The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-20
lhas been developed along all useful

has been developed along all useful Hines.
 The home garden has been raised to the dignity of the farm and no phase of vegetable or fruit production or of canning or drying has been over looked.
 The extension service is an agency through which boys and girls have been made sharers in the great war efforts of the country, and the value of its educational work cannot be overestimated.
 The departments demonstration and training kitchen in Washington, conducted by the boys and girls section, is a center of important ac- tivities. During the past year seventy three leaders in boys and girls clubs have received special training in the kitchen in methods of conducting war saving demonstrations in canning, drying and bread-making; also in poultry, corn and potato demoastra- tions.
 The record of the years work just completed shows that four hun dred and eighty-six complete demon strations were given and that twenty-seven regular training con- ferences with leaders were held. As the chief of the service says, the leaders carry the instruction re- 1ceived to the thousands of juniors throughout the United States engaged in this branch of extension work. Hence its far-reaching character. * * # 1 Does the manly art of self defense pay? l Always. One Terry Murphy, Pittsbure pugilist who is now doing his bit in France, in close fighting used the butt of his gun to lay Boche low A Ger. man lieutenant was upon him before he could recover his weapon, so Terry landed blow with his right fist on the lieuten- ant jaw and that educated Hun lost all interest in the subsequent proceedings. | F # x
 Charley Schwab says the food situa. and cabbage In a restaurant without at- | tracting attention Charley could easily paralyze head waiter and half his as- sistants by coming down to this part o1 the couptry and ordering champagne. Scientists now incline to the belief that Neptune is inhabited by strange crea- lures, who dwell in terrific cold. Affairs on this planet of ours are so badly mud. dled just now that few people have any ttime to worry about the hapless lot of inhabitants of other worlds. x # *
 Judging from Cole Blease's speeches, it was crime for President Wilson to de- lclare war on Germany, but now that we are in it, we should see it through Blease's patriotism is the kind that couldn't tegin to stand the acid test. !
 = < = If the Americans want to treat German prisoners so well that they are glad to surrender, we offer no objections. How ever, the chief end of war is not to rro- vide as many of the enemy as possible with free board and lodging. 4 x x
 While second lieutenants in the army are called "shavetails,' it is hardly nec- essary to state that when they are within earshot the approbrious term is not ap- piled to them by sergeahts. corporals and buck privates.
 
 army the other day who had never seen a trolley car before. He will have CO.'S mopolitan education by the time Uncle Sam gets through with him. l q x x
 A contemporary discusses the subject of when clan. is happiest. Most lovers of seafood seem to think that the only bust, ness in life of clam is to contribute to the happiness of man. Y q *
 Gazing out over the blue waters of the bay at that New Hampshire resort, does President Wilson, we wonder. see the finish of Kaiser Wilhelm some day in the not distant future?
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 Germanys retreat specialist" General Won Boehn. has been placed in suprems command along the Somme front, which looks like an invitation to the allies to keep hammering away.
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 It is not uncommon for young Amer ican WDuian doing war worL in France