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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
New York correspondence of Cincinnati

New York Correspondence of Cincinnati
 Times-Star.
 TN these days when the average man
 finds the problem of stretching his S income to cover the cost of the sim pie essentials of life one of more or less absorbing interest, it may seem surpris- ing that such luxuries as terrapin are eren thought of by anyone, yet in cer- tain club in this city the devotees of sub linaated mud turtle still gather, weekly, ana reverently partake of stewed terra pin, prepared according to a recipe which, to the club members, is culinary classic. Upon this latter point. however, a con troversy has long existed. The head of the opposition wing is veteran member O. the club. famous as a gourmet, who positively refuses to eat terrapin pre- pared within the walls of that or any other local place of entertainment. And he is a terrapin devotee of years stand ing. It is his contention, advanced usually in energetic and emphatic teams, that only colored man can cook terra pin and that since about 1895, the oniy n,ace in the world where terrapin fit to eat can be obtained is certain notel III Baltimore, where famous colored chef is among the retainers. The club chet is Frenchman. On terrapin nights II has been the custom of the opponent or French cooking as applied to terrapin to c,st a look of pitying disgust upon the diners in the club. and depart elsewhere for his dinner. One night, recently, he was induced by crafty and carefully devised plan to taste the club terrapin and tell what was the matter with it.
 simply disgusting!' he exclaimed after swallowing a couple of mouthfuls. Tt may be genuine terrapin. If it is. some one ought to be busted for destroying an article of food that is one of the chief blessings of mankind It tastes like some kind of a cheap Paris table d'hote en- tree. No more like stewed terrapin than liberwurst is like pate de foie gras!'
 Then they brought him in an express package bearing the original seals and containing more of the same lot of stewed terrapin. With it they alced letter from the steward of the idfsl in Balti- more testifying that he, ne sonally. had procured the terrapir y{ns) that the colored chef whose aAnie aE undying in the annals of terrapincu had pre- pared the stew under iaA#s ucs ions to do his blamed and beausifui best and that the stew had been scssissi hsrnetically in hygienic container 1 dpf4tched inn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22

From the Louisville Courler-Jo ournal. = NNF one thing the feminist is sure, W if it is woman feminist with
 sincere convictions, and not male feminist with an itch to sell books or make money by other kinds of camou- flage. The one certainty is that men have the easier time, and women the harder time.
 Men have only to make a living. The women have to run the seething domes- tic establishment like unto which, as the writer of famous song has said, there is no other place upon the map. man merely goes forth in the morn- ing to work, and comes home In the office, if he's an office man, he smokes from three to half dozen well-selected cigars, exchanges persiflage with the ste. nographer who, because she is bachelor woman, is not annoyed with interminable and internal domestic duties, has no nerves and has any number of smiles, When he has finished his last cigar the man returns to the scene of his wifes diurnal struggle expecting to find every thing smoothed out and quieted down for his reception. He has an evening of slippered ease and goes to bed to dream of great commercial triumphs resulting In his ability to pay the wartime grocery bill. His life is, to put it more vulgarly than any high feminist would, lead-pipe cinch, copper-riveted
 If the man is .laboring man he has only to swing his pick or perform the function of the fulcrum while the@tifrt shovel plays the part of the lever and puts some earth from where it is to where it ought to be. His wife, the while has to work as hard as any wealthy woman save that she does not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
A MANS WORK

have to cope with the temperament of servant.
 It's a mans world. Ask any feminist.
 Some of the women who are trying mans work, because the war has made extra demands upon man labor, are not finding it the soft yielding task they inn agned it to be. One of the less complex among mems jobs is that of a street car conductor. It looks much simpler than working buttonholes or manufacturing mullins. A Washington woman jumped at the chance to become a street car conductor. She bounded confidently up the car steps. She bounded down again. like the King of France who marched up the hill with his large following She was interviewed:
 My first duty" Mrs. Goulding said ewas to sweep the car That finished, I had to hunt the motorman, a job in itself When that was over and he was safe and sound in the car we started. believe I would rather cross the ocean, Every moment I thought I would be thrown out as we ran up hill and down, through snowbanks, around curves and over bumps. Finally my nerves were in such state that the six different kinds of tickets which the company issued were quite mixed.'
 With the conviction of the raven. Mrs. Rosalie Gouding says as to car conduct ing: "Nevermore.''
 The job of the car conductor. in the opinion of men who have tried it, and have risen afterward to the position of the executive who sits at desk where he may smoke cigars, and whose letters are emitted along with the cigar smoke and typed by the fair stenographer. is one which is in some ways preferable to the job of the president of the concern. There's less bother and wearing of nerves connected with 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
x |. s. Just to Remind Us The Smith Survives

