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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
RECRUITING IN OL, ALABAM'

From Cartoons Magazine.
 white lieutenant and colored cor poral were recruiting in Alabama for a negro regiment. The corporal had proved very effective as a spieier, so the lieu tenant had him make preliminary ad- dresses to assembages of colored people, followed by a canvass for recruits. Tn attendance at a big barbecue given by the colored people near Birmingham the corporal made ready for a grand after dinner speech. He mounted a big oak stump kicked the burrs loose, leveled it off, and tore the lid off his pent-up or atory in this fashion:
 Ladies and Gent'men: l come out to dress you-all dis ebenin on the sub- jecz of de nggah soljah.
 Look at him, He aint fraid O noth- in'-but Indans
 He has reached de mos highes' pin nacle of oscu-ity.
 Last January he ranked foh'ty thou san strong-and in August he ranked a damn sight stronger
 Ladies and Gentm men: I'll have to pos pone de conclusion of dis speech cause dis heah stump is jes full O ants"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
JEFF HART

Baxter Clark, in Golfers Weekly. Jeff Hart rode out of the gulch to war When the low sun yellowed the pines. He waved to his folks in the cabin door And yelled to the men at the mines. The gulch kept watch till he dropped
 from sight
 Neighbors and girl and kin. Jeff Hart rode out of the gulch one
 night:
 Next morning the world came in. His dad went back to the clinking
 drills,
 And his mother cooked for the men: The pines branched back on the eastern hills,
 Then back to tho west again. But never again, by dusk or dawn. Were the days in the gulch the same. For back up the trail Jeff Hart had The trample of millions came. Then never a clatter of dynamite But echoed the guns of the Aisne. And the coyotes wall in tho woods ae Was bitter with Belsium's pain. We heard the snarl of the savage sea In the pines when the winds went
 through. And the strangers Jeff Hart fought to Grew folks to the folks hs knew. Jeff Hart had drifted for good and all. To the ghostly bugles' blown. But the far French valley that saw him
 fall
 Blood kin to the gulch is grown: And his foreign folks are ours by
 right
 The friends that he died to win. Jeff Hart rode out of the sulch one
 night;
 Next morning the world came in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
HAZARDOUS PURSUITS

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 A supreme court justice in Brooklyn haa just been called upon to decide delicate question in a suit of widow for insur- ance. Her late husband carried s5ON policy which the company refused to pay on the ground that he had made incor- rect statements in his application for ln- surance in that he had said he was en- gagged in no hazardous pursuits. On the contrary, the company contended, he came to his death by being shot by An tcnio Maximimi. "gunman," who had discovered his relations with Mrs. Max mimi The broad inference was that pur- suing "gunmans wife was clearly to be classed among the hazardous, indeed extra hazardous, risks which the com pany had right to be protected from.
 Unfortunately for the defendant, the court could find no such classification in accepted hazards of employment and judgment was given for the widow. Pos- .sibly the company consideers itself Ill., used, as would not be unnatural in the circumstances. but the only thing that can now be done is to see that hereafter pursuing a "gunmans" wife is forthwith included in the noninsurable classes.
 The suggestion opens up wide field for new hazards. Starting prohibition argument, sympathizing with Germany carrying a red flag, crossing the street without looking, calling another "bol- shevist," and other risks ought to be graded, while a special class might be tions issue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
COST OF WAR JUNK

