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Ignorance In the enrae of God.
-—Henry % 1.
BEGINNING THE WAV—Lord,
I would linve tlirlst walk up an«J
down In my life today. If lie
ehangeM ray business or my incfh
oda or my attitude toward men and
tilings; If He taken nwuy my money;
If He leaves me fHeadless; I pray
Thee let me follow Him still, for
He In light and life. In Ilfs name.
Amen.
Russian Unpreparedness
The fall of Lemberg was fraught
with the utmost significance, how
ever the allies may seek to minimize
this victory of the Germans. The main
army has not yet been beaten, but
Russia has received a staggering blow
which the German leaders will not be
slow in following up. She occupies
now a position similar to that occu
pied by Austria when the onslaughts
of the Czar’s troops forced her to
fight w'ith her back against the wall.
The Russian advance has become a
retreat and the allies can expect no
further help from this source for some
time. While the Russians are not
hopelessly beaten, their future success
depends on getting sufficient ammu
nition. If this is not forthcoming soon,
irreparable disaster may overtake the
Czar’s forces.
Yet, when Russia entered the war
the whole world was surprised by the
rapid progress her armies made. One
brilliant victory followed after an
other. Lemebrg, the capital of Galicia,
has been in the hands of the Russians
nearly ever since the beginning of the
war. Now they have lost practically
all the territory gained from the Aus
trians, their battle line is broken and
they face overwhelming defeat.
The cuuse of these reverses seems
to be a lack of ammunition, as well as
a lack of training. The latter, how
ever, is far from being so important a
factor as the former. Although Rus
sia has more men, probably, than all
the other belligerents put together,
they can do nothing without ammuni
tion, of which the German armies
have an unlimited supply. Unpre
paredness has brought disaster.
Unless the allies bestir themselves,
Germany will give Russia a sound
drubbing and then hurl her victorious
troops against the allies’ line in the
western theatre of war. The allies,
as they are situated at present, might
not be able to resist a drive of this
kind.
Pursi 9
Happiness i depend
ent upon wet cs or en
vironment, a ilosopher
who wrote, humble,
there’s no place like home,” knew
whereof he spoke.
At least so say social workers of
Topeka, Kan., who have been at
tempting to assist an old colored
woman, called “Grandma Simpson.”
Grandma Simpson lives in a shack,
built from boards of all sizes and de
scriptions, patched out with pieces of
tin and with boiler lids, where the
boards fail of meeting.
During recent heavy ruins the shack
was flooded and Topeka’s policewom
an and a representative of a charita
ble institution went to offer her a
better home and more comforts. But
Grandma Simpson refused to leave
her humble dwelling, and in fact,
would not admit her visitors. She
talked to them over a high board
fence, which she explained was to
keep out the "pesky boys.”
“I’se not fixed fer comp’ny,” she
explained. “Some folks live in worse
places than this; I've knowed of some
folks livin' in holler trees. 1 works for
good white folks.”
Gfandma Simpson’s family were all
soldiers, she proudly asserts. But she
is all alone now—her youngest son
went to the Spanish-American war
and never returned.
Alone, feeble, penniless, the old
negro woman clings tenaciously to the
miserable shuck. Instead of comfort
in an institution she chooses the tum
ble-down cabin which years ago rang
\
with the shouts of her happy picks- j
ninnies. Just a few smoke-blackened
boards, thrown together with hap
hazard disregard of definite plan,
topped by a leaky roof, but to Grand
ma Simpson it is home.
Would that more people were actu
ated by the home-loving spirit of the
ancient colored woman.
Those who live in their autos, dine
at cafes and use the home merely' as
a lodging place are poorer than
Grandma Simpson, who although ig
norant, realizes it is the family asso
ciations clustering about the humblest
dwelling that convert it into a home.
The Medical College Question
Because of its industrial life no
city in the whole south, not excepting
New Orleans, presents such oppor
tunities for the practical operation of
a great medical college as Birming
ham. This is distinctly the logical
place, therefore, for the location of
the medical department of the Uni
versity of Alabama.
