The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03

i or General Pershlng, who has found the regulation army shoe unequal to the requirements of trench warfare and long hikes over muddy roads.
 The new shoe will have a heavier sole which will be fastened to the up- ipers with hobnails. To the layman the army shoe now in use seems able to stand great deal of wear, but con- ditions in the trenches are unprece- dented in warfare and it is quite like fly that the admirable shoe which Uncle Sam gives his fighting men is mot strong enough for duty at the front.
 Possibly a shoe of the type pro- posed will at first cause some discom- fort to rockies" but they soon be- come hardened and many a soldier of democracy who formerly scorned any but the most expensive footwear, will be grateful for the serviceable, hob nailed shoe when he reaches the battle front.
 A motion picture taken in France shows an American soldier being deco rated by d French officer. When the ceremony was finished and the officer started to shake hands, the soldier had some difficulty in extricating his own right hand from his trousers pocket. Isn't there some way by which certain American soldiers abroad can be taught good manners?
 Two Pennsylvania youths said they were too bashful to strip for a physical ex- animation by army medical officers They were sent to jail for six months, where they will find the secluson their shrink ing natures crave.
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 Col George Bailey thinks it would have been far better if Geraldine Farrar had been in a position to buy Liberty Bonds for a baby instead of a poodle Georges attitude is emnentfy correct When a damsel who is wearing a sery- ice button with one star says she has brother in France, just take her word for it, although the chances are she promised to be more than a sister to him.
 # 1. 4 When Emperor Charles appeals to Italy l to consider her own interests, he offers l some very good advice, which Italy will 1 proceed to follow by keeping faith with | her allies.
 While it is all very well for President 1 Wilson to purchase F sheep and lambs to graze on the White House lawn, how is the flat dweler going to follow his patriotic example?
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 General Pershing is probably too busy to worry over the large number of an- ecdotes which are being credited to him in the daily papers.
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 The fact that William Jennings Bryan enlisted the other day should not cause excitement along the chautauqua circuit. It wasn't Demon Rum's tireless foe.
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 It is comparatively easy to pay the present price of a barrel of flour, after hearing MT. Hoover say what the price might have been.
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 A traveller says he found Moscow a dis Moscow has probably never disappointed anybody quite as much as it did Napoleon.
 It is still possible for public speaker to tell a story taken from the Bible and mystfy a large number of his hear CTS as to it's source.
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 Secretary Baker hasn't had much to say to newspaper men since his return from Europe. That may mean. that he is doing some hard thinking
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 While a tank is a poor vehicle from which to view scenery, the scenery where tanks operate isn't particularly attrac- tive
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 Maxim GorlSy says conscience is dead in Russia. And it will probably continue dead as long as the loot holds out
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 It is the patriotic duty of Mir. Heflin and MT. Mason to bury the hatchet until the war is over.
 # l. "Verboten" signs will not be put up in the channel ports this year or the next.
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