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Conducted from lift to 1918, Forty-elSM
years, under the Editorship of
WILLIAM WALLACE SCREWS.
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18,614
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8 .18,699
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23 ir.18.905
24 .18.920
26..22,013
26 .18.900
27 .18,921
28 .18,935
29 .19.096
30 .19,008
81. .19.081
Total .. 6*5.419
Less Returns .. 17,981
Net Total ....^■..1.,^vst:*>77.42»
Daily Average, March, 191? .... 18,246
Sunday Average, March, 1917 . . 21,198
J. L. Boeshana, Circulation Manager of The
Montgomery Advertiser, being duly sworn.
esys
Th
the foregoing statement of The Adver
tiser's circulation for the Month of March.
1917, la true and correct and compiled after
returns and spoiled copies have been de
ducted.
THE ADVERTISER CO..
J. L. BOBSHANS.
Circulation Manager.
■worn to and subscribed before ms this
Second day of April. 1917. .
(SEAL' Wni, P. Lea.
Notary Public, Montgomery County. Alabama
THE BIOTS IN BERLIN.
——* '..y.'.:.
The riots In Germany, at this time, are not
’> so significant as the announcement that the
huge Berlin strike has been settled by a
complete surrender of the government. The
German government, which was before the
war so Inflexible and so arbitrary, laid down
before the German strikers and permitted
them to work their will.
In the munition Industry, alone two hun
dred and ten thousand men walked out, be
cause they could not get the government to
grant their demands. When they were out,
and' when the strike had njerged to a riot,
when the Inflammable social condition of
Germany was threatened, the government
hastily gave In. That terrible cry which
oomes from a hungry people, and which no
ruler has ever heard without a quaking feel
ing and a sinking heart was heard about
Potsdam Palace, where the people gathered.
“We want peace,".‘‘Give us bread,” the hun
gry marchers shouted, fearing neither the
troops nor the authority of the government.
The demands of the strikers were first a
- re-arrangement of the previsions for dis
tribution of food; second, a pledge by the
government that the workers would not be
sent to the front, and third, a place for the
representative of the strikers on the‘food
committees of the Empire. Can any one
fancy the Intolerant and autocratic German
government giving way to such demands as
these, before the war broke out? Can anyone
fancy the docile German people rising' to
riot around Potsdam?' •
But now interior Germany Is In a state of
danger for Its constituted authorities. Above
all else, the spirit of revolt must be laid.
The government could do nothing, but give In
to every demand the strikers made. The
general conflagration must be prevented at
all hasards; the sporadic outbreak of the
flames must be put out at any 'cost.
They are h. docile people—accustomed to
submit themselves to a strong rule—these
German people. Respect and affection for
the Kaiser, a submission to the autocratic
government under which, to tell the truth,
Germany has grown great, are a part and
parcel of the life of the German people. It
will be hard to break themselves away from
their old Ideals and their old standards.
Evan wiyi rioting in Berlin. In Strassburg, In
Dusseldorf and at Essen, they are Pot ready
for the general revolution, and we will de
ceive ourselves If we expect It now.
But in* uerman fovernmeni is Deginntng
to sat deape ratal y afraid of their people.
A amaahtns defeat In the weat, the rolllns up
of the Hlndenburs line, and the overatralned
nerve of the aorely burdened German people
la likely to break. A victory, unleaa It la
decisive, will not aatlafy them. Even when '
Germany waa wlnnlns, the people read th«
glowing official accounta of the victories and
aald: “We cannot eat victories.” But now
there are no German vlctorlea. There Is no
more newa to exult over and to net the flags
• fluttering In Berlin. To a hungry and under
fed people there cornea the heart deadening
.newa. ‘The British and the French have
thrown our llnea back. We have loat a quar
ter of a million aoldlera In five days.”
The German government aaya that the rlota
have ceased since the strikers have got what
they wanted. But have they ceased?
As Russia la not causing Germany great
trouble at this time, Germany could spare
twelve army divisions to reinforce her aol
dlera In Prance. Russia la groggy.
The quarterly resignation of the Spanish
cabinet occurs without a hitch.
“We want peace," “we want bread!" re
sound In Germany and Austria from throats
the number of thousands of which the censor
will not permit us to know. And If the cry
ing people do not get bread they will get
peace.