Mobile has had the medical college
for long years. It was established
there before Birmingham was founded
or even thought of, and at a time the
Gulf City offered far better advan
tages for medical students than any
other community in Alabama.
But the situation has changed.
Birmingham, dating its birth from
1871, has grown to he a large city.
In the census of 1910 it had a popula
tion of 132,685, but Birmingham, with
its envirous in the 10-mile limit, was
credited with a population of 212,000.
Today, five years later, the same
area has, it is estimated, not less than
250,000. Mobile's growth has been
substantial, but its population in the
last census was not quite 52,000.
Not only does Birmingham’s size
compel consideration in this matter of
the medical college location, but this
being an industrial center, clinical
subjects of all kinds are found here
the year round. Birmingham’s geo
graphical location is in its favor, of
course, but the exceptional advan
tages from the medical profession’s
point of view—among them a free
hospital with 200 beds, a free dis
pensary and a dental college—are
what count and they should determine
the question of the removal of the
medical school.
The university is making splendid
progress in the educational world and
every year marks a broadening of its
technical and professional achieve
ments. But what is now clearly need
ed for the rounding out of its system
is the transference of the medical de
partment to Birmingham.
It is stated by leading members of
the medical fraternity that the col
lege at Mobile is, according to the
rules of standardization established
and applied by the educational coun
cil of the American Medical associa
tion, about to be dropped for statisti
cal reasons from Class A to Class B.
If this happens the fact would react
not only against the university, but
very seriously against medical educa
tion in Alabama.
A bill will be introduced in the leg
islature next month providing for the
removal of the medical college to Bir
mingham. The people of Mobile will
naturally make an earnest protest, and
they will, as they always do when
this medical college subject is up for
discussion, arouse much sympathy.
But the legislature should ignore sen
timent and act for the greatest good
of the greatest number. With the
University’s medical school in opera
tion here in Birmingham it would in
a very few years take rank with the
greatest medical colleges in the Uni
ted States. It would draw students
from all parts of the south and would
consequently widen the already wide
influence of the university. There
fure, every citizen of Alabama hav
ing pride in his state should feel a
lively interest in this matter and be
ready to co-operate with the doctors
and the Jefferson county delegation
in promoting the early passage of the
proposed measure.
God and Mammon
If money is not corrupting Amer
ican life, it is at least vulgarizing it.
Many intelligent and fair critics of
our institutions and character have
laid at our door the accusation of
measuring too many things in dollars
and cents. And if we are honest we
must plead guilty to much of the
charge.
We despise European class distinc
tions, but we are building up a set
of our own, based on the most sordid
consideration. About half of our
novels have for their only charm a
supposed insight into the lives of the
very rich. Our press dispatches carry
fulsome details of the doings of the
millionaires. Many of our salesmen
and saleswomen are becoming snobs
of the worst sort in their desire to
serve only the wealthy. We think that
all a college needs is an elaborate
equipment and a big endowment. Even
in our churches there is a notion that
a backbone of about ten rich men is
all we need.
This worship of money and imitation
of those who have it are introducing
entirely false standards into our
lives. On the one hand we spend too
much in our miserable effort to keep
up. On the other hand some funda
mental things are postponed or cur
tailed altogether. Our young people,
for example, are afraid to marry un
til a competence is in sight, and
afraid to have children even then.
Now, I do not mean to say that the
whole country is so affected, or that
the disease has progressed so far as
to he fatal. Nor do I even say that
currents of health are not beginning
to gain the ascendancy over the cur
rents of sickness in us. There is in
many quarters a quickening realiza
tion that there must he a new mind
toward wealth. A new conscience is
arising with reference to the obligation
the rich man is under to the world.
We hear wild and grotesque utter
ances, and dismiss them with the easy
charge of “fanaticism,’’ “socialism” or
“anarchy.” They are in reality the
raucous voices which arise out of the
world’s half-formed protest against
the selfish and sordid use of wealth.
The introduction of Christ into the
life of the world is our only hope.
That will strike at the individual
hearts of men, and that is the only
but entirely sufficient foundation for
deep and lasting change.
