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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
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 { HENRY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
k * * Heroic Rescuers Save American Soldiers

MM1EN are not more heroic on the 0VU sea than they are on land, but apparently they have more opportu- mites for showing disregard for personal danger on the sea than anywhere else. Who can read the newspaper accounts of feats per formed in taking soldiers, particular ly wounded men, off the stranded transport Northern Pacific without realizing how splendidly sailors and coast guards uphold the traditions of a noble calling!
 Craft of all types swarned around the stricken liner, ignoring terrific storm, mountainous waves and the imminent risk of being dashed to pieces. Small boats were swamped repeatedly, but the work of rescue went on. Vessels collided with each other and bumped against the strick- en ship, yet no man faltered and not a life was lost
 Dozens of sailors, members of the coast guard crews and the navy, per. formed exploits worthy of song anc story. They acted as if it was "all 1T the days york;" but these men de. serve recognition for their bravery The government will doubtless sec that their heroism is rewarded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05

One of the things while the war was going on which I did not like was the fact that I had to be away from home most of the time, and 1 made up my mind that during 1919 I was going to try and stick around the home base more.
 Unfortunately Sunday is my busiest day and it's rare thing that 1 get to be in Birmingham, and when the good for tune comes around breakfast time some church in distress calls on me to come and fill the pulpit as the pastor was suddenly called away, and l was the only hope.
 Christmas and New Years and Fourth of July and holidays and all other open days are not for the newspaper man, Tor his duties run every day in the year and then some, for when people sub- scribe for a daily they want it S6S times on ordinary years and kick if a6e fail to show up on leap years.
 Now for two years | have been count ing on being able to spend whole fore noon at home and do just as l pleased. which, put down in plain English. meant to sit before a good fire with a favorite book and read while the boys were at school and the wife was busy about her housework and just feel once more that really belonged in my own home and wasn't a mere transient.
 1 We'll, I got to spend Saturday morn l ing all right, but it was not morning of my own choosing. Did you eveFe know i it to fail, that on the coldest morning 1 in the winter, when the thermometer
 is playing hide and seek around zero
 is the time when the cook is sure moi
 to put in her appearance. and it is uI | to a man with a heart to at least make show to help his wife?
 1 Did you hear June Elvidge when sh3
 was here sing q Hate to Get Up, Hate
 to Get Up in the Morning." Well.
 heard her at the Kiwanis club, and shf
 sang and acted it in a way that made a great impression on me, and l wen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
KEEP HOME FIRES BURNING Frank Willis Barnett

and so I gathered up some knd1ing and pieces of lightwood, and bucket of coal and marched in to tackle the job. feel ing that I was really making sacrifices and being "a servant in my own home, which is the real test of husbands desire to be a handy man about the house.
 Now, without forethought, I had handi- capped myself the night before by cov- ering up the fire with coating of coal dust and small coal, on top of which I placed layer of ashes in the expecta- tion that it would burn quietly during the night and need only a bit of polsing up in the morning. keeping the room warm I did what I thought was an artistic piece of work. I waited until the bed of coaIs was emitting blus flames. Then having the second filler well mixed I dashed it on and then sprinlzled it with just the right amount of ashes
 Don't do it, if you have to handle 1t
  having been a thing of beauty the night before when day comes it will be- blackened and heterogeneous mass of un- burnable coal coke and cinders, and you will have to take it all out and start de novo-and it's task no man in freezing weather will undertake with joy set before it is over will wish that he lived in steam heated hotel, and that some one else had to produce the required heat
 I have never yet passed up Chairman ship of anything which was rendered my by any body of men. but I hereby publicly announce my resignation as chairman of the fire committee-for do not believe could set a fat pineknot on fire if it was sprinkled with kerosene But I am glad that when the test of manhood came I did not slack" but dared to be hero. I may never set the world on fire, but I hope my friends will credit me with having built two fires on Saturday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Florida and Loca, Weather.