. Horseshoers are exempted from
 the operation of the fuel closing
 pFaer. according to a telegram re- S e#xl tonight from Assistant X Fne Administrator Moves, at
 Atngton, by Herbert S. Mar
 ssss Sssretarytreasurer of the
 lns raational Union of Journey
 me. IIorseshoers of the United
 States and Canada, with headquar-
 ters in Cincinnati. - Associated
 Press.
 IVES, there are still horseshoers 4 in the land, but the romance that once chung round the village smithy is gone, never to return. The honest smith is still honest, we trust, yet is importance to the community has been reduced to a minimum by the man who sells us gasoline, mends our tires, supplies missing parts and for consideration, does other things to keep our cars in condition to smash the speed laws.
 Where is the schoolboy who has not read those familiar lines begin ming, "Under a spreading chestnut tree?" But there are young men of voting age who have no idea what 3
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
BIRMINGHAWs STATUS
From the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register.
 Birmngham's financial status. as de- fined by the supreme court. is this: The houes, an auditorium and a power plant, bus must find the interest in the general fund if it can The special interest and sinking fund that was to be relied upon to float these bonds cannot be used ex- cept to pay interest and principal of the bonds issued prior to 1901. The outlook see ms to be that Birmingham has a fine- looking privilege in the matter of bond issues, but very little prospect of realiz- ing anything on it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
OLD FROSTY FACE.

OLD FROSTY FACE. Old Man Frosty Face
 Dolefully complains; Says the fuel order Fills him full of pains. Simply can not see how Twill do any good; Wonders what's the harm in Burning sticks of wood. Whines about his freedom" And his right to live; Swears he bought a war bond That's all he can give. Fretfully contends that Things have gone to smash, Shivering forlornly
 While he counts his cash. Makes us want to kick him Swiftly in the pants; And we're apt to do it, It we get the chance!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
kULTuR LOSES AGAIN

FrCm the Baltimore AmerIcaH
 It is said now that another great com mercial asset Of Germany has been de- stroyed by the war in the supremacy gained by American toymakers. Ger many. as the toy mart of the world, en- joyed tremendous trade in this impor- tant branch. Now it has fallen another sacrifice to the inordinate ambition of the Hohenzollerns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
Birmingham's First Heatless Monday

"A CAREFUL made yesterday by Age-Herald rep A\ resentatves thoroughly the business Birmingham had entered into the spirit of observ of the first "heatess Monday.
 Not single of wfu violation of the order report ed in this great city showed the temper of the people of Birmingham They intend to help they to win this and makes difference whether 1t be i'll furnish buying liberty bonds and thrift stamps subscribing to Red Cross and the Y M C. A. saving coal and food Br mngham will always be found the forefront of those cities and communities which show by their acts that their hearts this fight and that they intend to stand behind the that be and see it through to victorious conclusion
 The kckers of be found here and there but
 their scarcity which makes their noises loud As President Wilson they will strut about for brief period and then be forgotten
 Birmingham pays little attention to them. Birmingham too busy helping win the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
A CRISIS.

Good heavens. that's awfulp' ex- claimed Mr. Grabcoin over the telephone. He had just been called up in haste by Mrs. Grabcoin. "Fn go out at once and try to find some''
 As he hung up the receiver and grabbed his hat and overcoat, one of his secre- taries said: q beg your pardon, MT. Grabcoin, but MT. Fluffsby. president of the c. o. & P, is waiting to see you. He wants to close that railroad deal you were figuring on."
 Can't see him pow-can't see any body"
 "Is there anything wrong at home, sir?
 'Wrong?' I should say there is!'
 Out of coal, sir?"
 No. Mrs. Grabcoin has just telephoned me that she is out of knitting wool and can't get any"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
SEEMS WRONG.