The law of Christ for property is
plain: First. We own nothing; we ad
minister Cod’s property for Cod's pur
poses. Second. Cod is Father and we
are all brothers. From these two it is
easy to deduce the following: The self
ish use of money or of the ability to
make money is sin.
This does not mean that we are not
to spend money on ourselves and our
families. We are to feed and clothe
and train ourselves and those depend
ent upon us in such way as that we
shall be the best possible purveyors
of Cod to men. Beyond that we owe
to the world under Cod our money and
our ability to make money. These are
to be given according to our best judg
ment, guided by the spirit of Christ.
HENRY M. EDMONDS.
Lack of ammunition is said to have
caused the defeat of the Russians. The
Germans are not accommodating
enough to subject themselves to bayo
net charges any more than is abso
lutely necessary.
People who bought automobiles dur
Chicego’s short street ear strike, ex
pecting to go Into the jitney bus busi
ness, realize now that opportunity
knocked on their doors merely to hand
them a lemon.
According to testimony, while an al
leged “love pirate" was kissing a New
York millionaire he waved his arms
“like Sousa leading a band.” Evidently
pleased, hut a novice at the game.
For a “sick man" the Turk is show
ing remarkable staying powers, de
spite the cheering news sent out from
London regarding the successes of the
allies in the Dardanelles.
An earthquake shock should not hurt
business at the San Francisco fair, in
view of the American's well known
penchant for taking a “sporting
c nance."
Santo Domingo has started a revo
lution against kissing, which promises
in be less bloody than the revolutions
in that part of the world usually aie.
A movement to get Frank pardoned
is already under way, so the chances
a?e that newspaper readers have not
heard the last of the Frank case.
The citizens of Georgia should blush
for the treatment accorded Governor
Slaton, who refused to be swayed by
the ejamor of the mob.
Great Britain subscribes to the
theory that* it pays to advertise, be
cause she has recruited a large army
by that method.
Roumania has been given to under
stand by the allies that if she doesn't
come across soon, she needn't come
across at all.
The Boston Globe recently split an
infinitive and paragraphers from coast
to coast* indulged in exclamation
marks.
The Germans are already so far
ahead of their foes on points that
they could afford to quit.
Russia shows a disposition to let the
other allies bear the brunt of the fight
ing for awhile.
The Russian account of the fall of
Lemberg was brief, but hardly to the
point.
LIKE MI, IKE SAYS
From tlie Cincinnati Enquirer.
After a man has been married for
awhile he begins to wonder why they
v ere ever called the weaker sex.
When a man hates another man he
goes around and tells everybody but
the man lie hates.
A rich man is often a poor husband.
The woman who spends nil of her
time trying to shine in society always
gets Inad when' her nose gets the
habit.
A man doesn't mind paying his beer
• •ill, but it is different when his water
I'ill comes in.
W hen a man can’t make a living any
< Jier way he can always become a
1 eformer and find plenty of grouches
io finance a society for the preven
tion of something.
The reason why a woman never suc
< « eds when she marries a man to re
form him is because she forgets to take
a course of lessons in the art of
charming snakes.
When he begins to notice that she
talks, too much, and she begins to
notice that his breath smells of to
bacco. tlje honeymoon goes out and
hunts for a man who knows how to use
a pul (motor.
This is a queer world. In one end
'•f town a woman who has denied
herself enough to cat so that the chil
dren might have milk for supper will
! U U up a piece of newspaper and see
i big headline over the news that a
woman in the other end of town has
just paid $lu,oou for a Pekinese poodle.
/’u man} men are wearing those pas
sionate, wide-collared, opoii-at-tlie
Hiiowy-white-throat shirts this suin
"ier i hat a common, ordinary mutt
doesn’t 1 now what to think of things
in general.
[N HOTEL LOBBIES j
Splrmlld Crop*
‘I am cultivating a variety of crops,
including fruit, on my 50-acre farm In St.
Clair county, just beyond the Jefferson
linp,” said W. M. Lindsay. "My apples
are the prettiest I ever saw. I have never
known crops to look better at this time of
the year than those in my neighborhood.
They are simply splendid. From the pres
ent outlook this Is going to be a great
year for the farmers of northern Ala
bama.”