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 Eventually we shall have paid out
 s35, ,OOO, Oo0O0 in this war, not including
 r terest, pensions or other considerations
 Of this amount about $10,O0O, ,000,000 will be
 due from foreign nations, and we may
 or may not get the money. It is perfect
 ly well known that great portion or
 our own expenditures was for materials never used.
 We had practically no artillery in France when the armistice was signed, and our airplane showing was little bet ter We had enormous stores in this country for shipments which never were needed If Uncle Sam could sell at cost price the goods on hand, including such
 raw materialss as wool and copper, he , would be in excellent financial condition Unfortunately this is impossible. Much of the war material can be used only as junk. It is supposed to be time for turning swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks, but the cost is great. That is why there is some | slt wing down in manufacturing. In prob- ability several thousand factories work was going on for a definite purpose which wholly failed to be of benefit.
 | Uncle Sam is trying to sell his junk,
 but most of it is of small commercial
 value. It must be turned back into raw
 material with the great loss of expert 1 Ia bor used on it's original formation. Fig urges of salvage are not complete, but Uncle Sam hopes to collect $1,OoO,0O0,OOc 1 out of what cost him 10 times as much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
Patriotic Loan to
 Be a Bic Achievement

THE fifth loan will be a great O patriotic achievement. It will be momentous affair, but it will be, nevertheless an overwhelming success.
 This state is organized into zones and county units and in each the highest talent is engaged.
 Throughout the south eagerness is the rule. Wealth is predominant, and few persons there be who cannot af- ford to buy government bonds.
 The bond issue is styled the "Vic- tory Loan" Billions of dollars must be raised by the loan. That the amount sought will be raised goes without saying. This country is a patriotic nation and every dollar needed will be forthcoming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
His Customers Stick

"All my mail order customers which l secured by advertising in The Age Herald farm section last year, have stuck to me this season, said G. 5. Me Way, Jr., who has just returned from overseas duty with Uncle Sam.
 "Of course, these old patrons have steered many new ones my way, and it is safe to say that I have at least lSoO names of southern farmers on my mail- ing list which the farm section is re- sponsible for
 ''It feels good to be back home selling seeds again, even if I had no chance to go over the top. We can hardly ham, dle our trade this season, and since adding a wholesale department, it keeps a crew working every night until l2 O clock to get up orders
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
LIKE M'LUkE SAYS

A wife hates to bawl her husband out for not using his napkin when he is eat ing out in company because she knows that the durn fool is liable to announce that he never gets any napkins when he eats at home.
 A girl doesn't really begin to worship a man until she discovers that some other gml wants him.
 A boy baby of r months fusses as much about having to sit up late at night as a boy baby of F years fusses about having to go to bed early at night.
 The O. f. man who used to have max i'm about using your brains more and your mouth less now has son who re- verses the maxim.
 Father may be just as tired as mother at night But he lets mother go to bed first so she will warm the cold sheets for him.
 An atom doesn't look any smaller than a siX-foot man feels when his wife catches him with another woman.
 Some married men have good, logical re a sons for believing that wives are never happy unless they have something the matter with them.
 One thing we like about the hobble skirt is that a woman is permitted to wear hips if she happens to be built that way.
 And about eight out of every ten men see no harm in man keeping his religion in his wife's name.
 A serious illness makes an awful liar out of a man. Every time he tells how high his fever went he adds a few more degrees.
 Friend wife is so busy bawling out friend husband for running around up- stairs in his union suit that she forgets hat the strange men who deliver things at the kitchen door can see her union suit through her -aggedy kimono.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
FRENCH VIEW OF THE LEAGUE

scription has been a heavy burden on the French people, financially, and also be- cause every young mans studies and ca- reer were interrupted by period of two years, and then three years compulsory service between the ages of 20 and 9. It gives an idea of what all this meant to us.
 And yet if we had not had that army where would the world be now?
 No navy in the world would hava stemmed the German flood pouring into France, and it was good fighting army which won the battle of the Marne, the first decisive battle of the war.
 If the league of nations is 8 guarantee for future peace, it may be said that VIC do not need this army any more But, at it's present stage. does the league of nations prevent future Wars? And if it does not can we afford to give up our army? No.
 The feeble point in the present scheme is that nations. members of the league are bound .'morally''-also economically so far as their good faith is concerned. | Inere are no OlncT mednS OI cOeIClSN against a country which would attack another, supposins it does not submit to arbitration.
 One should realize what this war has been for France.
 Yet, when all is told, France is asked to rely on Germany's good faith to believ. she will respect the rules of a league of nations, after the way she has re- spected the neutrality of Belgium. We cannot, if we want France to work in peace.
 We must have real, material, practical suarantees-and that is strong army. If it is not international, we must keep it up for ourselves at all costs. | And in. the peace conditions we musS have & territorial barrier that will stop invading armies better than lapse or three months recommended in the ar tcles of the league of nations. If not we will be from the first in a state of in- feriority and will again suffer from all the horrors of invasion before any mate rial help can come across the seas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
Enjoyed Trip to Southwest

