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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
Women Are Organized
 to Sell Liberty Bonds

M7OT less than 10000 patriotic
 N N women of Alabama are waiting the launching of the fourth Liberty Loan to begin an intensive house-to- house canvass. The state is 100 per cent organized. Under the efficient leadership of Mrs. Solon Jacobs of Birmingham, state chairman of the woman's fourth Liberty Loan commit |tee, every county has unit of women who will devote their time and their energies to making the woman's drive lin the next Liberty Loan campaign the greatest Alabama has ever wit messed.
 Of the third Liberty Loan Ala bama women sold $6,500,OoO worth of bonds, AZ per cent of the total amount sold in the state They hope to sur- pass this splendid record and there is every indication that they will do so.
 There is an old saying that practice makes perfect. Since the war started the women of America have acquired an efficiency in organizing for nation wide campaigns that has obtained re- markaLle results. They have gained valuable experience in selling Liberty Bonds, in getting donations for the Red Cross, the Y. M. c. A. and other doing war work. A thorough house-to-house canvass, |such as the women of Alahama will make, should put at least one Liberty
 Bond in every home in the state whose occupants are not too Lcor tc pay in- lstallments. Service" is the watch word of the nations loyal women. Here at home and abroad they are do- ing a great work for humanity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
Banana Peel Dangerous

From my observation, said Hale Tarrant, "the business of dropping ba- mana rinds on sidewalks, street cross
 ngs and car tracks in Birmingham has gotten to be serious proposition and should be properly handled by the powers that look after our public safety z
 Such care1essness is next to crim final Whenever I meet up With one of the little slippery things next to a pavement hard as stone, or in the track of street car, never fail to kick it out of the way of my fellowman who might be so unfortunate as to come along for slip, a slide and a fall l have been on the job sometime, too
 The unrefned habit of splitting on sidewalks, in public buildings and com veyances, which was menace to health, was condemned here several years ago and the authorities enforced the law against it until we were more careful and I wish the city government would take notice of this dangerous habit of throwing banana peelings carelessly around on the crowded thoroughfares which is menace to human life and limb
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
Rare Opportunity For Our Stock Farmers

THE government is giving practi- A cal aid to the cattle breeders of Texas in enabling them to sell their distressed stock, lean and hungry be- cause of the drouth, to farmers in states east of the Mississippi with a surplus of feed.
 These cattle are we'll bred and when fattened on Alabama pasture lands will make the highest quality of beef. They are selling at S25 to $35 head.
 Two farmers in this state recently bought each five hundred Texas cattle at prices averaging only little more than $25. In order to accommodate prospective purchasers in this section the government has placed responsi- ble agent at the Fort Worth stock yards who will do the buying and look after the shipping.
 The railroad administration has made a, reduced freight rate for the Texas cattle and has arranged for the best of freight service. The fact that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20

the government has organized facili- ties for taking care of the interests of cattle raisers in this and other grazing states will save the farmers the expense of sending buyers to Fort Worth to make the selections and load the stock on the cars.
 The Alabama extension service is urging farmers to embrace the op- portunity now offered to make large and legitimate profits on compara- lively small investments and at the same time add on an extensive scale to the meat supply of the country.
 "Do not worry about not being able to secure cars," says J. F. Duggar, director of the extension service" be- cause the government has charge of getting these distressed cattle from the drouth-stricken areas of Texas to points in the southeast, and there will be no trouble whatever in having them shipped out quite promptly. Buy only in car lots, in order to secure the lowest freight rate. Those who wish to buy less than a carload should get some of their neighbors to make up an order for whole carload. A train load of fifteen cars of these cattle re- gently came from Fort Worth to Demopolis in fifty-eight hours, in- cluding an eight-hour .layover' at Meridian, Miss. Another trainload of twenty-five to thirty cars of these cattle will come to the same section late this week or early next"
 Twenty thousand or more of these Texas cattle should be brought to Ala bama. In view of the brisk demand for them there is no time to be lost in placing orders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Leath Makes Hit

