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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06
TRoTzKY REvIvEs

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 Trotzky is talking again and as usual when he talks contributing to the gayety of nations.
 Fearing destruction he says, Russia must have an army. We do not know the hour when we shall be ojenly cnal- lenged by the imperialistic enemy threat ening US in the east"
 Russia must have an army. indeed A queer assertion coming from the man who with his brother bolsheviki pur. posely destroyed Russia's army
 Russia must be ready to fight for ex- istence, after having been taught by the Trotzkys that it is foolish to fight 10, anything.
 Russia is threatened by the imperialis- tic enemy in the east, when she is al ready beneath the heel of the imperialis- tic enemy of mankind. to whom she has been delivered, blindfolded and disarmed by Trotzky and his kin.
 Truly. Trotzky. after an effacing si. lence. is himself again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06
Y F x Will Speed Up the War Stamp Canvass

M7oW that the Third Liberty Loan
 4 NJ campaign is ended-and ended with splendid results-renewed activ- ity in the War Savings canvass throughout the country will be in order.
 While each state has been organ ized along practical lines and while there has been brisk sale of Stamps in most of the cities, organization must be made more compact in the rural precincts.
 If a total of two billion dollars is to be raised by the last of the year
 there must be speeding up from one end of the nation to the other. Alabama has established an en- viable reputation for doing big things when patriotism is the motive, and | it will never do for it to fail in so
 popular an enterprise as the War
 Savings or Thrift Stamp undertak-
 ing. No matter how large the states
 quota may seem, no effort should be
 spared to reach the goal. : Organization will accomplish it.
 The patriotic fervor is here. Every
 man, woman and child is ready and
 eager to do his or her bit to win the
 war.
 But in order to reap satisfactory
 results every school must be live wire unit. No community is too re-
 mote for telling achievement. Ala bama is prosperous state, and all that is needed to start and keep up a great drive is organization. Let's lhava it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06
Army works Marvellous Change

q never knew that army life could work such a marvellous change in a man." said Arnold Masberg, "as it has done in my friend Lieut.. W. S. Prichard, who is just back from six months in the trenches in France.
 When he joined the colors he weighed t4s pounds. but when he stepped into my store on Saturday he was about as line a specimen as I ever saw. He weighs lsS pounds, is as tough as whipcord. bronzed and just seems to radiate strength and health. He is on his way to Columbia, s e. where he goes to act as an in structor in certain branches or artillery as it is now employed in modern war fa re"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06
cLEMENCEAU AT WORK

Norman Hapgood, in Leslles.
 If there is one man who has moro to do with the policy of the entente today than any other-even than nioyd George-it is the prime minister of France. France more nearly is under a single dictator than any other coun- try in the war; French governmental policy is clearly defined; and it is difficult for England or the United States effectively to depart from it.
 It is not without good reason that sits in his office, one is reminded cas- fly of the big cat tribe, so intense he is, so quiet, so 1.-the. As he crouches there. his 75 years look like 60. AS he jumps from his seat and hurries across the room, his movements are those of vigorous man of 50. He by no means suggests a man with grandson in the war.
 One picturesque habit of his. as far as I know, has not been made public Like many great workers, he makes an early start. Lloyd George has many of his most important meetings at brea kfast. Lord Reading, before he came over here as ambassador, used to do a days work in helping the gov ernment administer itself before he started his chief justice functions Clemenceau also puts in a good days labor before. regular business hours begin. He has an old housekeeper who knows how to make a soup of which the prime minister is fond Ev- cry night this soup is made hot, put in stone jug. and the jug placed between the sheets at the foot of ths bed. where it serves for hot water bag until about 2 a. m, when the hungry tiger awakes, drinks the soup and goes to work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06
Patriotism Rampant Now