"As rule, peoples names don't both CT me-"
 Why should they?''
 But sometimes get bit vexed when a woman who is thin-shanked and bow legged and has a face like dried ap- pie trots around under the name of Chloe"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
COLONEL BAILEY PROTESTS

From the Houston Post.
 A number of boys are knitting for the Red Cross in Dallas. which is enough to make blind mule weep. It strikes us that this thing of training up he girls and she boys has gone to the point where the fathers ought to take the boys to the. woodshed and the mothers their daughters to the spankery on the second floor and argue with them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
AFTER THE RAIN

By Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
 The rain has ceased, and in my room The sunshine pours in airy flood; And on the churchs dizzy vane
 The ancient Cross is bathed in blood. From out the dripping ivy leaves.
 Antique carven. gray and high, A dormer facing westward. looks
 Upon the village like an eye: And now 1t gtimrers in the sE'n
 A square of gold. dizls 3eeck; And in the belfry sitsEa ttKe.
 With purple ripples 6n \ lsf0<ck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
DOWNFALL OF A GOURMET

mediately to the New York club, as re- quested.
 Joe Herbert, the actor and stage man. ager. liked up the job on the terrapn expert, who will be known to many if you just mention that he is called major !" But Joe is sorry. He used to be pretty sure of getting the price of his weekly terrapin dinner by winning it from the major, playing sniff And now the ma jor is so indignant that he doesn't come to the club at all on terrapin days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22

BEGINNING THE DAY-O Thou opener of the morning. Thou closer of the evening, Thou beginner of life, Thou suDderer of the thread. what shall say to Thee. My days are in Thy hands. Net Thou givcst them hack to me, and waitest. What a peril! What n chance. I flee to Thee. for Thou art my destiny. Amen.-H. M. l..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
MAKING TT WORSE

From the Nashville Tennessean.
 An old negro who was found carrying an empty gunnysac!l about in vain eff fort to find a few Jumps of coal was heard to say: Vas, dis am jes' whut we git fur Congress apassin dat sufferin' amindment Oar suah wuz plenty ob sufferin' widout dat. Ain it de truf?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
UNFIT FOR VOTE

From the Buffalo Courier.
 Many Germans with first papers who have been voters in Nebraska are claiming draft exemption on the ground that they are still alien enc mics. These fellows should be in termed in some place where they could be made to. work hard for the public benefit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22

The mind doth much sufferancc o'er- skip, When grief hath mates.
 king Lear.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
M,ADoo,s RoSs NOW

From the Washington Star
 Many a railroad president who was sns- pected of having possibilities of finan- cial despotism concealed about him is now beginning to look like an innocent tystander.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
DOOMED TO EXTINCTION

From the Atlanta Journal.
 What will become of the Kentucky colo mel who in fiction sat on his broad Yer arda and slipped a mint julep?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
CHEERING THOUGHT.

Iris good to know, while shivers Are running OCT the land, We're helping thus to conquer The Kaiser's ruthless band.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
RATHER THouGHTLEss.

q would like to know what has be- come of Kerensky," said Prof. Diggs.
 Why are you SC interested in Keren- sl1y?"
 T was writing a magazine article about him. It's trif1e disconcerting for per- son to disappear just when you are try ing to prove that he's a man of destiny"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
NO DOUBT.

"Ive just been reading about a cham pion hen who lays an egg a day the year around"
 Remarkable bird"
 Quite so. I dare say fowl who de- flyers the goods with such clock-like reg uiarity soon reaches the point where sha ca ckles in a perfunctory way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
A BOLD FRONT.