Leath Makes Hit
 C Secretary A. $. Leath of the food preparedness bureau may have sold nails, wire and steel before he went into the food game, but he certainly kept talent under a busheI for many years by sticking to the products that come from underground when he could have taken the products that grow on top" said R. A. Porter, following the meeting of the Kiwanis club, where MT. Leath was made a member on Tues day.
 That speech of his was typical of a man who came from the soil, and he ought to be very impressive among popular with. He has that even and smooth manner of expressing himself, and talks in plain, everyday words that have meaning, and do not have to be looked up in the dictionary before the boys from the hills know what he means
 T was peculiarly struck with his talk Tuesday as he stood with one arm bandaged up as the result of the kick of a Henry Ford, and told the club members that while he was handi- capped at present, that he would cer- tainly be there with the glad hand with his left, though his right was out of commission"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20

by millions; in Alabama by great host. Let no one fail to buy a Stamp and be enrolled.
 # # *
 It probably makes a German war lord feel like chastising a civilian with the back of his sword every time he thinks about approximately 100000 Americans being in France.
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 The announcement that giant Handley- Page bombing planes are making daily trips into German territory is another indication that the war is drawing to 8 close.
 If the President were not scholar and a gentleman he might have conserved about 30 minutes of his time by replying to Baron Burian with the one word, ''Nix."
 The admiration French women have for American soldiers causes a feeling of distinct unrest in the hearts of the girls they left behind them
 4. * $.
 The strategy of Foch is meeting with the approval of all the grocery store strategists. Could any mans reputation go further than that? # # # That mysterious army with which Won Mackensen was going to fall on the allies and annihilate them has not yet material ized. The modernization of Jerusalem will not be complete until there is a motion picture palace in every business block. # f # While the Teutonic plunderbund may be on it's last legs, it's going to take a great concerted effort to topple it over # # # Austria may be quite sincere in wishing | for peace The trouble with Austria IS the kind of company she keeps. 4 # Ss The bombardment of New York is one of the contingencies of war which is be- coming increasingly remote. # *. , An American soldiers marching equip ment weighs about 70 pounds. Every day is moving day with him. x ' l If the Kaiser has any regard for Wall street, he will not abdicate without giv- I ing due notice. 1 x # # | It will be worth all it costs to put the Hun back across the Rhine, where he 1 properly belongs. l # X. x | Duty at the front would seem tame to the editor who has to pass on reams of | war poetry. ! # x x l The new draft law is expected to cause the disappearance of the "middle-aged spread
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
I11KE M,LUKE SAYS

After A girl has worked hard to get a husband she often finds that she has to work twice as hard to support him.
 There was a time when husband knew enough not to dodge when ms wife threw dish at him, because 1T he lodged, the missile would be sure to hit him. But the modern husband finds safety in lodging because his wife played ball when she was sirl
 Every town contains a lot of houses that look like they need some fresh paint. But mighty few of the women look that way
 To hear married man sing, The Land of the Free and the Home Of the Brave" when he is out with q crowd you would never imagine that he is a human door-mat when he is at home.
 We do not understand where this "beauty sleep stuff comes in. You know what Rip Vans Wrinkle looked like after he had pounded his ear for 20 years.
 If castor oil had to be taken in whisky some families would lay in a quart of castor oil every Saturday night,
 One redeeming feature about prohi- bition is that it will deprive the red- nOSeQ OA thClI tv FSA cent alcohol booze bitters patent med icines
 The man who wrote Love is Blind should have added the two words "be- fore marriage and then he would have had it right.
 Ar old maids heart is just about as patched-up as the pants worn by a small boy in country town.
 Some men are so easy to get along with that their wives get mad because they can't find anything to fuss about
 Another good bet is that the man who is laughing the loudest isn't en- toying himself most.
 Once in a while a jury will refuse to convict you on circumstantial evi- dence But it lis different with your wife. Anyway. you can't accuse modern girl of putting everything she has on her back--or her front. either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
Intensive Drive of
 Pershing Patriots