T havesno patience with anyone who is able to buy Liberty Bonds and yet hesitates in this hour of peril to his country to subscribe for as many as he can. care for" said A. P. Smith of Ash land, manager of the Pocahontas Graph ite company.
 Things are different now from what they were in Clay before the President set apart Liberty Day. number of patriotic speakers visited Lineville and Ashland and they certainly stirred our people up to their duty, and it's much easier to get them interested in the need to have part in the war activities. am glad to say that the managers of the graphite industries as well as the men working in the plants are alive to the situation, and doing their part It is nothing but right that they should do CD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06
his picture to show to the folks back home of an overworked darkey.

his picture to show to the folks back home of an overworked darkey.
 He never woke until up stepped one of the distinguished Japanese professors. who got a good shot at him. It was too much for one of the negroes on the side line, to whom all orientals looked alike. He let out loud guffaw and said: Bless God, if a Cninaman ain't done got a picture of Jim. I reckon he is gwine to put it in his laundry to scare away hants'." This produced such laugh that the sleeping Jim reused up and went grinning away.
 When we arrived at the wire mill. hay ing been through it recently, l decided that as it was pretty out in the lane which leads up to the works, that I would sit ! in the car and get 40 winks. I was just about to doze, when heard a voice say: Bill, you got any bones wid ye?" And when told that he had, was asked: "What's the matter wid rolling 'em?'' ! .'Nothin tall" I peeped out and saw about a dozen negro chauffeurs down on the green. I closed my eyes. for I did not want to be a witness against them. and went to sleep to the music of the blank verse of the picturesque words
 used by the sons of Ham while they were
 shooting dice.
 ! At night we came together again at the Tutwiler at dinner I sat at the speakers table next to Emmet O'Neal, who really made wonderfully illuminat- | ing and inspiring talk. It was forceful.
 eloquent. and full of facts about the pos sibilities of the Appalachian south. Evi-
 dently he had put in whole lot of hard
 work on it, for he not only visicned the possibilities which were coming to us in this favored region, but he gave req son for the faith which possessed him.
 Dr. Fink. the retiring president and the father of the Mazda lamp, made a hi
 with his short talk. as did J. V. N. Door
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06
Redus In nnd Abont

Tt looks mighty good to see my neigh Dor, Bob Redus, sitting out on his front porch, just opposite mine.' said Samuel T. Barnett. He is getting along fine, and occasionally walks about bit.
 "I think he is on the road to recovery and that it won't be long before his friends will see him downton. He says that in spite of the inconvenience of his right arm having been taken off near tho shoulder, that at times he seems to forget that it is not hanging by his side, for he makes an effort to use it as though nothing had happened to it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06
Language Reform and
 Progress of English

l TYR. JOSEPH V. COLLINS of the D State Normal school, Stevens Point. Wis.,. writes interestingly on Language Reform and the Progress of the English people" His article first appeared in the Scientific Monthly and is now reproduced in pamphlet form.
 1 Dr. Collins believes in reform, but he is not radical, as most reformers are. He states facts relating to the economy of printers ink and of mail weight" but his ideas are suggestive rather than positive.
 1 If English were to become the in- ternational language, English peoples, | he points out, would profit by the saving in time and labor, and their international relations would be stim- ulated and aided.
 | In his introductory remarks pr. Collins says that the idea of the Eng llish language becoming the world language s'is far from becoming a dream"
 To a certain extent it is the world language now, being more widely spoken than any other tongue. Its nearest competitors, German, French and Spanish, are far outclassed In 1901 English was spoken by twenty -one millions; the German by thirty and the French by thirty-one millions. By 1901 there "had taken tplace an amazing change in the fig ures." English was spoken by one hundred and thirty millions, German by eighty-four millions and French by fifty-two millions.
 "There can be no doubt," says Dr. Collins, "that after the present war 1 is over the English-speaking peoples will take an even more prominent place in world history.
 I The English language has one marked advantage over every other in that it is made up essentially of about equal parts of the languages of the two most virile races of the world, the Teutonic and the Latin" It has, moreover, as Dr. Collins says, the finest literature and a magnificent vocabulary admitting of the fullest and most accurate expression" It's
 weakness is found in spelling. Coming down to practical sugges- tions, Dr. Collins submits:
 A committee formed to repre- l sent all classes of society most af- 1 fected, including business men in both the domestic and foreign trade, newspaper men, authors, scientists, scholars, specialists in
 spelling reform typists stenos- 1 raphers linotype men, and steno- type operators could frame re-
 port, which could then be off cially adopted and substituted for
 the present form of the language,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06
HERE,s A NEW ONE
W York Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch,

