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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30

but as yet no explanation has been
forthcoming.
Neither the courts nor the people
of that county are apparently interest
ed in this case, and as a leading cti-
zen of Blount recently expressed 1t,
I'VE cannot understand why you peo-
Pile of jefferson county want to come
up here to wash your dirty linen at
our expense
Mr.. Huddlestcn and his attorneys,
it therefore becomes necessary for The
Age-Herald's representatives and its
attorneys to journey to Oneonta tomor-
row and be present while, Mr.. Hud-
dleston is endeavoring to have a jury
of Biount county citizens pass upon the
Justice of claim of s1,3oO.ooo against
The Age-Herald for Hurting his feel
ings-"
Everyone in and about Birmingham is
delighted that the coal strike is over and
that the mines Of this district are now
producing full 90 per cent Of normal
output
Much of this coal is being shipped away
from Birmingham, but up to date the
homes and industries here have been sup
piled. and the indications are that this
section will have its usual supply of coal
during the coming winter.
OF course some of the agitators are
still busy in that they are not satisfied
with conditions, but this will not effect
the general situation.
The people of all classes are getting
tired of agitation and turmoil and want
to get back on reasonable earning
basis.
This district bids fair to be exceedingly
prosperous, as it has been for many
months past, and the Industrious element
are determined to keep it going.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
Giving Hunger Strikers
a Chance to Reflect

THE reply of Tacoma's city coun-
u Gil to a "hunger strike" of
Industrial Workers of the World was
pithy and to the point. 1t was an
'nounced, after hearing a report from
the assistant city attorney on the
legal aspects of the situation, that
the strikers" might starve to their
hearts content. If they die in the
process, it will Individually be their
own funeral.
Much of the unrest in this coun-
try is due to our governmental policy
of coddling bolsheviki. A little more
firmness would have inspired a
healthy respect in these gentry for
the laws of the United States, some
thing they do not now possess. Their
recent behavior at Ellis Island, where
authority was defied and pleadings
to attend deportation hearings ig-
nored, typifies the mental attitude of
such persons wherever they are found.
They regard the American flag and
the American government with equal
contempt.
The state of Washington has shown
more backbone in handling Industrial
Workers of the World and similar
agitators than some other parts of
the country Ole Hanson, erstwhile
mayor of Seattle, is still enjoying the
fame he acquired by asserting his
Americanism when the peace of that
city was menaced by radicals.
Bolsheviki on a "hunger strike ?"
1t is to laugh! Left alone, they will
Eventually answer the breakfast bell,
just as the famished crew did at
l
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Couldn't FIJI Prescription

|
| While he never even took corre-
spondence school couse in materia
medica. w. S. Crosbie. manager of the
| Lyric. can dose out castor oil suggest
remedy for toothache. prescribe for a
cold and diagnose a case of Group. But
when he was manager of a theatre in
Fort Worth. Tex, Manager crosbie
found himself with a sick Chinese
vaudeville actor on his hands.
He kept grooming and moaning and
l suggested all the remedies the stage
carpenter and / could recall" Manager
Crosbie said. But none was accept
able to that Chink actor Finally, he
told me he knew a prescription given
for former and similar ailment by an
oriental physician. He wanted me to
have the prescription filled.
When 1 had iotted down the varied
items to he compounded they included
two ounces of sailed lizards. one-half
ounce of Korean ginseng, six fried
grasshoppers. of which three were to
be males and three females: one ounce
sweet potato leaves. one ounce wal
nuts. one-fourth ounce lotus leaves,
one-half ounce rattlesnake tail, two
ounces black dates. one-half ounce elm
tree bark. one-half ounce hartshorn,
one-half ounce bird claws. one-half
ounce dried ginger and one-half ounce
old coffin nails
The ingredients were to be boiled
In gallon of water until reduced to
thick mixture and given to the pa
tient in large doses. but there wasn't
q druggist in Texas that could fill the
prescription"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30

