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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
President and King
 Clasp Hands in London

1 66MhR, PRESIDENT, England is
 3V1 indeed proud to welcome the representative Of nation which has rendered the greatest possible sers- ice to the cause of humanity. ."-King George.
 "It is highly flattering to be so lgraciously welcomed by the head of the democracy of Great Britain" i-President Wilson.
 Thus the King of England and the President of the United States met and shook hands at Charing Cross sta tion Incidentally, few indeed are the novels with their scenes laid wholly or in part in Londea that do not con- tain some reference to Charing Cross station.
 It was an suspicious occasion for the two fo, emost demeeracies of the world and there will be none, save perhaps few old fogies who hold sinecures at the Kings favor, to quib- ble over MT. Wilson's greeting. These worthies would lave preferred some thing more grandiose in style, with reference to royalty and the British empire, but the King and the Presi- dent met as man to man, and each was happy in his choice of words. One lis President for fixed term of years, the other for life. Both are the serv- ants of the democracies they repre- sent. And both have acquitted them selves wcrthily in the great war, al- though the Limitations imposed on him by the British constitution prevented King George from exercising a tenth of the power entrusted to President l Wilson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
LUKE M,LfIKE SAYS

1 We are not all good judges of human
 nature, and it takes sharp man tu
 cut an undesirable acquaintance. l Maybe YOU have noticed that the
 more stuck up man is the less other | people stick up for him. Before he gets her he is always tell
 Ing her that she is vision. And aft ! CT he gets her he is always telling her that she is a sight
 1 When a man gets home at midnight and tells his wife that he had to work 1 like dog all night, he isn't lying to
 her. You know how much a dog works 1 don't you?
 1 If we only had the gift of second sight the betting is that there woull ! be mighty few cases of love st firsi l sight.
 ] As long as the front @parlor is clean
 a princess is willing to let the rest of
 the house run for Sweeny. l Any time ene woman lends another
 woman quarter she remembers that I quarter morning, noon and night until
 she gets It back. And when the other woman does pay it back, the woman Is
 sure to say. as she takes the money l Why, had forgotten all about it.'' 1 Of course it is none of our business But lot of corn fed girls seen to ! pe SdNlHk wear ana tear on tne1r cor sets by wearing these blouse things. l Any time you notice a man wears
 more than one black eye in year. the { betting is that he has been talkin- 1 too much.
 i A womans idea 0f model husband ! is one who has sense enough to was;l
 the dish tewel and hang it up to dry after he has finished wiping tns 1 dishes.
 Any man who is unlupky is supersti. 1 tious. That is the reason why so many
 married men are superstitieus. e | What has become of the O. f, gamble.
 who used to wear an ace up his sleevei
 Domestic iHeempatibility means thal won't de sveEythiRG thu wsy his wifi
 wants it dons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
REFORMING JUDICIAL SYSTEM

1, fixed date. If, as is supposed, the ap-
 preaching session of the legislature
 should recess over a period of two months
 or more, such a commission could sub-
 init to the reassembled legislatures con- I sideration an Illuminating report, tegeth- J CT with drafts of bills designed to carry
 into effect It's recommendations. The ! advantages such commissien-appeinte 1 by the chief executive under authority
 of law-would both promise and assure
 are obvious and we'll defined. Some of
 them may be briefly indicated.
 1 | A commission would be constituted Iof men specially trained and qualified by experience to deal wisely with the subject iH all it's phases-a subject in
 which each would have an unselfishly
 patriotic, prideful professional interest. | ?. Such commission would draw from the general membership of the profess sion a measure and quality of disiHter-
 ested, expert advice and counsel that no other agency could possibly so freely command.
 3. The service <Dhe commission would
 perform would exempt the appropriate
 committees of the legislature from the drudaery of initial inquiry and the tedium
 of winnewing detail; process of skilled dissection and digestion that would de- velop the concrete, in defect or proposal
 and so coordinate and simplify suggest- ed remedies as to facilitate their review by legislative committees
 l 1. The report of the commission, with it's exhibits, would afford tangible, l practical object for consideration that,
 when presented to the public and the lawmakers, would enable safe appraisal
 of merits or demerits and assure con- struetive, not destructive, action. 5. This means of preparing for thought ful legislative consideration of our judi-
 clal system and the process of deliherat- ing upon the report of the commission
 would segregate the subject; would fo- ealize upon matter of grave public con- cern; would separate its examination from other wholly unrelated questions; would evoke the thought of our state, lay
 and professional to an end that could not but serve to illustrate and empha- size the capacity of Alabama to deal wisely, effectively and we'll with the dis
 charge by the Judiciary of its all-im- portant functions. Alabama is entitled
 to have as efficient a judicial system as
 can be devised; and no geod reason can
 be given why preparation for and pros-
 ress toward this end should be deferred
 for four wears; until another legislature ia eboSen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
* * * Profligate Russia Is Paying the Price