Thinks* I'.nriy I'ence Probable
“The allies cannot whip the Ger
mans and some of them must now sec
it that way," said the Rev. Carl
llenckel.
“The war may continue indefinitely
but 1 am inclined to believe that it will
s'op very soon. My idea is that Rus
sia will begin by negotiations a sep
rvate peace treaty with Germany and
Austria, if that be done France would
soon follow'. The announcement that
steps are to be taken to end the war
will probably come suddenly.”
Raising Motley for HirmhiKtiuni College
“I am canvassing In Talladega for sub
scriptions to the Birmingham college fund
and am meeting with very good success,”
said the Rev. J. B. Cumming. "You know
we started out more than a year ago to
raise $25,000—a half to be used for new
buildings and improvements on the
grounds and the other half to be set aside
as a permanent endowment fund. The
depression coming on, we did not complete
the canvass, but we did bring the sub
scriptions up to about $187,000. We expect
to round out the amount to $2MMKK) this
year.
"Plans are now being prepared for the
erection of science hall, to cost about $30,
<K)0. When we have enough money on
band we will erect a handsome admin
istration building to cost something like
$100,000.” *
The Effect of ICigli Rents
"One of the most serious problems
that is confronting the business men
of Birmingham is the high rents of
<he downtown stores," said Judge K
II. Dryer, referee in bankruptcy.
“In many of the failures of business
men that have conn* before me recent
ly the item of rent has eut quite an
important figure. Fndet* the present
rent lease system in the laws of Ala
bama all the goods in any storehouse,
whether paid for or not, are liable on
attachment for arrears of rent and un
der the provision *»f the law the relit
tor the full term of the lease can bt
claimed.
.“There have been several instances
in which this provision has materially
affected the credit of the business man.
for the wholesaler as a rule does net
care to place his unpaid for goods
where they might be seized to satisfy
a claim for rent.
“The landlord's lein takes precedent j
over all other unsecured claims and in j
numberless instances in the bankrupt ]
court the landlord has claimed all the i
property of the bankrupt to the exclu
sion of every other creditor.
“In my opinion unless the business j
men of the city are given some re
lief from the ‘boom time’ rents there!
will be many failures and the rent,
aforesaid will be quite a factor in
bringing them about.”
Recalling Days of '98
“In these days of war and rumors
of war those who served or volun
teered to serve in our army during the
Spanish-American war naturally recall
the stirring days of ’98," said K W.
Lindsey, “i was living in Nashville
when war broke out and enlisted in
the Third Tennessee.
"While we did not get to the front
we learned a lot of tilings that wen.
useful to us in after life and it is
always a pleasure to me to recall th«
days we spent in camp. We were in
instruction camp in Chickamauga park
for sometime before being sent to An
niston, where we remained from Sep
t< mber, 1898, to the last day of Janu
ary, 1899.
“In Anniston we didn’t have such a
hard time but in Chickamauga they
drilled us until our tongues hung out
We went on hikes over the mountains
arotlnd Chattanooga, over Missionary
Itidge and all through the country.
It was pretty hot work, especially as
we were in heavy marching order,
carrying about 65 pounds to the man.
“I happened to be lucky and was
appointed a trumpeteer, so did not have
to carry a rifle. All the boys were
Kame though and it was surprising
bow few of them fell out on the long
practice marches. After they got back
to camp they were often laid up
though.
“W» were sent to Anniston during
the latter part of September and had
an easier time as they only drilled us
two hours in the morning and two In
;he afternoon. Then, too, we were not
in heavy marching order. There must
ha\ e been about 10,Out) troops en
camped about Anniston and 1 never re
turn there without thinking of the
days 1 spent in that city as a sol
dier."
Announcing (hr llirniinghiim Naguxlue
“On July 2a the first issue of The Bir
mingham Magazine, of which I am editor,
will Im* issued,” remarked G. W. Roberts,
the well known publicity man.
