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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
The School of Suffering

Master of He the school of shines with He He guides them battle But His soul is the school of suffering else are the deep things taught.
 For strange world is keyed with the tears Earthly melodies minor strains Even comedy gathers right living always pathetic and phos always has element of of suffering We we'll The the farSdown died Children the bodies of fields hands of those who have bd The bright been the possession of him who died
 Truth all know But both beauty and truth learned the beauty which ravhe the beod which It is deeper than beauty of mind It the the night travail before the altar.
 Master looked life He buded when suffering 
 lie Calvary Swords awhile Hammers awhile they Caps and bells but after awhile they flung There when Death shining livery The the numerabe and those
 
 Calvary have close X Blessed those who able the suffering with that hear and eyes that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
III TO WILLIAM By Frank Willis Barnett

I told Saturday of the joy I got over French on the Germans for their defeat at their hands at Sedan in the Franco German war.
 Thinking possibly it might be of interest to those who read this column, I have refreshed myself on what took place when France was without an army and might possibly be pertinent and illumi- hating as the hour comes when William II must atone for the humiliation placed by his grandfather, old William I, on Napoleon III.
 Now I hold no brief for Napoleon III, although his career makes mighty stir tion, but just at present I do not wish to size him up as man or as a ruler. but to throw a sidelight on what an armistice may lead to and the possible part to be acted by that greatest of mod- ern actors, the Emperor of Germany, whG has filled the center of the Europear stage for more than a quarter of a cen tury and might have been still the star if he hadn't been foolish enough to make faces across the sea at Uncle Sam.
 
 Court manners, royal etiquette and the correspondence of Emperors and Kings are to the average democratic Amer ican just the least bit overdone. I know of no better way to illustrate this latter than to bring to your attention the ex- change of notes between dete&t d Emperor of the French sst i,is con. queror the King of Pruss 5 ts will oe remarked that they obseeYs,l all .is forms and ceremonies of Anglg epis. tolary intercourse I give sAfn n fsrl as they will speak for theias yes |
 l On the night of the fatesl sSagsn0al h, when the French army WAS TX complete mercy of the Gernsfis, aA eiae' Ede-camp ofs the Emperor reeeeea str' ried this note to the camp c. .hc Asp9 z Prussia:
 Monsieur Mon Frere: eg 4. nl been able tQ die in the ,sk Q r! troops. 1t only. remains for i.s F
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
Dunkree to Enter Training

"Its me for the training camp" said A. H. Dunklee, clerk at the Tut wiler hotel.
 Germany may quit and peace may be declared for all I care, but I have made up my mind to take the officers training course, and arrangements be- ing made for 1t, I expect to leave for Camp Fremont, California, some- time next week. I was a member of one of the local training classes dur ing the summer and early fall and want to go on and make a first-cIass ss soldier of myself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
NED BRACE SENDS ADMIRAL SIMS ANSWERS
 TO QUESTIONS PROPOUNDED BY EDITORS

, where they are not in much danger of
 known to stop vessels at sea, which they
 are enabled to do by their superior gum
 fire. They open fire on a vessel that
 has smaller guns and force the crew to abandon the ship on pain of being sunk
 They have been known to keep possess sion of vessel for two or three weeks, using her as a base and getting supplies
 from her. They have quite sufficient oil capacity to remain at sea three or four
 months.
 The object of submarines visiting our coast is not because the advantage they derive is chiefly a military one. That Is, they cannot expect to encounter ves- sells as readily coming from our ports, all the way from Boston to Florida, as on this side of the ocean where com merce necessarily converges towards the English channel and the coasts Of France. Doubtless their object is to
 oblige the American government to keep destroyers and other anti-subma- rine craft in the western Atlantic, which would otherwise be more effec- lively employed in protecting commerce
 on this side. It is, of course, recognized that the force of public opinion would require certain number of anti-sub
 marine craft to be kept in American waters. There is, of course, an idea
 in the public mind that anti-submarine Taafr Itrp ct n1u Af1t merchant vessels being sunk by sub marine.
 This is misapprehension. Patrol craft have little effect unless they were so numerous and so close together that a submarine could not come up within the area covered by them without be-
 ing seen and fired upon. It would take literally thousands of craft to accomp- fish this. The few craft that can be as- signed to such an area can have very 1 little influence in interfering with the attack of submarines against merchant vessels. The reason of this is that the submarine being a relatively small ob- ject, can be seen only at relatively
 small distance; whereas, the destroyer, with its four smokepipes, mast and so | forth, can be seen at a distance three or four times greater. This amounts to giving the submarine the quality of in- visibility. As she sees the destroyer
 long before the destroyer can see her,
 she has only to submerge to escape all
 danger, and remain submerged until the danger is past. If, therefore, the num-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10

