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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27

have ar equally hard time getting to their destinations. There's truly met ropohtan air about the place, as any At lantans can tell you.
 But there's another side to the ques- tioE. and traEsients and those who are not native Atlantans admit that they'd prefer little less atmosphere and a few more comforts, such as reasonably good street car service, a clear pass on the downtown sidewalks, and somewhere to lay their heads when they are forced to spend the night in Atlanta.
 Every eftors is being made to care for the increased population. Dozens of apartment houses are being built. and contracts daily are being let for others. All apartments in these houses are taken months before they are completed. however. Then. another thing, building has been interrupted because of the ex- tremely cold weather, the shortage of labor, caused by the influx to Camp Cor don, and the fuel shortage.
 The fuel problem. however. which has been most acute for several weeks, is gradually clearing, and sufficient run of mine coal is being received to supply the pressing needs of the people. The fuel situation has been handled for more than two weeks through a priority bureau, and 1t has been impossible for any per son in Atlanta to get even half-ton of coal without an order from this bu- reau, accompanied by an affidavit Off, fees of the bureau have been established iii the auditorium. and constant stream of shivering persons has been served daily since 1t was opened, more than two weeks ago.
 Living conditions generally are very good. and nobodys kicking on the high price of anything. The fact is they're pretty glad to get satisfactory food and plenty of it at almost any price. This is being regulated. however, by local food administrator. who fixes the prices is issued hy the administrator, and pub lished in the daily papers that it may be in the hands of every housewife in Atlanta when she goes to market.
 Of course. there's a scarcity of white flour in Atlanta. the same as in other towns throughout the country, but other comm odities are reasonably plentiful. Wholesalers are predicting q severe salt and soap famine but the housewives and retailers are only hoping that such con- dtion will not develop.
 The public schools of Atlanta, which have been closed since the first week in January, because of the coal shortage, are expected to resume work on February A. The coal which was on hand at the val ious school buildings was sold through priority orders to the shivering people of Atlanta during the recent blizzard. and it has been necessary to keep the schools closed until other coal can bcs obtained. It is hoped that sufficient quantity will be on hand by February 1 to war rant all schools in the city opening and continuing uninterrupted throughout the remainder of the term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27
a.tive Iand''

| States flags and ribbons purple and white, purple for loyalty and white for purity.
 The flower mission has given away
 three bouquets and IA text cards and do-
 mated Sa75 for candy for poor children.
 Six meetings have been held, one so- cial session with Mrs. Bumstead A handsome calendar was presented to the state president as token of the very high regard of the legion for her. Funds collected amount to $11. S9. 70 having been
 expended leaving a balance of $130 in the treasury.
 The work of the children belonging to the Frances Willard l.. T. l.. has re-
 ceved most favorable comment from the local unions.
 Mrs. Annie K. Weisel was a guest of
 the Woodawn union at the meeting on Wednesday. Mrs Brooks reports the
 union doing excellent work. There will be d workers meeting in the auditorium of the local headquar- ters Monday at o'clock. Members of the Frances Willard union are planning for big membership drive in February. Mrs. Donahoo president. says; '"rhe Frances Willard will be able to report the greatest number of new
 members during the coming membership campaign of any union in Alabama"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27
Atlanta Finds Big Camp
 Has It's Disadvantages
People Are in the Peculiar Position of Having Plenty of Money But Nowhere to Spend It-City Looks Very
 Metropolitan, But damned With lnconvenicnces
By WINNIE FREEMAN