1.-THE War Savings Stamp drive in
 J honor of General Pershing will continue until Saturday, September 28, when the campaign organization will join the fourth Liberty Loan forces and help put the biggest of all loans over the top.
 The Pershing enrolment through out Alabama has been large, but the ensuing week should witness a new high record. That the drive will be in- tensive goes without saying.
 In the nation Pershing patriots buy ing fivc-dollar Stamps are numbered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
1NJURED INNOCENCE,

The current issue of The Nation, a weekly magazine of opinion, has been held out of the mails until the depart ment of justice can examine further into the contents of the paper. MT. Oswald Garrison Willard, until recently owner of the New York Evening Post, is the Washington correspondents that he has no idea why his paper was temporarily barred from the mails; but MT. Willard is still comparatively young, and he may find out before he is much older why his Journal is in disfavor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
THE vOUs FAMILY

rom the Splker
 Have You met the Vous family? They are as famous in France sAs the Damn family is in the United States
 There are Monsieur and Madame vous. whose first names are Avez and Parlex (better known as 'Polly).
 There are the mysterious vous twins. Talsez Vous and Mefiez vous. who are performing patriotic Service by warn ing the public against enemy aliens.
 And there is Savez vous. who wants to know If you know; voulez vous, who wants to know if you will; Pouvez vous, who wants to know if you are able. and Souvenez Nous. who wants to know if you remember
 This is only beginning, for the Vous family is one of the largest and best known in France
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

You make me tiredv' How often has any one told you that? There isn't any doubt in tho world but there are cer- tain social bores with capacity for creating fatigue way beyond their tal- ent g
 But the tired feeling" you so often see advertised is not always to be left in the hands of the quacks and the patent medicine vendors, for the study of fatigue" has been taken over by scientific management"
 Sure we all know that at certain hours of the day there is continual process sion of weary clerks, Jagged brain work dope" The name has stuck to type of drinks served at the founts in spite of the protest of those who man. ufacture them.
 I am not going into the literary by- ways to pick the unfortunates who, like Dc Quincey and Lamb, fell victims to narcotics, neither am I going to take up the sad story of how the whole train of modern opiates is claiming victims by the untold thousands.
 I am figuring on limiting my little article to fatigue" as it is known in the business and social world. I know q lot of people, and especially clerks in some downtown stores. who seem to have been born tired, and that laziness spreads itself far out into the country.
 The dislike of work Is demanding the attention of the government or there W ould not be such an insistance on those in authority to command every avenue in their power to bring about nation wide movement looking to the speeding up of all our industries during these war times.
 It has reached the point where to get rid of that tired feeling is to show ones patriotism, and so the 'four-minute men have been busy with their pro- ployed man and woman in the land at work six days in the week and eight hours per day. It has reached the point where even Labor Day went unobserved as holiday, but was observed through out the country by being a sure enough day of labor.
 '"rhe work or fight law is aimed at
 those who are indisposed to do their bit l>xr 1occ cit acted to commander the services Of every able bodied loafer and clear the benches of the city parks of tramps. and remove the whittlers from the boxes and barrels in the small towns. l Its purpose was to shame every man and woman who was leading life of enervating luxury into action along some | line of endeavor which would make them
 and do something helpful to win the ! war It has already changed some i'lounge lizards into useful citizens. for
 they could not stand the dispieasure of
 the patriotic young women.
 The men and women. who go through this war with yawn and fail to wake up to their responsibilities are sure to
 b. sent to Coventry when the long cas-
 ualty lists begin to come in; for no one can keep their social status who dwadles or plays the dilettante while our boys are giving their life blood to keer America free.
 It is no longer good torn here in .Bir.
 mingham to give oneself over to frivoL
 ity and many social Entertainments nave been tabooed until peace comes. and
 trose who brave society by SO doing vii
 sooner or later feel the frown of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
Rev. Austin Crouch,. Preaching

