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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04

this will not happen again until 22s5. The latest possible date. April 25. also rarely. occurs. The years being 17ss. 1886 and 1913 In one case an interval of 15o years.
 There are some interesting facts about the date on which Easter falls this year, March 3l This was the date Il years ago-1907-and will be the date Il years from now-1929. These 11-year cycles for March S1 as the date of Easter also occurred in 1889, 1850. 1861. 1872. They occur again in 1891, POOP. 2OlS.
 If Easter comes on March 9. its earliest possible date, there must be a full moon on March 20. and the next one on April 1s and the latter day Sun dav
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04
LIKE M,LuKE SAYS

Many woman who is trying to break into society merely succeeds in breaking her husband.
 As you roam through life you will dis cover that it is only a very young man who thinks he is too old to learn.
 A busy grocer may have to leave his money in a crate on the floor because his eggs occupy all the room in his safe
 It often happens that the successful man is the one who has the ability to conceal his lack of ability.
 The difference between money and trouble Is that you do not need any se- curity to borrow trouble.
 There are all sorts of men in the world including the fellow who tires himself out every day hunting for an easy job
 A ciosk on the top floor of a sky scraper is apt to complain that he is being kept down in the world wher you wont hear 8 word from coa miner.
 The man who is engaged to brunette wonders who the boob was who said tha all was fair in love. It may seem paradoxicaL But many { woman looks good who is anything bu good looking.
 We'll admit that man can't be mar ried against his will. But he is ofter married against his better Judgment. X man has to take off enough cloth ing in summer to keep him cool ant put on enough clothing in winter to keel him warm. But it Is different with { woman.
 1 What has become of the old-fashiones woman who used to go to the local cof !; fee Mary and spend two bits to have he ! fortune told?
 Even when you know that a man i. the biggest liar in town it is easy to be leve him when he is saying nice thing about yourself.
 1 The only time freckles are becoming to girl is when her daddy has about { million dollars in the bank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04
PEACE .DIsCUssIoxs.

From the Springfield Republican.
 Germany will discuss Russian terri tory only with Russia. Ukrainian terri tory only with the Ukraine. Polish terri tory only with Austria, French territory only with France. Belgian territory only with itself, and Alsace-L Lorraine not at all. The allies will have several Ques- tions- to discuss with Germany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04
Organization Habit
 In Country Districts

7THE success of the various lib-
 G erty campaigns in Alabama has been the result of organization. Most of them have been of the whirl- wind kind with little time for the working out of details. The people being thoroughly patriotic were cas-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04
THE DATE OF EASTER
the Hartford Courant.

Letter in the Hartford COurant.
 Let me point out an error in your answer to the recent inquiry of Reader in regard to the date 0 Easter. After quoting correctly the rule for finding Easter you state that its earliest pos sible datc is March 25. It really is March 22. Easter fell on this date in ISIS. but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04
FEW HAVE TO

From the Providence Journal.
 Do not cool off the house by open- ing windows Fuel Administrator Gar. field sagely advises the benighted con- sumer. Just now, few of us have to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04
FIREMEN AS KNITTERS New York Correspondence in Pittsburg Dispatch.


 Dispatch.
 The firemen of this city have laid aside their helmets and hip boots to take up the needles and "drop one, purl two" They have been turning out socks. sweaters and wristlets to send to France for sometime past. 1t was announced yesterday. The work is being done under the auspices of the Rainbow Division Welfare associ ation. The women visit the fire houses and teach the fire laddies the "intri- cacies of the drop stitch. and no less than 50 members of the department have joined the volunteer class. Films have been taken of tho firemen with their knitting and will be exhibited at the motion picture houses in Pittsburs sometime next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04
RURAL FINANCE

From the Boston Transcript.
 Road Commissioner-But who is to pay for such fine road as you propose?
 Citizen--The motorists. It will tempt them to break the speed laws and their fines will pay for the road.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04
Cannot See Gains