THE DARKEST HOUR. The darkest hour is when you find that all your coin is spent And nothing but your timepiece stands between you and the rent. You never know it's value till you paw the old thing OCT, As you stand beneath the shadow of the gloomy pawnshop door.
 Luke McLuke. The darkest hour is when you find the team three runs behind, And batsmen cleave the atmosphere as if they had gone blind. You never know the value of solid three-base clout Until the bags are filled with waiting men and two are out.
 Birmingham Age Herald. The darkest hour is when you find your dome devoid of themes, When nothing seems to make joke in spite of all your schemes; You take your shears and pen and add unto some others stock CThe darkest hour is passing now-5:45 o'clock). Buffalo News. The darkest hour is when you take your shoes off way downstairs And navigate the darkness, lodging tab- ourets and chairs; Then find-what you'd forgotten-that your wife is out of town, And there's no one to lecture you when you are lying down.
 Houston Post. The darkest hour, truly, mates, is just before the dawn. It's then you learn you're fate's rag doll, a puppet or a pawn; Then comes an anguish keener than is furnished by the knout-- When you tumble with the latchkey and find you are locked out.
 Macon Telegraph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

The reason why girl gets mad when man stares at her is because she would get twice as mad if he acted like she wasn't worth staring at.
 If every man in this country had wife about half of them would be running around trying to cop the oth- CT fellows wife.
 At IS she wants to marry million- aire. But at 2S almost any old male meal ticket looks good to her.
 There was time when the world wouldn't admit that a girl was ignor- ant unless she was ignorant. But it Is different nowadays.
 Any woman can tell you that the only hat in the window that would make her look 10 years younger is the one she can't afford.
 About this time of year each of the June brides is wondering how it hap pened that she had to draw the only hunk of cheese in the matrimonial lottery
 The only cinch bet we know of right now is that when a man and wife talk over' a subject they are merely wasting time, because they always de- eide to do what she wanted to do in the first place.
 winter mas came. We see Dy the plc- lures in the underwear advertisements that the girl who used to stand around a bedroom in her fitting kneo length kind is now posing around the parlor in her set-snug, ankle-length kind.
 Funny how girl can't get used to stepfather in 10 years can get used to husband in 10 minutes. Bill collectors, guilty consciences and wives are mighty hard things to shake.
 When some men shoot their mouths 'Wff fney merely call attention to the 'aNc nat they are loaded. Many a man who never sold a lot an5 hu knows nothing about the bus Mea# na3 real estate at his finger + ha helor can tell you that fool s ten | grandfather before a wise iJ.a N thinks of marrying.
 w9 . can be friends for 10 years lHNa a hnow as much about one an Nshe wo women know about ont Apa fs minutes afte rthey first net
 HsIier is willing to admit tha, naf iAs ser's voice is just heavenly
 7wt -NA ghbors are willing to admit that .t s at least unearthly. | ao from us to knock woman's 1 fsneap pr clothes. Maybe if Evt | ha F othes to think about shs ave been so nutty abou'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10

they are really wasting their time dis. persed along tn coast hunting forssub- marines or with the object of p sps- ing them attacking merchant yes
 
 An example of the manner in whlrA patrol craft can be used efficiea s afforded by the conditions in the chan mel between Folkestone and Boulogne. and so forth. There have been trans ported across this band of water about 4.- OO0,0OO or 100000 military passengers. practically without any loss of life. This is due to the fact that this area is not so intimately patrolled that subma. rine could not come to the surface with out being in sight of one or more patrol vessels, but also to the fact that ths transports making the passage are ac- companied by destroyers. If this group of patrol vessels were moved to any other similar area, that area wouls similarly be immune to submarines. It would be suicidal for any submarine to come to the surface within such an area.
 It follows that if you place such an intimately patrolled area around a bat tie fleet, the fleetS may go where it pleases accompanied by tlfis spatrolled area, and similarly, will be immune to attack by submarines. is for this reason that the grand fleet is able to cruise around the North sea wherever it pleases with practically no danger of torpedo attack, F
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 This Illustrates, incidentally, the fact that the submarine is not an effective offensive weapon. If the Germans had thousands of submarines, and confined the efforts of these submarines to pure ly naval warfare, ie., if they did not molest merchant shipping, they would have very little effect in opposition to the naval activities of the allies, It follows, of course, that if we had thou sands of submarines on our coast, but relatively small battle front, an enemy having more powerful battle fleet could proceed to any part of our coast, notwithstanding the presence of the submarines, and make an attack at any particular place. This is some thing which it is important should be understood, because great many peo- pie have the idea that if we built plenty of submarines you do not need to build any other type of craft. If, how ever, we have a stronger battle fleet than that of the enemy, we may be sure that he will not approach our i (Continued on Page Six)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10