'T greatly enjoyed my recent trip to the southwest" said -Dr. James E. Dil- lard. pastor of the Southside Baptist church.
 'It was my privilege to give series of lectures to the student body or tEe Oklahoma Baptist university, which is located at Shawnee. It is growing denomina tonal institution in pro- gressive town. It is real tonic Tor a man on this side of the Mississippi river to cross over into the breezy west. The atmosphere is charged With the kind of ozone which makes man get move on himself l come back to my work greatly invigorated.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
\ Brave Engineer

Another story of faithful. careful railway engineer came to life some time ago when a washout occurred on the Central of Georgia tracks near Flu faula," said Wilson Smart. Upon ap- preaching the damaged place on the track the engineer stopped his tram, dismounted from his cab and made an examination of the washout Then' unwilling to risk the safety of his passengers over track which he thought was probably unsafe, he un- coupled the engine and drove it for ward. The track gave way and the engine was overturned The engineer, unhurt, received the railroads citation for carefulness."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Chadwick on the Gulf

After spending 10 days in Pass Chrls- tian and New Orleans. I am more than pleased to be at home again. said capt. Robert E. Chadwick, vice president oi the Bank of Ensley.
 ''I was persuaded to go to Pass Chrls- tian by my friend Charles Denegre' the automobile dealer, while shorty Milier New Orleans for the weekend. The three of us spent many delightful hours hshing and looking at the interesting points around the gulf cities.
 At Mobile it was pleasant to find that the people feel more akin to Birmingham and Ensey than ever before. They are mighty proud of George Gordon Craw- ford and his associates, who have con- the Chckasaw shipyard. Ihe people there feel that the steel corpora ton is a friend worthy of the closest cultivation even as the leading citizens of Birmingham do. At Mobile the shlp industry has completely turned me thoughts and energies of the people there and at this time instead of medium et-  fort they are exerting their full strength to make Mobiles and it's surrounding country second to no other gulf city. and think they will demonstrate the great worth of Mobile to the whole world be- fore very long.
 Ut was refreshing to find the evidences of cooperation existing on the gulf coast towards Birmingham. The people seem to be aware of Birmingham's greatness in steel manufacture and are depending upon us to furnish steel for their boats.
 Needless to say New Orleans is gay and festive. Priceless whisky, gins, wines without end are obtanable at prices that remind one of the days long, long ago and that are never to return to Ala banaa.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
Baseball Practice
 Begins Here Today

E ANDOM is all aflame. Baseball U is still the national sport, and the fact that practice for the forth coming season begins here today is of far-reaching significance.
 No matter how much absorbed Bir- mingham may be in industrial activity there will always be time for diversion along the line of clean recreation.
 April 24-Easter week-will mark
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
Etiquttte Regarding
 Public Entertainment