There is no kick on the part of any of the managers of the Birmingham theatres about closing. in fact we are ready to close when the order comes, but as business proposition, we have not figured it out in the governments s favor" said Manager Crenshaw, of the Alcazar theatre.
 "The fact is. when we close, the government saves very little fuel At my place for instance, the heat ex- pense is less than s1 day, and while this is saved. the government loses their war tax. which amounts to great many dollars each day. Where the government gains, we can't see, in the matter of dollars and cents, but of course, we see the moral effect of the order, and readily see where it is ad- visable, and we are as patriotic as any.
 The fact is, though, the people want the shows open, and they don't hesi- tate to say so, especially on Mondays, when other business houses are closed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04

BEGINNING THE pAY-O great God, why do we argue and wonder and puzzle about miracles, when In our own lives and the lives of our friends we can put Thee to the test@ Nay, rather, why do we Eive up, when with Thee. waiting our call, nye power and grace to work niI miracles in our hearts and the H. M. F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04
RUssIA,s "sHoRT PARLIAMENT,

From the Dallas News.
 The Russian "Constituent Assembly may go into history as the Short Par lialnent. It lasted one afternoon an, night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04

ny aroused when county chalrmen started to organize, but one of the most important campaigns, that of the war savings stamps, will be in progress all the year, which means ample time.
 The task undertaken can be ac- |complished only by business-like or ganization in the rural sections as we'll as in the towns and cities. Our country friends must acquire the or ganization habit. Without any special effort Alabama could raise several million dollars by the small savings of men, women and children; but, as this states allotment is $48,000, ,O00, no time should be lost in assembling Hive wire" teams from one end of Alabama to the other.
 If the campaign gets in full swing within the next few weeks, the greater part of our quota will be in hand before the summer is past, and there should be no surprise if State Director Crawford Johnson is able to report S5O,oo0,O0O instead of $4s,- 100000 before Christmas. # # * The overflow crowds at the commit nifty sing" to say nothing of some of the moving picture shows, make it plain that the people of Birmingham want somewhere to go on Sunday aft ernoons. A large auditorium has long been needed here, and the first public building erected after the war should be vast hall for conventions and mu- sical affairs. Capitol park is the place for it.
 Washington authorities are now re- ported eager to give Birmingham any
  thing the people of this city ask be- cause of Birmingham's response to war appeals. Birmingham is in this war to win and will continue to do her part a # # Birmingham hasn't yet realized 1t but the building of 400 houses at westfield during the past three months is a big ger achievement than the construction of any of the military eantonments in the south
 Two steam shovels that were used in digging the Panama canal are excavating on the site of the Fairfield works. From the size of the holes out there they have not forgotten any of their early train | ing.
 Germans complain that Senator Stone is fomenting internal trouble in the cen- tral empires. The Missouri senator de- nies it. His fomenting activities have been confined to his own country. * * < The Mobile Register and the Montgom- cry Advertiser agree that Mobile Is Ala bama's greatest seaport. On most other subjects they show decided difference of opinion.
 .x * x This is Shakespeare week in Bir- mingham and theatregoers are ex- pected to show that the bard of Avon Is still holding his own. * #. i Yesterday was perfect day for this time of the year, MT. Ground Hogs judgment has been vindicated-for a little while at least The government is to establish a post office at Muscle Shoals. The name will continue to be spelled correctly muscle" :" + # T Clay county is rich in graphite and the best of 1t is, 1t is being developed by men of capital. .: # ss c. s. Thompson is apparently going down in history as our most famous ru- nor monger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04
En Route to Marion

T came into your hustling city this morning" said Rev. Harry A. Bag by of Chester, s. C., Saturday after noon, 'on my way to Marion, where l am to preach Sunday. but 1t seems am going to have hard time to make it. I can get to Selma and from there to Marion Junction by automo- bile, but some of my friends tell me I may have to change to a horse and buggy from there on to my destina- tion hope their fears are un- grounded"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04
British Navy's Part In the Great War