T<ocal commission merchants have about
decided to quit handling cabbage for a while,
there being no money lirthe trade for them
at present. Somebody ought to Immortalize
the cabbage In a poem. It might stimulate
the cabbage Industry. r
Let the destruction of. the mosquito and
fly have a place In your scheme of prepared
neasi
WHAT OF THE BATTLE?
i In ?•*•' tlrtm a week of tfkhttng from Arras
, Bhelnu. tho Gerraana/have loct two hun
®red and twenty-five thousand men. This
la the treat outstanding fact In the eon-''
tinned hammering by the French and the
British of the German lines.
We are compelled to believe that the losses
are this large. Tho offlola! reports of the
allies have proved to be matter of fact and
conservative at other times. There Is no
reason to doubt them, when they recite the
losses before tho British attacks at a hun
dred and twenty-five thousand men, killed,
wounded and captured, or that a hundred
thousand men have been loat in front of the
French attacks.* The captured Germans
alone number thirty thousand. These fig
ures are too colossal to be fully compre
hended by American newspaper readers, but
until they are grasped, no adequate concep
tion of the scope of the far-flung battle may
be had. And, this battle Is unfinished: It Is
but halted east of Arras/ where the British
are fighting. It went on with undlmlnlahed
fury Wednesday, east of Rheims, where the
French are fighting.
Of the British part of the fighting, Frank
H. Blmonds says in The New Tork Tribune: |
"Today we cannot measure the scope and
extent of the British victory. It has already
surpassed any ^British or French achieve
ment In trench warfare.”
Continuing, he says: “But In the Battle of
Array, in the first week, t'he British have
advanced qft an average of four miles on. a
front Of twelve miles, and on the centre they
■ have advanced six miles in six days, as con
trasted with six miles in six months on the
Somme. .They have taken nearly two hun
dred heavy guns, which is the real measure
of the German disaster. They have ,ta:cen
not less than fifteen thousand prisoners,.and
they have inflicted losses which without
doubt will be found In excess of their own.
Above all elsa, they have shown a complete
superiority over the Germans In artillery, in
..organisation and In tho semi-open warfare
. wnich followed the first daeh.’t
> Before the British, east of Arras, the -Ger
mans had put their famous Bavarians, the
best fighters In the German army, if the
French and British are to be believed. Their
presence there Indicated a knowledge by the
Germans, In advance, of the desperate attack
and of the purpose of the Germans to halt
the attack at all hazards. The Bavarians
were so badly handled and mauled that they
were soon taken out of the trenches and the
even more famous Prussian Guard called in.
The Guard are the troops of which Prussia
.Is moat proud. The Guard has been sadly
handled and the observers say that they will
have to be replaced.
The details #f the French fighting near
Rhelms are not yet so cley In the news dis
patches. , tFe only know trtat they threw the
Germans’back for two and a half miles, that
they captured more than, twelve thousand
prisoners and more than a hundred guns.
The desperate character of the assault wyts
fully recognised by the German general staff
and tsyeMrs. divisions were thrown Into the
breech. ^The 'fighting of Tuesday an<^ Wed
nesday, of which we read. In the dispatches,
waa bef^esa the French and thgnal new’
divisional sent to the fighting line with In
structions to hold at all hazards. The
French gro not yet through with their as
saulta; we will hear more of it today and to
morrow. ' A; ' H
The British have advanced to points be
yond the reach of their artillery. They
must, therefore, wait a spell until the artil
lery can ha brought up and tha Immense
chain of communication, behind the line, be
advanced. At any moment we may expect
to hear a resumption of the British assault.
- But what of the Germans, after these
vicious assaults? Let us not draw the false
conclusion that their line Is broken In the
sense that we understand the break. True
enough the so-called Hlndenburg line has
been broken through at two different places,
but so far, the breaks have not been laiyo
enough to effect the course of the geneyai
fighting, nor are the Germans retreating It,
disorderly style or any other etyle. They
have been encashed back at one place six
miles and at another two and a half miles
They are stubbornly contesting every ad
vance.
x * uc cnuugn me nuuoii uiiu me r roncn !
have achieved a combined vlctorv. But that
victory Is not decisive. It will not be de
cisive until the Germans are rolled over the
French frontier or close to It.
But In the fierce fighting the lllndenburg
plans have gone to smash. A savage on
slaught on Russia was planned. There will
be no onslaught on Russia at this time li
was planned to crowd and maul Italy out of
the war. This cannot be done now. The
men necessary for work In Russia and on
the Italian frontier had to be rushed to the
western front. They are there tu:;:r!ng,
straining and dying to prevent the collapso
of the German defensive wall In France.
We of America may well watch the des
perate conflict In France. If all goes well
with the allies—almost too much to hope for
—America will not need to send an army to
France.
