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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-14
LUKE M,LUnE SAYS

You may have noticed that the man who is a nest when he is boosting himself is a pretty clever fellow when he is boosting you.
 Why is it that fountain pen will flow automatically when it is pen-end up in your vest pocket and won't shed a drop of ink when it is pen-end down on paper?
 The reason why some women have no babies is because they are always cut giving the poodle an airing when tho stork calls.
 Many d married woman wishes someone would invent a foolproof pay envelope that couldn't be opened un- til a man got home from work oli Saturday night
 A lot of men do not like back talk. But it is different with an auctioneer.
 There are substitutes for almost ev- erything else But there is no sub- stitute for profanity when you bust a perfectly good big toe on rock ing chair when you get out of bed at night.
 Cheer up! It won't be long until mother will be using her winter heavies for scrub rags. And there Is just about enough left of each suit to make a fair to middling scrub rag.
 When a princess is dolled up so that she imagines she looks romantic, other people think she looks like her mother ought to make her comb her hair.
 The price of talcum powder didn't go up much during the, winter. But the summer approacheth when the corn fed galleth, and then watch the ,,-so lnvr nd
 Another thing we have discovered is that you can't tell how much rabbit there is in man by looking at his ears.
 The half that doesn't know what the ether half is doing in this world Ia usually the better half.
 When your photograph has been go- ing from ' D. m. until 1 a. m, and pounding on the ceiling the one best bet is that he isn't applauding.
 We wouldn't swear that there is a hell in the next world. But we'll bel that there in some place of punish- ment for the kind of man who spends s5 treating a lot of rummy friends and then goes home and slaps his children because they want money to go to picture show. The kind of a woman who Is al ways nagging her husband is the. same woman who is always wondering why so many men get divorces. Conservation being the order Of the day, the style engineers have an nounced that skirts will be narrow this summer and without any full ness. This is as it should be. An or dinary girl will be able to make two skirts out of her knitting bag and have enough goods left over for a parasol. But skirts will not be with out fullness," For as long as we have corn feds we will have full skirtx.
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many ways. He left an imperisha hl a legacy in the Justinian Code. he Jeff tbe name or the man who married Theodore, the daughter of a bear-keeper (and to use bit of modern slang she was q "bear'o. he left the name of q great emperor, but the thing that inspired this article was the fact that he left the name of great builder. If he had never done anything else for his city, he left one great thing for Constantinople, which is priceless possession forever He built St. Sophia.
 Now, let's get some of the details of this marvellous structure. Within seven years after it's foundation, February 2s. 532 A. D., it was dedicated. and, having seen it. can pardon the pride, yes, the conceit of Justinian, who, when lookins upon the completed Christian edifice and calling up all he had ever read and heard of the great temple at Jerusalem, the Holy Citya exclaimed: T have van quished thee, o Solomon" He had ex- pended upon it great treasures and em. ployed 10000 workmen. x
 
 Justinian, following the customs of hi. time, adorned it with marbles from ps4 gan shrines and from the ouarries of all countries. Columns and pillars from temples in every part of the then known world went to the making of unsurpassed St. Sophia Here were eight pillars of red porphyry from the Temple of the Sun at Baalbec, eight of green serpen- tine from that of Diana at Ephesus Ca ity since Paul of old had heard the cry, Great is Diana of the Ephesians'), with others from those of Apollo at Delos, Mi nerva at Athens, and Cybele at Cycicus.
 