TIT HoUGHTLEss people sometimes U make the remark that the Brit iish navy has had an easy time during the present war because there have been so few spectacular engagements. Actions like Trafalgar and the Nile have been absent and the hasty con- cIusion is drawn that the fleet there | fore has not borne its share of the burden of the great war as have the land forces.
 Earl Curzon of Kedleston made a notable address in the House of Lords the other day in which he used some lfigures that should be revelation to those who feel that the British navy has played secondary role.
 "When I tell you," he said, that { the navy has, since the ebeginning of the
 war, transported 13,ooo,ooo human I
 beings, out of whom only $500 have
 been lost-270o by the action of the
 enemy, $50 in hospital ships-and in
 addition 100000 horses and mules,
 800 ,ooo vehicles, 25,ooo,ooo tons of
 explosives and supplies, 5l,ooo,0oo
 tons of oil and fuel for the fleets and
 armies of ourselves and our allies,
 YOU get some idea of the nagniture
 of the operations which the fleet has
 undertaken.
 1 aAnd if we narrow somewhat our
 field of vision, when tell you that l 30 ,O0O tons of stores and supplies and
 personnel are carried daily to France,
 that 570 steamers of 1,750,ooo tons
 are continually employed in the serv- lice of carrying troops and stores to
 the armies in France and to the forces lin the various theatres of war, again you will realize the magnitude of the task and the immensity of the strain.
 There are some occasions on which figures are more eloquent than words
 and this is, l think, one of them" 1 When the full history of the war
 comes to be written the British fleet
 will get it's full share of the credit.
 With an expansion from 145,ooo in |1s14 to 4so,0O0 men at the present
 time, this great arm of the service has
 risen to it's greatest glory and has performed nobly the part necessary
 for the conduct of the great conflict. It is gratifying to Americans to know that this armada is now working
 in full harmony and cooperation with
 our own navy and that they together
 are henceforth to share the burdens
 and the glories that will come from
 so important service so well and so
 valiantly performed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04
Mules and Horses Cheaper

T think the farmers of Alabama will have enough live stock to make crops this spring" said T. S. Herren.
 Mules and horses are not as high as they have been, that is, the aver age kind. The army ones are still bringing topnotch prices Cattle is high and scarce. More and more Alabama is getting to be a cattle state. It is wonderful what is being done with hogs, and particularly so down in the southern part of the state. It's only question of timetwhen this state will have a number of big packing plants in all of the leading cities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04
High Cost of Chewing

Its funny how everything is go- ing up," said Dr. R. B. Lacey, the dentist. T do not know why, but the gold we use has advanced about 10 per cent, the silver has nearly doubled and platinum is way out of sight.
 Then, take the teeth we use in mak- ing the false sets. We used to buy them for about 25 cents and now they cost GO cents each. This goes to show that not only the food but the teeth to chew it are getting more expensive each day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04
COLLEGE MEN IN THE WAR

From the New York World. The shortage of 5000 students at Colum-
 bia gives an idea of how the war has hit
 tho colleges
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Women Get Thing. Done

Whenever anyone tells you that women do not know how to get things done, you can just putt 1t down that they do not know what tHey are talk ing about" said Joe Slaughter.
 If I wanted any good thing put over I would get lot of good women behind 1t and then forget it, for If It had merit they would see to it that it was provided for. I got tel ephone call the other day.
 One of the Red Cross workers wanted to know if I would let our cutter cut out sone convalescent robes. I thought it would be good thing to help them. so told her to send the cloth around and he put in morning on them. My brother and were glad to help her out It's mighty little those of us who stay at home can do at best and we are ready to do our bit whenever the occasion of fers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04

In seeth, know not why I an so sadj It wearies nc, you say, it wearics you But how I caught 1t, found 1t, or came
 byt, What stuff 'tis made of, whereof 1t Is
 born, ! am to learn.
 Merchant ef Venice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04

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 European bureau. Henrietta street, Covent Garden, London.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04

There is no use staying out of the
 "basket brigade" any longer. Just get you ono and march down and sec how
 much fun it Is to go polSing in and out among the stores and markets. I am really learning how to select meats and pick out the choicest fish. and choose the freshest vegetables. and bounce on the sweetest fruits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04

valiantly performed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-04

like to do my own ma arketing think
 1t would stimulate our grocers, produce
 men. fish and oyster dealers if their
 patrons would visit them daily and make
 their own selections. I know one thing 1t would make them take greater pride in their places. I have already seen within the year how many of the up-to- date deslers in foodstuffs are making their piaces more attractive In every way. feel that in starting a market page in the Saturday Age-Herald a year ago that I was doing both the merchants and the housewives a real service. took a personal interest in it for months and used to write the copy to run between the advertisements. It is now done by a bette.. and an older hand. for John c Moses. the market editor, Is very much better posted and In closer touch with the markets and the farmers and the dealers than I am, and has done and 1 is doing helpful service in trying to bring the man on the farm and tho city
 man in closer touch with one another
 through the farm section in Thursdays paper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11