Atlanta, January -(Special)-lf Bir- mingham could get one little peep in on Atlanta some Saturday afternoon-or any other afternoon for that matter-she's be reasonably glad that she didn't get one of those army camps when they were being dished out by the government
 One way you look at it. it's something to be terribly thankful for. For, with the big cantonment at Camp Gordon. where are stationed about 5000 soldiers. and with several thousands of others be- ing trained at Fort MePherson only a few miles from here, Atlanta, with her limited shops and hotels and public util-
 ties, finds herself in bad way-the way of having lots of money to spend, and nowhere to spend 1t.
 When the cantonment at Camp Gordon brought thousands of officers to Atlanta. seeking homes for their families there were already here thousands of persons homeless, left in that condition by the big fire last spring. As a consequence, living space is at a premium. Apart ments can't be obtained for love or money and the man with bank ac- count of six or seven figures is just as helpless when it comes to getting com fortable living quarters as the country girl who comes to town and is working
 in a department store for $4 or $5 d week. The want columns of all three daily papers run each day a long list of advertisements for apartments want ed, furnished or unfurnished, or any oth- CT way. and they run a correspondngly small list of apartments and houses for rent. The National League for Wom- ans Service, interested in the welfare of the soldiers, has established a rent bu- reau and is asking that all persons hav- ing rooms to rent list them with the bureau, in order that officers seeking homes may be put in communication with the owners. And it isn't that the home seekers are so terribly particular. They admit that they'll take almost anything light housekeeping rooms, if they cant get anything else-but what they prin- cipally want is a roof for their families and themselves when they are in town
 For weeks there has not been a va cant room In any hotel in Atlanta, and each hotel has on it's register a waiting list of from 9 to 100 at all times A visitor from New York last week, who arrived in Atlanta late in the night. went to every hotel i'll town in an effort to get a room, and then had to spend the night riding on the street cars until they stopped running, after which he beat it down to the Terminal station and hung around there until he could get d train out of town.
 Business is good-very good-and the only reason it isn't better is because the shops can't accommodate the crowds that feign would buy. Atlanta's streets noted for their narrowness -on Satur- day afternoon. when soldiers from the nearby camps are in town, are almost
 impossible, and traffic and pedestrians
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27

1 now rich lawyer and landowner. is to see to the comforts of travel in and | out
 l More than 5000 Methodists in and ] about Atlanta will greet the visitors, eith- | CT directly or through their pastors, and the body in session will represent a.- 25Qooo of membership of the same de- nomination. Two great universities, hun dreds of minor schools millions in other | properties and activities will have their affairs looked after and their interests protected. Emory university at Atlanta. located since the last conference. will report alone an investment of over D. o0o.ooo more than % buildings in use and hundreds of teachers at service. Dallas
 university. also big enterprise. will be in with a fine report.
 UniticDtion of the two Methodist bodies will be the big question to be decided This is now being considered by a joint commission of the Methodist Episcopal church and tine Methodist Episcopal
 church, south, in session at Savannah.
 Bishop W. A. Candier of Atlanta rep. resents the southern body.
 There will also come up the question of limiting the time of presiding elders, the locating and lirliting of time Of tenure of bishops, tho time limit on pas
 tors, and many others of like mportance The full force of the Atlanta spirit is behind the organi Eation to make this the greatest session of the conference" said Judge Candlor in talkirsrs ufF kssss arrangements. "srhe bus aio Isnlt 2ss < complimented that so i'm aftA4x M ls.sAsE Is to meet in the city. ana fa& &ifKfzb folks understand what | iles23s eo s the higher sentiments of tMa lset it be known everywhere that not only are we going to take the best care of the meet ing. but We are going beyond that, and show those who come the best time they
 have ever had"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27
RECIPE TODARKEN
 GRAY HAIR
A Cincinnati Barber Tells How to Make a Remedy for
 Gray Hair

MT. Frank Harbaugh of Cincinnati, O., who has been a barber for more than 49 years, recently made the fol- lowing statement:
 "Anyone can prepare a simple mix ture at home, at very little cost. that will darken gray hair. and make 1t soft and glossy. To a half pint of water add one ounce bay rum. small box of Barbo Compound and one fourth ounce glycerine. These ingred- ients can be bought at any drug store at very little cost. Apply to the hair twice a week until the desired shade is obtained. This will make gray haired person look 20 years younger. It does not color the scIlp, is not sticky or greasy and does not rub off. 7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27
Ferris Work on Shipping
 Board to Be Explained

