The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-14

annual appeal, says: "Amid all the industrial prosperity caused by the war needs, with the insistent demand for all sorts of workers. there still are those who are needy--unforta ate, helpless souls whose very help lessness is intensified when silhouet- ted against the brilliant field of rich ly paid industry in which they can not share"
 The Salvation Army does it's charity work quietly. Its good deeds are manifold, but the public hears little of them.
 People, regardless of creed, have a warm feeling in their hearts for these street evangelists, whose ministra- tions are carried without ceasing through the heat of summer and the blasts of winter. And not only will mo one grudge the money he donates to the Christmas fund, but every |giver will be cheerful giver in the largest sense of the term.
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 The report that thousands of American soldiers have fallen victims to the charms of French girls has been denied. Still that won't prevent many a doughboy from being put through the third degree by the girl he left behind him.
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 Damon Runyon found swarms of chill dren in every German town through passed. Jane Addams will be glad to know that none of them showed signs of starvation.
 Millions of gallons of whisky are be- ing withdrawn from bonded warehouses without noticeable effect on the bone-dry conditions in many parts of the country.
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 Ne baseball umpire who has grown ac- customed to bursting shrapnel in France will not mind flying pop bottles when the bleachers begin to roar next spring. < J. I:
 International card sharps will have to work fast on board aerial liners. The trip across the Atlantic will be a mat ter of hours instead of days.
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 German propagandists in America did a great deal of underhanded work, but there is no evidence that they got any where in particular
 j. * :x are now in a position to tell the rest of the world where to get off-if they feel so inclined.
 A flu mask hides multitude Of pinples. Patrons of beauty parlors may take this suggestion for what it is worth.
 If bootleggers use airplanes for trans- porting liquor expert aviators will be re- quired to prevent breakage in landing.
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 All js in readinass for Pra1,dant UiI sons arrival in Europe. Reception com pittees are keyed Sup as never before
 < # # - The zero fiour'' for many Christmas shoppers to go lover the top" is about 10 minutes before the stores close.
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 The country seems to be doing about as we'll as could be expected during the absence of it's chief executive.
 # * * Any newspaper man who is assigned to get an interview from Count Wilhelm has his work cut out for him.
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 If tanks supplant the dependable mule for towing barges Maud" and her driver will both be out of a job.
 X. a a man who used to ask. Am I my broth CTS keeper?"
 Simply living down her Hymn of Hate" will be no sinecure for Germany sOUTHERNER's VIEW OF LINCOLN John Kendrick Bangs in From Pillar to Post.'
 I happened to be in Atlanta, Ga, over Lincoln's birthday, and it pleased me be- yond measure to find printed on the first page of one of the prominent newspapers of that beautiful city S-column cut of Abraham Lincoln, with suitable tribute in verse
 As I was about to toss the paper asids Ia fine old type of southern gentleman seated himself on the divan, alongside me and in the usual courteous manner of the country gave me morning saluta- tion I responded in kind, and then. tap ping my paper, observed:
 "That is fine picture of Lincoln" "Yes, suh; very fine picture, suh,'' he replied. q never had the honor of seein' MT. Lincoln, suh. but from all l hear suh.S he must have resembled that picture pretty close, suh.'' Ut is a delight to me to find 1t in one S ,,o,r ,,,,tharn raurS,a parS T sa;d