When [ left Miami, Fla, Thursday the thermometer registered so," said A M. Shook, Jr., secretary of the Ala bama Manufacturers and Operators association" and when I got off the train here last night and saw the snow and ice on the streets, and ran into the cold north wind, with the mercury moving around 15 you can imagine my feelings.
 q read in the papers before leaving Miami that a blizzard was headed for this section, but l had no idea it would be anything like it really was when l arrived here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05

back in memory to the old days when was at the University of Alabama, be- fore military was abolished, and l had to arise to the clarion notes of a pugle which seemed to have power to draw sleepy rat out of his bed against nis will and rush him down to fall in line for inspection.
 Saturday morning there wasn't the shadow of chance to camouflage ana preserve my self-respect, so I volunteered to po down and make fire in the kitch- en stove. Have you tried to perform this humble service since your boynood
 days? If not, then if you make the effort on cold and frosty morning you
 have some experience coming to you and especially so if you haven't been in- itiated into the mysteries of the various dampers on a modern range.
 Before I got that fire halfway started. and the smoke was coming out or IL hKe the house was on fire and I had to open q door to keep from suffocating, l reg istered VOW that if I ever got chance I would take a course in the science Of draughts. Sure, I put in paper. and then some kndlng, and followed 1t with larger pieces of pine and then the coal; but when I came to light it it seemed to me as if the grate was-~as deep as
 mine.
 I did such a nice job in making my different layers that I had failed to arrange a place to start it going. l l made several attempts to stick matches between crevices, but they were sucked i out by cross currents. After burning the tips of my fingers I bethought a new
 way, so I grabbed box and began to drop lighted ones wherever I saw an ' opening, and when I had empted the
 contents I was gladdened to see flame but saddened to smell the smoke as it
 began to arise.
 I had talked so much in my war
 speeches about the need of keeping the | home fires burning, that I thought
 would make a fire in the dining room,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
From the Stars and Stripes.

From the stars and Stripes
 6NJHE brutality of the German
 soldier. even to his own kind'
 S was noticed by the Americans the minute they set foot in Coblenz, where German guards were still on duty.
 Small boys who played around idle trucks and who! gathered in flocks to inspect the rubber tires of American cars were the victims. Tn several cases they were beaten by the guards It was a happy day for the small l boys of Coblenz when the Amerlcan M. P,s took charge of the town ana the German guards passed over the long, bridge of boats to the eastern bank of the Rhine.
 | Merchants of Germany are as up-to- | date and canny as anyone else when IL comes to inventing schemes to sell goods. That the Americans are raold ! souvenir hunters was long ago a well known fact in Germany. but not until the American army of occupation I German merchants have a chance to | test this out.
 A window on one of the main streets of Coblenz glittered with iron crosses the day after the Americans came. The next morning it glittered not. for ev- cry iron cross had been sold. Price three marks each,
 ]
 A German captain was left oehihd the retreating German army TOT ihe purpose of delivering to the Ameri- cans q number of heavy guns that had been pulled up along the roadside. When the advance guard of the American army came in sight, it was rather amusing to see the German cap tain wave white flag over his head. The white flag afterwards proved u be bed sheet, which is now suarde1 bv Private Hendersons watchful eyt for fear that it may suddenly disap' pear and leave him to sleep betwees two O. D. blankets,
 A German captain approached
 stablekeeper in Gravenmachef and ask
 ed if he might put his horse Tn th' stable over night.
 For four years no German mas eve
 used my stable,' the stablekeeper tol'
 him. and I don't propose to breai
 that rule now"
 What are you going to do when tn , Americans come?' the German asked
 If you don't let them use your staoi they'll hang you"
 You liens said the stablekeeper. , am an American myself, and l kno' , something of their ways"
 Bornsin Germany. he had left year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
LUXE M'LUkE SAYS

There are lot of men in the world who would rather spend g for new shirt than 20 cents for laundry.
 When two neighbor men go out on 8 razoo each of their wives know that it was the other woman's husbapd who took her husband out
 Some girls may have been born with silver spoons in their mouths But, judging from the size of the slots in the faces of other girls, they must have been born with silver soup ladies in their mouths.
 The trouble with having a million dol- lars is that you never know when some lawyer is going to notify you that you have proposed to and have been ac- cepted by some horse-faced woman you never even met.
 The reason why girl isn't afraid to climb a fence when there is man around is because she would be if she were built differently.
 There is a use for everything in this world Even the buttons on man $ coat sleeves have a purpose. They col l lect blonde hairs and tip his wife off to the fact that he is getting gay. | The one best bet is that the man who l is afraid of doing too much isn't in any danger of being paid too much. l When onesof the boys steals and acts i onery his mother signs and says thai the poor child takes after his fathers | side of the family,
 Many poor devil has to soak every. thing he owns ill order to keep his wife l in the swim
 | When a girl dresses to attract atten- |tion somehow or other she imagine'
 that lack of clothing will attract favor able attention.
 | If you want to get yourself in baG , with your wife just intimate that a wo' | man ever chased a man.
 If you are lookingSfor good cook marry a homely girl As rule all {; pretty girl knows about dough is how
 to spend it.
 Every husband holds out little coil on his wife But most husbands woul( be on easy street if they only mad as much money as their wives imagin they do.
 And the betting is that if womal lost a leg she wouldn't wear an arti ficial leg that had a knock -kneed shap like her real leg.
 | Any time a man with a pasteboar suit case wanders into a restaurant yol
 do not need to wait to hear his order He is going to order ham and eggs. A fat woman who wears a straight front corset is always afraid that he husband will get stomach trouble be cause he wears tight belt to hold u his trousers.
 1 No wonder the. sun looks dscourag ge in winter. There's no use trying shine through the thick coats the girl
 are wearing. s.. ss.s, N iA,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
Captain Henley Game.