Washington. January 2S-The Senate commerce committee has called on Chair man Hurley of the shipping board for a detailed statement of the association with the emergency fleet corporation of The odore E Ferris. chief ship designer. who resigned yesterday
 The statement was called for, Chair man fletcher said. to disclose whether any shipbuilding concerns having con tracts With the government were clients O. Ferris While he was with the fleet corporation.
 Among other surface things the cont mittee wants to know whether a I per cent fee. paid to Mir. Ferris by the Clinchfield Navigation company, was on ships designed by him before he entered the employ of the government at a sal ary of 3a5.ooo q year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27
". C. '. U. Activities
 ''For God Home and Native Land'
Fly MRS. MABEL F. LEAkE

The service of prayer for national con- stitutional prohibition Thursday after noon in the auditorium of the w. c. T. l.. headquarters was largely attended and the programme announced carried out Mrs. w. H. Jeffries, state president. presided over the meeting, while the principal speakers were; Mrs. J. H. Me Coy, who spoke on How the w. c. T.. U. prepared the way for National Pro- hibition,' and Mrs. c. B. Spencer on How the Campaign Was 1naugurated,' '' closing with Mrs. Stevens "Proclama- tion."
 The following Is the report from the Loyal Temperance legion of the Frances Willard union. The l.. T. l.. was organ ized october l2 1917. with the following officers: President, Earl Tingley: LeNoir Day, secretary; Louise Randall. treas urer, scientific temperance instructor, Mrs Tingley; leader, Mrs. LeNor. The legion was organized with 10 charter members. and during the past few moEths they have secured six active new members and 10 honorary members. The band of mercy has held one silver medal contest, with patriotic exercises. United
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27
Federal Reserve Bank
 Condition Statement

Washington. January o6.-Heavy with drawal of government deposits and a substantial increase in member bank re- serve deposits are shown in this week s federal reserve board statement. issued tonight as at thee lose of business Ia st night. Aggregate gold reserves decreased about $3Oo0000 within the last week. and federal reserve notes in circulation fell off S3,S6S,000. Ther eport shows:
 Resources coin and certificates in vault, S72,0l20oo; gold settlement fund federal reserve board. s3ss, ,alo. .Ooo; gold with foreign agencies, $52. .5Oo.ooo; to- tai gold held by banks, s9i2, ,722 GOO. gold with federal reserve agents. $793. 929. 600 gold redemption fund. $19.9 GOO: total gold reserves. sl.726. .5o7, GOO; legal tender notes, silver. etc, sJ6. 252Ooo; total re- serves, sl,7S2, 759,o0O; bills discounted for members and federal reserve banks. s627 GOO; bills bought in open market. S2739 900; total bills on hand, s9O1, ,575. : 0V; United States government long term securities, $o0,52 GOO: United States gov ernment short term securities. s72. .669. 900 all other earning assets. $4 9O2 600: total earning assets. $l,029. .670. 000: due from other banks net. $32, 2,50o,00; uncollected items, 303, 723000. total deduction from gross deposits, s356, 20S, ,0O0; per cent re- demption fund. against federal reserve bank notes $537,o00; all other, resources s2O1 900; total resources. s, 169, ,375, GOO
 Liabilities-Cap paid in. $72, ,439 GOO: surplus. s1,134.0o0; government deposits. s135 691 900; due to members, reserve ac- count, l,4S0, 743. .000 collection items, S194. : 955, ,0O0; other deposits. including foreign government credits. $37 697 900; total gross deposits. sl,S49 0S9,COo; federal reserve notes in actual circulation. net liabilities. sS 000,O00 all other liabilities. s, 7S2, 900; total liabilities, s, 000 ratio of gold reserves to net deposits and federal re- serve note liabilities combined. 63s per cent; ratio of total reserves to net de- posit and federal reserve note liabilities combined, 65.4 pay cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27
Do Your Duty, Doctor

By w c Courtney.
 DO your duty, doctor;
 You know what you are about. Give the country coal, Let the stacker shout. The five days suspension Is greeted with glee: It proves that Uncle Sam ts d9ing something for me. ffa. pr. Garfield, a word, I pray YNH your authority. pass the 2 " ki4nal eight hour day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27
LIE GALLIENNE GIRLS

strange to remember the history ( this notorious wspaper
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27
NO MOURNING IN PUBLIC