 But the crowning glory of St. Sophia is the wonderful dome. from the center of which radiate great spokes of gold. surrounded by mass of gold Turkish characters. The massive dome original ly rested on four quarter domes, to rep resent inhnity. but eventually it became necessary to support it on massive col lmns. In the chandeliers overhead. sus- pended from the dizzy heights of the dome. are hundreds of little glass cups of oil, with bits of floating wicks. Mo saics covered the walls, but are now hidden under the whitewash of the Mos- lems. But one forgets the gaudy effects Of the Orentals, and the cabalistic char acters, and is lost in an overpowering ! sense of the dome, which is so flat that l it seems to hang in the air. giving one the impression of measureless space. of dignity. of majestic unity, until one stands with bated breath in silent awe and reverence. more lost than in St Peter's itself
 Huge rugs line the floor, stretching away in countless wealth. They are made of hundreds of prayer mats. woven into strips, all bearing the familiar shrine figure toward which to pray. The
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the fighting men? What would they do over there if the ambulance drivers were to strike? How far would we get under an eight hour day 1aw?'
 These fellows seen daily hanging around labor headquarters and discuss ing all sorts of demanded recognitions should be put to work. If they don't want to dig coal they should be made to dig fdrrows, in which to plant corn, or sent ever to France to dig railroad cuts or trenches. If they don't like the foreman or the superintendent of the shop they have been working in, they should go to some other shop. making material for the army or the navy. The striker is the stacker in these times. If he don't like his job he should quit and go elsewhere to work, but to try to stop shop is no less than a crime in these times.
 Scores of parents during the past few days have been visiting the various southern training camps to bid their boys good-by. People know what this means. As these parents return to their hoi1es they are in no mood to tolerate any trifling with Americas cause. They have But one interest in life-to do every thing they can to bring their sons back victorious The man who is not cooper ating heart and soul is not in tune with the spirit of the people. Sooner or later he will be made to realize it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-14
Alabama Drive for
 the Thrift Stamps

7T HE Third Liberty Loan has been
 H oversubscribed in the cities of Alabama and, as the campaign is be- ing pushed in the rural districts, the states goal will soon be reached.
 In the meanwhile the campaign for the sale of War Savings or Thrift Stamps is progressing, and all that is needed for scoring another achieve ment worthy of Alabama's reputation for patriotic endeavor is organization among the country schools. Not much was to be expected during the winter months, but it is different now. Children, and adults, too, need les |sons in thrift and there can be no better training in that direction than the War Savings campaign affords. Children, when properly organized, can accomplish wonders. Few of them 
 are so poor that they cannot invest in Thrift Stamps. And thousands 1 upon thousands of them will find themselves able, by making little sac rifices, to own interest-bearing Baby Bonds. By their own savings and by soliciting their neighborhood friends to purchase Stamps and Bonds they lean assist the government materially in winning the war. And what child will not be patriotic enough in this crisis to try?
 There should be thrift drive in every county that would serve as an 7 inspiration to the entire state. Or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-14
School Tax Should
 Have No Opposition

7 F the voters will keep in mind the | fact that the proposed three-mill school tax for Birmingham will not increase the tax burden in the least they will roll up an overwhelming minority for it in the election to be held May 6.
 The aity commission, having de- eided to reduce tho sinking fund tax
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ganization must be the War Savings slogan. Let there be no delay in marshaling the children for this inn portant work.
 A woman in New York state defeat ed her husband for a political office he'd held for 12 years. However. if is some consolation for him to know that member of the family will con- tinue to draw the. salary.
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 Birmingham again goes lover the top" in the Liberty Loan campaign. Uncle Sam might at least present the city with a Krupp gun after the war is over as a slight token of his ap- p-ecation.
 A contemporary urges Colonel Roosevelt to follow the patriotic ex- amples of Hughes and Taft, probably forgetting that Hughes and Taft have nothing in particular to expect in 1920.
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 New York police seem to think a new white slave" victim talks too much. Most of them do, being unable to differentiate between fact and fic. tion,
 Doug Fairbanks has found his great love-" Naturally, that makes matters trifle hard for Mrs. Doug" and she wants divorce.
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 When six or seven officers are grouped around a debutante the fol- low who's wearing open-faced clothes might as well pass on.
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 The Germans sang when they set out to overrun Belgium. American troops sang while marching to do some real fighting.
 TT " A German paper tells it's readers that New York dreads a German in- vasion. This will be news to the great white way. Speaking of the courteous photog- rapher, King George was recently in- cluded in group picture of allied leaders.
 A man may drink bayrum and get away with it, only to meet his Water loo in quart of blind tiger whisky.
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 With so many people clamoring for the head of George creel. it's no won- der he loses 1t occasionally,
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 The. fact that Count Czernin is in the bad graces of the Pan-Germanists is point in his favor.
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 Troops stationed at southern camps win do deadly execution on water melons this summer.
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 If President Wilson did nothing else, he would be kept fairly busy re. viewing parades.
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 The U-boat that shelled the capital of Liberia is suspected of being a political U-boat.
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 There will be no place in Birming- ham henceforth for ily-fingered sons of idleness.
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Masons Are Planning
 Cheat Day for May 15