"A BULD FRUNI. "what is your definition of camou- flage?"
 "Tl give you practical definition"
 Please do."
 "A good example of everyday camou- flage is the way man flourishes a check-book when he has balance in tho bank of aS cents" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
BUT SOME DISTANCE AWAY

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 There ought to be hog pen for every parlor in Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22

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 The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis patches
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein.
 All rights of republication of spe- cial dispatches herein are also re- served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22

TELEPHONE Bell (privatc exchange connecting all departments) Main 480O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22

Washington bureau POT Hibbs build ing.
 European bureau, Henrietta street, Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, Rooms AS to 50, inclusive, Tribune building, New York city; western business office, Tribune building, Chicago. The s. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22

Yes, the President is sailing on un- he is venturing in no mans land with one Of the countrys greatest enterprises. He showed wisdom in the selection of his skipper. or chief engineer, for McAdoo is man who does not fear to undertake the impossible He does not know the meaning of the word difficulty, or he would not have pierced the heart of New York with his tubes in the face of handicaps that no timid man would ever have tried to mount.
 I am for him strong. I want him to make good, not merely for his own sake. but to hasten the end of the war AL ready freight IS beginning to move and ships are leaving the ports laden with the things for which our allies are cry ing. He has had unprecedented weather conditions to overcome his task is a one, for on his shoulders are piled bur dens which to me seem too great for any one man to bear But he has the reputation of being good judge of men, and is choosing them not for their po- litical influence, but for their ability to handle the practical problems of rail roadinG.
 Word comes from Washington that there was genuine relief in the big bank ing centers when the government stepped
The Washington times., 1918-01-28
OFFICERS ORDERED
CORRESPOND WHEN
REVE|LLE SOUNDS

We can't get 'em up
The COrporaTs worse than the Pri-
waite,
The Sergeapt's worse than the
Corporal.
And the Captains worse than all.
Sammie's popular phrsseology for
reveille was changed today to:
We're going to get 'em up,
The Corporal and the Sergeant,
The Captain and the General,
They'll all get up at dawn.
The War Department has formu-
lated a general .order, to be issued
soon. which Will compel every man
in training camps from the major
general commanding TO che lowest
private to roll out OF his bunk at first
call and appear in front oil his quar-
tiers at assembly, which usually
sounds about thirty minutes later.
The order is said to have been is
sued as a result of an order by Cen
eral Nicholson, commanding Camp
Meade, which compelled all Officers
of the camp to arise at revellie and
broke up a timehonored custom III
the army whereby a captain usually
pounded the hay and had a subordin
ate officer form the company.
Officers of rank higher than cap
tain have usually been permitted to
remain in quarters as long as they
pleased.
The Washington times., 1918-01-28
CRITICS Who VISIT
MEADE SHOCKS
co AWAY SOOTHED

CAMP MEADE. Nd, Jan. 2s.-Con-
EressionsI "sleuths" have gone about
their work here in an smateurish
way. They probably have much to
learn from the German agents who
circulate some OF the wild rumors
which these mysterious Investigators
come to run down. The visit Of men
who come with hammers to knock
usually occurs on visiting days, when
no special passes are required. They
come, they see and they 90 back to
Washington to make the others gasp.
One Congressman has thrown such
light upon camp life that some effort
was made here to find out how much
OF II he actually saw. He is said to
have enjoyed the salad al the Y. W.
c. A. hostess house and then drifted
out to the base hospital. There he
found soldiers sick, the hospital being
entirely for Ghe sick. strange Ia say.
A review OF the troops vas held on
the day OF his visit. but as far as
could BE learned. he did not stay to
see this. On the very day OF this re-
view some Congressman Is said to
have interviewed some soldier who for
some reason or other was not in the
review.
In that, particular review no men
marched who die not wear overcoats.
A few new men, a few very tall and
n few very small ones, were kept out
OF the review because they were not
thus equipped. They had the heavy
clothing which they brought along
as civilians and most Of them had in
telligence enough to bundle up suf-
fciently for their comfort.
The Washington times., 1918-01-28
MEADE'S HOSPITAL HOLDS
Low DEATH RECORD

CAMP MEADE. Jan. -2S.-The base
hospital here today holds the record
In the United States army for ef-
icieney. and Is proving an excellent
training school for medical experts
who are soon to see. service abroad.
With an average of a little more than
POO patients In the hospital since 1t
was completed. il is believed to hold
the army record in the low number of
deaths, and there has not been cpl
denies.
The base hospital consists OF sew
ehty steam heated buildings. The
hospital Is divided into two parts or
Sections. The administrative has
charge of paper work, correspond
eHce, mess, clothing for enlisted men
sad patients. The professional Sec
ton has charge OF treating the pa
tents and keeping a record of the
pFogress Of their disease.
The Washington times., 1918-01-28
NEWPORT DANCERS AID
FUEL ADMINISTRATION