“I intend this publication to be a spe
cial business organ, and a great number
of articles will be contributed by local
business men. It has been planned along
such lines as to develop more .highly the
civic spirit of tlie community. There will
be a Vity Beautiful Department,’ a ‘Real
Estate and Investors’ Guide,’ a ‘Builders’
Guide,’ and a ‘Department of Business
Help. This magazine should stimulate
the spirit of co-operation and he in many
other ways useful. Special space will bo
given to the work of the Chamber .of
Commerce, the Board of Trade, the Ad
Men's club, the Real Estate exchange,
the Alabama diversification movement,
the Builders’ exchange, and the cordial
co-operation of members of these organi
zations is requested. There will he a per^
petual Know Birmingham’ campaign in
the columns of the magazine, and all
manner of industrial development work
will be fully discussed. I feel convinced
that the publication will prove an excel
lent Influence for improvement and ex
pansion work here.’’
WIDELV COMMENTED ON
From the Macon News.
A man in Buffalo named Damn has
married a girl named Goode, and every
paragrapher in the business, with our
exception, is having something to say
aboqt it.
AND IN PHILADELPHIA, TOO
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Somebody ought to reduce the allies'
gains to a common denominator. This
business of adding up a* of a mile, plus
*’>*> yards, plus 3-12 of a kilometre is a little
fatiguing
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE MAN WHO
DIRECTS OUR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
□E announcement in Friday's Age
Herald that the only idle furnace
at Ensley would go In blast within
a week and that of the sum total capacity
of all the Tennessee company's factories
the production was up to 76 per cent was
like a brilliant sun ray through clouds
to the Birmingham man of business ambi
tion.
So the big manufactory of Birmingham
is doing real business with prospects of
full capacity operations very soon.
This means that the smaller wheels of
Industry are likewise beginning to spin.
■fg
The great Tennessee company here is
managed locally by talent which is not
excelled anywhere.
This talent has been tested and ap
proved by the general in command of the
greatest army of industries in the world; j
and it is of this man I would write.
Judge Elbert H. Gary, Chairman of the
i
Board of the Steel corporation and direc- ,
tor general of its affairs, iB a man of per- i
h&pn sixty, clean cut of features and of
limb, agile of body and alert of mind,
quick of perception and as just and fair
as the most accurately balanced chemist's
scales.
He is quiet of manner, pointed and de
cisive of speech and can transact more
business in an hour than the average
man in a day.
Socially he is the most charming of
men. He enjoys a good story and tells
a good one. He is an expert Judge of
rare rugs, paintings and art works gen
erally. In his home are some of the most
beautiful and highly prixed oriental rugs
in existence and perhaps the most ex
quisite furniture selections in America.
* •'.< *
But with all the love of art and of
beautiful treasures he never loses right
of the fullest consideratalon for his fellow
man In whatever position he might he.
No concern in the v/orid has more con
tented employes and working men than
the Steel Corporation. Every man is en
abled to share In its profits, and Judge
Gary Insists upon the most careful of
residential surrounding to all the plants
of the great company over which he pre
sides. I have heard men say that he
throws away profits in providing safety
appliances for hts plants, pleasure
grounds for his people, schools, churches
and amusements for them. But he he
lieves that every man who works is • r»«/
titled to the same proportion of pleasures
that the executive officers have, and he
insists upon it. He is broad guaged in ail
things and it is indeed fortunate for thi*
district that such a man is the leaner in
itfe industrial development.
• ¥ ¥
On Thursday next Alabama, by its laws, *
becomes the most radical and extreme
prohibition state in the Union. If its laws
are enforced the drunkard must reform
and the young man can have no tempta
tion of drink.
It remains to be seen whether these laws
will be enforced or whether we sna.l have
a repetition of the old days, when blind
tigers were in every block and where
more mean whisky was consumed than
during the days of the open saloon. It is
the duty of the man who voted prohibition
upon the state now’ to apply the same >
amount of energy in enforcing the laws
that he exerted in foisting them upon the
state.
Nowr that we have prohibition, let u«
make it prohibition in reality.
.adrift with the lines
A FIRST CLASS SUBSTITUTE |
Now, riches don’t make happiness,
A very ancient saw:
And yet, a maid who's in distress
Cjuite often goes to law
And asks enormous damages
To heal a broken heart,
And when her lawyer makes his pleas
The jury takes her part,
So that, in just a little while,
Her breach of promise suit
Extracts the coin to live in sty1©
From one who proved a "brute.”