6N HE corner stone of Birmingham s
 N splendid new postoffice build Ing will be laid May IS, with the Ma sonic ritual Thousands of Masons hom all parts of Alabama and other states and many notable persons will take part in this impressive ceremony. It will be an occasion long to be re- membered in Birmingham and Ala bama. The building, when completed, will be one of the most imposing struc- lures in the south, and the pride which pur citizens naturally take in this new evidence of Birmingham's growth will rause a great crowd to witness the laying of the corner stone and the Masonic parade.
 There are more than six thousand Blue Lodge Masons in the Birming- ham district. Their plans for the dedication of the postoffice building and attendant exercises are already well under way. George Fleming Moore, sovereign grand commander ae the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of the southern Jurisdiction, will deliver the principal address Senator Oscar w. Underwood will be another
 Eztr of the day.
 Tho parade promises to be one of the most imposing spectacles ever seen on the streets of Birmingham. Epezy Blue Lodge of Masons in the btxte has been asked to send delega- Hons and tho indications are that none nin fail to respond The fifty-seven (ndgss of Jefferson county will have eeaetically their fun membership in Ena in themselves numerous enough b makeran impressive showing. Music MI be furnished by number of hsnds, including the Zamora Temple, Ehe Junior Order of United American Mechanics and the always dependable RoyS' Industrial School band. More Ehan thirty chapters of the Order of khe Eastern Star in Jefferson county, h- sizterhood of Masonry, will also participate, in appropriate costume. Ten thousand badges and ten thou eand souvenir postcards have been ordered.
 An the civic associations of Bir- hningham have been invited to join the Masons in their celebration, and most of them have already accepted the invitation. Postmaster Smyer will have the postal employees in the parade and it is probable that a half holiday will be granted by the employers of tho Birmingham district.
 The plans the Masons are making for May 15 are given in detail else where in The Age Herald this morn. ing, accompanied by . copyrighted picture of the new postoffice as il will appear when finished.
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from five mills to two mills, which Will yield ample revenue to carry out the object of the fund, leaves the way clear to meet the interest and other conditions involved in a per cent million-dollar bond issue for two high schools-s75o,o0 for the Central High and s25o,ooo for the Eastern High. Ensley is completely equipped but since the Central was burned Birmingham has been without any other high school building.
 A three-nlill tax would yield about s300, ,000 a year, considerable DOT ton of which would be available for general school purposes. Additional facilities are needed for grammar schools, but the need is not impera- tive as is the case with the high schools.
 When the war is over and financial conditions begin to approach normal again AZ per cent bonds, which the city is authorized to issue for school improvement purposes, will be mar ketable. They are not salable now, but the federal reserve committee of bankers representing the government in the conservation of investment capital and whose province it is to say what bond issues are justlf1able at this time, has pronounced unani- mously in favor of Birmingham's high school bonds. This assures a ready sale and, assuming that the three mill tax will carry, construction work on central high school and on the projected high school in the eastern section, will soon follow.
 WQlle LIlc lOoS ny 1iIC VI A>Ai AAAAA6 hams largest school building put patrons to great inconvenience and caused general regret, it will prove to have been a blessing in disguise when a fireproof edifice, imposing in ap- pearance, modern in it's appointments and spacious enough to house three thousand pupils, is erected on the site of, the old building.
 Let's make the majority for the three-mill tax virtually unanimous. In view of the circumstances any man who would vote against it must be either a crank or an enemy of the public schools. He surely could not claim to be a Birmingham upbuilder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-14
A WORD ro THE COLONEL

From the Milwaukee Sentinel (Rep.)
 A little imitation on the part of tho colonel of the generous support Mir. Hughes and MT. Taft are giving the by a public that fully realizes the value of such moral support if we are to win this war.
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AnnaIling Casualty List
A MOOT POINT

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 The name of General Foch. we are in formed from France, is pronounced to rhyme with .boche.', But we've always wanted to know what "boche" rhymed with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-14
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
NEVERTHELESS A sLACKE.