T have Dr. Austin Crouch of Ten nessee with me in a meeting at Bes- semer," said Dr. M K. Thornton, pas- tor of the First church, Bessemer, land he is an unusually strong doc- trinal preacher for a young man."
 'He made a great success in his pas torate at Woodlawn, and his leaving was loss not merely to the Birming- ham district but to the entire state, as he was always in the lead in denomina- |tional affairs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
MY HEAVEN

M E1HEA E1N By Samuel Minturn Peck. I would not always dwell among Sweet lights, and loves. and flowers,
 CTS, Where only happy songs are sung, And no cloud ever lowers; Forever in a land as fair = As fabled Eldorado f think I'd sometimes crave a care. And long to see a shadow If I could never feel pain,
 And nothing know of sorrows; Mid hours whose joy could never glimpse, but glad tomorrows; If memory could not recall
 Some dear and vanished faces To me that place would be of all The dreariest of places. So picture not heaven for me As limned by many worthies, For mine l do not wish to be
 Toe far from what the earth Is. would not play 3 harp alway Bright crowned with fadeless posiss8 If roses never shattered lay
 I'd weary of all roses,,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
Julian Caheen Enthusiastic

q was mighty glad to see my nephew Julian turn up for a short vacation,' said Sol Caheen.
 He has been for number of months |connected with the emergency fleet cor poration but is here awaiting new assignment under the government. He lis greatly enthused over war matters. He started early in an effort to get up a volunteer company, but when>it was prohibited he never quit trying to do his bit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
Enjoyed speeche.

'The Liberty Loan dinner given Wednesday night by the union labo organizations of Jefferson county to Murray Brown, chairman of the Liberty Loan committee; Field Marshal J. Frank Rushton of the allied armies, and other and inspiring I have ever attended" said John Sparrow. "I enjoyed all of the speeches. That of Jerome Jones of the federal department of labor was unusually happy. and brought all in the assemblage closer together"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
wOMAN.s WAY

From the Baltimore American.
 Glad women in St. Mihiel dug out oi hiding places their best clothes they had saved four years to be worn on the day of deliverance from the German op. pressor Tho eternal feminine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20

BEGINNING THE DAY-O Lord, Thou hast already reminded me or ThyseIf this morning in the waking of Thy wonderful world, the con- tinued beating of my heart, the warm presence of those love. May I walk with Thee all this day and think of Thee and rejoice in Thee. And at night may I find my rest in Thy everlasting arms. For Christs sake. Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
MAynE HES IN rRANCE

From the Columbia Record
 What has become of the sporty fellow who wouldn't carry pennies in his pocket?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
cAmlEllaMaAauteH
HE WHO LAUGHS LAST

From the Chicago News ks
 Fortunately for the Germans, they had their funny little jokes at the eA- pense of the American soldiers before they began to fight in France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20

hear his plaintive voice and see his broken form as he told me of the harsh conditions under which he had worked.
 It was before the days of factory leg islation whereby workingmen are in a measure protected against insanitary shops. As l heard his simple tale ol sufferings I made VOW that l would throw what influence 1 had to remedy
 ing such conditions, and am glad to have had a small part in bettering them. and take prlGe that in America there is a spirit 6mong the great industries to see to- its that their employees shall have proper working conditions, and where they do not do so voluntarily that do it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
The Problem

William; What hat does that large monument representa- 
 by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
ADRIFvT WITH THE TIMES
ALL TOGETHER.