And while it mayn't he happiness
That makes her features glow,
Whate'er it is, it doth express
A joyous mood, I know.
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASTOS
"Pa, were you ever caught smoking
v hen you were a hoy?” asked Tommy
Slathers, who had been Invited to the
v'oodshed for a private interview with
hip father.
“Why—er—yes,” answered Mr. Slath
ers.
"Did your father punish you?”
"No, he didn't.”
"Then T hope you won’t he hard on
me because you have caught me smok
ing.”
"Umph! My early attempts made me
deathly sick, but you are looking as fit
an a fiddle. Step this way, son.”
BIG SOUND WAVE
"Chugson seems to have an un
usually large horn on his runabout."
"So he has. Every time he presses
the hull) I expect to see that little car
of his hurled backward."
CLEANED OUT
"I've often wished that I might
throw my purse to a chauffeur, as the
old-time heroes used to throw their
purees to their retainers."
"I get much the same sensation every
time I take a taxi ride. 1 have to
fcisk my pockets for the fare.”
CLASHES ARE FREQUENT
"Are Mrs. Gadders anil Mrs. Flimson
friendly?"
"No. Under the circumstances I ftar
that is impossible."
"Why so?'
"They an nn the same party line and
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their hours for telephoning the grocer
are identical."
JUSTIFIED
Although as patriotic
As any man, I ween,
Dtibbs has a poor opinion
Of th’ U. S. submarine.
TIME WILL TELL
"Ah! A wedding party is coming
out of that church. I see the lucky
man."
"Where?”
"He is Just this moment stepping
into a limousine."
“Maybe you are right. That's the
suitor who ran second.”
WHAT’S BLUE BLOOD
“She never tires of telling how her
ancestors came over in the Mayflower.”
“Still, that sort of story doesn't
make much impression on her rich
neighbors who know that the present
generation of the family can’t afford
to go back to Europe as first cabil
passengers aboard an ocean liner.”
ALABAMA PRESS
Ashland Progress: There lias never
been a time in history when the Amer
ican flag had a greater glgnlficanoe
than now In the language of Secre
tary McAdoo, "It Is the hope of civl
lization."
Kpes Tribune Monday, July 5, lei's
unfurl "Old Glory" to the peaceful
breezes In the grandest country. In the
grandest state. In the grandest county
and 111 the best little town in the coun
try. Long may It wave over the land
of the free and the home of the brave.
Gadsden Times-News: The Forrcgt
highway from Romo to Birmingham
via Gadsden, ought to he attractive to
tourists. It will furnish a world of
things Interesting to the average
American.
Gadsden Evening Journal: Word
c. mes from Birmingham that a strung
delegation from that city will make the
trip to MJine, July 5. News comes
from RcJp.that great preparations are
being made to entertain the visitors.
Gadsden should be well represented in
the party.
SECRETARIES FROM NEW A ORK
From the Syracuse Post-Standard (Rep).
If Mr. Wilson selects his Secretary of!
State from New York he will honor a
state that has been more frequently hon
ored than any other with this office. If
Mr. Laruiirg is appointed successor to
Mr. Bryan he will be the eighth New
Yorker to hold the premier position in the
cabinet.
The eecretaries of state from New York
have been:
t nder Andrew Jackson— Martin Van
Buren.
Under Franklin Pierce—William L.
Marcy.
Under Lincoln and Johnson-William
H. Seward.
Under Grant—Hamilton Fish.
Under Hayes—William M. Evarts.
Under Roosevelt—Elihu Root and Rob
ert Bacon.
New York has furnished eight secre
taries of war and eight secretaries of fhe
treasury since the offices were estab
lished under Washington.
ON THE Jl'MI*
From the Brooklyn Times.
Three prisoners dropped out of the sec
ond-story window of the Coney Island
court yesterday; anothef man leaped from
the fourth tier of cells in the Tombs; an
other sprang off the Brooklyn bridge, and
a young woman threw herself out of a
rowboat. Everybody seems to be on the
jump just now.