WORK FOR MR. BRYAN.
Work suited to the temperament and
capacity of Mr. Bryan, who has volunteered
his services to the government, has been
found, and he will Immediately engage him
self In that work. Mr. Bryan will devote
himself largely In the coming weAcs to stim
ulating work among the farmers In order to
bring about an Increased food production
along the lines urged by the President and
other officials of the government. He will
address different classes Of workers. Indicat
ing to them what they can do, which will
moat help the government.
It Is absurd for men of the age. weight and
prominence of Mr. Bryan to talk about en
listing as a private In the army. Mr. Brvan
•Is not eligible for such military service. He
Is 57 years old and Is too fat to shoulder a
rifle.
But we know of no man who Is better fit
ted than Mr. Bryan to take the lead In agi
tating from the stump the question of food
production, food conservation and Industrial
preparedness. We know of no subject which
require^ ihore earnest treatment at the hands
of leaders than this, "What can the people
at home do to hslp the government at thia
timer’ The people need to bo oronood aa
they were never arouead before. *f x
In engaging In thlo work. Mr. Bryan grt|l
hare employment altogether agreeable to bin
tastes and talents, and an opportunity' to,
serve his country well. •"
• , • . .» *
A SOCIALIST PROTEST. ;
When the delegates to the National Social*
1st Convention met at St. Louli and panned
resolutions pledging themselves to Meek the
efforts of the government to make success
ful war, the delegatee did not speak fob a
united Socialism. They did not speak for the
sound and thoughtful leaders of that faith.
In The New Tork Call of March It appeared
a signed statement from a number off promi
nent American Socialists protesting against
the “present contrary attitude” of thb Social
ist party with regard to war and measures
of defense.
The statement is signed by the following
persons! Charlotte Perkins Oilman, William
English Walling, William U. Stoddard, Upton
Sinclair. William J. Ghent, J. O. Phelps
Stokes, Charles Edward Russell. Charlotte
Kimball, Kruesi, Leroy Scott, Walter E.
Kruesi, Robert W. Bruere.
The statement of their views is so sound,
so timely and so American that we quote
at length from the protests especially in
view oPthc fact that we recently called at
tention to the painful course of the Socialists
at St. Louis: • . ,v •
“We feel that the present contrary attitude
of the Socialist party of this country In this
regard is unsound from the standpoint of
Socialist theory, and a betrayal of democ
racy, and we believe that there are many in
the party who, like ourselves, do not wish to
be Identified with that falsa position.
“We are for peace, but not at any cost; and
believe that the sacrifice of Integrity and of
general publle and private self-respect la too
High a price to pay for It. We abhor blood
shed, but see clearly that, blood had better
be shed than saved by cowardice to decay in
bondage. As sincere lovers of peace, we
cannot be content with; the nominal preser
vation of Its mere form. We do not confuse
peace with the preservation of Individual
lives, for to do so usually Involves Intoler
able-egotistic materialism, setting at naught
the ultimate Ideal of sacrifice for the cause
of liberty.
"We are antl-mllltarlsts and fear both pro
fessional and volunteer class-armies, and be
lieve that people who educate and govern
themselves should be prepared to defend
themselves against all who would Interfere
with their rights to liberty and self-govern
ment. V_
"Despite 'the present limitations of the
franchise, we are as a nation politically free:
but we perceive that our continued Indepen
dence Is contingent upon our capacity for
national defense and upon our willingness to
use that capacity. One cannot keep peace
longer than one's neighbors will pernglt. We
would sacrifice peace rather than submit to '
Invasion of such liberties as we already have,
Imperfect though they be."
"NORMAL” CONDITIONS IK
/ >•,. MEXICO. a.
; 'T-.. - '7 —* 7iV' , ;
George Patullo, the magaslne writer, who j
la probably as well Informed on the subject
of Mexico as any American writer, publishes
an article In which he attempts to recount
the number of revolutionary movements, suc
cessful and otherwise, which have lent lurid
color to the history of that land. It Is
shown by names snd dates that except for
the comparatively long reign of the late
Porflrlo Dias there has been no peace In
Mexico since 1S10.‘ Present conditions are
"normal.” Dias was strong enough to hold
the factions down for more than thirty years;
but finally he was overthrown and exiled.
It Is today a land of hungry, distracted beg
gars, worthless currency, dead farms and
Idle Industries, with roving bands of soldiers
—bandits of all varieties totalling about
150.000 men, who live largely by plunder.