\ ALL TOGETHER.
 No use to hang
 Your head and sigh
 And dream about
 The by and by,
 When thunders of
 The guns shall cease f q. s.. And this old world Has lasting peace, M
 For never will
 That come about,
 The last low Hun
 Be put to rout
 Unless your shoulders
 At the wheel,
 Unless you do
 Your part and steel
 Your soul to make
 The sacrifice,
 Whate'er it be-
 And pay the price
 Of victory.
 Not one, but all
 Must work and fight
 Till kaisers fall
 And every race
 On earth is free
 To taste the sweets
 Of liberty.
 EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENT. What was that doubhboy in civil life?'' "A cornetist, and I understand he greatly loved the instrument Strange. A bugle is close kin to a cor net, yet he swears like a seasoned trooper every time he hears reveille."
 A FAULTY RECORD. You were born, of course?'' .Tve been told so." .'Where?"
 q don't remember" "When?'
 q don't know that, either." My friend. I'm afraid you came into this world in rather haphazard way men and women who really are the mak- CTS ofNhis great city, and whose work keeps alive it's war spirit. Now r hope I am not unduly critical, and I would not cut any of the joy out Of life unless by so doing l could fur ther the cause which lies closest to all our hearts just at present, and that Is to mobilize our forces in the best way possible to save the lives of our dear bows abroad and bring them home when they have won, the victory which IS to be theirs and in which we can have our part if we work and pray Now a brief word about fatigue" as it affects the workers in the business and industrial world. In the House of Representatives in 1911. Mir. Redfield. a man speaking with authority. told how Brooklyn manufactures of his &C., auaintance had become satisfied that the last hour of ten-hour day was tired hour" So he voluntarily Topped 1t off, without reducing wages, and at the end of the year found that it had paid him in dollars and cents. Common sense had told him that 6 man has so much energy to put into his work and so much recuperative power from every hour of leisure. Science has since told us that fatigue is cumulative and that double fatigue requires double rest. The question now is not "How long have men always worked?' but Under what conditions can men main tain the greatest output?" With tht man as with the machine. not time mere lly. but speed, power and friction in op' eration must be considered l I'll never forget to my dying day th' story of French machinist who more than forty years ago came to America tempted by tie high wages. We wer' l in compartment together travehnf through Belgium on Christmas ev' might en route to Paris. It was nearIl quarter of century ago. but cal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20
HER LIMIT.

fiER LIMIT. I've given you a charge account as Slicems department store'' You have?"
 "But you don't know when to stop buy ing.'
 q do know. slicem closes at p. m
 NO GERMAN GOODS FOR US. "The Kaiser has soft spot in his heart for American dollars.
 "He has. chr" "But after the war is over it's going to be a case of unrequited affection. k
 FEMININE FoIBLEs. Each has conceded the other to be beautiful" N Then they should get along well to- gether.'' No I'm afraid they will soon quarrel. In case of that kind there are usually mental reservations.''
 REFERRING TO FRITZ" The crown prince leads tranquil life. We hear of him no more; Perhaps he .arrfes with friend wife And counts his medals OCT. A PUBLIC CHARACTER. 'Pa, what is meant by a leader of the people?'
 ..As rule. my son. leader of the people is a person of some degree of blatancy and vast amount of self-as- surance who by consistently keeping him. self before the people hypnotizes them into believing they can't get along with out him" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20

No communication will be published without It's autnor's name. Rejected manuscript vii not pe returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-20

EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENT. What was that doubhboy in civil life?' "A cornetist, and understand he
 greatly loved the instrument
 Strange A bugle is close kin to a cor.
 net yet he swears like seasoned trooper every time he hears reveille.'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-11-11
POINTS THE WAY.
The Statement of This MadisOnville
Resident Will Interest
Our Readers.

Our neighboring town, Madison
Vile, points the way in the words
of one of its most respected resi-
dents:
Mrs. w. w. H. Davenport, Coving-
ton street, jacksonville, La. says:
81 was feeling very badly. My back
tormented me just about all the time
and felt languid for days at spell.
When l exerted the least bit, | tired
quickly and l was unable to regain
any vigor at all. l had dizzy spells
and headaches and was often so nerv-
GUS / didn't know what to do with
myself. I began taking Doan's Kid
ney. Pills and they helped me Won
derfully. l have used Doan's a few
times since and they have always
proved their excellent merit. l know
they are a dependable medicine and
am glad to give this endorsement"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mrs. Davenport had. Foster
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Adv.