NeW YOrk Cor. Plttsburg DiSpatch.N
 The newest thrill for Broadway are lady automobile starters, or, as they are known, "call girls. They are doing their bit" before department store, thus freeing, men for war work. The lady automobile starters are clad in khaki, and wear the same perky tur- bans as the boys in the cantonments. Their duty is to open the doors of auto- mobiles for women shoppers, give the chauffeur number and tell him to watch the annunciator over the entrance to the store. when milady has finished hel shopping. The girls say they like the work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
wbo,. fine Joke Onf

made quite a mistake the other day in the lobby of the Tutwiler," said John H. Wallace, game commissioner. II walked up to Professor Montgomery of the University of Alabama and, reaching our my hand said, Howdy do. Mir. Bar nett?'
 T thought he looked at me rather queerly, as he asked: Who do you take me for?' I was a bit ashamed, but re- piled I thought I was addressing Frank Willis Barnett. He laughingly replied, I am not he, but we have been together all day on the trip through the district, and perhaps we have grown to look alike. ''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06

who sat at my right, and whom I found to be a wonderfully interesting man. Hugh Morrow was at his best and lived up to his reputation as one of the best after-dinner speakers in the country. Ar thur Crowder is an ideal toastmaster. He has the good sense not to do all the talking. His introductions are brief and pointed. Charles r. Roth, to whom is due much of the credit for making the itinerary so pleasant and successful, made a few appropriate remarks. The dinner being over, the delegates ad- journed to the ballroom to hear the be- loved pr. Eugene A. Smiths address on "The Mineral Resources of Alabama"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06
tcopyr fight. 1918. by the Bell Syn
(Copyrght Syndicate. POWER OF SINGLE DIFFERENCES

From a speech delivered by Chauncey
 M. Depew at a dinner given to him by
 the Montauk club, in honor of his
 eighty-fourth birthday.
 T IS wonderful how great has been
 the influence of single utterances of great leaders. In the mass of accu- mulated wisdom in the writings and speeches of men of genius, it is only a phrase here and there which will survive. Garfield was an eloquent speaker and his addresses filled many volumes. A mad crowd in New York was rushing down Wall street to wreck the house of sup posed rebel sympa thizers. Suddenly there appeared on a corridor of the custom house a splendid looking man. It was Garfield. one of the finest figures of his time. The crowd hushed and his voice ringing over that immense multi tude called for calmness and sanity. It's one phrase sunk into every heart and mind-"God reigns and the republic still lives" This will be Garfields monument. President Cleveland gave to us "innocuous desuetude'' It became of universal use and, with his other saying, public office is a public trust will survive his mes sages to Congress and his state papers. Mckinley, under an unusual and unprece- dented pressure of office seekers, was the happy inventor of an inclined plane from the executive office to the White House grounds. He inspired hope and loyalty by saying to the anxious applicant. 1T cannot give you what you desire, but I hope to find something equally as good" From Roosevelt we have the big stick and it's manifold uses in the hands of a strong executive. President Wilson gave to us psychology" It was the psychol- ogy of people in their grasp of critical questions and the psychology of time for the launching of presidential views. I disagre with the President, thinking he ought to have declared war when the Lustania was sunk, that he ought to have responded by action to the out rages on Belgium, that he ought to have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06