A N article which throws much A light on present conditions in Russia was published recently in Com merce and Finance It is easier to un- derstand why the bolsheviki have ris- en to power, why men, who formerly commanded armies have been reduced to beggary and titled women forced to accept humble employment and why there are so many factions in Russia when we reflect that in no other coun- try on the globe has there been a sharper contrast between the poverty of the poor and the enormous for tunes of the upper classes, leading to excesses unknown to the western world
 The reign of anarchy and bloodshed in Russia is the result of centuries of oppression. "There is no such thing in Russia as a spirit of nationalism. The whole vast empire is but crazy quilt of antagonistic races, differing i'll aspirations, in thought, in ideals and in purpose" Graft has existed so long that it has become an institution, causing one class to prey on another, to the end that the most helpless, the working people, have suffered most They have been exploited to build up the rotten fabric of Russian society, the upper crust imposed on a slumbering volcano.
 As an illustration of those causes which have undermined Russia, the writer in Commerce and Finance de- seribes the Yarr of Moscow. It is said to have been one of the most ex. traordinary resorts in the world Os- tensibly restaurant, it was a ren- dezvous for the richest and most prof. ligate people of Russia. "It was gi- gantic Waldorf Astoria Metropolitan Opera house-Hippodrome, and various other things rolled into one" It con tained miniature mountain, on the sides of which a visitor might dine in pavilion, grotto or cave. One of the most noted caterers in Europe was in charge and there were three orchesxas, with each orchestra a troop of fifty dancing girls. Every body who had money and desire to spend is sAewily went to the Yarr as a matter -course.. -
 NasursHy he crS;ie; theSs were as founding. An chosnously richy1uan g$x6 asRinncr at the Yarr one night tos Ee esa,lpany of demi-mcn- da dsred ts,e manager to get tSSeshef all the caviar that could EIGHTEENTH l4osd A huge auantity M H9lp l#ieed lied YhS rich man ordered itsSpred on the eisst dancing f.coss. The dancing girls were ordered to roll ip the stuff from one end of the plat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
ENTERPRISE

From the Los Angeles Times.
 A small boy entered the office of a doctor the other day and, on catching sight of the doctor. he whispered quietly into his ear:
 Please, sir, mother wants to know is measles catching?"
 Tell your mother of course they are.'' replied the doctor.
 The boy, not being satisfied with this, exclaimed:
 "Please, sir, mother wants to know what you will give her to spread lem around the town? My sisters got 'em awful"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
To Use Four-Minuts Men

The finest tribute I have heard paid to the good work done by the four minute mem was the one unconsciously paid them by J. R, T. Rives,' said Ed Rowe, for. in trying to account for the lack of enthusiasm in the Red Cross roll call, he remarked that the men had been solicited on cold dol lar without any inspiring oratory to make them come across and his sug- gestion proved fruitful, for it was determined that next week the hot air artists were going to be once more communicated"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28

gether arm to arm or leg to leg and hs compelled to remain in this manner for indefinite hours.
 Now the blood of one person can be drawn into vessel, the vessel sealed end the blood be delivered at distant point hours afterward and the ensuing transfusion is as effective as by tha old way. A citrate solution prevents blood coagulation for sometime.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
HAD JUST BEGUN

From the Louisville Courier-Journal Only one ship has been completed at Hog Island but 50 keels have been laid and the number of ships will be 31 within 60 days. Well, i've
 had just besun to fight when the
 Germans quit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28