NEVERTHELESS A SLACKER The man who's always singing
 ''Over There" And ever wears a patri-
 Otic air, Could help the boys who're fighting
 Cross the pond But he can not find the time to Buy bond. He takes it out in shouting Heaps tirades On tho Kaiser's head and merches In parades, And of the starry banner
 Says he's fond, But he simply can't afford to
 Buy bond.
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LoAT1NG IS A CRIME.

What have you there?'
 "A book entitled The Fine Art of Resting"
 When was it published?"
 Tn 1912"
 I'm glad to hear it. Anybody who'd write book like that nowadays would be an enemy to his country
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LABoRIoUs JOB.

LABORIOUS JOB.
 "One gets the idea from reading mag azines and seeing motion pictures that life in California is just, one long holi- day"
 's1hat couldn't be entirely true"
 'Why rot?"
 somebody must work to get out the tons of advertising literature with which California floods the country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-14
WHEN DAD FOUGHT,

like to read the clothing ads
 They fill my heart with joy, But new suit now seems farther away Then when I was boy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Chori.ter Boy., sc.t Sale

am pleased with the way the people Tn Birmingham are responding in buy ing advanced tickets for the Paulist choristers, who will appear in Brming- ham on April 19 at the Jefferson for the benefit of the French children" said Mrs. Laura Jackson Davids, general ticket chairman for the concert.
 T had a letter from out of town which greatly pleased me. It was from a charming woman, who mailed a check for seats, from Strawberry Hill planta- ton, Falkland, saying: T send my mite to be used for the immediate relief in stricken France I am sure those who hear the chorister boys will enjoy great musical treat"
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Staying ts the word;
 Ii fs . deed in fashion -Jufius Caesar.

BEG1NNING THE DAY My EafAer, help me to do my duty to- day, and trust Thee with tho re- sultz. May ask not what will esmo of it. but whether 1t fs Thy will; not whether it is the custom If men but whether it Is the com- nand of God. Grant it for Jesus sake, Amen.-H. M. F.
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A CEREMONIAL.

We are in the main religious peo- pie"
 ITO be sure"
 But I notice baseball game is never opened with prayer"
 Neither is a poker game, but some of the gentlemen players circle their chairs, turn up trouser legiand knock on wood"
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simp.on,, NAd. Made Hit

T have been one of the newspaper boys, and am now in the advertising game" said B. H. Mooney, "and l think know good copy when I see it. was particularly pleased with Morton Simp- sons back page in The Age-Herald on Friday, April 12, donated by Loveman, Joseph & Loeb to the sacred cause Of liberty, headed Which, bonds or bond age? It is up to us
 '1t had the right ring to it, and showed that the brilliant young ad writer was more than a mere layer out of matter, or simple seller of merchandise, but had the grip and grasp of an editorial writer. The cartoon and the design both showing artistic merit were designed by him. Mort Is fast forging to the front as director of publicity"
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ALARMING THOUGHT.
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ALARMING THOUGHT.
 Now that the engagement is off," said tic wealthy roue, twill you obligs me by returning, my letters?a
 Sir, didn't keep your letters "Goed heavens. young woman, put mo out of suspen.e. Did you burn them or turn tssem over to a lawyer?a
 DRASTIC TREATMENT
 What did you read while you were convalescing
 The German Invasion of Belgium" Did you think that an appropriate book for a person in your conditionr. Sure. The madder I got the stronger I felt"
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A CONCESSION "Is Mrs. Glithers 3 snob@ She's what you might call limited snob."
 Flows that?' While she considers a great many people beneath her socially. she is wiI- ing, to join them in little Red Cross work.'' s Srs si
 EASILY SWAYED. You've heard of movie madness"-we Observe it every day In eager throngs who crowd to see The latest photop1ay. The sorrows of the heroine Possess their simple hearts; Their eyes fixed on the picture screen. They play a thousand parts
 PAUL COOK.
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REVELATIONS.