A FEW nights ago the head of GS concert company performing in Birmingham rebuked party" for talking and ordered the takers to leave the hall. The episode created sensation, but the lesson made an inn pression that should not soon be for got.
 Concert manners have improved in recent years, but there is still room for improvement. The apology of fered by the "talkers" was that they did not know the performance had begun. The programme opened with Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and those who interrupted the "proce ed- ings" thought the lady at the piano was merely 'practicing."
 The performer was an artist of the first class, but it seems that not all the auditors were sufficiently cultured to discriminate.
 The moral is obvious Persons who pay for tickets to hear choice enter tainments should keep quiet while the artists are performing By close at tention they learn to appreciate good music. But if the men and women dull of apprehension are restless the least they can do is to behave "seemly" and allow those who came to enjoy the programme to be undis- turbed.
 And the remarks applicable to the "talkers" in musical entertainments apply with equal force to the late corners at all fashionable amusements. Birmingham is in need of many re- forms, but the etiquette of amusement goers is one calling for immediate at tention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25

From the New York Herald.
 NN ' HILE spo completely adequate
 w and mines has been realized during the war, it is generally agreed that the depth charge has proved ''e most successful instrument Of counter attack and that the system of blister construction" has provided the mos. valuable remedy of defense. This term "blister" is applied to the light s,eel nontoons or air chambers which are bull. along and projected eigT rect from the underwater side Of the British monitors that were employed with such signal success in the op- erations off the Belgian coast ana up the Mediterranean. Results acmeveu when "blistered" ships were in di- rect contact with the enemy appeareo so remarkable, indeed apparently so conclusive. that the admiralty now feels warranted in applying the "ohs- ter' to heavier classes of vessels, ana this innovation, as described recently in Washington dispatches. is OBVIOUSLY enough, watched with keen interest oS American officers.
 The Army and Navy Gazette of Lon don. of a late date, gives the credit TOT the device to Sir Eustace d'Egncou:'' constructor in chief of the British navy who advocated it before the war ana subsequently, fitted longitudinal air o,>on,hars to saveral of the older cruls- CTS. When Hun submarines appeared in the Mediterranean and forced most of the allied war vessels to abandon
 the off shore of Gallipoli. the Edgar and her sister cruisers thus equipped continued bombarding the Turkish bat teries Later the larger British moni- tors were "blistered," and the value of the device was reasserted when the Erebus and Terror survived a serious topedo attack which got home. It is of course true that the system has its disadvantages, but not. as generally expected, in an unprofitable loss of speed With the monitors this dimu- nition was only one-half knot, and reasoning from this it is soped that in the capital ships the loss will not ex- ceed one knot in the maximum speed provided.
 What lends a particular interest 10 ! this "blistering" of battleships is the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL Fol
Jean Vincent, in Leslie's.

Jean Vincent, in Leslies.
 ~ o far as France is concerned, her N situation is rather different from s that of other nations, and very naturally her point of view and her at titude toward the league of nations are also different.
 This attitude needs to be understood by the American people, and for that 1t needs to be explained, because what Americans can grasp of the situation they get only through the newspapers. which very often are partial; they do not so much reflect public opinion as they try to lead it; they only reflect the ideas of a certain man or certain party. In other words, they cannot be entirely re- lied upon.
 The speeches of Clemenceau, Bourgeois, Pichon, or their interviews, have been commented upon, and not always very kindly. France has been accused lateiy of obstructing the development of the league of nations, and of being stubborn
 That is the act of partial individuals who forget that tnlS IS not liihe No breed distrust between the allies, but. on the contrary, to strive for an under standing and a cooperation as perfect as possible.
 The best way to obtain this result is to try as far as it is possible to see things with other peoples eyes and imagine ones self in their place.
 It is quite fitting to apply this to France without losing sight of the in- terests of America.
 Above all it can be stated from the very beginning that France desires league of nations as much as anybody else-if not more To be more correct, she longs for peace and a permanent peace, and if the league of nations is the way to obtain this end, she is for it. In fact, there IS no country in the world which wants peace and needs peace as much as France does. Why?
 Because few countries have suffered more from war than she has, and few have made more sacrifices in peacetims to be prepared against an attack she feit was coming.
 Keeping up a standing army With con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
Crowds Hear Dr. McNeilI