Carransa has had himself elected Presi
dent. but actually he does not control but
five or six States. In many of the States
he does not dare to venture. However. Pa
tullo obsdrved on Ills recent trip through
Mexico that Carransa appears to be getting
a somewhat steadier grip on the situation.
Apparently the writer Is betting heavily on
Carranza's genius for playing two enemies
against each other for the benefit of Car
ranza.
The history of Mexico la a tragic story.
By nature designed as one of the fairest,
loveliest spots on earth, It has been wrecked
and wasted and sapped dead by man.
A more onery set of people never cursed a
land.
Four-leaf clover and straw hats are here
In about equal proportion.
Amos Plnchot’s committee la flooding the
mails with suggestions about how to finance
the war, with the usual amount of dema
goguery In the literature. This is the poor
est time we can think of for demagoguery.
Europe has her salients, but Alabama has
her "salets."
‘•The Commercial Appeal Is about to bo
blockaded and suffocated with poems upon
the war.”—Memphis Commercial Appeal. We
are In position to make common cause with
The Commercial Appeal to the end that the
blockade may be broken. Are you ready for
an alliance?
1 Letters to Editor i
THE NEGRO EXODl'H.
Editor The Advertiser:
Thousands of negroes are leaving Alabama
for the North and West, the movement Is as
suming the proportions of an exodus, and
will probably continue Indefinitely.
The Northern and Western mine operators
have largely employed Italians, Poles and
Hungarians, as laborers.
As these nations are all engaged In the
war, there has been no Immigration from
those countries In nearly three ycurs. and
many of them have returned to their armies,
which have caused a great demand for negro
labor In the North and West.
This demand ts liable to continue for some
time In the future.
Under the illiteracy test of the new “Im
migration- Law." most of these Italians, Poles
and Hungarians will hereafter be excluded
The Man Behind
from the United States, consequently the
demand for the negro laborer will ha per
manent.
Alabama will have to adjust Itself to this
condition. Jn this connection, a few figures,
relative to the negro population In Alabama
will be interesting.
Alabama was admitted to the Union In
IS 19, and tha first Federal census was taken
In 1SI0.
From 1110 to 1910, the following shows the
white and colored population of tha Stats:
White.
1920— .... _ 85,497
1880— . 190.406
1140— .... .... 335,186
1860— .... .... 426.674
1860— ..,. 626,371
1870— . 631,884
1880— .... .... 663,186
1890— .’ 830,796
1900—- ..... ..... 1.001,162
1910— ...» _ 1,328,841
'frii(}(4v£tabaraa hag 43.001 more whites
than negroes, which was practically twice
as many whites.
In 1910,. the last census, It had 320,566 more
whites than negroes.
From 1830 to 1910, the whites Increased
1,143,390, and. the negroes 365,825, .total 2,
010,316.
There was a regular Increase every census
both whites and negroes, except that from
1860 to 1870, there was a decrease of 4,887
whites caused by the war.
From 1810. to 1910 the whites increased
130 per cent, an average of 16 per cent every
ten years.
During the same period the negroes In
creased 200 per cent, an average Increase of
32 per cent every ten years.
If the negro exodus continues the next
census will show a much larger majority of
whites
J. T. GORMAN.
Montgomery, Als, April 19, 1917.
NAVY CANNOT C888 ANT MORE WOMEN.
Colored. Total.
43,450 127,901
119,121 309,527
266,671 590,756
346,109 771,633
437,770 964,041
476,608 996,993
600,320 1,362,606
682,221 1,613,017
837,307 1,838.697
908.276 2,i39,093
At more, Ala., April It, 1*17.
Editor Tha Advertiser: '
Is there a recruiting station for army
nurses at Montgomery? If not,, where Is the
nearest one located? *
I would like particular Information re
garding this. Are they using women in any
other capacity? If you cannot tell me this
I would be glad If you would direct me to
someone who can.
Respectfully yours,
—M. B.
(The following statement from the com
mandant of the Eighth Naval District, just
received, Is self-explanatory):
Women of the South and Southwest, who
so quickly and nobly responded to the an
nouncement made by the Secretary of the
Navy that the Navy Department has ar
ranged to use their services In the yeomanry
branch of the service for land duty In order
that just that many more young men might
be available for the country's military forces,
unfortunately cannot be enrolled at the pres
ent or In the near future in the Eighth Naval
District. This District, comprising the States
of Louisiana. Mississippi, Alabama,*Tennes
see, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and the
western part of Florida has small naval,
activities, requiring only a small number of
clerks within Its confines.