In those times there were no schoo
of journalism. a man just got into ii
profession on sheer nerve, and waite
for experience to teach him the ar
Now, one can take course In journa
ism in a score or more colleges througl
out the country. 1t was under the lea,
ing Of Jasper Hutto that an opportuni
was given the students OF Howard collet
a chance to study newspaper work I'll
chair is being kept ably up by Dean Il
Bess Clark. who uses The Age-Herald
a text book.
Joseph Pulitzer left large legacy
found the Pulitzer School of Journals,
which ignores business instruction an
confines it's efforts to reportorial ar
editorial training. The purpose of Il
editor Of the World was OF try and PEI
feet the intellectual side Of newspapl
making and At students for what he b
heved to be the highest form Of publ
service. Harvard college, however,
its graduate school of business admin
tration. pays some attention to advert
ing under the head of Marketing.
There are some who hold that reW
paper men are born not made, and tha
schools of journalism cannot turn oil
competent reporters and editors, and tha
the on'ysway to become proficient is to d
the thing itself day by day in the mid
of the strain Of gettinfg out real pap<
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30

Discussing Last Nights Dreams" a
contemporary AXIS, Did you dream
about cheese?" Our idea of a night
mare is to dream that you are a piece
OF cheese and a mouse as big as an
elephant looms up in the offing.
Y * *
Let us hope Villa will not revenge
Angeles execution by making raid
on American territory, or DESTROYING
American property. We didn't have
anything to do with sentencing An
geles to death.
One innovation treads on the heels
of another in England, but with an
American-born woman sitting in the
House of Commons, John Bun NAV
pinch himself to see if he's dreaming
4 y X
If Uncle Sam does clean up" Mex
leo 1t will be made SO safe for tourists
that no one will be permitted to rob
them but hotel proprietors. taxicab
drivers and other legalized bandits.
II y y
After having consumed 500, 900
worth of whisky in one hilarious night
New Orleans probably woke up with
headache it would have been glad to
dispose of for single "jitney."
N y y
Judging from recent revelations, Ell
lis Island under Commissioner Howe
was nothing more than a place where
bolsheviki could rest and recuperate
in congenial atmosphere.
y X X
In Tacoma, Wash, it has been de-
cided to let 1. w. WIS on a hunger
strike" starve as long as they like.
Even prison officials occasionally show
streak of common sense.
y 4 =
It's true that President Wilson was
denied Thanksgiving turkey by Rear
Admiral Grayson. but who wouldn't
feel in festive mood while dining on
quail?
* * *
If looks had anything to do with
electing a man President, Attorney
General Palmer would have a consid-
cradle lead over William Gibbs Nc
Adoo.
4 * X
What satisfaction will Clemenceau
get out of being the President of
France when he's already in a position
to keep the President waiting?
X y *
1t remains to be seen whether or
not the United State government is
able to keep the home fires burning.
X 4 =
Even at the wages they now enjoy.
plumbers are not making any promises
to quit forgetting their tools.
4 4 +
Hark to the lugubrious cry of Sem
ator Hitchcock: "The south is in the
saddlew
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30

! Senator Oscar W. Underwood has b.
in Birmingham during the past week q:
only left last evening for Washingts
Congress meets for the long session
Monday next.
During the week the dempcrats Of d
Senate must elect a leader, and all
dieations are that Senator Underwoi
will be the selection of the dernocra
party in the upper house of Congre
1t will be a recognition of the gre
ability and leadership of Alabama's 81
ator. 1t means that the representa-
statesmen OF the democratic party hs
the fullest confidence in his leadersb
And right in this connection, 1t is
duty of the great mass of the people
this state to re-elect him to the Sens
without putting him to the necessity
coming back to his own state to NAL
an active canvass for reelection ne
spring and summer. OF course there al
jealousies and some opposition In Il
state to Underwood because of certain
his views as expressed in the past. ri
in more than 30 per cent of his views
public questions all people Of Alabar
agree.
Underwood is of too great inportan
for the country and for the state
Alabama to be forced to defend hirnst
against opponents who seek to pick o
declarations on past questions; Will
have long ago been settled. merely
annoy him and attempt to deprive h
Of his seat in the Senate where he is
such great importance to his state a
the Nation.
Every man who wants Alabama as
conspicuous part, and a dominant inf
ence, in the affairs of this country shot
rally to Underwood's support and D
down the petty opposition which sor
seek to engender against him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
CONTRAST.