When I first received cable from my brother, Capt, Courtney Henley, telling that he was slightly wounded in the leg" said John C. Henley, VI was afraid it was more serious than he would admit for he wanted to make us all as little uneasy as possible.
 Then when his letter came, in spite of his bon homie I thought l could detect a note that showed he was cam ouflaging to keep the family from be- ing worried Then when he finally ad- mitted it was a bit serious I was SO fictitious that he was going to lose his right limb. In spite of my fore bodings l was hardly prepared for the announcement that it. had become necessary to amputate 1t above the knee. He has been game kid through it all, though"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05

not only urgent, but public sentiment in favor of going ahead with the plans with as little delay as possible is practically unanimous.
 The proposition for a bond issue for the purpose referred to was ap- proved by the people in an election held a few years ago by an over whelming majority, and the audlto- rum would have been reality but for the war. When the United States was about to enter the European con- flict the government discouraged all building and all expenditures for im- proven1ents of every kind not abso- Ilutely essential in the prosecution of the war
 But the war being over the audi torium project should be revived at an early day. There is no longer short age of labor and as for the cost of construction material and the wage scale, they will be no lower after the new era of prosperity sets in than they will be few months hence.
 The amount proposed to be ex- pended on the auditorium edifice was three hundred and fifty thousand dol liars. When the bond issue was voted splendid structure could have been erected for the sum named. Owing to the changed conditions, however, a Hess pretentious building will have to suffice if the cost is to be kept within 4the original limit
 Ordinarily it might be advisable to wait until such time as prices in gen. eral had been lowered to pre- war levels; that is to say, until the wave of prosperity now due had spent it. self. But good times will probably last ten years or more. Birmingham | in view of the situation, cannot afford to go without an auditorium for ar indefinite period.
 The city should offer a site in one of the parks. The public has righ' to count on such action. At any rate let's start to work on an auditorium during the present year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
Membership Campaign
 Comes to An End

THE Red Cross membership cam 0 paign ended yesterday evening, but it will be several days probably before the result is known.
 In many sections of the country bad weather proved serious handi- cap. Here in Alabama the weather could not have been much worse. Yet in spite of this and other hindrances the total enrolment has been by no means small.
 Whether or not Jefferson county has reached it's quota is yet to be as- certained, but it is safe to say that it is not far short, if short at all.
 The Birmingham district has an en- viable record in patriotic and philan- thropic achievement, but the member ship canvassers found it impossible to see everybody. All persons who failed to buy a membership button should CO., operate the more earnestly in making the War Savings drive, to be inau- gurated January IT, one hundred per cent success. There must be nc Tagging of the patriotic habit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
INSIDE GERMANY AND ON THE WAY THERE

came slowly down the road.
 q sell you das tink fur fifty marks" said the German.
 The doughboys eyed one another in astonishment. Wouldn't it make nice little souvenir to take home to my kid brother?~ said the corporal
 'T1l give you half that much." of fered another. whereupon the deal was l closed. The doughboys unslung their equipment and loaded it on the steam roller The German gave them some brief instructions about running it, and then the steam roller, puffffing and grooming more than ever, turned round and moved slowly back down tho road 1 Two miles out of Trier an American | lieutenant halted the steam roller and l its passengers. "Where did you get that thing?" he demanded" 'Its ours. We bought it." Then the entire transaction had to be gone over carefully.
 Well, you climb down from there" the lieutenant ordered. "and don't buy everything that's offered you. Ger man tried to sell me battery of IT'S not over half an hour ago." | The doughboys walked into Trier.l -
 An American lieutenant hailed passing doughboy. Can you speak any French?' he inquired. pointing to a dozen or so women and children who l had gathered around him at an Amerf- I can outpost on the frontier '1 can't 1 make out exactly what they wants 1 After speaking with the refugees, 1 the ~doughboy replied, with a grim: Why, Loot. the little girl there and
 her mother both want to kiss you.s l The lieutenant blushed and granted the request.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
HER PREFERENCE.