met more promptly the murder of our citizens and the attacks on our rights, but I recognize now that our people were not prepared, that to wake us up re- quired two years of repeated murders of our citizens and invasions of our just rights. When, after two years and & half the President finally declared war, on April 6, 1917, the country was not yet entirely with him; but when this declara- ton had been discussed in every home, and six months afterwards, in one of the ablest of state papers. the President appeared before Congress and asked for a declaration of war against Austria, the whole country, with extraordinary una nimity, applauded his action. He was master of the psychological moment.
 Abraham Lincoln, in his second inau- gural, made his mighty declaration, after explaining his settled purpose to pursue tho war relentIessly until the union was preserved. that it was to be, said the great President, with malice toward ncne and charity to all. That sentiment carried the war to a successful conclu-
 
 states and made us as we are today, one people, without sectional lines or differ ences. That sentiment is the basic prin- ciple of the entrance of the United States alongside the other free governments in this war. We want no territory, no in- demnities, no rewards. We will fight to our utmost, with malice toward none, with charity for all' This sentiment will penetrate the opposing lines; it will be more powerful than armies in disinee- grating the hosts of autocracy and mili- tarism. Those suffering and dying mill ions will cry as their minds open: What are we fighting for, what gain comes to us and our children. while opposite us the Americans are fighting for liberty, humanity and Christianity, with malice toward none and charity for alr 9? As this belief penetrates and is absorbed it will do more than guns to destroy the morale of the enemy, and bring with victory a peace of liberty and humanity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06
Kaiser Revealed
 In Amiable Mood
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 EA York World says the Kaiser has found his Boswell in Karl Ros- ner, war correspondent of the Lokal- Anzeiger, who has been following his imperial master around and relating for the delectation of the German people how the great man conducts himself, particularly as regards his sapient remarks to soldiers.
 Promptly at 1 p. m., we are told by this faithful biographer, the "all highest" sits down to his soup, which he brings along with him in ther- mos saucepan. After lunch he picks violets to send to the Kaiserin.
 The Kaiser meets a squad of troops returning from the front-a place which the Kaiser has never visited. He says in his most democratic way, What's Tommy doing?"
 "Tommy is running away, your majesty"
 ''Let him run, then," replied the Kaiser, wittily. People who are in a hurry must not be kept back"
 Rosner's account of Wilhelm's visit to the supercannon which is being used to lombard Paris, is instruct i've, although he describes the gun and for the moment neglects the Kaiser.
 It does not really look like gun at all; it is more like a gigan- tic gray crane which for some unaccountable reason has been planted here amid violets, prim- roses and other spring flowers. It stands dreaming, as it were, and then it suddenly awakens, disturb ing the peace of this field The violent disturbance of the air, which shakes the very trunks of trees. becomes quite visibly a black thread cutting along the sky. This thread is the traveiing calamity
 Tt can travel thus IS miles, but it is satisfied this time with less. It will remain on the move exactly 1S0 seconds. We stand still and watch its course Birds, which had been soaring in the air. come back frightened to the trees and once more the gun stands like some prehistoric animal. More minutes-the calamity has landed in Paris.
 All of which doubtless makes a profound impression on the Lokal- Anzeiger's readers. They would much prefer to have the Kaiser pictured as indulging in royal reparte with his troops and picking violets than have the great man shown in his sterner moods. This attitude would lead them to think the war is going to su;t him, but the German military leaders and the allies know better.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06
WE'LL, HARDLY

From the Charleston News and Courier.
 Bohemian troops would hardly be join ing the Italian army if they thought that army was about to be wiped out Dy the Huns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06

BEGINNING THE DAY--Oh, to be child again, walking once more in world of wonders! To sec the flowers. the sunlight, the evening sky and the stars. with new eyes. To awaken afresh to the miracle of love! To look, as if never before, on Jesus-the strangeness of Him, the marvel of Him, the young glory of Him.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06
New Name Suggested
 For American Soldiers