BY Godfrey F. Tyson, in the Observ,
sLondon)
have left the perilious days behind n
And stand again on the pine-ciad hill
have cooled my face in the green
the meadows
And cleansed my hands in the rus
of the rills.
Virginia. blue is the sky above me
And pure the breeze as q maiden
sigh.
And a lark's song falters, and fall
and rises,
And bids me forget the days gone by.
But ever and ever the heart remembe;
The desolate winds on an empty plat
The dying trees with their leafle,
~ branches,
The clamor and cursing, the blood ar
the rain:
The clean. clear tones of the silent voice
The laughing lights in the empty eyes
Ever and eyer the heart remembers
And finds no peace for its memog3onl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
A CRITIC roMENT.

"You wish to see Mr.. Wadleigh?" said
the private secretary of multimillion-
aire.
Yes. please" said the caller
'Is it very Important
at think so. 1 wish to discuss deal
that may net Mr.. Wadleigh several hun
dred thousand dollars"
.In that case I'm afraid I can't dis,
turb him. Mr.. Wadleigh is just going
out for his afternoon game of golf, and
il anything should upset him so that
he failed to negotiate the course tn rs or
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30

and the election in November, 1920,
for the full congressional term. IN
less the loyal democrats of the Sew
enth district bestir themselves, the
district may indeed become the ZEN
tering wedge" in democratic solidarity
which the republicans have long
sought to make it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
Population Within
the Ten-Mile Limit

7NEN years ago, for the first time,
y the population of cities of 100, 900
and upwards was grouped in the ten
mile limit Thus Birmingham, with
ia population of 1872, 685, made show
ling in the ten-mile limit of PIP, 900, and
many of the larger cities such as Gin
lcinnati, with a census count of only
I363, 900, made greater" showing of
100000.
1t is hoped the census director will
not only continue the plan, but ex-
tend it to cities of $4,000. In this
way cities like Mobile and probably
Montgomery and Gadsden would come
out with flying colors.
Mobile is growing at rapid rate
and is now well near the 100000
mark. ~
Somebody is always taking the JOY
out of life. DR.. Eugene H Porter of
New York. state commissioner of foods
and markets, says; Much has been
written and said of hard cider, but in
most cases it has been soft cider wear
ing a VOLTS pelt. Hard cider with a
natural kick is difficult to make and
more difficult to keep"
| = * y
| BY the time King Victor Emmanuel
| of Italy reaches the United States, next
summer we shall be SO accustomed to
entertaining royalty, big and little.
| that the king will be received without
trace of national self consciousness.
* y =
The bright side of fuel shortage
that forces schools to suspend is i'm
mediately obscured by the closing OF
movie housT
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
MEN ARE so STUPID.
1A}t3,uea

MEN ARE 50 STUPID.
'T thought Mrs. Grabcoin was quite a
fable just now" remarked Mr.. Du
waite
''Oh. you men!'' exclaimed Mrs. Du
waite. in profound disgust. 'such o.
tuseness!"
why. what's the matter. my dear?"
Couldn't you see that hateful won;
just oozed condensation and Haunted h
costly furs in my face? could ha
boxed her earst'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30

Saving fuel is in order at ali times"
stated Superintendent N. r. Baker of
the Jefferson county schools "Tn bull
letin to the teachers and children of the
public schools L instructed them to see
that where possible some wood is to be
used with the coal.
Also in order to get the best results
in heating and in order to avoid burning
out of CRATES it is best to have the ashes
taken out every morning. The bowl
should never be filled more than about
one-half full of fuel. Before adding fuel
the fire should be shaken down and the
ashes and clinkers removed as far as
possible, after which coal should then
be put in and allowed to cake.
After the first fire in the morning,
and where there is a good bed of Goals,
slack may be used, and thus all fuel
utilized. I have found this very good
way to help preserve the coal supply,
and am thoroughly impressing it on the
teachers and children of the public
schools
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30