Thesq positions have ali%ady been filled
and It is therefore impossible to utilise the
services which these patriotic women were so
prompt to tender to their government in Up
time of stress
The Department has also Instructed the
naval authorities not to enroll nurses for
naval war service, having made other ar
rangements for the care of Its sick and
wounded sailors and it Is therefore Irapos
*lble for the commandant of the Eighth
Naval District to utilize the services of tha
women who desire to enroll as nurses.
The above statement was made In a com
munication received from the commandant
of the Eighth Naval District, whose head
quarters are at the Naval Station, New
Orleans, Louisiana.
The Diversified
_Farmer
Ye Godat
We were told yesterday that somebody has
taken over the high and holy task of “chang
ing the words” of our beloved "Dixie.”
We Inquired the reason-fbr this.
We were told that the plan was to “make
'Dixie' a national air.”
We inquired what was the matter with.
“Dixie” as it is.
We were told that It was “too Southern"
to be taken over bodily ss a national air and
that other words were desired that would '
make It "national."
Send out an S. O. S. for the Fool Killer. Of
course, "Dixie" Is Southern. That is the way
we want it; that is the way it should be.
That’s why we love It—It's Southern—tune,
words and all.
Will people never learn that words and
music, written under unusual conditions and
Inspired by unusual sentiment, cannot be
changed.
Some years ago somebody in Maryland de
cided that the words to that inspiring tune,
“Maryland, My Maryland” were a little too
blood-thirsty. And so the words were
changed ■ into a mild, milk-soppy sentiment.
Someway or other these words got into the
schools and the children were learning this
pink-tea version of “Maryland, My Mary
land” to one of tbs finest battle hymns ever
written—written under stress of deep feel
ing. *
This foolishness continued until The Balti
more Sun got onto it and The Sun raised
silch call back to common sense that the
absurd drawing rpom words that had been
substituted were recalled and again “Mary
land, My Maryland" was sung to those stir
ring words that had been sung under the
Stars and Bars.
Change the words of “Dixie?” Why not
change the color of cotton from white to
blue and pink because so many ladles prefer
blue and pink dresses to whits ones?
“l« Marseillaise.*
And while we are on me eubjeet of patri
otic hymns we will take up "La Marseillaise"
by Rouget de L'Isle.
As we have Joined hands with the republic
of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, across the
seas and as we are going under the Tri
color, we have got to learn some French and
now is the best time to start.
Tou will look In vain for an English trans
lation of "La Marseillaise.” Tou will find
in many books In English a poem called "The
Marseillaise." But It la. not a translation of
that wonderful hymn of liberty written by
Rouget de L'Isle. It Is not a translation in
! words, phrases or even sentiment. It Is sim
ply, a piece written In English and called
"The Marseillaise." If you know any French
—and you should know some—you will see
that this statement Is true. All you have to
do is to compare the French "La Marseil
laise” with the English "The Marseillaise."
Tou will wonder how the two ever got the
same name.
As a matter of fact, "La Marseillais^” can
not well be translated Into English and sung.
It should not be translated Into English.
Imagine translating “The Star-Spangled Ban
ner" Into Russian and being sung by Rus
sians in Russian. How much of Its beauty
would be lost! The Russians should learn,
through a translation, the real meaning and
sentiment of “The Star-Spangled Banner" and
should sing It In English, learning the pro
nunciation of the English words.
Why, the school children of France are
learning "The Star-Spangled Banner" In Eng
lish and singing It in English. Their Eng
lish teachers are teaching It to them—words
and music. They would not want to sing It
in French—they want to sing it In English,
and they are singing it In English In France
today.
And so with us. We should learn "La
Marseillaise" In French, catch its wonderful
feeling, and then learn to sing It In French.
All told, "La Marseillaise” la the most
wonderful battle cry for liberty ever uttered
by human tongue. Its music Is as stirring
as our own immortal “Dixie” and its words
—what words they are! What fervor! What
patriotism! What hope! They should be
learned not only by us, but by the peoples
of every land—learned In French. All trans
lations. however, are but pale shadows of
the original; necessarily so. Any transla
tion of "The Star-Spangled Banner" into any
other language would be but a pale Bhadow
of the original In English.
Here are the words of "La 'Marseillaise.”
The syllables are not accented because Eng
lish type has no accents. But anyone with
a half-way knowledge of French will know
where the accents should be.
Allons, enfants de la patrle,
Le Jour de glolre est arrive.
Contre nous de la tyrannic
L’etendard sanglant est levs.