which would you prefer, man of parts or a common or garden variety hus- band?'
 Well" replied the, sensible young wo- man, eff he were a good proVider and stayed at home three nights week. wouldn't object to husband who had few other accomplishments besides be- ing able to play a stiff game of poker and tell stories that no self-respectins female would care to hear"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05

ago, returning in 1914 just in time to be unable to get out again.
 An American soldier came out of bakers shop in Trier with five apple pies in his arms. He mad gone but short distance when his toe met up with a stone and he pitched headlons into the street. much to the amuse- ment of the German population. He got up laughing, rubbed the ap- pie pie from his face and returned to , the bake shop.
 few minutes later he came out again, carrying in his arms the entire stock of the shop. which consisted Of nine apple pies. 'Tll learn 'em to laugh at me-" hessaid to comrade. The way American soldiers marched into q German town one day and were apparently at home the next gave the Germans surprise. The Americans entered Coblenz on a Sunday and on Monday morning an M. P. quietly pa I trolled his beat at every street cross- | town as though they had always lived there.
 | One German said he had never known a detachment of soldiers to come into Coblenz and settle down to l the general routine of affairs so quick
 ly and so quietly as did the Americans Nothing seems to surprise or altrm you Americans he said.
 Two weeks before the American ns crossed the Moselle and entered Ger man territory /the newspapers of Trie'
 published an article signed by the may or saying that if any German girl was seen with an American soldier she would be an outcast and not be allow ed to marry on German soil,
 An American was walking up ths streets of Trier the second night aftei the Americans came. The hour wa. late Something-two something's, 1T fact-darted across an adjoining stree and made their way quietly except fol a constant feminine laugh that echoed through the quiet streets, toward th'
 residential district of the town. A an other street crossing an American soi
 dier and a rather pretty girl emerge e from the side door of a restaurant ant struck off up the main street, paving no heed to several pedestrians wh, were still abroad.
 A German policeman grinned t.
 himself and went about his duties.
 A squad of doughboys slowly move iup the banks of the Moselle. .Wha the heck do you call that9N one of then
 asked, pointing toward a lumberins
 puffing, grooming contraption tha
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
SENATORS.

From The Bookman. l shall not let a sorrow die Z Until I find the heart of it.
 Nor let a worthless joy go by
 Until it talks with me a bit; And the ache my body knows
 Shall teach me more than to another, shall look deep at mire and rose Until each one becomes my brother. < Of my spirit and my flesh I shall net myself mesh, ~ Drawing the web both close and finl To snare all things therein, until They yield their secret to my will 2 And if proud high heart is mine Good luck and i'll luck both will be Equal sserv itors to me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
ECHO OF 1s TO ,

From the Washington Star
 The constant references to sl5o0O, 900 worth of gold plate at the compliment ary dinner in London may irritate, Colo rel Bryan. Something might have been said about the silver
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
A JOB FOR FRITZ.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Young MT. Hohenzollern professes to be content to return to Germany as a private citizen and to work in factory. But the best job for him, as NJ. Barrie recently suggested, would be licking stamps in the post office, as his chin would not get in the way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
A TRAITOR TO THE CAUSE.

From the Houston Posi-
 A member of the wsiters union in New York denounced the acceptance Of tips. The physicians report that if ID unforeseen backset occurs he may be able to leave the hospital in a fort the same
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
How nightly. sometimes. we make us comforts of our losses.
 -AIrs Well That Ends We'll.
 x 2 E

BEGINNING THE DAY-O great God, I feel my frailty, I know my tendency to stray. I am aware of the tragic weakness of my flesh. What can I do but cling to Thee: To whom shall I turn but to my God: Lead me, hold me- keep me safe. For Christ's sake. Amen.-H.
 NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE CORRECT COSTUME.

How will women vote in the next election?" asked the old-line politician
 We have decided" answered the lady campaign manager. judicially, lon tail ored suits and small toques, with ooo-s to match"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
HE'S NO ADONIS.

'Ts the former crown prince as ugly as the caricaturists make him appear? NO HeNcouldn't be-"
 "Y didn't think SO
 still. he offers what you might call a good ground plan to start work on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-05
MoRE,s THE PITY.

''Gadspur can turn a pretty compii- ment'
 50 he can. Gadspur is quite ladys man
 But I notice he never turns one in his wifes direction