rates which in the aggregate will
be more than thataX.
Labor For 1t
Labor has pledged its support
through Charles MACEDONIAN to the
success of the tax increase Labor
will back il to the limit because it
viii be the means of increasing the
wages of the city employees and par
ticularly members of the Rock Is
land firemen's union, City officials
are back of il because they know
the condition of the city's finances
in every detail and appreciate the
fact that the increased revenue is
needed. They know the city will
face a horrible condition of affairs
without the added money.
The outstanding argument, &C
cording TO city officials, union labor
men. and heads of business and in
dustrial enterprises in the city
alike is that the tax increase should
carry in Rock Island because Mo
line has seen that it was compelled
to take this step and that Rock
Island will have TO at this time or
suffer until such a time that it does.
In a sense the success Of the is
sue is a patriotic necessity The
morale of the people at home must
be maintained as well as that of the
soldier in the ira ming camp or in
the trench Without finances to
successfully conduct the city al
fairs the morale Of the people OF
the municipality is destroyed and
the home fires are no longer kept
burning, and those fires that are
burning that should be put out,
will not be extinguished.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11
IOWA DOCTORS BAP
MADE IN GERMANY.

Fort Dodge. Iowa, May l1-pn.
chase Of instruments and arr,
ances made in Germany. for !,
next so years. will be regaraaa
pro-Germanism by the Iowa 80. =
Medical society. Resolutions - !.
this effect were unanimonsIv 49,
ted. @-Op'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11
PROPERTY HOLDERS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given TO all per-
sons interested that the council of
the city of Rock Island III, having
ordered the construction of a wa
termain or Ninth street from the
junction Ninth and Twelfth
streets, to the center line of Fifty
first avenue. and the ordinance for
the same being on file in the office
of the city clerk of said city, and
said city having applied TO the
county court of Rock Island county,
Ill, for an assessment of the cost
Of said improvement according to
benefits, said assessment being pay
able in seven installments, each
bearing interest at the rate of )
per cent per annum, and an as
sessment therefor having been
made and returned TO said court,
the hearing thereon will be had on
the oath day of May A. D., 1918,
at the hour of o'clock a. m, or as
soon thereafter as the business of
the court will permit
All persons desiring may file OBJ
jections in said court. before said
day. and may appear on the hear
ing and make their defense.
Dated at Rock Island, H., May g.,
A. D. 1918.
PETER KRAGFT,
officer Appointed to Make Assess
ment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11

rected Honor" EBgIish
100 D. m. topic. 9fIeroes = Aess
lty." Mothers Ia sar,,5.ll y,ss7,.
held at both morning 49, Fla y
hours anu stez-
Sunshine society Or 49,,
ist churcb-K. Of + nail opi'iszsi
second street, Bavenr,ot, as Hsw
Sunday ~ u. m ara m rerRies.
afternoon. Mrs Louise - .assllaI
charge. Messages rfven sdyers &
speaker asa trane.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11