Which reminds me that think America as a nation does not yet understand the attitude and spirit of Great Britain's women in these years of war. I was asked recently if London is not a very sad and depressing place to live in now, and when I replied that it was wonder fully enspiriting and heartening, surprise was expressed by my questioner.
 But surely" she said, everyone is in mourning and it must be terrible to see so many wounded soldiers"-and then I had to explain to her, as I now want to explain to you, that very few if any Eng fish families or individuals wear mourn ing nowadays.
 Sometimes you will see old or elderly men with black band on one arm, or a few old ladies may wear black veils and gowns, but these are the exceptions.
 Mourning is not worn, no matter how near to breaking the heart may be. The man whom may mourn has added to the glory of his race by dying like a sol- dier; therefore, personal grief is set aside in public. and pride only is felt in the great deeds that have been done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27
AWaitiing Letters From "OUer There Brings Loneliness
The Pang That American Women Must Suffer When Their Men Reach the Battle Front, Where
 Courage Is King
By LADY MARY

New York, January 25.-(Special Corre- spondence.)-I wonder if many of you who read these desultory weekly scribhlings of mine have ever been in strange country in wartime and hungered and thirsted for letters from home?
 am like that just now. Something winds, weather, war-has caused an ir- regularity in ocean mail arrivals and I have had no news from lover there" for nearly three weary weeks. It is a ter rbly lonely feeling that such situation engenders.
 In my heart of hearts I know things arepquite "all right" yet the outer nerves of me twitter and thrill with a longing that is quite painful. Soon enough most of you women will have the same feeling in your hearts, for each week brings America nearer to the war zone, and each week some mothers son or some womans husband or love. or friend sets sail toward that great batp front where courage is king.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
RIOTS AND CHRYsANTHENIJMs

IKE every other civilized country, Japan
IL considers its form of Government ideal
for its peculiar needs. The system of ad-
ministration in japan is founded upon
nice adjustment of racial trends, religious
leanings, resources, geographical environ
ment. tradition and inherited pride with the
national goals.
Toxic has aimed to make ordered gov
ernment progressive and flexible science
1t has recognized. as every other admin
istrative system must recognize, that the
factors of race, character and geography
must always dominate over merely alb
stract theory. 1t has clung fast to many
ancient princinAs-includin class and
caste and aceei "a poverty. The outside
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
THE REWARD OF VIGILANCE

ssCAFE as SUP soaked sea" suggests
~ itself as handy simile. Recent re-
marks of Herbert c. Hoover attest the
truth Of the phrase. Outlining the merits
of the system whereby the liberty-loving
nations Of Europe will receive the great
bulk of their food supplies from the
United States this year, the food admins.
traitor emphasized the comparative i'm
munity of the Atlantic lane over all others
from interference by the enemy"
Peril is the best incentive to vigilance
In selecting the Atlantic as the chief scene
Of their U-boat outlawry, the German ad-
. niralty seems to have overlooked this fact,
and the reaction against piracy has been
the formation of the largest and most ef-
fective ocean police the world has ever
seen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
When We Come Back

XIHEN We come back, remember
w the things we planned to do:
The little house upon the hill with room
enough for two,
The easement with the ivy. the grass SO
soft and deep,
The singing roof where drops Of rain
would lull the night to sleep.
You said you'd hold me tight and never let
me go again,
You'd kiss each scar upon my face and
every mark of pain
When We come back. remember-you
laughed when 1t was said
might be out an arm. but you would hug
me twice instead.
I'll know you will have suffered far more
than even I,
I'll know the sleepless nights when you
could only walk and cry.
Remember, proud of heart, DEAR II should
chance to fall,
You'd rather had not come back than
never 60 at all
When we come back, remember
the things We planned to do:
The little house upon the hill with room
enough for two.
The easement with the Ivy, the road .
winding track,
The little house upon the HILL and -
and-when we come back.
Charles Divine in "City Ways and Com
pany Streets"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
SENATOR HAM DOES II AGAIN