AN IDLE THOUGHT.
OF South Sea isles,
Where nature smiles,
I dearly like to read;
The life seems fair
AS lived out there
BY the simple savage creed
And l often think
AS 1 sit and blink
At fire of high-priced coal,
That a South Sea isle
For little while
Might rest my weary soul.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30

BEGINNING THE DAY-O God,
help me at home. There my battles
are. If I am not true at home l can
not he true anywhere. If 1 am not
faithful there, am faithless every
where. If my home is united all
my life is one. If my home is di-
vfded, my life is broken and of poor
Avail.-H. NJ. f.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
TRAGICAL REMARK.

TRAGICAL REMARK
us 3obbles happily married.
through his stomach. Disregarding Il
fact that a sardine is decapitated befs,
being canned, I've heard him say tin
and again that he had reached the poi
where he simply couldn't look q sardi
in the taco"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
HER STATUS.

Would you say she is sophisticated
''welI, it's rather hard to place her. :"
'"Yes?''
Il should say she occupies midd
ground. She considers the 'shinmy' v,
gar. but seems to think there's sor
excuse for bedroom farce-''
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30

I'VE certainly get some peculiar let
ters in this office stated liner Hood,
deputy registrar of the chancery court.
Here is one addressed to the ordinary
of the cnancery court. guess it means
someone of us in the office And yes
terday one came to the court addressed
10 the superior court of Jefferson
county. On being opened we found
that it was intended for the chancery
court But the ones we get most fire.
quently are those which are headed.
chancery court. divorce department.
Some are Ineligible and legible. while
others would require a study of hero
glyphics in order to decipher them"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
THE CRY OF THE PEOPLE.

THE CRY OF THE PEOPLE
No more the tramp
or many feet
Reverberates
Along the street
While cheers are raised
And eyes are wet
But the profiteers
Are with US yet.
Once more on many
A battlefield
The farme err reaps
His fruitful yield
Where cannon roared
To the fierce onset
But the profiteers
Are with us yet.
No U-boats Turk
Beneath the wave
And send great ships
To an ocean grave,
But pirate crews"
At home are met
The profiteers
Are with us yet.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

better, several hundred thousand dollars,
one way or the other, wouldn't mean
anything to him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
Men Imper.onating Officers.

Numerous complaints are being turned
in to the office every day about officers
stopping and searching automobiles and
citizens carrying grips for whisky
stated G. G.. Giles, desk sergeant at de-
tective headquarters, in speaking of the
new methods the crooks of this city are
turning to to secure liquor. ut seems
that several men OF this city have in
some way obtained badges resembling
the detectives badge, and under the guise
of officers are searching everything they
run across for liquor Hereafter, city
officers are instructed to give their badge
numbers and names. if requested, when
making any kind of investigation. OF
course, it is case of dog eat dog in
most cases. but we do not like the repu-
tation these fellows are making for US,
and we will appreciate any assistance in
catching up with them"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
VIII See the War Through.

from Maj. Burr Ferguson, who is with
the Red Cross expedition in Siberia said
Hill Ferguson, that he was just leav-
ing vladivostock for an interior point
to establish a hospital. but that he would
return for the winter to be in the main
hospital at Viadivostock. He wrote that
the weather was just ideal. 1 would have
thought that the cold was intense. 1t
seems that Burr had made up his mind
when the war began that he was going
to see it through and stay on the job
until the last American soldier was back
home. He was always fond of adven-
ture, and daresay he is having good
time in spite of his duties"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
In with "Bullyr Beef

Away with caviar, lobster, rarebit
and the breast of humming bird
Hail to the latest delicacy-corned beef
and cabbage This lowly provender is
elevated to high degree and its viz
tues are heraided by no less person
than DR. ]. d. Bowling of the board
of health.
There is no more wholesome food"
the health directo; declares. And the
more corned beef and cabbage one
eats the less the cost of living. Corned
beef contains 1890 Galleries per pound,
far in excess of sirlnin steak. fresh rib
beef. leg of lamb. turkey. oysters. lob
sters or any ether fish"
More than this. DR.. Bowling init
mates that corned beef and cabbage Is
a wonderful corrective for indigestion
or dyspepsia.
ION with the corned beef and cab
bage and let the people rule" is the
city hall slogan since DR.. Dowlin's
statement.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
A "sIight" Operation