BEGINNING THE DAY-O Lord, give me the perfect love that cast eth out fear. May I love the world SO well and serve it so faithfully that I shall be independent of its praise or it's blame. May I love Thee so well, my Lord and my God, that l shall sit with Thee and walk with Thee in perfect peace. In Chrfst's name. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
By THOMAS. c. MCCLELLAN

By THOMAS c. MCCLELLAN
 At the suggestion of Juase J. M.
 Foster of Tuscaloosa. president of
 the Alabama State Bar association.
 and with his cooperation, The
 AKe-Hersid is publishing . series
 of articles by prominent lawyers
 en the needs for reformation In
 AlsbaRa's judicial system and
 today's article by Thomas c.
 NCiellan, associate justice of tke
 supreme csurt of Alabama, Is the
 second of the series.
 N N imperative duty ot the state i, AA to establish and maintain an of,
 ficient judicial system for the ad, nsinistration of justice; for the determin- ation, protection and enforcement of jus ticiahle rights; for the trial of those charged with crimes or other offenses
 This obvious duty includes, necessarily the obligation to detect defects and de- ficiencies in the existing judicial system and to consider of and to provide rems- dial measures to remove imperfections and to improve the methods whereby the judieiaries exert their functions No ae- tiyity of government is of more funda mental, intimate, persistent importance to all the people than the administration of justice No citizen or interest escapes or can avoid the ultimate, if not imme- diate, effects of the exercise of this great governmental function. The people of the state repose a large confidence in the legal profession, to which they have been accustomed to look for advice and leader ship in respect of the organization of their judiciary and the methods of procedure by which it's functions are performed Such confidence is profound tribute to the patriotism, honor and dignity of the legal profession. The expectation this reliance implies will net in my opinion. be disappointed. If, perchance. it should be disappointed, who can pronhesy the measure and extent of misfortune that might attend the effort of the resentful iconoclast to form or to reform the judi cial system of the state?
 A survey of our judicial system, com pretending it's varied clements and meth ods, Is a prerequisite to rational proposals to effect its improvements, The general ly accepted, best agency to accomplish this end is commission, authorized by legislative enactment; consisting of, say, nine members; appointed by the chief executive; to serve without oompensa- ticn, The act should define the duties and powers of the commission; and re- auire Its report to the legislature by a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
World War Veterans
 Plan Organization

M cCoRDING to a special cable 4A dispatch to the New York
 World from Paris, steps are being
 taken by the American soldiers in
 France to perfect, on returning home, Ia great organization similar to the
 Grand Army of the Republic. It will embrace all the officers and men in every branch of the service-a total |of four millions or more.
 Besides being the largest body of veterans ever known in this country
 it will differ widely from the veterans |of the civil war inasmuch as it will be entirely free from sectionalism. The north and south have marched side
 by side and have alike reflected luster upon America
 Presumably the negroes. will be formed into separate division, with their own division officers, subject,
 however, to the orders of the general
 commander,
 The new organization will be pri- mariiy along the lines of military !comradeship. The social element will lpredominate, but it is hinted that the veterans as such will take hand in presidential and congressional elee- tions.
 In this connection the New York
 World correspondent says that "the cessation of hostilities has redirected the attention of the two million Amer |ican troops abroad to recent events at
 home" General resentment. accord.
 ing to the same authority, is felt lover
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
nis Family at Christma. ninner

T ran over from Ashland, where [ am now located" said Ira Hood, who IS interested in the graphite business, 'to spend the Christmas holidays Christmas Day we all took dinner with my father and mother. There were 1S of the family, including the sons and daughters-in-law, at the table in the dining reom- There is nothing like a family Christmas dinner to create and conserve the Christmas spirit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
New Year to Witness
 Abounding Prosperity

M s prosperous as Alabama has GA been this year, the year 1913 will, unless all signs fail, witness even greater prosperity.
 There is always a Hull in general business during the holidays. The merchants of Birmingham report an exceptionally large Christmas trade; but industrial operations will not be adjusted to peace conditions for sey- eral weeks; not fully adjusted before the close of the first quarter, per- haps. But when the new era of pros- perity gets under full headway it will break all records.
 Coal production in this district will reach good average week by week. There will be no shortage of mine labor and there is every reason to ex- pect an output at the rate of twsnty- three million tons year, which would mark a new high record. And coal production is always good barometer for all lines of business in this sec tion.
 Certain it is that the 1919 outlook k xunndorfi1llxr hrinhf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
:. HUSKY.