tions. I'll not so deep into the brutality or wisdom of the man of iron and blood" refusing to permit the care worn Emperor from seeing his Good Brother William" before he signed the articles which had been drawn up--or how the latter denied an interview.
 But when the capitulations were sfgned then began the kingly courtesies, for William drove over to visit the captive Emperor at a chateau where the latter had taken refuge. where they saw one an- other in private. Napoieon's wish was to get out of French territory as quickly and quietly as possible, because he felt that the French people would hold him responsible for the plight into which they had fallen. and might kill him. He was permitted to retire to the beautiful pal- ace at Cassel sss
 Now, hope I am not hard-hearted or revengeful, but as at Sedan. Napoleon III fell not only in his own reputation as a ruler, but dragged down the name of even the great Napoleon, so I want the armistice between ther allies and the cen tral powers to see to it that not only is the Kaiser left without one shred of mili- tary. glory. but Prussia'sss humiliation through him shall besmirch the name and fame of even Frederick the Great. in spite of his abdicattph,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10

57 ONDoN, October 20.--when the
 party of American editors now in ~ Europe recently had an interview with Admiral Sims, number of ques- tions were asked by the visitors and an- swered by the admiral. The answers seemed to me so interesting that I feel sure the readers of The Age-Herald will read them with interest and profit. The series as taken down by the stenogra- phers is as follows:
 Question 1-What is the speed of sub marines under water and on the surface? What is the speed of torpedo?
 Answer-An ordinary submarine has a speed of about 12 or 13 knots on the sur face and submerged has a speed of to 10 knots. The cruising submarines of the Deutschland class the latest type, have a speed reported to be about Is knots on the surface and probably 10 or Il submerged. The original Deutschland submarines have a speed of 3 knots on the surface and probably not more than 6 or submerged.
  nautical miles an hour, or 35 land miles. They can fire a torpedo distance of about three miles. but the chance of hit ting would be very small. They usually seek to fire from & distance of few hundred yards.
 Question 2-Is there any estimate of the number of submarines the Germans now have in commission?
 Answer-They have about ITO.
 Question 3-Are the submarines which operate on the American coast of some special design different from the others?
 Answer-These submarines are of the large Deutschland class. The boats of the Deutschland class were designed for commercial purposes, but, not being suc- cessful, were transformed into military submarines, by placing two 5.9-inch guns on deck and fitting them with torpedoes and mines. A subsequent class, some- what larger and designed for military purposes, had the same characteristics except that they have a greater speed both on the surface and submerged. They carry somewhat more torpedoes and mines and are armed with 5.s-inch guns.
 The displacement of these submarines is about 2OOO to 5000 tons, about twice that of a destroyer. They are not ef- ficient for ordinary submarine work. as they take much longer to submerge than the small submarines and are very un- handy in making an attack. Their method of procedure is to operate well off shore,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
Conference Come. This Week

We Methodists are looking forward With great eagerness to the meeting of the Alabama conference this year." said the Rev. E. M Glenn. the statistical secretary and one of the best posted men in the city on Southern Methodism Tt will meet here on Wednesday at the Flrst Methodist church, which is in every way an ideal place for a conference, as the auditorium is ample and then with the Sunday school department, it Is easy 10 md rooms for the various committees am sure that Dr. Stuart will be host to quite large gathering in spite of the flu It will be remembered that it was to have met with the Albany saints, but was called off on account of the epi- demic. "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10

Are we-Americans an enterprising peo. pie? We are. A travelling salesman caled on "the trade" in Seattle, wear ing a flu" mask with an advertisement of his goods on it.
 During the hurry and excitement of reading the war news, let us pause moment and shed one salty tear for Jean- nette Rankin, who was showed under'' in Montana.
 That Chicago man who found u bundle of letters in the family ice box written by another man to his wife. was prob- ably wondering what made the ice melt so fast.
 A furniture dealer advises married women to buy big, easy chair to keep their husbands at home Better still. stage fireside cabaret performance.
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 Just pass the word around that those German toys are poisoned. It won't be necessary to take any further steps to prevent their sale.
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 When office seekers approach the new governor of New York. they'll probably open the conversation by saying. You know me, Al"
 feetly willing to provide consid- eration-board and lodging for exiled kings
 The New York Evening Sun calls James Hamilton Lewis that rubescent ornament of Bedam" Reauiescat in pace.
 | Our idea of the boss optimist is a manager who would try to book Rus sian bolshevik for a tour in America
 < \. # 1 The light is breaking on Germany SC fast the Germans may have to wear green goggles until they get used to it. I. < #
 It looks as if Uncle sam might soon have large crop of second lieutenants with nothing in particular to do
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 There is really no reason now why the Kaiser sl 5a ad the rest ot his days read Y h e.
 At any rat thess nothing pre- mature about gons ious peace eel ebration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
Fine Rodx of Men