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes
Muglr ces feroces aoldats?
Ils vlennent Jusque dans nos bras,
Egorger nos fils, nos compagnes
Auz armes, citoyens! Formes vos batalllons!
Marchons, marchons!
Qu’un sang Impur abreuve nos alllonst
Marchons, marchons!
Qu’un sang Impur abreuve nos sillonsl
Amour sacre de la patrle.
Conduls, soutlena nos bna vengeura;
Llberte. Liberty cherle.
Combats aveo tea defenseura. j
Soua nos drapaaux quo la Victolre
Accoura a tea Ualaa accents. .!
Qua tea anaemia explranta • *
Volant ton triompha et notra glolrel •
And, after all these years, how true are
soma of tha phrases now. Taka the two
first lines of tha second versa, for Instance.
"Sacred love of country (France) guides,
sustains our avenging arms” Ik that not
true? Does not the wonderful love that tha
French have for France guide and sustgln
them now in their herculean endeavors? ' -
Than take the two lfnea following: "Uttar
ty, cherished Uberty, battles with yeur de- '
fenders" Could not those two lines apply ta
our entrance Into tha conflict?
Then take the first two lines of tha first
verso: "Arise, children of Francs, tha day j»f
glory has coma” Is that not a prophecy
that this country will help to fulfill? T
■Than for the battle cry take the two last
Hnesfof the last verse: "May your dying
ahemles behold your triumph and our gloryi”
kaarn "La Marseillaise” in French and sing
it in French. J et’s return the aompllment
for the French learning "The Star-Spangled
Banner” in English and singing it in English. -
Patriotism starts on ths farm and In the
garden.
A lady asks us why we prefer war to -
matrimony. War doesn’t last as long.
Weaderfal Sights.
A fellow asks us what are the moat won
derful sights we ever beheld. Answer: Ths
Baltimore fire, the St. Lawrence country be
low Quebec, the International Stock Show, the
apple orchards of Virginia in bloom, the bat
tle fleet in Hampton Hoads, and a certain
girl with brown eyes.
Fishing thess days is no Joke—It’s a serious
business 3
mousanas or Doys are needed for the coni
club army.
Thousands of women and girls are needed
for the canning army.
Every Idle man or woman Is falling the
country now. • ’ "£
—U U.
( A nifD Brno BOOK. A
Hartford (Conn.) Courant.
There Is no state In the Union, so fa£ as
we are a^rare, that publishes such an elabo
rate book bn Its birds as Is Issued each year
In March by the department of flsh and game
of Alabama. The latest edition of thievery
valuable work has Just been received by "The
Courant," and It Is even more comprehensive
than the one of last year. If this could be
possible. At any rate, it Is a book of^im
pressive appearance, and all of Its ninety-six
pages are filled with material that would
enhance the value of an. library. The book
is printed on excellent paper, there are many
pages of Illustration of the birds of Ala
bama done In colors to represent nature so
far as art can represent It, and throughout
'the book are poems by Southern authors’, ar
ticles dealing with bird lore and many ttyngs
to attract and hold the attention of Wren
those not Interested partlcaularly In blrd llfe.
Altogether, It Is a publication of which any
state ought to be proud. We are glad ’that
there Is a state In the Union that has the
energy, the talent and the public spirit to
produce such a work each year. The onbs to
whom the credit 1 due are John H. Wal
lace, commissioner, and his secretary, JKlea
Sophia W. Watts, bot’. of Montgomery.
MARSHALLING THE MARTIAL MUSIC.
Boston Transcript. s
The New Tork Herald says that on the eve
of war the United States soldier has no pop
ular song like ‘‘There'll Be a Hot Time In the
Old Town Tonight,” of the Spanlsh-Amerlcan
war, to rouse hts spirits or to stir the mili
tary ardor of the populace. The New Tork
Herald ehould see the Ninth infantry, N.
O. M., step out to the music «f "If Tou
Knock the L Out of Kelly," "Qoodbye, Good
Luck, Ood Bless Tou” brought tears to more
than one pair of eyes, when the troops trains
left Framingham last summer.
And maybe the Herald never hear dthe
Inspiring “Home, Boys, Home,' at the other
end of the trip. Then whether one or one
thousand uniformed lads sing that para
phrase, "My Mother Raised Her Boy to Be a
Soldier,” It convinces any listener that the
author of the original song lost a great .deal
of money, to say the least, when he chose
the opposite themes, and just about now the
parody almost brlngc "Praise God From
Whom All Blessings Flow." from the rest of
us.. ... . . .v v