ON HIS BLINDNESS
By John Milton.
When I consider how my light is spent
Ere half my days, in this dark world
and wide.
And that one talent which is death to
hide
Lodged with me useless, though my soul
more bent
To serve therewith my Maker, and pre
sent
My true account, lest He, returning,
chide—
Doth God exact day labor, light denied?
I fondly ask—But Patience, to prevent
That murmur, soon replies: God doth not
need
Either man’s work or His own jgifts; who
best
Bear RIs mild yoke, they serve Him
best; His state
Is kingly; thousands at His bidding
speed
And poet o'er land and ocean without
rest—
They also serve who only stand and wait.
THE PASSING OF A ZEPPELIN
Harold Williams, in the London Chronicle.
WE had sat up rather later than
usual the other night, as an of
ficer had been dining with us,
and the talk had been full of interest. An
added dash of excitement was caused by
tiie news that a Zeppelin had been
sighted, and the garrison had been warned
of a possible raid. About 12:30, however,
we were all in bed and dropping off to
sleep. It was quite a chilly night, but I
suddenly began to feel a curious sensation
of suffocation, and a strong impulse to
go to the window and fling it wider open
even than it was. It seemed ridiculous
to get up and rouse myself, and I tried to
settle down to sleep again. But no. T^he
feeling was irresistible—and at the same
moment I heard a voice from the next
room call out, “Do you hear that engi le
throbbing? That's something more than
an aeroplane.!' In less than a minute
four of us had rushed to a front window,
without turning on any light, of course,
and were leaning out as far as we could
reach. Just above our ghimneys w'e
caught sight of a dim shape. It must
have been almost exactly above the
house. Without a word we rushed into
the garden—just as we were, with bare
feet and in our night clothes—and there
above us we saw' the monster. There was
a slight mist, which, perhaps, added to
the horror, and the large cigar-shaped
body seemed vast in size. I could hardly
guess the height, hut it might have been
1000 feet at a rough calculation, for we
saw It clearly, but it was probably more.
There could be no doubt that it was a
Zeppelin. The .shape was quite different
from any other airship—longer and nar
rower. The heavy thud of the engines
sounded quite different from the whirring
of an ordinary aeroplane. It was travel
ing at a good pace, east by north. We
watched the passing of the Zeppelin,
sending out strong waves of prayer to
guard the unsuspecting sleepers from the
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power of evil lying waiting in that grin* .
machine, and our hearts filled with thank- ]
fulness that we had been spared, and ,
only the shadow of horror had passed
over us.
What was the strong impulse which
kept urging me to look up? 1 was alone,
walking along a country lane; no voice
spoke, and yet the message was insistent.
All round the larks were singing, and only
with one's eyes on the sky can that
glorious thrill be fully appreciated, until
one's whole being vibrates in sympathy
with the spring. But what is that dim
humming sound like a huge insect coming
from the clouds? The whirr of an aero
plane is a familiar note these days of
war, on the east coast—but this was dif
ferent, and yet “Book up! look up!" The
\vnrifs~rang through my brain—and there,
up among the white, fleecy clouds flew
the great humming insect. It was an aer
oplane, but at what a height. Nev r
had the flight of man seemed so like a
wheeling bird. One big sweep round, and
the bird was off again. It was not com
ing down to our air station, indeed, the
stranger seemed a real bird of passage.
Was it possible that this beautiful flying
creature, with Its gentle hum was indeed
a winged messenger of death, come to
inspect our peaceful country, perhaps rain
Are of destruction in its flight? Is tlie
wonder of man's ingenuity to be used as
a weapon of hate? God forgive us. We
have marred tlie surface of the earth
v th the ugly machinery of humanity
let us leave the blue sky and the spaces
between the clouds to the angels and the
pure in spirit.
I discovered afterward that the stranger
was indeed a German aeroplane which had
been * hased by one of ours and will
escaping.
TO PRINT STATE LAWS
From the E'pes Tribune.
For the benefit of its readers the
Tribune will publish each week one
or more of the laws passed by the
last legislature as given by The Bir
mingham Age-Herald.