Il am just recovering from a slight
operation performed = short time ago.
said Dick Brown. The doctor called
it slight operation. but IL there are
any worse than mine kindly excuse
me from undergoing them. / didn't
think there was much the matter with
me, but after it was all over I certainly
could sympathize with Irwin Cobb, who
had his appendix taken out a few
years ago and afterwards told all
about it in one of his humorous stories.
Cobb may have seen funny side TO an
operation, but there wasn't anything
funny about mine. I hope the next
tine I have to go under the knife. |
can see it from the famous short story
writer's viewpoint. Maybe that Will
help matters a little
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30

ABOVE SUSPICION.
Mrs Calder must be woman of un-
Improbable character"
"why do you think SOP
The gossps have been trying to dis
sect her for years. The worst they
can saw about her is that she has her
face enameled and occasionally consults
a soothsayer.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
PLAYING THE GAME

From the Washington Star.
Sing Sing prisoners burned up the
workshops. This should entitie them
a special joint tribute from Trotsky al
Lenine.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
Big Sister Movement
Gaining in Popularity

THE Big Sister movement is one
y of Birmingham's newest insti-
buttons and it is one of the most de-
serving It's object is to care for the
wage-working girls in the shopping
and office building section, of which
there are fully three thousand; to
build a large clubhouse downtown
and provide lunch rooms and living
apartments where girls who room in
boarding houses will have the COM
forts and refinements of home at
small cost.
Prominent women-about two hun
dred of them-are at the head of the
movement, and the money needed for
the enterprise will be raised, not by a
drive, but by membership dues.
The Young Woman's Christian
association is doing an excellent work.
1t is an ideal institution, but Bir-
mingham has grown so large that ex-
pansion in the direction indicated is
an absolute necessity.
The Big Sister movement will have
the sympathy of the entire city. That
it will be success goes without
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
Christmas Seal Drive
Begins Tomorrow

HE Alabama Anti tuberculosis
. league drive begins tomorrow.
1t is thoroughly organized and there
is every prospect of reaching the
100000 goal.
The campaign in Jefferson county,
where $4,000 is needed to carry on
the local work, has been postponed
week. In addition to the seal sale,
the allied armies will take an active
hand in collecting the money With
the aid of these enthusiastic can
vassers the full sum sought will be
raised. Every dollar will be needed.
Of all the benevolent causes in this
state none is more deserving than
that for the suppression of the white
plague
Let's raise $4,000 for jefferson
county. Wonders can be done with it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30
FRITz's PLIGHT

From the Nashville Banner
Herr Kreisler, the Austrian violinls|
has his instrument all tuned up, but nj
where to play.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30

FOR A PRACTICAL PURPOSE.
~ see you have blue sky law in this
state remarked the facetious visitor.
Yes"
Does it regulate the altitude to which
an aviator may go?'
mo, it is merely designed to regulate
the operations Of gentlemen who wear
fancy vests and tank in terms of mil
lions"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30

Richard Ill.
* y y
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30

L arm sure in the gathering of the
Southern Publishers association had been
turned into an experience meeting that
quite a few es those who now stand
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-30

TELEPHONE
Bell (private exchange connecting
eli departnentsD Main 1900.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-01
$4,000 NEW YORK HARBOR
WORKERS VOTE STRIKE

New York, Feb. 2S.-A strike Of
fifteen thousand harbor workers,
effective at 2 o'clock tomorrow af-
ternoon, was voted today by the
executive council OF the Marine
Workers Affiliation as a result
of dissatisfaction with the award
of V. Everit Macy umpire
of the national war labor board,
granting an eight-hour day with,
out increased wages,
The council, however, consented
to an offer OF negotiation made
by the boat owners, and named a
committee to confer with the em-
ployers late today. 1t was said
that in case an agreement was
reached satisfactory to the marine
workers, the strike order would be
reconsidered.