While the lower floor has been filI- ed each night to hear pr. McNeiI, the famous Scottish preacher" said sam Erckert. q am sorry that the galleries were not also full, as he has great message needed by Birmingham at the present time Sunday, however, It was impossible to seat the people who Hooked to hear him at both the mofn- ing and the evening services Dr. Stuart is to be congratulated on hav- ing bre -ight so distinguished preach CT to the city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
Wants Flying School

"The project of school for aeronau- tics for Birmingham was mentioned ill the papers sometime ago and caused considerable discussion throughout the state" said Robert G. Messer. '.For Birmingham to have flying school would mean that the Magic City would be placed on the map of avia- tion This would be civic asset to the city and county. I have heard many expressions on the subject and all seem to be anxious to see the school put through in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
Church Ioses Eour Trustees

"The First Methodist church of Bir- mingham has been called upon since Thanksgiving to give up four of its honored trustees" said Russell Huns.
 "The first to go to his reward was w J. Cameron. then A. B. Vandegriit fell in peaceful sleep. After little while w. D. Wood was called up high CT, and now w. S. Brown has gone to his heavenly reward. All four of them city and, while their loss is felt by the whole community, they are sadly miss ed in the life of the church of which they were such long and faithful mem- bers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
"RIISTERED" SHIPS

probable effect its adoption may have on our capital vessels, as. owing to the limitations imposed by the width Of the Panama canal locks, the addition to the breadth of beam demanded by the application of airtight pontoons cannot be considered in the case of American dreadnaughts. This Is contingency that will have to be faced if the "blister" has come to stay as appears to be promised or attested by the plans for the heavier British ships of war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
HOW ABOUT IT, JEANNEITEs

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Would former Congresswom Jean- nette Rankin regard it as casus beiii if, in a purely friendly way, reference is now made to her as Miss Jennio Rankin, or, to save space at times, she is called "Jen,' just as we call distin- guished statesmen whose first name is William. "Bill?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
Member of the Associated Press

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 publication or all news dispatches credited to IL or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pupIlsheu herein.
 All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25

the opening of the season, but between now and that time baseball will be discussed above almost any other topic. Let's get into the spirit of the game and keep up the enthusiasm that means so much for the moral well being of the community.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
RELATED PROOF

q see where I was severely wounded in the war" remarked a discharged soldier.
 Are you just now finding that out?'
 "of course not. but it's some satisfac- tion to have a casualty list in my home paper corroborate the statements I've been making for six months to frfends and members of my famlly.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
DENIED TO ALIENS

From the Baltimore American.
 An alleged Hungarian countess ha. been arrested in Chicago for scold ing President Wilson in a five-pags letter. Foreigners must be made to understand that is strictly domestic privilege.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
SAVED FROM THE POT

During your travels through equa- torial Africa were you never afraid of being eaten by cannibals?"
 "No," replied the veteran explorer. Fever had reduced my weight to go pounds and tropic suns had made me as tough as shoe leather. While I don't share a cannibaTs opinion as to what constitutes a piece de resistance at banquet, in his way he's an epi- cure"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
Boys Visit Switzerland

q got letter from one of my boys last week telling of great trip he had in Switzerland while on leave of absence" said A. B. Herring Of Springville, 'and another one wrote that he had put 15,00e automobiles Tn first-class shape. He didn't seem to think that it would take his bunch very long to do a little job like that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25
AN ARTFUL DODGER

Henry, my dearest friend told mo girl in France Is writing you" "The deuce she did! Well, the little girl who writes to me is mere child about seven years old You see, Ter was billeted with her family" "But how can child of that age write you 16-page letters?"
 "Oh-er-she dictates them to her dear old grandmother"
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-25

BEGINNING THE DAY - Oh, my God, stand abashed in the pres ence of Thy great ones. They are athletes beside whom I nm soft and weak; they are saints with God In their eyes. while l am a poor lag gard by the way. But Lord. there Is One who lifts me and promises to make me like Himself. I follow Him with new hope. Amen.-H. M. E.