
ter. In Christ's name. Amen.--h.
VI. f..
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e1sxlkzItlK1Maa.<xH
ART II ST. LOIls

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
Mr. and Mrs. ]. B. Van Doane are re-
eelvins congratulations on the arrival Of
SN.n Infants yesterday, boy and .
pS4i Mr. Nan Doane u ~ artist.
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TELEPHONE
He'll (private exchange connecting
all departments) Main 1900.
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Who is this man, Dan Dimmick?"
said w. J. Doxey, head OF the book de-
partment Of Loveman, Joseph and Loeb
HE came in here when the drive was
on for books for the soldier boys and
said he wanted to get few volumes for
them, and before / knew it, he had
bought and paid for 695 volumes to be
sent to the Rotary club and given
through 1t to the campaign. 1t strikes
me that ne has got the war spirit to
high degree. He is such an unpreten-
tious kind of fellow I never dreamed
that was on the eve of making such a
partment and began to finger the vol
umes."
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Notions Hospitniity Appreciated

II think that was a very handsome
thing on the part of Mr.. T. H. Motion to
set all OF the preachers up to the lunch
given in honor Of DR.. FISHER at the
Southern club when he was here said
Dr. j. NJ Broadly.
vi do not know how we would get
along without the big-hearted laymen.#
Every pastor knows the way in which
he leans on his deacons, elders or stew
ards. The growth of the laymen's move
ment is one of the best signs of the fu-
ture of the church. | think the war
spirit is also fostering the church idea.
Men are more and more learning that
Christianity belongs to the whole peo-
y,io
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Most dangerous
Is that temptation that doth soad us
on
TO sin in loving virtue.
Measure for Measure.
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Mcnbcr of the Associated Press
The Age-Herald is the only morning
and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham
carrying the Associated Press ais-
patches.
The Associated Press is exclusives!
entitled to the use for republicatioh
of all news dispatches credited TO IL
or not otherwise credited in this paper
ano also the local news pupilsheu
herin.
ALI rights of republication OK spe-
cial dispatches herein are also re-
served.
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