NEWPORT. II. l.. Jan. "a new
hour for dancing is announced by
the Twenty-ninth Company, Of Fort
Greble, when on next Monday they
will start their dance for the benefit
Of the mess fund at q o'clock. and be
cause OF the Fuel Administration or
der will close at fifteen minutes after
10.
Mayor Clark Burdick and the
board Of aldermen have charge Of the
event for the soldiers. Hundreds Of
tickets have been sold, and IL is cN
pected that Newport will witness a
peculiar spectacle on that afternoon
of a parade OF men in evening clothes
before dinner.
The Washington times., 1918-01-28
KA|SERPLANN|NG
U-DOAT OFFENSIVE
ON GRAND SCALE

Germany's supreme effort OF tn"
war will be made simultaneously on
the west front and the Atlantic.
While the Kaiser's armies are
hurled with terrific force against the
allied lines in France and Flanders.
the most gigantic submarine offensive
of the war will be directed against
supplies and transports bound for
Europe.
High officials and allied diplomats
today were unanimous in declaring
Secretary Bakers warning of a new
grand offensive by Germany was based
on positive information. and indicated
the move had been known OF for some
time.
Plains Well Laid.
The recent lull in submarine opera
tions, II is stated. was due to recall
of the U-bosts for munitioning and
instructions for the part they are to
play in what the Kaiser believes viii
be a master stroke.
The peace proposals anu rumors
which have been flying thick and
fast now are known TO have been
camoufiage to lull the enemies OF Ger,
many into a false sense OF security.
That President Wilson was fully
aware Of the import OF the peace pro-
posaIs and was not deceived thereby,
is attested by the tenor of his latest
delineation OF war aims. And, in the
meantime, the United States and her
allies have been preparing TO meet
the Kaiser's onslaught.
The Kaiser's U-boat campaign is
designed to not only cut off the
supplies and re-enforcementsforG Gen
eral Pershing, but TO cut off the sup
ply OF food for our allies as well. it
is stated.
ALLIES Prepared.
In his weekly review OF tho war
situation, Secretary Baker indicated
that Germany will find the allies pre-
pared: there will be no let up In the
sailing of transports and supply
ships; that the steady flow OF MUM
tions and food will be, If anything, in
creased.
Secretary Baker also indicated that
special preparations have been. made
to combat the new ruthlessness. which
Is scheduled to start about February
J.. and the greatest seat battle of his
tory may be expected within the next
two weeks.
The weekly review stated opera
tiOns on the west front had been Of a
detached and desultory character.
The Washington times., 1918-01-28

Spain and Denmark by the Vulcan
steel Products Company OF New
York was admitted probable today
by Otto Eafks. a bohemian and for
mer president Of the company. KAT
ka was supplanted as president OF
the concern by Frank II. Hitchcock.
former Postmaster General, when
Gen. T. Coleman du Pont. the pow
der millionaire. acquired control of
- per cent OF the Vulcan company's
stock.
Some Of the cables sent out by the
company while kSCka was at its
head were addressed TO men known
to be cloaks for business firms IN
Berlin and Cologne. II is also as
serted that many of the cables con-
tanned numerals coinciding with the
number OF American transports salt
The Washington times., 1918-01-28
BANKHEAD FOR HIGHER
PAYFOR U.S.. WORKERS

The call for a general increase In
the pay OF Government workers is
one which must not be ignored. a..
cordinE to Congressman William L.
Bankhead OF Alabama.
Mr.. Rankhead declares that war
conditions demand an immediate re-.
adjustment OF pay OF Government EN-.
ploycs. and, more than that. the pres
ent scale. which was adopted years
ago, is out OF date. aside from the
fact that war conditions exist.
81 shall vote to give them every
dollar that circumstances warrant"
said Mr.. Bankhead, referring to Fed
eral employees.