 T saw policewoman arrest a drunk man this morning'' . Did she use tact?" "It wasn't necessary, She could have thrashed the fellow if he had been cold sober"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
Frederick Warde's Praise

My two weeks visit to Birmingham will long be remembered as most delightful experience" said Frederick Warde. the actor, who left yester- day morning for Georgia with the Out There" company
 T enjoyed every day of my stay here. Never has it been my pleasure to meet more charming people or to be the recipient of greater hospital ity. Of the entertainments I attended that of the Music Study club was es- pecially notable in it's sustained inter- est. Mrs. Beecher discussed Maeter- linck and read portions of his drama, 'Pelleat ct Malisande, set to music by Debussy, with Mrs .Gussen at the piano.
 T have heard many fine readers but none who measured up to Mrs. Beecher. She is great artist. Not only is her voice clear. sympathetic and perfectly modulated, and her enunciation faultless, but she has the poise. manner and the dramatic finish that would reflect credit upon the most of famous of our actresses. Mrs Beecher is indeed a distinct asset to the cultural circles of Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
ADRIFvT WITH THE TIMES
HE NEVER DOES.

HE NEVER DOES. T see where the Rev, Billy Sunday was misquoted by reporter" 'How was that?7
 ''He was auotsd as saying 'Iades' in- stead of he'll" BY WAY OF APOLOGY. Sing song of sixpence, 4 bottle full of rye; Four and twenty thirsty friends VewRs they were syy. When quart was opened With a rusty file. fhere wasn't near enough to give Each one little "smile.n
 PAINFUL REMINDER. Convict No. 7ss wants to be moved to another cell"
 What's the uouble?" asked the war den,
 "ffe says the man in the adjoining cell hazes him.. E we don't allow anything like that in this prison.
 T know it's against the rules, but No. Tss was sent up for biganiy and he says whenever there isn't a guard around the fellow next to him huns wedding march"
 CAUSTIC. 'Mr. Dubson says his life is an open book"
 Maybe it is," replied the sarcastic young woman, but it isn't the kind of book that anyone with taste for read- ing would care to underline"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
Liked Red Cross Lunch

l have been a pretty regular at- tendant at the lunches of the allied armies during the various drives" said sam Blake. 'but the informal ore held at the Tutwiler on Friday to de- termine about the advisability of con tlnIing the Red Cross roll call was the most informal and homelike one of the entire series, and want to com pliment the commissariat under Gem eral Rosenberger for the turkey din- ner with all the trimmings, served hot. After all, Fred shireman has a heart at Christmas time.n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
LIKE MOTHER, LIKE SON

From the Pittshurg Chronicle Telegraph.
 A sohoolmaster received the following
 note one morning from pupil:
 Dear Sir; Please eskcoose little Tom.
 my for his absens yestiday, as he waz Swite il. and the doctor tolled me to keepe him in bed, So let him stay
 home. Yours resptively. "MIssEs SMITH" The master was g trifle suspicious. Tommy" said he. sterniy. "who wrote that note."
 Well. must say that some of that spelling is remarkably like the spelling you generally give me- But Tommy was equal to the occasion Yes, sir.'' said he cheerily Every one says that. as far as spelling is con. cerned. I'm the image of my mother --s-------------. ---- s------ WALKED ONE NIGHT Jahn Finley in the Outlook.
 walked one night in the Shepherds
 The stars in their wonted courses wheeled And no new glory the skies revealed There was no peace en earth. But az climbed the Bethlehem hill l saw one bend OCT enc whe Wal Ill And another bearing eeala to fill A AeighheF'a empty hearth And l knew that the GhFiet was theFe, I walked up the Mount littlA snacA And peered through the shadews fer His face,
 But found not Him in the pictured plscs Beneath the olive trees: Then turned toward Kidron in the night saw the men on their way to fight In JorGans Hell for thing called Riaht.
 Nor hating their enemies And knew that the Christ was there.
 Then I walked alenp in GeliieA, Where He fed the thausands by the sea And taught and wrought in His ministry Qf human brotheFhcod, There did a nreseRee my way Attena, And there heard the vetee pf . FFiend
 Say. 'iLord, an with yeu te the eRd,"
 And my heart NndeFytood-
 knew that the Christ was thers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28