sunday school at 9.3O a. m. Services
at 1876.
Grace English Lutheran-Corner
Seventh avenue and FOrty-fourfl
street Rev. Ira o. NothsteiR. pas
tor. Sunday school at S-lJ a. m.
Services at O-45 a. IN. and 1:45 p. IN.
Zion Swedish Lutheran - Forty
NTH street and Seventh avenue.
Rev. Carl Kraft. acting pastor: sun
day school at $3.50 a. m. Services I
1915 a. m. and 1;45 p. III.
First Swedish Lutheran = Corner
Fourteenth street and Fourth ave
nue.. Rev Karl Nilsson. pastor.
Sunday school at 9:15 n m Services
at 1880 a. IN. and go p. m
ST Joseph's Parish church-Sec-
ond avenue and Fourteenth street.
Father j. J. Quinn; rector dean
Masses at 100 $50. gao and 1890
o'clock Sunday school at 10.
Sacred Heart Parish church-F'ifth
avenue and TweRty-eighth street.
Sunday masses at :. $50 and 1890
a m Sunday school at 9.15 a. M
Week day masses at 1880 a. m: Ev-
ening devotions twhen said, 7;4J.
St Mary's church-Fourth avenue
and Twenty-second street. Father
Peter Kluck, rector; sunday first
mass at O'Clock, English sermon.
High mass at 10 o'clock German
at $50 p. m. 'Nespers ana benedic-
tion at 3 p. IN. Weekday masses at
S o'clock.
St Paurs church (Belgian) -
Twenty fourth street and Eighth
and-a-half avenue. Mass at d. m.
Sunday school at $50 p. m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
First Church OF Christ. Scientist
Corner Seventh avenue and Twenty
second street Sunday school at 9:45
a. m. Testimonial meeting every
Wedn esday at p. m. Sunday ser
vice at 1915 q. m. Subject of lesson.
Adam and Fallen Man"
The church maintains a free read
ing room in the Peoples National
bank building, which is open every
week day from 1870 a. m. to 5 p. m,
and every Saturday from 80 to 3.
All authorized literature on Christian
Science may be read or purchased.
ASSOCIATED BIBLE STUDENTS
Meetings held in room A. State
bank building. sunday afternoon
study at ESQ. Evening service at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11
PRESByTERIAN-

PRESBYTERIAN-
Central Presby terrain = corner OF
Fourteenth street and Tenth avenue
Rev. David A. Johnson. pastor sun
day school at 10 a. N. Junior thrls-
tian k.ndeaVOr at J.. M Sfiloi
Christian Endeavor at p. m ser
vices at 1915 a. m and y m aS-
tors morning theme; keepln ss .,..
Home Fires Burning" Eveninge top
il, The Prodigal Son.
broadway Presby terian-Corner OF
Twenty-third street ana Seve4t Il,. az
enue- Rev Jonn McGown steven
son, pastor Bible scuool at 9:59 a,
IN. Services at IO:43 a m. ana t,3V
p. m Pastors morning theme' In
odus 20.I2: Honor Thy Mother:
Pastors evening theme, Elijah s
Eunu!."
south Park Presbyterian-,-tC-orn'etr
of ThIrtieth street and Fifteenth
avenue. Rev. W. IL Oglevee, pastor.
sunday school at $50 a m Men
class Will meet at $3.50 a. m. IN the
parsonage. Services at 1910 a. m
and 80 r. m. Senior and Interim dI-
ate Christian EudeaVor at $50 p. m
CleIand Presbyter street.
South Rock Island. Rev. Thomas
Hughes, pastor services at 10 10 a.
IN. and 1.30 p. m
United Presbyterian - Third ave-
nue4 and Fourteenth street. Pastor
ate vacant. Sunday school at $50
Il. m Services at lJ:fo' a. M. ana
$50 r. m
oak Grove United Presbyterian
Twenty street and Nineteenth
avenue. Rev M. l.. Neil, pastor.
Sunday school at 80 a. m. Ser
vices at 1896 a. m. and 80 p. m.
Gloria Del Third United Presby-
terian-Tweiftn street and Forty
second avenue. Passionate vacant,
Services at il Z. m. and 1870 p. IN.
sunday school at 9.45 d. m.
Beuiah Presbyterian-Rura town
ship. Rev. +. Ferguson Ogle. pastor:
Bible school at 70 a. m Preaching
services at II a. m.
Coal Valley Presbyterian - Coal
valley Rev. +. Ferguson Ogle. pas
tor Bible school at p. m. Sermon
at , p. m. Christian Endeavor at
40 2. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11

First Methodist-Corner of Fifth
avenue and Nineteenth street Rev.
Samuel Van Pelt, pastor. Sunday
school a 8 go d. m. EpwOTth league
a [ $50 p. m. Services at 1915 a. m.
and 100 D. m.
Spencer Memorial Methodist-Cor-
ner Forty third street and Seventh
avenue. Rev. D S. Andrewartha,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11
LUTHERAN

. ImmanueFs German Lutheran
Twentieth street and Fifth avenue.
Rev. Phi. Wilhelm. pastor. Sunday
school a a. m. Services at 8 40 a.
m. and 1890 a. m.
Evangelical Church of Peace-COr-
ner of Twelfth street and Twelfth
avenue. Rev. +. J. Rolf, pastor.