TNHOSE in France who know US by our
= fighting men will be disposed. of course.
to regard America as nation most gener-
Gus and brave. Those abroad who are
forced by circumstances to listen to the
! speeches of junketing Senators and Con.
gressmen are likely to feel that America
Is the home Of the resounding patitude.
q rWe shall have no compromise with
despotism" declaimed Senator j. Ham
Lewis at dinner given him in Paris i'm
mediately after a tour of inspection" at
the front. That is the oldest principle in
American politics. Yet it was Senator
Hams message to France, delivered as If
II represented new and novel point of
view.
What in the world did Senator Ham
think that the French were thinking we
'ythink?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PH 4

world looks with various emotions at
Japan. II regards with admiration and
touch of awe the placdity of Japanese
existence and often is wistful in its con-
temptation of the peace and color. the
poetry and the contentment that are per.
ceptible everywhere in country where no
life is so humble as to suffer the affiiction
of ugliness or ungraciousness in its en-
vronment. Patriotism among the Japanese
is as deeply rooted as religion. And yet
the country is being torn by food riots!
Even the closely woven life of Japan is
not adequate to resist in tranquility the
stupendous reactions of the war. The food
riots in the various cities are, however, no
sign of governmental weakness or of i'm.
pending confusion of a more serious sort.
What is being witnessed in the Mikado's
country Is of far more significance to the
observer abroad than to the people who
rioted because they we're hungry. The
Japanese have inherent patriotism, philos-
ophy and simple needs to make their
course easier and yet they have not been
able to resist the i1roads of the interna.
tional disease of profteering. They, too..
have been overwhelmed at the prospect Of
easy money. The get-rch-quiclk theory
rushed the minds of the people. They
couldn't help themselves. But they will.
Because humanity learns only by expert,
ence. And it's means Of defense are it's
laws, which are the result of experience.
Japan's food riots. therefore, show that
human nature everywhere is pretty much
alike and that 1t must always be suscept-
ibe to direction and to discipline Of a sort
devised out of common experience for the
common good Until we have been bet
ter civilized, men will not be proof against
temptation. The collective will of a ma
ton directed in the interests Of all sorts
of people must make itself felt in emer-
gencies. Russia in one way, America in
another, Japan in still! another way show
more vivdly every day that law is neces-
sary to justice, that most people and most
classes become tyranniCal with power and
that an accepted rule and balance. founded
on Just view of right and wrong, is
necessary to maintain society in a state
of stability.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-20
sCRAPPINC THE DESERTS SHIPS

NNHE German dream that important
4 enemy vessels would be retired from
trade routes as a result of the war has
come true in a way that was never joy
ously contemplated in Berlin. The ship
of the desert" is being scrapped. A dis.
patch from Jerusalem describes the Cele.
bration of the arrival of the first broad.
gauge" railway train from Cairo The
news that the Suez Canal is now crossed
by fine suspension bridge is also for
the first time disclosed.
ship me somewhere east of Suez," no
longer calls forth the picture of a lazy
camel caravan. The modern mind en-
yisages a less romantic ticket office where
comfortable passage may be booked for
the Sinai Peninsula. GAIA, Jerusalem and
way stations. The new trunk line was
born directly of the war. for English rail-
road engineers followed across the desert
the troops marching to victory in Jeru-
& salem in the last of the crusades.
It is not, however, war, but the civilized
peace to come after 1t which will profit
most by the wonderful new Egypt-Pales.
tine railway, Unquestionably. Jerusalem,
for centuries a laggard among historic
towns, is now destined for a modern de-
Svelopment similar to that which has trans.
formed Cairo.
The isolated short line from the Holy
City to the port of Jaffa was an INSULT
) Client instrument of progress. The nucleus
OF great railroad system which will revo.
lutionize the East is now at hand The
Moslem built Damascus Medina line, O
large part OF which is now controlled by
y the new independent and anti-German
3 State OF Arabia. will be an important
kactor In the desert network.
Circus camels will be more plentiful and
kuhoaper. A world remade can spare these
- from its trafic lanes without .