I was riding into the city the other morning on Lakeview car,' said Whit Collier, and noticing man with a hand scythe cutting some grass, I remarked to friend that he had a back breaking job and wondered who he was. What was my surprise to find that he was a pastor and more astonishing still, a city preacher
 When the ministry gets down to such tasks 1t shows that they are willing to do their bit not merely in the pulpit, but in sure-enough hard, manual work. if it is necessary Take them as a class and they are as fine and self-sacrifieine body of men as there is in the coun- try"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10

my sword in the hands of your majesty.
 T am your majesty's good brother, Napoleon.'
 The King of Prussia, not wishing to be vanquished by French politeness after winning on the field of honor, replied:
 Monsieur Mon Frere: Regretting the circumstances under which we meet, accept the sword of your majesty, and invite you to designate one of your off, cers, provided with full powers. to treat for the equalization of the army which has so bravely fought under your com mand. On my side I have named Gen. eral Won Moltke for that purpose.
 T am your majesty's good brother. William.
 Before Sedan, September i. 1870"
 Democrat or not, you must admit there is some class to these notes There isn't a single cuss word in them. not even anything bordering on near cussing, or tainted with any vulgar or coarse appel Iations, but believe me, underneath the polished words are hidden cruelties, for "Good Brother William" imposed on "Good Brother Louis' terms as harsh as were ever handed by one sovereign to another, although he did soften the per- sonal blow by caring for his personal comfort.
 ''The next morning early, carriage containing four French officers drove out from Sedan, and came into the Ger man lines. The carriage had an escort of only three horsemen. When it had reached the Germans, one of it's occu- pants put out his head and asked, in German, for Count Won Bismarck. The Germans replied that he was at Don- chery. Thither the carriage dashed away. It contained the French Emperor. dare say this incident has come back with full force to the German Emperor in the last few days.
 I am not going into 1Ee ] tails of the meeting between the IraH cellor and the Emperor in that llttts s on the
 Mouse. or try to picturs E.e sw IS they sat out in the open ais ea Essfs us au- tumn morning arrar esptula-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
Cultural Value of
 Symphonic Music

N7OT all the people who attend IN symphony concerts are musical Iy educated. Perhaps only small percentage of those making up the average audience are able to analyze chords or follow closely the develop ment of themes or the complexities of counterpoint. But music lovers, no matter how limited their technical knowledge, derive genuine pleasure from listening to great soloist or a symphony band.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
KEEP HIM MOVING. The passing of Trotzky Will add to life's zest; And cursed be the spotsky That offers him rest.

A PRIvATIoN. This press agent claims that it was extremely hard to coax his chorus beau- ties away from New York 3IIe may be telling the truth "Yes?''
 Director McAdoo of the railroads is dead set against permitting stage beau ties to carry their motor cars on tour, THEY DON'T GO TOGETHER. "At any rate, the lady candidate has good looks in her favor'' 'As matter of fact. serious handi- cap"
 Why so?'' "The average woman voter brides her self on having brains"
 CHANGED A BIT. Do you speak German?" ''No, but I understand it's a gutteral language"
 Yes You might say German is stin throaty, but not so chesty as it was"
 INVITING TROUBLE. well, the Kaiser has abdicated9 'Hooroo!'' Shall we shed tears?" Do SO, at your peril"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
A PHILOSOPHER.

A gay, light-hearted citizen, We much admire his style; He greets the darkest morning with The brightest kind or smile. Dispirited. we asked him for The secret of his cheer. Which seems to make the ills of life Like vapors disappear I'm just simple soul,' he said. "But this I know is true: There's little sorrow in this world A man can't battle through "'Gainst every storm my heart beats
 warm,
 My best freely give; It's up to every creature born
 To prove his right to live"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
NO OBJECTION WHATEVER.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 May I not say" the President asks the King of Italy, "how deeply and sim cerely the people of the United States rejoice that the soil of Italy is delivered from her enemies?'9 So far from object ing, the King is probably delighted to have him say it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
wILHELM,s SHRINE

From the Mobile Register
 German newspaper trusts in the haisers deeply religious nature" to make him do the right thing. That s what you might call forlorn hope Birmingham Age Herald. In his deeply religious nature that makes him do wrong, for he worships at the shrine Of mlitarism, just as he taught all his peo- pie to do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
A GENTLE HINT.

Let's drop into Gadspur's office and pass the time of day.
 Not for me-
 whats wrong?' has a disturbing habit of taking out his watch and laying it down on his desk, face up.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
THOuGHTFuLNESS.

Didn't you tell me Dubwaite was charitably disposed?"
 Certainly"
 Yet, he confesses that he hasn't con- tributed nickel to war sufferers"
 ''I recall one occasion when he did so. Dubwaite bought me. a five-cent cigar one day when an amateur strate-