CORRESPONDENTS at the front W have repeatedly stated that American soldiers dislike the appella- tion Sammy" While the name met with some favor in America and was useful to headline writers, the sol diers themselves objected to it on the ground that it was too sissy" and suggested little boys with curls, dressed in lovely Lord Fauntleroy suits-if they were still in style
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06
c1s,sA1tt t3tAas.tiI'

F. S.--I heartily congratulate Chairman Wallace Caldwell and the local commit tee on handling the visitors and delegates in such charming way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06

That man that hath tongue, l say is no man. If with his tongue he cannot win a woman.
 Two Gentlemen of Verona.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-06

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The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-12-12
GERMAN RETREAT BRINGS
NEW WORK FOR RED CROSS

In France the retreat Of the German
armies and the redemption of wide ter
ritory has produced a tremendous ex-
pansion of all Red Cross activities.
The German retreat widens the syste-
matte destruction not only Of cities
and villages, but of practically every
thing in the evacuated territory.
It will be necessary to provide ut
once for the housing Of homeless refu-
gees in the devastated areas and in
the temporary reconstruction Of vii
lagos. 1t will be necessary to provide
also clothing, cloth and dressmaklns
supplies. sewing machines, In addition
to foOdstuffs and medical supplies,
throughout all this territory.
With the coming again of winter, the
fight against tuberculosis must be TAX
en- up with renewed energy. Seventy.
six tuberculosis hospitals have been
completed and are In operation, but
acquisitions hive been made for nine
ty-six provisional hospitals, oil to be
in operation before winter. The Red
Cross las adopted as slogan ITO visit
every baby In France" 1t Is estlmat.
ed that $4,000 French babies died last
year. 10000 of whom might have been
saved. One Of the immediate objects
of the Red Cross Is to save those 10000
babies In 1919.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-12-12

fought, 1t should be remembered that
the withdrawal of British. forces in
India, Mosopotamia or Persia would
have nulified q victory over the ere.
my in Europe.
Over 100000 square miles Of Ger
man colonies were cleared of the en-
envy. In Mesopotamia the British
forces were fighting and construct
ing at the same time. More than
LOO square miles of reclaimed land
was put under cultivation while the
war was still in progress, which pro-
duced food in such volume as to save
100000 tons Of shipping annually
for the Allies.
In Egypt the fighting done is cas-
lily gagged by the Red Cross report
for 1918: "In all over $4,000 Off
GERS, men and sick nursing sisters
have passed thru the Red Cross hos
pitfalls and homes in Egypt"
In Palestine and Mespotamia alone
British troops in 1917 captured
23,590 prisoners and 1872 guns.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-12-12
COLoRADo'S GREAT FOOD
RESOURCES SHOWN.

Colorado's exports Of food stuffs, sH
elusive Of live stock. during the fiscal
year ending last June amounted to
2,235.Sl2.S55 pounds. according to a
comprehensive record Of the states
agricultural exports compiled by A. ".
Iiipp, head Of the transportation dkvi.
sion Of the U. 8. Food Administration
for Colorado.
This ID the first time In the history
OF the state that accurate figures on
the states food exports have been OBJ
tanned. They prove that the state Is
rapidly forging to the front agricul.
turslly and playing big part in feed.
ing the nation.
Mr.. Kipp's report also shows that
S62.47l cases or 1851. 463 pounds Of
canned goods were packed IN and ex.
ported from Colorado last fiscal year:
that 3os.l3s.O4s pounds Of flour wcra
milled in the state and 247.6l2. GOT
pounds shipped out: that 468. COO. 900
pounds shipped out: and 434.76s cases
Of condensed milk packed and shipped.
The states major exports follow:
Potatoes. 6Os.sss.2cO pounds: wheat.
6sA.342.OOO pounds: beans. 1903. 1921. 800
pounds; alfalfa hay. 1876. 1858
pounds: alfalfa meal. 1915. $50
pounds: apples. 1So.lso.3o0 pounds:
peaches. 36.S20.000 pounds.