MILITARY ATMOSPHERE. Ever had any military experience?" Yes, sah, boss" s "W'here?"
 T pertered in de office of gent man what was 2 cap'n in de state militia, sah"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
value of "romn Meetine.,,

T have read great deal about the old New England town meeting as be- ing the real source of cur American demeeTaey,' said J. K. P. otts, "but l never saw it at work until Thursday night at Fairfield in the selection of the town officers. I do not see how anything could have been less cut and dried and more the expression of the entire community am sure that such cominss together of the townspeople will mean much more interest in the welfare of the entire territory"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
RONE-DRY COOKING

Ne1TsA1N1k$A kegsetN+
 From the New York World.
 A serious objection to prohihiticn on which little stress has So far been laid is advanced by New York hetel pro- nrietcr. What is to become of culinary art under hone-dry legislation!
 "You can cook hardly anything without wine ar cordials. Take our national dish, terrapn, You cannot cook that without sherry sauce. Plum pudding. mince pie, all need a bit of cognac, which is not al all harmful"
 This is moving argument for the re- taxation of the rigors of prohibition. Is the Welsh rabbit to be without its spoon full of beer, the lobster Ia Newburg without its glass of sherry2 Is the rum omelet deemed? An obsdent public may dispense with cakes and ale, but must brandy sauce go and the drop of whisky or dash. of ehartreuss or marssehino that gives the finishing touch of savor to the pudding?
 These are not idle questions. The chef s art, not to msntien the time.henored tra- ditions of New England and southern kitchens. deserves some consideration at the hands of ruthless reformers There is an impression that Tips that never touch wine' have been known to smack with gusto over the flavor of the demon run, in its culinary disguise. And it IS such little and innoeuous demon that lit might seem te deserve consideration, Why, indeed. if liquor is to be spared for medicinal uses cannot a modest al- lavanes be reserved for culinary uses ? It ts not necessary to make prohibition a penaee, and ceehins, after all. is an aFt needing all the encouFasemeRt it eaE ct fFem such . Felsxation in its favor,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
Member of the As.oeiatea Press

The Age-Hefald is the only moIhsh6 and Sunday newspaper In Rirminghan carrying the Associated Press ets- patches.
 The Associated Press is exciusiVely entitled to the use for puhlIeastoA v all news dispatches credited To II " not otherwise credited in this papar and also the local news puplkheu herein.
 All rights of republication of speeiai dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
NEW MsFMan eF TRANsrUsIoN

NEW MHFH0R 6F TRANsFUSION New Yark Correspondence of The Pitts-
 burg Dispatch.
 Roi Cooper Mearue. one af the hest known of Americas younger nlaywrights, sought vainly to save the life of his good pal,1 Charles w. Hayes, general manager for selwsn & Co.,. by giving up pint of his blood This fact also re- sion. The old-fashioned method ef trans fusing hlaoA from the body of healthy person to ans In need ef life fluid wAs not only heroic, but tedious to the point ef heing iNtelesahh ta both PeFeoAs eaa- eerned. For 1t required that the sicA man and his beAetastoF bs~ strapped to-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28

Washington. bureau, POT Hipps euiid : ing,
 EuFopean bureau, Henrietta strsss' Covsnt Garden, London.
 Eastern business office. " O. o building, New York city; western pusi- ness office, Tribune building, Chicaho Toe 5. c. Beckwith Special Asehss' agaRts for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
FRENCH HOTELS TO REFUSE HUNS

pNGNSft hOfELa TO KEFUkE HUNS
 From the Pittsburg Chronicle -Tele- graph.
 French hotel proprietors have de-
 eided to shut out all Huns for a period of 10 years. Then those daring enough to enter France will have to bring along their own pretzels and wienners
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-28
THEY ALL SAY THIS.

-'Tf7 h3t IHHlp' Henry, yog've been away almost 3 year, ''So have, Arshella." Have you been kissed by any of those French, sirls?' By none over five years old"