REVELATIONS. At night l look at all my clothes, A wrfnkled heap upon a chair, And think. The me the world can see Is mostly in that pile right there"
 The Cheerful Cherub. If, Cherub, you be speaking truth, The which we doubt, we must confess, It's very clear to this bard here You're seldom garbed in evening dress;
 Chicago Post. If all of you the world can see Is heaped upon that waiting chair. Then, Cherub dear. there sure must he A shinbone-wishbone meeting there.
 Memphis Commercial Appeal. If all of you the world can see Is piled upon a single chair, Apologies, but tell us, please, At night where do you hang vour hair?
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Drugs Made at Home

 club was not only well attended, but the spirit of the gathering was most patri- otc,' said Arnold Masberg.
 Few people outside of the trade have any idea how the war has effected, not only the price, but the means of procur- ing many of the staple as well as the rarer medicaments. America for years had relied on Germany for much of it's preparations, and the difficulty or get ting them increased more and more up to the time that we entered the war. For a while we got many things needed from neutral countries. but the subma- rine put a stop to much of such impor- tations.
 Ut may, however, be blessing in dis guise, for our American resourcefulness has been put to the test and Yankee in- genuity can overcome many handicaps."
 Governor BrOugh Remembered
 q am glad to see that Gov. Charles H. Brough of Arkansas is to preside over the sessions of the southern sociological congress- said Joseph H. Loveman.
 1T recall with pleasure the part he took in the first patriotic parade which Birmingham pulled off at Capitol park, and of which I had the honor of being chairman Governor Brough was on the programme and his eloquent address was one of the features of the celebration. He is a big-hearted, enthusiastic south erner who gets joy in service to his gov err ment and to his fellow man. He will find hearty welcome"
 Appalling Casualty List
 .sDuring the week my wife and were discussing the casualty list that appears daily in The Age-Herald and I expressed the opinion that we co1'c look for at most any time list that would be appalling" said George Whitfield. My little daughter, who ii 1Co per cent American and then some, was an eager listener. Yesterday morning she was up when The Age Herald was delivered and rushed out and grabbed the paper. When she saw the long list of names in the poll list supplement she screamed, Daddy, dad- dv. oh dear, oh dear, all of our mems have been killed,'"
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Huge rugs line the floor, stretching away in countless wealth. They are made of hundreds of prayer mats. woven into strips, all bearing the familiar shrine isure toward which to pray The
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I had letter from Captain |
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-06
MEETING HELD To
FIGHT LIGHT RATE
COMMITTEE NAMED TO CONSIDER
WAYS AND MEANS--COMPANY
DECLARES 1T Is LOSING MONEY
EVERY DAY.

A meeting to formulate a protest
against the proposed increase in ligh
rates was held at the chamber OF
commerce last night
The light company representatives
and nineteen other citizens were pres
ent.
Coy. Stephen Pace was elected
chairman Of the. meeting. u,
W. A. Dodson, attorney for the com
pany, when asked for a statement, de-
clared that the company lost over $5,-
900 during its last six months of oper
alton and that the loss was increasing
He said that he wanted a committee
from the meeting to examine the books
of the company to ascertain If that
statement was true or untrue, and
that the company would bear half the
expense of an audit He said II the
committee found the statement to be
incorrect the company would with
draw it's application.
He also declared that the owners OF
the company were willing to sell it to
anyone for the original purchase price
with probable discount.
The meeting named Messrs Stephen
Pace, Lee Allen, ] .E.Mathi S, E. E.
Schneider and C. j. Clark to consider
tie advisability of going over the COM
pany's books and engaging an electri-
cal engineer to represent them at the
hearing before the railroad commits
sion on February 20.
Messrs. Clark and Schneider made
the principal talks in favor of fight
ing the application for higher rates.
It is probable that another meeting
will be held next week when W. G.
Eager, of Valdosta, consulting engineer
for the company, will make talk on
the petition for an increase.
The application provides for an in,
crease of about 20 per cent for both
motive power and lighting.